The study examined socio-economic factors affecting the adoption of soya bean production technologies in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria. Interview schedules were administered to 180 respondents which were analyzed by the use of descriptive (frequencies and percentages) and inferential (multiple regression analysis) statistics. The study revealed that majority of the respon...

Background. The effects of coconut fat and soya fat on serum lipids are controversial. This study was designed to investigate the lipid effects of coconut milk and soya milk supplementation on the lipid profile of free living healthy subjects. Methods. Sixty (60) healthy volunteers aged 18-57 years were given coconut milk porridge (CMP) for 5 days of the week for 8 weeks, followed by a 2-week w...

Adult male rabbits were fed on semi-purified diets containing soya-bean protein isolate, casein or formaldehyde-treated casein as the protein source and 1 g cholesterol and 5 g of the non-absorbable marker chronic oxide/kg diet. The concentration of cholesterol in serum and in liver was increased on both the casein and formaldehyde-treated-casein diets. Excretion of bile acids and their concent...

The effect of phytase enzyme on the digestibility and availability of phosphorus (P) in soya-bean meal was investigated with grower pigs. In addition, the relative effectiveness of different parameters for assessing P availability in slope-ratio assays were compared. The addition of phytase increased growth rate (741 vs 835 g/d; P c 0.05>, lowered the FCR (2.37 vs 2.16; P c O.Ol), increased pro...

A Clextral BP-10 (type BC45) co-rotating twin-screw extruder was used for texture modification of extrudates. Dry materials were mixed in a mixer for 15 min at low speed before extrusion. Moisture content 21–23% and addition of soya bean flour (0–40%) showed significant influences on the texture of the extrudates. Addition of soya bean flour in the range from 0 to 40% increased the diametrical ...

The aim of the present study is to develop a novel biomaterial from natural resources which can be used for various biomedical applications. In this work, composite films containing soya protein (SY) and sago starch (SG) were prepared by solvent casting methodology; these films were cross linked with glutaraldehyde to improve their mechanical properties. The films prepared were characterized fo...

Materials and Methods In the last 5 years (2005-2009) 7-8 patients (9-17 years) diagnosed with severe CMPA were evaluated with SPTs and cow’s milk specific -IgE in vitro determination (casein sIgE levels varied between 126 and 884 KU/L). We performed the SPTs for 17 different special formulae: 1 conventional infant formula (CMF), 3 partially hydrolysed whey/casein ones (pHF-W), 4 extensively hy...

Cow's milk protein sensitive enteropathy (CMPSE) is characterized by the following items: 1. The great majority of affected infants have not been breast fed or only for a few days. Additional risks are immaturity, preceding enteritis, trisomy 21, and abdominal operation in the newborn. 2. Half of the patients become ill during the first two weeks after starting cow's milk formula. The main symp...

1. Sections of small intestine from rats given raw-soya-bean(RS) diets had a decreased capacity to actively accumulate L-methionine when compared to those taken from rats given heated soya bean (HS), and casein-fed controls. The extent of the reduction was small in comparison with pair-fed animals, but was statistically significant in comparison with rats restricted to the same weight gain as t...

This study shows the gradual increment in apparel productivity after feeding some nutrients to selected sewing operators who work a factory named Daarkak, urban area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The specific objective was identify consequences nutritious food boosting workers’ energy levels aid increased productivity. A better result compared previous data found, where substantially providing food- so...