Proximate composition and selected functional properties of fermented and unfermented African oil bean (Pentaclethra macrophylla) seed flour

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-238

  Akubor, P I ^a   Chukwu, J K ^a  

^a Federal Polytechnic Idah   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

African oil bean seeds; Fermentation; Flour; Food uses; Functionality; Proximate composition

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; EMULSION; FERMENTATION; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FLOUR; FOOD ADDITIVE; NITROGEN SOLUBILITY; PENTACLETHRA MACROPHYLLA; PH; PROTEIN SUPPLEMENT; SEED; SOLUBILITY;

ABSORPTION; AFRICA; CARBOHYDRATES; EMULSIONS; FABACEAE; FERMENTATION; FLOUR; HUMANS; NITROGEN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEEDS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0033501623     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008100930856     Document Type: Article

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