Journal of
Cereals and Oilseeds

  • Abbreviation: J. Cereals Oilseeds
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6591
  • DOI: 10.5897/JCO
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 90

Full Length Research Paper

Qualitative analysis of enzyme-assisted traditionally extracted shea butter from different pretreated shea kernel substrates

Beauty Didia
  • Beauty Didia
  • Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biosciences, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.
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Zakpaa Hilary D.
  • Zakpaa Hilary D.
  • Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biosciences, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.
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Mills-Robertson Felix C.
  • Mills-Robertson Felix C.
  • Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biosciences, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.
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Abdul-Mumeen Iddrisu
  • Abdul-Mumeen Iddrisu
  • Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biosciences, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.
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  •  Received: 11 August 2017
  •  Accepted: 11 December 2017
  •  Published: 31 May 2018

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