scholarly journals Alkaline instant noodles: use of alkaline salts to reduce sodium and assessment of calcium bioaccessibility

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. e51210212778
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Rebellato ◽  
Priscila Ferreira Tavares ◽  
Guilherme Neves Trindade ◽  
Juliana A. Lima Pallone ◽  
Pedro H. Campelo ◽  
...  

Instant noodles originated in eastern nations and have been accepted due to its practicality and low cost. However, its high sodium content can lead to health problems. The present study aimed to reduce sodium and increase calcium levels in noodles. A control (N1: K2CO3+ Na2CO3) and three treatments with the addition of calcium carbonate in combination with alkaline salts such as potassium and sodium carbonates (N2: K2CO3+ CaCO3; N3: Na2CO3+ CaCO3; and N4: CaCO3) were studied. Two hydration methods were investigated, and the technological characterization and the calcium bioaccessibility of the different noodle formulations were determined. N4 did not fit into the alkaline noodle category due to its neutral pH.  N2 and N4 showed a sodium reduction of around 28% and a significant increase in calcium content, with higher bioaccessible calcium. Significant changes were observed for the noodles made with the addition of different alkaline salts, with a light-yellow color and better texture than the control, which can be a positive aspect, once products with reduced nutrients usually present differentiated coloring. Therefore, the use of calcium carbonate may be a promising alternative to increase Ca intake and to reduce the sodium content of instant noodles.

2005 ◽  
Vol 891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jalal M. Nawash ◽  
Kelvin G. Lynn

ABSTRACTCzochralski technique was employed in an attempt to grow a single crystal of the system ZnO-TeO2. A good quality grown crystal is expected to be transparent with a very light yellow color. The crystals exhibit a high resistivity of the order of 1013 Ω-cm. Different mole percentages have been tested for growth. Several attempts were performed to pull a single crystal. It was found that the best mole percentage of ZnO-TeO2 is 35.5:64.5. The pulled material grows uniformly, such that necking and conning are noticed. The pulled material contained multiple single crystals which were isolated and studied. Each one of them was transparent. Some properties will be presented. The pulled material of the 40:60 ZnO-TeO2 mole percentage returned four phases. Two of these phases are very uncommon.


Author(s):  
O.L. Tishyn ◽  
R.V. Khomiak ◽  
G.T. Kopijchuk ◽  
M.M. Danko ◽  
S.A. Ponomariova

The article presents the results of research on bactericidal properties of the new domestic disinfectant «GK-10», which is a transparent solution of light yellow color, without mechanical inclusions with a specific odor. It is well mixed with water. It is based on alkyl dimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride (QAC) and dodecylbispropylentriamine (1,3-prodadiene) (tertiary amines). Was found bactericidal dilution (BD), bactericidal concentration (BC), phenolic coefficient (FC) and protein index (PI). Thus, the most susceptible to the action of the disinfectant were were gram-negative bacteria E. coli, where cell death occurred at 10 and 30 minute exposures at concentrations of 0.19 and 0.14%, respectively. Due to the action of the disinfectant on the gram-positive bacteria S. aureus, cell death came at these exposures at concentrations 0.27 and 0.19%, respectively. The least susceptible to the action of the disinfectant were vegetative forms of B. subtilis, the death of these bacteria came at concentrations 0.37 and 0.27% at 10 and 30 minutes of exposure, respectively. Effects of disinfectant was over 5.38 and 2.74 times higher on microorganisms of E. coli and S. aureus, respectively, of the decontamination effect of phenol, and in the presence of protein, the activity of the disinfectant is reduced by 6.45 times. The efficiency of the disinfectant for the strains of microorganisms at the disinfestation of the test-object surfaces is determined. It has been established that for test cultures of E. coli and S. aureus 0.05–0.3% of disinfectant concentration is ineffective, and 0.5% its disinfectant concentration for disinfection of hard surfaces in preventive disinfection of premises for animals is insufficient for exposure in 120 minutes. For spore form B. subtilis 1.0% disinfectant concentration was ineffective. 1.0% concentration is effective for aseptic cleaning: slaughterhouses, processing shops, laboratory facilities, means of transporting products of animal origin, soaking clothes before washing, and also for treating surfaces of wood, metal and glazed tile at exposures of 60 minutes and more, and when spore forms of microorganisms, the working concentration of insoluble in disinfection of objects subject to veterinary control should be 3% and above. It has been proved that the disinfectant «GK-10» is effective at a concentration of 0.5% at exposure for 180 minutes and at a concentration of 1.0% at an exposure of 120 minutes for the sanation and preventive disinfection of premises for animals.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Delfi Yulianti Ledoh ◽  
Alan Ch Sabuna ◽  
Yanti Daud

