ABSTRACT In this present study, essential oils (EOs) were extracted from Chaerophyllum macropodum, Oliveria decumbents, and Zataria multiflora Boiss. The chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the EOs were tested against Staphylococcus aureus (G+), Escherichia coli O157: H7 (G−), and three species of fungi (Rhodotorula glutinis, Kluyveromyces marxianus and Penicillium digitatum). The outcomes

ABSTRACT The knowledge of the medicinal plants’ organs containing a great number of bioactive compounds is of high importance. Thus, the need to study phytochemical compositions and biological activities of different organs of Zosima absinthifolia is highly demanding rather than any time before in the past. The essential oil was analyzed using GC and GC/MS. Total phenol and flavonoid content, and phenolic

ABSTRACT Epidemiological studies have suggested that there is an association between dietary acid load (DAL) with complications and outcomes of pregnancy. The current study aimed to explore the impact of DAL on theses parameters through a prospective cohort of Iranian pregnant women. In this prospective cohort study, 812 singleton pregnant women without any medical condition, use of medications, and

ABSTRACT In the stages of poultry slaughter and processing, the individuals infected with Campylobacter would pollute the environment which, in turn, would pollute the uninfected individuals, leading to cross-contamination and increasing risks. We employed the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, indirectly estimating the coefficients by searching the large-scale coefficient space with genetic algorithm, trying

ABSTRACT To investigate the effects and mechanisms of repeated freeze-thaw cycles treatment on starch-based foods, structural and physicochemical properties of maize starch granules were investigated under repeated freeze-thaw treatment with 0, 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 times at −20 °C, −40 °C and −80 °C, respectively. The x-ray crystalline pattern of the maize starch was A-type after freeze-thawing process

ABSTRACT The health-maintaining effects of tea on the human body have been widely proven, even with the tea prepared by brewing tea leaves in cold water becoming a new choice other than hot water. In this research, quality and the antioxidant properties of the Pouchong tea infusions prepared with cold water and hot water were determined and explored their relationships under a consumer hedonic test

ABSTRACT This study aimed to analyze the most important apple vitamin, L-ascorbic acid (AsA), and the most abundant fat-soluble one, α-tocopherol, in the pulp of 24 cultivars from harvest season 2010 and in six cultivars collected over three consecutive years (2008–2010). All cultivars were grown and stored under identical conditions and identified as ‘true to type’ by molecular genetic tools. The

ABSTRACT Producing food products from sweet potato flour are very feasible in worldwide due to wide availability, natural color, high-energy, low-protein, good biological activity in the human diet and low cost, as a result, become a key ingredient for the production of new products in the current global habitation. Sweet potato flours can be used for imparting desired properties, nutritional value

ABSTRACT In this study, quality changes in water-holding capacity, weight loss, color, texture properties, and total sulfhydrylcontent of glazed frozen squids during frozen storage at −5, −10, −20, −30 and −40°C, were determined. In addition, backpropagation neural network (BP-NN) and long short-term memory neural network (LSTM-NN) model were established to predict storage time of glazed frozen squids

ABSTRACT Fresh buffalo milk was standardized to 1.2 g fat 100 g−1 milk. Low-fat, yogurts were fortified with whey protein concentrates (WPCs) 1 g 100 g−1, Ca-caseinates (Ca-Cns) 1 g 100 g−1, and spirulina (Spirulina platensis) 1 g 100 g−1 powders and their potential effect on the different quality characteristics were studied. Total solids, ash, and fat contents were high in low-fat yogurt added with

Sugar is one of the important content within food. The classic sugar determination method is precise but needs fuzzy operation, which indicating the high cost. With the rapid development of functional materials in the past decades, a glucose sensor with small size is supposed utilizing the popular nano-sized materials. In this paper, glucose quantitative detecting system was proposed using graphene

Emerging clinical studies suggest that flaxseed oil may be an effective intervention for the management of depression. The current trial was conducted to assess the effect of flaxseed oil supplementation on the Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and the psychological status of women with depression. Subjects of 60 depressed women aged 18–45 were randomly divided into two groups. One group was

