Nutritional profile and antioxidative properties of selected tropical wild vegetables

• Main Authors: Ng, X. N., Chye, Fook Yee, Mohd Ismail, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QK Botany
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30179/1/Nutritional%20profile%20and%20antioxidative%20properties%20of%20selected%20tropical%20wild%20vegetables.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30179/2/Nutritional%20profile%20and%20antioxidative%20properties%20of%20selected%20tropical%20wild%20vegetables1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30179/; http://www.ifrj.upm.edu.my/19%20(04)%202012/28%20IFRJ%2019%20(04)%202012%20Che%20UMS%20(002).pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Five underutilized wild vegetables namely Limnophila aromaticoides, Ceratopetris thalictroides, Crassocephalum crepidioides, Etlingera elatoir and Monochoria vaginalis were analyzed for nutritional values, phenolic components and antioxidant activities. These wild greens were found to have high fibr...