Micronutrient malnutrition is a global challenge. However, there are promising opportunities for combating it through the consumption of neglected and underutilized leafy green vegetables. Senecio biafrae an nutrient-rich vegetable with huge nutritional health potentials that have remained unexploited. The aim this research was to evaluate proximate, mineral, vitamin, anti-nutrient contents lea...

In Uganda, wild mushrooms are mainly collected during the rainy season and valued as a traditionally nutritious food by the rural poor. However, their nutritional attributes have not been adequately studied and documented. Comparative nutrient composition of five wild edible mushroom species was determined, namely: P. tenucuilus, T. tyleranus, T. clypeatus, V. speciosa and T. microcarpus of sub...

Seaweeds have been introduced as an important sources of food and pharmaceutical active agents since last century. In this study, the chemical composition and functional characteristics of (common names) Nizamuddinia zanardinii and Iyengaria stellata, were investigated. The total carbohydrate and ash contents were the two most abundant components in these seaweeds but their crude lipid and fibe...

The objective of this study was to determine the insulin index and glucose index to isoenergetic (1000-kJ) portions of palmyrah based foods commonly consumed in Jaffna and their correlations between nutrient and phytochemical contents. Subjects were selected those having fasting blood sugar less than 100 mg/dl. Glucose (reference food) and four test foods such as pinnatu, Jaggery, odiyalpittu a...

The study was conducted to appraise the effect of saline stress on growth, gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, mineral nutrients and non-enzymatic antioxidants in 2 mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] lines (97001 and 97012). Seeds of each line were sown in sand-filled pots. When the plants were 30 day-old, 2 saline regimes [control (non-saline – full strength Hoagland’s nutrient solution...