item: #1 of 142 id: ajfsoa-104 author: Asiamah, Kashez; Nulty, Awuah; J, Kubby title: The impact of rural Agricultural development projects on agricultural products in preferred area of Benin date: 2014 words: 5359 flesch: 50 summary: The results suggest the need to improve management of agricultural projects to enhance their impact. The IP are indicators of agricultural projects at a beneficiary level. keywords: adja; area; development; food; impact; nagot; productivity; projects; study cache: ajfsoa-104.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-104.txt item: #2 of 142 id: ajfsoa-109 author: W, Tawongsa; Abdelmoula, Adran title: Rheological categorization and quality of Large-scale marketable mayonnaise using back extrusion date: 2014 words: 3839 flesch: 52 summary: Since mayonnaise rheological properties are related to the formulation, process parameters, the storage temperature and commercial mayonnaises present differentiated formulations analysis performed in distinct temperatures demonstrates such differences in its rheology. Mayonnaise rheological properties are related with formulation, process parameters and storage temperature. keywords: extrusion; fat; food; force; light; mayonnaise; properties; texture cache: ajfsoa-109.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-109.txt item: #3 of 142 id: ajfsoa-111 author: E, Tahmasebi; Bozorgi, Moein; Khukhan, Keyvan title: A kinetic Study in the changes of SDS-PAGE profile of whey proteins during storage at different temperatures date: 2014 words: 4199 flesch: 62 summary: Majority of studies on whey protein solubility and functionality are focused on elevated temperatures. The combined effects of thermal treatment and pH have profound effect on whey protein solubility. keywords: acid; food; proteins; samples; solubility; whey cache: ajfsoa-111.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-111.txt item: #4 of 142 id: ajfsoa-116 author: Naeem, Habib; Haider, Hasnain; B., Yaseen title: Study on the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibiting properties of the terpenoid extract of (Crataegus monogyna) date: 2014 words: 2464 flesch: 58 summary: The results obtained from this study consequently open new avenues for the rational design of ACE inhibitors based on the triterpenic scaffold. These were PDB IDs 1UZF (Natesh et al., 2004), 1UZE (Natesh et al., 2004) and 1O86 (Natesh et al., 2003), describing the bound co-ordinates of testicular ACE and the small molecules captopril (resolution 2.00 Ǻ), enalaprilat (resolution 1.82 Ǻ) and lisinopril (resolution 2.00 Ǻ). keywords: ace; acid; captopril; enalaprilat; lbp; lisinopril; molecules cache: ajfsoa-116.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-116.txt item: #5 of 142 id: ajfsoa-119 author: Singh, Jumi; Vadewki, Raj; P, Vijay title: A provincial study of food safety measures in Bundelkhand region in India date: 2012 words: 5727 flesch: 55 summary: To examine the overall scenario of food availability in UP Bundelkhand for the year 2008 the variables taken are; food grain availability (kg per head per annum), calorie availability (calorie per head per day) and livestock availability (population per livestock) (Table 1). Key words: Food availability, food stability, food accessibility, food security, Bundelkhand. keywords: accessibility; area; availability; bundelkhand; districts; food; food availability; food security; population; security; stability cache: ajfsoa-119.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-119.txt item: #6 of 142 id: ajfsoa-139 author: Jabulani, Ncanywa title: A review of the food security and poverty issues in South Africa date: 2014 words: 9756 flesch: 59 summary: The composition and persistence of poverty in rural South Africa, an entitlements approach to poverty. Perhaps, this could be the entry point that the government, agricultural economists and other stakeholders can utilize to push for smallholder agricultural development to create employment and alleviate rural poverty. keywords: africa; agriculture; cape; countries; development; farm; food; health; income; levels; people; poverty; resources; sector; security; smallholder; south; south africa; world cache: ajfsoa-139.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-139.txt item: #7 of 142 id: ajfsoa-140 author: Mhembere, Chimony; Salau, Stewart; Mapeto, Tatender title: Effects of types of treatments of lead and cadmium on soil bioavailability: A potential human risk date: 2014 words: 3756 flesch: 67 summary: Soil bioavailable Pb in mixed treatments significantly correlated positively with uptake by B. napus. Yield was significantly correlated negatively with soil bioavailable Pb and Cd as well as metal uptake. keywords: metal; napus; soil; treatments; uptake; wastewater; yield cache: ajfsoa-140.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-140.txt item: #8 of 142 id: ajfsoa-142 author: Nwabueze, Okocha; Nwafor, Chinedu title: Extractive performance of solvents on the indices of African breadfruit (Treculia africana) seed oil date: 2014 words: 4539 flesch: 62 summary: African breadfruit seed oil yield and Vitamins Oil Yield and vitamin content (A as carotenoid and E) of African breadfruit seed oil extracted with different sol- vents are shown in Table 2. This range of specific gravity of African breadfruit seed oil compares with the ranges reported for palm oil (0.91) and ground- nut oil (0.84) (Ebuehi, et al., 2006) and 0.91 for pumpkin (Curcubita pepo) seed oil (Ihediohanma et al., 2006). keywords: acid; african; breadfruit; breadfruit seed; extraction; food; hexane; oil; seed; seed oil; solvents; values cache: ajfsoa-142.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-142.txt item: #9 of 142 id: ajfsoa-144 author: Aotunex Ihemanma, Aotunexx; Ebutex, Chigaemezu title: Reliable ways in advancing employee motivation in fast food outlets in Cape Town, South Africa date: 2014 words: 8814 flesch: 59 summary: Fast food employees work long hours for low pay (Schlosser, 1998). It is the amount of training that is provided to fast food employees that enhances their performance rather than the quality or quantity of education achieved prior to employment (Sheridan et al., 1997). keywords: employees; food; food industry; industry; job; management; managers; motivation; needs; performance; staff; time; work; workers; workplace cache: ajfsoa-144.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-144.txt item: #10 of 142 id: ajfsoa-146 author: Bedan, Kabatila; Brayant, Kavat; E., Mishflo title: The effect of soil chemical properties on basic gum composition date: 2014 words: 3062 flesch: 55 summary: Logologo and Laisamis had similar trend in soil carbon, soil nitrogen and gum nitrogen, while Merille and Seereolipi varied in soil carbon, soil nitrogen, gum carbon and gum nitrogen (Figure 3). Soil nitrogen (0.30, 0.4 and 0.8%) in Merrile, Laisamis and Logologo were significantly correlated (p < 0.05) to the nitrogen (0.31 - 0.32%) in gum, while soil N (0.3%) in Sereolipi was not significantly correlated with gum nitrogen (0.23%) and was significantly lower than those of Merrile, Laisamis and Logologo (0. 31, 0.32 and 0.32%). keywords: arabic; gum; laisamis; logologo; merrile; nitrogen; senegal; soil cache: ajfsoa-146.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-146.txt item: #11 of 142 id: ajfsoa-147 author: Asiamah, Kashez; Nulty, Awuah; J, Kubby title: The impact of rural Agricultural development projects on agricultural products in preferred area of Benin date: 2014 words: 5359 flesch: 50 summary: The results suggest the need to improve management of agricultural projects to enhance their impact. The IP are indicators of agricultural projects at a beneficiary level. keywords: adja; area; development; food; impact; nagot; productivity; projects; study cache: ajfsoa-147.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-147.txt item: #12 of 142 id: ajfsoa-148 author: Jumi, Singh; Vadewk, Raj; P, Vijay title: Biotechnological Agriculture in relations to property rights date: 2014 words: 5131 flesch: 38 summary: These rights are most often referred to as plant variety rights or plant breeders rights (PBRs). Even though plant variety protection developed separately from patent protection and is considered to be more appropriate for the particular nature and characteristics of agricultural innovation, higher levels of protection have raised similar concerns as those in the patent field. keywords: agreement; biotechnology; countries; development; international; iprs; new; patent; plant; property; protection; research; rights; varieties cache: ajfsoa-148.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-148.txt item: #13 of 142 id: ajfsoa-149 author: O, Harshanti; Bukar, Abubakar title: Control measures in Nigerian traditional food manufacture: some Useful properties of extruded millet-soybean for the ‘fura’ date: 2014 words: 7080 flesch: 62 summary: Effect of extrusion variables on WAI, WSI and VISCOSITY of samples. Extrudate photographic responses The effects of extrusion variables (feed composition, feed moisture and screw speed) can be seen as shown in Plates 1-15. keywords: composition; extrusion; feed; feed moisture; flour; food; moisture; screw; soybean; speed; starch; viscosity; water; wsi cache: ajfsoa-149.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-149.txt item: #14 of 142 id: ajfsoa-150 author: Ibrahim, Bello; Dave, Mohammed title: Agroforestry Concepts and practices in Maintainable land use systems in Nigeria date: 2014 words: 2360 flesch: 54 summary: This paper highlighted Agroforestry practices and concepts in sustainable land use systems. The objective of this paper is to highlight the importance and concepts of Agroforestry as a veritable tool in sustainable land use systems. keywords: agroforestry; farming; land; practices; production; systems; trees; use cache: ajfsoa-150.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-150.txt item: #15 of 142 id: ajfsoa-151 author: Martins, Okojie; Osaro, Ekiosa; Duke, Yobosa title: Gender Limitation in Agricultural land access: Effects for food security in Ondo State, Nigeria date: 2014 words: 4186 flesch: 55 summary: Available online at www.internationalscholarsjournals.org © International Scholars Journals Full Length Research Paper Gender Limitation in Agricultural land access: Effects for food security in Ondo State, Nigeria Okojie Martins, Ekiosa Osaro and Yobosa Duke Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria. This study assessed gender discrimination in agricultural land access: Implications for food security in Ondo State Nigeria. keywords: access; female; food; land; male; respondents; state; study; women cache: ajfsoa-151.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-151.txt item: #16 of 142 id: ajfsoa-152 author: J. A. V, Famurewa; F A, Akinmuyisitan title: Prediction of drying model and determination of effects of drying temperature on Mucilage and Vitamin-C contents of Fluted Jute (Corchorus capsularis) Leaves date: 2014 words: 2733 flesch: 63 summary: Available online at www.internationalscholarsjournals.org © International Scholars Journals Full Length Research Paper Prediction of drying model and determination of effects of drying temperature on Mucilage and Vitamin-C contents of Fluted Jute (Corchorus capsularis) Leaves Famurewa J. A. V and Akinmuyisitan F A Department of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure. The objectives of this study therefore are to investigate the effect of drying temperatures on the viscosity of Corchorus capsularis and to predict the mathematical drying models, at four different temperatures, that best describe the drying phenomenon of ‘ewedu’. keywords: corchorus; drying; food; leaves; model; page cache: ajfsoa-152.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-152.txt item: #17 of 142 id: ajfsoa-154 author: Abioye; F, V title: Proximate composition and sensory properties of moringa fortified yellow maize-ogi date: 2015 words: 2946 flesch: 67 summary: This reveals that fortification of yellow maize ogi with moringa oleifera leaf is possible and this will also enhance the nutritional status of the populace especially the children and adult who consume ogi as breakfast foods. Properties of ogi powders made from normal fortified and opaque-2 corn. keywords: content; food; leaves; maize; moringa; ogi; powder; samples cache: ajfsoa-154.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-154.txt item: #18 of 142 id: ajfsoa-156 author: Massri, Mohammed; Labban, Louay title: Comparison of different types of fertilizers on growth, yield and quality properties of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) date: 2015 words: 4689 flesch: 64 summary: Key words: Audrey, shapah, manure fertilizers, chemical fertilizers, productivity, watermelon. John et al. (2004) had advocated for an integral use of organic manure and inorganic fertilizers for the supply of adequate quantities of nutrients to improve crop productivity while minimizing environmental impact from fertilizer use. keywords: chemical; control; difference; fertilizer; group; manure; poultry; sheep cache: ajfsoa-156.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-156.txt item: #19 of 142 id: ajfsoa-158 author: N. Bede, Evelyn title: A study of the variation in the composition of ‘chin chin’ and its acceptability among consumers date: 2015 words: 3108 flesch: 70 summary: peanut peanut peanut peanut peanut Samples A B C D E F Content with without with 5% with 10% with 15% with 20% Variation egg egg/peanut peanut peanut peanut keywords: chin; chin chin; egg; peanut; samples; values cache: ajfsoa-158.