In order to improve the vase life of alstroemeria cut flowers (Alstroemeria aurantiaca), an experiment was performed based on completely randomized design with 10 treatments including cycloheximide (50, 100 and 200 mg l-1), benzyladenine (50, 100 and 200 mg l-1), coconut juice (5, 10 and 20 %) and control (distilled water) in three replications. In this study, characteristics such as vase life,...

29-year-old man, who had been taking a prescription allergy medication, twice a day, for over a year, drank two glasses of grapefruit juice with his medication and went out to mow the lawn. Suddenly, he became ill, stumbled into his home and collapsed. The coroner found that the man had died of irregular heartbeats caused by drug toxicity. Because of the deadly consequences of this allergy medi...

Soft drinks and fruit juices represent an important market within the food industry. The increasing variety of products being released at a bewildering rate has altered the potential for spoilage problems. Soft drinks are generally nutrientpoor media that are spoiled by relatively few organisms – usually yeasts, and a few acid-tolerant bacteria and fungi. Carbonation shifts the spoilage flora t...

Thiosulfinates (TSs) have been implicated as a principle source of the antiplatelet property of raw onion and garlic juice. The in vitro responses of human platelets to dosages of four TSs were measured using whole blood aggregometry and compared by regression analysis. Of the compounds evaluated, methyl methane-TS (MMTS), propyl propane-TS (PPTS), and 2-propenyl 2-propene-TS (allicin) are pres...

They showed that there is a great variability in the activity and power of the individual tablets sold commercially, and that a large number of the preparations are inert. Speaking generally, it appeared that when raw, pasteurised or partly-sterilised milk is kept at blood-heat for ten to twenty hours the same amount of acidity is developed as when tablets of lactic acid ferments are added. The...

The effect of onion juice on the whitening fresh-cut carrots during storage was explored to optimize processing technology carrots. Using fresh carrot and as raw materials whiteness value reference index, process parameters were optimized by response surface methodology (RSM) based single factor experiment, physiological biochemical indexes determined. Results showed that conditions follows: co...

Asparagus is a vegetable with high antioxidant activity. In this research, asparagus juice was produced from fresh asparagus macerate treated with a carbohydrases mixture (Viscozyme) at 37 degrees C for up to 8 h. Rutin content, antioxidant activity, yield, soluble solid content, and color of the produced asparagus juice were determined. The results showed that Viscozyme significantly increased...

Historically, fruit juice was recommended by pediatricians as a source of vitamin C and as an extra source of water for healthy infants and young children as their diets expanded to include solid foods with higher renal solute load. It was also sometimes recommended for children with constipation. Fruit juice is marketed as a healthy, natural source of vitamins and, in some instances, calcium. ...

The purpose of this study was to produce a non-dairy functional beverage containing Lacticaseibacillus casei, passion fruit juice, and yam flour. physical chemical characteristics, consumer acceptance, viability L. casei during storage time, resistance in vitro simulated gastrointestinal tract conditions were investigated. beverages considered good sources fiber well accepted their aroma, color...

Poly(ether ether ketone) with cardo group-based (PEEK-WC) membranes, in hollow fber (HF) confguration, were prepared via the dry-wet spinning technique through the phase inversion process and used to clarify kiwifruit juice. The depectinised juice was processed according to a batch concentration confguration in selected operating conditions (transmembrane pressure, 1.6 ...