The Yeast: Candida tropicalis
Candida tropicalis is a species of yeast belonging to the Candida genus. It is a common opportunistic pathogen that can cause infections in humans, particularly […]
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Vegetables – Not So Difficult For Children To Swallow!
Vegetables and children need not be such a tricky combination! Parents don’t despair, children really do like them! It is a case of making sure […]
Abscisic Acid in Plant Cell Culture
Abscisic acid (ABA) is a plant hormone that plays a crucial role in plant growth, development, and response to environmental stress. In plant cell culture, […]
Cytokinins and their Role in Plant Cell Culture
Cytokinins are a class of plant hormones that play a significant role in plant cell culture. They are involved in regulating cell division, growth, and […]
Quinoa – A New ‘Ancient’ Food
The Incas, many moons ago ate quinoa as a staple. To them this was the ‘mother grain’ or the ‘gold of the gods‘ as they […]
Preserving Sauces
I often see requests for ways and methods of preserving sauces and pickles. Essentially it’s about creating hurdles to stop microbial contamination and then fermentation, especially […]
Best Antioxidant Methods And Measures
The measurement of antioxidant capacity is one of the key analytical measures in the assessment of food ingredients with potential health benefits. Many methods are available […]
Commercial Means To Delay Fruit Ripening: Use Of 1-methylcyclopropene
Unwanted fruit ripening is a major issue in the supply chain when delivering fruit to the perfect ripeness to the consumer. An agent that has […]
Mikania micrantha (Bitter Vine, Climbing Hemp, American Rope, Mile-A-Minute Vine)
The Bitter Vine is a tropical plant (Mikania micrantha: Family: Asteraceae) that grows vigorously in very high humidty, generally light or poor soils in all […]
Ivy Gourd (Coccinia grandis)
The Ivy Gourd (C. grandis L. Voigt; Family: Curcurbitaceae) – is a tropical climbing vine that has been used for many years in both Africa […]
The Structure of Muscle
The structure of muscle represents one of the most intricate and fascinating designs in biology, a system carefully evolved to allow organisms to move, manipulate […]
Cellulose Nanofibres: An Important Recent Development In Nanomaterials
Cellulose is a natural carbohydrate polymer found in all plants and in algae, tunicates and even some bacteria (Henrisson and Berglund, 2007). As well as […]
Biochemical Understanding Behind Food Allergies
Allergies, especially food allergies have in recent years become a strong focus for research attention because they are so debilitating. Food allergies restrict food use, […]
How to do Lamb’s Liver and Onion Gravy with Hashed Potato and Peas
Ingredients: 500g lamb’s liver, trimmed and sliced 2 onions, sliced 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 tbsp plain flour 2 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp butter […]
A Lycopene-Resveratrol Combo Helps Reduce Foot Ulcers In Diabetic Patients
If you combine resveratrol with lycopene you are bound to have a nutritional supplement with some serious ‘poke’. So it would appear that MedVitál® Bio-Resveratrol®, […]
Gelatin From Fish
Alternative sources of gelatin to those derived from cattle and pigs came to the fore following various issues and scandals worldwide, associated with their processing of […]
The Food Safety Issues Of Clostridium Perfringens
Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, non-motile anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium. It produces a highly noxious enterotoxin and is a common cause of food poisoning. The bacteria frequently contaminates raw […]
How to make Vietnamese Cabbage Roll Soup
So you’ve not tried the Vietnamese cabbage roll soup before! It’s actually a refined and sophisticated way of making the cabbage a central part of […]
Pinolenic Acid
Pinolenic acid is a polyunsaturated fatty acid, 5Z,9Z,12Z-octadecatrienoic acid which is obtained from pine nut oil, derived from Korean (Pinus orientalis) and Siberian pine nuts […]