Proximate composition, cyanide content, and carotenoid retention after boiling of provitamin A-rich cassava grown in Ghana
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR and developing country institute | |
| cg.contributor.crp | Agriculture for Nutrition and Health | |
| cg.contributor.donor | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | |
| cg.contributor.donor | CGIAR Trust Fund | |
| cg.coverage.country | Ghana | |
| cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | GH | |
| cg.coverage.region | Western Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa | |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9121800 | |
| cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - HarvestPlus | |
| cg.isijournal | ISI Journal | |
| cg.issn | 2304-8158 | |
| cg.issue | 12 | |
| cg.journal | Foods | |
| cg.reviewStatus | Peer Review | |
| cg.volume | 9 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Boakye Peprah, Bright | |
| dc.contributor.author | Parkes, Elizabeth | |
| dc.contributor.author | Harrison, Obed A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | van Biljon, Angeline | |
| dc.contributor.author | Steiner-Asiedu, Matilda | |
| dc.contributor.author | Labuschagne, Maryke | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-29T12:58:00Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-29T12:58:00Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171314 | |
| dc.title | Proximate composition, cyanide content, and carotenoid retention after boiling of provitamin A-rich cassava grown in Ghana | en |
| dcterms.abstract | Biofortified yellow-fleshed cassava is important in countries with high cassava consumption, to improve the vitamin A status of their populations. Yellow- and white-fleshed cassava were evaluated over three locations for proximate composition and cyanide content as well as retention of carotenoids after boiling. There was significant variation in the crude fiber, fat, protein and ash content of the genotypes. All but one of the yellow-fleshed cassava genotypes recorded higher protein values than the white-fleshed local genotypes across locations. The cyanide content of the genotypes varied between locations but was within the range of sweet cassava genotypes, but above the maximum acceptable recommended limit. Micronutrient retention is important in biofortified crops because a loss of micronutrients during processing and cooking reduces the nutritional value of biofortified foods. Total carotenoid content (TCC) ranged from 1.18–18.81 μg.g−1 and 1.01–13.36 μg.g−1 (fresh weight basis) for fresh and boiled cassava, respectively. All the yellow-fleshed cassava genotypes recorded higher TCC values in both the fresh and boiled state than the white-fleshed genotypes used as checks. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| dcterms.available | 2020-12-04 | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Boakye Peprah, Bright; Parkes, Elizabeth Y.; Harrison, Obed A.; van Biljon, Angeline; Steiner-Asiedu, Matilda; and Labuschagne, Maryke T. 2020. Proximate composition, cyanide content, and carotenoid retention after boiling of provitamin A-rich cassava grown in Ghana. Foods 9(12): 1800. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9121800 | en |
| dcterms.extent | 1800 | |
| dcterms.issued | 2020 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | CC-BY-4.0 | |
| dcterms.publisher | MDPI | |
| dcterms.subject | carotenoids | en |
| dcterms.subject | biofortification | en |
| dcterms.subject | cassava | en |
| dcterms.subject | cyanides | en |
| dcterms.subject | protein content | en |
| dcterms.subject | trace elements | en |
| dcterms.subject | retinol | en |
| dcterms.type | Journal Article |