Health and Nutrition

Harnessing Science to “Feed the Future”

This resource highlights how the CRSPs are addressing the Goals of Feed the Future, the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative, by overcoming gender […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): The CRSP Digest Project
  • Type of Document: Impact/Success Story

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Detection and expression of enterotoxin genes in endophytic strains of Bacillus cereus

The aim of this study was to determine whether endophytic Bacillus cereus isolates from agronomic crops possessed genes for the nonhaemolytic enterotoxin (Nhe) and haemolysin BL […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): R.L. Melnick; A.L. Testen; A.M. Poleatewich; P.A. Backman; B.A. Bailey
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Aflatoxin Contamination in Haitian and Kenyan Peanut Butter and Two Solutions for Reducing Such Contamination

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  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): ME Filbert; DL Brown
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Antioxidant capacity and sensory profile of peanut skins infusions

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  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): M.L.d.L. Francisco; A.V.A. Resurreccion
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Calcium montmorillonite clay reduces urinary biomarkers of fumonisin B1 exposure in rats and humans

Abstract: Fumonisin B1 (FB1) is often a co-contaminant with aflatoxin (AF) in grains and may enhance AF’s carcinogenicity by acting as a cancer promoter. Calcium montmorillonite […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): A. Robinson; N. Johnson; A. Strey; J. Taylor; A. Marroquin-Cardona; N. Mitchell; E. Afriyie-Gyawu; N. Ankrah; J. Williams; J-S. Wang; P. Jolly; R. Nachman; T. Phillips
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Resveratrol in peanuts

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  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): J. Sales; A.V.A. Resurreccion
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Socio-demographic determinants of aflatoxin B1-lysine adduct levels among pregnant women in Kumasi, Ghana

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  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): FMB Shuaib; JE Ehiri; NJ Yatich; E. Funkhouser; SD Person; C. Wilson; C. Turpin; T. Agbenyega; JH Williams; G. Qian; J-S. Wang; PE Jolly
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Women, health, and peanuts in Uganda

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  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): Miriam Rich
  • Type of Document: Impact/Success Story

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Food Requirements of a Growing World- Strategies for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture and the Role of Pulse Crops in Achieving Food and Nutritional Security

A powerpoint presentation given at the 2012 Global Pulse Researchers Meeting, Kigali, Rwanda- “Transforming Grain-Legume Systems to Enhance Nutrition and Livelihoods”.

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): Paul Gepts
  • Type of Document: Media

Increasing Utilization of Cowpeas to Promote Health and Food Security in Africa

A powerpoint presentation given at the 2012 Global Pulse Researchers Meeting, Kigali, Rwanda- “Transforming Grain-Legume Systems to Enhance Nutrition and Livelihoods”.

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): Joseph Awika
  • Type of Document: Media