Cyanide content and sensory quality of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) root tuber flour as affected by processing

Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 285-288

  Iwuoha, Chinyere I ^a   Banigo, Edward O I ^a   Okwelum, Felix C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE;

ARTICLE; CASSAVA; FLOUR; FOOD PROCESSING; PLANT ROOT;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0031035681     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0308-8146(95)00184-0     Document Type: Article

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