Increasing demand of shea products (kernels and butter) has led to the assessment of the
state-of-the-art of these products. In this review, attention has been focused on …

Vitellaria paradoxa (CF Gaertn.) is a multi-purpose tree species distributed in a narrow band
across sub-Saharan Africa. The species is integrated into cropping and agroforestry systems …

Shea butter is the fat extracted from the nut of Africa Shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa). It is
used in cosmetic formulations and as a substitute for Cocoa butter in chocolate industries. It …

Shea nut butter was extracted from shea nut by cold press method and was investigated as
feedstock for the production of biodiesel. Biodiesel yield was used to verify the optimization …

Abstract Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa CF Gaertn.) is arguably socio-economically and
environmentally the most important plant species in the semi-arid and arid zones of Africa …

Hard fats, obtained from liquid oils by different fat modification techniques, are composed of
high-melting-point triacylglycerols (TAGs) that can be used as alternatives to improve the …

Storage conditions are key constraints for quality assurance of the shea (Vitellaria paradoxa
Gaertner) butter. In the Sudan savannah Africa, storage conditions of butter produced by …

Three strategic edible oils, that is, olive oil, microalgae oil, and shea butter, with a
significantly different composition of fatty acids (FA), have been studied in a static in vitro …

The feasibility of pretreatment involving soaking in aqueous ammonia (SAA) for the
anaerobic digestion (AD) of eight different types of agricultural biomass of Ugandan origin …

The tallow or butter tree (Pentadesma butyracea Sabine) is a ligneous forest species of
multipurpose use largely distributed in Sub‐Sahara Africa. Owing to the biological properties …