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-158.txt item: #20 of 142 id: ajfsoa-159 author: Olubukola O, Babalola title: A study of two isolated lactococcal strains with respect to bacteriocin-concentrations date: 2015 words: 5635 flesch: 66 summary: Nisin concentration decreased with a subsequent increase in the incubation period. Therefore, the objective of this study was to characterize nisin concentration among the isolates from nunu and wara. keywords: acid; concentration; food; growth; lactis; microbiol; nisin; strains; wara; wo81 cache: ajfsoa-159.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-159.txt item: #21 of 142 id: ajfsoa-160 author: A. M, Elmahmood,; J. H., Doughari, title: A study of the risks and microbial quality of kunun-zaki beverage for the consuming public date: 2015 words: 3630 flesch: 67 summary: zaki samples were obtained as freshly formulated beverages from 10 different local hawkers in Girei town, Adamawa State, Nigeria and screened for microbial contamination. The high water content coupled with crude methods of production and packaging under improper sanitary condi- tions predisposes Kunun- zaki to microbial contamination. keywords: cfu; food; kunun; samples; zaki cache: ajfsoa-160.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-160.txt item: #22 of 142 id: ajfsoa-162 author: W. A, Abia; F. A, Numfor; F, Tcheuntue title: A study of the energy value and nutrient content of waterfufu and eru” consumed by Cameroonians date: 2015 words: 3443 flesch: 56 summary: Energy value and nutrient content of “waterfufu and eru” (a popular Cameroonian food). A study of the energy value and nutrient content of waterfufu and eru” consumed by Cameroonians Abia W. A. 1* , Numfor F. A 2 , Wanji S. 1 and Tcheuntue F. 2 1 Biochemistry Programme, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea. keywords: cameroon; diet; energy; eru; food; nutrient; protein; value; waterfufu cache: ajfsoa-162.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-162.txt item: #23 of 142 id: ajfsoa-164 author: O. A, Olaoye; A. A, Onilude; C. O, Oladoye title: A study of breadfruit processing and its performance in biscuit production date: 2015 words: 2966 flesch: 68 summary: Accepted 23 March, 2015 Breadfruit was processed into flour and used to supplement wheat flour, in the percentages of 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25, for biscuit production. Key words: Breadfruit flour, wheat flour, proximate composition, composite biscuit, sensory evaluation, aerobic plate count. keywords: biscuit; breadfruit; flour; food; wheat cache: ajfsoa-164.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-164.txt item: #24 of 142 id: ajfsoa-165 author: Xu, Wentao; Huang, Kunlun; Deng, Aike; Zha, Baiqiang; Zhao, Heng; Li, Yingcong; Liang, Zhihong; Luo, Yunbo; Zhao, Heng title: Immunoaffinity column as cleanup tool for an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay of ractopamine detection in various tissues of swine date: 2015 words: 4584 flesch: 59 summary: The matrix was incubated with 2 mL of RCT solution (0.25 mg/mL) and 2 m of OVA (0.25 mg/mL) for 40 min under constant rotation at 4 o C. After 7 times washing, the column was eluted with 0.2 M glycine buffer (2 mL) at various pH conditions (pH 5.5, 5.0, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5, 3.0 and 2.5). Key words: Purification, ractopamine, swine, immunoaffinity column, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. keywords: column; elisa; glycine; iac; ractopamine; rct; samples cache: ajfsoa-165.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-165.txt item: #25 of 142 id: ajfsoa-166 author: Ali , Ali Ait; Rharbi, Nadia; Akharbache, Houda; Sedki, Said title: A study of live prey’s enrichment with three different diets and their effects on survival and growth of common dentex larvae date: 2015 words: 5432 flesch: 73 summary: The results obtained during this experiment for Artemia DHA content (between 0.40 ± 0.00 and 8.60 ± 0.69 mg g -1 of dry weight) were much lower than those reported by Triantaphylidis et al. (1995) and which are included between 13.7 and 25.1 mg g -1 of dry weight and those cited by Kyungmin et al. (2000) and which are included between 22.7 and 37 mg g -1 of dry weight. The necessity to introduce Artemia in food for the development of marine fish larviculture stimulated the research efforts to improve the nutritional value of Artemia's nauplii (Watanabe et al., 1978; Léger et al., 1987). keywords: artemia; dentex; dha; enrichment; growth; larvae cache: ajfsoa-166.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-166.txt item: #26 of 142 id: ajfsoa-167 author: Ayernor, G. S.; Ocloo, F. C. K. title: Physico-chemical changes and diastatic activity associated with germinating paddy rice date: 2015 words: 3342 flesch: 64 summary: Malt yields and malting loss The yield and loss of malted paddy rice grains are pre- sented in Figure 1. Yield and loss of malted paddy rice grains. keywords: content; germination; grains; malting; paddy; rice; starch; time; weight cache: ajfsoa-167.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-167.txt item: #27 of 142 id: ajfsoa-168 author: Naviglio, Daniele; Pizzolongo, Fabiana; Romano, Raffaele; Ferrara, Lydia title: A study of solid-liquid extractive techniques and an innovative solid-liquid extraction technology using the Naviglio Extractor date: 2015 words: 7107 flesch: 52 summary: This paper has two aims: firstly as an innovative technology of solid- liquid extraction, the Naviglio Extrac- tor (Naviglio, 2000; Naviglio, 2003) is briefly introduced and compared to the current techniques of extraction, as far as extraction times are concerned, the extractive effi- ciency and quality of the extracts, particularly with maceration; the other to compare the lemon liquor produced in the traditional manner with that produced using the Naviglio Extractor, which allows the total reco- very of ethanol from the used up lemon peels. Disposing of used lemon peels At the end of the process of maceration, used lemon peels, submitted to the analysis of alcoholic content by distillation in vapour stream, showed a ethanol content of about 15% (v/v) and then they were not disposable as a manure; while the peels deriving from the process of production of lemon liquor using the Naviglio Extractor were lacking in ethanol and then they can be disposed as manure or employed as feed after a drying process at room temperature or in hot air. keywords: alcohol; et al; extraction; lemon; liquid; liquor; maceration; naviglio; peel; process; solid; technique; water cache: ajfsoa-168.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-168.txt item: #28 of 142 id: ajfsoa-169 author: Toyosaki, T title: A study of the effects of peroxides on allergic reactions date: 2015 words: 3021 flesch: 52 summary: These facts strongly suggested that the addition of hydroperoxide affected antigen-antibody reaction of dough crude protein. In con- trast, crude protein solution extracted from dough added hydroperoxide decreased precipitin ring. keywords: bread; dough; fermentation; figure; hydroperoxide; ige; ovomucoid; proteins cache: ajfsoa-169.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-169.txt item: #29 of 142 id: ajfsoa-170 author: Goswam, T. K.; Gupta, S. K title: Detection of dilution of milk with the help of glass transition temperature by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) date: 2015 words: 2562 flesch: 63 summary: The addition of sugars (glucose, froctose and sucrose) also showed a significant change in glass transition temperature. Key words: Milk, glass transition temperature, differential scanning calorimetry, adulteration. keywords: content; dsc; food; glass; milk; temperature; transition; water cache: ajfsoa-170.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-170.txt item: #30 of 142 id: ajfsoa-171 author: Hegazy, Sedki title: A study of the detection of Salmonella heidelberg in some Egyptian foods date: 2015 words: 6727 flesch: 41 summary: C e fa z o li n P o ly m x in B T e tr a c y c li n e A m ox yc ill in cl av ul an ic ac id (a ug m en tin )2 :1 C h lo ra m p h e n ic o l B a c it ra c in A m p ic il li n G e n ta m ic in C e fo n ic id C e ft a z id im e K a n a m y c in P e n ic il li n G S ul ph am et ho xo zo le /T ri m et ho pr im 1 9: 1 N it ro fu ra n ti o n S tr e p to m y c in s 1 s s s s s s s s s s s s s S s s s s s s s s s s s s s s S s s s s s s s s s s s s s s S s s s s s s s s s s s s s s S s s s s s s s s s s s s r 2 s S s s s s s s s s s s s s s s S r s s s s s s s s s s s s s S s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s r s s s s s s s s s s r s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s (1%), nalidixic acid (1.0%), and trimethoprim- amikacin, ceftriaxone, and ciprofloxacin (Zhao et al., sulfamethoxazole (0.7%). The foods were examined to detect Salmonella heidelberg. keywords: et al; food; growth; health; heidelberg; heidelberg isolates; human; infections; isolates; poultry; resistance; s r; s s; salmonella; salmonella heidelberg; w +; zhao s cache: ajfsoa-171.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-171.txt item: #31 of 142 id: ajfsoa-172 author: N.A, Obeta; F. U, Ugwuona; Q.A., Edward title: Effect of processing on hemagglutinin activity of lectin extract from selected green vegetables (Vernonia amygdalina, Gnetum africanum, Petrocarpus soyauxil and Telifera occidentalis) date: 2016 words: 3687 flesch: 62 summary: The blood specifity of the different blood groups was observed in the variation of lectins activities in a0, a1 and a2. In blood group O, agglutinating activity was lost and at 100 0 C there was total destruction of lectins except for blood group AB that showed slight agglutination at a0. keywords: + +; activity; agglutination; blood; lectin; vegetables cache: ajfsoa-172.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-172.txt item: #32 of 142 id: ajfsoa-173 author: Deep, Nonini David; O. Gurinder, Paul; Ruto Chadha, Williams; Roy Odinga, Ezekiel title: Microbiological and physico-chemical quality of raw milk from two smallholder dairy farmer’ groups, Kenya date: 2016 words: 6970 flesch: 61 summary: This measured by titration whereby 3 to 4 drops of 0.5% phenolphthalein were added in 9 ml of milk sample in a beaker on a white tile and titrated against 0.1 equivalents/litre NaOH with constant shaking of the milk until a permanent colour change (pink) was observed. In Table 4, the overall mean log10 for total bacterial count in both locations was 8.078, 8.187, 8.305 and 8.462 TVBC log10 CFU/ ml for milk samples collected directly from the can composite, route composite, cooler (bulk) and upon arrival at the processing plant (tanker), respectively. keywords: cooler; count; dairy; food; kenya; levels; milk; production; quality; route; samples; tanker; test; total; tvbc; water cache: ajfsoa-173.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-173.txt item: #33 of 142 id: ajfsoa-174 author: C. Macky, Abdoulaye; G. Diouf, Baaba; H. Ousmane, Patrick; Abdou Sembene, Leopold; Keita Cisse, Youssou title: Nutritional composition of M. senegalense in order to increase the value of this macroalgal resource for economic development date: 2016 words: 3502 flesch: 58 summary: Although M. senegalense is considered as a rich source of iodine, the FDA and other world dietary guidance programs warn that consumption of excess iodine rich seaweeds could be dangerous for health (Brownlee et al., 2012; Leung and Braverman, 2014). For biochemical analysis, three batches of M. senegalense samples were targeted. keywords: composition; content; food; iodine; mg/100; samples; seaweeds; senegalense; species; vitamin cache: ajfsoa-174.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-174.txt item: #34 of 142 id: ajfsoa-175 author: Orton Mponda, Tomika; Fisher Khumbo, Patrick; Robert Mabedi, Peter title: Vitamin A losses in a supply chain of fortified food vehicles which comprised two brands of vegetable cooking oil and maize flour date: 2016 words: 3518 flesch: 57 summary: Statistical analysis showed significant losses (p<0.05) in vitamin A after the samples were exposed to sunlight. Key words: Fortification, vitamin A, supply chain, sunlight, vegetable cooking oil, maize flour. keywords: cooking; flour; food; maize; malawi; oil; samples; standard; sunlight; vitamin cache: ajfsoa-175.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-175.txt item: #35 of 142 id: ajfsoa-176 author: El-Aragi, G.M; Abedel Rahman, Y. M. title: Effect of hybrid gas-liquid electrical discharge on liquid foods (milk) date: 2016 words: 3153 flesch: 60 summary: The electrical circuit for production of high voltage pulses is based on discharging the capacitor into the liquid sample inside of the reaction chamber. Pulsed high voltage discharge generates high electric field intensities ,which is considered superior to traditional heat treatment of foods because it avoids, or greatly reduces, the detri- mental changes of the sensory and physical properties of foods (Quass, 1997). keywords: discharge; electric; energy; field; liquid; milk; pulse; time; treatment; voltage cache: ajfsoa-176.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-176.txt item: #36 of 142 id: ajfsoa-177 author: Gyedu- Akoto, E; Oduro, I; Amoah, F. M; Oldham, J. H.; Ellis, W. O; OpokuAmeyaw, K.; Asante, F.; Bediako, S. title: Quality estimation of cashew gum in the production of chocolate pebbles date: 2016 words: 2825 flesch: 70 summary: Due to the limited supply and high cost of gum Arabic, cashew gum (CG) was assessed as a quick coating agent in the production of chocolate pebbles, using gum from both young and mature cashew trees. Pebbles produced with cashew gum compared favourably with that produced with gum Arabic. keywords: arabic; cashew; chocolate; gum; gums; pebbles; products cache: ajfsoa-177.