In order to provide recommendations on the most useful forage species to smallholder farmers, eleven grass and eleven legume forages grown in Abomey-Calavi in Republic of Benin were investigated for nutritive value (i.e. chemical composition and energy content) and fermentation characteristics (i.e. gas and volatile fatty acid production, organic matter degradability). The in vitro gas producti...

Berries and berry production are an important economic factor. Berries contain nutritive components but also pertinent non-nutritive bioactives like phenolic-type phytochemicals. It is well accepted that consumption of bioactives from berries prevent or delay chronic and degenerative diseases. Therefore, a thorough evaluation of bioactive compounds is of utmost interest to assess berry quality....

Atmospheric cold plasma (ACP) is a non-thermal technology, effective against a wide range of pathogenic microorganisms. Inactivation efficacy results from plasma generated reactive species. These may interact with any organic components in a test matrix including the target microorganism, thus food components may exert a protective effect against the antimicrobial mode of action. The effect of ...

In order that dietitians and physicians be able to prescribe and give proper suggestions to individuals or groups, regarding their diet, it is desirable to have a knowledge about the nutritive value of the cooked food preparations of that particular place. Such values for South Indian districts have been reported by Devadas (1949), but so far no work has been done on this subject in this State....

Introduction Various microorganisms, enzymes, nutritive and chemical compounds have been added to forages to maintain or improve the nutritive value of a crop as silage (Kung et al., 2003). As is the nature of most biological systems, there is considerable variation in the outcome of using these additives. This paper will briefly discuss some universal and specific challenges that these additiv...

on 29th November, 1937, and the following recommendation was made : 'Diet surveys have shown that intake of pulses in various parts of the country might be increased with resulting improvement in the nutritive value of diets based largely on cereals \ In this matter, certain questions arise : (1) Are all the common pulses equally good in nutritive value ? (2) Could they be tolerated in high pro...

Florigraze and Arbrook are the most widely used cultivars of perennial peanut in Florida, but their persistence and cattle weight gains have not been compared under continuous grazing. The objectives of this experiment were to evaluate the nutritive value and persistence of both cultivars, as well as to compare the performance (ADG) of 400-lb heifers continuously grazing the two cultivars. In t...

INTRODUCTION Non-nutritive sucking habits can cause occlusal alterations, including anterior open bite. However, not all patients develop this malocclusion. Therefore, the emergence of AOB does not depend on deleterious habits, only. OBJECTIVE Investigate a potential association between non-nutritive sucking habits (NNSHs), anterior open bite (AOB) and facial morphology (FM). METHODS 176 ch...

The importance of food consumption in relation to human health has increased consumer attention in nutraceutical components and foods, especially fruits and vegetables. Berries are a rich source of a wide variety of non-nutritive, nutritive, and bioactive compounds such as flavonoids, phenolics, anthocyanins, phenolic acids, stilbenes, and tannins, as well as nutritive compounds such as sugars,...