Research & Reviews : Journal of Food Science & Technology
Volume 5, Issue 3 (2016)
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White Wine Clarification using Ceramic Membranes and Composites by Microfiltration
Abstract: Microfiltration and tangential ultrafiltration applied to wine filtration have become important alternatives to the conventional filtration processes in the wine industry, to obtain beverage with acceptable characteristics for the consumer and viable for industries. Therefore, white wine permeability tests were performed in this work using α-alumina ceramic membranes and composite membranes (ceramic polymer) in order to determine the influence of the structure of the filter media in the permeate white …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Food Science & Technology · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 1–11 Read article
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Ayurveda Dietetics: A Solution for the Impediments in Dietician Theory
Abstract: Background: What makes food important, is it calories or nutrition? Or something else, like flavour, fads or appetite of a consumer. Diet prescribed on the basis of calories and nutrition, goes absolutely futile if appetite of a user, flavours of food and trending eating pattern are uncared for. Appetite being a physical entity enables to take food at on time and facilitate the process of digestion and assimilation of food. …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Food Science & Technology · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 12–17 Read article
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Effect of Microwave Drying on Chemical Composition of Some Leafy Vegetables
Abstract: Three selected edible leafy vegetables (Vernonia amygdalina, Ocimum gratissimum and Telfeiria occidentalis) were microwaved to dryness, crushed to powder and analyzed for their proximate, mineral and vitamin C composition. It was investigated that their proximate composition varied between 10.0% to 13.0% (moisture), 10.0% to 20.0% (ash), 1.5% to 3.5% (crude fiber), 10.5% to 19.0% (crude fat), 0.3% to 1.6% (crude protein), 54.2% to 66.3% (carbohydrate) and 314.0 kcal to 389.0 …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Food Science & Technology · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 18–21 Read article
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Evaluation of Acute Toxicity Study of Some Indian Medicinal Plants against Anti-ulcer
Abstract: The acute toxicity study was carried out as per organization for economic co-operation and development guidelines 420. In acute toxicity study, the oral dose 150 mg/kg of body weight of animal of tested plant extract was administered to three groups in single dose groups in single dose and general behaviour, adverse effects were determined, the tested plant extract was administered orally for 14 days to three groups contained three animals …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Food Science & Technology · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 22–29 Read article
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Grape Seed Extract: Potent Chemoprotective Agent: Phytochemical Analysis and GC-MS Study
Abstract: Plant extracts or secondary metabolites have served as antioxidants in phytotherapeutic medicines to protect against various diseases for centuries. Phytochemicals are naturally occurring in the medicinal plants, leaves, vegetables and roots that have defence mechanism and protect from various diseases. Phytochemicals are primary and secondary compounds. Chlorophyll, proteins and common sugars are included in primary constituents and secondary compounds include terpenoids, alkaloids, quinines, flavonoids, sterols, saponins, tannins and phenolic compounds. …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Food Science & Technology · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 30–39 Read article