background & aims of the study: today, the environment pollution with heavy metals has increased. it is important to study various types of pollutions specially those regarding fruits. the effect of pollutions on food safety for human consumption is a global concern.  this study was conducted for health assessment of heavy metals pollution (cadmium, lead, and arsenic) in citrus marketed in tehr...

having knowledge about genetic relationships among accessions is necessary for developing breeding strategies to produce improved cultivars. in present study, genetic diversity and inter-relationship among 29 genotypes of citrus were comparatively analyzed using morphological and rapd markers. significant variability was observed among citrus genotypes for 61 quantitative and qualitative morpho...

Citrus is the most cultivated fruit crop in world and occupies a place of considerable importance country’s economy. Almost 33% citrus fruits are processed for juice production; however, great amount wastes, including peels, segment membranes, seeds also produced. Indeed, consist 45% juice, 26% pulp, 27% 2% seeds. Pruning, cultural practice involving removal tree branches limbs, was applied to ...

The capacity of developing countries for citrus fruits exportation is limited by the lack of adequate storage techniques. In studying this problem citrus sinensis Osbeck was treated with, a locally developed bemul-wax, calcium chloride dip, and a combination of the two. The treated fruits were assessed during four month low temperature storage (7.0 ± 3.0 o C; 9094% RH.) for their biochemical an...

The consumption of alcohol is often accompanied by other foods, such as fruits and vegetables. This study is aimed to investigate the effects of 20 selected fruits on ethanol metabolism to find out their potential health benefits and harmful impacts. The effects of the fruits on ethanol metabolism were characterized by the concentrations of ethanol and acetaldehyde in blood, as well as activiti...

Juice prepared from lemon (Eureka), mandarin (Kinnow) and orange (Orlando) fruits cultivated in Saudi Arabia were analyzed for different physico-chemical properties, total phenolics, ascorbic acid and antiradical activities. Juices from lemon, mandarin and orange 8.97, 16.1 and 11.78% total soluble solids; 5.73, 1.37 and 1.69% titrable acidity; 79.21, 91.18 and 107.37 mg GAE/100mL total phenoli...

Neurodegenerative diseases (ND) result from the gradual and progressive degeneration of the structure and function of the central nervous system or the peripheral nervous system or both. They are characterized by deterioration of neurons and/or myelin sheath, disruption of sensory information transmission and loss of movement control. There is no effective treatment for ND, and the drugs curren...

BACKGROUND Citrus fruits are widely used as food and or for medicinal purposes, and they contain a host of active substances that contribute to health. The immature fruits of Citrus sinensis Osbeck and its cultivars (CS), C. junos Sieb. ex Tanaka (CJ), C. aurantium L. and its cultivars (CA) and Poncirus trifoliate Raf. (PT) are the most commonly used medicinal herbs in Traditional Chinese Medic...

Carambola fruits have a typical climacteric type of respiration in contrast to the nonclimacteric citrus fruits. The peak height of the climacteric curve is reduced both by low storage temperatures and by waxing of the fruits. Green-mature fruits have about equal amounts of oxalic and tartaric acids (40% and 35% of total acids, respectively); however, in yellow-mature fruits, oxalic acid compri...