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Browsing Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Supervisor "Taylor, Janet"
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Kafirin and zein are alcohol-soluble prolamin-type proteins that can be used to make biodegradable, environmental-friendly bioplastic films and coatings. Despite this potential, there is no commercial process for kafirin ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Wheat bread is a staple food product that is not easily accessible to many people in sub-Saharan Africa as it is relatively expensive. This is due to the regions climatic conditions which are not generally suitable for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The International Diabetes Federation reported that by 2035 the expected increase in diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa will be 109%, the highest rise in the world. Furthermore, almost a quarter of the world‘s adult population ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Sorghum is the world‟s fifth most important cereal crop. It is a drought–tolerant and widely cultivated in Africa. Therefore, the use of locally produced sorghum in bread products would be advantageous to farmers and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Maize and sorghum flours do not form viscoelastic doughs similar to wheat flour. However, isolated zein (maize prolamin) can form a viscoelastic dough when first cast into a film and then hydrated in water above its glass ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Microparticles produced from kafirin, the sorghum grain prolamin protein, by molecular selfassembly using coacervation with acetic acid solvent are vacuolated. They have shown considerable potential for encapsulation of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-08-15)Despite the potential of kafirin (sorghum prolamin protein) films, up until now there has been no in-depth investigation on the plasticization of kafirin films, similar to that done on zein films. Since protein films tend ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Quality protein maize (QPM) is a high-lysine maize type that was developed through breeding, to improve its grain hardness and agronomic performance. Despite QPM’s nutritional advantage, this maize type has not been widely ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Expenditure on wheat importation in sub-Saharan African countries is increasing greatly arising from the region’s rapidly expanding human population, urbanisation, and unfavourable conditions for wheat cultivation. Adoption ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-14)Transgenic (TG) sorghum genotypes with altered kafirin synthesis were developed by the Africa Biofortified Sorghum Project, employing recombinant DNA technology, with the aim of improving the protein nutritional quality ...
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