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Twenty two lines/accessions belonging to 5 species ofCelosia were analysed for their nutritional and antinutritional composition. The nutrient contents, vitamin C varied from 18.8 to 53.6 mg/100 g, carotenoids 9.1 to 15.1 mg/100g, protein 2.1 to 5.9%, while the antinutritional factors, nitrate 0.18 to 0.46% and oxalate 0.98 to 3.93%. Moisture ranged 81 to 89%. Variation of these parameters with leaf position and the amino acids profile of some promising lines was also evaluated.
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Prakash, D., Nath, P. & Pal, M. Composition and variation in vitamin C, carotenoids, protein, nitrate and oxalate contents inCelosia leaves. Plant Food Hum Nutr 47, 221–226 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01088330
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