EVALUATION OF BETA-CAROTENE, IRON AND OTHER MICRONUTRIENT STATUS OF RATS FED SUN OR SHADE-DRIED FLUTED PUMPKIN(TELFARIA OCCIDENTALIS) LEAVES AND ITS PRODUCT, THE LEAF CURD
ABSTRACT The study examined the nutrient composition of shade and sun-dried fluted pumpkin leaf and the curd produced from the leaf. The effects of the processed leaves and the curd on beta carotene, iron, ascorbate, zinc, copper and calcium status of rats were evaluated. Fluted pumpkin leaf was divided into four (4) portions. One was shade-dried, another was sun-dried and the other was used to produce leaf curd. The last ...
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