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(Springer, 2024-09)PURPOSE : The original aim of the study was to determine, in a double-blind 3-arm crossover human trial (n = 7), the effect of supplemental levels of iron (25 mg) and zinc (30 mg) on β-carotene (synthetic) bioavailability ...
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(Elsevier, 2024-03)Please read abstract in the article.
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(Wiley, 2024-04)Recently, the assimilation of pH-sensitive natural pigments into biopolymers has shown promising prospects for pH-reactive based smart packaging material. Unlike synthetic pigments, which have potential safety problems due ...
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(MDPI, 2024-09)In Mozambique, about 500,000 cases of diarrhoea were caused by foodborne pathogens in 2018. A review of the epidemiology of diarrhoea in children under five showed a high disease burden. This study aimed to identify ...
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(Wiley, 2024-07)Multi-method research was conducted in South Africa to explore the personal values that shape millennial men's clothing retail store choices when purchasing semi-formal/smart workwear for themselves. The qualitative phase ...
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(Academic Conferences International Limited, 2024-03)Travelling mostly involves expenditure on products beyond daily consumables (i.e. tourism shopping), but sometimes tourists visit a country with the specific intention of acquiring goods unique to that particular context, ...
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(MDPI, 2023-03-20)The high organic content of abattoir-associated process water provides an alternative for low-cost and non-invasive sample collection. This study investigated the association of microbial diversity from an abattoir ...
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(MDPI, 2023-05)Comprehensively compiled dietary polyphenol data is required to compare polyphenol content between foods, calculate polyphenol intake and study its association with health and disease. The purpose of this review was to ...
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(MDPI, 2023-03-21)Appropriate feeding practices are protective against malnutrition and poor growth. We compared feeding practices and growth in HIV-exposed-uninfected (HEU) and HIV-unexposeduninfected (HUU) between 6-12 months of age in ...
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(MDPI, 2023-08-10)Evidence indicates that whole-grain food consumption reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes, and some cancers. Increasing whole-grain consumption in developing countries is likely to significantly ...
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(Springer, 2023-09)OBJECTIVE : This study evaluated the effect of chronic cassava meals on some reproductive parameters of male albino rats. METHODS : Twenty-four sexually mature albino rats were divided into four groups which received ...
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(Wiley, 2023-07)BACKGROUND : The consumption of green banana flour (GBF) products has been linked to reduced glycemic index (GI) and low risk of type 2 diabetes and obesity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of ...
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“I find it hard to change poor food habits” : measuring food choice motives in an emerging economy (Elsevier, 2024-09)Food choices are driven by an array of motives that have been approached, determined and quantified in a number of ways, mainly in developed countries. The objective of this study was to better understand the motives behind ...
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(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2023)This paper explores the university, industry and government (UIG) research and development (R&D) collaborations that academia in South African higher education institutions (HEIs) with clothing-related programmes engage ...
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(BMC, 2024-07)BACKGROUND : Diarrheal diseases substantially affect public health impact in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), particularly in Africa, where previous studies have indicated a lack of comprehensive data. With a ...
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(Wiley, 2024)Biodegradable poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate)/Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydoxyvalerate) (PBSA/PHBV) filled with lignocellulosic sidestream/fibers from cowpea, a neglected and underutilized African crop are produced ...
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(Elsevier, 2024-07)Techno-functional properties of six sorghum types were determined during spontaneous sourdough batter-type fermentation for Kisra production. All sorghum types showed a progressive decrease in pH to about 3.3 with fermentation ...
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(Wiley, 2024-05)The aim of the study was to determine the effects of oven, microwave (MW), and infrared (IR) drying technology on the drying kinetics, physicochemical properties, and β-carotene retention of the dried orange-fleshed sweet ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2023)Cellulose, consisting of β-anhydro-d-glucose units, is a natural, biodegradable, and versatile biopolymer with several applications in food and non-food systems. Cellulose is probably the most abundant biopolymer in the ...
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Functional and nutritional properties of infrared- and microwave heat-moisture-treated sorghum meals (Wiley, 2024)BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : Starch modification using heat-moisture treatment (HMT) has been proven to influence starch functionality and nutritional properties as it can increase resistant starch content and reduce the ...
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