Current Nutrition & Food Science - Volume 13, Issue 1, 2017

Autism is characterized by communication impairments, neurobehavioral, social abnormalities and immunological and metabolic dysfunction. Among these, gastrointestinal abnormalities are of clinical importance associated with the autistic individuals. Gastrointestinal abnormalities can affect the neuropathological and behavioral features and contribute to pathogenesis of autistic symptoms. Now a spate of new studies s Read More

Scientific attentions have been recently drawn to functional foods consisting of biologically active components. Probiotics are one of the food components exerting beneficial health effects by balancing the microflora in the intestinal environment when consuming in an adequate amount and manufacturing of probiotic products, especially fermented dairy ones raised. In order to achieve health claim of commercialized pr Read More

Background: The freshwater bagrid catfish, Pelteobagrus fulvidraco, is used in hot chowder or tonic soup, and it has become a favorite inland aquaculturable species in Asian countries. To investigate the claims regarding its beneficial effects, we examined physical exercise performance in mice fed protein-rich P. fulvidraco extract. Methods: Mice were fed P. fulvidraco extract (25 mg/mL) orally once per day for 1 week at a Read More

Aim: To explore the association between Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) consumption and salt intake in relation to blood pressure and body composition in adolescents living in Sicily, southern Italy. Methods: From September 2012 to June 2014, 1643 students attending 15 secondary schools in the district of Catania were invited to participate. The information collected included demographics, anthropometric data (bio Read More

Background: Not only do infant formulas lack nutritional components supplied in breast milk, they lack a variety of maternal immune components normally transferred through breast milk, including microbial agglutinins. Bacterial aggregation by these agglutinins potentially reduces the likelihood of infection and is a critical step in the formation of the normal ecosystem of the infant’s gut, which is vital to proper immune Read More

Background: During maturation and ripening, fruits undergo numerous biochemical reactions by either accumulating or degrading different metabolites. Most fruits accumulate sugars during maturation and ripening. Method: This study investigates the profile of short chain fructooligosaccharides (scFOS) of two ackee fruit varieties (Blighia sapida Köenig). scFOS of arils (edible) and husk (non-edible) of “chees Read More

Background: There are a great interest for studying the health benefits of vegetables that are rich sources of bioactive compounds. Dried chili is a spice product and the one most widely used as condiments in the world. The quality of dried chili is assessed by a number of different parameters such as color, ascorbic acid content and volatile flavor compounds. Methods: Two varieties of red chili pepper “Serrano and Fresno” was Read More

Background: Brain tissues oxidative damage has been proposed to occur as a result of epileptic seizures. With respect to the antioxidant effects of Pinus eldarica (P. eldarica), the impacts of a hydroalcoholic extract of the plant on the brain tissues oxidative damage taking after seizures induced by Pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) was investigated in rats. Methods: The rats were divided into 6 groups and treated: (1) Control(saline); (2) P Read More

Introduction: The present investigation was carried out to study antihyperglycemic activity of formulation prepared by spray-dried powder of fruit juice of E. officinalis (SDF) on animal model of type 1 diabetes. Methods: Hyperglycemia was produced by streptozotocin 45 mg/kg i.v. and formulation was administered orally (100 mg/kg) for 28 days to diabetic rats. At the end of 28 days various biochemical parameters suc Read More

Background: Dental caries is closely related to the nutritional habits. Mother’s nutritional knowledge affects the nutritional habits and choices of the child. Mother is mostly responsible for child’s nourishment and represents the ideal for them. According to many studies, the most consumed foods at schools are chips, biscuit, pastry and soft drinks. Aim: This study aimed to determine the snack food most consumed by children at a Read More

Background: Cauliflower is an important vegetable in human diet as it is associated with various health benefits. Main quality loss of cauliflower is due to the poor post-harvest practices. Radiation processing is gaining popularity now a days as one of the promising alternative to address quality retention of product. Since aroma quality of vegetable is crucial for its consumer acceptance therefore study of changes in volatile com Read More