Bibliography of Adansonia digitata

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• Arnal-Peyrot F and Adrian J (1974) Effect of gums and mucilages on digestibility. Baobab (Adansonia digitata) leaf. Annales de la Nutrition et de L'Alimentation, 28(6): 505-521.
• Bille J C and Houerou H N le (1980) Measuring the primary palatable production of browse plants. Browse in Africa, 185-195, International Livestock Centre for Africa; Addis Ababa; Ethiopia
• Diagayete M (1981) Tannin contents of African pasture plants and their effects on analytical results and in vitro digestibility. Landwirtschaftliche Forschung. Sonderheft 37, 416-426.
• Dicko Toure M S and Houerou HN le (1980) The contribution of browse to cattle fodder in the sedentary system of the Office du Niger. Browse in Africa, 313-319, International Livestock Centre for Africa; Addis Ababa; Ethiopia
• Fall S T (1991) In vitro digestibility and degradability in situ in the rumen of woody forage available on natural grasslands in Senegal. First results. Revue d'Elevage et de Medecine Veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 44(3): 345-354
• Okafor J C (1980) Trees for food and fodder in the savanna areas of Nigeria. International Tree Crops Journal, 1(2-3): 131-141
• Proll J, Petzke K J, Ezeagu I E and Metges C C (1998) Low nutritional quality of unconventional tropical crop seeds in rats. Journal of Nutrition, 128(11): 2014-2022
• Toure S F, Michalet Doreau B, Traore E, Friot D and Richard D (1998) Occurrence of digestive interactions in tree forage-based diets for sheep. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 74(1): 63-78

• Addy E O and Eteshola E (1984) Nutritive value of a mixture of tigernut tubers (Cyperus esculentus L.) and baobab seeds (Adansonia digitata L.). Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 35(4): 437-440
• Arum G (1989) Wild foods of the Kenyan drylands. Resources Nairobi, 1(2): 20-24
• Barminas J T, Carles M and Emmanuel D (1998) Mineral composition of non-conventional leafy vegetables. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 53(1): 29-36.
• Becker B (1984) Wild plants in the nutrition of the population of arid regions in Africa: 3 case studies from Kenya and Senegal. Gottinger Beitrage zur Land- und Forstwirtschaft in den Tropen und Subtropen, 6: 343.
• Becker B (1983) The contribution of wild plants to human nutrition in the Ferlo (Northern Senegal). Agroforestry Systems, 1(3): 257-267
• Butswat I S, Nelson F N, Oyawoye E O and Akande F O (1997) Utilization of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) leaf-meal for egg yolk pigmentation in layers. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 67(1): 82-83.
• Cook J A, VanderJagt D J, Dasgupta A, Mounkaila G, Glew R S, Blackwell W and Glew R H (1998) Use of the Trolox assay to estimate the antioxidant content of seventeen edible wild plants of Niger. Life Sciences, 63(2): 106-110
• Dako D Y (1981) Potential of dehydrated leaves and cocoyam leaf protein in the Ghanaian diet. Nutrition Reports International, 23(1): 181-187.
• Delisle H, Bakari S, Gevry G, Picard C and Ferland G (1997) Provitamin A content of traditional green leaves from Niger. Original Title: Teneur en provitamine A de feuilles vertes traditionnelles du Niger. Cahiers Agricultures, 6(8): 553-560
• Derbesy M and Busson F (1968) The fats of some plant species of W. Africa. Oleagineux (Paris), 23(3): 191-3.
• Engelter C and Wehmeyer A S (1970) Fatty acid composition of oils of some edible seeds of wild plants. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 18: 25-6.
• Ezeagu I E, Petzke K J, Lange E and Metges C C (1998) Fat content and fatty acid composition of oils extracted from selected wild-gathered tropical plant seeds from Nigeria. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society, 75(8): 1031-1035
• French M H (1944) Composition and nutritive value of pulp and seeds in the fruit of the Baobab. E. African Agricultural Journal, 9: 144-5. [Veterinary Laboratory, Mpwapwa, Tanganyika Territory.].
