Problem statement: Recently a particular attention was paid to the issue of microelement hunger, also termed hidden hunger. The problem was of global significance, since was related with the public health and concerns over 2 billion people. Approach: The study discusses the state of the art in the research on food biofortification as the sustainable solution to cope with micronutrient deficienc...

Changes in the homeostasis of metals and microelements have been demonstrated in Parkinson's disease, whose etiology includes both a genetic and environmental basis. We studied the difference of microelements in the hair of Parkinson's disease subjects (n = 46) compared with healthy controls (n = 24). Hair was chosen as a representative matrix to measure microelements, since it is a vehicle of ...

Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) is one of the most important medicinal crops in many parts of the world. In this study, the effects of microelements, antioxidants, and bioagents on Fusarium oxysporum, F. solani, and Macrophomina phaseolina, the causal pathogens of root rot and wilt diseases in roselle, were examined under field conditions. Preliminary studies were carried out in vitro in order...

This paper describes peculiar qualitative effects occurring in texture appearance, resulting from the manipulation of the amount of textural microelements. Keeping fixed the textural local properties, the increase of microelements’ number produces a texture aspect more homogeneous and denser. Conversely, patterns filled by a small number of elements exhibit a more salient subparts’ articulation...

Ion homeostasis plays important roles in development of metabolic diseases. In the present study, we examined the contents and distributions of 25 ions in chicken muscles following treatment with selenium (Se) deficiency for 25 days. The results revealed that in chicken muscles, the top ranked microelements were silicon (Si), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), aluminum (Al), copper (Cu) and boron (B), showi...

Krupa-Kozak U., Wronkowska M., Soral-Śmietana M. (2011): Effect of buckwheat flour on microelements and proteins contents in gluten-free bread. Czech J. Food Sci., 29: 103–108. Coeliac disease is an autoimmune gluten-sensitive entheropathy. The only available treatment for it is the life-long adherence to a gluten-free diet although these products are often poor in proteins, minerals, and vitam...

Microelements concentrations of Al, Co, Cr, Li, Mo, Ni, Sb and Sr were determined in the milk of Croatian Coldblood mares by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry. The total mean element contents in mares milk were (mg/kg): Al<10, Co<10, Cr 26.7, Li 4.35, Mo 11.0, Ni<10, Sb 70.1 and Sr 467. Variation of Li, Sb and Sr concentrations were found throughout the lactation stages (...

Microelements are essential for full-fledged functioning of an adult and sound growth and development of a child. Iron, iodine, folic acid, calcium etc. along with vitamins A, B1, B2, B12 and C are the most essential nutrients for our organism. Deficiency in these nutrients in a human organism is called "hidden hunger". For example, a person consumes sufficient quantities of food, but due to it...

in order to the effects of macronutrients  and micronutrients on morphological traits and yields of rice, an examination as factorial in random complete block design and 3 replicate in galoogah region during the year of 2014 conducted. the treatments of nutrients were microelements, microelements, and the mixture of microelements, macro elements and control. the results showed the treatments ha...