Blueberries are rich in antioxidants and may protect against disease. Uric acid accounts for about 50% of the antioxidant properties in humans. Elevated levels of serum uric acid (SUA) or hyperuricemia is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim was to determine the effect of blueberries on SUA in older adults. Participants (n = 133, 65-80 years) experiencing mild cognitive impai...

Blueberry leaf as materials, ethanol ultrasonic assisted extraction of blueberry polyphenols, concentration and solid-liquid ratio on time leaves influence the yield polyphenols were researched, orthogonal experiment to optimize technological conditions polyphenol was used. The results showed that optimal from follows, 9.06% with 4min time, 80% 1:45 (g/mL) ratio. Ultrasonic is a convenient high...

Site-specific crop management (SSCM) is one facet of precision agriculture which is helping increase production with minimal input. It has enhanced the cost-benefit scenario in crop production. Even though the SSCM is very widely used in row crop agriculture like corn, wheat, rice, soybean, etc. it has very little application in cash crops like fruit and nut. The main goal of this review paper ...

Isolates of Colletotrichum acutatum were collected from anthracnose-affected strawberry, leatherleaf fern, and Key lime; ripe-rot-affected blueberry; and postbloom fruit drop (PFD)-affected sweet orange in Florida. Additional isolates from ripe-rot-affected blueberry were collected from Georgia and North Carolina and from anthracnose-affected leatherleaf fern in Costa Rica. Pathogenicity tests ...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterized by a cluster of health factors that indicate a higher risk for cardio-renal diseases. Recent evidence indicates that antioxidants from berries are alternative to attenuate oxidative stress and inflammation. We tested the hypothesis that inflammation-induced renal damage is triggered by the activation of TLR4, and subsequent modulation of red...

Enhanced cold tolerance, including tolerance to winter freezing and spring frosts, is needed for genetic improvement of current highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) cultivars. To gain a better understanding of changes in gene expression associated with development of cold tolerance in blueberry and other woody perennials, forward and reverse subtracted cDNA libraries were prepared in su...

<p><em>Muffin cake, also known as “Quick Bread”, is one of the bread products that considered a quick because it practical and type cake easy to consume. This product has any variety flavors, from salty, sweet savory depending on varied contents muffin cake. Generally, cakes are made wheat flour mixed together with other ingridients such eggs sugar. Wheat can be said most important ...

the purpose of this study was to produce oil in water nano-emulsion by ultrasonication, and investigate the influence of inulin and β-cyclodextrin on the prosperities of nano-emulsion and morphology of spray dried microcapsules. the results showed that emulsion droplet size in samples containing β-cyclodextrin (8.28±0.11 nm) was less than inulin samples (97.12±4.2 nm). considering sem photos, β...

Sustaining the fourfold increase in blueberry (Vaccinium sp.) production witnessed during previous two decades requires better understanding of its mineral nutrient physiology. The primary goals this review are to evaluate our current physiology nitrogen (N) and calcium (Ca) nutrition blueberry. Nitrogen concentration ranges from 0.4% >2% across organs. Blueberry uses N various forms (organi...

We here study magnetic properties of NixFe1−x using Augmented space recursion technique coupled with tight-binding linearized muffin tin orbital method. Also the spectral properties of this alloy has been studied here. PACS numbers: 71.20.-b,71.23.-k,71.20.Be,71.15.-m