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-177.txt item: #37 of 142 id: ajfsoa-178 author: Bih Achu, Mercy; Fokou, Elie; Tchiégang, Clergé; Fotso, Martin; Mbiapo Tchouanguep, Felicité title: A study of atherogenic property of oils extracted from Cucumeropsis mannii date: 2016 words: 4388 flesch: 70 summary: However, these results show that these egusi oils can be good edible oils (do not cause hypertriglyceridaemia) because their TG levels which are 75 in C. mannii oil and 79.4 mg/dl in C. sativus oil rats, are far below 150 mg/dl, the borderline level of TG, above which the person has hypertriglyceridaemia (Randox Assayed Multisera, 2004b). C. sativus and C. mannii oils have high levels of polyun- saturated fatty acids, PUFA (39.3% in C. mannii oil and 62.2% in C. sativus oil) as in corn oil (58.5%) while palm oil has a low level (8.5%) (Table 3). keywords: acid; cholesterol; corn; levels; mannii; oil; oils; palm; rats; sativus cache: ajfsoa-178.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-178.txt item: #38 of 142 id: ajfsoa-179 author: A.O, Obadina,; O.B, Oyewole; T.M, Awojobi, title: Effect of steeping time on the physico-chemical, nutritional quality and consumer acceptability of kunnun-zaki date: 2016 words: 2702 flesch: 61 summary: The protein content increased between 12 and 48 h steeping time. In general, a gradual increase was observed in trend of protein with steeping time. keywords: content; kunun; steeping; time; zaki cache: ajfsoa-179.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-179.txt item: #39 of 142 id: ajfsoa-180 author: Maage, Amund; Toppe, Jogeir; Steiner-Asiedu, Mathilda; AsibeyBerko, Ebenezer; Lied, Einar title: A survey of the iodine content of school-children diets fortified with marine fish date: 2017 words: 6479 flesch: 66 summary: Iodine deficiency is the single most important cause of preventable mental handicap in the world by the turn of the century (WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD, 2001). In 1992 United Nations put forward a plan to eradicate iodine deficiency as a major health problem within the year of 2001 (FAO/WHO, 1992) through increasing: 1) iodine fortification of foods and food ingredients such as salt, water and flour; 2) distribution of iodine capsules in areas where IDD is severe, 3) use of iodine rich nutrients, like seafood, and decreasing the consumption of goitrogens. keywords: bolgatanga; children; content; deficiency; fish; food; ghana; goitre; intervention; iodine; sekoti; status; study; tsh cache: ajfsoa-180.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-180.txt item: #40 of 142 id: ajfsoa-181 author: N. Enujiugha, Victor; T. Akanbi, Charles title: Evaluation of canned fermented oil bean seed slices during ambient storage date: 2016 words: 4708 flesch: 68 summary: Key words: fermented oil bean seeds, canning, quality attributes, storage. The values obtained after 1 month ambient storage agree with the value (1.57 mg/g) obtained for fermented oil bean seeds by Okafor et al Enujiugha and Akanbi 075 keywords: bean; brown; enujiugha; months; oil; samples; sauce; storage; ugba cache: ajfsoa-181.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-181.txt item: #41 of 142 id: ajfsoa-182 author: Gyedu-Akoto, E; Oduro, I.; Amoah, F. M.; Oldham, J. H.; Ellis, W.O.; Opoku-Ameyaw, K.; Bin Hakeem, Rasheed title: A study of the physico-chemical properties of cashew tree gum date: 2016 words: 2698 flesch: 68 summary: This study showed that CG possesses good physico-chemial properties and high levels of minerals Key words: Cashew gum, physico-chemical, gum Arabic, nutritional benefits. The predominant minerals in cashew tree gum were Ca, K, Na and Fe and their nutritional benefits is discussed. keywords: bole; cashew; gum; gums; locations; trees; wenchi cache: ajfsoa-182.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-182.txt item: #42 of 142 id: ajfsoa-183 author: Singh, Sukhcharn; Riar, C. S.; Saxena, D. C. title: Evaluation of the textural and sensory properties of cookies in order to improve quality date: 2017 words: 4556 flesch: 67 summary: Effect of different ratios of sweetpotato flour dough on Texture profile analysis. Accepted 05 March, 2017 Textural and sensory properties of cookies were studied by supplementing various proportion of sweetpotato flour (0 - 100%) to the wheat flour. keywords: analysis; characteristics; cookies; dough; flour; food; sweetpotato; sweetpotato flour; table; water; wheat cache: ajfsoa-183.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-183.txt item: #43 of 142 id: ajfsoa-185 author: A.A, Adebowale,; L. O, Sanni,; M.O, Onitilo, title: Effect of cassava varieties and roasting methods on the chemical composition and pasting properties of tapioca grits date: 2016 words: 4035 flesch: 59 summary: Pasting properties of tapioca grits from different cassava varieties and roasting methods. There are significant differences in the breakdown viscosity for tapioca grit from different cassava varieties and roasting methods (P<0.05). keywords: cassava; grits; methods; pasting; roasting; starch; tapioca; tapioca grits; viscosity cache: ajfsoa-185.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-185.txt item: #44 of 142 id: ajfsoa-186 author: Deguo, Wang; Guicheng, Huo; Fugui, Wang; Yonggang, Li; Daxi, Ren title: An assay for detecting foodborn Salmonella using Loop-mediated isothermal amplification date: 2017 words: 2612 flesch: 57 summary: Detection limit of LAMP and PCR Comparative analysis of sensitivity of Salmonella detection by LAMP and PCR was carried out using 10-fold serial dilutions of Salmonella DNA. Detection of Salmonella DNA by LAMP and PCR from artificially polluted raw milk. keywords: amplification; detection; dna; lamp; method; salmonella cache: ajfsoa-186.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-186.txt item: #45 of 142 id: ajfsoa-189 author: B. I. O, Ade-Omowaye,; B. A, Akinwande,; I. F, Bolarinwa,; A.O., Adebiyi title: A study of the composition, physico-chemical and viscoelastic properties of flour and sensory properties of bread date: 2017 words: 3317 flesch: 65 summary: Preparation of the various flours blends Flour blends containing varying proportions of tigernut flour (10 - 50%) together with wheat flour were prepared by mixing required amounts of respective flours. Conclusion Inclusion of tigernut flour in wheat flour at levels of 10 to 50% resulted in notable increase in fibre and ash con- tents while protein content decreased. keywords: bread; dough; flour; properties; tigernut; wheat cache: ajfsoa-189.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-189.txt item: #46 of 142 id: ajfsoa-191 author: Youssif, F. M.; Hassan, T.; Mohammed, O. S. A. title: A study of the level of arsenic in serum, urine, bile and tissues of goats and camels infected with Trypanosoma evansi date: 2017 words: 3557 flesch: 69 summary: The mean of arsenic in serum of T. evansi infected camels and treated with single or multiple doses of Cymelarsan Nubian goats and one-humped camels infected with T. evansi. Cymelarsan R in milk and meat was measured by determination of the total arsenic in infected camels in Kenya using recommended route (Sones, 1991). keywords: arsenic; camels; cymelarsan; dose; goats; group; tissues cache: ajfsoa-191.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-191.txt item: #47 of 142 id: ajfsoa-193 author: S. Guehi, Tagro; D. Yao, N’Dri; P. Manizan, Niamien; R. Nevry, Koffi; B. Koffi, Louis; M. Konan, Yao title: A study of fungal profiles of cocoa produced in Côte d’Ivoire in order to discover whether toxigenic and pathogenic moulds are present date: 2017 words: 5578 flesch: 63 summary: Differences in mould counts were detected in cocoa beans according to the producing regions; cocoa from Alépé was most contaminated by moulds. Cocoa beans are an important source of cocoa powder and food worldwide and constitute an inexpensive fat source and are the principal raw material of chocolate from Africa and both Central and South America (Tafuri et al., 2004). keywords: beans; brown; cocoa; cocoa beans; content; fermentation; food; fungi; moisture; mouldy; percentage; purple; quality; samples; soubré cache: ajfsoa-193.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-193.txt item: #48 of 142 id: ajfsoa-197 author: Ugochukwu Nwabueze, Titus; Sunday Okocha, Kalu title: A study of the effectiveness of polar and non polar solvents in African breadfruit seed oil extraction date: 2017 words: 4563 flesch: 62 summary: African breadfruit seed oil yield and Vitamins Oil Yield and vitamin content (A as carotenoid and E) of African breadfruit seed oil extracted with different sol- vents are shown in Table 2. This range of specific gravity of African breadfruit seed oil compares with the ranges reported for palm oil (0.91) and ground- nut oil (0.84) (Ebuehi, et al., 2006) and 0.91 for pumpkin (Curcubita pepo) seed oil (Ihediohanma et al., 2006). keywords: acid; african; breadfruit; breadfruit seed; extraction; food; hexane; oil; seed; seed oil; solvents; values cache: ajfsoa-197.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-197.txt item: #49 of 142 id: ajfsoa-199 author: R, Lekameera.; P, Vijayabaskar; Somasundaram, S. T. title: Evaluation of two different solvent extracts of Colpomenia sinuosa in vitro antioxidant activity using standard procedures date: 2016 words: 3319 flesch: 52 summary: Activity calculation was done as follows: Radical scavenging activity (%) = DPPH radical scavenging activity of methanol and DMSO dissolved diethyl ther extracts (0.25 mg/ml) compared with commercial antioxidants (2 mg/ml). keywords: activity; antioxidant; assay; dmso; extract; figure; methanol; radical; scavenging; sinuosa cache: ajfsoa-199.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-199.txt item: #50 of 142 id: ajfsoa-200 author: Onyeaghala, A. A; Ijagbone, I. F; O. Kalu, Chima title: Comparative and quality analyses of different tomato brands sold in major markets in Ibadan, Nigeria date: 2016 words: 6496 flesch: 59 summary: It had been reported that tomato products imported into Nigeria were adulterated and substandard, but these claims have not been supported using evidence based study. Tomato products made in Nigeria were of comparable quality with those made in US and Italy (P>0.05), but those imported from China were significantly higher in total sugar and starch, but significantly lower in lycopene (P< 0.05). keywords: analysis; brands; lycopene; nigeria; paste; products; quality; sachet; series1; starch; sugar; tin; tomato; total cache: ajfsoa-200.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-200.txt item: #51 of 142 id: ajfsoa-268 author: Abbey, L. D.; Johnson, P-N. T.; Howell, N. K. title: A study of the gelatin from the skin of the flying gurnard and how it interacts with cassava starch date: 2017 words: 3350 flesch: 61 summary: DSC thermograms for mixtures of gelatin of the flying gurnard gelatin and cassava starch scanned from 0 to 90ëC. involved in the gelation of each sample (Arnesen and Gildberg, 2002) . Conclusions Gelation properties of the flying gurnard gelatin especially the high bloom strength and high melting point indicate that fish gelatin could be used to replace mammalian gelatins in some food applications without significantly altering the texture. keywords: cassava; fish; food; gelatin; gurnard; mixtures; skin; starch; temperature cache: ajfsoa-268.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-268.txt item: #52 of 142 id: ajfsoa-269 author: Onabanjo, O. O.; Oguntona, C. R. B.; Maziya-Dixon, Bussie; Olayiwola, I. O.; Oguntona, E. B.; Dixon, A. G. O. title: A study of the nutritional composition of complementary foods micronutrients improved cassava varieties date: 2017 words: 5271 flesch: 61 summary: Micronutrient improved cassava varieties can be effectively used to formulate complementary food as acceptable micronutrients supplement. an infant’s needs, hence, need for complementary food (WHO/UNICEF, 1998; Dewey, 2003; Dewey and Brown, 2003). keywords: acid; amino; cassava; children; composition; diet; fao; fatty; foods; iron; protein cache: ajfsoa-269.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-269.txt item: #53 of 142 id: ajfsoa-27 author: T. U, Nwabueze; F. O, Odunsi title: Optimization of process conditions for cassava (Manihot esculenta) lafun production date: 2013 words: 4980 flesch: 61 summary: Lafun flour yield The percent yield of lafun flour was calculated from the weight of lafun obtained from known weight of the peeled cassava roots used (Oyewole and Ogundele, 2001). Variabilities explained by the models were low for lafun flour yield (R 2 = 0.3188) but high for photometric colour index (R 2 = 0.8098). keywords: cassava; colour; fermentation; flour; food; inoculum; lafun; paste; process cache: ajfsoa-27.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-27.txt item: #54 of 142 id: ajfsoa-270 author: A. Shitandi, Anakalo; Aila, Oketch; Ottaro, Stellah; Aliong’o, Leakey; Mwangi, Grace; Sharma, Harish Kumar; Joseph, Matofari title: A study of the effect of heat treatment on furazolidone residues in liver and muscle tissues of chicken date: 2017 words: 3465 flesch: 66 summary: However, in many low income coun-tries such as Kenya, monitoring of drug residues is not done (Shitandi and Sternesjo, 2001). In a previous study the potential of the B. stearothermophilus var calidolactis C953 as a test organism to detect a broad spectrum of drugs residue was demonstrated in unprocessed poultry meat (Shitandi et al., 2006). keywords: furazolidone; liver; muscle; residues; tissues; treatment cache: ajfsoa-270.