Ekpeno Sunday Ukpong

Functional, Cooking, Sensory and Microbial Properties of FARO 44 Brown Rice as Affected by Milling and Germination

Ekpeno Sunday Ukpong, Eucharia Uloma Onyeka, Gloria C. Omeire & Chika C. Ogueke · Asian Food Science Journal · 2022

Germinated brown rice (GBR) was produced from FARO 44 rice cultivar by sterilizing the paddy in sodium hypochlorite solution, steeping it in potable water and germination of the de-husked grain. Germination temperatures were maintained at 30 and 40oC for 12 and 36 h. The mould co...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i1030480

Effects of Single and Double Treatment Methods on the Micronutrients in Mucuna pruriens (Velvet Bean) Seed Flour

Clement Chinedum Ezegbe, Justina Nne Nwosu, Clifford Ifeanyi Owuamanam & Ekpeno Sunday Ukpong · Asian Food Science Journal · 2023

Mucuna pruriens seed is an underutilized legume with good nutritional value with a possibility of changes in its micronutrients’ composition during processing whose data is scanty. Mucuna pruriens seed flour was therefore evaluated for the effect of soaking, cooking, roasting, ge...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i3624