Environmental catalysis: trends and outlook

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 02757540701702819, 2007

Seismological Research Letters, 2010

Legume seeds contain 20-25% protein, which is 2-3 times higher than the content in cereals, and have therefore been considered as leading candidates for protein supply to malnourished areas of the world. Mung beans are a good source of energy, proteins, vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. They are relatively inexpensive compared to meat foods and as they have high carbohydrate content. Mung beans can be useful as high energy foods for peasants and nomadic farmers. The high lysine content of mung beans makes them an excellent enhancer of protein quality when combined with cereal grain proteins. However, like other pulses, utilization of mung bean proteins is below the potential partly due to the deficiency of some of the essential amino acids in their proteins and also due to the presence of some antinutritional factors associated with their protein. Protease inhibitors, lectins, gossypol, flatulence-causing factors and others are among the antinutritional factors associated with the legume meal proteins. We report here many investigations carried out in order to reduce or even remove the content of antinutritional factors and enhance the nutritional quality of mung beans. Finally, we discuss the possibilities of mung bean flour to improve and upgrade the nutritional quality of the diets and the health of low-income people in developing countries.

International Journal of Information Dissemination and Technology, 2020

Index along with other basic indicators. The results of the study indicate that the research published in FFJ has increased over some time; CAGR of the journal is below 5.0% growth rate for all years, except 2005 (5.77 CAGR); there were 1466 (96.98%) multiple-authored research papers published in the journal compared to 45 (3.02%) single-authored research papers; among the productive institutions, the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow has published the highest publications (152); 106 countries have contributed to the FFJ. France has emerged as a major contributor with 224 publications, followed by Italy and India (118) respectively and the highest frequency keyword used by the authors was "essential oil" with 329 publications.

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2007

The analytical benefits of automated comprehensive two-dimensional chromatographic methods have been exploited and emphasized by part of the chromatographic community, particularly in the past decade. The most important novelty of comprehensive multidimensional (MD) techniques, with respect to classical MD chromatography, is that the entire injected sample is subjected to two independent separation processes, thus greatly enhancing peak capacity. The unsuspectedly complex nature of many realworld samples has been elucidated through the enhanced resolving power of these techniques.

The European Zoological Journal

Pesticides are frequently applied to agricultural activities to improve harvest, in terms of yield and product quality. Useful tools for ecotoxicological studies of marine ecosystems are based on biomarker application on bioindicator key fish species. The main aim of the present study was to detect the potential presence of pesticides in a polluted coastal marine environment, namely Milazzo Gulf, situated in the north eastern coast of Sicily (Italy), by measuring the enzymatic activities of the ecotoxicological biomarkers acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) in brain and blood samples of Chelon labrosus. Also, Marinello Reserve was selected as a reference site. The data showed a significant inhibition in AChE (81%) and BChE (71%) activities in fish from Milazzo Gulf in respect to those from the reference site. The esterase inhibition is primarily due to the presence of organophosphorus insecticides and carbamates that resulted, in Milazzo Gulf, higher in concentration in respect to the reference quality standard decree (D.M. 260, 2010). The results obtained in this study confirm the suspected presence of insecticides in waters and fish from Milazzo Gulf, which may lead to a considerable hazard to humans. This study confirms the relevant advantages of the biomarker approach on fish species in the ecotoxicological evaluation of marine environments.

International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology, 2014

Soybean, a nutrient nugget, is in use for more than 5000 years in China and South East Asia as a foodstuff. Despite being a legume crop, it is widely used as an oilseed. It has emerged as one of the important commercial crops in many countries. Soybean has immense potential as nutritive protein food. It can supply the much needed protein to human diets as it contains above 40% protein with essential amino acids, particularly rich in tryptophan and lysine. It has high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, fiber, vitamins and minerals and low in saturated fat. Epidemiological studies show its importance in the prevention of several diseases. Consumption of soy foods may contribute to a lower incidence of coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, certain cancers such as breast and prostate and ensure a better bone health, relief of menopausal symptoms, as well as weight control. Many of the health benefits of soyabean are derived from its secondary plant metabolites such as flavones, phyto-sterols, lecithins, saponins etc. This review discusses the bioactive components of soybean and their role in prevention and management of diseases and provides information pertaining to some traditional foods products made from soybean.

NMR spectroscopy has become an experimental technique widely used in food science. The experimental procedures that allow precise and quantitative analysis on different foods are relatively simple. For a better sensitivity and resolution, NMR spectroscopy is usually applied to liquid sample by means of extraction procedures that can be addressed to the observation of particular compounds. For the study of semisolid systems such as intact tissues, High-Resolution Magic Angle Spinning (HR-MAS) has received great attention within the biomedical area and beyond. Metabolic profiling and metabolism changes can be investigated both in animal organs and in foods. In this work we present a proton HR-MAS NMR study on the typical vegetable foods of Mediterranean diet such as the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) cherry tomato of Pachino, the PGI Interdonato lemon of Messina, several Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) extra virgin olive oils from Sicily, and the Traditional Italian Foo...

Marine Environmental Research

Ethanol extracts of Asparagopsis taxiformis collected from the Straits of Messina (Italy) were screened for antibacterial activity against pathogenic shellfish and fish bacteria previously isolated from local marine and brackish environments. Genetic labelling by DNA barcoding allowed us to identify the algal population as a biogeographical strain conspecific to A. taxiformis. The extract obtained in May showed the broadest antibacterial activity against all tested pathogenic bacteria, especially against Vibrio alginolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus and Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida. Moderate activity was observed against Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae and Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida, Salmonella sp., Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio parahaemolyticus. The absence of cytotoxic effects of active algal extracts was verified using trypan blue exclusion test on cells of digestive glands of Mytilus galloprovincialis.The results indicated that ethanol extracts of A. taxiformis could represent a source of antibacterial substances with potential use in aquaculture.► The activity of some pathogens could be prevented by Asparagopsis taxiformis extracts. ► Antibacterial extracts of Asparagopsis taxiformis could be used in aquaculture. ► The antibacterial activity of extracts depends on algal geographical location.

Proceedings of the IEEE, 2000