The use of leaf mulch as a soil cover is effective in improving yield and soil fertility. The field experiment was conducted during 2010 and 2011 to study the effect of plant spacing (30 cm × 30 cm and 45 cm × 30 cm) and four mulches {pine needles (Pinus roxburghii), poplar leaf (Populus deltoides), silver oak (Grevillea robusta) tree leaf mulch and unmulched control} on growth, yield, qual...

Coffee-galangal is a herb coffee, mixture of coffee powder and galangal powder, which has different aroma taste the itself excellent properties for body. The sweetener commonly used in products sucrose based sugar. purpose this study was to determine effect use on chemical caffeine content, such as cane sugar, palm sugar alcoholic nutritional composition were determined by carbohydrate protein ...

Oral diseases, while largely preventable, pose a major health burden for many countries and affect people throughout their lifetime, causing pain, discomfort disfigurement. Mouth washing agents are an effective vehicle antimicrobial compounds in reducing oral pathogens, managing dental plaque maintaining proper health. Numerous plant extracts have been successfully incorporated into care produc...

Leaves of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni have been popularly used as a sweetener in foods and beverages for diabetics and obese people due to their potent sweetener stevioside. In this report, stevioside and steviol were tested for mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98 and TA100 and for chromosomal effects on cultured human lymphocytes. Stevioside was not mutagenic at concentrations up...

Honey is a natural sweetener, but it is not just a sweetener it’s a nature’s gift to mankind. Natural honey has various ingredients in it, that contribute to its incredible properties. It’s antimicrobial properties have attracted researchers towards itself and now we can find many research papers published on this topic. Honey is normally used in our daily life for treatment of hearing loss, ba...

Carbonated and noncarbonated, sweetened blueberry flavored milks were evaluated by a trained panel. The effect of carbonation and sweetener type (sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, and pear concentrate) on flavor properties was measured. Carbonation enhanced the sensory rating of overall flavor intensity, sweetness, and blueberry flavor. Sweetener type had a significant effect on the...

The food industry has long known that "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down in the most delightful way." And cane sugar had been America's most delightful sweetener of choice, that is, until the 1970s, when the much less expensive corn-derived sweeteners like maltodextrin and high-fructose corn syrup were developed. While regular table sugar (sucrose) is 50% fructose and 50% glucose, ...