Kombucha is a fermented sweetened tea with mixed fermenting culture of yeast and acetic acid bacteria. While the history kombucha not completely clear, it now available around world has shown an increase in availability demand United States market. The proponents consumption tout varied health benefits can provide. final flavor composition function both initial used fermentation process. ascrib...

OBJECTIVE The study explored the dynamics of shearing force and its correlation with chemical compositions and in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) of stylo. METHODS The shearing force, diameter, linear density, chemical composition, and IVDMD of different height stylo stem were investigated. Linear regression analysis was done to determine the relationships between the shearing force an...

abstract soil microbial activity and biochemical processes are often limited by carbon availability in arid- and semi-arid regions, probably due to the low organic matter content. consequently, return of plant residues to soil is a convenient and effortless practice for increasing microbial activities and biochemical reactions. the primary objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of v...

background and purpose: essential oils extracted from different plants are extensively used in perfume, beverage, and food industries and are reported to exhibit antimicrobial activities against a variety of fungi. zhumeria majdae belonging to the lamiaceae family is a rare and endemic medicinal plant species in iran, with a strong and pleasant odor. the leaves of this plant have been used for ...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of steam treatment on nutritive value of date (phoenix dactylifera) leaves. date leaves were chopped and mixed with water or sulfuric acid solution to contain 50% moisture with or without 1% sulfuric acid. steam treatment of the date leaves was carried out using three levels of steam pressure (14, 17 and 20 bar), three reaction times (120, 180...

five common range forage including agropyron intermedium, bromustomentellus, hordeum bulbosum, cousinia bakhtiarica and scariolla orientalis, weresampled during three phenological stages, from controlled rangeland stations over fivelocations in chaharmahal and bakhtiari province, iran. all samples were chemicallyanalyzed for crude protein (cp%), in vitro dry matter digestibility (dmd), organicm...

plant litter is an important factor for soil conservation and sustainability that could modify soil chemical properties and increase the plant biomass production. the aim of this research was to compare plant litter chemical composition and its effects on soil properties in three species including hordeum bulbosum, poa bulbosa, bromus tectorum. first, soil samples were taken in the depth of 0-3...