Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Author "Imungi, J K"
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The effect of homogenisation, stabiliser and amylase on cloudiness of passion fruit juice
Okoth, M W; Kaahwa, A R; Imungi, J K (Department of Food Technology & Nutrition, 1999)The effects of homogenisation, stabiliser (Mexpectin) and amyla.se individually and in two-factor combinations on the mean cloudiness during storage of sweetened, pasteurised passion fruit juice were investigated. Addition ... -
Effect of recharging by immersing in water on moisture loss and tissue integrity during short term storage of sweet potato (Ipomoea halalas Poir)
Shikuku, C A; Shibairo, Solomon I; Imungi, J K; Hagenimana, VThe effects of recharging (immersing in water) on moisture loss and tissue integrity during short-term storage of freshly harvested sweet potato were investigated. Freshly harvested potatoes from five genotypes wen; recharged ... -
Reduction of nitrates, oxalates and phenols in fermented solar-dried stored cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata l.) leaf vegetables
Muchoki, C N; Lamuka, P O; Imungi, J K (Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2011-11)This study was conducted to determine the effect of fermentation, solar drying and storage duration on the levels of anti-nutrients: nitrates, oxalates and phenols, in cowpea leaf vegetables. The rationale was reduction ... -
Risk factors for symptoms of gastrointestinal illness in rural town Isiolo, Kenya
Kaindi, D W; Schelling, E; Wangoh, J M; Imungi, J K; Farah, Z; Meile, L (Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2012-03)This study assesses risk factors for food-borne gastrointestinal illness indicated by diarrhoea and/or vomiting using 14-day recalls among children and young adults. The study was set in Isiolo, a rural town of Kenya, ... -
Susceptibility of sweetpotato germplasm to rhizopus soft rot caused by Rhizopus stolonifer and Rhizopus oryzae in Kenya
Kihurani, A W; Shibairo, Solomon I; Imungi, J K; Narla, R D; Carey, E E (Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2003)Susceptibility of fifteen local and introduced sweetpotato germplasm to Rhizopus soft rot disease caused by Rliizopus stolonifer and Rliitopus oryzae was tested in 1999 and 2000. Roots were surface sterilised, wounded and ... -
Total phenolic content, antioxidant and antidiabetic properties of methanolic extract of raw and traditionally processed Kenyan indigenous food ingredients
Kunyanga, C N; Imungi, J K; Okoth, M W; Biesalski, H K (Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2012-03)Certain indigenous foods commonly consumed by Kenyan vulnerable groups (the malnourished; children under 5 years of age; pregnant and lactating women; malnourished adults in cases of vitamin or mineral deficiencies, TB, ...