Supplemental irrigation under prolonged drought conditions has a key role in providing water for transpiration of rain-fed fig trees. The effect of different times and amounts of supplemental irrigation at different distances from the tree trunk on quantity and quality of Estahban rain-fed fig production was evaluated during two years. A randomized complete block design with four replications o...

Mineral profile of tree leaves from eight local species (Acacia modesta, Albezia lebbeck, Capparis aphyla, Prosopes Juliflora, Tecoma undulata, Olea cuspidate, Ziziphus mauritiana and Ziziphus jujuba) was evaluated for feeding to sheep and goats. Leave samples were collected from three different locations (Surgul, Shakardara and Gumbat) in Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan province...

Wheat flour replacement from 22.5% up to 45% by incorporation of ternary blends of teff (T), green pea (GP) and buckwheat (BW) flours provided technologically viable and acceptable sensory rated multigrain breads with superior nutritional value compared to the 100% wheat flour (WT) counterparts. Blended breads exhibited superior nutritional composition, larger amounts of bioaccessible polypheno...

The influence of 0-27 g/100g of full-fat soy flour (FFSF), 31-35g/100g of water content and extrusion conditions on the textural characteristics of spaghetti were evaluated. Process was performed with screw speed of 10-40 rpm and water circulating temperature of 35-70. This enrichment resulted in significant differences in mechanical strength and cutting parameter. Based on the mixture surface ...

Channa striata is considered as a potential food, because it is known to be used as the treatment of wounds, reduced pain, and as additional energy during illness. This fish is always consumed by rural peoples to having good medicinal qualities. But why this can happen need to be explored. This study was undertaken to determine the nutrients content and amino acid composition in Pasurua Channa ...

2-Methyl-6-amino-5-hyd roxymethylpyr imidine The basal diet consisted of, in per cent, purified starch, 60; purified casein, 20; lard, 15 and McCollum salt mixture (No. 185), 5. One drop of cod liver oil per day per animal was also administered. A vitamin mixture consisting of 1mg of thia mine hydrochloride, 0.4mg of ribo flavin, 0.1mg of pyridoxine hydro chloride, 3mg of calcium pantothen ate,...

Phytochemical, nutritional and anti-bacterial properties of the dried leaf powder of Moringa oleifera used as food supplement, or source of vegetable in soup preparation were investigated in this study. The phytochemicals identified in the leaf powder included tannis, saponins, alkaloids, phenols flavonoids and glycosides. The nutritional investigations revealed the presence of carbohydrates (2...

Fresh leaves of Boerhaavia diffusa and Andrographis paniculata were evaluated for nutritional and anti-nutritional compositions. The results showed that both plant leaves contained saponins, alkaloids and flavonoids. The proximate analysis and vitamin C of B. diffusa and A. paniculata included moisture (76.04% and 73.02%), carbohydrate (17.14% and 12.16%) and vitamin C (40.00 and 45.01mg/100g),...

Groundnut and Melon husks (shell) were collected from the market side in Kaduna metropolis, Kaduna State and milled into powder for proximate and anti-nutritional analysis. The results of proximate analysis showed that groundnut shell contained moisture content, ash content, crude fibre, lipid, crude protein, carbohydrate, oxalate, phytate, cyanogenic glycosides and trypsin inhibitor are 8.0%, ...