Utilizing Fish Flesh Effectively While Maintaining Nutritional Qualities

Data previously collected to determine odour thresholds in fish flesh for individual contaminants identified as possible fish tainting substances from oil sands wastewaters were reanalyzed to determine both the variability in response for an 11 member panel and the range of uncertainty for the detection method. Results are presented for 8 compounds: naphthalene, 1-methylnaphthalene, 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene, 2,3,5-trimethylnaphthalene, 1.4-dimethylbenzene, benzothiophene, dibenzothiophene and 2,5-dimethylphenol. These results demonstrate that substantial variability was present in responses from a group of only 11 panelists who were selected for their sensitivity and consistency, while method uncertainty was tolerably narrow.

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Improvement of Nutritional Qualities of Fermented Kernels of Wild Legume Canavalia cathartica by Rhizopus oligosporus

Current Biochemical Engineering ◽

10.2174/2212711902666150701190732 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 128-138

Author(s):

Vedavyas R. Niveditha ◽

Kandikere R. Sridhar

Keyword(s):

Rhizopus Oligosporus ◽

Nutritional Qualities ◽

Wild Legume

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Extruded breakfast meal from malted finger millet (Eleusine coracana) and watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) seed flour: in-vivo nutritional qualities study

Bulletin of the National Research Centre ◽

10.1186/s42269-021-00533-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Joseph Oghenewogaga Owheruo ◽

Timilehin David Oluwajuyitan ◽

Beatrice Olawunmi Ifesan ◽

Matthew Kolawole Bolade

Keyword(s):

Finger Millet ◽

Citrullus Lanatus ◽

Breakfast Meal ◽

Formulated Diets ◽

Cell Counts ◽

Formulated Diet ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Nutritional Qualities ◽

Flour Blends

Abstract Background The study aimed at evaluating the in-vivo nutritional qualities of extruded breakfast meal produced from flour blends of malted finger millet and watermelon seed. Results The proximate compositions of the flour blends revealed that there was progressive increase in protein (12.83–15.14) %, with increase in the watermelon substitution. The protein quality evaluation of the extrudate showed that the protein efficiency ratio ranged from 0.64 to 89.75, while the biological values were between (87.82–89.75)%. The relative organs weight of rats fed with extruded breakfast meal showed that, the weights of the kidney and liver of rats fed with extruded breakfast meal were significantly lower compared with rats fed with goldenmorn. The hematological indices showed that the packed cell volume and the red blood cell counts of rats fed with the formulated diets were significantly lower compared with those fed with goldenmorn but significantly higher than rats fed with basal. Meanwhile, the values of the white blood cells count for the formulated diet shows no significant difference compared with rats fed with goldenmorn. Conclusions Evidently, the growth performance of the rats fed with the extruded breakfast meal revealed that the formulated diets promote growth status of the animals with relatively low effect on organs of experimental rat used in this study. Hence, formulated diet may serve as alternative to expensive commercial breakfast meal.

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Assessment of technological and nutritional qualities of the powder of prickly pear cladodes at four ages of growth

Materials Today Proceedings ◽

10.1016/j.matpr.2021.02.351 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Hasnaâ Harrak

Keyword(s):

Prickly Pear ◽

Nutritional Qualities

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The Influence of Physical Treatments on Phytochemical Changes in Fresh Produce after Storage and Marketing

Agronomy ◽

10.3390/agronomy11040788 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 788

Author(s):

Elazar Fallik ◽

Zoran Ilić

Keyword(s):

Fruits And Vegetables ◽

Growth Conditions ◽

Nutritional Content ◽

Nutrition And Health ◽

Phytochemical Content ◽

Post Harvest ◽

Crop Genetics ◽

Anti Cancer ◽

Nutritional Qualities ◽

Physical Treatments

More food with high nutritional content will be needed to feed the growing global human population, which is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050. Fruits and vegetables contain most of the minerals, micronutrients, and phytonutrients essential for human nutrition and health. The quantity of these phytochemicals depends on crop genetics, weather and environmental factors, growth conditions, and pre-harvest and post-harvest treatments. These phytochemicals are known to have anti-cancer properties and to regulate immunity, in addition to hypolipidemic, antioxidant, anti-aging, hypotensive, hypoglycemic, and other pharmacological properties. Physical treatments have been reported to be effective for managing several post-harvest diseases and physiological disorders. These treatments may affect the external, internal, and nutritional qualities of fruits and vegetables. Therefore, the aim of this review is to summarize the information recently reported regarding the use of physical treatments applied either directly or in combination with other means to maximize and maintain the phytochemical content of fresh and fresh-cut or processed fruits and vegetables.

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