In this study, 3 mm thick quince slices were dipped in bitter orange (BO), tangerine (Citrus deliciosa Mediterranean) (CDM), (O), reticulata Owari) (CRO), pomegranate (P) juices and a non-pre-treatment (control) dried at an air temperature of 70 °C velocity 1.5 m/s. According to the results pre-treatment trials, drying time was found be minimum 121 min 5 dipping reach safe moisture content 10% ...

Abstract Background Ethnobotanical studies investigating a large number of traditional herbs and uses have an important role in the discovery new drugs. Nowadays, some these are researched directly clinical trials. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate 19 plant species that been identified trials among 300 belonging 79 families with use for skin problems Turkey. Main body Natural sources very ...

Exploiters of protection mutualisms are assumed to represent an important threat for the stability of those mutualisms, but empirical evidence for the commonness or relevance of exploiters is limited. Here, I describe results from a manipulative study showing that an orb-weaver spider, Eustala oblonga, inhabits an ant-acacia for protection from predators. This spider is unique in the orb-weaver...

quince fruit has many benefits to human health and is an excellent source of pectin for jellies and jam industry. the objective of the present research was to study fruit physio-chemical attributes of some quince genotypes at harvest and their changes during cold storage. the fruit of 15 genotypes were harvested at optimum maturity and stored for 0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 days in cold storage and s...

Introducción. El consumo de frutas y vegetales correlaciona inversamente con la incidencia enfermedades degenerativas como diabetes, cardiovasculares, ciertos tipos cáncer cataratas asociadas al envejecimiento, dada acción compuestos bioactivos vitamina C, polifenoles carotenoides. Objetivo. Evaluar el perfil nutricional once cultivadas en Costa Rica. Materiales métodos. Este estudio se realizó...