BACKGROUND Research indicates that the chronic consumption of flavonoids is associated with cognitive benefits in adults with mild cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative disease, although to our knowledge, there have been no such studies in healthy older adults. Furthermore, the effects of commonly consumed orange juice flavanones on cognitive function remain unexplored. OBJECTIVE We inve...

Objective—Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor for coronary artery disease. Therapeutic lifestyle changes include dietary modifications such as inclusion of phytosterols, which effectively lowers low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in margarines and other fats. Their effectiveness in nonfat moieties is not yet established. The aim of this study was to examine if phytosterols alter ...

Limes (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) have a short postharvest life. Therefore, effective treatments increasing storage life to lengthen the time that produce remains fresh is desirable. This study evaluated effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), gibberellic acid (GA3), and Aloe vera on lime fruit quality. The optimum individual 50% coating, 300 mL·L−1 GA3, 750 nL·L−1 1-MCP were identified as m...

The effects of soil rare earth element (REE) on navel orange quality and safety in rare earth ore areas have gained great attention. This study investigated the transfer characteristics of REE from soil to navel orange pulp (Citrus sinensis Osbeck cv. Newhall) and examined the effects of soil REE on internal fruit quality in Xinfeng County, Jiangxi province, China. Path analysis showed that soi...

This is an in vitro study to evaluate five different commercially available citrus fruits: viz., Sweet orange (Citrus sinences Osbeck), Grape [Citrus maxima (J. Buruan) Merrile], Lemon [Citrus limon (Burn F.) and Lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle. Evaluation of their pHs and neutralizable acidity were made. A 50 mL of each fruit was prepared by juice press. Initial pH was measured in triplicate...

two probiotic bacteria (lb. acidophilus and b. lactis) were immobilized on the alginate coat of strawberry pieces and were added to the prepared sweet non fat dietary stirred yogurt. physico-chemical parameters namely ph value, titratable acidity and synersis along with the viability of probiotic bacteria of the samples were evaluated over the 8 days of storage at 5 ºc at 2 day intervals. a sig...

mango (mangifera indica l.) production is on the rise in various subtropical zones throughout the world. the cultivation of this fruit tree is feasible along the coast of granada, where some 1,500 ha are presently grown. in 2006, the eu exported 118 thousand tonnes of mangoes at a value of 131 million euros. this study was conducted to assess the physico-chemical quality characteristics of some...

Effects of foliar spray NAA, 2, 4-D and urea on fruit yield quality Citrus limon (L.) Burm. cv. Assam lemon was studied. Nine treatments were imposed in RBD for two seasons (summer winter). Among the T6 (NAA @ 20 ppm + 2,4-D 1% urea) maximum pulp content (81.58 g/fruit), juice (40.47 ml/fruit), reducing sugar (0.51%) ascorbic acid (48.56 mg/100 g) recorded. Whereas, TSS (9.88%), total (1.66%) w...

abstract: edible coatings made from whey protein concentrate (wpc) and gellan gum (g) were investigated for their capacity to preserve the quality of malus domestica cv golab apples. wpc and gellan gum coatings at different concentrations plasticized with glycerol (gly) were tested. postharvest storage quality condition testes included weight loss, color and texture changes, titratable acidity ...