Since the early work of Kihlman and Levan (1949) which demonstrated that caffeine induces chromosomal alterations in plants, other reports are available to show that food additives, edible fats, insecticides etc. could be mutagenic (Sax and Sax 1968, Hollaender 1971, Kihlman et al. 1974). The present work was under taken to study the mutagenic effects, if any of ginger and turmeric which have b...

Flavoured oils arouse great interest among consumers in many countries due to their variety of flavours and versatility, especially the culinary field. The aromatization seeks improve sensory nutritional properties, extend useful life added substances can be beneficial as antioxidant antimicrobial agent. In this research, olive ‘Madural’ from Trasos Montes region Portugal have been obtained fla...

Transcriptomics using DNA microarray has become a practical and popular tool for herbal medicine study because of high throughput, sensitivity, accuracy, specificity, and reproducibility. Therefore, this article focuses on the overview of DNA microarray technology and the application of DNA microarray in Chinese herbal medicine study. To understand the number and the objectives of articles util...

OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness and safety of Chinese medicinal herbs for treating uncomplicated acute bronchitis. DATA SOURCES We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), which includes the Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group's specialized register; The Chinese Cochrane Centre's Controlled Trials Register; MEDLINE; EMBASE; and the Chinese Biomedic...

A Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formula is a collection of several herbs. TCM formulae have been used to treat various diseases for several thousand years. However, wide usage of TCM formulae has results in rapid decline of some rare herbs. So it is urgent to find common available replacements for those rare herbs with the similar effects. In addition, a formula can be simplified by reduci...

The quality of preserved food is largely dependent on its moisture content, moisture migration and/or moisture uptake of the food during storage. Therefore, the water activity level, which corresponds to a range of equilibrium moisture contents, must be determined by, for example, the use of moisture isotherms. The shape of the isotherm curve is dependent on the interactions between the vapour ...

Thermal stressing of polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)rich culinary oils according to routine frying or cooking practices generates high levels of cytotoxic aldehydic products (predominantly trans -2-alkenals, trans , trans -alka-2,4dienals, cis , trans -alka-2,4-dienals, and n -alkanals), species arising from the fragmentation of conjugated hydroperoxydiene precursors. In this investigation we...

Considering the importance of diet in prevention of oxidative stress-related diseases including hypertension, this study was undertaken to evaluate the in vitro antioxidant and ACE inhibitory activities of selected culinary-medicinal mushrooms extracted by boiling in water for 30 min. Antioxidant capacity was measured using the following assays: DPPH free radical scavenging activity, β-carotene...

Abstract Su cuisine (Jiangsu cuisine) belongs to the Eight Great Cuisines in China. The origin of can be traced back Spring and Autumn period (771–476 B.C). flourish was outcome economic boom Tang (618–907) Song (960–1279) Dynasties. choice ingredients is diverse since region are rich natural resources. After strict selection exquisite preparation food, most dishes have a fine presentation tast...

Here, 45 Chinese herbs that regulate blood circulation were analyzed for antioxidant activity using the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay. A recent publication by Ou et al. identified a close relationship between in vitro antioxidant activity and classification of Chinese herbs as yin or yang. The 45 Chinese herbs in this study could be assigned the traditional characteristics of ...