Plastic debris is becoming a growing environmental concern and microplastics (size <5 mm) are one of the most important fractions due to their human potential deleterious effects. Despite recent effort done on estimating concentrations in several ecosystems, dynamics microplastic accumulation not sufficiently studied. In this work, short-and long-term have been studied two beaches located Weste...

In this thesis, we introduce and study contextual sentence decomposition, which, intuitively, decomposes a given sentence into parts that semantically “belong together”. For example, a valid decomposition of the sentence “Usable parts of rhubarb include the edible stalks and the medicinally used roots, however its leaves are toxic” are the sub-sentences “Usable parts of rhubarb include the edib...

Two neglected species of Araceae, Alocasia macrorhiza (Linn.) G. Don and Alocasia fornicata (Roxb.) Schott are important as food and ethno medicine in Asia and Africa. Their bioefficacy is documented in the Ayurveda. The solvent extracts of different edible parts of these two species like rhizomes, leaves, roots and stolons were screened for in vitro antioxidant properties using standard proced...

Cannabinoid Dose and Label Accuracy in Edible Medical Cannabis Products As the use of cannabis (marijuana) for medical purposes has expanded, a variety of edible products for oral consumption hasbeendeveloped.Anestimated16%to26%ofpatientsusing medical cannabisconsumeedibleproducts.1,2Eventhoughoral consumption lacks theharmful by-products of smoking, difficult dose titration can result in overd...

In this appendix, we provide analytical results to support the description of the food web model (eqq. [1]) presented in the text. This model considers interactions between edible and inedible producers (AE and AI, respectively) and two grazers (G1 and G2). Simultaneously, it tracks the nutrient : carbon ratio of the edible producer (Q), nutrient sequestered in edible producers (i.e., the produ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The purpose of this study was to validate the use of edible taste strips for measuring taste recognition thresholds for the bitter-tasting compound 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP). STUDY DESIGN Taste recognition thresholds for PROP were obtained by two separate methods. Thresholds were also identified in subjects whose airflow through the nose was blocked. Threshold values w...

According to the low yield of edible fungus and the poor quality of edible fungi in factory, the production management situation in edible fungi factory was analyzed. Then the solution of edible fungi factory HACCP(Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) MIS(management information system) based on RFID(Radio Frequency Identification) technology was presented. Edible fungi production process by ...

Two novel butenolides, isoravenelone (1) and ravenelone (2), and a large amount of a known compound, vulpinic acid (3), were isolated from the methanolic extract of the Japanese fungus Pulveroboletus ravenelii (Boletales). These structures were elucidated by two dimensional (2D) NMR, MS, IR and UV spectra, and X-ray crystallographic analysis.

BACKGROUND An ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants was conducted in Burji District, Segan Area Zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, Ethiopia. The objective of the study was to identify and document wild edible plants and the associated ethnobotanical knowledge of the local people. METHODS Relevant ethnobotanical data focused on wild edible plants were collected us...