Andrzej Pastuszyn

TL;DR: Nutritional data for 24 plant materials collected in Burkina Faso show that in terms of both quality and quantity there are numerous spontaneous desert plants that can serve as significant sources of essential amino acids, essential fatty acids and trace minerals for populations living in the western Sahel.

TL;DR: Assessment of the nutrient content of edible wild plants in the western Sahel found Amaranthus viridis was found to be an excellent source of protein and Leptadenia hastata leaves were an especially good source of lutein and β-carotene.

TL;DR: The results reinforce the growing awareness that wild edible plants of the Western Sahel can contribute useful amounts of essential nutrients, including amino acids, fatty acids and trace minerals, to human diets.

TL;DR: The lipid, fatty acid, amino acid, total protein and mineral content of 13 wild plant foods collected in the Republic of Niger in 1996 are reported to help determine which plants should be preferentially utilized and conserved to benefit the overall nutrition of populations who inhabit the Sahel.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the leaves of the baobab tree (Adansonia digitata L.) are a staple of populations in many parts of Africa, especially the central region of the continent.