Pasting properties of cowpea flour: Effects of soaking and decortication method

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1864-1870

  Henshaw, Folake O ^a   McWatters, Kay H ^a   Oguntunde, A Omotayo ^b   Phillips, R Dixon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cowpea (vigna unguiculata) flour; Decortication; Pasting properties; Presoaking

Indexed keywords

VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0007176798     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf950698d     Document Type: Article

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