Sweet potato leaves: properties and synergistic interactions that promote health and prevent disease.

@article{Johnson2010SweetPL,
  title={Sweet potato leaves: properties and synergistic interactions that promote health and prevent disease.},
  author={Melissa Johnson and Ralphenia D. Pace},
  journal={Nutrition reviews},
  year={2010},
  volume={68 10},
  pages={
          604-15
        }
}
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) leaves provide a dietary source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, dietary fiber, and essential fatty acids. Bioactive compounds contained in this vegetable play a role in health promotion by improving immune function, reducing oxidative stress and free radical damage, reducing cardiovascular disease risk, and suppressing cancer cell growth. Currently, sweet potato leaves are consumed primarily in the islands of the Pacific Ocean and in Asian and African… 
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