Effect of Local Food Processing on Phytate Levels in Cassava, Cocoyam, Yam, Maize, Sorghum, Rice, Cowpea, and Soybean

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1990, Pages 1580-1585

  Marfo, Emmanuel K ^a   Simpson, Benjamin K ^b   Idowu, Johnson S ^c   Oke, Olusegun L ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

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EID: 0001718021     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf00097a032     Document Type: Article

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