Finger millet protein content

Admassu et al. (2009) measured the proximate composition of six varieties of finger millet. The values ranged from 6.26 to 10.5 g/100 g for protein content and from 50 to more than 300 mg/100 g for calcium content. Iron varied from about 4.5 mg/100 g to more than 50 mg/100 g and phosphorus varied from less than 4 to about 147 mg/100 g. 

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Barbeau, W. E. and Hilu, K. W. (1993). Protein, calcium, iron and amino acid content of selected wild and domesticated cultivars of finger millet. Plant Foods Hum. Nutr. 43,97-104. 

Starbursvik, A. and Heide, O. M. (1974). Protein content and amino acid spectrum of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) as influenced by nitrogen and sulfur fertilizers. Plant Soil 41,549-571. 

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