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-270.txt item: #55 of 142 id: ajfsoa-271 author: Peters, P. I. Uzor; Arisa, N. U.; Lawrence, C. O.; Osondu, N. S.; Adelaja, A. title: Production of Kokoro with better nutritional content and sensory quality from maize flour date: 2017 words: 2714 flesch: 65 summary: The possibility of producing acceptable Kokoro, with better nutritional content and sensory quality from maize flour mixed with either defatted groundnuts or soybeans flour was therefore investigated. There was no significant dif- ference between the products made from 1:9, 3:7 and 5:7 ratios of maize to defatted soybean cake flour in terms of taste and aroma. keywords: cake; content; flour; groundnut; kokoro; maize cache: ajfsoa-271.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-271.txt item: #56 of 142 id: ajfsoa-272 author: E. Mweta, Davies; T. Labuschagne, Maryke; Koen, Elizma; R. M. Benesi, Ibrahim; D. K. Saka, John title: Properties of the starches from cassava cultivars and cocoyam grown in Malawi in industrial utilization date: 2017 words: 6847 flesch: 65 summary: Cocoyam starch granules exhibited polygonal truncated shapes and small sizes (average of 7 µm) while the cassava starch granules were rounded, irregular with oval and truncated ellipsoidal-granules with average size of 10.14 µm. The cocoyam starch gave lower values of amylose values content and paste clarity but higher phosphorus content, maximum wavelength of iodine complex absorption and blue value than cassava starches. keywords: amylose; cassava; cocoyam; content; properties; retrogradation; starch; starches; swelling; varieties; water cache: ajfsoa-272.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-272.txt item: #57 of 142 id: ajfsoa-273 author: Oluwole Steve, Ijarotimi; Mary Temitope, Oyewo; Stephen, Oladeji Babatunde title: Evaluation of the chemical composition and functional properties of bambara groundnut and cooking banana date: 2017 words: 5688 flesch: 65 summary: 0.04d 7.6  0.01f 26.52  0.06d 27.56  0.17c 27.73  0.57c 30.89  0.08b 40.27  0.13a 22.0  0.00e Phosphorus (mg) 94.06  0.12b 33.32  0.21g 41.93  0.16f 47.22  0.30e 70.19  0.84d 75.31  0.89c 97.55  0.15a 22.0  0.00h Manganese (mg) - 0.93  0.06 - - - - - ND Copper (mg) - 0.12  0.01 - - - - - ND Aluminum (mg) - - - - - - - ND Lead (mg) - - - - - - - ND Chromium (mg) - - - - - - - ND Mercury (mg) - - - - - - - ND *The values as specified by the manufacturer. 0.02b 2.9  0.06f 4.8  0.02e Protein (g) 3.3  0.1h 18.9  0.1a 6.7  0.18f 8.6  0.02e 11.5  0.02d 13.8  0.01c 5.6  0.02g 16.2  0.2b Fat (g) 1.5  0.1f 6.6  0.2b 2.4 0.02e 3.3  0.06d 3.6  0.23d 5.9  0.05c 0.80 ± 02g 8.5  0.03a Fibre (g) 1.2  0.2e 3.8  0.2b 3.9  0.01b 2.8  0.03c 2.7  0.01c 2.3  0.01d 0.5  0.01f 4.5  0.01a Ash (g) 2.6  0.2bc 3.5  0.1a 3.4  0.4a 3.1a  0.03b 2.9  0.02ab 2.3  0.06cd 1.7  00.02d 2.7  0.02bc Carbohydrate(g) 83.7  0.1b 63.3  0.7f 77.8  0.2c 76.1  0.2d 75.9  0.3d 68.9  0.2e 88.4  0.01a 64.0  0.2f CBR1 - Cooking banana + roasted bambara groundnut (90:10) CBR2 - Cooking banana + roasted bambara groundnut (80:20) CBR3 - Cooking banana + roasted bambara groundnut (70:30) CBR4 - Cooking banana + roasted bambara groundnut (60:40) keywords: bambara; banana; cooking; diets; flour; food; groundnut; nutrend; ogi; protein; samples; weaning cache: ajfsoa-273.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-273.txt item: #58 of 142 id: ajfsoa-274 author: Sanful, Rita E. title: Promoting the use of coconut in the production of yoghurt date: 2017 words: 2306 flesch: 72 summary: Accepted 03 March, 2017 Yoghurt was produced from milk obtained from coconut milk and skimmed cow milk, by fermentation using starter cultures. Thus coconut milk can be used with cow milk to produce acceptable and affordable yoghurt since coconut milk is cheaper. keywords: coconut; coconut milk; cow; milk; samples; yoghurt cache: ajfsoa-274.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-274.txt item: #59 of 142 id: ajfsoa-275 author: Idowu, P. E. Akin; Asiedu, R.; Dixon, B. Maziya; Odunola, A.; Uwaifo, A. title: Chemical composition of tubers of eight genotypes and the effect of domestic cooking methods on their nutritional quality date: 2017 words: 5420 flesch: 72 summary: Genotype Boiled Pounded TDc TDc TDc TDc TDc TDc TDc TDc TDc TDc TDc TDc TDc TDc TDc TDc Fresh samples were used for determination of ascorbic acid and total carotenoid contents. keywords: content; food; genotypes; iron; tdc; tdc 04; tdc 95; tdc tdc; tubers; yam; zinc cache: ajfsoa-275.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-275.txt item: #60 of 142 id: ajfsoa-276 author: Wardy, Wisdom; Saalia, Firibu Kwesi; Asiedu, Matilda Steiner; Budu, Agnes S.; Dedeh, Samuel Sefa title: Evaluation of some physical, chemical and sensory attributes of three pineapple (Ananas comosus) varieties grown in Ghana date: 2017 words: 3538 flesch: 68 summary: An assessment of the quality of MD2 with respect to the other varieties on the market will aid on-going resea-rch targeted at establishing the quality of MD2 pineapple in Ghana. It is against this background that this present study was carried out to assess the quality of MD2 pineapple variety with respect to the other varieties on the Ghanaian market. keywords: cayenne; fruit; index; juice; md2; pineapple; quality; sugarloaf; varieties cache: ajfsoa-276.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-276.txt item: #61 of 142 id: ajfsoa-277 author: Mbata, T. I.; Ikenebomeh, M. J.; Ezeibe, S. title: A study of functional properties, mineral content and amino acids of fermented maize flour blended with bambara groundnut date: 2017 words: 3999 flesch: 63 summary: A study of functional properties, mineral content and amino acids of fermented maize flour blended with bambara groundnut T. I. Mbata 1,3* , M. J. Ikenebomeh 2 and S. Ezeibe 3 1 Department of Applied Microbiology and Brewing, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. Key words: Fermented maize flour, bambara groundnut, mineral content, functional properties. keywords: amino; bambara; bambara groundnut; flour; food; groundnut; maize; properties; water cache: ajfsoa-277.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-277.txt item: #62 of 142 id: ajfsoa-278 author: Otitoju, Grace, T. O. title: A Study of the chemical composition and sensory attributes of fermented yellow maize (Zea mays) processed by two methods date: 2017 words: 3093 flesch: 69 summary: Preparation of gruels for organoleptic evaluation A recipe was developed and used to prepare gruel from the four samples of fermented maize flour of UDM, SDM, UWM and SWM respectively. This agreed with the observation made by (Akingbala, 1981; Olatunji, 1982; Obizoba and Atti 1991; Baiyeri, 2004) that fermented maize nutrients can be improved and conser- ved when processed adequately. keywords: flour; food; maize; sdm; swm; udm; uwm; wet cache: ajfsoa-278.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-278.txt item: #63 of 142 id: ajfsoa-279 author: H.A., Etudaiye,; T.U, Nwabueze,; L.O, Sanni, title: Evaluation of fufu flour and dough from 43 CMD resistant varieties date: 2018 words: 4832 flesch: 72 summary: Dry mattercontent (%) Energy (kcal/g) 97/4769 5.52 ± 0.02 94.48 ± 0.02 375.08± 0.03 99/6012 6.17 ± 0.01 93.83 ± 0.01 375.40± 0.04 94/0561 6.51 ± 0.01 93.49 ± 0.01 374.95± 0.03 97/0162 6.97 ± 0.02 93.03 ± 0.02 373.74± 0.02 94/0026 6.99 ± 0.04 93.01 ± 0.04 373.48± 0.04 96/1642 7.02 ± 0.02 92.98 ± 0.02 376.20± 0.12 98/0510 7.26 ± 0.04 92.74 ± 0.04 371.83± 0.04 98/0505 7.29 ± 0.02 92.71 ± 0.02 371.40± 0.02 99/3037 7.45 ± 0.02 92.55 ± 0.02 362.82± 0.03 98/2101 7.46 ± 0.02 92.54 ± 0.02 361.94± 0.06 97/4763 7.48 ± 0.01 92.52 ± 0.01 369.55± 0.04 97/2205 8.19 ± 0.03 91.81 ± 0.03 367.68± 0.12 98/1565 8.19 ± 0.01 91.81 ± 0.01 365.06± 0.02 92/0325 8.22 ± 0.01 91.78 ± 0.01 367.28± 0.06 92B/0068 8.32 ± 0.02 91.68 ± 0.02 keywords: cassava; cmd; flours; food; fufu; nigeria; pasting; properties; varieties; water cache: ajfsoa-279.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-279.txt item: #64 of 142 id: ajfsoa-280 author: Bokhar, Fardos; Mohammad Aly, Magda title: A study of the fungal populations and their toxins associated with coffee bean seeds date: 2018 words: 6361 flesch: 65 summary: Extraction of mycotoxins from coffee bean seed samples A one hundred grams of each sample was extracted with 100 ml chloroform twice times and following the procedures described by Sorenson et al. (1967). Abdel-Hafez and Magh- raby (1992) could isolate 26 fungal species belonging to 16 genera from coffee beans samples. keywords: aflatoxin; aspergillus; coffee; extract; flavus; fungi; growth; media; mycotoxins; production; samples cache: ajfsoa-280.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-280.txt item: #65 of 142 id: ajfsoa-281 author: Obinna C, Nwinyi,; Nwodo S, Chinedu,; Olayinka O, Ajani,; Chinwe.O, Ikpo; Kehinde O, Ogunniran, title: A study of the scientific basis for the traditional use of medicinal plants among the local people in Nigeria date: 2018 words: 3619 flesch: 57 summary: Escherichia coli 10.00 10.00 10.00 2.50 Staphylococcus aureus 10.00 2.50 10.00 10.00 (2005b) reported that inactivity of plant extracts may be due to age of plant, extracting solvent, method of extrac- tion and time of harvesting of plant materials. Ocimum gratissimum and Piper guineense present such potential of high medicinal value. keywords: activity; aureus; coli; ethanol; extracts; gratissimum; guineense; ocimum; plants cache: ajfsoa-281.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-281.txt item: #66 of 142 id: ajfsoa-282 author: O. O, Dosumu; O. O, Oluwaniyi; G. V, Awolola; M. O., Okunola title: A study of the mineral concentration of some Nigerian packed fruit juices, concentrate and local beverages date: 2018 words: 2716 flesch: 68 summary: Key words: Stability, fruit juices, beverages, concentrate, mineral content. Fruit juices are directly extracted from fruits and con- sumed without further processing. keywords: beverages; days; drink; food; mineral cache: ajfsoa-282.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-282.txt item: #67 of 142 id: ajfsoa-283 author: Jooyandeh, Hossein title: Evaluation of the effect of precipitated whey protein (PWP) and fermentation time on the quality of Iranian Lavash bread date: 2018 words: 4608 flesch: 64 summary: In this investigation, the effects of addition of precipitated whey protein (PWP) and fermentation time on the physical properties and sensory characteristics of Lavash breads were studied. In this study, PWP were in- corporated in Lavash breads at four substitution levels 25, 50, 75, and 100% instead of water during dough making. keywords: bread; color; crust; fermentation; food; lavash; min; protein; pwp; samples; time; whey cache: ajfsoa-283.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-283.txt item: #68 of 142 id: ajfsoa-285 author: J. A, Adejuyitan,; E. T, Otunola,; E. A, Akande,; I. F, Bolarinwa,; F. M., Oladokun, title: Effect of fermentation on the proximate composition of tigernut flour and its potentials in food formulation date: 2017 words: 2907 flesch: 66 summary: Two grams of flour sample was added to 50 ml distilled water at 30 ± 2°C in a 100 ml measuring cylinder. Full Length Research Paper Effect of fermentation on the proximate composition of tigernut flour and its potentials in food formulation Adejuyitan, J. A.*, Otunola, E. T., Akande, E. A., Bolarinwa, I. F. and Oladokun, F. M. Department of Food Science and EngineeringLadoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. keywords: content; fermentation; flour; food; properties; tigernut; water cache: ajfsoa-285.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-285.txt item: #69 of 142 id: ajfsoa-286 author: F.O, Adetuyi,; O.F, Badejo,; A.V, Ikujenlola,; S.V, Omosuli title: Evaluation of the quality parameters of malted and unmalted maize and soybean blends date: 2017 words: 3800 flesch: 67 summary: The viscosity of unmalted maize flour (3.69 g/m 2 ) was significantly higher (P>0.05) than the malted maize flour (3.12 g/m 2 ). There was no significant (P>0.05) difference in the P H values of both unmalted and malted maize blends in the two storage containers throughout the storage periods. keywords: 240a; capacity; flour; food; maize; p>0.05; plastic; polyethylene; soybean; storage cache: ajfsoa-286.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-286.txt item: #70 of 142 id: ajfsoa-287 author: Oghenekaro, Abbot O.; Okhuoya, John A.; Akpaja, Emmanuel O. title: A study of mushroom species using sawdust of different economic tree species date: 2018 words: 2300 flesch: 66 summary: Substrate mixture Supplementation with wheat bran (%) C1 C2 10% WB 20% WB Chlorophora excelsa 15.93±0.98* 6.72±2.21 12.70±0.00 9.69±1.78 Celtis zenkeri 15.97±2.17 16.02±2.21 11.17±2.97 N.A Guera cedrata 6.60±2.23 6.36±1.30 12.13±0.00 13.01±1.44 Nesogordenia papaverifera 4.56±1.84 7.16±3.17 14.85±0.65 14.70±0.60 Brachystegia nigerica 12.65±2.42 12.41±2.53 12.56±0.70 16.17±1.25 * Key words: Agro-industrial waste, bioconversion, cultivation, edible mushroom, sawmill waste. keywords: bran; caco3; mushroom; sawdust; sugar; wheat cache: ajfsoa-287.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-287.txt item: #71 of 142 id: ajfsoa-288 author: Khalil, Rowaida; Djadouni, Fatima; Elbahloul, Yasser; Omar, Sanaa title: Evaluation of the effect of some environmental parameters on the level of bacteriocin activity date: 2019 words: 8159 flesch: 56 summary: The influence of inorganic salts and spices on bacteriocin activity Statistically, high level bacteriocin activity was deter- mined in NaCl concentrations up to 3% (Table 1). Influence of medium components on bacteriocin activity The effect of medium ingredients on bacteriocin production was evaluated using modified MRS broth. keywords: activity; aureus; bacteriocin; bacteriocin activity; effect; et al; food; growth; indicator; megaterium; microbiol; mrs; production; strains; typhimurium cache: ajfsoa-288.