The amino acid and mineral content of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) leaves.

AU: Yazzie-D; VanderJagt-DJ; Pastuszyn-A; Okolo-A; Glew-RH
AD: Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. New Mexico, USA.
SO: Journal-of-Food-Composition-and-Analysis. 1994, 7: 3, 189-193; 35 ref.
FTXT: EBSCO Online http://www.ebsco.com/online/direct.asp?ArticleID=7BRMHXNR69NKVRTYTPBF Academic Press IDEAL (US Mirror) http://www.idealibrary.com/links/doi/10.1006/jfca.1994.1018 Academic Press IDEAL (European Mirror) http://www.europe.idealibrary.com/links/doi/10.1006/jfca.1994.1018
PY: 1994
LA: English

AB: Baobab (Adansonia digitata) leaf contained 10.6% (dry weight) protein and an amino acid composition which compared favourably to that of an "ideal" protein: valine (5.9%), phenylalanine + tyrosine (9.6%), isoleucine (6.3%), lysine (5.7%), arginine (8.5%), threonine (3.9%), cysteine + methionine (4.8%) and tryptophan (1.5%). In terms of mineral content, baobab leaf was an excellent source of calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, phosphorus and zinc. The data indicate that quantitatively and qualitatively baobab leaf can serve as a significant protein and mineral source for populations such as the Hausa group and other ethnic populations in Africa for whom it is a staple food.

DE: arid-regions; nutritive-value; medicinal-plants; forest-trees; edible-species; leaves-; composition-; amino-acids; minerals-; foliage-; chemistry-; multipurpose-trees
OD: Adansonia-digitata
GE: Nigeria-
BT: plants; trees; woody-plants; Spermatophyta; Adansonia; Bombacaceae; Malvales; dicotyledons; angiosperms; West-Africa; Africa-South-of-Sahara; Africa; ACP-Countries; Anglophone-Africa; Commonwealth-of-Nations; Developing-Countries
CC: QQ050; QQ070; FF040; KK540; KK100; KK600
CD: Crop-Produce; Other-Produce; Plant-Composition; Forest-Products-Miscellaneous,-including-Minor-Forest-Products; Forestry-General; Agroforestry
PT: Journal-article
IS: 0889-1575
UD: 960116
AN: 951405490