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Nutritional and sensory characteristics of local and hybrid East African Highland cooking bananas: Implications for breeding programs

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Bananas (Musa species) are an important staple food and cash crop in many parts of the world. The East African Highland cooking bananas form the backbone of food security for millions of Ugandans. The demand for high quality cooking bananas is thus closely linked to their sensory characteristics (which drive consumer preference) and
Willy Nelson Kisenyi, Pricilla Marimo, Moses Matovu, Kephas Nowakunda, Ediriisa Mugampoza, Samuel Gafuma, Timothy Omara, Ivan Kiganda   +7 more
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Physical, Sensory and Microbiological Properties of Wheat-Fermented Unripe Plantain Flour

, 2013
The physical, sensory and microbiological properties of wheat-fermented unripe plantain composite flour bread were studied. Mature unripe plantain was peeled, sliced, steam blanched, dried and milled into flour.
Nurudeen, LM, Ocheme, O.B., Oloyede, OO, Ocheme, OB, Oloyede, O.O., Nurudeen, L.M.   +5 more
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Reconfiguring biofortification strategies to transform food systems and address micronutrient deficiency of the 21st century

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
This review explores how to make staple foods and horticultural crops more nutritious, including how artificial intelligence‐based screening of gene banks helps deploy nutritionally rich germplasm into breeding. Genome editing can help develop crops richer in minerals, vitamins, and health‐promoting compounds, supporting healthier diets and more ...
Rhowell Jr. N. Tiozon, Alisdair R. Fernie, Nese Sreenivasulu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incorporation of Solar-Dried Plantain Flour in Cookies: Balancing Nutrition, Acceptability, and Sustainability

Vitae
Background: Post-harvest losses and nutritional deficiencies remain significant challenges in food production, requiring innovative strategies for sustainable ingredient utilization.
Tatiana Fajardo-Ariza, Andrea Nieto-Veloza, Carlos Mario Zuluaga Dominguez   +2 more
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Aboveground and Belowground Insect Herbivory Changes Maize‐Wireworm Interactions via Root Volatile Cues

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rhizosphere harbours critical plant‐herbivore interactions often mediated by small lipophilic molecules (SLMs). Despite the agricultural importance of many soil‐dwelling insects, surprisingly little is known about chemically mediated belowground crop‐pest interactions. Root and shoot herbivores can influence these interactions by modifying
Diego M. Magalhães, Gareth A. Thomas, Oliver Clark‐Hattingh, Anusha Mohan‐Kumar, Pradip Songara, John C. Caulfield, David M. Withall, Michael A. Birkett, József Vuts   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutritive assessment of sorghum-ogi plantain flour weaning food [PDF]

, 2019
The high rate of malnutrition in children is exclusively attributed to non-affordability of nursing mothers from low-income population to meet the high prices of commercial weaning foods. This has largely affected the dietary status of infant when they
Adekoya, Olaoluwa Funmi, Ajayi, O.S, Ajanaku, K. O., Ajanaku, C. O., Mustapha, Abisola, Ademosun, Olabisi Theresa, Olasehinde, G. I   +6 more
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Increasing the Acceptability of Insect‐Based Foods as Future Foods: A Comprehensive Review of Barriers, Strategies, and Pathways to Mainstream Adoption

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Volume 25, Issue 4, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Edible insects are increasingly recognized for their high nutritional value and favorable environmental profile, yet their acceptance (defined as the continuum from willingness to try and purchase to repeated consumption) in Western and globalized food systems remains limited by cultural, sensory, regulatory, and economic barriers.
Jose Miguel Alvarez Suarez, Andrea M. Liceaga   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Glycaemic indices of unripe plantain (Musa paradisiaca) and unripe red banana (Musa sp. AAA) flour meals

, 2019
This study determined the glyceamic indices of unripe red banana and unripe plantain flour meals. Unripe plantain and red banana were processed into flour and were subjected to proximate analysis using standard procedures. Twelve apparently healthy normo-
Onuoha, N.O., Okafor, A.M., Okeke, L.K.
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Quality evaluation of snack produced from black pepper (Piper nigrum L.), plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.), and tigernut (Cyperus esculentus L.) flour blends

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2019
Chin-chin has been identified to be one the favored food items and a much-relished pastry which has been eaten as dessert or snack. This study aimed at evaluating the nutritional quality and organoleptic properties of black-pepper enriched chin-chin ...
Ebenezer Oluwaseun Adelekan, Mojisola Olanike Adegunwa, Abdulrasaq Adesola Adebowale, Henri Adegoke Bakare, Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Plantain-based diet modulates atrazine-induced testicular toxicities in rats

Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction, 2023
Objective: To assess the potential of plantain-based diet in modulating testicular toxicities in rats exposed to atrazine. Methods: The plantain-based diet at 50%, 25% and 12.5% were prepared from the basal diet by substituting the corn starch with ...
Damilare Emmanuel Rotimi, Oluyomi Stephen Adeyemi   +1 more
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