Effect of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) processing methods on flatus causing oligosaccharides

Nutrition Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 349-358

  Onyenekwe, P C ^a,b   Njoku, G C ^a   Ameh, D A ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Bundesinstitut GV/Veterinarmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cowpea; Flatulence; Processing; Raffinose; Stachyose

Indexed keywords

OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RAFFINOSE; STACHYOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; COOKING; FLATULENCE; FOOD PROCESSING; LEGUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034162184     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(00)00128-7     Document Type: Article

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