Potential health benefits of water yam (Dioscorea alata)
Yam is the third most important root and tuber crop in the tropics but few species are grown as health food and/or for medicinal purposes. To ascertain the potential health benefits and alternate usage of the species, 20 varieties of Dioscorea alata (water yam) were investigated for their total diet...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Royal Society of Chemistry
2013
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76044 |
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