The effect of different thawing methods on the health-promoting compounds and antioxidant capacity in frozen baby mustard.

The effects of five domestic thawing methods, including air thawing (AIR), water thawing with bags (W + B), water thawing without bags (W - B), refrigerator thawing (REF), and microwave thawing (MIC), on the main health-promoting compounds and antioxidant capacity in both unblanched and blanched baby mustard were investigated in this study. The results showed that different thawing methods markedly affected the health-promoting compounds and antioxidant capacity of baby mustard. MIC better retained the overall nutritional quality of frozen baby mustard compared with the four other treatments.

Different toxicities of nanoscale titanium dioxide particles in the roots and leaves of wheat seedlings.

Despite previous studies on exploring the environmental effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles particle (nTiO) on plants, the detailed impacts of nTiO on the antioxidant system and photosynthesis of plants is still not well understood. This study was aimed at investigating the physiological and biochemical responses to nTiO by oxidative damage, Ti bioaccumulation, cell death, and photosynthesis in wheat. The results showed that 5.

Variation in the main health-promoting compounds and antioxidant activity of whole and individual edible parts of baby mustard ( var. ).

Despite being a brassicaceous vegetable that is widely consumed in winter and spring in Southwest China, there is lack of information available on baby mustard. The aim of this study was to determine the contents of soluble proteins, soluble sugars, chlorophylls, carotenoids, ascorbic acid, proanthocyanidins, flavonoids, total phenolics, and glucosinolates, as well as the antioxidant activity of the whole edible parts and seven individual edible parts (swollen stem: petioles, peel, flesh; lateral bud: leaves, petioles, peel, flesh) of baby mustard. The results showed that significant differences in health-promoting compounds and antioxidant activity existed between the different edible parts.

Effect of dietary chitosan oligosaccharide supplementation on the pig ovary transcriptome.

Fecundity improvement is one of the most important economic traits for the swine industry as it significantly increases production efficiency. Intriguingly, chitosan oligosaccharide (COS), a biomaterial with an active amino group, could promote sow reproductive performance. Therefore, we investigated the effects of dietary COS supplementation on the gene expression differences in the ovaries of sows using the RNA-Seq method.