Kazadi Minzangi

Fatty Acids and Tocopherols Content in Fractionated Oils from Five Wild Oilseed Plants Native to Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Kivu-DR Congo

Kazadi Minzangi, Justin N. Kadima, Archileo N. Kaaya, Bertrand Matthäus, Patrick Van Damme, Bashwira Samvura, Dieudonné E. Mosibono, Katula Belesi & Pius T. Mpiana · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2015

Aims: Most natural oils only have limited application in their crude forms, but fractionation can provide a variety of food applications. The objective  was to fractionate crude oils from five selected plants growing wild in Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP) in DR Congo, to analy...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2015/19653

Composition of Fatty Acids and Tocopherols Content in Oilseeds of Six Wild Selected Plants from Kahuzi-Biega National Park/DR. Congo

Kazadi Minzangi, Pius T. Mpiana, Bashwira Samvura, Archileo N. Kaaya, Matthäus Bertrand & Justin N. Kadima · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2015

Objective: Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP) in Democratic Republic of the Congo is packed with fantastic oilseed plants that need to be analysed in order to promote a sustainable exploitation for both commercial and food supply purposes. The study aimed to determine the content...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2015/17297

Fatty Acid Composition of Lebrunia bushiae Staner and Tephrosia vogelii Hook.f. Seed Oils

Benjamin Bavhure, Félicien M. Kasali, Aladdin O. Mahano, Kazadi Minzangi, Amani Matabaro, Ithe Mwanga & Justin N. Kadima · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2014

Aim: The nutritive and medicinal values of vegetable oils rely on the nature of their fatty acids (FAs). This study aimed to determine the nature and content of FAs in Lebrunia bushiae Staner and Tephrosia vogelii seed oils which are used by the local population of South Kivu pro...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2014/9722