“…Several authors have concluded that L. taraxacifolia can serve as a functional food that can curb malnutrition and disease; two major problems confronting the developing countries after analysis of their nutritional qualities [48,59]. Several studies found it to be very rich in micronutrients and macronutrients like iron, manganese, zinc, magnesium, calcium, potassium, sodium and phosphorus [48, 35,60,61]. X. sagittifolium leaves supply a large amount of carbohydrates, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, zinc phosphorus [38,56].…”