Carrot is a vegetable that contains many nutrients and has strong antioxidant activity as well as pro-health potential. The level of bioactive compounds is strongly connected with the production chain. The thermal treatment of food products induces several biological, physical and chemical changes. In this study, changes in the levels of iodine, total carotenoids, total polyphenols as well as t...

Colorectal cancer remains one of the most prevalent cancer and a leading cause of cancer related death in the US. Many currently used chemotherapeutic agents are derived from botanicals. Identifying herbal sources, including those from ginseng family, to develop better anti-cancer therapies remains an essential step in advancing the treatment of the cancer. In this article, potential roles of g...

We demonstrate a random bit streaming system that uses a chaotic laser as its physical entropy source. By performing real-time bit manipulation for bias reduction, we were able to provide the memory of a personal computer with a constant supply of ready-to-use physical random bits at a throughput of up to 4 Gbps. We pay special attention to the end-to-end entropy source model describing how the...

Abstract This study aimed to investigate the influence of different thermal treatment methods (boiling, steaming) on metabolome and volatilome Brussels sprouts. Targeted, quantitative analysis primary metabolites (amino acids sugars), glucosinolates as well untargeted volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were performed. The composition was affected only by boiling, where loss nutrients observed. G...

Fish fortification with iodine-rich macroalgae (Laminaria digitata) and Selenium-rich yeast is expected to promote nutritional added value of this crucial food item, contributing a healthy balanced diet for consumers. However, it not known if steaming can affect these nutrient levels in fortified fish. The present study evaluates the effect on nutrients contents farmed gilthead seabream (Sparus...

used for diuretics and tonics. It is also known as a remedy for blood stasis such as arthralgia. Achyranthes genus plants generally contain phytoecdysons, oleanolic acid glycosides, and cytotoxic saponins. In our screening works for novel plant-derived anticancer agents, the methanolic extract of achyranthes roots actually exhibited moderate cytotoxic activity against human hepatoma cells. Most...

Samples of Pleurotus ostreatus were exposed to fungicide carbendazim to study the effect of processing on the residues. In most cases, processing operations led to a significant decrease in residue levels in the finished products, particularly through washing, drying, and cooking processes. The results indicated that rinsing under running tap water led to more than 70.30% loss in carbendazim re...

Alder wood (Alnus glutinosa L.) was steamed with a saturated steam-air mixture at temperature of t = 95 °C, or steam 115 °C and 135 to obtain pale brown colour, light red-brown colour dark brown-grey colour. Subsequently, samples unsteamed alder were irradiated UV lamp in Xenotest Q-SUN Xe-3-HS after drying order test the stability wood. The change surface evaluated by means measured values on ...

Why do we need to pour less water in an egg steamer prepare more eggs the same degree of doneness? We discuss physical processes at work electric and resolve this seeming paradox. demonstrate that main heat transfer mechanism from steam is due latent through condensation. This not only explains paradox, but also allows us estimate amount reduction. Comparing preparation time one for traditional...

Two different doenjang manufacturing processes, the industrial process (IP) and the modified industrial process (mIP) with specific microbial assortments, were subjected to metabolite profiling using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-TOF-MS). The multivariate analyses indicated that both primary and secondary metabolites ...