Brown algae and barley-based anti-obesity food and its safety in C57BL6 mice.

Unlabelled: Brown algae have been considered a potential source of bioactives and used as a dietary supplement to manage obesity and its associated health complications. However, its effective use is limited due to heavy metals and microbial contamination, unawareness of health benefits and limited dietary exploitation. We developed, the Indian brown algae and barley-based anti-obesity food (AOF) and examined for microbial and heavy metal safety.

Effect of combined preservation techniques on the stability and microbial quality and retention of anthocyanins in grape pomace stored at low temperature.

Studies were carried out with an objective to assess the effect of various post harvest treatments with chemical preservative, ionizing radiation doses and low temperature (LT) storage on the storability and the microbial quality of the grape pomace and retention of anthocyanins in it. The grape pomace collected after processing of fully matured grape berries (var.Bangalore blue) was treated with 0.