objective: the aim of the present study was to elucidate the possible biochemical improving effect in lipid metabolic that may result from continuous treatment with green tea extract in normal albino rats and those rendered hyperlipidemic by long term supplementation of fat-enriched diet. materials and methods: fifty male albino rats aged six weeks with 200±10 g weight were randomly divided int...

ABSTRACT: The commercial development of food products originated from the plants as sources of antioxidants to increase the health benefit and stabilize the food is of current interest. This study was aimed at obtaining dill extract using cold solvent method by three solvents, (methanol, acetone, and hexane) and examining the antioxidant potency and determining the oxidative stability of sunflo...

the application of organic sorbents for removing heavy metal from water, replacing expensive sorbents, is particularly appropriate for developing countries. to investigate the efficiency of some organic sorbents in removing of cd2+ from aqueous solution, an experiment was conducted with three organic sorbents (sunflower stalks, apple and grapevine pruning residues) and 11 initial concentration ...

Olive waste cake (OWC) is underestimated as an agricultural waste. In this work, OWC extract were obtained by ethanol. Antioxidant efficacy of ethanolic OWC extract at levels of 100, 200, 400 and 600 ppm were studied. Samples of sunflower oil mixed with OWC extract were intermittent heated at 180±5°C for 4 hr / day, for 5 consecutive days and has been assayed for stabilization of sunflower oil ...

abstract: the commercial development of food products originated from the plants as sources of antioxidants to increase the health benefit and stabilize the food is of current interest. this study was aimed at obtaining dill extract using cold solvent method by three solvents, (methanol, acetone, and hexane) and examining the antioxidant potency and determining the oxidative stability of sunflo...

The oxidative properties of sunflower oil supplemented with rambutan extract, (crude extract and its fractionated fraction, SF II) in comparison with synthetic antioxidant were investigated. The supplemented sunflower oils were stored under accelerated conditions for 24 days at 60 °C. For every 6-day interval, the oxidative properties of the supplemented sunflower oil were evaluated based on th...

The effects of enzyme action and heat pretreatment on oil extraction yield from sunflower kernels were analysed using hexane extraction with Soxhlet, and aqueous extraction with incubator shaker. Ground kernels of raw and heat treated kernels, each with and without Viscozyme treatment were used. Microscopic images of the kernels were taken to analyse the visible effects of each treatment on the...

The oxidative stability of refined sunflower oil supplemented with edible wild mushroom, Pleurotus porrigens crude extract, its n-butanol fraction (n-BUT, from liquid-liquid partitioning), and semi-purified sub-fraction (SF) III and SFIV, were tested under accelerated storage conditions compared with BHA and α-tocopherol, by measuring their peroxide value, p-anisidine value, thiobarbituric acid...

objectives: saffron is the stigma of crocus sativus l., which has the potentials to play a role in the treatment of many diseases. although many researches are now going on this precious spice, there are few data on saffron safety in human, especially in patients with chronic mental illnesses. this study aimed to evaluate the short-term safety and tolerability of both saffron and crocin (its ma...

echium amoenum (boraginaceae), a very popular medicinal plant in iran traditional medicine, is used as a tonic, tranquillizer, diaphoretic, cough and sore throat remedy, and antipneumonia. preliminary phytochemical studies of the plant showed that it contains saponins, flavonoids, unsaturated terpenoids and sterols. in this study, an aqueous extract from petals of this plant was used 125 mg/kg ...