CAMOTE TOPS/TALBOS NG KAMOTE
- Sweet potato tops are excellent sources of antioxidative compounds,
mainly polyphenolics, which may protect the human body from oxidative
stress that is associated with many diseases including cancer and
cardiovascular diseases.
- Sweet potato greens have the highest content of
total polyphenolics among other commercial vegetables studied.
- Sweet potatoes contain protein, dietary fiber, lipid, and essential
minerals and nutrients such as calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, sodium,
potassium, sulfur, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, aluminum and boron.
- Sweet potatoes are also important sources of vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin,
niacin and ascorbic acid."