ABSTRACT This study aims to determine the types of natural coloring plants, organs plant or parts used, the processing to the colors produced from plants organs used in the process of coloring woven cloth on Ndao Island, Ndao Nuse Village, Ndao Nuse  sub-district, Rote Ndao Regency. The method used is a qualitative descriptive method. The technique used in this study is direct observation techniques in the field and semi-structured interviews. Semi-structured interviews are interview processes that use interview guides derived from the development of topics and ask questions to ikat weaving craftsmen, the aim is to explore and obtain information related to the data needed. Based on the results of research in Ndao Nuse Village, Ndao Nuse sub-district, Rote Ndao Regency, found 5 types of natural coloring plants that are utilized by the Ndao Nuse community in the process of coloring woven cloth, namely tarum (Indigofera tinctoria L) producing black, turmeric rhizome (Curcuma domestica L) producing yellow, legundi (Vitex trifolia L) produces a light yellow color, kedondong fence (Lannea nigratana) produces a brown color, the green color is produced red distance (Jatrhopa gossiphofolia). Parts or organs of plants used are leaves, rhizomes and bark. The process of processing plant parts or organs that are used to produce color includes collision, boiling, and soaking. In addition to the 5 types of plants that are used as basic dyes there are also plants and other additives used in the coloring process are lime, whiting, and alum. The benefits of this additional material are as a color enhancer so that the color produced does not fade easily. Most of the plants that have potential as natural dyes for connective weaving have been cultivated. Plants that are cultivated are tarum, turmeric, and kedondong fence.         Keywords: Weaving, Natural Staining Plants ABSTRACTThis study aims to determine the types of natural coloring plants, organs plant or parts used, the processing to the colors produced from plants organs used in the process of coloring woven cloth on Ndao Island, Ndao Nuse Village, Ndao Nuse sub-district, Rote Ndao Regency. The method used is a qualitative descriptive method. The technique used in this study is direct observation techniques in the field and semi-structured interviews. Semi-structured interviews are interview processes that use interview guides derived from the development of topics and ask questions to ikat weaving craftsmen, the aim is to explore and obtain information related to the data needed. Based on the results of research in Ndao Nuse Village, Ndao Nuse sub-district, Rote Ndao Regency, found 5 types of natural coloring plants that are utilized by the Ndao Nuse community in the process of coloring woven cloth, namely tarum (Indigofera tinctoria L) producing black, turmeric rhizome (Curcuma domestica L) producing yellow, legundi (Vitex trifolia L) produces a light yellow color, kedondong fence (Lannea nigratana) produces a brown color, the green color is produced red distance (Jatrhopa gossiphofolia). Parts or organs of plants used are leaves, rhizomes and bark. The process of processing plant parts or organs that are used to produce color includes collision, boiling, and soaking. In addition to the 5 types of plants that are used as basic dyes there are also plants and other additives used in the coloring process are lime, whiting, and alum. The benefits of this additional material are as a color enhancer so that the color produced does not fade easily. Most of the plants that have potential as natural dyes for connective weaving have been cultivated. Plants that are cultivated are tarum, turmeric, and kedondong fence. Keywords: Weaving, Natural Staining Plants


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-60
Author(s):  
Dharia Renate

Abstract--The objectives of this research were to know the effect of citric acid on papaya jam to its sensory propertiesduring storage and to determine the concentration of citric acid and storage time to the quality of papaya jam.  Material used was mature and ripe of fresh papaya, purchased from local market.  This research was designed as a Factorial Completely Randomized Designed.  The factors were the concentration of citric acids (0.3, 0.35, 0.4 percent w/w) and storage times (0, 1, 2, 3, 4 weeks).  The number of 18 trained panelists evaluated the color, texture, spreadibility and flavor.  Data was analyzed using analysis of variance.  The significantly different treatment was further analyzed by using  Multiple Comparison and TukeyTest.  The results indicated that the concentration of citric acids and storage time had significant effects on the quality of papaya jam.  Research concluded that the concentration of citric acids of 0.4 percent and storage time of 2 weeks were found to yield the best quality in papaya jam.  The papaya jam was good in light yellow color, soft  texture, good spreadibility, liked flavor, hence the consumeracceptance like this papaya jam.


