The present study investigated for the first time some physical quality attributes of unripe Citrus × myrtifolia Rafinesque which is the ingredient of the popular soft drink Chinotto. Samples for analysis were processed to better reproduce the crude materials used for industrial chinotto extract, discarding part of the juice. Fruit bioactive compounds such as ascorbic acid, carotenoids, chlorop...

In this study, the yields and composition of essential oils obtained from the cones of Pinaceae family species natively grown in Turkey were investigated. Essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation. Oil yields were 0.13-0.48 mL/100 g in pine cones, 0.42-0.59 mL/100g in fir, 0.36 mL/100g in spruce and 0.37 mL/100g in cedar. While alpha-pinene (47.1-14.8%) was the main constituent of P. sl...

Vitamin B12 contents in the edible cyanobacterium Nostoc flagelliforme, also known as hair vegetable, were assayed using a microbiological method. We detected high vitamin B12 contents in samples of naturally grown cells (109.2 ± 18.5 μg/100g dry weight) and cultured cells (120.2 ± 53.6 μg/100g dry weight). However, commercially available hair vegetable samples, which comprised fake substitutes...

Oil seeds are an important source of protein in many developing countries. However this protein is not readily available because of anti-nutrients, hence information on the content of anti-nutrients is required. The objective of the study was to determine the status of anti-nutritive factors in some new varieties of oil seeds, viz Sunflower ( Helianths annus ) LSF -11, Sunflower ( Helianths ann...

Five varieties of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) were analysed for their proximate composition, major mineral elements and carbohydrate fractions. Values crude protein ranged from 25.80% to 28.95% while the ether extract, fibre, total ash had following values: 1.83 - 2.37%, 3.06 4.48%, 5.80 7.10% 50.46 55.76% respectively. The average values phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, potassium sodium 0.400%, ...

The study was carried out in Farmer’s field at Basur village, Sorab taluk, Shivamogga dist, during the year 2018-2019. experiment laid randomized complete block design with three replication and eleven treatments. Results of this reveal that combined application T7 - K2SO4at 1% + Borax 0.25% ZnSO4at recorded significantly maximum yield attributing parameters i.e.fruit length (27.20cm),fruit dia...

This study was aimed at investigating the antianeamic of Spondiasmombin on iron deprived rats. The effects of oral administration of aqueous extract of Spondiasmombin leaf at doses of 100, 200 and 300mg/kg body weight on haematological parameters, of iron sufficient and iron deprived rats were investigated. Forty (40) albino rats were used for the study. Ten (10) rats were fed with iron suffici...

This study was conducted to evaluate the quality of 11 honeys from arid regions for first time, and compare it with 5 different honeys from non-arid regions. Mean values obtained for physicochemical parameters were: pH 4.76 ± 0.55; 17.32 ± 1.8% moisture; 80.95 ± 1.60 °Brix sugar; 69.05 ± 4.41% total sugar; 413.81 ± 178.48 μS cm(-1) electrical conductivity; 17.58 ± 7.68 meq/kg free acidity; 11.0...

The proximate, nutritive and anti-nutritive composition of the leaves of Aerva lanata were determined. The leaves were found to be moderately high in carbohydrate (26.6 g/100g), crude protein (22.6 g/100g) and ash (31.2 g/100g). Mineral composition (mg/100g) revealed that the leaves were high in P (187), and moderately high in other minerals such as K (47.9), Na (39.4), Ca (51.7), Mg (41.5), Zn...