Jennifer A. Woolfe

Sweet Potato

An Untapped Food Resource

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A review of our knowledge concerning the potential of the sweet potato as a human and animal foodstuff.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 660
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1055g
• ISBN-13: 9780521050531
• ISBN-10: 0521050537
• Artikelnr.: 23367369

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations for organizations
Introduction
1. Sweet potato - past and present
2. Chemical composition
3. The nutritional value of sweet potato roots and leaves
4. Toxic and anti-nutritional factors
5. Post-harvest procedures: I. Storage and cooking
6. Post-harvest procedures: II. Processing
7. Livestock feeding with sweet potato roots and vines
8. Consumption and utilization patterns and trends
Appendix: a selection of sweet potato dishes from around the world
Index.