2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Augusto Monroy ◽  
Orlando Ildefonso Insuasty

<p>El Picudo, <em>Conotrachelus psidii </em>Marshall, desarrolla su estado larvario en el fruto de la guayaba alimentándose de la semilla; el insecto petrifica y madura prematuramente la fruta confiriéndole un aspecto desagradable que causa rechazo en el mercado. En la actualidad causa pérdidas significativas en la agroindustria de la Hoya de Río Suárez. Conocer la duración de los estadios biológicos y sus preferencias de oviposición, permitirá diseñar estrategias de manejo integrado. Los huevos y las larvas se obtuvieron semanalmente de frutos infestados artificialmente para conocer los cambios morfológicos de la cabeza de la larva y la duración del estadio. Cuando las larvas abandonaron el fruto se introdujeron en dispositivos plásticos tubulares saturados con tierra, los cuales se disectaron mensualmente para registrar los estadios de larva, pupa y adulto en el suelo. Se observó que las hembras ovipositaron frutos de 30 a 90 días de edad; los huevos son blanquecinos y con longitud promedio de 1 mm. La larva es ápoda y de color amarillo, con longitudes entre 1,2 y 1,5 mm y entre 10 y 12 mm en las semanas primera y sexta, respectivamente. La pupa es exarata, amarilla clara y de 7,5 mm de longitud. El adulto es café oscuro y tiene 6 mm de largo. El ciclo total duró 199 días distribuido así: huevo, 4 a 7 días; larva en el fruto, 42 a 56 días; larva en suelo, 90 días; pupa, 30 a 60 días. Los adultos emergieron entre 20 y 30 días en la época lluviosa y en laboratorio sobrevivieron hasta 435 días después de su emergencia.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Biology of the guaba weevil <em>Conotrachelus psidii </em>(Marshall) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)</strong></p><p>The weevil <em>Conotrachelus psidii </em>(Marshall) develops its larval stages inside the guava fruit feeding on its seeds, and petrifying and prematurely ripening the fruit, developing an unpleasant appearance, rejected by the market. To design strategies for biological control, its necessary to determine the length of the different biological phases of the insect. Eggs and larvae were obtained every week from semi-artificially infected fruits to determine larva’s head morphological changes. Once larvae abandoned the fruit, they were transferred to 6 “ diameter plastic tubes filled with soil and dissected monthly to register the different life stages of larvae, pupae and adults. Oviposition preferences were observed in 30 to 90 days old guavas. Eggs are whitish and measured on average 1mm of length. Larvae are apoda and yellow, ranging in length from 1.2 to 1.5 mm and from 10 to 12 mm in the first and sixth week respectively. Pupae have exharate shape, of light yellow color with an average of 7.5 mm length. Adults are dark brown and 6 mm in length. The total cycle lasted 199 days distributed as follow: egg, 4 to 7 days; larva in the fruit, 42 to 56 days; larva in soil, 90 days and pupa stage from 30 to 60 days. Adults emerged from 20 to 30 days during the rain season and survive up to 435 days under laboratory conditions.</p><p> </p>


