In recent years there has been a shift in the focus of biotechnological progress to find new approaches in food fermentation and develop multifunctional microorganisms to improve the nutritional and health benefit of food. In the present study, rice-mucuna blends of different formulation, (100:0, 100:0, 90:10, 80:20, 70:30, 60:40, and 50:50) respectively, were subjected to solid state fermentat...

First four cultivated (P.ostreatus, L.edodes, A.bisporus#1, A. bisporus#2) and eight wild (A.campestris, L.sulphureus, T.clypeatus, T.microcarpus#1, T.aurantiacus, T.microcarpus#2, T.letestui and Termitomyces spps) edible mushrooms collected from Ethiopia were analyzed for their proximate composition. Then to measure the quality of the crude protein, nine mushrooms were selected for further inv...

In most cited food composition studies and tables, the proximate system measures protein as total nitrogen (N) (determined by Kjeldahl or Dumas method) multiplied by a specific factor. A factor of 6.25 is used for determining total protein from total N (Jones, Munsey, & Walker, 1942). Although more expensive, it is considered more accurate to base protein content of foods on amino acid data (Gr...

The nutrient contents of a widely-consumed leafy vegetable produce – Telfairia occidentalis using poultry manure (PM) and mineral fertilizer (Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium-NPK) application were evaluated for comparison. PM at four levels (0, 5, 10 and 15 tonnes) and a standard rate of 90kg NPK per hectare was applied. Leaves were harvested for immediate analyses at 15 weeks after planting ...

The study was carried out to determine the proximate and quantitative phytochemical analysis of two species Detarium microcarpum from Kano state, north-western Nigeria. Proximate composition sample A shows a moisture content 13.86±0.002, Ash 3.73±0.030, lipid 9.40±0.059, crude protein 21.20±0.360, fiber 4.52±0.038 carbohydrate 47.50±1.06, while B 14.32±0.082, 2.27±0.360, 4.72±0.372, 17.88±0.102...

Changes in the chemical composition and functional properties of fermented seed flour of Pigeon pea, Cajanus cajan L. were studied for 0,1,2,3,4 and 5 days. The differently fermented seeds were analyzed for proximate composition, calorific values and functional properties. Results showed that fermentation significantly (p≤ 0.05) increased the moisture, protein and ash contents of the seed while...

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this study describes the effects of different stocking densities on texture/colour characteristics, protein content /amino acid and lipid content/fatty acid composition of rainbow trout fillet.stocking density was selected 5 (group a), 15 (group b), 25 (group c) kg fish m−3.tukey’s multiple comparison test showed insignificant differences between measured size/weight measurement and condition fac...