ABSTRACT: Barbari is traditional flat leavened Iranian bread and one of the most popular breads consumed in Iran. Barbari bread stales quite fast and its shelf life is very short. Therefore, the addition of bread improvers and anti-staling agents, such as aloe vera, is a suitable method for extending the shelf life of the bread. In the present study, the effect of aloe vera powder at 0, 1, 3, 6...

Wheat bran incorporation in bread has multiple health benefits, but also a detrimental effect on overall quality. Bran is hypothesised to withdraw water from gluten, resulting less optimal viscoelastic dough properties and lower gas retention capacity, turn decreased loaf volume. In this study, wheat samples having different capacities were produced used investigate hypothesis. Gluten-starch mo...

Effects of astaxanthin (AX) derived from H. pluvialis on human blood rheology were investigated in 20 adult men with a single-blind method. The experimental group was 57.5 +/- 9.8 years of age and the placebo group was 50.8 +/- 13.1 years of age. A blood rheology test that measures whole blood transit time was conducted using heparinized blood of the volunteers by a MC-FAN apparatus (microchann...