Author(s):  
M. V. Lavrentiev ◽  
V. A. Boldyrev

In recent decades the interest to the study of Hedysarum has increased. Researchers touched upon the classical issues of morphology and variability of external features of Hedysarum grandiflorum and other species of Hedysarum (to clarify morphology, to more accurately separate existing species, to describe the morphology of new species, including rare ones) providing almost no detailed descriptions. The paper provides information about the morphology of external features of H. grandiflorum in the Southern Volga Upland. The study was conducted in 2007–2018. We have studied 23 H. grandiflorum cenopopulations in habitats with various environmental conditions, where more than 600 counting sites were laid, and concluded that the morphological features of H. grandiflorum are rather variable and the values of morphometric parameters are higher in the northeastern part of the study area. The well-being of the population is achieved due to some heterogeneity in the size of individual plants and by means of suppressing the growth and size of separate cenopopulations. The decrease in the parameters of signs is often associated with a higher anthropogenic load. Dimensional indicators of individuals from the cenopopulations of the species studied depend on the thickness of soil, which decreases from fescue-feather grass to petrophyte steppes. Cluster analysis has allowed us to divide the cenopopulations into southern, northern and northeastern ones, and those with anthropogenic impact. The least variable and most informative morphological features of H. grandiflorum (in the descending order of importance) are: the length of the standard, the diameter of the caudex, the plant height, the number of foliole pairs, the number of inflorescences, the number of leaves, the length of the unpaired foliole, the number of flowers on the inflorescence, the length of leaves and the width of the unpaired foliole. In the overwhelming majority of the plants encountered, all the petals of the corolla were of uniform light yellow color, turning into a white tint to the edges of the petals. In some cenopopulations, the corolla can be colored differently and unevenly, especially at the keel. Approximately 0.3% of individuals of the corolla petals and/or the lower part of the keel and/or veins are light blue or light pink, less than 0.07% has a light magenta or even light purple tint of the veins of the carina, edges of the petals or the whole corolla. Similar individuals are found in other regions. Many scientists noted this peculiarity a long time ago and had already described this phenomenon as a color variation (for example, H. grandiflorum var. violaceum) or less often, as a subspecies (for example, H. grandiflorum ssp. argenteum). Individuals with recessive coloring of the corolla from the area of study are called intraspecific color variations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanpeng Xi ◽  
Lina Zhang ◽  
Shengyu Liu ◽  
Guohua Zhao

Carotenoids are important coloration molecules and indispensable component of the human diet. And these compounds confer most of the apricot fruit yellow or orange color. In China, fruit of some apricot cultivar present light-yellow color but strong flowery flavor, however, the chemical mechanism remains unknown. Here, carotenoids and aroma volatile apocarotenoids (AVAs) in three skin types of apricot cultivars (orange, yellow, and light-yellow skinned) were determined by HPLC and GC-MS, respectively. And the transcript levels of carotenogenic genes were analyzed by qRT-PCR. The orange-skinned cultivars “Hongyu” and “Danxing” fruit presented the most abundant total carotenoid, β-carotene and specific α-carotene contents, and β-carotene (52–77%) increased to become the dominant carotenoid during fruit ripening. The transcript levels of lycopene β-cyclase (LCYb) and β-carotene hydroxylase (CHYb) sharply increased during ripening. The yellow-skinned cultivars “Sulian No. 2” and “Akeyaleke” fruit contained lower levels of total carotenoids and β-carotene but were rich in phytoene. The light-yellow coloration of “Baixing” and “Luntaixiaobaixing” fruit was attributed to low amounts of total carotenoids, lutein, and neoxanthin and an absence of β-cryptoxanthin, but high level of aroma volatile apocarotenoids (AVAs) such as β-ionone were detected in these cultivars fruit, accompanied by low transcript levels of carotene hydroxylase (CYP) and zeaxanthin epoxidase (ZEP) but high levels of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 1 (CCD1) and CCD4. Correlation analysis showed that the expression level of CCD1 negatively correlated with carotenoid accumulation but positively with AVAs production. These collected results suggest that both carotenoid biosynthesis and degradation are important for apricot coloration and aroma formation. CYP, ZEP, CCD1, and CCD4 may be the key regulation points for carotenoid and AVAs accumulation in apricot fruit, which provide important targets for quality-oriented molecular breeding.


2020 ◽  
Vol 841 ◽  
pp. 103-107
Author(s):  
Nuttida Srirachya ◽  
Aduena Nido

In this study cellulose fibrils were successfully prepared from oil palm leaf stalk fibers by treated with water. The oil palm leaf stalk fibers were treated with water at 80 °C for 8 hours and bleached with 10% NaOCl at room temperature for 2 hours. The treated fibers showed a light-yellow color and had % yield around 76.50 wt.%. The fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) indicated the removal of lignin and hemicellulose. The FT-IR peaked around 1725 cm-1, that indicated that the peak of lignin and hemicellulose disappeared when the oil palm fibers were treated with water. Moreover, the scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrograph showed a grooved surface due to the removal of lignin and hemicellulose from the outer surface of the oil palm fibers.


