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Elemental Analysis of Fruit and Vegetables from Tonga
Author(s) -
MONRO J. A.,
HOLLOWAY W. D.,
LEE J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1986.tb11174.x
Subject(s) - horticulture , chemistry , botany , food science , biology
Twelve foods from islands in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga were analyzed for eleven elements by plasma emission spectrometry. The foods were green banana, ripe banana, breadfruit, cassava, coconut, mango, pawpaw, plantain, sweet potato, the taros Talo Fatuna and Talo Tonga, and Pacific yam. The elements determined were Ca, K, Mg, P, S, B, Cu, Fe, Mn, Na and Zn. There were large differences between foods in their content of Ca, Cu, Fe, Mn and Na.