African Journal of
Food Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Food Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0794
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJFS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 976

Full Length Research Paper

Quality assessment of oil from Parkia filicoidea (Mkundi) seeds

Davies Emmanuel Mweta
  • Davies Emmanuel Mweta
  • Malawi University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 5196, Limbe, Malawi.
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Peter Unique Magombo
  • Peter Unique Magombo
  • The Polytechnic, University of Malawi, Private Bag 303, Chichiri, Blantyre, Malawi.
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  •  Received: 13 January 2017
  •  Accepted: 06 February 2017
  •  Published: 31 May 2017

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