Enhancement of Child Survival and Rehabilitation of Malnourished Children Through the Development of Inexpensive Bean/Sorghum/Maize Foods

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Details

Project Code:
ESA3-A1

Start Date:
2002

End Date:
2007

CRSP Phase:
Not Available

Budget:
Not Available

Countries:

Participants

Lead 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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