are reported in literature. One such case was reported by de SoldenhofT (1937). Accidental swallowing of coins and lead pieces have been reported by Kini (1946). The psychological factors leading to swallowing of foreign bodies among soldiers have been discussed by Neustatter (1947) and Hallett (1947). In recent times due to food shortage eating of dried fruits as substitutes has led to the cau...

Eucalyptus cinerea, known as silver dollar tree, has few descriptions in traditional medicine. Chemical composition and antimicrobial properties of the essential oils of leaves, flowers and fruits, collected seasonally, were determined by GC/MS and disk diffusion/MIC, respectively. 1,8-Cineole was the main compound, particularly in fresh leaves-Spring (74.98%), dried leaves-Spring (85.32%), flo...

Essential oils from fresh leaves, flowers and dried fruits of Vitex negundo were obtained by hydrodistillation. Using Soxhlet extractor five successive extracts from dried and powdered leaves were also taken. The chemical constituents of essential oil of leaves, flowers and dried fruits were analyzed by GC-FID and GC/MS techniques. Main constituents identified in leaves oil were delta-guaiene, ...

Fresh persimmon contains high quantities of bioactive compounds, but is only available in the autumn and winter months. The aim of this investigation was to compare fresh and dried persimmon in order to determine whether the latter could be a substitute for fresh fruit. It was found that the contents of dietary fibers and trace elements in fresh and equivalent quantities of dried fruits were co...

Antioxidants are substances which, when present in low concentrations, compared with that of an oxidisable substrate, significantly delay or prevent oxidation of the substrate (Halliwell & Gutteridge 1989). The most abundant antioxidants in fruits and vegetables are polyphenols and vitamins, especially vitamin C. Vitamins A, B and E and carotenoids are present to lesser extent in some fruits. T...

Purpose: To investigate the cytotoxic and antioxidant activities of the fruit and fruit waste (residue and marc) extracts of Antidesma thwaitesianum Müll. Arg., known as mamao in Thai, using chemical and cell-based assays. Methods: The cytotoxicity of mamao fruit and fruit waste extracts obtained by expression, maceration and decoction against a panel of six human cancer cell lines (COR-L23, A5...

Mulberry fruits (MF) contain many biologically active compounds beneficial for human health. In particular, in the literature, there are no studies on kinetics of freeze-drying MF and effect process temperature properties dried fruits. The objective this study was to ascertain how (FD) air-drying affected dehydration chosen physicochemical parameters MF. Both methods significantly influenced dr...

In this study, fruits of black Myrtus communis L. were subjected to different preservation methods (frozen, sun and microwave dried) and, its biochemical properties examined. It was observed that the vitamin levels decreased in (MW) dried samples (p