The establishment of validated methodologies for the determination of food shelf-life is currently demanded by both food industries and Health Authorities at national and international scale. It is well known that most foods are perishable, since they are subjected to modifications in their structure, composition and properties during storage before consumption. These changes are of physico-che...

2S albumin storage proteins are becoming of increasing interest in nutritional and clinical studies as they have been reported as major food allergens in seeds of many mono- and di-cotyledonous plants. This review describes the main biochemical, structural and functional properties of these proteins thought to play a role in determining their potential allergenicity. 2S albumins are considered ...

Abstract A bulk of agricultural products, such as potatoes, onions, or fruits is normally stored in a climate controlled room. The products produce heat due to respiration. A ventilator blows cooled air around to keep the products at a steady temperature to prevent spoilage. We model this room by a set of nonlinear coupled partial differential equations (p.d.e.’s). Due to the complexity of this...

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background: nowadays, microencapsulation of probiotic bacteria is the newest method for increasing the survival ability of probiotics in food products. the lactobacillus acidophilus as a probiotic bacterium has more beneficial effects and the low survival of this bacterium under food processing conditions and adverse environment have been studied by many researchers. objectives: in this study, ...

Human childhood may be divided in to three stages Infancy, Weaning and Pre-school stage. Although breast feeding is beneficial for the optimum growth of the children, prolonged breast feeding without appropriate complementary feeding is crucial contributory factor for malnutrition among young children. Therefore, supplementation has to be implemented after four to six months to overcome malnutr...

use of molluscicides in the attractant food pellet (afp) is an effective method of snail control. different concentrations of these molluscicides viz. azadirachta indica bark powder, allium sativum bulb powder, polianthes tuberosa bulb powder, annona squamosa seed powder, their active components azadirachtin, allicin, hecogenin, acetogenin; herbal molluscicide pestoban and a synthetic molluscic...