Growing population, together with unpredictable climatic changes and dwindling fertile land, has forced to explore the alternate underutilized flora from the rich biome. There is a great opportunity for economic growth in agriculture system by introducing underutilized commodity in market place. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to elucidate the nutritional potential of an important u...

A cDNA clone for isocitrate lyase (ICL) was isolated from a cDNA library prepared from the poly(A)+ RNA of etiolated pumpkin cotyledons. The cDNA encoded a polypeptide with 576 amino acids, whose sequence is more than 79% identical to those of ICL from other higher plants and contains the C-terminal tripeptide, Ser-Arg-Met, which is a putative targeting signal to microbodies. Immunogold analysi...

The study was carried out to optimize pumpkin oil recovery in the process of aqueous extraction preceded by enzymatic maceration of seeds, as well as to compare the quality of the obtained oil to the quality of cold-pressed pumpkin seed oil. Hydrated pulp of hulless pumpkin seeds was macerated using a 2% (by mass) cocktail of commercial pectinolytic, cellulolytic and proteolytic preparations (R...

oilseed pumpkin is an introduced medicinal plant, the seeds as well as some other organs of which are being utilized in treating an array of human diseases in iran. considering the plant's significance in the health products' industry on the one hand, and the countrywide drought stresses and a lack of information on mineral nutrition of the oilseed pumpkin, the present study was aimed...

Urinary diseases have affected humankind since ancient time and can persist, with serious medical consequences, throughout the world. Additionally, the incidence of renal disorders especially kidney stones have been enhanced in western countries in the last decades, in relation with economic development. It seems that acute and chronic renal failure and lithiasis (stone formation) occurred due ...

introduction: cyclophosphamide is a chemotherapy drug with several side effects on various organs such as male reproductive system that can cause infertility. in this study, we assessed combined effect of ginger and pumpkin extractson rat testis after cp injection. methods: forty adult male rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: the control group received intraperitoneal injection of isotoni...

Pumpkin is a local food of Jember which the amount harvested area and productivity increasing every year. source beta carotene with relatively lower price than other sources. Diversification pumpkin-based products will produce nutritionally rich added value. Brownies are one bakery that can be processed 100% pumpkin flour as raw material, value done by diversifying it into semi-finished steamed...

There is an increasing demand for fibre rich food and food ingredients. In this study, pumpkin pulp, unripe banana pulp, unripe mango pulp and peel which are high in dietary fibre were processed into flour and substituted at 5% level for wheat flour in a composite flour crackers formulation. The control crackers comprised of 100% wheat flour. Sensory evaluation was conducted using a 9-point hed...