Fresh, ripe cocoa beans from Cameroon (German cocoa/Amelonado group and ICS 40/Trinitario group) were subjected to fermentation-like incubations in acetic acid, lactic acid, or both and to natural fermentation. Two naturally fermented samples from Cuba (UF 654/Trinitario group and C 411/Criollo group) were also investigated. Both cyanidin-3-galactoside and cyanidin-3-arabinoside (found as major...

Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), a specification for a Java component framework recently released by Sun Microsystems, immediately attracted attention of several major software vendors, including IBM, Oracle and Sybase. Analysts agree that EJB has a potential to replace CORBA as a standard for enterprise level applications. Aspect Oriented Programming fits naturally into EJB paradigm, but requires ...

line g11867 was first introduced in iran together with 206 other white, chitti and red beans lines through ciat, and was tested in different breeding experiments from 1992 to 1999. it was selected as a superior line in all experiments. in 2001 this line was evaluated with other six lines for drought tolerance, and it was found to be more tolerant than cv. daneshkadeh the check cultivar. line g1...

backgrounds: g6pd deficiency is the most common enzymopathy of red blood cells. the clinical symptoms of favism are jaundice, hematuria and haemolytic anaemia that seem to affect liver and kidney in long term. thus we evaluate kidney and liver function of favism patients in an endemic area of the disease with a high rate of fava beans cultivation. methods: this study was performed on favism pat...

Instant whole beans obtained by drying at 25 °C were evaluated for their chemical, physicochemical, nutritional, microbiological, sensory and rehydration characteristics. The proximal composition of instant whole beans was typical of this kind of food, whereas aw and L*, a* and b* values were 0.639, 98.55, -0.28 and -1.52, respectively. In instant whole beans, 75% of the essential amino acids h...

Ochratoxin A (OA) is a nephrotoxic and nephrocarcinogenic mycotoxin which is predominantly produced by the two ubiquitous fungal genera, Aspergillus and Penicillium. OA is found in foodstuffs, predominantly in cereals but also in coffee beans. Inconsistent results have been published regarding the influence of roasting on the OA content in roasted beans and the transfer into the coffee brew. In...

The maturity of green coffee beans is the most influential determinant of the quality and flavor of the resultant coffee beverage. However, the chemical compounds that can be used to discriminate the maturity of the beans remain uncharacterized. We herein analyzed four distinct stages of maturity (immature, semi-mature, mature and overripe) of nine different varieties of green Coffea arabica be...

BACKGROUND Identifying which risk groups have a higher intake of branched chain amino acids (BCAA) is important for the planning of public policies. This study was undertaken to investigate BCAA consumption, the foods contributing to that consumption and their association with demographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle factors. METHODS Data from the Health Survey of São Paulo, a cross-sectional...

One of the most underestimated and poorly understood aspects of diet is its influence on human body odor. Humans have a distinct odor signature which arises from a combination of genetic and environmental factors. The link between genes and body odor is well appreciated, and an understanding of the influences of environmental factors such as emotional state, reproductive phase, and health statu...

Objectives. To determine the dietary patterns of middle-aged Thais and their association with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Methods. The Thai National Health Examination Survey IV data of 5,872 participants aged ≥30-59 years were used. Dietary patterns were obtained by factor analysis and their associations with Mets were examined using multiple logistic regression. Results. Three major dietary pa...