AIMS To evaluate the antimicrobial properties of flavonoid-rich fractions derived from natural and blanched almond skins, the latter being a by-product from the almond processing industry. METHODS AND RESULTS Almond skin extracts were tested against Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella enterica, Serratia marcescens), Gram-positive bacteria (Listeria mon...

OBJECTIVES To identify key eating behaviours in children and their parents and to determine the associations between these behaviours and measures of body composition in children. METHODS Data were collected on a sample of 431 peri-adolescent children (12.4±0.3 years) and their parents from the Niagara Region. Body composition was assessed by trained research assistants. Eating behaviours wer...

This paper presents a synthesis of sweet almond oil-based trimethylolpropane biolubricant and the evaluation its temperature-dependent viscosity properties. The oil was converted into biodiesel by transesterification process after extraction, refining, acid-alkaline transesterification. After that, produced further transesterifying with at 105 oC ratio 3.9:1 for 60-minute reaction time potassiu...

Abstract Cracker is one of the popular snacks in Indonesia. Not only are they easy to carry and ready eat, but also inexpensive, have a long shelf life, consumed by all age groups. Typical on market poor nutritional value as majorly high carbohydrates fat, for example, fish crackers, bread, sweet confectionaries. On other hand, Indonesians' mean fibre intake inadequate compared Daily Allowance ...

In crop plant genetics, linkage maps provide the basis for the mapping of loci that affect important traits and for the selection of markers to be applied in crop improvement. In outcrossing species such as almond (Prunus dulcis Mill. D. A. Webb), application of a double pseudotestcross mapping approach to the F1 progeny of a biparental cross leads to the construction of a linkage map for each ...

Frequent consumption of nuts lowers the risk of CHD. While lowering blood lipids is one of the mechanisms for cardioprotection, the present study sought to determine whether monounsaturated fat-rich almonds also influence other CHD risk factors such as inflammation and haemostasis. This was a randomised, controlled, crossover feeding study with twenty-five healthy adults (eleven men; fourteen w...

Almonds (Prunus amygdalus) represent an important crop in most Mediterranean countries. A new and devastating disease of almond trees in Lebanon was recently reported, characterized by the development of severe witches'-brooms on which no flowers or fruits developed, and leading to tree death within a few years. A phytoplasma was detected in diseased trees by PCR amplification of rRNA operon se...

Abstract One of the healthy lifestyles that continues to grow is consuming food. The consumption sweet bread in Indonesia increase, and as a result, cases people with diabetes mellitus have also experienced significant for it not recommended consume excessive amounts bread. A cinnamon roll dough sheet consisting sugar mixture (raisins or other fruit ingredients) which are sprinkled on top thin ...