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Melon

An informal term for zero. For example, an investment may be said to generate a melon.

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Saturated fat content of bread and other baked food items can be reduced by using melon seed oil, which contain extensively low saturated fatty acid contents.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EXTRACTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MELON (Cucumis melo) SEED OIL AND ITS APPLICATION IN BAKING

The vitamin in melon seed provides exceptional benefits to the body.

Have You Tried Egusi Ijebu With 'Smoked' Fish?

Al-Khalifa, Physicochemical characteristics, fatty acid composition, and lipoxygenase activity of crude pumpkin and melon seed oils.

Production of Biodiesel by Ultrasonic-Assisted Methanolysis of Cantaloupe Seed Oil and its Optimization by Taguchi Method

The melon seed extracts, on the other hand, showed a chromatographic profile with few signs, indicating less diversity in bioactive compounds.

Phenolic profile and antioxidant activity from peels and seeds of melon (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) and their antiproliferative effect in cancer cells

Add melon seeds (gradually to avoid lumping) and bitter leaves (all the variations), "okpei" (Prosopis africana) (variations 1 and 2), onion (variations 3-7), smoked fish (variations 1 and 2), pumpkin leaves, crayfish, and seasonings (all the variations).

Variations in Nutrients Composition of Most Commonly Consumed Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Mixed Dishes in South-Eastern Nigeria

We present a rare case of perforation of an MD in a child after eating melon seeds. The patient was treated successfully with segmental resection and primary anastomosis and had an uneventful postoperative recovery.

Perforation of Meckel's diverticulum by foreign body

[6] Reported the deterioration of cotton seeds, soya beans and melon seeds and their oils by mesophilic moulds.

Lipolytic activity of some fungal species on castor oil

The following conclusions were drawn from the investigation on some physical properties of Egusi melon seed for the moisture content range of 7.11 to 38.70%;

Determination of Selected Physical Properties of Egusi Melon (Citrullus colocynthis lanatus) Seeds

Crude protein content is between 31-37% and is comparable to that of soybean (Glycine max (L) Merr.) and whole hen's eggs except that egusi melon seeds are low in lysine and methionine (Oyenuga V.A., B.L.

Influence of source and time of phosphorus application on growth, yield and nutrient composition of egusi melon (Citrullus Lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf.)

The increased MET in primed seeds in the PEG than in sodium chloride could possibly be due to the fact that the melon seeds released some ions like K+ from seed embryos by Prisprm, and this, by itself, resulted in being less affected in saline solutions than in PEG (Nascimento and West, 1999).

The effect of seed priming on germination and seedling growth of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Push the needle and thread through each melon seed.

Melon Seed Necklace

Other topics include sliding mode control of magnetic levitation vehicles, waste paper as a ceiling board material, intervention analysis of road traffic accidents in Nigeria, groundnut oil extraction methods, and the force required to crack melon seed shell by static loading.