Physical and biochemical characterization of dromedary milk as traditionally consumed by Bedouins.

Few studies were dedicated to characterizing the dromedary milk (DM) as consumed by Bedouins, mixed with a small amount of dromedary urine (DU). Therefore, this work aimed to reveal some physical and biochemical characteristics of the DM alone, and incorporated with DU at two different concentrations. pH, colour, Brix, fats, and minerals were evaluated with proteins and sugar content using FTIR; in addition to protein oxidation.

Specialized Metabolites from the Allelopathic Plant as Potential Biopesticides.

To cope with the rising food demand, modern agriculture practices are based on the indiscriminate use of agrochemicals. Although this strategy leads to a temporary solution, it also severely damages the environment, representing a risk to human health. A sustainable alternative to agrochemicals is the use of plant metabolites and plant-based pesticides, known to have minimal environmental impact compared to synthetic pesticides.

Home-made cheese preservation using sodium alginate based on edible film incorporating essential oils.

The objective of the present study is developing a new technique for the preservation of natural cheese by the use of an edible biofilm based on sodium alginate in order to evaluate the effect of the essential oils ( L.) incorporated in the film on the oxidation stability, microbial spoilage, physicochemical characteristics and sensory criteria. The cheese samples coated with sodium alginate incorporated by the oils showed moderate stability in terms of oxidative stabilities of proteins and lipids during storage.

Development and characterization of sodium alginate based active edible films incorporated with essential oils of some medicinal plants.

The aim of this study was to develop sodium alginate based active films incorporated with essential oils (EO) of R. officinalis L, A. herba alba Asso, O.

Adaptive response to salt involving carbohydrate metabolism in leaves of a salt-sensitive tomato cultivar.

A salt-sensitive genotype of Solanum lycopersicum cv. Volgogradskij was submitted to a 6-day treatment with high salt (100, 200 mM NaCl), allowed to recover for 6 days and then submitted to a second period of salt stress in order to study changes in carbohydrate metabolism related to salt adaptation. The ion, soluble sugar and starch contents, as well as sucrose biosynthetic and sugar mobilizing enzyme activities and transcript levels were determined during the salt stress/recovery/stress cycle.