In the present study evaluation of synergistic antimicrobial activity and antioxidant activity of blend of essential oil contains cardamom, coriander, fennel, caraway and ajowan were carried out. The essential oil was extracted from dried seed of cardamom, Coriander, Fennel, caraway and Ajowan were blend in sunflower oil used as base. The antibacterial activity and minimum inhibitory concentrat...

The current research work aimed to access the contamination level of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2 in the household spices that are widely consumed in huge amounts. 200 different spice samples, 100 packed and 100 unpacked, were analyzed for the aflatoxins profile by HPLC with an incidence of 61.5% contamination out of which 53.66% samples exceed the EU limit. The results disclosed that the unpa...

to evaluate the genetic variations in eleven fennel populations in iran, 55 accessions were analyzed by srap markers. twelve primer combinations produced 171 polymorphic bands. the cumulative dendrogram delineated fennel accessions into five major groups in accordance to the geographical regions from which the populations were originated. about 43.57% of total genetic variation was detected amo...

Shelf life of minimally processed vegetables is often calculated by using the kinetic parameters of Gompertz equation as modified by Zwietering et al. [Zwietering, M.H., Jongenburger, F.M., Roumbouts, M., van't Riet, K., 1990. Modelling of the bacterial growth curve. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 56, 1875-1881.] taking 5x10(7) CFU/g as the maximum acceptable contamination value consist...

In Europe and the Mediterranean region, ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ (Lso) is associated with emerging diseases of Apiaceae crops, mainly carrot. Emergency measures for import carrot seed were set, requiring to be heat-treated at 50°C or tested as Lso-negative by PCR. The germination response heat treatment was assessed 24 cultivar hybrid lots. Ten parsley, five fennel, two celery lot...