Current Nutrition & Food Science - Volume 17, Issue 6, 2021

Among the most significant matrices in the field of environmental radioactivity, water is certainly included, being subject to monitoring and controls to safeguard the environment from possible anthropogenic contamination. The presence of radionuclides in water also constitutes a health risk to human, because its consumption increases the likelihood of incurring cancer. In authors' laboratory, different experimental techniques w Read More

In recent years, the prevalence of large spectrum of gluten-related disorders (GRDs) has increased. Gluten is one of the most widely distributed components of food in both industrialized and developing countries. The main structural protein complex of wheat and its proteins are classified into albumins, salt-soluble globulins, and insoluble prolamins (gliadins and glutenins). Gluten is also included in other cereals, including ry Read More

In this review, we focus on the recent developments in the Time Domain Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (TD-NMR). The Introduction section describes the methods usually adopted for the assessment of food quality, whereas the second paragraph illustrates the basic physical principles of the TD-NMR technique. In the third section, we discuss the principal application of the TDNMR method in food science. In fact, in the last decade Read More

Background: Fourier Transform InfraRed spectroscopy analysis on Bacillus clausii and Bacillus clausii in the presence of trehalose are reported. Objective: In order to characterize the thermal response of such systems the InfraRed technique was employed to collect the spectra from 25.0°C to 80.0°C in the 4000 cm-1-400 cm-1 spectral range. Methods: The data analysis was performed focusing the attention to the intramole Read More

The pandemic COVID-19 has tremendously affected the food industry, particularly, the restaurants and other food vendors (FVs) that serve ready-to-eat foods. These food industries have been badly hit not only because of the lock down, imposed for COVID-19 containment, but also because of the consumer's concern for food safety. To revive the processed food industry, it is necessary to win back the consumer's confidence, w Read More

Enormous progress in the investigation of vitamin D is currently being made from the perspective of basic science to clinical medicine. The typical view of vitamin D function limited to calcium metabolism and bone homeostasis has undergone extensive revision and it has been revealed that vitamin D receptors exist in most tissues of the body. Nowadays, one of the most popular aspects of vitamin D in research area is its role Read More

The term “dietary supplement” defines a comprehensive and diverse category of products that are essential to our health but are absent or insufficient in the diet and may be needed to take separately; requirement of dietary supplements varies at different stages of life, such as infant, child-adult, pregnancy, lactation, and geriatrics. Dietary supplements are not medicines, nor should they be considered a substitute for f Read More

Nutraceuticals are the combination of Nutrition and Pharmaceuticals and refer to the ‘food’ possessing pharmaceutical properties. They are classified into traditional (herbals, phytochemicals, probiotic, prebiotic) and non-traditional (fortified and recombinant) categories; nutraceuticals are mainly intended for preventing and treating diseases. Nutraceuticals possess several therapeutic activities, which can be exploited t Read More

Background: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected more than 117 million people worldwide and caused almost 2.6 million deaths. Currently, the appropriate therapeutic drugs are not yet available to treat diseases caused by this coronavirus infection. This is due to the fact that discoveries and developments of new medications require a lot of time and resources. The alternative solutio Read More

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Background: Consumption of energy drinks (EDs) has increased exponentially among younger generations, and this increase is projected to continue. Objectives: This study aimed to examine the prevalence, knowledge level, intake patterns, and consumer experience of consuming EDs among university students in Jordan. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 467 students from 29 universities was conducted by a webbase Read More