Effect of Processing Methods on Nutritive and Antinutritive Properties of Seeds of Brachystegia eurycoma and Detarium microcarpum from Nigeria.
Proximate analysis of the seeds of Brachystegia eurycoma and Detrarium microcarpum were
carried out on both the dehulled and undehulled samples of the flour. The protein content of the seeds are
quite low 9.1;7.2 and 11.4;8.2 for undehulled and dehulled Brachystegia eurycoma and Detarium
microcarpum, respectively. Crude fibre is less than 3% in each, while ash was less than 5% each per...
Friday O.Uhegbu, Chioma C. Onwuchekwa, Emeka E.J Iweala and Ijeoma Kanu
Iweala Emeka » Emeka Iweala is a Professor of Biochemistry and a past head of department of Biological Sciences at the Covenant University, Nigeria. He currently serves as the Director, Covenant University Centre for Research, Innovation and Discovery (CUCRID) and deputy director, Covenant Applied Informatics and Communication African Centre of Excellence (CApIC-ACE). He worked as a faculty at the department... view full profile