Effects Of Different Treatments On The Chemical Content And Acceptability Of Water Leaf (Talinum Triangulare)
ABSTRACT
Vegetables are rich sources of vital ingredients in healthy and balanced human and animal diets (Osuagwu, 2008). They are fresh and edible portions of an herbaceous plant. Green leafy vegetables form an indispensable constituent of diet in Africa generally and West Africa in particular. Generally they are consumed as cooked compliments to the major staples like cassava, cocoyam, guinea corn, maize, millet, rice and plantain (Oguntona, 1998). They contain valuable food ingredients which can be successfully utilized to build up and repair the body. They are important low cost foods containing low levels of fat and high level of vitamins, minerals, fiber, some calorie and protein (Mepba et al., 2007). Vegetables are also good sources of carotene, ascorbic acid, riboflavin, folic acid and minerals like calcium, iron and phosphorus which have several health benefits including therapeutic uses such as treatment of scurvy, prevention of cold, correction of hypertysosinomenia, malformation of bones and anaemia in new born infants (Fasuyi, 2006). As a result of these, they are preciously valued and are also preserved for their economic importance in the advanced countries of the world.
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