Longan is an ancient and popular plant with highly nutritious fruit. The pulp is the main part of the fruit which is consumed. However, the potentials of other longan fruit parts such as the peel and the seed as reservoirs of important bioactive components have not yet fully been explored. This study aimed at exploring the diversity of primary and secondary metabolites in two commercial longan varieties

Phenolic compounds and carotenoids profile of Amazonian Eryngium foetidum leaves and the quenching ability of their hydrophilic extract against singlet oxygen (1O2) were determined. Chlorogenic acid (4327 μg/g, dry basis, d.b.) was the major phenolic compound in the leaves at very high concentrations, while lutein (205 μg/g, d.b.) and β-carotene (161 μg/g, d.b.) were the major carotenoids. The extract

Crocodile oil has been used worldwide for cosmetic and pharmaceutical purposes due to its essential fatty acid contents. This study aimed to investigate the best extraction method of crocodile oil extracted from abdominal adipose tissues (Crocodylus siamensis) by using four different ways. The results showed that the oil derived from the dry rendering method had lower levels of omega-3 alpha-linolenic

This study was targeted to investigate the effect of the combination of aqueous ozone (AO) and sodium citrate (SC) pretreatment on quality of vacuum packaged beef stored at chilling temperature. The steers were randomly divided into five treatment groups, containing the group C (steers without any treatment), DW (steers pretreated with distilled water), AO, SC and AO+SC. During processing, the parameters

In this study, mung beans were added to rice porridge as supplementary cereal at 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% (beans/100 g total mixture), respectively to investigate the effect of mung beans on the rheological and frictional properties of rice porridge. During the frequency scanning experiment, the storage modulus (G’) of all samples was more substantial than the loss modulus (G’’). Moreover, the data

This study aimed to provide information about the characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from traditional Turkish cheese samples in Ankara (Turkey), focusing on their prevalence, phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, and antibiotic resistance. To this end, 387 cheese samples were randomly collected from various local bazaars and supermarkets. A total of 85 S. aureus isolates

Fermented porridge is usually made though the process of natural fermentation of grains with higher starch. Organic acids are the main flavor compounds in fermented porridge. However, the understanding of the correlation between the microbial communities and organic acids is limited in the fermentation process of traditional Chinese sour porridge (CSP). In this study, the dynamic of bacterial community

ABSTRACT Two bioactive peptide fractions (SWP-I and SWP-II) of swim bladder peptides from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) were obtained through enzymatic hydrolysis and isolated by gel filtration chromatography. The properties of two fractions were characterized by FT-IR, UV scanning spectroscopy, amino acid composition analysis and molecular weight determination. The results showed that the content of

ABSTRACT Oats are increasingly recognized as super food owing to the presence of multiple health promoting substances. Five indigenous oat cultivars S2000, PD2LV65, SGD2011, Avon and SGD81 were characterized physico-chemically and nutritonally. Avon showed the maximum (12.69 g100 g-1 dry solids) protein content indicating potential to be used as protein source for animal and human food, whereas SGD-81

ABSTRACT Existing evidence on the possible effects of saffron on glycemic indices were inconclusive. The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to clarify the effects of saffron supplementation on glycemic indices, including fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting insulin, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index (QUICKI) and Homeostatic Model Assessment

ABSTRACT Existing evidence on the possible effects of probiotics on inflammatory status is inconclusive. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to clarify the effects of probiotic consumption on inflammatory markers among athletes. A systematic literature search was performed in the databases PubMed, Scopus, ISI Web of science, Cochrane’s library, and Google Scholar (up to July 2020)

ABSTRACT The antibiotic residues were investigated in raw and pasteurized milk produced in Neyshabur region, Iran. To this end, 82 milk samples, including raw and pasteurized milk of different brands and local raw milk samples of collection centers, were collected from Neyshabur region in two seasons during 2016. The antibiotic four-plate test (FPT) was performed to examine the presence of tetracycline

ABSTRACT Pinctada martensii protein isolates (PPIs) and polysaccharide complexes of different mixing ratios (10:1, 10:2, 10:3) were prepared at the optimal pH. The characteristics of PPIs and complexes were compared by determination of solubility, emulsifying properties, surface hydrophobicity, thermal properties, rheological behavior, and fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Compared with

