1 Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
2 Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 12(03), 645–651
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2021.12.3.0520
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2021.12.3.0520
Received on 07 October 2021; revised on 29 November 2021; accepted on 01 December 2021
Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes (OFSPs) is an excellent nutrition sensitive function food. It contains dense amount of carotene and is also rich in proximate nutrients. A wide number of cultivars of OFSPs has been developed worldwide, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. In Bangladesh, sixteen cultivars have been developed. Carotene content in the OFSPs surpasses all of the plant food carotene. OFSPs also contains good content of energy yielding nutrients. The Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes could, therefore, be a potential dietary approach to address the vitamin A deficiency for undernourished indigent people.
OFSPs; Carotene; Pro-vitamin A; Proximate
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Jyotsna Khanam, Sheikh Faisal Asadullah Mahdi, Monera Ahsan and Sheikh Nazrul Islam. Orange fleshed sweet potato a nutrition sensitive functional food for possible dietary approach to vitamin A deficiency and undernutrition. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 12(03), 645–651. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2021.12.3.0520
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