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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Food--Biotechnology"”.
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Elucidation of the components involved in the antioxidant activity of honey
Canadian honeys were analyzed for sugar concentration, honey colour, total phenolic content, the level of brown pigments, and antioxidant activity in order to elucidate the main components involved in the antioxidant activity of honey. By employing size-exclusion chromatography in combination with …
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Characterization and application of bambara groundnut starch-lipid complexes
… for the degree Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Food Science and Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2017.
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Quantification of Total Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity of Oat Cultivars Grown in South Dakota
<p>Oats grown in different locations of South Dakota were analyzed for the crop years of 2011 and 2012. The sampling locations consisted of Brookings, Miller, SE Farm, Selby and Warner. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the correlation of total phenolic content (TPC) and antioxidant …
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Construction and analysis of novel controllable expression vectors for Bacillus subtilis
… its contributions to agricultural, medical, and food biotechnology and for the production of recombinant proteins. At present, about 60% of the commercially available technical enzymes are produced by Bacillus species. Furthermore, a large body of information concerning transcription, …
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The Effect of Destoning and Enzymatic Pretreatments on the Biofuel Production from Olive Cake
<p>More than 16,000 tons of olive cake was produced in the United States in 2017. Olive cake is a by-product of olive oil extraction, which has limited animal feed potential, and poses an environmental threat when landfilled due to its high organic load and polyphenol content. This residue has …
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A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Nutritionally Equivalent Meals with and without Pork
… with and without pork. The USDA recommended food pattern and the USDA Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian pattern based on a 2000 kcal diet were also analyzed. The second set of diets uses the USDA Loss Adjusted Food Availability Database (LAFA), and four dietary scenarios were created with and without …
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Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) Stipe Peptides as in-vitro Radical Scavenging, Ferrous Iron Chelating, & Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Compounds
… stipe peptides may have potential use in the food industry as a natural antioxidant compound.</p>
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The Recovery of Protein from Egg Yolk Protein Extraction Granule Byproduct
… source of nutrients, eggs are used in the food, cosmetic, and biotechnology industries for their rheological and bioactive properties. Much of the potential for the added value is in individual components of the egg, rather than the whole egg. At low speed centrifugation, yolk separates …
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Efficacy of Ultraviolet Radiation to Control Lactic Acid Bacteria in Wine Must
The use of shortwave ultraviolet (UV<sub>c</sub>) radiation to control lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in wine production was studied. A simulated wine sterilizer was built using a commercially sourced ultraviolet (UV) sterilizer commonly used in aquariums and ponds. After growing cultures in test …
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Evaluating Mislabeling of Raw, Ready-To-Eat Seafood Products in Orange County, California
<p>Raw, ready-to-eat (RTE) seafood products have become increasingly popular globally, but they are vulnerable to species mislabeling and substitution. DNA barcoding allows for fish species identification by extracting, amplifying, and sequencing a standardized gene target. A wide variety of fish …
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Experimental Approaches to Understand and Control Salmonella Infection in Poultry
<p>Salmonella is a major foodborne pathogen around the world and chickens are the major reservoir to transmit Salmonella into the human food chain. For decreasing the infection of Salmonella, we developed six attenuated live vaccines based on Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) and Typhimurium (ST) for …
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Behavioral Determinants of Biofortified Food Acceptance: The Case of Orange-fleshed Sweet Potato in Ghana
<p>Biofortified foods are being introduced in sub-Saharan Africa as an important strategy to help address micronutrient malnutrition. However, there has been little research on factors that could play decisive roles in their successful introduction. This paper investigates the determinants of …
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Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of Ara h 3, a Major Peanut Allergen
<p>Abstract There are eight foods that contribute to food allergies in the western world and peanut is the most common. Currently, there are no medical treatments that can cure an individual of food allergy, so avoidance of the allergic food is the only option. In the United States, there are three …