Cowpea, an important protein food, is used for its nutritional and functional properties. A study was carried out to determine the physico-functional characteristics of Flours and Protein Isolates from Two (2) Varieties of Nigerian Cultivated Solojo Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata L. W...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2021/v20i930348
Chemical and nutritional properties of pumpkin (Curcubita pepo) seed proteins were studied. The seed was processed into defatted flour (CPF) which was further processed into Curcubita protein concentrate (CPC) and Curcubita protein isolate (CPI) by alkaline water/isoelectric prec...
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Rukayya Z. Abba, Abdullahi A. Imam, Mohammed K. Atiku & Yusuf Y. Muhammad·Asian Food Science Journal·2018
In this research, the effect of sprouting on the functional properties and amino acid profile of protein isolates from two Bambara groundnut landraces (Yobe black and Niger cream landraces) was studied. Proteins were isolated using alkaline extraction method. The amino acid profi...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/41158