Thursday 23 May 2013
   

Effect of Processing Methods on Nutritive and Antinutritive Properties of Seeds of Brachystegia eurycoma and Detarium microcarpum from Nigeria.

Effect of Processing Methods on Nutritive and Antinutritive Properties of Seeds of Brachystegia eurycoma and Detarium microcarpum from Nigeria.

Proximate analysis of the seeds of Brachystegia eurycoma and Detrarium microcarpum were carried out on both the dehulled and undehulled samples of the flour. The protein content of the seeds are quite low 9.1;7.2 and 11.4;8.2 for undehulled and dehulled Brachystegia eurycoma and Detarium microcarpum, respectively. Crude fibre is less than 3% in each, while ash was less than 5% each per...
 
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Friday O.Uhegbu, Chioma C. Onwuchekwa, Emeka E.J Iweala and Ijeoma Kanu
Dr. Emeka Iweala is a senior lecturer in Biochemistry at the Covenant University, Nigeria. He had his professional training at the Abia State University, University of Nigeria and University of Lagos. Prior to joining Covenant University, he worked for over twelve years as a lecturer and researcher at the Abia State University, Nigeria. He has publishd several papers from research spanning... view full profile
Iweala Emeka Eze Joshua
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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