Moringa oleifera is an under-utilized vegetable plant known for its nutritional and medicinal properties. Current post-COVID-19 pandemic realities necessitate increased utilization of Moringa, with minimal postharvest losses. Thus, this study was conducted to compare the effect different drying conditions on microbiological safety assess shelf stability dried leaves Nigerian ecotype. Freshly ha...

A simple equation is developed between the total cyanide contents of cassava root parenchyma and the processed product with the % retention of cyanide on processing. This equation is applied to different methods of processing used worldwide. Thus to produce cassava flour of 10mg HCN equivalents/kg flour (ppm), the WHO safe level, by sun drying or heap fermentation requires starting with sweet c...

Immature fig fruits did not support colonization and aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus Lk. but became susceptible when ripe. While sun-drying on the tree, fruits were particularly vulnerable to fungal infection and colonization. Aflatoxin accumulation equaled levels frequently reported for such seeds as peanuts and cereal grains.

This study compared the effects of drying on beet pulp with and without added molasses by measuring the in sacco digestibility and composition including ®ber polysaccharides and minerals. Beet pulp was sampled before and after the addition of molasses from four different sugar processing plants within California. These samples were sub-sampled and then sun-, freeze-, or airdried. The percentage...

This study was done to evaluate the drying performance, efficiency, and effectiveness of five different types of improved low-cost solar driers in terms of moisture loss from two tropical African fish species Clarias gariepinus (African sharp tooth catfish) and Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) and testing the organoleptic characteristics of the dried samples. The driers used were made from ...

When people try to find particular objects in natural scenes they make extensive use of knowledge about how and where objects tend to appear in a scene. Although many forms of such “top-down” knowledge have been incorporated into saliency map models of visual search, surprisingly, the role of object appearance has been infrequently investigated. Here we present an appearance based saliency mode...

Cumin leaf are medicinal plants that used as treatment and useful for health. contain secondary metabolites, one of which is flavonoids. Flavonoids the largest phenolic compounds found in function antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, anticancer activities. The flavonoid content a plant can be affected by drying temperature manufacture simplicia. purpose this s...