Studies of Selected Physicochemical Properties of Fluted Pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis Hook F.) Seed Oil and Tropical Almond (Terminalia catappia L.) Seed Oil
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Effects of processing on the nutritional composition of fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) seed flour
Fluted pumpkin seeds were processed into the raw, boiled, fermented, germinated and roasted seeds, dried at 500C, milled and sieved. The seed flours were analyzed for nutritional composition, energy, amino acids and fatty acids of the oils. Processing affected the levels of nutrients in the seed. The energy values ranged between 26.55 ± 0.7 – 30.06 ± 0.8 KJ/g and the seed is a good source of so...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pakistan Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1680-5194
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2006.306.307