Current Nutrition & Food Science - Volume 13, Issue 2, 2017

During the last century, notable attention has been sporadically directed on health benefits derived from consumption of milk products such as acidophilus milk. The tangy flavor and thickened texture of acidophilus milk can be correlated to added Lactobacillus acidophilus bacteria. Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) is the result of secondary metabolites of different fungal strains. Because of the important role of dairy products in human lif Read More

Background: The trace element selenium (Se) is essential nutrition mineral. Selenium deficiencies in the human and animal organism are recognized worldwide to be related to a number of pathologies. However, at higher Se concentrations, harmful consequences occur: generation of free radicals, DNA double-strand breaks, and apoptosis in cells. Provided that the recommended dietary intakes are not met, Se-rich foo Read More

Background: The present work investigates the chemical composition, the antioxidant and the antimicrobial activities of the Essential Oils (EOs) of three species of the Lamiaceae family gowning in Algeria: Thymus vulgaris L., Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Reut. and Mentha pulegium L. Methods: Essential Oils (EOs) obtained by hydrodistillation of the aerial parts of the studied plants were analyzed by GC and GC-MS. The antioxidan Read More

Background: Traditional fermented foods are a typical niche for probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) and are involved with many therapeutic attributes. Among LAB, Lactobacillus plantarum is one of the most versatile members. Several L. plantarum strains have been documented for their probiotic attributes. There are limited reports on the evaluation of probiotic potential along with the therapeutic properties such as Read More

Background: Lawsonia alba seed oils are not widely used commercially even though they have characteristics that well suit for industrial applications and can contribute to healthy human diets. The most important aim of the present work is the evaluation of the tocopherols composition of these oils. Moreover, lipid classes, fatty acids compositions and antioxidant activity of the seed oils were also investigated Read More

Background: Today, the use of antioxidants, especially natural antioxidants, to prevent oxidation is preferred because it has neither the harmful effects of synthetic antioxidants nor requires complex process. In this study, the bioactive compounds and antioxidant properties of mangrove (Avicenna marinia) ethanolic extract were evaluated. Methods: The antioxidant activity of the extract was investigated by DPPH#153;, β- Read More

Background: Dietary Fibre (DF) has been part of human diet since ever, and its benefits for the human health have been well established and scientifically confirmed. However, it is important to study to what extent people are aware of those benefits. Objective: Having in mind the importance of DF the present work was undertaken to study the level of knowledge of people residing in Portugal about the health effect Read More

Background: Microflora of the gastrointestinal tract plays important roles in food digestion, nutrient absorption and in host defense against ingested pathogens. Several studies have focused on the microflora of farmed fishes, but the gut flora of wild fishes remains poorly characterized. The aim of this work was to provide an overview of the bacteria colonizing the gut of wild-caught fishes and to determine whether some bacteria Read More