HortScience ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 638-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
William S. Castle ◽  
James Nunnallee ◽  
John A. Manthey

A broad range of plant selections across the orange subfamily Aurantioideae were screened in solution and soil culture for their tolerance to low iron (Fe) stress. Young seedlings grown in soil were transferred to tubs of +Fe nutrient solution, which was later replaced after a brief period with a –Fe solution. Over several trials, ≈20 white root tips were harvested periodically from the plants in each tub and assayed for their ability to reduce Fe3+. The procedure was miniaturized to determine if a fewer number of root tips could be assayed to screen individual plants and to estimate the required sample size. For solution screening, seven root tips were estimated to be adequate for representing a single plant. Seedlings of a few selections were also grown in small containers of soil amended with 0% to 5.9% CaCO3. The results in solution and soil culture were consistent with each other and with previous assessments of the various selections. Based on a summary of the solution and soil responses, the citrus selections were grouped in descending order of Fe3+ reduction rates as Volkamer lemon/Rangpur/sour orange selections/Citrus macrophylla > mandarins and mandarin hybrids > citranges > citrumelos > trifoliate orange. Of the citrus relatives tested in solution culture only, those in the genera Glycosmis, Citropsis, Clausena, and Murraya had high Fe reduction rates with good seedling growth and new leaves developed a light yellow color or showed no loss of greenness. Other citrus relatives in the genera Severinia, Atalantia, and Fortunella and most somatic hybrids had low seedling vigor and produced too few root tips to be properly assessed. The results are useful because of the breadth of selections screened, the identification of various citrus relatives as potential sources of low-Fe stress tolerance in breeding new rootstocks, and the apparent positive relationship between the Fe3+ reduction responses, soil screening responses, and field experiences with carbonate-induced Fe chlorosis responses.


Sunflower (Hellianthus annuus L.) inflorescences have flowers of various shapes, role and colors. The aim of our work was to study genetic identification of new sources of light types of colors and genetic control of traits. The mutant MV4 was crossed with the lines, which had a yellow color of ray flowers. In the second generation, segregation of colors was obtained, which corresponds to the ratio 3 yellow to 1 light. This indicates monogenic recessive control of the trait of light color. To identify the gene that caused the light color, the mutant MV4 was crossed with the line: KG108 (“su” gene – sulfurous color), BA1B (“ly” gene – light yellow color), and KG107 (“l” gene – lemon color). In the KG108 × MV4 crossing combination, the first and second generation hybrids had a light color that was not visually different from the parents. This testifies to the identity of the genetic control of the trait sulfurous coloration in lines KG105 and MV4. In the crossings MV4 × BA1 and MV4 × KG107 usual yellow coloration of the ray flowers was obtained in the first generation. In the second generation of MV4 × BA1 combination, splitting of colors of ray flowers with a ratio of 9 yellow to 7 light yellow was observed. This ratio indicates the presence of two separate genes that control these types of color. In the second generation of MV4 × KG107 combination, four classes of plants were observed in the coloration of ray flowers: yellow, orange, light and light orange. Splitting reliably corresponded to a ratio of 9 : 3 : 3 : 1. This confirms the independent control of two colors by different genes with complementary interaction. Mutant MV5 with lemon-colored ray flowers was crossed with the line LVO7, the plants of which have the usual yellow color of ray flowers. In the first generation, hybrid plants were obtained with the usual yellow color of ray flowers. In the second generation, splitting into two classes was observed: with yellow and lemon colors of flowers. This confirms the hypothesis of a monogenic recessive control of the trait of lemon coloration of ray flowers of sunflower in MV5 line. Crossings of lines with lemon coloration was carried out, where the mother component was the line ZL678, and the father ones: MV5, Temp234, КГ107, LG11-2, Sl2349, I4RHA274. In all descendants, only lemon coloration of ray flowers was observed, which indicates the same genetic control of the trait by the gene “l”.


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