Current Nutrition & Food Science - Volume 20, Issue 2, 2024

Herbal medicine is one of humanity's oldest professions, and herbal medicine's therapeutic efficacy has been recognised since the dawn of time. In many parts of India, herbal treatments have been found to be effective in the treatment of malaria, diarrhoea, jaundice, diabetes, cough, fever, snakebite, miscarriages, and gonorrhoea. Curcuma caesia is a perennial herb with bluish-black rhizomes that is native to Northeast and Read More

Quercetin is a plant pigment found in many fruits, vegetables, beverages, and other parts of plants, such as leaves, flowers, bark, stems, and roots. The rich sources of quercetin are the dock, watercress, sweet potato, onion, grapes, berries, cherries, and broccoli. Quercetin exhibits various pharmacological activities, such as anticancer, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant. Several studies have reported quercetin as Read More

It is no surprise that eating disorders (EDs) are increasing all over the planet. With the emergence of global westernization, development in technology, and societal changes, nearly all regions of the globe have been influenced by the concept of a perfect body image and height. EDs are a considerable public concern, a bewilderment for psychologists and a challenge for physicians. The primary EDs include anorexia nervo Read More

Background: The plate count technique had traditionally been used for the determination of viability and counting of probiotic bacteria, which had obvious disadvantages. Efficient tools to identify and count probiotics (alone or in combination) have evolved.Objective: This study aimed to compare two methods of counting and identifying probiotics such as Real-time PCR and flow cytometry, with the culture method and su Read More

Background: Human beings have an attraction to sweet items: desserts, fruits, honey, etc., which stimulate the sense of taste. However, sweet things tend to have many calories, thus contributing to issues with obesity. Moreover, those with diabetes must strictly limit their consumption of sugar to maintain their blood glucose levels within acceptable limits. Artificial sweeteners contain substances from several distinct chemi Read More

Background: Good nutritional intake is very important for pregnant women to prevent stunting in children. However, the problem of CED in pregnant women in Indonesia remains high. Higher choline intake in pregnant women is associated with better memory in a child by the time the child turns 7 years old. Choline functions in the process of methylation and cholinergic transmission during the process of brain develop Read More

Background: Rice is the most available and consumed food in the world, and is considered one nutritious food. Due to the same reason, rice is the popular food in Saudi Arabia, being consumed with vegetables and non-vegetable recipes.Methods: Taking the nutritive value of rice into consideration, the metal analysis was performed, and both essential and heavy elements were detected in seven varieties of rice, viz, P Read More

Background: Yeasts are becoming increasingly popular as possible new resources to improve the nutritional value of food qualities like flavor, color, and vitamin content, as well as tools for preventing food spoiling due to their anti-microbial capabilities.Objective: This study aims to test the role of isolated Saccharomyces boulardii as a promising probiotic as well as Jerusalem artichoke as a prebiotic in a feeding animal model to test Read More

Background: The composition of polyphenolic compounds in various parts of the Rosebay willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium) has been studied in detail and published. A number of these compounds have sufficient antiradical activity (ARA) to create functional foods based on extracts from this plant that are preventive against free-radical pathologies in humans. Part of substances with antiradical activity (e.g., vitamins, polyphen Read More

Background: Wheat bran is an important by-product in the cereal industry. It is considered one of the amplest and most economically cheap sources of insoluble fiber and is rich in minerals and various bioactive compounds.Objective: In this research, the antioxidant, functional, and molecular properties of bran were screened in six different cultivars of wheat, viz. HUW-234, PBW-373, WH-1105, PBW-502, HD-2967, an Read More

Aims: The aim of the present study was to assess and compare the effect of different methods of cooking on B-group vitamins (B1, B2, and B6), As, Cd, Ni, Pb, and some essential elements (Cu, Co, and Mn) in the main local varieties of Iranian rice.Background: Different cooking procedures have been shown to have contradictory benefits in terms of nutritional value by affecting the bioavailability of vitamins and microminerals.Obj Read More

Background: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is well associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), regardless of risk factors for metabolic syndrome. However, intermediary factors between NASH and CVD remain unknown. In recent years, hyperuricemia has been associated not only with gout but also with several other organ diseases, such as hypertension, chronic renal failure, and metabolic synd Read More

Background: Malnutrition often occurs in patients with cancer, which eventually leads to decreasing response to therapy and increased morbidity and mortality rate. Oral Nutrition Supplements (ONS) are necessary to provide additional nutritional intervention to prevent and treat malnutrition in cancer patients. Purple sweet potato is a local food that is abundantly available in Indonesia and can be utilized as a basic ingredient f Read More