Browsing by Author "Abelti, Alemu Lema"

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Characterization of water lily (Nymphaea lotus) for nutrients, anti-nutrients, phytochemicals, and antioxidant capacities.

Abelti, Alemu Lema; Teka, Tilahun A.; Bultosa, Geremew; Vermeir, Pieter (Elsevier Ltd, 2024-06-17)

Global food problems have challenged organizations to explore the possibility of using neglected aquatic plants as supplementary food. This study was aimed to characterize nutrients, antinutrients, phytochemicals, and ...
Review on edible water lilies and lotus: Future food, nutrition and their health benefits

Abelti, Alemu Lema; Teka, Tilahun A.; Bultosa, Geremew (Elservier, 2023)

Water lilies and lotus are regarded as good source of food, nutrition, and medicinal purposes. This review assessed scientific evidence for application of fifteen species of water lilies and lotus as functional and ...
Structural and physicochemical characterization of starch from water lily (Nymphaea lotus) for food and non-food applications.

Abelti, Alemu Lema; Teka, Tilahun A.; Bultosa, Geremew (Elsevier Ltd, 2024-06)

In this study, starches were isolated from rhizomes and seeds of water lily (Nymphaea lotus) using cold distilled water. The structural and physicochemical properties of the isolated starches were compared with potato, ...