Water absorption characteristics of Nigerian acha (Digitaria exilis)

International Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Tunde Akintunde, Toyosi Y ^a  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

acha; Peleg's equation; water absorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ACHA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GELATINIZATION TEMPERATURE; HYDRATION BEHAVIOURS; HYDRATION EQUILIBRIA; HYDRATION TEMPERATURE; NIGERIANS; PELEG EQUATION; PELEG'S EQUATION; WATER ABSORPTION CAPACITY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; GELATION; HYDRATES; HYDRATION;

WATER ABSORPTION;

DIGITARIA EXILIS; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA;

EID: 78149275762     PISSN: 15563758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1556-3758.1650     Document Type: Article

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