brachystegia eurycoma is predominantly grown in the eastern region of nigeria. its seed is used in food majorly as a soup condiment, flavouring agent and soup thickener. the proximate, mineral and amino acid compositions were determined on raw and processed seeds (boiled, fermented and roasted) using standard analytical techniques. the processing methods showed deviations in nutrients from the ...

Based on ethnomedicinal applications in treating tumour related ailments, effects of the methanol extracts of Brachystegia eurycoma (leaf and stem bark), Parquetina nigrescens and Struchium sparganophora (leaves) were evaluated on lung cancer cells at concentrations of 1-250 μg/ml. Hexane, dichloromethane and aqueous fractions of P. nigrescens were tested on the cells at concentrations of 1-100...

The fatty acid composition of 10 different seeds from Nigeria was determined. The data showed that most seeds (except for Brachystegia eurycoma and Dacryodes edulis) could be placed into one major group; they all contained more unsaturated fatty acids ranging from 55.58 to 79.93% for Tamarindus indica and Monodora myristica, respectively. Two unsaturated fatty acids, namely oleic (21.97-60.68%)...

The effects of some leguminous seed flour (LSF) on the viscoelastic properties wheat, maize and cassava flours were investigated. aim work was to evaluate effect LSF pasting characteristics flours. There significant differences in proximate composition used this study. Three namely Brachystegia eurycoma, Detarium microcarpum, Mucuna sloanei added differently at 0 2% dry weight bases, 0% additio...