Trends in Biosciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 17

Effect of Processing on Composition of Green Leafy Vegetables

  • Author:
  • S. P. Kuriakose, A. Rawson
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 4611 to 4620

Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

*Email: ashish.rawson@iicpt.edu.in, ashish.rawson@gmail.com

Online published on 16 February, 2017.

Abstract

Green leafy vegetables are an important part of diet in many countries around the globe. The presence of nutrient content in the leaves is largely affected by the processing conducted in order to make it palatable. Hence the present study reviews the effect of processing on the composition of green leafy vegetables consumed around the globe.

Keywords

Green leafy vegetable, processing, nutrient, compostion