Furikake Encrusted Albacore Tuna with Yuzu Aioli
Furikake encrusted Albacore tuna is a great Japanese dish which has crossed over the Pacific to the Western seaboard of the USA. I’ve seen it […]
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The Value of BLAST in Bioinformatics
BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) is a widely used bioinformatics tool for sequence similarity searching. It enables researchers to compare a query sequence against […]
Sustainability and Green Issues with Baking
Baking, while a cherished culinary art, presents several sustainability challenges. Addressing these issues can significantly reduce the environmental footprint of both home and commercial baking. […]
The Role of Protein Kinases in Cell Metabolism
Cellular metabolism encompasses the highly orchestrated networks of biochemical reactions that sustain life by enabling cells to derive energy from nutrients, construct macromolecules, and maintain […]
Electrochemical Leavening: An Innovative Approach to Dough Leavening
Leavening is a crucial process in baking that involves the production of gases within dough, causing it to expand and resulting in the light, airy […]
Best Practices In The Safe Transportation Of Foods: The Sanitary Transportation Rule
Safe and sanitary transport of food is one of the cornerstones of any food supply chain and of food safety. It sometimes In the USA […]
What Is Parkinson’s Disease?
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra region of the brain. This loss […]
The Biochemical Mechanisms Of Neurodegenerative Disease
Neurodegenerative disease is a growing issue throughout the world. It is a collective term for a group of conditions that affect the neurones of the […]
The Limonoids And Their Role In Health
The limonoids are extremely important secondary metabolites in citrus fruit because of their impact on bitterness in juices. This class of compounds are all highly […]
What Do We Know About Pea Flavour
Flavour in legumes is highly subjective but it is fair to say that most of the volatile compounds in peas (Pisum sativum) as in any […]
How To Make Blueberry Jam
Blueberry Jam Recipe Yield: ~3 cups (about 3 half-pint jars) Ingredients 4 cups fresh or frozen blueberries (about 2 pints or 600g) 1 ½ cups […]
Coffee Decaffeination
Coffee beans are full of caffeine but not everyone wants this particular bioactive in their brew. It is linked to a number of health issues […]
Human Retrotransposon Elements: Structure, Function, and Impact on Genome Evolution
The human genome is a mosaic of diverse sequence elements, only a minority of which encode proteins. Approximately 45–50% of the genome consists of transposable […]
Dietary Fibre From Fruit Pomace
One of the wasted by-products from fruit processing is the pomace. This fruit pomace is made up of the skins, seeds and other small pieces […]
What Is Dietary Fibre (Dietary Fiber) All About?
Dietary fibre is one of the most important nutritional features of food. Its importance has risen over the years for a number of reasons:- Disorders […]
Bitter Masking Techniques
Bitterness is one of those taste sensations which can either make a food seem highly sophisticated or so repulsive in flavour it is uneatable. This […]
What Is Solid-Phase Microextraction?
Solid-Phase Microextraction or SPME is a sampling technique designed to absorb molecules prior to analysis by techniques such as gas chromatography or high performance liquid […]
What Are Saponins?
The saponins are compounds found in plants which are defined as either surface-active triterpene glycosides or as steroid glycosides in nature. In some cases they […]
The Role Of Lipoxygenases
Lipoxygenases (linoleate:oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.13.11.12) are found throughout animal and plant species. They are most abundant in grain legume seeds and potato tubers but they […]
Theophylline
A compound that sometimes gets mentioned in the same breath as theobromine and caffeine is theophylline. It is chemically known as 1,3-dimethylxanthine and is a […]