ABSTRACT The chemical compounds and the antioxidant capacity in thinned young and ripe fruit of 7 Chinese peach and nectarine varieties were investigated. Neochlorogenic acid, catechin and chlorogenic acid were the dominant antioxidants in thinned young fruit, which were 6.4–20.7-fold, 3.3–14.2-fold, and 4.1–11.4-fold higher than ripe fruit, respectively. In addition, the sugar composition of the thinned

ABSTRACT Oxidative stress and inflammation (OSI) occurs naturally during many biological processes including digestion, metabolism, and exercise. While small, transient amounts of OSI are considered normal, unregulated, or chronic OSI can damage the vascular-circulatory system, which can result in chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), atherosclerosis, and cancer. Antioxidant phytochemicals

ABSTRACT The functional and instrumental textural properties of reduced-salt meat emulsions (RSMEs) containing konjac gel, with combined transglutaminase (TG), isolated soy protein (ISP), and alginate were investigated to determine optimal quality characteristics. Control groups were produced using 1.2% salt (-) and 1.5% salt (+). RSMEs (1.2% salt) formulations contained T1 (konjac gel), T2 (konjac

ABSTRACT The effect of ingredients on the sensory acceptability of milk chocolate containing okra pectin as emulsifier was investigated and optimized. A four-component constrained mixture design (Simplex lattice) was used for the recipe formulations using Minitab Statistical software. The lower and upper constraints of the component variables (sugar, milk, cocoa butter, and cocoa liquor) were determined

ABSTRACT Defatted dabai (Canarium odontophyllum Miq.) parts are considered good sources of antioxidants. This study aimed to determine the nutritional values and antioxidant properties of dabai cocoa bars and the sensory profile scores of different parts of dabai fruits (oil, oleoresin, and kernel). The second part of this study included the formulation of dark dabai cocoa bars using different percentages

ABSTRACT The present study investigated whether changes in diet associated with an increased intake of micronutrients with antioxidant potential could affect reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation determined by EPR-spectroscopy. Out of initial 16 participants, 6 participants (28.3 ± 6.8 years) demonstrated a nutritional behavior below current national recommendations and were instructed to follow

ABSTRACT This study evaluated the effects of added casein (CN), whey proteins (WPs), calcium chloride (CaCl2), and a hydrocolloid [gum arabic (GA), gelatin (GL), sodium alginate (ALG), or pectin (PC)] on the quality of camel milk yogurts. Maximum viscosity was achieved with 4% WP and 2% CN. Addition of CaCl2, GA, and GL negatively affected the viscosity/rheology of WP/CN-fortified yogurts while ALG

ABSTRACT Arrowroot starch repeatedly ozonated for 10 and 30 cycles was mixed with 5 and 10 g palm oil/100 g starch to form a complex. The complex index increased as oil concentration or ozonation cycles increased. The increased complex due to ozonation could be linked to depolymerization or ring opening but not to the increase in the number of polar carboxyl groups, so more entry points to the amylose

ABSTRACT Detection of primary metabolites such as amino acids, carbohydrates along with the secondary metabolites is important for the quality control of herbal. Therefore, a simple amino acid analysis method was investigated for the quality control of Protaetia brevitarsis. Six batches of P. brevitarsis collected from different feeding batches were used to analyze the amino acid composition and content

ABSTRACT In this study, chitosan (CTS) anti-browning coating film was applied to fresh cut lemon slices. The effects of freshly cut lemon slices on peroxidase (POD), polyphenol oxidase (PPO), phenolic acid and storage quality were investigated at different storage temperatures (0°C, 4°C, 7°C and 10°C). Results demonstrated that 0°C had an excellent inhibitory effect on the activity of POD, and PPO

ABSTRACT The effects of steam explosion (SE) treatment, acid hydrolysis (AH), and the combination of steam explosion and acid hydrolysis treatment (SE+AH) on structural and rheological properties of sago starch were investigated. Steam explosion (SE) is a hydrothermal pre-treatment in high-pressure which caused the expansion of water vapor and hydrolyzing the material into low molecular weight. It

