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ArticleFood science & nutrition2021

Effect of solid state fermentation on proximate composition, antinutritional factors and in vitro protein digestibility of maize flour.

Zemenu K Terefe, Mary N Omwamba, John M Nduko

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Article in Food science & nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Zemenu K TerefeDairy and Food Science and Technology Egerton University - Njoro Campus Njoro Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5928-1340
Mary N OmwambaDairy and Food Science and Technology Egerton University - Njoro Campus Njoro Kenya.
John M NdukoDairy and Food Science and Technology Egerton University - Njoro Campus Njoro Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2396-7479

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cereals including maize generally have limiting amino acids particularly lysine. In most cases, spontaneous fermentation is used to improve the nutritional profiles of maize-based products. However, in such fermentation, biological risks including the presence of pathogenic microorganisms, chemical contaminants, and toxic compounds of microbial origin such as mycotoxins pose a health risk. The aim of this study was, therefore, to improve the nutritional properties of maize flour by reducing antinutritional factors through microbial fermentation by strains of

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antinutritional factorsin vitro protein digestibilityLactobacillus plantarumproximate compositionSaccharomyces cerevisiae

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PMID34760264
PMCPMC8565243

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