| | Nutrients | Vegetables | Range content | Reference | Recommended daily safe intake |
| | Β-carotene | Moringa oleifera (leaves) | 19.74 mg/100 g DW | | Children (0-7 years) | Pregnant and lactating women | | Manihot esculenta (leaves) | 16.87 mg/100 g DW | | Solanum nigrum (leaves) | 1070 mg/100 g DW | | Ipomea batatas (leaves) | 980 mg/100 g DW | | Bidens pilosa (leaves) | 985 mg/100 g DW | | [12, 15, 33, 46, 53, 57] | 375-500 μg RE | 800-850 μg RE | | Vitamin C | Moringa stenopetala (leaves) | 400 mg/100 g DW | [15, 33, 39, 42, 57] | 35-30 mg | 55-70 mg | | Manihot esculenta (leaves) | 387 mg/100 g DW | | Moringa oleifera (leaves) | 274 mg/100 g DW | | Ipomea batata (leaves) | 70 mg/100 g DW | | Vitamin E | Moringa stenopetala (leaves) | 17.72 mg/100 g DW | [33, 42] | 4-5 mg | 15-19 mg | | Moringa oleifera (leaves) | 13.44 mg/100 g DW | | Manihot esculenta(leaves) | 12.77 mg/100 g DW | | Folates | Cleome gynandra (leaves) | 198 μg/100 g DW | [15, 33, 39, 57] | 80-300 μg | 500-600 μg | | Celosia argentea (leaves) | 159 μg/100 g DW | | Solanum nigrum (leaves) | 404 μg/100 g DW | | Ipomea batata (leaves) | 80 μg/100 g DW | | Bidens pilosa (leaves) | 315 μg/100 g DW | | Calcium | Moringa stenopetala (leaves) | 711 mg/100 g DW | [15, 33, 46, 57] | 300-800 mg | 1000-1200 mg | | Senna obtusifolia (leaves) | 589 mg/100 g DW | | Moringa oleifera (leaves) | 584 mg/100 g DW | | Iron | Triumfetta annua (leaves) | 29.2 mg/100 g DW | [33, 46, 49, 53] | 3.9-6.2 mg for 15% bioavailability | 10.0-21.9 mg for 15% bioavailability | | Hibiscus cannabinus (leaves) | 12.1 mg/100 g DW | | Cucumis africanus (leaves) | 12 mg/100 g DW | | Zinc | Pterocarpus mildbraedii (leaves) | 3.1 mg/100 g DW | [33, 46, 53, 57] | 1.1-3.3 mg | 3.4-6.0 mg | | Moringa oleifera (leaves) | 2.8 mg/100 g DW | | Manihot esculenta (leaves) | 1.79 mg/100 g DW | | Antioxidants | Adansonia digitata (leaves) | 13,506 TE/g | [33, 39, 50, 57, 59] | | | | Rorippa madagascariensis (leaves) | 12,839 TE/g7527 TE/g | | Manihot esculenta (leaves) | | Total phenolics | Rorippa madagascariensis (leaves) | 2189 mg/100 g DW | [33, 39, 42, 50, 57, 59] | | | | Manihot esculenta (leaves) | 1863 mg/100 g DW | | Adansonia digitata (leaves) | 2140 mg/100 g DW |
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