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. 2024 Dec 16;16(24):4340. doi: 10.3390/nu16244340

Table 7.

The estimated amount of baobab leaf intake (BLI g/day) to meet the daily iron reference. The BLI g/day was calculated based on their nutritional means in Table 2, and the dietary reference values in Table 1.

Age Group C1 C2 C3 C4-B C4-G AD-M AD-W PW LW
KR1 39 39 61 61 73 61 89 89 89
KR2 35 35 56 56 66 56 81 81 81
KR3 51 51 81 81 95 81 117 117 117
BN1 59 59 93 93 110 93 136 136 136
BN2 59 59 93 93 110 93 136 136 136
BN3 48 48 76 76 90 76 111 111 111

Age groups: children (1–3 years) (C1), children (4–6 years) (C2), children (7–10 years) (C3), children (10–18 years) (C4), adults (≥25 years) (AD), pregnant women (PW), lactating women (LW). “B”: Boys, “G”: Girls, “M”: Men, “W”: Women. Study area: Khor tagat (KR1), Kazgil (KR2), Jabal Kordofan (KR3), Er Roseires (BN1), Abu Hashim (BN2), and El Gari (BN3).