Food and Potential Industrial Applications of Bambara Groundnut (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) is a crop native to the Bambara tribe of Mali and is grown as a subsistence crop in Africa. Recent advances in research, however, have brought the crop to the forefront of the sustainable agriculture movement.

The Bambara plant is highly drought tolerant and rich in protein and carbohydrates, including starch. These macromolecules have enormous industrial potentials. For example, the starch in Bambara grain has been found to exhibit higher (double) viscosity than conventional corn starch. Modified Bambara groundnut starch has been used to produce edible bioplastics that could be upgraded industrially to suit the fourth industrial revolution shift.

Bambara plants are also a natural source of soluble fiber, which is gluten-, lactose- and cholesterol-free, with potential as a stabiliser, thickener and gelling agent as well as a cryoprotectant in frozen products. The health benefits include lowering of cholesterol levels, levelling of bloodglucose and as a detoxing aid. Furthermore, several researchers have explored the grain either alone or as composite with cereal and tubers for the development of value-added products.

Food and Potential Industrial Applications of Bambara Groundnut presents in a clear, coherent way the research findings on Bambara grain and its status as a promising food and industrial crop.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030739201
• Artikelnr.: 62699941

Autorenporträt

Dr. Beatrice I. O. Ade-Omowaye is a full Professor in the Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food and Consumer Sciences at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

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Dr. Samson A. Oyeyinka is an academic staff in the School of Agriculture, Geography, Environment, Ocean and Natural Sciences, The University of the South Pacific, Samoa Campus, Fiji and a Visiting Professor to Bicol University, Philippines

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Inhaltsangabe

1. Bambara groundnut perspective.- 2. Agricultural production practices of bambara groundnut.- 3. Pre- and post- harvest handling and storage of bambara grains.- 4. Characteristics of bambara groundnut: description, structure and composition.- 5. Limitations to bambara groundnut utilization.- 6. Bambara groundnut starch.- 7. Bambara groundnut protein.- 8. Phytochemicals in bambara groundnut.- 9. Traditional food uses of bambara groundnut.- 10. Bambara groundnut in complementary feeding.- 11. Microbiology and safety of bambara groundnut.- 12. Potential industrial applications of bambara.- 13. Conclusions and future trends.

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1. Bambara groundnut perspective.- 2. Agricultural production practices of bambara groundnut.- 3. Pre- and post- harvest handling and storage of bambara grains.- 4. Characteristics of bambara groundnut: description, structure and composition.- 5. Limitations to bambara groundnut utilization.- 6. Bambara groundnut starch.- 7. Bambara groundnut protein.- 8. Phytochemicals in bambara groundnut.- 9. Traditional food uses of bambara groundnut.- 10. Bambara groundnut in complementary feeding.- 11. Microbiology and safety of bambara groundnut.- 12. Potential industrial applications of bambara.- 13. Conclusions and future trends.