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-288.txt item: #72 of 142 id: ajfsoa-289 author: Saritas, Suheyla title: The importance of wheat in teething celebration in Turkish culture date: 2018 words: 5122 flesch: 68 summary: Both the food and the ceremony are commonly named similarly: di buğdayı or di hediği (tooth wheat). The importance of wheat in teething celebration in Turkish culture Suheyla Saritas Balikesir University, Necatibey Egitim Fakultesi, Balikesir/Turkey. keywords: baby; bread; celebration; ceremony; culture; food; teething; tooth; turkish; wheat cache: ajfsoa-289.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-289.txt item: #73 of 142 id: ajfsoa-29 author: Bhattacharyya, Prakash; Ghosh, Uma; Gangopadhyay, Hiranmay; Raychaudhuri, Utpal title: Effects of thermal treatments and germination on physico-chemical properties of corn flour date: 2013 words: 3113 flesch: 64 summary: The effects of gelatinization on viscoelastic property of corn starch were measured and the morphological changes of corn after different treatments were determined by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Availability makes dent corn the grain of choice for food starch manufacture, thus allowing corn starch to be an inexpensive food starch available in India. keywords: boiling; cereal; corn; figure; food; germination; starch; steam; treatments; water cache: ajfsoa-29.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-29.txt item: #74 of 142 id: ajfsoa-290 author: Gao, Xin; Zhang, Zhaohui; Liu, Lianfeng; Liu, Qian title: Rheological changes of sea cucumber Stichipus japonicus during different heated times date: 2018 words: 2848 flesch: 63 summary: Accepted 12 October, 2018 Changes in tissue structure, weight, volume and rheological properties of sea cucumber meat were studied. The weight, volume, rupture strength, and elastic moduli of sea cucumber meat decreased greatly, but the relaxation time and viscosity showed positive correlation with heating time. keywords: collagen; cucumber; heating; meat; relaxation; sea; time cache: ajfsoa-290.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-290.txt item: #75 of 142 id: ajfsoa-291 author: O. A, Awoyinka; E., Atulomah; N. O. S, Atulomah title: Comparative effects of crude oil on juveniles Clarias gariepinus and Clarias anguillaris date: 2019 words: 3180 flesch: 64 summary: Full Length Research Paper Comparative effects of crude oil on juveniles Clarias gariepinus and Clarias anguillaris Awoyinka O. A.1*, Atulomah E.1 and Atulomah N. O. S.2 1 Department of Biochemistry, Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Nigeria. However as the concentration of crude oil increases the haematological parameters such as red blood cell (RBC), packed cell volume (PCV), and white blood cell (WBC) reduced significantly (p ≤ 0.05) in both fish species. keywords: anguillaris; crude; gariepinus; oil; parameters; test cache: ajfsoa-291.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-291.txt item: #76 of 142 id: ajfsoa-293 author: Boudjellal, Abdelghani; Becila, Samira; Coulis, Gerald; Mendez, Carlos Hernan Herrera; Aubry, Laurent; Lepetit, Jacques; Harhoura, Khaled; Sentandreu, Miguel Angel; AïtAmar, Hamid; Ouali, Ahmed title: Is the pH drop profile curvilinear and either monophasic or polyphasic? Consequences on the ultimate bovine meat texture date: 2018 words: 6984 flesch: 61 summary: This relationship between the number of pH stability steps and the ultimate toughness of meat was confirmed using these other sources of variation in the ultimate quality of meat. Key words: pH, muscle, pH stability steps, meat toughness, cell death. keywords: age; animals; drop; longissimus; meat; mortem; muscle; post; profile; rate; stability; steps; toughness cache: ajfsoa-293.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-293.txt item: #77 of 142 id: ajfsoa-294 author: Jideani, V. A.; Wyk, J. Van; Cruywagen, M. H. title: Physical properties of Tylosemia esculentum and the effect of roasting on the functional properties of its flour date: 2018 words: 8015 flesch: 70 summary: Effect of variety and roasting on the nutritional composition of Morama bean flour The high fat content of Morama bean was within the range reported in the literature by earlier researchers (Keegan and van Staden, 1981; Monagham, 1995; Amarteifo and Moholo, 1998). Preparation of Morama bean flours Roasting of Morama beans The method reported by Mmonatau (2005) was used for roasting Morama beans (light and brown). keywords: bean; brown; dark; flour; food; light; morama; morama bean; morama flour; properties; protein; roasting; variety cache: ajfsoa-294.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-294.txt item: #78 of 142 id: ajfsoa-296 author: Kabambe, V. H.; Mhango, W. G.; Msiska, M.; Msuku, W. A. B; Nyirenda, G. K. C.; Masangano, C. title: Facilitating food crop production in Lungwena, Mangochi District in Malawi: Lessons from a farmerbased pass-on seed support model date: 2018 words: 4683 flesch: 59 summary: Full Length Research Paper Facilitating food crop production in Lungwena, Mangochi District in Malawi: The main research objective was to identify and test a mechanism for accelerating food crop production in a community where availability, use and production knowledge of improved main food crops are low. keywords: area; cassava; crops; discussions; farmers; food; lungwena; maize; malawi; pigeon; production; seed cache: ajfsoa-296.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-296.txt item: #79 of 142 id: ajfsoa-298 author: Dzimba, Flávia Edite J. M.; Faria, José de Assis F.; Walter, Eduardo Henrique M. title: Testing the sensory acceptability of biltong formulated with different spices date: 2018 words: 1913 flesch: 63 summary: Dried meat products. The success or failure of new food products depends on many factors, but one interesting aspect is the cultural elements. keywords: acceptability; biltong; formulation; meat; product; south cache: ajfsoa-298.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-298.txt item: #80 of 142 id: ajfsoa-299 author: Adu, O. B.; Falade, A. M.; Nwalutu, E. J.; Elemo, B. O.; Magbagbeola, O. A. title: Nutritional status of undergraduates in a Nigerian university in south-west Nigeria date: 2018 words: 3560 flesch: 66 summary: Key words: Adolescent nutrition, anthropometry, body mass index, hematology, nutritional status, serum zinc, vitamin A status, undergraduates. Nutritional status is the combination of an individual’s health as influenced by intake and utilization of nutrients and determined from information obtained by physical, biochemical and dietary studies (Durning and Fidanza, 1985). keywords: correlation; intake; pearson; serum; status; students; study; vitamin; zinc cache: ajfsoa-299.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-299.txt item: #81 of 142 id: ajfsoa-301 author: Ngenwi, A. A.; Mafeni, J. M.; Etchu, K. A.; Oben, F. T. title: Characteristics of snail farmers and constraints to increased production in West and Central Africa date: 2018 words: 2357 flesch: 52 summary: Full Length Research Paper Characteristics of snail farmers and constraints to increased production in West and Central Africa A. A. Ngenwi1*, J. M. Mafeni1, K. A. Etchu1 and F. T. Oben2,3 1 Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) Ekona, P. M. B. 25 The results indicate that snail farmers are predominantly women with basic school level of education. keywords: change; climate; farmers; ghana; production; rainfall; snail cache: ajfsoa-301.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-301.txt item: #82 of 142 id: ajfsoa-303 author: Cheng, Heng-wei; Wang, You-ming; Meng, Qing-ping; Guo, Jia title: Pork production system and its development in mainland China date: 2019 words: 5658 flesch: 55 summary: If the erosion continues as its current rate in northeastern China, crop output could fall by as much as 40% over the next 50 years, and in the southwest, about 100 million people will be at risk of losing their land over the next 35 years. Review Pork production system and its development in mainland China Heng-wei Cheng1*, You-ming Wang2, Qing-ping Meng2, Jia Guo2 and Yi-zheng Wang2 1 Livestock Behavior Research Unit, USDA-ARS, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA. 2 Institute of Feed Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P. R. China. keywords: agriculture; animal; china; development; farms; feed; food; grain; land; pig; population; pork; production; swine; water cache: ajfsoa-303.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-303.txt item: #83 of 142 id: ajfsoa-304 author: Tesfaye, Etalem; Tamir, Berhan; Haile, Aynalem; Dessie, Tadelle title: Effects of feed restriction on production and reproductive performance of Rhode Island red pullets date: 2019 words: 5555 flesch: 65 summary: ing egg type pullets and reported the delay in the onset of egg production leading to some increase in egg weight and improved overall feed efficiency. At the onset of egg production, egg weight is not large enough for commercial purpose. keywords: age; body; egg; feed; restriction; weight cache: ajfsoa-304.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-304.txt item: #84 of 142 id: ajfsoa-306 author: Goromela, E. H.; Kwakke, R. P.; Verstegen, M. W. A.; Katule, A. M. title: Identification, characterisation and composition of scavengeable feed resources for rural poultry production in Central Tanzania date: 2019 words: 8890 flesch: 64 summary: xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xx 5 4 Sorghum xx xx x xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xx 4 5 2. keywords: availability; cereal; contents; crop; feed; feedstuffs; larvae xxx; maize; poultry; protein; resources; season; seeds; xxx xxx cache: ajfsoa-306.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-306.txt item: #85 of 142 id: ajfsoa-308 author: Olarinde, L. O.; Manyong, V. M.; Akintola, J. O. title: Attitudes towards risk among maize farmers in the dry savanna zone of Nigeria: some prospective policies for improving food production date: 2019 words: 6692 flesch: 55 summary: Frequency distribution of maize farmers by risk groups (based on the risk parameter, K). 0.969 0.035 Membership of association (1 = Yes ; 0 = No) 0.991 0.377 Years of schooling 0.994 0.523 Proportion of maize to non-farm income (% Naira) 0.994 0.530 Per capita household food expenditure (Naira) 0.996 0.622 Major occupation (farming = 1 ; others = 0) 0.999 0.942 *Statistically significant variables important in determining the basic attitudes of the farmers towards maize risk. keywords: africa; analysis; area; aversion; discriminant; farmers; group; maize; number; production; risk; total; variables cache: ajfsoa-308.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-308.txt item: #86 of 142 id: ajfsoa-309 author: Gabriel, U. U.; Akinrotimi, O. A.; Anyanwu, P. E.; Bekibele, D. O.; Onunkwo, D. N. title: The role of dietary phytase in formulation of least cost and less polluting fish feed for sustainable aquaculture development in Nigeria date: 2019 words: 5224 flesch: 60 summary: Protein Fish meal 40 Groundnut cake 25 Palm kernel cake 15 Cottonseed cake 20 Jackbean 10 Soyabean 45 Cod liver oil 10 Corn oil 20 Soybean oil 10 Palm oil 10 Source: (Eyo, 2003). The role of dietary phytase in the formulation of fish feed using plant based protein sources which is cost effective, and reduces the incidence of aquatic pollution by making the nutrients and minerals in the feed more available to fish are thoroughly discussed in this paper. keywords: acid; aquaculture; cost; diet; feed; fish; growth; meal; nigeria; phosphorus; phytase; plant; protein; source; table cache: ajfsoa-309.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-309.txt item: #87 of 142 id: ajfsoa-319 author: G. O, Adegoke,; A. O, Odeyemi,; O, Hussien,; J, Ikheorah title: Control of ochratoxin A (OTA) in kunu zaki (a nonalcoholic beverage) using DaniellinTM date: 2019 words: 2059 flesch: 62 summary: Short Communication Control of ochratoxin A (OTA) in kunu zaki (a non- alcoholic beverage) using Daniellin TM Adegoke, G. O1*, Odeyemi, A. O.1, Hussien, O.1 and Ikheorah, J.2 1 Department of Food Technology, University of Ibadan. E-mail: goadegoke@yahoo.com and also control the level of OTA contamination of the beverage using Daniellin TM (Adegoke, 2005; 2006). keywords: adegoke; daniellin; food; kunu; ota; zaki cache: ajfsoa-319.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-319.txt item: #88 of 142 id: ajfsoa-321 author: Manjunatha, Hanumanthappa; Srinivasan, Krishnapura title: Hypolipidemic and antioxidant potency of heat processed turmeric and red pepper in experimental Rats date: 2019 words: 4285 flesch: 54 summary: Dietary red pepper, both raw and heat processed fully countered the increase in serum triglyceride content of hypercholesterolemic rats. Increase in hepatic cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic animals was moderately countered by dietary red pepper, either raw or heat processed. keywords: cholesterol; heat; pepper; rats; serum; turmeric cache: ajfsoa-321.