Aims: The Global population is increasing at an accelerated rate while food security is moving in towards a negative direction. Therefore, identification and utilization of underutilized food resources are important to attain sustainability. The present study focused on seeds of...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i11681
The nutritional characteristics such as proximate composition, amino acids, and fatty acids properties of fish depend on the size of fish. Determination of the nutritional parameters of Thai pangus muscle depending on five different sizes, viz., 0.5 kg, 1.0 kg, 1.5 kg, 2.0 kg, an...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2021/v20i630307
Esienanwan Esien Efiong, Jonathan Maduka Nwaedozie, Abraham Ehinomhen Ubhenin & Emmanuel Hala Kwon- Ndung·Asian Food Science Journal·2020
Aims: To characterize unsweetened and sweetened “kunun-zaki” drink/pulp using GC-MS. Study Design: The experimental groups were divided into four: unsweetened “kunun-zaki” drink, sweetened “kunun-zaki” drink, unsweetened “kunun-zaki” pulp and sweetened “kunun-zaki” pulp respectiv...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2020/v19i130230
Yao N'guessan Jean Claude, Adima Amissa Augustin, Niamke Bobelé Florence & Adje Anoh Félix·Asian Food Science Journal·2020
Aims: This study aims to determine the fatty acid, sterol and total polyphenol composition of Ricinodendron heudelotii, Terminalia catappa, Moringa oleifera, Cyperus esculentus, Sesamum indicum and Coula edulis oils. Study Design: Plant material consisting of almonds of Ricinoden...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2020/v19i130227
Gboyega O. Oyeleke, Stephen G. Olawale, Funmilola D. Ajao, Mudasiru A. Salam & Matthew M. Oluwasina·Asian Food Science Journal·2020
Oil from Allamanda cathartica seed was extracted using n-hexane as solvent in soxhlet extractor. The physicochemical and antioxidants properties of the oil were carried out using standard analytical methods. The fatty acid attributes of the extracted seed oil were determined by G...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2020/v17i230190
Aim: The study characterized sesquiterpenes from the bark extracts of Piliostigma reticulatum and Cleistopholis patens and subsequently tested the extracts for their antibacterial activities. Methodology: Ground stem barks of P. reticulatum and C. patens were obtained and extract...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v27i530112
Sabah A. A. Jassim, Atheer A. Aldoori, Moutaz A. AbdulMounam, Basil R. Faraj, Farqad F. AbdulHameed & Richard G. Limoges·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2018
Aims: Camelus dromedarius (dromedary or one-humped camels) are known to endure harsh conditions including extreme temperatures and high solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation in desert wilderness areas. This remarkable survival in the harsh desert conditions is attributed to distinctiv...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/42132
The demand for sandfish, Holothuria scabra has rapidly grown in the last decades. In order to better understand the quality of this species as human food, nutritional profiles of farmed and wild juvenile sandfish were investigated in this study by measuring the proximate body com...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/41457
Purified samples of melon seed (Citrullus lanatus) oil extracted from melon seeds obtained from a local market in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria were analyzed by FTIR,1H NMR, 13C and DEPT-135 NMR. The frequency data shows the oil to contain unsaturated acyl chains in its triacyl...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/39578
Aims: Comparative study of fatty acid composition of biomass in alcohol and wine S. cerevisiae strains, Champagne wine and ethanol, produced by yeast. Place and Duration of Study: The study was undertaken in the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Caspian Institute of B...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26729
Aims: Biodegradation of oil-rich wastewater evidenced with the production of fatty acids was enumerated and qualified. Study Design: The study site is Falegan restaurant situated within the metropolis of Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State. The restaurant is located at about 20...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/6832