Project
Enhancement of Child Survival and Rehabilitation of Malnourished Children Through the Development of Inexpensive Bean/Sorghum/Maize Foods
Details
Project Code:
ESA3-A1
Start Date:
2002
End Date:
2007
CRSP Phase:
Not Available
Budget:
Not Available
Countries:
Tanzania
Participants
Lead University:
Michigan State University
Other Partners:
Sokoine University (Tanzania)
Principal Investigator(s):
Maurice Bennink (US); Henry Laswai (Tanzania)
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
None
Overview
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Objectives
1. Install and commission a new food production facility at SUA. Evaluate the quality and acceptability of bean-cereal products produced at SUA. 2. Evaluate the efficacy of bean-cereal blends to promote growth. 3. Evaluate the efficacy of navy beans to inhibit colon cancer in an obese-diabetic model of colon cancer. 4. Determine if the anti-colon cancer properties associated with eating black beans is contained in an alcohol extract of the bean and if so, do oligosaccharides contribute to the anti-cancer activity.
Outcomes
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