Effect of cl)()klng and decortication on the physical properties, the chemical composition and the nutritive value of chick pea (Cicer arielin"1/1 L.). Food Chem.
Physical
Properties,
Chemical
Two Cultivars
Composition
And Nutritional
Quality
Of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus Cajan L.)
Of .
R. A. 010)'0 Department a/Science L(I~oratol)' Technology School 0/ Applied Science, Federal Polytechnic, P·.M.B. 50, I/aro, Ogllfl Slale, ."'figeria.
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Abstract
I~lakes it difficult
for food protein
production
t;o keep pace with demand (UNFAO, 1996). In I'ccent times, focus of nutrition research in Nigeria has been on the search fOl fo\.)(\ legumes that constitute cheaper alternative ~otlrces of protein and calories. The prescnt ~tudy reports that physical properties, qhemical composition and nutritional quality
