Effects of microbial flora on the digestibility of cowpea starch and nitrogen

Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 424-427

  Ofuya, Z M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cowpea; Digestibility; Nutritional evaluation; Starch; Vigna unguiculata

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; STARCH;

COWPEA; DIGESTIBILITY; NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

VIGNA UNGUICULATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27644481802     PISSN: 00221155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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