Objectives: Almond (Prunus amygdalus) hull and shell are agricultural by-products that are a source of phenolic compounds.The processing of almond produce shell and hull, accounts for more than 50% by dry weight of the almond fruits. Recently, more studies have focused on the influence of storage conditions and postharvest handling on the nutritional quality of fruits, especially the antioxidan...

the effects of pasteurization, storage time and temperature on proteolysis of milk were evaluated. two replicates of each of raw and pasteurized milk were assigned to three temperatures (5, 16 and 25 ?c) and 3 storage periods (1, 2 and 3 day) in a 2×3×3 full factorial design. for all the samples, ph and indices of proteolysis were determined. the effect of all the three main factors (pasteuriza...

apricot is climacteric and its ripening process is regulated by ethylene, therefore, inhibiting ethylene biosynthesis or action should slow the ripening process. this study was conducted to decrease materials losses and increase storage life of fruit by proper packaging. different packaging (polyethylene film, polyethylene film with ethylene absorbent, shrink pack and control) were used. after ...

background: platelets rapidly lose their qualities usually after 5 day of storage. different standard methods have been recommended to check the quality of platelets during storage which some of them show better correlation with other quality markers during storage. the purpose of this study was to demonstrate if platelet factor 3 (pf3) assay could be an indicator of storage lesion and provide ...

external and internal changes in fruits during storage time are affected by the various factors that some of them can by studied by measuring the qualitative parameters (physical and mechanical). the effects of storage time on some physical and mechanical properties of valencia orange were investigated. the experiment was performed as factorial based on completely randomized design. analysis of...

the antioxidant properties of ruta graveolens l. were evaluated by two different methods; free radical scavenging using dpph and inhibition of lipid peroxidation by the ferric thiocyanate method. the ic50 value of the methanol extract in dpph inhibition was 200.5 μg/ml which was acceptable in comparison with bht (41.8 μg/ml). in thiocyanate method, the plant extract demonstrated activity as muc...

We use a standard discrete-time linear Gaussian model to analyze the information storage capability of individual nodes in complex networks, given the network structure and link weights. In particular, we investigate the role of two- and three-node motifs in contributing to local information storage. We show analytically that directed feedback and feedforward loop motifs are the dominant contri...