Shea Butter
Shea Butter as a Viable Couplant for Ultrasound Imaging
... and shea but- ter (from the local market, Kumasi, Ghana) as coupling media under the same room ...and shea butter, respectively, while the subject laid in supine position on an ul- trasound ...
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Effects of Shea Butter Based Diet on Hepatic and Renal Enzymes and Plasma Lipid Profile in Albino Rats
... the intestinal absorption of dietary fat by inhibiting pancreatic lipase activity [31]. The antihypercholesterolemic effect might also be in part due to Linoleic acid which has been reported to be present in Shea ...
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Antifungal and Phytochemical Screening of Extract from Vitellaria Paradoxa (Shea Butter Tree) Leaves, Barks and Roots on Dermatophytes
... Abstract- This study was carried out to investigate the phytochemical constituent and antifungal activities of extract from leaves, barks and roots of Vitellaria paradoxa (shea butter tree) against ...
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The Use of Shea Butter in the Production of Fried Plantain (Musa AAB) Chips and Its Effect on the Product’s Quality Attributes
... The proximate composition of fried plantain chips produced from shea butter, soybean oil and palm oil respectively, is presented in Table 1. The moisture content of unfried plantain chips (raw) was 52.91% ...
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Effects of Development Interventions on the Productivity and Profitability of Women Shea Butter Processors in the West Gonja District of Northern Ghana
... the Shea butter produced in spite of the number of interventions introduced leave much to be ...of shea butter to meet the taste of both local and international market standards and more ...
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Deductive and Multi-criteria Approach to Ecosystem Modeling and Habitat Mapping of Shea Butter Trees (Vitellaria Paradoxa) in the Tropical Savanna
... (Shea butter) is a woody plant native to the Guinea Savannah of West Africa, It was reported to contain high fat and oil contents which make it an irresistible fuel wood for it burns longer and steadily ...
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PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND FATTY ACID PROFILE OF SHEA BUTTER AS INFLUENCED BY STORAGE ENVIRONMENTS AND TIME OF SHEA (VITELLARIA PARADOXA C.F.GAERTN.) NUTS IN YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA
... before butter extraction happened to be the suitable time for storage before oil ...of shea nuts before shea butter ...ty shea butter to be extracted from shea nuts the ...
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Activated carbon prepared from Shea Butter Husk by Box-Behnken response surface methodology
... The second stage involves the removal of volatiles (devolatization) by the swift thermal breakdown of hemicelluloses, cellulose and partly lignin. A prominent weight loss take place at this stage. The degradation ...
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Mechanised shea butter production in south-western Nigeria using Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) approach from gate-to-gate
... of shea butter materials for unit processes obtained at site were used to modelled Life Cycle Impact Analysis (LCIA) on GaBi6 (Holistic Balancing) ...of shea butter production on GaBi6 was for ...
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The effect of Shea butter wastes on Physical Properties of Compressed Earth Bricks (CEB) and Cement Stabilized
... the shea butter wastes content on the thermal conductivity and porosity of the CEB ...of shea butter wastes in the formulations ...of shea butter wastes in the formulations with ...
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Conundrums in Commercial Cosmetics: Interrogating the Effectiveness of Market-Based Strategies for Poverty Alleviation and Women’s Empowerment in Argan Oil and Shea Butter Economies
... The Shea Economy as ...Brenda. Shea Butter Republic: State Power, Global Markets and the Making of and Indigenous ...“African Shea Butter: A Feminized Subsidy From ...
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Growth and Haematological Response of Broiler Starter Chickens Fed Diets Containing Shea Butter Cake Orogun Ademola Julius, Oniye S. J. , Olugbemi T. S.
... The superior FCR of birds on 0 and 10% SBC inclusion diets to other inclusion level (20%, 30% and 40%) suggests that there was enhanced availability, digestion, absorption and utilization of the nutrients in the cake by ...
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LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS OF SHEA BUTTER BIODIESEL USING GREET SOFTWARE SOLOMON QUANSAH. B.S., University of Science and Technology, 1999 A REPORT
... Shea butter is similar to jatropha with the free fatty acid (FFA) content exceeding ...the shea butter into biodiesel would require using an acid catalyst followed by an alkaline catalyst in ...
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Physicochemical Properties and Fatty Acid Profile of Shea Butter and Fluted Pumpkin Seed Oil, a Suitable Blend in Bakery Fat Production
... down/decompose into glycerol and its individual fatty acids. The glycerol is further hydrolyzed to a steel-blue acrolein smoke [42]. The smoke point indicates the temperature limit up to which that cooking oil can be ...
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Changes in Physicochemical Characteristics and Microbiological Quality of Bakery Shortening Formulated with Shea Butter and Fluted Pumpkin Seed Oil During Storage
... The hard stock (solid stearin fraction from Shea butter) and the liquid fluted pumpkin seed oil (SS: FPSO) were blended in the ratio: 30:70, 40:60, and 50:50. Each was heated to 70°C, homogenized with ...
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Effects of Topical and Dietary Use of Shea Butter on Animals
... metabolism: Shea butter has been reported to be used by a pharmaceutical company, BSP Pharma, to lower cholesterol levels ...by Shea butter administration and attributed the ...
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FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF GOAT FAT AND SHEA BUTTER BASED LIPOSPHERES OF BENZYL PENICILLIN
... of shea butter, surfactant (Span 80) and goat fat were the key variables employed in the ...containing shea butter and span 80 in the ratio of 1:1 and batch E containing shea ...
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Effects Of Some Selected Processing Conditions On The Yield And Quality Of Shea Butter Produced From Sun Dried Shea Kernels
... Shea butter is a versatile plant fat extracted from kernels of shea nuts, seeds of shea trees (Vitellaria ...of shea butter. Shea butter has long been used in ...
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Challenges Faced By Women Entrepreneurs In The Shea Butter Industry
... From the research, it was realized that laborious processes used by the rural women to extract shea butter was a big challenge to them to come out with expected yields to meet the demand. It was observed ...
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IN VITRO EVALUATION OF SHEA BUTTER BASED NYSTATIN MICROPARTICLES
... toxicity 14 , it is necessary to study the applicability of Shea butter as lipidic material in the re- formulation of oral nystatin as solid lipid microparticles using common surfactants. It is hoped that ...
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