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Characterization of pectin from pulp and peel of Ugandan cooking bananas at different stages of ripening
(Journal of Food Research, 2020-09)
East African highland cooking bananas (EA-AAA) are a staple food and major source of calories for Ugandans.
Cooking bananas are considerably wasted along the postharvest chain majorly due to poor handling and ripening.
Banana ...
Physicochemical quality of water and health risks associated with consumption of African lung fish (Protopterus annectens) from Nyabarongo and Nyabugogo rivers, Rwanda
(BMC research notes, 2020)
Objective: To determine the quality of water, heavy metal content of edible muscles of a piscivorous fish (Protopterus
annectens) and assess the health risks associated with using water and consumption of P. annectens ...
Effects of industrial effluents on the quality of water in Namanve stream, Kampala Industrial and Business Park, Uganda
(BMC Research Notes, 2020)
Objective: Kampala Industrial and Business Park (KIBP) is one of the premier and the most successful Ugandan indus‑
trial complexes that impact the inner Murchison bay of Lake Victoria. The current study aimed at evaluating ...
Aflatoxins in Uganda: an encyclopedic review of the etiology, epidemiology, detection, quantification, exposure assessment, reduction, and control
(International Journal of Microbiology, 2020-01-08)
Uganda is an agrarian country where farming employs more than 60% of the population. Aflatoxins remain a scourge in the
country, unprecedentedly reducing the nutritional and economic value of agricultural foods. This ...