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Dr. Sheila Munanie Kilonzi (PhD)

Dr. Kilonzi is a Kenyan National who is currently a Food Science and Nutrition lecturer at Karatina University. She is an open mindedness person with a zeal to transform lives through teaching, mentorship, research and community outreach activities

Research work: Assessment of Lablab bean potential in improving food and nutrition security.

Other research interests: Improving food systems to mitigate malnutrition and non-communicable diseases.

Dr. Sheila Munanie Kilonzi (PhD)

Publications

  1. Kilonzi Sheila M., Makokha Anselimo O., and Kenji Glaston Physical characteristics, proximate composition and anti-nutritional factors in grains of lablab bean (Lablab purpureus) genotypes from Kenya
  2. Kilonzi Sheila M., Makokha Anselimo O., and Kenji Glaston M. (2019). Effect of Some Processing Methods on Nutrient Content and Anti-Nutritional Factors of a Variety of Dolichos Lablab (Lablab Purpureus L.) Beans Grown in Kenya. Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences Research 1(1), 12-17.
  3. Musotsi, Anne A., Makokha Anselmo O., Abukutsa-Onyango, Mary O., and Kilonzi Sheila M., (2019). Quantitative Changes of Ascorbic acid and Beta carotene in African nightshade (Solanum nigrum) and Spider plant (Cleome gynandra) due to traditional cooking methods used in western Kenya. Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences Research 1(1), 51-63.

Research Interests