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Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2022 African leafy vegetables such as amaranth have been utilized since time immemorial both as food and as medicine. These vegetables grew naturally in most rural environments, but currently most of them are cultivated both for home consumption and for sale.
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International Journal of Food Science, 2022 Indigenous green leafy vegetables are known to contain high levels of antioxidants and are recommended in the management of chronic diseases. However, their consumption has received lower patronage.
Hellen W. Kinyi +3 more
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Agronomic Biofortification of Amaranthus dubius with Macro Nutrients and Vitamin A
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2017 Agronomic biofortification of Amaranthus dubius with carbohydrates, proteins and Vitamin A using Spirulina platensis is reported in the present preliminary study. S. platensis was applied basally to field and its influence on germination, concentration of proteins, carbohydrates, chlorophyll, carotenoids and antioxidant activity of leaves were assessed
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Agronomía Mesoamericana, 2023 Introduction. Delving into the allopathic effects of weeds on agricultural crops and other weeds is of great importance in establishing management strategies. Objective. To evaluate the allelopathic effect of residues from Panicum maximum Jacq.
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Food and Energy SecurityAmaranthus dubius, an African leafy vegetable (ALV), is an easy‐to‐grow, annual shrub and a highly nutritious food source, containing elevated levels of essential nutrients in the leaves. Many ALVs, including A.
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Genetic Diversity of Amaranthus dubius Mart. (Khedha) Used Tribal Place in Chhattisgarh, India [PDF]
International Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management, 2018 In India, the leaves of a large number of wild and cultivated plants are used as vegetables. They have a very high protective food value and are very easy to grow.
Deepika Chandravanshi +3 more
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Green Chemistry Letters and ReviewsGreen synthesis of nanomaterials is eco-friendly, cost effective approach. This work reports anti-cancer and antimicrobial properties of ZnO nanoparticles synthesized via green route using Amaranthus dubius leaf extract.
Ayaz Anwar, Mohammed R Chandan
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Journal of Tropical Life ScienceVP3 biofertilizer is a biological agent that has been formulated in previous research. It was applied once with compost and has been tested on red spinach and green spinach in the greenhouse to see its effect on yield and quality (chlorophyll content ...
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Integrating developmental and macroevolutionary approaches reveals a staminodial origin of all alternisepalous organs in Caryophyllaceae. [PDF]
Am J BotAbstract Premise The identity of sterile floral organs in second‐whorl, alternisepalous positions within Caryophyllaceae remains contentious, having been described as staminodes, “petaloids,” or petals homologous with those of other Pentapetalae. Limited ingroup and outgroup sampling and floral developmental data and inadequate phylogenetic comparative
Rees RJ, Appleton AD, Schenk JJ.
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Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2021 Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) is an important leafy vegetable and grain crop which is a good source of nutrients and bioactive compounds, widely consumed in several parts of the world. However, varieties of different Amaranthus species show great phenotypic
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