OBJECTIVE To examine whether hand contamination with fruit results in a false blood glucose (BG) reading using capillary fingertip blood sample. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The study subjects were healthy volunteers with normal glucose tolerance test. Capillary BG samples were collected from the fingertip after peeling orange, grape, or kiwi fruit, followed by no action, washing hands with ta...

BACKGROUND Kiwifruit allergy has been responsible for a variety of clinical manifestations, ranging from mild reactions, such as localised oral symptoms, to severe systemic symptoms, such as anaphylaxis. No cases of isolated contact urticaria (ICU) due to IgE-mediated allergy to kiwifruit have been reported in the literature so far. Here we describe the first three cases of ICU due to kiwi and ...

The aim of this research is to identify and compare the bioactive compounds, antioxidant capacities and binding potentials to human protein in different varieties of hardy kiwi (Actinidia (A.) arguta), ‘Hayward’ (Actinidia deliciosa) and less – known ‘Bidan’ (Actinidia eriantha). Polyphenols, flavonoids, flavanols, tannins, vitamin C, lutein, zeaxanthin and dietary fibers were significantly hig...

Fruits and vegetables are known to possess health benefits: indeed, they contain a large number of bioactive molecules with a positive impact on human health. Dietary proteins possess specific biological properties which make these components potential ingredients of functional or health-promoting foods. Many of these properties are attributed to physiologically-active peptides encrypted in pro...

BACKGROUND Ascorbic acid (AsA) is a unique antioxidant as well as an enzyme cofactor. Although it has multiple roles in plants, it is unclear how its accumulation is controlled at the expression level, especially in sink tissues. Kiwifruit (Actinidia) is well-known for its high ascorbate content. Our objective was to determine whether AsA accumulates in the fruits primarily through biosynthesis...

In this work we studied the relationship between kiwifruit dry matter (DW) measured using the destructive method with a fruit dehydrator (Nesco/American Harvest®, Wisconsin, USA) and a non-destructive Kiwi meter sensor (Turoni Inc., Forli, Italy). This was an approach to develop a reliable non-destructive method to predict harvest and postharvest quality based on dry matter. There was a signifi...

Solanum nigrum L. is an annual undomesticated berry plant of Solanaceae. The fruits S. are tiny, but there about 25 seeds in a single fruit. total number produced one can reach more than 3 000. height 30 - 40 cm, and the whole growth cycle two months when was cultivated light incubator laboratory. Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation has been established nigrum. So characteristics ...

The aim of this investigation was to find the best among seven different kiwi fruit cultivars ('Hayward', 'Daheung', 'Haenam', 'Bidan', 'Hort16A', 'Hwamei' and 'SKK12') for human consumption and to classify them as groups. Therefore, the contents of bioactive compounds and the level of antioxidant capacities of these cultivars were determined in four different extracts and compared. It was foun...