Chemical and physio-chemical characterization of the flours and oils from whole and rejected cashew nuts cultivated in southwest Nigeria

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-93

  Aletor, O ^a   Agbede, J O ^a   Adeyeye, S A ^a   Aletor, V A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cashew nut oil; Flours; Ruminant animal feed

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; CALCIUM; CASHEW NUT OIL; COBALT; COPPER; IODINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MINERAL; PEROXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTIC ACID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALORIE; CASHEW NUT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FLUOR; FOAMING; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PROCESSING; LIPID ABSORPTION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONTENT; SOLUBILITY; WATER ABSORPTION;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846380308     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2007.89.93     Document Type: Article

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