scholarly journals Nutritional factors influencing improvement of milk and meat quality as well as productive and reproductive parameters of cattle

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (5-6-1) ◽  
pp. 217-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lj. Sretenovic ◽  
S. Aleksic ◽  
M.P. Petrovic ◽  
B. Miscevic
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Unsaturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Reproductive Parameters ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Nutritional Factors ◽  
Mineral Supplementation ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Vitamin And Mineral Supplementation ◽  
Functional Components

Consumers are becoming more aware of the relationships between diet and health and this has increased consumer interest in the nutritional value of foods. This is impacting on the demand for foods which contain functional components that play important roles in health maintenance and disease prevention. Vitamin E, organically bound selenium and betacarotene are important antioxidant components of animal and human diets, and also unsaturated fatty acids and yeast and their roles in animal and human health and immune function are indispensable. The present review paper will discuss these nutrients in relation to antioxidant and health considerations and draw conclusions as to vitamin and mineral supplementation needs.

New types of food products for healthy nutrition that are high in functional ingredients

2021 ◽  
pp. 299-304
Author(s):  
L.G. Eliseeva ◽  
D.V. Simina ◽  
Ali Dzhemil Osman
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Russian Market ◽  
Functional Ingredients ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Healthy Nutrition ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Functional Components ◽  
Traditional Crops

The nutritional value of microgreens is considered. The advantages of microgreens in a wide range of functional components in comparison with traditional crops are shown. The features of the assortment, demand and supply of microgreens in the Russian market are examined. An analysis of the factors influencing the preservation of consumer properties and the prospects for the production and sale of microgreens in Russia is presented.

scholarly journals Authentication of the Botanical and Geographical Origin and Detection of Adulteration of Olive Oil Using Gas Chromatography, Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy Techniques: A Review

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1565
Author(s):  
Eleni Kakouri ◽  
Panagiota-Kyriaki Revelou ◽  
Charalabos Kanakis ◽  
Dimitra Daferera ◽  
Christos S. Pappas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Olive Oil ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Geographical Origin ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Volatile Fraction ◽  
Olive Oils ◽  
Infrared And Raman Spectroscopy

Olive oil is among the most popular supplements of the Mediterranean diet due to its high nutritional value. However, at the same time, because of economical purposes, it is also one of the products most subjected to adulteration. As a result, authenticity is an important issue of concern among authorities. Many analytical techniques, able to detect adulteration of olive oil, to identify its geographical and botanical origin and consequently guarantee its quality and authenticity, have been developed. This review paper discusses the use of infrared and Raman spectroscopy as candidate tools to examine the authenticity of olive oils. It also considers the volatile fraction as a marker to distinguish between different varieties and adulterated olive oils, using SPME combined with gas chromatography technique.

scholarly journals Genetic and Pre- and Postharvest Factors Influencing the Content of Antioxidants in Cucurbit Crops

Antioxidants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 894
Author(s):  
Cecilia Martínez ◽  
Juan Luis Valenzuela ◽  
Manuel Jamilena
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Stresses ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Human Diet ◽  
Antioxidant Power ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Cultivated Species ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
Valuable Compounds

Cucurbitaceae is one of the most economically important plant families, and includes some worldwide cultivated species like cucumber, melons, and squashes, and some regionally cultivated and feral species that contribute to the human diet. For centuries, cucurbits have been appreciated because of their nutritional value and, in traditional medicine, because of their ability to alleviate certain ailments. Several studies have demonstrated the remarkable contents of valuable compounds in cucurbits, including antioxidants such as polyphenols, flavonoids, and carotenoids, but also tannins and terpenoids, which are abundant. This antioxidant power is beneficial for human health, but also in facing plant diseases and abiotic stresses. This review brings together data on the antioxidant properties of cucurbit species, addressing the genetic and pre- and postharvest factors that regulate the antioxidant content in different plant organs. Environmental conditions, management, storage, and pre- and postharvest treatments influencing the biosynthesis and activity of antioxidants, together with the biodiversity of this family, are determinant in improving the antioxidant potential of this group of species. Plant breeding, as well as the development of innovative biotechnological approaches, is also leading to new possibilities for exploiting cucurbits as functional products.

Compliance to mineral supplementation among pregnant women at a public health clinic in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 316-322
Author(s):  
Nurul Nabilah Ahmad Fadzil ◽  
Azura Abdul Halain ◽  
Santhi A/P Yew Roan Nee ◽  
Soh Kim Lam ◽  
Salimah Japar
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Postpartum Haemorrhage ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mineral Supplementation ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Vitamin And Mineral Supplementation ◽  
Public Health Clinic

Background Prenatal supplementation has been introduced to pregnant women during early pregnancy to prevent complication to both mother and fetus. The complications include anaemia, postpartum haemorrhage, low birth weight and fetal defects. Aim To assess compliance with vitamin and mineral supplementation in pregnant women. Methods A cross-sectional design with simple random sampling was used in this study with 100 respondents who attended the maternal and child clinic in Selangor, Malaysia. Findings The findings showed that 86 respondents (86%) were compliance towards vitamin and mineral supplementation, whereas 35 respondents (35%) were non-compliance mainly due to forgetfulness. The result indicated a significant association between compliance with race (p=0.02), occupation (p<0.01), household income (p=0.02), education (p<0.01), parity (p<0.01) and trimester (p=0.02). Conclusion Majority of the respondents acknowledge that side effects and forgetfulness were the main influencing factors towards non-compliance.

scholarly journals Improving the marmalade technology by adding a multicomponent fruit-and-berry paste

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (11 (114)) ◽  
pp. 6-14
Author(s):  
Olga Samokhvalova ◽  
Kateryna Kasabova ◽  
Nataliа Shmatchenko ◽  
Aleksey Zagorulko ◽  
Andrii Zahorulko
Keyword(s):  
Mass Fraction ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Partial Replacement ◽  
Black Currant ◽  
Reducing Substances ◽  
Improved Technique ◽  
Improved Technology ◽  
Functional Components

The necessity to optimize the nutritional value of marmalade by using physiologically functional ingredients containing vitamins, dietary fiber, minerals, and other useful substances in its composition has been substantiated. Specifically, using the multicomponent fruit-and-berry paste from apples, quince, black currant has been proposed, which is obtained by an improved technique. The technique is characterized by the rapid dehydration (30...45 s, at 50 °C) of the blended paste in a rotor plant to 28...30 % of dry matter. When studying the dependences of the effective viscosity of paste compositions on the shear rate, it was found that the paste that demonstrated the best indicators contained apple in the amount of 40 %; quince ‒ 50 %; black currant ‒ 10 %. It has been experimentally proven that the rational amount of fruit-and-berry paste is 30 % with a decrease in agar by 30 %. This makes it possible to obtain the jelly-fruit marmalade on agar with a mass fraction of moisture of 18 %, a total acidity of 10 degrees, and a mass fraction of reducing substances not more than 28 %. The products have a sweet-sour taste, with a pleasant aftertaste and the smell of black currant, rich purple color, jelly-like form, and non-tight consistency. The strength of the new samples of marmalade with a decrease in the amount of agar is 18.9 kPa, similar to that of control. The improved technology makes it possible to expand the range of "healthy products", which is achieved by the partial replacement of raw materials with a fruit-and-berry paste, which contains a significant number of physiologically functional components. This allows for an increase in the nutritional value of marmalade, as well as a decrease in the formulation amount of agar, which is expensive, by 30 %. In addition, gentle concentration modes improve the process of paste making

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