to determine suitable pepper cultivars with high quantitative and qualitative characteristics adapted to the climate of sistan, an experiment was conducted in zahak experimental station, zabol, using rcbd with four replications in two years. in this experiment, four sweet pepper, five green pepper and three salad pepper cultivars were evaluated individually. the results showed significant diffe...

OBJECTIVE Foods that enhance satiety can reduce overconsumption, but the availability of large portions of energy-dense foods may counter their benefits. The influence on meal energy intake of varying the energy density and portion size of food consumed after a preload shown to promote satiety was tested. DESIGN AND METHODS In a crossover design, 46 women were served lunch on six days. On fou...

We report the case of a 51-year old woman who developed headache, nausea, palpitations, tachycardia and hypertension 30 minutes after eating a tuna fish salad. Elevated histamine levels in the salad helped to confirm a suspected diagnosis of scombroid poisoning. The signs, symptoms, pathophysiology and management of poisoning from spoiled scombroid fish are discussed.

Letters clinical data were unknown. On the same day, we contacted and interviewed the patient to investigate risk factors for cholera. The patient reported abdominal pain starting on 6 June and then severe diarrhea (10 to 12 stools per day) until 13 June; on that day the patient went to his general practitioner, who gave him loperamide and suggested a coproculture. The patient never traveled to...

vegetables, used in preparing salads, are most important part of the diet. these materials are often irrigated by untreated urban wastewater. wastewater, contaminated with ova of parasites, bacteria and protozoa, are used as fertilizers and it can cause a variety of infectious diseases. the purpose of this study is detection of microbial contamination of salad used in ilam’s restaurants. in thi...

in this research, the effects of three variables, whey protein concentrate, wpc (0.7- 2.8%), sodium ceinate, sc (0.7-208%) as a substitute for egg and carboxymethyl cellulose, cmc (0.66-0.234 % w/w) as thickening agent on sensory (taste and texture) and rheological (complex viscosity, η* , storage modulus, g´ and loss modulus, g˝ ) properties of salad dressing were investigated. the central com...