Production and nutritional quality of traditional Nigerian masa from mixtures of rice, pearl millet, cowpea, and groundnut

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 366-373

  Nkama, Iro ^a   Malleshi, Nagappa G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP; FOOD SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN;

NIGERIA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; NEPTUNIA; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; TETRAGASTRIS BALSAMIFERA;

EID: 0032408658     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482659801900413     Document Type: Article

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