dietary intake is the most important route of exposure to heavy metals for most people. rice is a staple food for iranians that, if polluted, threatens public health. cooking process may affect heavy metals content of rice. in this study, concentrations of cadmium (cd), lead (pb), chromium (cr), nickel (ni) and cobalt (co) were measured in 3 brands of imported rice available in shiraz-iran mark...

ITALIC! Bacillus cereusis an opportunistic foodborne pathogen. The phage vB_BceS-MY192 was isolated from ITALIC! B. cereus192 in a cooked rice sample. The temperate phage belongs to the ITALIC! Siphoviridaefamily, ITALIC! Caudoviralesorder. Here we announce the phage genome sequence and its annotation, which may expand the understanding of ITALIC! B. cereussiphophages.

Dietary vitamin D may compensate for inadequate sun exposure; however, there have been few investigations into the vitamin D content of Australian foods. We measured vitamin D₃ and 25-hydroxyvitamin D₃ (25(OH)D₃) in four species of white fish (barramundi, basa, hoki and king dory), and chicken eggs (cage and free-range), purchased from five Australian cities. Samples included local, imported an...

background rice is common foodstuffs in iran. aflatoxin contamination of rice can be hazardous human health and causes economic problems. objectives determination of aflatoxin levels was investigated on the imported rice which is consumed as the main food in this area. materials and methods two hundred samples of imported rice consisting; yellow (100) and white (100) rice were selected randomly...

The aim of the present study was to compare Fe absorption from industrially-manufactured and home-cooked cereal foods. Fe absorption was measured using the radiolabelled Fe extrinsic tag technique in thirty-nine adult human subjects from cereal porridges manufactured by extrusion cooking or roller-drying, and from the same cereal flours after home cooking to produce pancakes, chappattis or brea...

The aim of this study was to determine the iron status of infants who consumed porridge cooked in water with added ferrous sulphate. A total of 234 infants, aged 6-12 months, were recruited from 36 nurseries in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK North Korea) and randomly divided into iron (Fe) and placebo groups. At baseline, almost half the children had Hb<110 g/L and no significan...

Shrew is an animal belong to small mammals that the existence must be noticed because it has defecation behavior and their droplets often pollutes house. can vectors in spread of infectious diseases human. management not been conducted well. Information about most preferred bait effective rodenticide as a reference controlling widely known. Chemical control using rodenticides enough does take l...

Formulating high-quality pasta from wheat-free materials is a technological challenge. We aimed to make gluten-free with carboxymethyl cellulose and psyllium husk evaluate their effect on the quality of final product.&#x0D; Gluten-free was produced rice flour, white corn potato starch, soy protein isolate, or used as binding agents. Then, we evaluated these hydrocolloids color, texture, cooking...