Abstract:Vegetable crops are rich in dietary micronutrients (minerals,
vitamins), antioxidents and functional phytochemicals
‘nutraceuticals’. However, some of the elements are of public
health concern such as β-carotene, iron, calcium and folic
acid which attracts breeders’ interest to improve their
content in food sources including vegetable crops so that
their dietary intake could be increased and their deficiency
problems reduced. Some nutraceutical compounds such
as anthocyanin, β-carotene, lycopene and glucosinol… Show more
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