BACKGROUND The behavioral outcome of food ingestion is a complex process that involves psychological and biological factors. Avocados are nutrient dense with properties that may favorably impact energy balance. This study sought to evaluate if incorporating approximately one half of a Hass avocado by addition or inclusion into a lunch meal will influence post-ingestive satiety, glucose and insu...

A number of avocado (Persea americana) cultivars are known to contain high-molecular-weight double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules for which a viral nature has been suggested, although sequence data are not available. Here we report the cloning and complete sequencing of a 13.5-kbp dsRNA virus isolated from avocado and show that it corresponds to the genome of a new species of the genus Endornav...

elsewhere. Amino acid analysis of avocado cystatin was first done. The amino acid composition derived from protein hydrolysatc was Asp7,s, Thr4.7, Ser6.3, Gluis.3, Pro2,D, Gly4.s, Alas.7, Valne, Meto.s, Ilei.p, Leub.6, Tyr2.7, Phe4,i, Lysg.s, His2.o, Arg3.6. The N-terminal amino acids of avocado cystatin up to position 50 was sequenced, as shown in Fig, 1, by a gas-phase sequencer (Applied Bios...

Subcellular fractions from the avocado pear ( Persea americana) catalyzed formation of p-chloroaniline from p-chloro-N-methylaniline. Fractions prepared by centrifugation of avocado homogenates at 20, 000g for 20 min formed p-chloroaniline (2900 +/- 500 pmol min-1 mg protein-1) with an NADPH-generating system. p-Chloroaniline formation required reduced pyridine nucleotide (NADPH was 6-7 times m...

Dietary lipids have been shown to increase bioavailability of provitamin A carotenoids from a single meal, but the effects of dietary lipids on conversion to vitamin A during absorption are essentially unknown. Based on previous animal studies, we hypothesized that the consumption of provitamin A carotenoids with dietary lipid would enhance conversion to vitamin A during absorption compared wit...

D of the sugarcane and pineapple industries in Hawai‘i has resulted in an increased shift toward diversified agriculture. According to the Hawai‘i Agriculture Statistics Services’ 2005 summary of diversified agriculture sales in Hawai‘i, tropical fruits, excluding pineapple, were ranked seventh, comprising 5.9 percent of total diversified sales. Among the different tropical fruits, avocado make...

The tolerance of ‘Apple’ banana (Musa sp.), avocado (Persea americana Mill.), mango (Mangifera indica L.), papaya (Carica papaya L.), and red ginger (Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum) inflorescences to carbonyl sulfide (COS) fumigation was studied. Commodities were exposed at 25°C to COS at various concentrations (1–6% (v/v) for banana; 1% and 2% for the other fruits for various times from ...

Recent experience using 23 oligonucleotides to diagnose avocado sunblotch viroid (ASBV) is described. In a number of field collected samples with sunblotch symptoms, the probe was unsuccessful in detecting the viroid. The sunblotch viroid varies greatly from branch to branch in a tree. Tree to tree variation is also common. However, the probe can be used with a reasonable measure of success to ...

elsewhere. Amino acid analysis of avocado cystatin was first done. The amino acid composition derived from protein hydrolysatc was Asp7,s, Thr4.7, Ser6.3, Gluis.3, Pro2,D, Gly4.s, Alas.7, Valne, Meto.s, Ilei.p, Leub.6, Tyr2.7, Phe4,i, Lysg.s, His2.o, Arg3.6. The N-terminal amino acids of avocado cystatin up to position 50 was sequenced, as shown in Fig, 1, by a gas-phase sequencer (Applied Bios...