MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND METABOLITE PROFILE OF FERMENTING MILLET IN THE PRODUCTION OF HAUSA KOKO, A GHANAIAN FERMENTED CEREAL PORRIDGE

Microbial Diversity and Metabolite Profile of Fermenting Millet in the Production of Hausa koko, a Ghanaian Fermented Cereal Porridge

Hausa koko is an indigenous porridge processed from millet in Ghana.The process involves fermentation stages, giving the characteristic organoleptic properties of the product that is produced largely at a small-scale household level and sold as a street food.Like many other indigenous foods, quality control is problematic and depends on the skills

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The major brain endocannabinoid 2-AG controls neuropathic pain and mechanical hyperalgesia in patients with neuromyelitis optica.

Recurrent myelitis is one of the predominant characteristics in patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO).While paresis, visual loss, sensory deficits, and bladder dysfunction are well known symptoms in NMO patients, pain has been recognized only recently as another key symptom of the disease.Although spinal cord inflammation is a defining aspect of

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