BACKGROUND The problems of vitamin A deficiency and chronic diseases have emerged in recent years in some countries in the Micronesian region. These problems are associated with the dietary shift towards imported processed foods and lifestyle changes. Research in the Federated States of Micronesia indicates that yellow- and orange-fleshed banana cultivars contain significant levels of provitami...

BACKGROUND Orange-fleshed sweet potato is an efficacious source of vitamin A. Substituting wheat flour with orange-fleshed sweet potato in processed products could reduce foreign exchange outlays, create new markets for producers, and result in increased vitamin A consumption among consumers provided there is adequate retention of beta-carotene during processing. OBJECTIVE To explore whether ...

Graphene oxide (GO) is a highly effective adsorbent, and its absorbing capability is further enhanced through its in situ reduction with sodium hydrosulfite as the reductant. Acridine orange is the selected target to eliminate with GO as the adsorbent. Under identical conditions, GO without the in situ reduction showed a maximum adsorption capacity of 1.4 g g(-1), and GO with the in situ reduct...

An agricultural by-product waste: orange peel was tested for the removal of four acid dyes from aqueous solutions in batch conditions. As results obtained, kinetics of dyes sorption was time of contact, initial dyes concentration and dyes type dependent. The pseudo second-order reaction rate model adequately described the kinetics of dyes sorption with high correlation coefficients. Langmuir mo...

In Africa, the number of undernourished people is increasing at an alarming rate. However, fruits play important role in humans, especially as a source vitamins and minerals. Senegal, there research on nut, but no attention given to cashew apple. The present study contributes evaluation physicochemical biochemical properties apple juice from eco-geographical area Casamance, southern Senegal. pl...

effect of different ratios of sucrose to fruit concentrate (orange and sour cherry), level of cacl2 (0-2%) and storage time (0-90 days) on physicochemical properties of candied apples were investigated using of a combined design. different quality indices such as total sugars content, ascorbic acid, color attribute (chroma) and overall acceptance were modeled and then multiobjective optimizatio...

In this study, the characterization of fatty acids and secondary metabolites in seeds three cultivars Opuntia ficus-indica L. (O. ficus-indica, yellow, orange, green) harvested from Souk Ahras area Northeast Algeria was performed. The antioxidant activity seed extracts also assessed by using two methods, namely FRAP DPPH tests. Results show that total phenolic content (TPC) ranged 63.02 to 81.8...

The green synthesis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles was performed using the sol-gel method for their use in modification several agricultural biomasses (orange, lemon, cassava and yam peels) to evaluate enhancement adsorption capacity. To this end, different particle sizes (0.355, 0.5 1.0 mm) initial solution pHs (2, 4 6) were assessed identify optimum conditions further experimentation with ...

in order to investigate chemical control of weeds in nursery of orange coneflower and moss rose two experiments were conducted in randomized complete block design (rcbd) with four replications in 2011. treatments were per-plant trifluralin (ec48 percent) with and without incorporation with soil at 0.2 and 0.3 ml/m2, per-emergence and post-emergence oxyfluorfen (ec24 percent) at 0.2 and 0.3 ml/m...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of Curcuma zedoaria and Zingiber zerumbet on non-specific immune responses of grouper (Epinephelus coioides). Fish were fed an experimental diet containing 0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5 g/kg of C. zedoaria and Z. zerumbet mixed diets twice daily for two weeks. Non-specific immune parameters such as respiratory burst activity, reactive oxygen species, phago...