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Item Open Access SHEA-BUTTER,EXTRACTION BY A NUTRlTIONAL. VALUE IN RELATION TO ANALYTIC EVALUATION AND STANDARDISATION OF POLYSACCHARIDES FOR DOMESTIC USE.(Department Of Zoology, Faculty Of Natural And Applied Sciences, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, 2005-04-23) Yakubu, D.D.; Andrew, Yako B.A nutritional value in relatiorn to, analytic-extraction by evaluation and standardization of polysaccharide (shea-butter) for domestic use was carried out. Indeed this' butter,; which is an extract from the shea-nuts, has a lot of nutritional value contained in it. Questionnaires were employed on the community around on the process they adopt in the extraction^this butter. Thus, that same method was used for this research work but with some analytic modification for the purposes of obtaining better and more reliable results. The method employed in the extraction of this oil was by crushing, grinding and boiling of the paste'. The experimental design was used in the analysis of this research work and from the analysis shows that shea-butter contained Carbohydrates, Vitamins, Proteins, Fats & Oils. The oil Can be used for domestic purposes and also medicinal as it is known for relieving sprain constipation etc. based on the nutritional & medicinal value of shear-butter, it can be processed and exported in commercial quantity.