Mohammed Yakubu

Publications

• Research Article   
  Production of Low Nucleic Acid Containing Single Cell Protein from Banana (Musa Spp.) Peels using the Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
  Author(s): Mohammed Yakubu74401*, Hauwa Hajjagana Laminu74399 and Mohammed Adamu Milala74400
  
  A microbial protein termed as Single Cell Protein (SCP) is regarded as an alternative protein to complement the conventional proteins. As protein requirement is rising, high concentration of nucleic acid present in SCP serves as great limitation for its consumption as food. This study is aimed at producing SCP with reduced nucleic acids concentration from banana peels using Saccharomyces cerevisiae through submerged fermentation. The fermentation media was prepared as Non-supplemented Media (NM) (only processed peels hydrolysate with distilled water) and Supplemented Media (SM) (mineral salts with processed peels hydrolysate) after which, a high microbial growth and protein production (680 μg/μl) was observed on NM compared to 410 μg/μl that was obtained on SM after 120 hrs of fermentation. The products were further .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.31858/0975-8453.15.7.244-250

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