Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) is most well-known for the products of its fruit, such as coconut meat, coconut water, coconut milk, and coconut oil. Almost all edible products of the coconut come from the fruit, or “nut” portion of the plant. Some fruit products include desiccated...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i130347
Åshild Kristin Andreassen, Nana Yaa Ohene Asare, Anne Marie Bakke, Anne Marthe Jevnaker, Olavi Junttila, Ville Erling Sipinen, Rose Vikse, Per Brandtzæg, Knut Kelkås Dahl, Knut Thomas Dalen, Richard Meadow, Kåre Magnus Nielsen, Monica Sanden & Hilde-Gunn Opsahl Sorteberg·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2021
Genetically modified carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) line 123.2.38 with product name Moonlite™, expresses three introduced traits. The dfr and f3′5′h (Hf1) genes from Petunia x hybrida coding for dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) and flavonoid 3′,5′-hydroxylase (F3′5′H), res...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i130345
Åshild Kristin Andreassen, Nana Yaa Ohene Asare, Anne Marie Bakke, Knut Kelkås Dahl, Knut Thomas Dalen, Kåre Magnus Nielsen, Monica Sanden, Ville Erling Sipinen, Rose Vikse, Per Brandtzæg, Olavi Junttila, Richard Meadow & Hilde-Gunn Opsahl Sorteberg·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2021
Soybean 356043 expresses both the gat gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus licheniformis and the gm - hra gene, an optimised form of the endogenous acetolactate synthase (als) coding sequence from soybean (Glycine max; gm). The encoded GAT4601 protein, glyphosate acetyltransfera...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i130346
Antioxidant activities and nutritional composition are essential ingredients normally considered in the choice of vegetables for human consumption. Leafy vegetables in particular, are regarded as protective foods in human diet due to their many health benefits. The aim of this re...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i130343
Aims: Annona comprises many species but four are known as bearers of edible fruits, namely, A. reticulata, A. squamosal, A. cherimola and A. muricata. Soursop is not quite exploited in Cameroon. This work was aimed at determining the nutritional and phytochemical properties of so...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i130342
Heavy metals naturally are non-biodegradable constituents of the earth’s crust that accumulate and persist indefinitely in the ecosystem as a result of both human and natural activities. Their contamination of vegetables remains an issue of public health interest due to the frequ...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i130341
Cowpea is one of the common edible annual herbaceous legume. Callosobruchus maculatus is one of the common post-harvest pest of cowpea.This work was aimed at determining the protectant effect of five vegetable oils; coconut oil, cotton seed oil, groundnut oil, palm oil and sesame...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i1230330
Street foods plays vital role for low and middle income group of urban peoples of developing countries, street foods meets food and nutritional requirements at very affordable prices for peoples all over the world. Mostly street foods are unhealthy foods, which is increased by hi...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i1230335
The present paper aims to highlight the chemical characteristics of solutions from cooked beans and to compare them with human urine. Solutions of cooked beans were produced by cooking variety of Phaseolus vulgaris L. known as “Meringue” without salts. After this stage, samples o...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i1230331
Toddlers malnutrition is a health problem in developing countries like those found in Sub-Saharan Africa. Owing to prevalence of poverty, families are generally not able to afford the commercial complementary foods available in the market stalls, since such complementary foods ar...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i1230339
This study was undertaken to investigate the nutrient composition and sensory properties of wheat flour bread substituted with defatted and undefatted cashew kernel flours. Cashew kernel was processed into flour and thereafter divided into two portions. One portion was left undef...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i1230332
In the current study, calcium lactate (ca-lactate) was used as a calcium source and tripotassium citrate (TPC) as chelating agents to produce calcium-enriched soymilk with calcium content equivalent to cow’s milk (120 mg/100mL). Physicochemical properties of calcium-enriched soym...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i1230333
The study was carried out to evaluate the effect of feeding locust bean (Parkia Biglobosa) seed meal (LBSM) at graded levels on the performance of broilers. Two hundred and forty broilers were used which were randomly allotted to four treatment groups, each replicated four times...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i1230334
Increase in microbial population especially Salmonella species in food due to improper handling, storage and exposure to contaminants can raise public health concerns when consumed without adequate processing. This study evaluates the prevalence and antibiogram of Salmonella spec...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i1230336
Aim: The present study focused on extraction of lycopene from tomato processing industry waste, its purification and characterization by different methods. Lycopene is major carotenoid found in tomato. Methodology: Different tomato parts like whole tomato, tomato peel and waste g...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i1230337