title: Recipes and nutritional value of dishes prepared from green-leafy vegetables in an urban district of Antananarivo (Madagascar).
abstract: The recipes of 50 multi-ingredient dishes consumed by the population in an urban district were noted down. The nutritional value was determined as well as the cook value of the dishes in order to evaluate the severity of the thermal treatment. The recipes were simple and involved steps such as boiling, mixing, and cutting. Fibre contents were rather low except when the leaf stems were included. All the dishes had very high beta-carotene content (15.8-25.0 mg/100 g dry matter) and retinol activity equivalent (RAE) (1.3-2.3 mg RAE/100 g dry matter) because of the high proportion of fresh leafy vegetables (from 41.2% to 58.8% of the total dry matter of the ingredients). When meat was added to the preparation, the micronutrient content (iron, zinc, and retinol) was not increased significantly. In three dishes, a positive correlation was found between the thermal treatment severity and the 13-cis-beta-carotene amount.
authors.affiliation: LABASAN, Département de Biochimie fondamentale et appliquée, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
authors.forename: Verohanitra Annie
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Randrianatoandro
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Avallone
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Picq
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ralison
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trèche
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003296:Cooking; D004032:Diet; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008270:Madagascar; D008460:Meat; D018977:Micronutrients; D009753:Nutritive Value; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry*; D014505:Urban Population; D014675:Vegetables / Q000737:chemistry*; D014801:Vitamin A; D019207:beta Carotene / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D004043:Dietary Fiber; D018977:Micronutrients; D019207:beta Carotene; D014801:Vitamin A