Following the observation tha t the non-ball-rolling dung beetle Pachylomerus fem oralis (K irby) rolled the flesh-covered seeds from the fruit o f the spineless m onkey orange tree, Strychnos madagascariensis Poiret, an investigation into the chemical a ttrac tan ts o f this fruit was made. U sing headspace gas chrom atography with electroantennographic and flame ioni­ zation detection in para...

Abstract Segment drying is a severe physiological disorder of citrus fruit, and vesicles become granulated or collapsed. Aside from the hypothesis that alteration cell wall metabolism main factor granulation, little known about vesicle collapse. This study aimed to elucidate changes in pectin during collapse blood orange. Vesicle was characterized by decreased nutrients increased chelate- sodiu...

Orange is a member of the Rutaceae family which known as one horticultural crops that widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions southern Asia. Citrus plants such fruit peels are used source essential oil-producing ingredients have antioxidant antimicrobial activity. This study aims to determine potential kaffir lime, calamansi orange peel oils antioxidants antibacterials. Scoping re...

Two species of cultivated Phellinus sp. were identified as P. baumii by internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence analysis. The fruit bodies of the examined strains were similar to those of naturally occurring strains, having a bracket-like form, yellow-to-orange color, and poroid hymenial surfaces. The DNA sequences of ITS region of both strains showed a homology of 99% with ITS1 to ITS2 sequ...

Diets high in fruits and vegetables are recommended to maintain health. However, accurate fruit intake evaluation is hard and high sugar content in most of the fruits suggest possible negative relationships with health indices. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the fruit intake status of adolescents and to examine the relationship between fruit intake and body mass index (BMI). F...

Antioxidants associated with fruit senescence and human health: Novel orange-fleshed non-netted honey dew melon genotype comparisons following different seasonal productions and cold storage durations Gene E. Lester a,∗, D. Mark Hodges b a Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 2413 East Highway 83, Buil...

India is sitting on a gold mine of well-recorded and traditionally well practiced knowledge of herbal medicine. General phytochemical screening of Citrus sinensis (Orange) belonging Rutaceae family revealed the presence of flavones glycoside. The aim of this study is to identify and characterize the bioactive principle compound (Hesperidin) from the dried peel of C. sinensis fruit. It has wide ...

OBJECTIVE To measure iron absorption in children from meals containing apple juice or orange juice so as to determine if iron absorption will be greater with orange juice because of its higher ascorbic acid content than apple juice, a noncitrus fruit juice that US children reportedly prefer. DESIGN On 2 successive days, children consumed identical meals that included apple juice on one day an...

Several methods have been proposed for recommendation of phosphorus fertilizers. Each of them only examines the concentration of phosphorus in the soil or plant, while none of them investigates the correlation between phosphorus concentrations in the soil and plant. In this study, a method called "integrated plant and soil system" (IPSS) is proposed to describe phosphorus fertilizer. In this sy...

Abstract The purpose of the present study is to investigate physical properties medium roasted Sidikalang robusta coffee beans that originated from various colors cherries. A semi-wet method has been applied for each cherry with a range fruit ripeness (green, yellow, orange, bright red and dark red). measurements include mass loss, density, porosity, water content. After level, density differen...