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...

OBJECTIVE Thulium laser resection of the prostate-tangerine technique (TmLRP-TT) is a transurethral procedure that uses thulium laser fiber to dissect whole prostatic lobes off the surgical capsule, similar to peeling a tangerine. To our knowledge we report the first prospective, randomized study comparing TmLRP-TT and standard TURP for symptomatic BPH. METHODS From November 2004 to December ...

Conidia production is a problem in the study of Alternaria alternata from citrus. Thus, this study aimed to compare existing methodologies for conidial production of A. alternata isolated from Ponkan tangerine (2 isolates), Cravo lemon (1 isolate), Pêra orange (2 isolates) and Murcott tangor (1 isolate). The methodologies used were conidia production with 12 and 24 hours under white fluorescent...

n the market of dried tangerine peels, Xinhui peels industry, which is represented by Dried Tangerine Peels Village (XDV)”, most representative among other peels. In paper, case study and qualitative method are used to analyze current condition provide suggestions for future development industry. It turns out that disadvantages XDV relatively low popularity, a large number small-sized competito...

In this study, the resources of traditional Chinese medicine were exploited reasonably, which was mainly composed active components malus hupehensis and four kinds plant components, such as Pueraria lobata, tangerine peel, jujube corn sweet core. The preparation process product has been solved, preliminary efficacy experiments have carried out, proved to be able relieve symptoms alcohol discomf...

background & aims of the study: today, the environment pollution with heavy metals has increased. it is important to study various types of pollutions specially those regarding fruits. the effect of pollutions on food safety for human consumption is a global concern.  this study was conducted for health assessment of heavy metals pollution (cadmium, lead, and arsenic) in citrus marketed in tehr...

The carotenoids of yellow, red and tangerine tomato fruits were separated and identified by thin-layer chromatography (TLC). β-carotene is extracted with a mixture content hexan and acetone. The various systems of adsorbents and solvents for TLC of carote and tomato carotenes were examined, and it was revealed that the most suitable TLC system for separation and identification was silica gel pl...

Isolation of RNA from plants rich in secondary metabolites using commercial kits often results in contaminated preparations which are not suitable for downstream applications. Although many specific protocols appropriate for plants with a high content of phenolics, anthocyanins and polysaccharides have been developed, these are often expensive, time consuming and not applicable to different typ...