Complementary feeding using commercially available foods may be unaffordable in low income settings. Hence, research into available traditional crops as low-cost alternatives to the conventional complementary foods is of ...

To facilitate the development of high yielding and adaptable sorghum varieties, investigating the stability, adaptation, yield and resistance of sorghum varieties to Sitophilus attack in rainforest and derived savanna ...

The need to provide scientific data to back up the claims on the health functionality of sourdoughs produced from wholegrain millet; a neglected and under-utilized species by evaluating its probiotic potentials necessitated ...

Ocimum gratissimum (Scent leaf) is an aromatic plant that has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of many diseases. Essential oil from the leaves have been proven to possess antioxidants, antiseptics, ...

Wild Lettuce (Launaea taraxacifolia Willd.), an underutilised indigenous leafy vegetable, contains essential nutrients and medicinal properties. Side-effects from antihypertensive and antidiabetic drugs have motivated ...

The key nutritional potential of Phaseolus lunatus is unquestionable, due to the high content of bioactive compounds, macro- and micronutrients. Four lima beans (P. lunatus) varieties (NSWP100, NSWP98, NSWP47 & NSWP96) ...

The study investigated the chemical properties (proximate composition, mineral content, amylose, amylopectin content, total starch, resistant starch and digestible starch, phytochemical content), in vitro starch digestibility ...

Plant seeds are essential source of foods and medicine for humans. It contains vital nutrients and pytochemicals which promote normal body growth and health. The white melon seed (Cucumeropsis mannii) contains essential ...

This study was aimed at investigating the quality characteristics of pupuru produced from the combination of fresh cassava roots and dried cassava chips. For dried cassava chips, cassava tubers were manually sorted, ...

This research focused on isolating, characterizing and identification of organisms associated with the spontaneous fermentation of dehulled and undehulled sorrel seed (Hibiscus. Sabdariffa L); as well as assessing the ...