Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and micronutrient deficiencies are substantial public health challenges in developing regions. Traditional cereal-based gruels often provide insufficient essential nutrients and have limited capacity to sequester free radicals in the body. This st...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2026/v25i7893
The study focused on characterising pretreated African yam bean (AYB) and Bambara groundnut (BGN) seed coats for possible use in food formulations. The AYB and BG seed coats were dehulled to separate the seed coats from the cotyledon. The seed coats were pretreated using warm wat...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2024/v23i8734
The consumption of cookies offered reliable advantages to the consumers, which included but not limited to perfect eating ability, prolong shelf live and acceptability among all nations. This study thus, investigated the antioxidant and anti-diabetic properties of cookies obtaine...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2024/v23i4709
Quality attributes of stiff porridges prepared from Pearl millet and African Yam Bean (AYB) flour blends were studied. Various ratios such as A (100% pearl millet), B (90:10), C (80:20), D (70:30), E (60:40) and F (50:50) of pearl millet and African Yam Bean (AYB) composite flour...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2021/v20i930343
Joy N. Eke-Ejiofor, Adelaide E. Ojimadu, Gabriel O. Wordu & Chigozie E. Ofoedu·Asian Food Science Journal·2021
The progress towards exploring the potentials of underutilized indigenous food sources via product development to curb food wastage and agro-food extinction is a way of attaining food nutrition and security within a region. In this context, a comparative study involving some func...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2021/v20i930342