• Glew R H, VanderJagt D J, Lockett C, Grivetti L E, Smith G C, Pastuszyn A and Millson M (1997) Amino acid, fatty acid, and mineral composition of 24 indigenous plants of Burkina Faso. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 10(3): 205-217
• Huq R S, Abalaka J A and Stafford W L (1983) Folate content of various Nigerian foods. Journal of the Science of Food & Agriculture, 34(4): 404-406.
• Kalenga Saka J D (1992) The nutritional value of edible indigenous fruits: present research status and future directions. In Domestication of tropical trees for timber and non-timber products. (Eds. R.R.B.Leakey & A.C.Newton). MAB Digets 17, UNESCO, Paris.
• Mateke S M, Kamara C S and Chikasa P (1994) Ripening periods of edible indigenous fruits in Zambia: implications for utilization and domestication. In Domestication of tropical trees for timber and non-timber products. (Eds. R.R.B.Leakey & A.C.Newton). MAB Digets 17, UNESCO, Paris.
• Nordeide M B, Hatloy A, Folling M, Lied E and Oshaug A (1996) Nutrient composition and nutritional importance of green leaves and wild food resources in an agricultural district, Koutiala, in Southern Mali. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 47(6): 455-468
• Obizoba I C and Anyika J U (1994) Nutritive value of baobab milk (gubdi) and mixtures of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) and hungry rice, acha (Digitaria exilis) flours. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 46(2): 157-165
• Odetokun S M (1996) The nutritive value of Baobab fruit (Adansonia digitata). Rivista Italiana delle Sostanze Grasse, 73(8): 371-373
• Oliviera J F S (1974) The nutritional value of some foods consumed on San Tome Island. Ecology of Food & Nutrition, 3(3): 237-242.
• Prem Nath and Denton L (1980) Leafy vegetables in Nigeria. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter, 42: 14-17.
• Prentice A, Laskey M A, Shaw J, Hudson G J, Day K C and Jarjou L M A (1993) The calcium and phosphorous intakes of rural Gambian women during pregnancy and lactation. British Journal of Nutrition, 69(3): 885-896
• Saka J D K, Msonthi J D and Maghembe J A (1994) Nutritional value of edible fruits of indigenous wild trees in Malawi. Proceedings of a regional conference on agroforestry research in the African miombo ecozone held in Lilongwe, Malawi, 16-22 June 1991. Forest Ecology and Management, 64(2-3): 245-248
• Saka J D K and Msonthi J D (1994) Nutritional value of indigenous wild trees in Malawi. Forest Ecology Management, 64(2-3): 245-248
• Salami L I and Okezie U N (1994) The nutritional composition and storage stability of millet (Pennisetum americanum) supplemented with varying levels of baobab (Adansonia digitata) flours. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 31(3-4): 211-218
• Sena L P, Vanderjagt D J, Rivera C, Tsin A T C, Muhamadu I, Mahamadou O, Millson M, Pastuszyn A and Glew R H (1998) Analysis of nutritional components of eight famine foods of the Republic of Niger. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 52(1): 17-30
• Sidibe M, Scheuring J F, Tembely D, Sidibe M M, Hofman P and Frigg M (1996) Baobab - homegrown vitamin C for Africa. Agroforestry Today, 8(2): 13-15
• Smith G C, Clegg M S, Keen C L nad Grivetti L E (1996) Mineral values of selected plant foods common to southern Burkina Faso and to Niamey, Niger, West Africa. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 47(1): 41-53.
• Smith G C, Dueker S R, Clifford A J and Grivetti L E (1996) Carotenoid values of selected plant foods common to southern Burkina Faso, West Africa. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 35(1): 43-58
• Szolnoki T W (1985) Food and fruit trees of The Gambia. 132pp. Published in conjunction with the Bundesforschungsanstalt fur Forst und Holzwirtschaft, Stiftung Walderhaltung in Afrika; Hamburg; German Federal Republic
• Woof-Tsuea Wu Lueng, Bussou F and Jardin C (1968) Food Composition Table for Use In Africa. FAO - US Department of Health, Education and Welfare.