Book ID: 25163
DUKE, James A. and Alan A.ATCHLEY
CRC Handbook of Proximate Analysis Tables of Higher Plants. 1986. 3 tabs. VIII,389 p. gr8vo. Hard cover.
From the Introduction: Although we have thousands of entries, coveringhundreds of species, our data are still very incomplete; for example, asfar as we can determine there was no complete proximate analysis of thegroundnut (Apios americana L.) - the roots which helped our forefatherPilgrims survive their first American winters, thanks to the teachingsof the American Indians. We have only recently gathered enough groundnuts to satisfy requirements for that proximate analysis. Many ofour native American Food species, some considered endangered orthreatened, have never been subjected to a proximate nutritionalanalysis.