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-321.txt item: #89 of 142 id: ajfsoa-323 author: Bih Achu, Mercy; Fokou, Elie; Tchiégang, Clergé; Fotso, Martin; Mbiapo Tchouanguep, Felicité title: Atherogenicity of Cucumeropsis mannii and Cucumis sativus oils from Cameroon date: 2019 words: 4362 flesch: 69 summary: However, from the results of analysis of the quality of C. mannii and C. sativus oils, C. sativus oil shows lower levels of free fatty acids (acid index: C. sativus oil = 1.76 and C. mannii oil = 4.56), higher degree of unsatu- ration (iodine index: C. sativus oil = 114.4 and C. mannii oil = 106.78; unsaturated fatty acids: C. sativus oil = 78.4% and C. mannii oil = 54.7%; saturated fatty acids or SFA: C. sativus oil = 21.7% and C. mannii oil = 42%), lower level of peroxides (peroxide index: C. sativus oil = 3.31 and C. mannii oil = 13.68), lower R1 value (R1 is the ratio of the sum of saturated to that of unsaturated fatty acids. DISCUSSIONS The triglyceride (TG) levels were 75 in C. mannii and 79.4 in C. sativus oil rats compared to 73 in palm oil and 76.2mg/dl in corn oil rats, but with no significant differ- rence. keywords: acid; cholesterol; corn; levels; mannii; oil; oils; palm; rats; sativus cache: ajfsoa-323.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-323.txt item: #90 of 142 id: ajfsoa-325 author: A.O, Obadina,; O.B, Oyewole,; T.M, Awojobi, title: Effect of steeping time of milled grains on the quality of Kunnu-Zaki (A Nigerian beverage) date: 2019 words: 2684 flesch: 61 summary: In general, a gradual increase was observed in trend of protein with steeping time. Figure 1 also shows the variation in carbohydrates with steeping time. keywords: content; kunun; steeping; time; zaki cache: ajfsoa-325.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-325.txt item: #91 of 142 id: ajfsoa-3264 author: Rodríguez; Ramírez title: Plantain (Musa Paradisiaca) waste flour's proximate and mineral composition: A possible source of nutrients for animal feed formulation date: 2024 words: 3521 flesch: 66 summary: Plantain wastes have the potential to be excellent sources of nutrients for animal feed production, and their use for this reason should be promoted as it will also lessen the environmental threat posed by plantain waste. The atomic absorption spectrophotometric method and standard AOAC analysis techniques were used to ascertain the proximate and mineral composition of plantain wastes (bract, ripe peel, fruit stem, and leaf). keywords: analysis; composition; content; food; fruit; leaf; peel; plantain; proximate; samples; sci; wastes cache: ajfsoa-3264.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-3264.txt item: #92 of 142 id: ajfsoa-3266 author: Adisa; Chibuike title: The approximate composition of cowpea (Vignaunguiculata (L.) Walp) grains preserved with solutions of Moringa (Moringaoleifera) seed oils and neem (Azadirachtaindica A.Juss) date: 2024 words: 5064 flesch: 63 summary: For 270 days, the treated cowpea grains were stored at room temperature (37 oC).Data on the proximate composition of the treated and untreated (control) cowpea grain samples were gathered at the conclusion of each 90-day storage period. The decrease in percentage carbohydrate content in cowpea grain samples treated with a 1:2 mixture of neem and moringa seed oils at the end of the 270-day study may not have been caused by the oil; rather, it may have resulted from weevils eating up the grain endosperm and the protein content increasing. keywords: content; cowpea; cowpea grains; grains; moringa; neem; ratio; seed cache: ajfsoa-3266.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-3266.txt item: #93 of 142 id: ajfsoa-3268 author: Barasa; Owuor title: Utilizing the infrared technology to characterize soil qualities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's South Kivu province date: 2024 words: 4357 flesch: 56 summary: As a result, alternative, quicker, and less expensive methods for soil analysis must be developed. The majority of farmers cannot afford the extremely high laboratory fees associated with soil analysis. keywords: analysis; et al; figure; infrared; prediction; samples; soil; spectroscopy; study; values cache: ajfsoa-3268.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-3268.txt item: #94 of 142 id: ajfsoa-327 author: Naviglio, Daniele; Pizzolongo, Fabiana; Ferrara, Lydia; Naviglio, Biagio; Aragòn, Alejandro title: Extraction of pure lycopene from industrial tomato waste in water using the extractor Naviglio date: 2019 words: 4890 flesch: 57 summary: Purity of extracted lycopene was checked by HPLC showing the presence of one major peak corresponding to the all-trans lycopene, while its quantification was possible through the calibration curve. HPLC chromatograms of extracted lycopene at three different wavelengths, 413.4, 474.4, 506.4 (lower part), and DAD acquisition between 200 and 600 nm of the peak measured at a retention time of 16.363 min. (upper part). keywords: coefficient; extraction; lycopene; naviglio; phase; recovery; solvent; tap; time; tomato; water cache: ajfsoa-327.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-327.txt item: #95 of 142 id: ajfsoa-3270 author: Buraimoh title: Analyzing the chemical makeup of Cocos nucifera stem bark and Citrulus lanatus seeds date: 2025 words: 6399 flesch: 59 summary: The results of the examination of C. lanatus seeds and C. nucifera stem bark revealed that while both plants had low concentrations of vitamins B1, B2, and B3, they were rich in certain vitamins, including A, E, and C. Low levels of phytate, oxalate, hemaglutinin, and trypsin inhibitor were found in C. lanatus seed and C. nucifera stem bark, according to anti-nutrient analysis. The protein and fat content of C. lanatus seeds was found to be substantially (P<0.05) higher than that of C. nucifera stem bark. keywords: bark; content; determination; lanatus; mg/100; milliliters; nucifera; plants; sample; solution; stem cache: ajfsoa-3270.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-3270.txt item: #96 of 142 id: ajfsoa-3271 author: Rahul; Prasad title: Creation of bread and biscuits using fermented and cooked pearl millet flour date: 2025 words: 4914 flesch: 63 summary: Table 6 displays the sensory characteristics of both the 100% wheat bread and composite breads formed from mixes of wheat and cooked fermented wheat flours. The increased proportion of cooked fermented pearl millet flour reduces the bread's rising volume since pearl millet flour contains very little gluten. keywords: bread; cfpm; composite; cookies; flour; millet; millet flour; pearl; wheat; wheat flour cache: ajfsoa-3271.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-3271.txt item: #97 of 142 id: ajfsoa-3272 author: Nwokolo; Demola title: Impact of Processing Techniques on Soybean (Glycine max) Nutritional and Anti-Nutritional Properties date: 2025 words: 2698 flesch: 57 summary: Crude protein contents (%) for samples B, C, D, and the control (sample A) were 23.98, 24.67, 25.07, and 28.44, respectively. The significant rise in crude protein in sprouted soybeans could be due to intricate metabolic processes that occur during hydration and sprouting. keywords: content; protein; samples; soybeans cache: ajfsoa-3272.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-3272.txt item: #98 of 142 id: ajfsoa-3273 author: Chukwuka; Safiyanu title: Moringa oleifera, Gliricidia sepium and Leucena leucocephala ensiled with molasses as additive: Effect on feed intake and digestibility in yankasa rams date: 2025 words: 3953 flesch: 57 summary: Rams fed diet of cassava peels ensiled only had the least feed conversion ratio of 13.35 while rams fed supplemental Gliricidia sepium, Leucaena leucocephala and Moringa oleifera ensiled with cassava peels had feed conversion ratio of 10.35, 11.29 and 12.0 respectively. Rams fed Giliricidia sepium, Leucaena leucocephala and Moringa keywords: cassava; cassava peels; fed; leucaena; peels; rams; sepium cache: ajfsoa-3273.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-3273.txt item: #99 of 142 id: ajfsoa-328 author: Maage, Amund; Toppe, Jogeir; Steiner-Asiedu, Mathilda; Lied, Einar title: Inclusion of marine fish in traditional meals improved iodine status of children in an iodine deficient area date: 2019 words: 6437 flesch: 65 summary: Iodine deficiency is the single most important cause of preventable mental handicap in the world by the turn of the century (WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD, 2001). In 1992 United Nations put forward a plan to eradicate iodine deficiency as a major health problem within the year of 2001 (FAO/WHO, 1992) through increasing: 1) iodine fortification of foods and food ingredients such as salt, water and flour; 2) distribution of iodine capsules in areas where IDD is severe, 3) use of iodine rich nutrients, like seafood, and decreasing the consumption of goitrogens. keywords: bolgatanga; children; concentration; deficiency; fish; food; ghana; goitre; intervention; iodine; sekoti; status; study; tsh cache: ajfsoa-328.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-328.txt item: #100 of 142 id: ajfsoa-329 author: Mohammed Kabeir, Barka; Manap Yazid, Abdul; Nazrul Hakim, Muhammad; Shaborin, Anis; Mustafa, Shuhaimi title: Survival of Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum G4 during the storage of fermented peanut milk (PM) and skim milk (SM) products date: 2019 words: 4938 flesch: 63 summary: On the other hand, there was evident of slight increase in profiles of propionic and butyric during the storage of strain G4 fermented products under refrigeration and at 25°C (Tables 5 and 6). pH reduction of PM and SM fermented products was not significantly (P < 0.05) different as compared to the initial level in each specific fermented product. keywords: fos; milk; products; storage cache: ajfsoa-329.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-329.txt item: #101 of 142 id: ajfsoa-331 author: Orhue, N.E.J.; Nwanze, E. A. C.; Okafor, A. title: Scoparia dulcis protects against Trypanosoma brucei-induced immunosuppression in experimentally infected rabbits date: 2019 words: 3742 flesch: 65 summary: Key words: Trypanosoma brucei, Immunosuppresion, Scoparia dulcis, Rabbit. The pattern obtained is assertive of progressive immunosuppressoin characteristic of T. brucei infection in mammals. keywords: brucei; day; dulcis; group; infection; scoparia; total; trypanosoma; values cache: ajfsoa-331.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-331.txt item: #102 of 142 id: ajfsoa-334 author: Aluyor, E. O.; Aluyor, P.; Ozigagu, C. E. title: Effect of refining on the quality and composition of groundnut oil date: 2019 words: 3575 flesch: 65 summary: INTRODUCTION Arachis oil (peanut oil; groundnut oil) is derived from groundnuts (seed of Arachis hypogaea Linn). Groundnut oil is a vegetable oil which contains only a small propor-tion of non-glyceride constituents. keywords: acid; crude; decrease; fatty; free; groundnut; oil; phospholipids; refining; value cache: ajfsoa-334.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-334.txt item: #103 of 142 id: ajfsoa-336 author: Anthony, Okon, Anne; Titus, U. Nwabueze, title: Simultaneous effect of divalent cation in hydrolyzed cassava starch medium used by immobilized yeast for ethanol production date: 2019 words: 3971 flesch: 55 summary: Ethanol fermentation of starch hydrolyzates: Starch hydroly- zates obtained by the 2-step hydrolysis of cassava starch were cooled, filtered to remove the trub and sterilized in an Oswald TM Autoclave steam sterilizer (JRIC 39, India). Ethanol fermentation by immobilized yeasts under anaerobic conditions was performed in 1l flasks with 500 ml of medium in laboratory temperature (20 o C). keywords: cassava; divalent; ethanol; fermentation; production; response; starch; walker; yeast cache: ajfsoa-336.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-336.txt item: #104 of 142 id: ajfsoa-340 author: Soetan, K. O.; Oyewole, O. E. title: The need for adequate processing to reduce the anti-nutritional factors in plants used as human foods and animal feeds: A review date: 2019 words: 8897 flesch: 57 summary: The aim of this review is to emphasize on the adequate processing of foods/feeds and to educate the people on the dangers of consuming improperly processed foods especially legumes which are reported to contain very high concentrations of anti-nutritional factors. Key words: Processing methods, anti-nutritional factors, plants, human foods, animal feeds. keywords: acid; aletor; animal; anti; bean; cause; cooking; effect; et al; factors; fermentation; food; germination; human; lablab; methods; nutritional; plant; processing; protein; sci; seeds; tannins; trypsin cache: ajfsoa-340.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-340.txt item: #105 of 142 id: ajfsoa-341 author: Kubmarawa, D.; Andenyang, I. F. H.; Magomya, A. M. title: Proximate composition and amino acid profile of two non-conventional leafy vegetables (Hibiscus cannabinus and Haematostaphis barteri) date: 2019 words: 2182 flesch: 62 summary: Amino acids H. cannabinus H. barteri FAO Ref. Leafy vegetables are generally good sources of nutrients. keywords: acid; amino; barteri; cannabinus; vegetables cache: ajfsoa-341.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-341.txt item: #106 of 142 id: ajfsoa-343 author: Alakali, Joseph Shi-an; Irtwange, Simon Verlumun; Mkavga, Moses title: Rheological characteristics of food gum (Cissus populnea) date: 2019 words: 3743 flesch: 60 summary: Summary of ANOVA for consistency index (K) and flow behaviour index (n) for C. populnea at five levels of temperature. Regression equations for consistency index (K) and flow behaviour index (n) for C. populnea in the temperature range of 20-60°C. keywords: consistency; flow; index; leaves; populnea; temperature; viscosity cache: ajfsoa-343.