Nutritional evaluation of cookies produced from pigeon pea, cocoyam and sorghum flour blends

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 433-438

  Okpala, L C ^a   Okoli, E C ^a  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antinutritional factors; Cookies; Protein quality

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN CYANIDE; OXALIC ACID; PHYTATE; SAPONIN; TANNIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; MALE; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PIGEONPEA; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; SORGHUM; XANTHOSOMA; XANTHOSOMA SAGITTIFOLIUM;

CAJANUS CAJAN; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; RATTUS; SORGHUM BICOLOR; XANTHOSOMA SAGITTIFOLIUM;

EID: 79251530808     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Akobundu ENT, Ubbaonu CN, Ndupuh CE (1998). Studies on the baking potential of non-wheat composite flours. J. Food Sci. Technol. (25): 211-214.
2. Al-Numair KS, Ahmed SE (2008). Biological evaluation of karkade (Hibiscus sabdariffa) seed protein isolate. J. Food Agric. Environ. (6): 155-161.
3. AOAC (1990). Official Methods of Analysis of Association (15th edition) of Official Analytical Chemists, Washington DC.
4. Arntifield SS, Ismond MA, Murray ED (1985). Fate of antinutritional factors during miscellization technique. Canadian Inst. Food Sci. Technol. J. (18): 137-140.
5. Balagopalan C, Padmaja G, Nanda S, Moorthy SN (1988). Cassava in food, feed and industry. CRC Press, Inc, Boca Raton, Florida.
6. Birk Y, Bondi A, Gestetner B, Ishaya IA (1963). Thermostable haemolytic factor in soyabeans. Natural, (197): 1089-1090.
7. Dendy DAV (1992). Composite flour past, present and future: A review with special emphasis on the place of composite flour in the semi-arid zones. In Gomez MI, House LR, Rooney LW, Dendy DAV (Eds). Utilization of sorghum and millets. Patancheru, Inde, ICRISAT.
8. Echendu CA, Onimawo IA, Somtochi A (2004). Production and Evaluation of Doughnuts and Biscuits from Maize- Pigeon pea Flour Blends. Nig. Food J. (22): 147-153.
9. Ezeagu IE (2005). Baobab (Adansonia digitata) seed protein utilization in young albino rats I: Biochemical ingredients and performance characteristics. Anim. Res. Int. 2(1): 240-245.
10. FAO (1990). Roots, tubers, plantains and banana in human nutrition. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome.
11. FAO/WHO (1994). Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards programme. Codex Alimentarious Commission, Foods for special dietary uses (including foods for infants and children). Vol. 4.
12. Friedman M, Cuq JL (1988). Chemistry, analysis, nutritional value and toxicology of tryptophan. J. Agric. Food Chem. 36: 1079-1093.
13. Hackler LR (1977). Methods of measuring protein quality: A review of bioassay procedures. Cereal Chem. 54(4): 984-995.
14. Huang D (2005). Selecting an optimum starch for snack development (online). Available from: http://www.foodinnovation.com/pdf/Selecting%20Optimal%20Starchpdf.
15. Hudson BJ, El-Difrawi EA (1979). The sapogenins of the seeds of four lupin species J. Plant Food, (3): 181-186.
16. Ihekoronye AI, Ngoddy PO (1985). Integrated Food Science and Technology for the Tropics, London, Macmillan.
17. Ijeoma BC (1983). Annual report. National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Nigeria.
18. Liener IE (1980). Toxic constituents of plant foodstuffs. Academic Press, New York, London.
19. McWatters KH, Ouedraogo JB, Resurreccion AVA, Hung Y, Phillips RD (2003). Physical and sensory characteristics of sugar cookies containing mixtures of wheat, fonio (Digitaria exilis) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) flours. Int. J. Food Sci. Technol. (38): 403-410.
20. Milner M (1974). Protein-fortified cereal foods for developing countries. Cereal Sci. Today, 19: 509
21. Nwabueze TU (2008). Weight analyses and nitrogen balance assay in rats fed extruded African breadfruit (Treculia africana Decne) based diets. Nig. Food J. 26(1): 27-42.
22. Okaka JC (1997). Cereals and Legumes. Storage and Processing Tech. Data and Microsystems Pub. Enugu.
23. Reddy MB, Love M (1999). The impacts of food processing on the nutritional quality of vitamins and minerals. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. (459): 99-106.
24. Ukpabi UI, Ejidoh JI (1989). Effect of deep oil frying on the oxalate content and degree of itching of cocoyam (Xanthosoma and Colocasia Spp.) Technical paper presentation at the 5th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Society of Nigeria. Federal University of Tech. Owerri, Nigeria.
25. United Nations Children Emergency Fund (1996). Child Nutrition. New York, USA. Published for UNICEF by Oxford Universities Press, p. 82.