The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Quality Assessment of Two Rural, Infant Dietary Vegetables


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1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwaibom, Nigeria
     

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The leafy vegetables, Portulaca oleracea and Asystasla gangetica, grow as wild weeds in many parts of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria (latitudes 4°32' and 5°53' North: and longitudes 7°25' and 8°25' East). The former is locally called "utong ekpu", meaning field mouse ears, to which the leaf shapes bear close resemblance.
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E. U. I. Etuk
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwaibom, Nigeria
M. M. Bassey
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwaibom, Nigeria
D. C. Ekpenyong
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwaibom, Nigeria
I. O. Ibiong
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwaibom, Nigeria

Abstract


The leafy vegetables, Portulaca oleracea and Asystasla gangetica, grow as wild weeds in many parts of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria (latitudes 4°32' and 5°53' North: and longitudes 7°25' and 8°25' East). The former is locally called "utong ekpu", meaning field mouse ears, to which the leaf shapes bear close resemblance.