in the recent years, considerable attention has been allocated in the area of using natural preservatives in foods, especially vegetable oils.  starch foams prepared from high amylose starch are useful for encapsulation of substances such as chemicals, liquids or solids, including flavor compounds, pharmaceuticals and essential oils. the foams have the ability to trap the active material and su...

Cinnamon, a commonly used spice as well part of many commodities, such breakfast cereals, teas and bakery products, represents an important the diet. among bioactive components, contains active compound coumarin. Numerous studies have shown that coumarin has beneficial health effect on body in optimal consumption, while increased long-term consumption can lead to adverse effects. In this paper,...

a total of 240 ross 308 day-old male broiler chicks within a completely randomized design were used in this experiment to evaluate the effects of dietary inclusion of turmeric powder and cinnamon powder on performance and some immune responses of broiler chickens. dietary treatments were as follow: a corn-soybean meal basal diet (control); basal diet + 10 ppm avilamycin; basal diet + 2.5 g/kg t...

This study investigated the hypolipidemic effects of curcumin, cinnamon, vitamin C and simvastatin in male rabbits. The effect these materials were assessed by following on body weight, lipid profile liver enzymes. includes total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high density lipoprotein (HDL), low (LDL). activities enzymes include aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine (ALT) alkaline pho...

Cinnamon is one of the plantation spice commodities that contributes to Indonesian economy. Indonesia largest exporter country in world regarding total export volume cinnamon, but value exports, comes second after Sri Lanka. This study aims analyze comparative competitiveness cinnamon among major competitors United States’ market and factors influence exports States. The data used this comprise...

In order to gain insight into the antioxidant effect of cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum; Lauraceae) and cardamom (Amomum subulatum; Zingiberaceae) hepatic and cardiac antioxidant enzymes, glutathione (GSH) content and lipid conjugated dienes were studied in rats fed high fat diet along with cinnamon or cardamom. The antioxidant enzyme activities were found to be significantly enhanced whereas GSH co...

The study evaluated the effects of Levamisole, Quil-A and Cinnamon on growth, hematological and immune parameters of marmalade cichlid. Fish (2.00 ± 0.02 g) were fed diets supplemented with 0.2% Levamisole, 0.5% Quil-A and 1% Cinnamon for 60 days and the control group was fed with basal diet. The highest weight gain and condition factor were observed in fish fed diet enriched with Levami...