Nutrition

Nutrition ID 8,435
Crop ID Bambara Groundnut
Part Extract (oil)
Variable 5025 SFA 16:0 Palmitic Acid (% in fat)
Weight Basis Unspecified
Value Mean 22.38
Value Max NULL
Value Min NULL
Data Flag Analytical value
Analysis Method The oil extracted was converted to the methyl ester using the method described by Akintayo and Bayer.
Pre-treatment Boiling water was added to the seeds, left overnight, and the seeds dehulled, dried in the oven at 45°C for 8 h. The dried seeds were finely ground into fine flour with a small sample mill. Oven dried sample was extracted for the recovery of undiluted oil.The crude oil extract was made to be free of water by filtering through the anhydrous sodium sulphate salt.
Sample Number NULL
Material Source Mature and dry bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) seeds were collected from different farms located at Keffi, Garaku, Lafia, Akwanga, Wamba and Nasarawa towns in Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
Recommended Data
Notes Bambara groundnut - Cream with Black Eye. Highlighted treatment in the experiment - Different varieties of bambara.
Metadata Id 9,235