Waste cobs from variously processed (premature, uncooked, roasted, cooked salted, cooked unsalted) maize (Zea mays) were used as raw materials to prepare growth agar media for six moulds: Rhizopus nigricans, Aspergillus niger, Trichoderma viride, Alternaria tenuis, Fusarium sp, Penicillium sp. and one yeast: Debaryomyces sp. All the formulated media supported the growth of the microorganisms te...

BACKGROUND Foods in the diet that can aid in the prevention of diseases are of major interest. Onions are key ingredients in many cuisines around the world and moreover, onion demand has trended higher over the past three decades. An important pharmacological aspect of onion is the ability to inhibit platelet aggregation. Raw onions inhibit platelet aggregation; however, when onions are boiled ...

Humans are the only animals to cook their food before eating it. Some evidence indicates that cooked food allowed the human brain and body to develop amazing complexities due to increased access to varieties of food and time. Others believe that the humans who cooked their first meal 40,000 years ago took a step towards a long fall from grace that eventually led to fast food, heart disease, and...

Humans are the only animals to cook their food before eating it. Some evidence indicates that cooked food allowed the human brain and body to develop amazing complexities due to increased access to varieties of food and time. Others believe that the humans who cooked their first meal 40,000 years ago took a step towards a long fall from grace that eventually led to fast food, heart disease, and...

Humans are the only animals to cook their food before eating it. Some evidence indicates that cooked food allowed the human brain and body to develop amazing complexities due to increased access to varieties of food and time. Others believe that the humans who cooked their first meal 40,000 years ago took a step towards a long fall from grace that eventually led to fast food, heart disease, and...

Humans are the only animals to cook their food before eating it. Some evidence indicates that cooked food allowed the human brain and body to develop amazing complexities due to increased access to varieties of food and time. Others believe that the humans who cooked their first meal 40,000 years ago took a step towards a long fall from grace that eventually led to fast food, heart disease, and...

When fed upon cooked potato the slug Limax maximus becomes for a day or more indifferent to light-its natural negative phototropism is suppressed. This effect is not produced by raw potato or other diets; it can be duplicated by injection of sugar solutions into the stomach or into the body fluids, and seems to be due to sugar absorbed during the digestion of the cooked starch. The fact is of i...