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-343.txt item: #107 of 142 id: ajfsoa-344 author: Adotey, D. K.; Armah, Y. Serfor; Fianko, J. R.; Yeboah, P.O. title: Essential elements content in core vegetables grown and consumed in Ghana by instrumental neutron activation analysis date: 2019 words: 5731 flesch: 57 summary: Vegetables that constitute an esse-ntial part of the Ghanaian diet have been analyzed for essential elements content (Ca, Mg, K, Co, Br, Mn, and Na) using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA). Essential elements content (g kg -1 ) in the vegetables Mineral Tomato Garden egg Onion Pepper Carrot Ca 0.17 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.01 0.60 ± 0.02 0.26 ± 0.01 0.37 ± 0.01 (0.01 - 0.16) (0.44 - 0.88) (0.09 - 0.84) (0.26 - 0.53) (0.002 -0.24) keywords: analysis; calcium; content; elements; food; garden; onion; samples; vegetables cache: ajfsoa-344.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-344.txt item: #108 of 142 id: ajfsoa-346 author: Anthony, Makun Hussaini; Ayinla, Gbodi Timothy; Helmina, Akanya Olufunmilayo; Ezekiel, Salako A.; Haruna, Ogbadu Godwin title: Health implications of toxigenic fungi found in two Nigerian staples: guinea corn and rice date: 2019 words: 5140 flesch: 58 summary: Thirteen fungal species isolated from rice had more than one strain contaminating the grain in Niger State (Table 2).The fungi and the numbers of strains found were A. flavus (3), A. niger (2), A. glaucus (2), A.parasiticus (3), A.terreus (2), A.versicolor (2), Fusarium spp (3), F.solani (2), F.verticillioides (2), Penicillium spp (2), Syncephalastrum spp (2) and Trichoderma spp (2). Of all these, 64.2% were found to produce toxic metabolites that were lethal to mice and were mainly species of Aspergillus spp, Fusarium spp, Penicillium spp and Trichoderma spp. keywords: 0/3; corn; fungi; fusarium; mice; mycotoxins; niger; penicillium; rice; spp; state; toxicity; trichoderma cache: ajfsoa-346.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-346.txt item: #109 of 142 id: ajfsoa-35 author: Dutta, Chaitali; Chowdhury, Banani Ray; Chakraborty, Runu; Raychaudhuri, Utpal title: Incorporation of turmeric-lime mixture during the preparation of tomato puree date: 2013 words: 2566 flesch: 63 summary: pH pH of both treated and control tomato puree samples were determined by using a pH-meter (Model no. 355, Systronics, India). RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Soluble solid content of tomato puree samples were observed to be in the range of 11 – 12.6 (Table 1), which followed the conventional rule of tomato puree prepara- tion (Crandall and Nelson, 1975). keywords: blanching; control; min; puree; samples; time; tomato cache: ajfsoa-35.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-35.txt item: #110 of 142 id: ajfsoa-351 author: Lima, C. J. B. de; Coelho, L. F.; Blanco, K. C.; Contiero, J. title: Response surface optimization of D(-)-lactic acid production from Lactobacillus SMI8 using corn steep liquor and yeast autolysate as nitrogen sources date: 2019 words: 3259 flesch: 59 summary: Results of lactic acid production obtained in experiments employing the LMI8 isolate. Stationary point for lactic acid production and coded x1 and x2 values at the optimization point. keywords: acid; corn; csl; medium; molasses; production; yeast cache: ajfsoa-351.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-351.txt item: #111 of 142 id: ajfsoa-364 author: Uzeh, R. E.; Alade, F. A.; Bankole, M. title: The microbial quality of pre-packed mixed vegetable salad in some retail outlets in Lagos, Nigeria date: 2019 words: 1687 flesch: 56 summary: Key words: Vegetable salad, salad ingredients, microorganisms, fast food outlets, open markets. The salads were obtained from fast food outlets (well packaged at 4 o C) and open markets (exposed at 35 o C) within Lagos metropolis. keywords: food; outlets; salad; spp cache: ajfsoa-364.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-364.txt item: #112 of 142 id: ajfsoa-367 author: Muranga, Florence Isabirye; Kanyago, Miriam; Nabugoomu, Fabian; Ntambi, James M. title: Investigation of the potential of fortified instant matooke flour in rehabilitation of malnourished children (Part 1) date: 2019 words: 3659 flesch: 57 summary: Incorporation of sesame and soybean flours into ITF resulted in reduction in viscosity. Design for the different levels of incorporation of sesame and soybean flours into ITF. keywords: content; food; incorporation; matooke; muranga; porridge; protein; sesame; soybean; viscosity cache: ajfsoa-367.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-367.txt item: #113 of 142 id: ajfsoa-368 author: Muranga, Florence I.; Kanyago, Miriam; Nabugoomu, Fabian; Ntambi, James M. title: Investigation of the potential of fortified instant Matooke flour (ITF) in rehabilitation of malnourished children (Part 2) date: 2019 words: 5728 flesch: 59 summary: Group Diet Energy (Kcal) Calculation of energy intake for each child Protein (g) Calculation of protein intake for each child Test Porridge (ITF + sesame +soybean + milk + sugar) 898.1 Intake*898.1/800 26.3 Intake*26.3/800 Kitoobero (ITF + sesame + soybean) 1004.2 Intake*1004.2/700 22.2 Intake*22.2/700 High energy milk (HEM) 1002.02 Intake*1002.02/1000 43.09 Intake*43.09/1000 (milk + ITF + sugar) Control Porridge (maize flour + milk + sugar) 837.0 Intake*837/1000 28. 5 Intake*28. Macro nutrient malnutrition in children occurs as protein energy malnutrition (PEM) pre- senting clinically as kwashiorkor, marasmus or marasmic- kwashiorkor (Waterloo, 1993). keywords: control; difference; energy; food; gain; group; intake; itf; protein; serum; study; test; weight cache: ajfsoa-368.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-368.txt item: #114 of 142 id: ajfsoa-370 author: Bolade, Mathew K. title: Effect of flour production methods on the yield, physicochemical properties of maize flour and rheological characteristics of a maize -based non-fermented food dumpling date: 2019 words: 6825 flesch: 63 summary: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Mass balance in maize flour production from different methods The mass balance in the production of maize flour from three different methods is presented in Table 1. Effect of flour production method on the mean particle size of maize flour. keywords: flour; food; gnm; grains; gsm; index; maize; maize flour; method; production; properties; soaking; starch; tuwo; values cache: ajfsoa-370.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-370.txt item: #115 of 142 id: ajfsoa-371 author: Patterson, Jamila; Ranjitha, Govindan title: Qualities of commercially and experimentally sun dried fin fish, Scomberoides tol date: 2019 words: 2684 flesch: 67 summary: In India, utilization of dried fish comes next to fresh fish about 8 million tons of fish (25-30%) of the world catch are being used for human consumption as dried, salted, smoked or treated by some combination of these processes (Kamruzzaman, 1992) . 4 × 10 -4 1 × 10 -2 2.9 Absent Sample B (Experimentally sun dried fish) keywords: drying; fish; fishes; method; quality; sample; sun cache: ajfsoa-371.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-371.txt item: #116 of 142 id: ajfsoa-372 author: Mishra, Poonam; Srivastava, Vijeyta; Verma, Deepmala; Chauhan, O. P.; Rai, G. K. title: Physico-chemical properties of Chakiya variety of Amla (Emblica officinalis) and effect of different dehydration methods on quality of powder date: 2019 words: 2789 flesch: 67 summary: The freeze dried powder had the highest ascorbic acid content followed by spray dried powder. For the preparation of spray dried powder, juice was eva- porated up to 50% using rotary evaporator. keywords: acid; amla; drying; fruits; powder; variety cache: ajfsoa-372.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-372.txt item: #117 of 142 id: ajfsoa-374 author: He, Dexian; B. South, David title: Gravitropism of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda ) radicles after chemical sterilization of seeds date: 2020 words: 3259 flesch: 67 summary: When treating pine seeds, concentrations of H2O2 typically ranged from 3% to 30% and exposure times varied from 0.25 to 48 h (Barnett, 1976; Mason and Arsdel, 1978; Penafiel, 1982; Graham and Linderman, 1983). However, only a few research-ers have sterilized pine seeds with HgCl2 (Tang, 2000; Han et al., 2003). keywords: angle; days; experiment; gravitropism; growth; hgcl2; pine; radicle; seeds cache: ajfsoa-374.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-374.txt item: #118 of 142 id: ajfsoa-376 author: Nyambati; Sollenberger, E. M.;; Karue, L.E.; Musimba title: The value of Acacia brevispica and Leucaena leucocephala Seedpods as dry season supplements for calves in dry areas of Kenya date: 2020 words: 4826 flesch: 66 summary: These results suggest that A. brevispica could be utilised best not later than 13 weeks after pod formation, whereas L. leucocephala pods can be utilised even at the dry stage. RESULTS Chemical analysis Concentrations of CP, ash, NDF and ADF in A. brevispica and L. leucocephala seedpods were determined at four phenological stages (Table 1). keywords: brevispica; calves; experiment; hay; leucaena; leucocephala; seedpods cache: ajfsoa-376.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-376.txt item: #119 of 142 id: ajfsoa-379 author: Mapaure, Isaac; Ndeinoma, Albertina title: Impacts of local-level utilization pressure on the structure of mopane woodlands in Omusati region, Northern Namibia date: 2020 words: 5239 flesch: 61 summary: A comparative analysis of mopane woodland structure under different utilization pressure was done in Omusati region, northern Namibia. Full Length Research Paper Impacts of local-level utilization pressure on the structure of mopane woodlands in Omusati region, Northern Namibia Isaac Mapaure1* and Albertina Ndeinoma2 1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Namibia, P. Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia. keywords: area; central; densities; game; management; mopane; namibia; omusati; park; sites; stumps; trees; woodlands cache: ajfsoa-379.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-379.txt item: #120 of 142 id: ajfsoa-38 author: Abegaz, Kebede title: Isolation, characterization and identification of lactic acid bacteria involved in traditional fermentation of borde, an Ethiopian cereal beverage date: 2013 words: 7487 flesch: 58 summary: flavescens (2.9%) and Lb. collinoides (1.5%) at Phase I fermentation; Lb. sanfrancisco (1.5%) and Lb. pontis (1.5%) at Phase II fermentation; non- identified isolate (1.5%) at Phase III fermentation; and Lb. delbrueckii subsp. The LAB were in the minority at start of Phase II fermentation with the addition of malt flour but they were the dominating flora as the fermentation progressed. keywords: acid; bacteria; borde; brevis; dough; fermentation; food; growth; lab; pentosaceus; phase; strains cache: ajfsoa-38.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-38.txt item: #121 of 142 id: ajfsoa-380 author: Kasım, Rezzan; Sülüẟoğlu, Melekber; Kasım, M. Ufuk title: Relationship between total anthocyanin level and colour of natural cherry laurel (PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS L.) fruits date: 2020 words: 3091 flesch: 64 summary: But no research has been conducted on relationship anthocyanin level and colour of cherry laurel fruits. Colour of cherry laurel fruits was measured on the cheek area of nine fruits with Konica Minolta CR-400 (Osaka, Japan). keywords: anthocyanins; cherry; colour; content; fruits; laurel cache: ajfsoa-380.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-380.txt item: #122 of 142 id: ajfsoa-381 author: Tavasoli, E.; Marefat, A. R.; Hassanzadeh, N. title: Identity and genetic diversity of Pectobacterium spp., causal agents of potato soft rot in Zanjan, Iran date: 2020 words: 3753 flesch: 62 summary: Examining strains in Zanjan province, with special primers of Y1/Y2, specialized for P. carotovorum 8 (Darrasse et al., 1994) and ECA1f, ECA2r, specialized for P. atrosepticum (De Boer and Ward, 1995), the main pathogen of potato soft rot in the Zanjan province is P. carotovorum and in some cases P. atrosepticum. Full Length Research Paper Identity and genetic diversity of Pectobacterium spp., causal agents of potato soft rot in Zanjan, Iran E. Tavasoli1, A. R. Marefat2 and N. Hassanzadeh1* 1 Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. keywords: box; dna; eric; pcr; potato; production; reaction; rot; strains cache: ajfsoa-381.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-381.txt item: #123 of 142 id: ajfsoa-383 author: Lelou, B.; Diatewa, M.; Damme, P. Van title: A study of intraspecific hybrid lines derived from the reciprocal crosses between wild accessions and cultivated cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) date: 2020 words: 6713 flesch: 54 summary: Variability of seed number tested was due to the difference yielded in seed samples. From seed number produced by natural self-fertilisation in the F1 adult plants, the total number of F2 plants studied in the green house was 33 individuals (Table 5). keywords: accessions; cowpea; germination; hybrid; index; it84s-2049; lines; number; plants; seed; wild cache: ajfsoa-383.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-383.txt item: #124 of 142 id: ajfsoa-384 author: Bhuiyan, Md. Nazrul Islam; Begum, Jaripa; Nandi, Nemai Chandra title: Volatile constituents of essential oils isolated from different parts of Alpinia calcarata Rosc date: 2020 words: 1752 flesch: 65 summary: Full Length Research Paper Volatile constituents of essential oils isolated from different parts of Alpinia calcarata Rosc Md. Constituents of Alpinia calcarata leaf essential oil. keywords: 1,8; alpinia; calcarata; cineole; constituents; oil cache: ajfsoa-384.