You can definitely find iron in foods other than spinach, that's for sure! Animal sources of iron include liver, kidneys, red meat, poultry, seafood (especially oysters and clams), and eggs. A few good plant sources of iron include peas, beans, nuts, leafy green vegetables (especially spinach), enriched pastas and breads, and fortified cereals. More specifically, MD, to satisfy your iron needs ...

In this work, various microcrystalline celluloses were extracted from apricots shells (AC) and walnut (WC) by alkaline treatments combined with hydrogen peroxide blanching. Different composites-based poly (lactic acid) (PLA) cellulose PLA/AC PLA/WC successfully prepared the cast-solution method ratios. PLA composites characterized tensile test, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), me...

New techniques for Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) control are being studied and developed to replace traditional organophosphate pesticide applications. A mass trapping strategy offers promising medfly within integrated pest management (IPM) programmes. Field assays were performed study the efficacy of two based on PheroNorm® Ceratrap® lures that compared a conventional approach in Tunisi...

Samples of apricot pits at 7.61, 12.45, 18.21 and 25.15% (wet basis) moisture contents in the three directions (along length, width and thickness) were subjected to impact energy ranged from 0.2 to 1.1 J using an impact test apparatus. Data obtained on the quantity of fully cracked and unbroken kernel, fully cracked but broken kernel and uncracked pits were used in the computation of the pits c...

Prototype foods to ment the requirements of space travelers have been investigated. These foods were required to be lightweight, easy to prepare, highly nutritious, neither thirst provoking nor gas forming, and low in crude fiber. The food should not exceed a cube size of 1/4 3/8 inch and should, after storage up to 6 months at 40, 70, and 100F,closely resemble the color, flavor, and texture of...

The aim of the apricot-breeding program in the Horticultural Faculty in Lednice, that has been developed since 1981, is to obtain new adaptable cultivars, which combine most of the valuable biological traits. Standard breeding techniques, such as crossing by emasculation and hand pollination, self-pollination and open pollination, were employed. A total of 1.154 crossings were produced from mor...

UNLABELLED Ionizing radiation may cause damage to living tissue by producing free radicals like reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS can randomly react with lipids, proteins and nucleic acids of cell causing oxidative stress and damage in these macromolecules, leading to pathogenesis of chronic diseases and age related and also cancer. The first line of defense from the damaging effects of ROS is...