ABSTRACT The glycemic indices (GI) of pea and chickpea are normally lower than 60, which are commonly considered as middle or low GI foods. Different processing conditions would influence proportions of rapidly digestible starch (RDS), slowly digestible starch (SDS), and resistant starch (RS) in the processed pea and chickpea. In general, high-temperature cooking followed by high-temperature drying

ABSTRACT Food security is an influential factor for the development and future of humanity. Stored grain temperature is a key physical variable for grain quality control and management in stored-grain ecosystem. In this study, a prediction model using Fourier series based on least-squares method is introduced to describe the average temperature movement of grain pile and the daily air temperature,

ABSTRACT This study evaluated the effects of iterative retrogradation on the structure and in vitro digestion of amylosucrase-treated waxy corn starch. Iterative retrogradation was conducted by repeating the set of autoclaving and retrogradation (4°C for 5 d) up to three times. After amylosucrase treatment, the average branch chain length increased. With retrogradation cycle count, melting enthalpy

ABSTRACT Banana contains high levels of resistant starch (RSC), which resists digestion. Taiwan is a major producer of banana; however, little work has been reported on their specific characteristics. This study was conducted to investigate the characteristics and RSC of ripe and unripe Taiwanese bananas. The characteristics and RSC significantly differed between varieties and ripening stages. The

ABSTRACT The compositions and inosinic acid contents of ATP-related compounds in various processed fish meat products were examined in this study. Moreover, the relationships between these variables and the heating processes used on the products were investigated. Dried and salted fish meat products manufactured immediately after manufacturing, were found to maintain some inosinic acid contents, whereas

ABSTRACT In recent years, the consumers’ demands for fruit and vegetable juices (F&VJ), such as higher nutritive values, minimal processing and high quality have been growing rapidly. High pressure homogenization (HPH) is a non-thermal technology that has been widely studied as a partial or total substitute for thermal fluid food processing. The present work summarized the effect of HPH on the particle

ABSTRACT A study of pesticide residues was investigated in vegetable samples to highlight the trend of drugs obtained from the Jilin Province, China. Total of 230 samples obtained from four regions over the period 2016–2017 were screened for 18 pesticides that were analyzed using gas chromatography with electron capture (GC-ECD). The results showed that 45 samples (19.6%) were positive including 17

ABSTRACT Seed purity is an important indicator of crop seed quality. On the other side, corn is an important crop of the modern agricultural industry with more than 40% grain Worldwide production. The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility of a machine learning (ML) approach for classifying different types of corn seeds. The seed digital images (DI) of six corn varieties were Desi Makkai

ABSTRACT The essential oil from the aerial parts of Lobularia maritima was investigated for its chemical composition, and its repellent and insecticidal efficacy against the grain pests Callosobruchus maculatus, Tribolium castaneum and Sitophilus oryzae. A number of 41 compounds were identified by GC-MS from which azeleonitrile (39.7%), trans-3-pentenenitrile (36.3%) and 4-isothiocyanato-1-butene (10

ABSTRACT The natural bioactive components and antioxidant capacity of leaves and petioles from four celery cultivars (“Benqin”, “Western”, “Baoqin”, and “Majiagou”) were compared and correlated through a nontargeted metabolomics analysis and partial least squares regression (PLS) analysis. A total of 18, 12, and 5 antioxidant components in the celeries investigated showed significant (P < 0.05) positive

ABSTRACT Identifying the appropriate harvesting stage of jujube fruit is of high interest since the changes in physiological indicators during the fruit maturation may influence the fruit nutritional quality. The present study aimed at assessing the effect of the maturation stages on the nutritional composition and quality of the Chinese jujube variety ‘Dongzao.’ Fresh fruits were harvested at three

ABSTRACT Medium- and long-chain triacylglycerols (MLCTs) with high 1,3-oleic-2-medium chain (OMO) triacylglycerols content were synthesized by the acidolysis reaction between Cinnamomum camphora seed oil (CCSO) and oleic acid, catalyzed by lipozyme RM IM. In addition, the simultaneous rate of acyl migration (RAM) was investigated during the esterification process. The maximal yield of OMO-structured

ABSTRACT In the recent years, application of ultrasound has been taken into consideration to enhance the nutritive value of processed food products, either by retaining or modulating their phytochemical components. Profile of phytochemicals in sorghum seeds was amended by optimizing ultrasound application for their use as sprouts. In this study, overall impact on various phytochemical constituents

