The present investigations were undertaken to study the distribution of proximate principles, polyphenols, phytate phosphorous and trypsin inhibitors in different parts of cowpea seeds and, to study the effects of processing practices viz., dehulling, soaking, cooking andgermination on the nutritional quality of cowpea. The seeds of three cultivars varying in seed ...

The present investigations were undertaken to study the role of seed phenolics and polyphenol oxidizing enzymes such as polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and peroxidase (POD) in the generation of acidic, mousy odour in pearl millet meal and to develop suitable seed treatments to improve the shelf-life of its meal. The pearl millet seeds were obtained from the Millet B...

The relative susceptibility / resistance to post harvest inversion varies significantly among varieties due to genetic variability. The rate of moisture loss differs due to differing protection offered against evaporation by the stem characteristics of genotypes. Therefore, eight released and two promising varieties of sugarcane developed at the Central S...

The relative susceptibility / resistance to post harvest inversion varies significantly among varieties due to genetic variability. The rate of moisture loss differs due to differing protection offered against evaporation by the stem characteristics of genotypes. Therefore, eight released and two promising varieties of sugarcane developed at the Central Sugarc...

The relative susceptibility / resistance to post harvest inversion varies significantly among varieties due to genetic variability. The rate of moisture loss differs due to differing protection offered against evaporation by the stem characteristics of genotypes. Therefore, eight released and two promising varieties of sugarcane developed at the Central Sugarcane R...

The present investigation was undertaken to develop suitable processes to prepare protein concentrate and protein isolates from the traditional rapeseeds. Rapeseeds (Cv. Swati) obtained from the local market were dehulled with traditional stone mtHi to obtain dhal and husk fraction. The whole seed, dhal or hull meals were analysed for oil, protein, fibre,...

The present investigation was undertaken to develop suitable processes to prepare protein concentrate and protein isolates from the traditional rapeseeds. Rapeseeds (Cv. Swati) obtained from the local market were dehulled with traditional stone mtHi to obtain dhal and husk fraction. The whole seed, dhal or hull meals were analysed for oil, protein, fibre, ash,...

The present investigations were carried out to study the composition of various safflower meals, to develop a kernel meal treatment to obtain edible grade meal, free of bitterness with improved colour and protein content. The protein concentrate and protein isolate were also prepared and their recoveries, protein content, functional and electrophoretic pr...