THE fermentation of the tea leaf is a stage in the manufacturing process of tea which has received but little attention in the past. Various qualitative studies have been made at the several Tea Research Institutes but no thorough investigation has been made apart from that of Oparin et al. [1935]. Results in this field have a considerable commercial use and they are also ofinterest to the bioc...

drinking water quality can be deteriorated by microbial and toxic chemicals during transport, storage and handling before using by the consumer. this study was conducted to evaluate the microbial and physicochemical quality of drinking water from bottled water coolers.a total of 64 water samples, over a 5-month period in 2012-2013, were collected from free standing bottled water coolers and wat...

Douchi is a type of Chinese traditional fermented food that is an important source of protein and is used in flavouring ingredients. The end product is affected by the microbial community present during fermentation, but exactly how microbes influence the fermentation process remains poorly understood. We used an Illumina MiSeq approach to investigate bacterial and fungal community diversity du...

The Journal of Food Technology in Africa, Vol. 6, Apr-June, 2001, 38-40 Effect of length of fermentation on the functional characteristics of fermented cassava 'fufu' Oyewole, O.B. and Ogundele, S.L. Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture, PMB 2240,Abeokuta. Ogun State, Nigeria. Code Number: ft01011 Abstract Cassava clones 30572 was fermented to 'fufu' for differen...

to know the water quality characteristics of tehran subterranean canals, from 20 feb. 1978 to 23 sept. 1978, samples were taken from 23 of them by simple random sampling without replacement, and were analyzed according to the 14th edition of standards method for the examination of water and waste water 1975. arithmetic average concentration of water analyses of 23 subterranean canals were drawn...

neurotoxicants present in water supply may affect human functions in terms of attention, response speed and perceptual motor speed. neurobehavioural performance can be influenced by gender, age and education levels. this study aims to assess the neurobehavioral performance of palm oil estate residents with private water supply in southern peninsular of malaysia.a total of 287 and 246 participan...

To relieve the water consumption and wastewater generation would accelerate the industrialization of the cellulosic ethanol production based on the alkaline pre-treatment. A feasible way to reuse pre-treatment liquid (black liquor) for enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation was commented. After the black liquor was acidified to pH 4.8 and centrifuged, the supernatant could not be used for ethano...

kocho and bula are fermented product of enset (ensete ventricosum). it is the staple food for 20 million people in ethiopia. the aim of study was to isolate, identify and characterize yeast species from fermented kocho and bulla by using biolog micro station. 300 kocho samples were collected from angacha district. 0.1ml of serially diluted samples were streaked on yeast pepton dextrose agar and...

Resistant starch (RS) has shown benefits to gastrointestinal health, but it is present in only small amounts in most grain-based foods. The purpose of this study was to increase RS in whole wheat flour to improve its potential health benefits. Zero to 7 cycles of cooking (20 min, boiling water) and freezing (-18 oC, 23 h) of whole wheat flour in water (1:15 %w/v) were performed. Increasing cook...

Functional properties of fermented bran produced by Aspergillus oryzae and Rhizopus sp. in a solid-state fermentation system were determined, with an aim to evaluate their application in food formulation. The defatted rice bran and wheat bran were inoculated with the spores of the cultures and incubated at 30°C for 72 h. Samples were withdrawn at 0, 24, 48 and 72 h. Protein content, protein sol...