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Nutritional Evaluation and Physiochemical Properties of Processed Pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis Hook) Seed Flour

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Elfadil E. Babiker
Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Khartoum North, 13314 Shambat, Sudan
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Sara Y. Hamed
Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Khartoum North, 13314 Shambat, Sudan
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Nafisa M. El Hassan
Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Khartoum North, 13314 Shambat, Sudan
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Amro B. Hassan
National Center for Research, Environment and Natural Resource Research Institute, P.O. Box 6096, Khartoum, Sudan
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Mohamed M. Eltayeb
Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Khartoum North, 13314 Shambat, Sudan
Published on: February 15, 2008
DOI 10.3923/pjn.2008.330.334
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Abstract

The effect of roasting on proximate composition and the levels of antinutritional factors, protein digestibility, minerals extractability and physiochemical properties of pumpkin seeds consumed in Sudan were determined. Results showed that processing significantly (p < 0.05) reduced protein content. Roasting of pumpkin seeds significantly (p < 0.05) reduced tannin and phytic acid content to 125.01 and 56.1 mg 100-1 g with a concomitant improvement in protein digestibility. Roasting of pumpkin seeds significantly (p < 0.05) improve total and extractable minerals as well as physicochemical properties of the seeds flour with few exceptions.

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Antinutritional factors, mineral extractability, physicochemical properties, protein digestibility, pumpkin seeds, roasting

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Babiker, E. E., Hamed, S. Y., El Hassan, N. M., Hassan, A. B., & Eltayeb, M. M. (2008). Nutritional Evaluation and Physiochemical Properties of Processed Pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis Hook) Seed Flour. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 7(2), 330–334. https://doi.org/10.3923/pjn.2008.330.334
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