1. Sharks are hungry: Sharks like all animals are not hungry all the time (Wetherbee, et al, 2012; Semmens, et al, 2013). Research has also shown that large predatory sharks are extremely adapted to catching their prey and have been found to have a broad range of prey items in their stomach (Wetherbee, et al, 2012; Bruce, et al, 2006; Simpfendorfer, 2001) indicating a varied diet. Large predato...

Ethanol metabolism is known to induce overwhelming production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and also to cause associated immune dysfunction. Several interventional agents of plant origin, in particular fruits and vegetables have been used to counteract these alterations induced by ethanol. In this study, we investigated the efficacy of dietary feeding of skin and flesh of grapes (Vitis vinif...

Three modes of visible-near infrared spectroscopic measurement (reflectance, interactance and transmission) were compared for their ability to non-destructively estimate harvest soluble solids content (SSC), density and internal flesh colour of the yellow-fleshed kiwifruit Actinidia chinensis. Interactance mode spectra provided the most accurate estimates of SSC, density and flesh colour. SSC w...

Skeletal muscle consists of several tissues, such as muscle fibers and connective and adipose tissues. This review aims to describe the features of these various muscle components and their relationships with the technological, nutritional, and sensory properties of meat/flesh from different livestock and fish species. Thus, the contractile and metabolic types, size and number of muscle fibers,...

In the framework of a wide monitoring programme on the presence of heavy metals in marine organisms caught in the South Adriatic Sea, cadmium and total mercury concentrations were determined in flesh and hepatopancreas of 512 specimens of two species of cephalopods. The aim of the study was to establish the quality of the marine food with respect to the health of consumers and to investigate ca...