The study investigated the effect various processing treatments on physicochemical composition of mucuna seed flour and consumer acceptability bitter leaf soups thickened using these flours. Mucuna pruriens vas utilis seeds were processed by roasting, microwave toasting, steeping boiling and/or a combination followed drying for 48 hours milling into flour. flours used to thicken soup evaluated ...

.lead concentration has recently increased in country side fields and industrial regions. in the research, the effect of different concentrations of lead acetate on arthrobotrys oligospora growth, sporulation, trap formation and efficiency and also the activity of the extracellular protease of the fungus investigated. a. oligospora is one of the most important biocontrol agents of plant parasit...

detopping in some plants reduces vegetative growth and increases transporting of photosynthate materials to specific sinks such as seeds. to study the effects of detopping removal and plant density on yield and yield components of faba bean (vicia faba l.), an experiment was carried out as a factorial arrangement based on a randomized complete block design with three replications at farm resear...

The aim of the present study was to determine the anti depressive activity of raw, autoclaved, boiled, germinated and roasted pumpkin seeds powder extract compared with the standard drug: Imipriamine (30 mg/kg) in normal and depressed control rats. Methyl Isobutyl Ketone (100 mg/kg) was used as the depression inducer in rats. The result shows that there was a significant (P < 0.01) decrease in ...

SUMMARY Mycotoxin contamination of food and feed presents a serious food safety issue on a global scale, causing tremendous yield and economic losses. These toxins, produced largely by members of the genera Aspergillus and Fusarium, represent a subset of the impressive array of secondary metabolites produced by filamentous fungi. Some secondary metabolites are associated temporally and function...

Purine nucleoside phosphorylase (EC 2.4.2.1) from Bacillus cereus T was examined at hourly intervals during growth and sporulation. The enzyme has maximal activity in extracts prepared from cells during stages I and II. The activity during exponential growth is only 6.6% of the maximum and that in free spores is only 3.3%. Conservation of the purine nucleoside phosphorylase during sporulation i...

Mustard (Brassica juncea L.) is the second most important oilseed commodity in India. Alternaria blight (Alternaria brassicae) one of devastating fungal pathogen, resulting severe yield losses to crop. The present study conducted in-vitro know effect different temperature regimes and various culture media on mycelial growth sporulation A. brassicae. It clearly evident from results that all test...

the effects of different cooking methods (deep fat frying, boiling and steaming) on lipid content and fatty acid composition of grass carp ( ctenopharyngodon idella ) fillets during chill storage were investigated. fillet samples were cooked and then stored at + 4°c for 4 days. the control and the cooked fillet samples were analyzed for their chemical characteristics. twelve fatty acids were id...