Leafy vegetables are an important source of essential components rural people diet in tropical Africa. This study aimed to characterize the free amino acids five leafy consumed Western Côte d 'Ivoire. The leaves Abelmoschus esculentus, Celosia argentea, Ipomea batatas, Manihot esculenta, and Myrianthus arboreus were collected at maturity from cultivated farmlands located Dabou (Abidjan District...

This paper discusses the application of an eco-grinding system using a mixture of compressed cold air and vegetable oil. The feasibility of the system was assessed using the surface grinding of plain carbon steel 1045 with a BWA60MVA1 wheel. The investigation showed that cold air can be used to suppress surface burning under certain material removal rates and has an advantage of reduced grindin...

A cross-sectional study was conducted within the Spanish cohort of the European Prospective Investigation in Cancer and Nutrition to assess the principal food sources of vitamin C, vitamin E, alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, beta-cryptoxanthin and zeaxanthin in an adult Spanish population. The study included 41446 healthy volunteers (25812 women and 15634 men), aged 29-69 years,...

Leafy green vegetables have been identified as a source of foodborne illnesses worldwide over the past decade. Human enteric pathogens, such as Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella, have been implicated in numerous food poisoning outbreaks associated with the consumption of fresh produce. An understanding of the mechanisms responsible for the establishment of pathogenic bacteria in or on veg...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION Some previous studies reported no significant association of consuming fruit or vegetables, or fruit and vegetables combined, with type 2 diabetes. Others reported that only a greater intake of green leafy vegetables reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes. To further investigate the relationship between them, we carried out a meta-analysis to estimate the independent effects of t...

Eryngium foetidum L. is an important plant cultivated as leafy vegetable and for its essential oil, which is of high economical value in international market. Multiple shoots (17.8) were obtained through direct regeneration from leaf excised from field grown plants of E. foetidum and cultured on Linsmaier and Skoog’s Basal Medium (LSBM) fortified with BAP (1.5 mgl) and PVP (250 mgl). After subc...

Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) using Ghana Research Reactor (GHARR -1) at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GHAEC) Operating at 15kw at thermal flux of 5x10 11 n Cm -2 s -1 was used to determine nine trace elements in Talinum triangulare and Telfaria occidentalis that are commonly sold and consumed in most parts of Nigeria. The trace elements analyzed are: Mg, V. CL, AL, Mn, ...

Although it has been known for many years that vitamin D is implicated in the metabolism of calcium, the exact biochemical mechanism of its action is still not clear. There have been reports that yeast (Braude, Kon & White, 1943), some grasses and other leafy vegetable matter (Ewer & Bartrum, 1948; Grant, 1951; Weits, 1952; Raoul, Marnay, Le Boulch, Prelot, Guerillot-Vinet, Bazier & Baron, 1957...