ABSTRACT This study aimed at the analysis of the impact of the age of horses and selected substances (lactic acid, malic acid, salt phosphates, and phosphates with rosemary) on the quality of horse meat during cold storage. Samples of the longest thoracic muscle obtained from 12 half-carcasses of horses from two age groups: from 4 to 7 years and from 8 to 12 years constituted the research material

ABSTRACT In the first stage of the manuscript, we aimed to examine antioxidant capacity and anticholinergic properties of avocado (Folium perseae) leaves. Avocado leaf was extracted by water (WEFP) and ethyl alcohol (EEFP) and antioxidant activity was determined using by several antioxidant assays including DPPH· and ABTS•+ radical scavenging assays, Cu2+-Cu+ reducing, Fe3+-Fe2+ reducing, and FRAP

ABSTRACT The preparation conditions of Glehniae Radix polysaccharide-iron complex (GLP80-Fe) were optimized and the physicochemical properties were characterized by Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission electron microscope (TEM), Thermogravimetric analyzer, and Differential scanning calorimetry (TGA-DSC), respectively

ABSTRACT The subunit composition, and thermal and molecular conformation properties of arachin from six peanut varieties are characterized and compared. The thermal and molecular conformation properties including the thermal stability, steady flow properties, surface hydrophobicity, and sulfhydryl content were determined. Two groups of arachin were identified: one containing the 35.5 kDa subunit and

ABSTRACT Present study reports metabolites profiling, antioxidant, and antidiabetic effects of Cuscuta reflexa grown on Casearia tomentosa. The UHPLC-QTOF-MS/MS method was used to characterize phytochemicals in most potent extract. Thirteen bioactive compounds/metabolites including (2S)-3-(β-D-galactopyranosyloxy)-2-(hexanoyloxy)propyl nonanoate, 4-O-β-D-glucosyl-4-coumaric acid, isorhamnetin-3-O-glucoside

ABSTRACT Current evidence about the feasible effects of probiotic consumption on the metabolic status of athletes including lipid profile, fecal zonulin, and cortisol is debatable. Therefore, the present systematic reviewed and meta-analysis was aimed to clarify this inconclusiveness. Online databases (PubMed, Scopus, ISI Web of Science, and Cochrane’s library) were searched until May 2020. The overall

ABSTRACT Isoelectric precipitation was used to produce protein isolates (>90% protein contents) from three edible vegetable leaves. Amaranth (ALI), eggplant (ELI) and fluted pumpkin (FLI) leaf protein were isolated to study their conformational structures. Intrinsic fluorescence indicated a loose structural conformation for ELI at all the pH values, whereas FLI and ALI had more compact structures at

ABSTRACT In this study, the type I caramel reactions of the glucose-water system were carried out. The glucose caramel products (GCPs) at different reaction stages were collected and the reaction rate, UV absorption, flavor compound, and the antioxidant and antibacterial activities were determined. The result showed that the glucose reaction rate of the GCP yielded at 180°C and 4 min arrived at the

ABSTRACT Pomegranate is known for high concentration of antioxidant phenolics contained in its seeds, and peel, and is considered “healthy” due to its nutritional content and biological actions. The aim of this study was to determine the nutritional quality, volatile and phenolic antioxidants in the juice, peel and seeds of pomegranate from two different regions of Mexico. The pomegranate variety Wonderful

ABSTRACT Arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury contents of Ganoderma lucidum, Phellinus linteus, Umbilicaria esculenta, Trametes versicolor, Agaricus blazei, Hericium erinaciium, Paecilomyces japonica, Fuscoporia obliqua, Sarcodon imbricatu and Hypsizygus marmoreus mushroom samples from the South Korean market were analyzed using validated methods. Method validation was performed, and the limits of detection

ABSTRACT Moringa stenopetala (Ms) is a drought-tolerant fast-growing indigenous tree in Ethiopia. The leaf part of the plant attracted research attention due to multiple nutritional and health benefits. The health benefits were usually attributed to the presence of compounds having antioxidant properties. One of such compounds is ascorbic acid. The aim of this study was to develop a spectrophotometric