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-384.txt item: #125 of 142 id: ajfsoa-387 author: Emara, Kh. S.; Shalaby, A. Emad title: Seasonal variation of fixed and volatile oil percentage of four Eucalyptus spp. related to lamina anatomy date: 2021 words: 3804 flesch: 56 summary: Seasonal effects on essential oils and lipids content (percentage) of different Eucalyptus species were investigated, and then correlated with lamina anatomical correspondence to affected by climatic fluctuation over the seasons. It was determined that the amount of total lipids and essential oils significantly varied by the seasons (P < 0.01). keywords: ducts; eucalyptus; lamina; lipids; oil; seasons; species; summer; thickness; winter cache: ajfsoa-387.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-387.txt item: #126 of 142 id: ajfsoa-388 author: Olakojo, S. A.; Olaoye, G. title: Correlation and heritability estimates of maize agronomic traits for yield improvement and Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze tolerance date: 2021 words: 3111 flesch: 52 summary: Striga rating on the other hand was positively correlated with plant height(rg = 0.36)* and day to tasseling (rg=0.50) ** as compared to ear height which was negative, and significantly correlated with striga rating (rg= -0.72) **. Key words: Heritability estimates, correlation coefficient, striga tolerance rating, grain yield. keywords: days; ear; grain; heritability; maize; rating; striga; yield cache: ajfsoa-388.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-388.txt item: #127 of 142 id: ajfsoa-39 author: Okoro; Chukwuemeka, Casmir; J. O, Aina title: Effect of storage on the brewing properties of tropical hop substitutes date: 2013 words: 3128 flesch: 67 summary: Conclusively, tropical hop substitutes stored at 5  1 o C to 27  1 o C can still be used for brewing even after three to six months storage. There was a marked increase in the -acid stability of tropical hop substitutes treated with Ca(OH)2 before pal- letizing and those not treated (Table 5). keywords: hop; storage; substitutes; -acid cache: ajfsoa-39.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-39.txt item: #128 of 142 id: ajfsoa-393 author: F. N, Mbagwu; V. U., Okafor title: Phytochemical screening on four edible legumes (Vigna subterranean, Glycine max, Arachis hypogea, and Vigna uniguiculata) found in eastern Nigeria date: 2021 words: 2078 flesch: 66 summary: Key words: Bambara groundnut, soya beans, groundnut, black eyed peas, edible legumes, phytochemical screening, phytonutrients. Such legumes include the alfalfa, clovers and the grain legumes. keywords: hypogea; legumes; uniguiculata; yield cache: ajfsoa-393.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-393.txt item: #129 of 142 id: ajfsoa-397 author: Ozioma Ndubunma, Ubani; Ego Ulu, Okonkwo title: A review of shelf-life extension studies of Nigerian indigenous fresh fruits and vegetables in the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute date: 2021 words: 7518 flesch: 61 summary: Fruit loss in the cooler baskets was 25.5, 19.7 and 26% for the small, medium and large sizes of fruit respectively on the 7th day of storage. Fruit loss is also 7 Table 2. keywords: ambient; baskets; conditions; control; cooler; days; fruits; life; loss; nigeria; shelf; storage; vegetables; weight cache: ajfsoa-397.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-397.txt item: #130 of 142 id: ajfsoa-398 author: Asogwa, E. U.; Otuonye, A. H.; Mokwunye, F. C.; Oluyole, K. A.; Ndubuaku, T. C. N.; Uwagboe, E. O. title: Kolanut production, processing and marketing in the South-eastern states of Nigeria date: 2021 words: 4064 flesch: 66 summary: Chemical composition and potential commercial uses of kola nuts, Cola nitida (vent) schoot and Endlicher. (iii) The estimated productive life of kola trees is 70 to 100 years. keywords: eastern; kola; kolanut; leaves; nigeria; nuts; pests; production; research; south; storage; trees cache: ajfsoa-398.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-398.txt item: #131 of 142 id: ajfsoa-40 author: Beda, Marcel Yapo; Besson, Veronique; Beourou, Sylvain; Koffi, Kouassi title: Optimization of water-extract of phenolic and antioxidant compounds from Kinkéliba (Combretum micranthum) leaves date: 2013 words: 5218 flesch: 55 summary: On the one hand, the use of aqueous-organic solvents, as commonly done, in the evaluation of TPC and TAOC of plant extracts does not reflect the traditional preparation of this beverage by decoction. A direct relationship between the total antioxidant activity (TAOC) and total phenolic content (TPC) of diverse (food) plant materials has widely been reported (Soobrattee et al., 2005; Carocho and Ferreira, 2013). keywords: abts; antioxidant; dpph; extract; extraction; leaves; min; oedkl; taoc; total; tpc; water cache: ajfsoa-40.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-40.txt item: #132 of 142 id: ajfsoa-401 author: D, Kimassoum; H, Alexis; A, Tidjani; Z, Kanabet; Frazzoli, C. title: An exploratory investigation of individual and schoollevel determinants for effective nutrition education in primary school in N’Djamena, Chad date: 2022 words: 2735 flesch: 53 summary: This study investigated factors for effective school nutrition education in N’Djamena, Chad. Formative research is needed to design school nutrition education programmes in Chad, where limited studies have been conducted so far. keywords: boys; chad; children; education; girls; health; nutrition; school; score cache: ajfsoa-401.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-401.txt item: #133 of 142 id: ajfsoa-404 author: Seifdavati, Jamal; Taghizadeh, Akbar title: Fatty acid composition of meat from lambs fed diets containing moist-heat treated legume grains date: 2022 words: 5037 flesch: 63 summary: Intramuscular fatty acid composition of lambs fed diets containing alternative protein sources. Fatty acids were expressed as percent of total methylated fatty acids. keywords: acid; clv; composition; dietary; diets; fatty; lambs; legume; meat; protein; sbm; vetch cache: ajfsoa-404.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-404.txt item: #134 of 142 id: ajfsoa-405 author: C.N, Ezekiel; S.O, Fapohunda title: Mycological and Nutrient Profile of Soymilk date: 2022 words: 2561 flesch: 56 summary: Accepted 07 May 2022 The mycological profile during soymilk processing, nutrient profile and keeping quality of the milk were studied. Therefore, calcium chloride may serve as a better inorganic chemical preservative over sodium salts in soymilk processing for large scale commercial purposes since it is capable of suppressing mould contamination at the same time enhancing organoleptic properties. keywords: calcium; food; growth; journal; moulds; processing; salts; sodium; soymilk cache: ajfsoa-405.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-405.txt item: #135 of 142 id: ajfsoa-406 author: Ejiogu, Augustine Odinakachukwu; Okoli, Victor B.N. title: Bird Scaring Technologies in Rice Production: The need for Policies Prohibiting Participation of Women and Children date: 2022 words: 6340 flesch: 56 summary: During the milk stage of rice production birds are driven away from the rice farms. This neglect has in effect arrested bird scaring technologies that upgrade the traditional tedious and laborious use of women and children in bird scaring. keywords: bird; children; development; farms; labour; nigeria; production; research; rice; rice production; scaring; technologies; technology; use; women cache: ajfsoa-406.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-406.txt item: #136 of 142 id: ajfsoa-407 author: Babalola, O. O.; Berner, D. K.; Amusa, N. A. title: Evaluation of some bacterial isolates as germination stimulants of Striga hermonthica date: 2022 words: 3147 flesch: 58 summary: In vitro, only Pseudomonas sp. 4MKS8 gave significant stimulation of S. hermonthica seed at 5% level of probability as compared to the water check. These were then incubated at 28 O C for 3 d and the percentage germination of S. hermonthica seeds on each disk was counted. keywords: bacteria; control; germination; hermonthica; isolates; pseudomonas; seed; sorghum; striga cache: ajfsoa-407.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-407.txt item: #137 of 142 id: ajfsoa-417 author: Gholamnejad, Jalal; Reza Etebarian, Hasan; Etebarian, Reza title: Yeast-Based Biocontrol: A Novel Approach to Manage Apple Blue Mold with Candida membranifaciens and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa date: 2023 words: 4514 flesch: 64 summary: At the same time, the other antagonistic yeast conditions such as yeast concentration and inoculation time were studied, and the best conditions for antagonistic yeast were determined. Yeast strains were grown at 20°C in nutrient broth yeast dextrose for 48 h on a rotary shaker at 250 rpm. keywords: apple; cacl2; days; expansum; strains; yeast cache: ajfsoa-417.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-417.txt item: #138 of 142 id: ajfsoa-418 author: Adeyemi, O.; Osubor, C. C.; Adeyemi, O. title: Impact of contaminated water on African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and its effects on albino rat liver date: 2023 words: 4297 flesch: 58 summary: Full Length Research paper Impact of contaminated water on African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and its effects on albino rat liver O. Adeyemi1*, C. C. Osubor1 and O. Adeyemi2 1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Benin, Benin-City, Nigeria. Particularly, activities of alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, alanine and aspartate transaminases in the liver of rats fed with C. gariepinus cultivated in phthalate contaminated water were found to be 9.1 ± 1.7, 113.8 ± 6, 13.4 ± 0.9 and 20.4 ± 0.9 nmol/min/mg protein respectively while those of control were 16.8 ± 2.2, 177.9 ± 5, 16.4 ± 1.3 and 23.7 ± 1.2 nmol/min/mg protein. keywords: fed; fish; gariepinus; liver; phthalate; rats; serum; water cache: ajfsoa-418.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-418.txt item: #139 of 142 id: ajfsoa-419 author: Anigo, K. M.; Ameh, D. A.; Ibrahim, S.; Danbauchi, S. S. title: Nutritional analysis of homemade infant gruels made from malted cereals, soybeans and groundnuts in North-western Nigeria date: 2023 words: 5475 flesch: 63 summary: Proximate composition of formulated complementary foods (g/100 g dry matter). Amino acids composition of formulated complementary foods (g/100g protein). keywords: corn; foods; groundnut; maize; mgrsg; millet; nigeria; soybeans; table cache: ajfsoa-419.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-419.txt item: #140 of 142 id: ajfsoa-42 author: Abiodun, Oseni; Utunedi, Uzezi; Ayodeji, Ome title: Effects of food security and Agricultural land access in Nigeria date: 2014 words: 4200 flesch: 55 summary: This study assessed gender discrimination in agricultural land access: Implications for food security in Ondo State Nigeria. With the increasing roles of rural women in agriculture and contributions to food security and the consequence inequality on land access across gender, there is therefore the need to access the gender discrimination in land accessibility and implications to food security in Nigeria The specific objectives for the study were to: keywords: access; female; food; land; male; respondents; state; study; women cache: ajfsoa-42.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-42.txt item: #141 of 142 id: ajfsoa-420 author: Ajah, P. O. title: Predation patterns in heterobranchus longifilis Larvae: An analysis of their first exogenous feeding date: 2023 words: 5537 flesch: 66 summary: Days 2 - 4 Days 5 - 6 Days 7 - 14 Small prey size: 42 - 125 µm Large prey size: 225 - 345 µm Larger prey size: 485 - 876 µm Composition (%) Composition (%) Composition (%) C. uncinata (85) L. ovalis (15) Larval size: 4.06 - 6.0 mm s.l Mouth width 0.4 - 0.6 mm Total guts examined 40 B. quadridentatus (39.99) A. monachanta (30) C. sphaericus (30) Copepoda (0.01) Larval size: 6.1 - 8.0 mm s.l Mouth width 0.6 - 0.8 mm Total guts examined 40 A. priodonta (28) B. longirostris (24) D. ambigua (47.5) While larval shad mainly consumed copepods (37.7%) and cladocerans (37.4%), juvenile shad ate chironomids (43.1%) and ostracods (28.4%) both thus, exhibiting diet variation in diet composition and feeding periodicity (Johnson and Dropkins, 1996). Brodeur (1998) while working on juvenile pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) observed general selection of larger prey sizes relative to what was available. keywords: ajah; days; fed; feeding; fish; food; hatch; larvae; live; longifilis; post; prey; size; total; zooplankton cache: ajfsoa-420.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-420.txt item: #142 of 142 id: ajfsoa-421 author: Ajah, Paul O. title: Enhancing rotifer mass culture through algal diversity date: 2024 words: 4429 flesch: 64 summary: Five litres each of 4 ind ml -1 from pure B. quadridentatus cultures (Ajah, 1995) were introduced into each 10 m 3 tank. A number of authors have emphasized the importance of adequate supply of rotifer cultures with the appropriate nutritional quality, for the survival of larvae cultured in marine hatcheries (Hirata, 1980; Kafuku and Ikonoune, 1983; Watanabe et al., 1983; Lubzens, 1987). keywords: ajah; brachionus; culture; elegans; fed; growth; population; quadricauda; quadridentatus; vulgaris cache: ajfsoa-421.pdf plain text: ajfsoa-421.txt