The aim of this study is to examine the effect sapodilla leaf extract on lipid profiles alloxan-induced diabetic mice. This research method are 30 male mice were used as experimental animals, which randomly divided into five groups, each group consisting 6 division follows: Treatment non-diabetic mice, by administering pioglitazone at a dose 2 mg/kg BW, extracts manila (M. zapota L.) 100 BW and...

Milk tea is a popular global beverage, but it also has high sugar and fat contents that can lead to chronic diseases. Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota) leaves contain various phenolic compounds with significant antioxidant health benefits, the biological impacts of interactions between sapodilla other food ingredients in systems have not been investigated. This study assessed ingredient properties f...

An attempt was made to develop sapota jam to assess its prospect in marketability. The fruits were collected from local market and the pulp was extracted in the laboratory. Then the pulp was analyzed monthly for proximate composition. The proximate analysis of sapota pulp showed moisture 70.07%, ascorbic acid 8.90 mg/100g, pH 5.10, TSS 19.4% and total sugar 16.07%. No special change of ingredie...

Drying is one of the processes that present higher costs in food processing. Pre-treatments are often used to reduce drying time and consequently its cost. In the past years, our group has studied the use of ultrasonic pre-treatments to induce structural changes in the fruit tissue as to improve the effective water diffusivity during air-drying and consequently reduce air-drying time. This stud...

Lactic acid, commonly used in food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, has recently received much attention for the production of biodegradable plastics. In this study, Rhizopus oryzae MTCC 8784 was used to convert starch into optically pure L-Lactic acid. Effect of time, pH, addition of calcium carbonate and starch concentration were analyzed using shaker flasks in order optimize the L-la...