Effect of Soaking Prior to Oven-Drying on Some Nutrient and Anti-Nutrient Properties of Bitter Yam (Dioscorea dumetorum)

Egbuonu Anthony Cemaluk C^1*, Nzewi Daniel C² and Egbuonu Onyinye Nkiru C³

¹Department of Biochemistry, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Unit, College of Natural Sciences, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria, E-mail: tonycemalukegbuonu@yahoo.com

²Department of Food Technology, School of Industrial and Applied Sciences, Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Nigeria, E-mail: tonycemalukegbuonu@yahoo.com

³Public Health Unit, Department of Health and Physical Education, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria, E-mail: tonycemalukegbuonu@yahoo.com

^*Corresponding Author: Egbuonu Anthony Cemaluk C, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria