Cherry tomatoes are usually cultivated under greenhouse which is out of the reach of the marginal farmers. Due to unavailability of microclimatic and biochemical data in cherry tomato, meagre yield is obtained at open field conditions. Since the microclimatic factors and growing...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i430192
Specialty condiment (ogiri) was produced from seeds of soybean (Glycine max) and fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) by spontaneous moist solid substrate fermentation of their pre-processed mash. The two samples coded FSBM and FFPM respectively were evaluated for nutritional...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2020/v14i230126
Aims: “Foléré” beverage is a refreshing locally made drink much appreciated by the populations of the hottest parts of Cameroon. This paper aims at investigating microbial contamination of “Foléré” beverage and highlights impact of the sublethal temperatures on the hygienic quali...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v29i630180
Three garri samples from three differents markets in Afikpo North L.G.A of Ebonyi State were collected and the microbial, moisture content and cyanide content of the samples (A, B, C) were assayed to ascertain their quality and safety. The Microbial analysis, the total plate coun...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2019/v13i330109
Bleou Jean Jaurès Touzou, Doudjo Soro, Soronikpoho Soro & Kouadio Ernest Koffi·Asian Food Science Journal·2019
The aim of this research was to produce bread from composite flours (fermented cashew kernel/wheat), determine their physicochemical and sensory properties. The Hagberg falling number (FN) and rheological properties of wheat flour replaced with fermented cashew kernel flour at 10,...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2019/v12i430091
Aim of the Study: Waterborne diseases are global burden with the increase in a number of cases more especially in rural areas of developing countries. We investigated the epidemiological distribution of waterborne diseases and bacteriological quality of water in Bodinga Sokoto Ni...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i430141
Background: Despite the health benefits of coconut oil and its potential for economic development, the availability remain scarce and the cost very high. This is mainly due to poor extraction methods that in turn affect the yield and quality. Aims: To produce coconut oil using di...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2019/v8i429995
Moringa (M. oleifera) seed flour was substituted into acha (Digitaria exillis) at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 %, thoroughly mixed to produce acha-moringa seed flour blends. Principal ingredients (baking fats, salt, yeast, water) were added to the blends, mixed, rolled, cut and baked at...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/43505
Aims: This study was conducted in order to assess the effect of different extraction methods on the physicochemical properties of coconut oil. Study Design: Coconut harvesting, cleaning, oil extraction, quality analysis. Place and Duration of Study: General Science Laboratory, Sc...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/43263
This paper aims to update recent findings related to the potential factors affecting the quality of buck semen during cryopreservation process. This paper describes cryopreservation of buck semen and it identifies different factors limiting the successful use of this technique in...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/42087
Qualities of chum salmon dorsal muscles cooked using a commercially available household superheated steam (SHS) oven [water-oven cooking (WO) and water-grilling cooking (WG)] were investigated, and were compared with those using other heating conditions without SHS [oven cooking...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/42136
The research is aimed at investigating the effect of added moringa seed paste on the proximate, mineral, vitamin composition, functional properties of the acha-moringa flour blend. Moringa paste was substituted into acha flour at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25% (w/w) to produce acha-moring...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/38636
Many campaigns of withdrawal of the underground waters have been done during the year 2013 to the level of the drillings situated in the township of Abomey-Calavi for control their quality. These withdrawals were the object of analysis according to the techniques of assessment of...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17159
The present study deals with the characterization and evaluation of the morphological and biochemical quality of 54 date palm cultivars grown in Algeria. This work was done at Station of Algerian National Institute of Agricultural Research Touggourt Ouargla Algeria, between Octob...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5009