Medicinal herbs have been increasingly used for therapeutic purposes against a diverse range of human diseases worldwide. Moreover, the health benefits of spices have been extensively recognized in recent studies. However, inevitable contaminants, including mycotoxins, in medicinal herbs and spices can cause serious problems for humans in spite of their health benefits. Along with the different...

Since the discovery of AFB1 as an important mycotoxin in 1960, several investigations have attempted to develop methods for the degradation and removal of mycotoxins from food and feed. The use of chemical preservatives in food to abate the mycotoxin problem has disadvantages due to residual effects of these preservatives on human and animal health (Freedman 1980; Parke and Lewis 1992; Knezevic...

Spices and aromatic herbs are widely used in different food branches and recently, industrialists from the agro-food field have started paying attention to the microbiological quality of these products. Microbial contaminants susceptible to be present at the surface of spices can potentially induce various pathologies in humans. The most frequent are bacterial or viral gastroenteritis. Today, t...

This study shows the effects of spices, and their phenolic and flavonoid compounds, on prostate cell lines (PNT1A, 22RV1 and PC3). The results of an MTT assay on extracts from eight spices revealed the strongest inhibitory effects were from black pepper and caraway seed extracts. The strongest inhibitory effect on prostatic cells was observed after the application of extracts of spices in conce...

For identification of CO2 – extracts of spices (black pepper, nutmeg and coriander) were used a multisensor system consist of 7 quarts crystal resonators modified by different sorbents. As possible sorbents for piezosensors modification fullerene, apiezon L, proksanol 268, polymethylphenylsilicon, triton X – 305, 18−crown−6, polyvinylpyrrolidone were investigated. Presentation of multivariable ...

Acrylamide is an undesirable carcinogenic component of thermally processed foods arising from reducing saccharides and asparagine at the temperature more than 120 °C. The acrylamide content in food could be influenced by many factors such as temperature, time, water content, pH and matrix constituents. Recently, antioxidants such as phenolic compounds, flavonoids, vitamins and phenolic extracts...

Citation: Hedawoo GB, Mishra SA and Maggirwar RC (2014) Incidence of mycoflora associated with some spices, International Journal of Life Sciences, 2 (1): 44-48. The spices including black pepper, fennel and cumin are extensively utilized by majority of world’s polulation in response to multifold used as food, medicine, flavouring and colouring agent. In storage, seed borne contaminants not onl...

Reducing sugar intake is a major public health goal but many consumers are reluctant to use low calorie sweeteners. Two studies were conducted in healthy adults aged 18 to 65 to investigate whether addition of culinary spices to foods reduced in sugar could preserve hedonic liking. Test foods, black tea, oatmeal, and apple crisp, were prepared in full sugar (FS), reduced sugar (RS), and reduced...