TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
CERTIFICATION
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE:
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER TWO:
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1. ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF SWEET POTATO
2.1.1. DESCRIPTION OF SWEET POTATO PLANT
2.1.2. USES OF SWEET POTATO
2.1.3. NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF SWEET POTATO
2.1.4. ANTI- NUTRITIONAL FACTORS
2.1.5. NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF SWEET POTATO
2.1.5.1. POLYPHENOLS COMPOSITION
2.1.5.2. ANTI-OXIDATIVE, ANTI-MUTAGENICITY AND ANTI-CARCINOGENICITY
2.1.6. ANTI-DIABETES
2.1.7. ANTI-NUTRIENTS IN SWEET POTATO
2.1.8. ENZYME COMPOSITION OF SWEET POTATO
2.2. ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF SORGHUM PLANT
2.2.1. DISTRIBUTION OF SORGHUM PLANT
2.2.2. USES OF SORGHUM
2.2.3. ENZYME COMPOSITION OF SORGHUM
2.2.4. NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION OF SORGHUM
2.2.5. ANTI-NUTRIENTS IN SORGHUM
CHAPTER THREE:
MATERIALS AND METHODS
3.1. MATERIALS
3.2. METHODOLOGY
3.2.1. PROCESSING OF SWEET POTATO TUBER
3.2.2. PROCESSING OF SORGHUM GRAIN
3.3. SWEET POTATO AND SORGHUM ANALYSIS
3.3.1. PROXIMATE ANALYSIS
3.3.1.0. DETERMINATION OF FAT CONTENT
3.3.1.1. DETERMINATION OF ASH CONTENT
3.3.1.2. DETERMINATION OF CRUDE FIBRE
3.3.1.3. DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE CONTENT
3.3.1.4. DETERMINATION OF PROTEIN
3.3.1.5. DETERMINATION OF CARBOHYDRATES
3.4. ANTI-NUTRIENTS AND PHYTOCHEMICALS
3.4.1. DETERMINATION OF TANNINS
3.4.2. DETERMINATION OF HYDROCYANIC ACID
3.4.3. DETERMINATION OF ANTHOCYANNINS
3.4.4. DETERMINATION OF PHYTATE/PHYTIC ACID
3.5. DETERMINATION OF MINERAL CONTENT
3.5.1. MAGNESIUM
3.5.2. IRON
3.5.3. ZINC
3.5.4. PHOSPHOROUS
3.5.5. POTASSIUM
3.6. DETERMINATION OF PASTING PROPERTIES
3.7. DETERMINATION OF PHENOL OXIDASE
3.8. DETERMINATION OF REDUCING SUGARS; FRUCTOSE, GLUCOSE AND SUCROSE
CHAPTER FOUR:
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1. TABLE 1: PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF THE SAMPLES
AND DISCUSSION
4.2. TABLE 2: MINERAL COMPOSITION OF SAMPLES AND
DISCUSSION
4.3. TABLE 3: PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE
SAMPLES AND DISCUSSION
4.4. TABLE 4: PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF
SAMPLES AND DISCUSSION
4.4. TABLE 5: SUGAR COMPOSITION OF THE SAMPLES
AND DISCUSSION
CHAPTER FIVE:
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
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