The fate of cyanogens during the cooking of cassava in mumu, a traditional oven in Papua New Guinea

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-182

  Sopade, Peter A ^a  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Coconut cream; Cyanogenic potential; Earth oven; Heat processing; Mumurization; South Pacific islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034418899     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2621.2000.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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