Factors influencing quality of palm oil produced at the cottage industry level in Ghana

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 271-278

  Tagoe, S M A ^a   Dickinson, M J ^a   Apetorgbor, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; Fragment analysis; Ghana; Impurity; Microbes; Moisture; Palm oil

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; GEOTRICHUM; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84856813603     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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