Maryam Ghaderi; Alireza Sadeghi Mahoonak; Mehran Alami; Morteza Khomeiri; Rahil Rezaei
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In this study, total phenolics and flavonoids content, antiradical and antimicrobial activity of methanolic extract of two Iranian acorn varieties, namely Quercus.castaneifolia var castaneifolia and Quercus.branti var persica were evaluated. Total phenolic and flavonoid content and extraction yield of ...
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In this study, total phenolics and flavonoids content, antiradical and antimicrobial activity of methanolic extract of two Iranian acorn varieties, namely Quercus.castaneifolia var castaneifolia and Quercus.branti var persica were evaluated. Total phenolic and flavonoid content and extraction yield of methanolic extract of castaneifolia variety (MC) were significantly higher than that of the extract of persica variety (MP). Extracts were also tested for their antioxidant activities using scavenging activity of 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl and compared with synthetic antioxidant namely BHA and BHT. EC50 values for MC, MP, BHA and BHT were 42.84, 70.40, 89.46 and 41.73 mg/ml, respectively. The extracts also showed good antimicrobial activity against all of tested microorganisms and the tested gram-negative bacteria was more resistant to the inhibitory effect of extracts. The ranges of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the extracts were 0.312-5 and 1.25-5 mg/ml for MC and MP, respectively. There was no difference between the MIC of MC and MB extract against Salmonella typhi and Shigella dysenteriae but MC extract showed the strongest activity on Escherichia coli and Yersinia entrocolitica at lower concentration. MP extract at concentration of 5mg/ml had bactericidal effect on all of gram negative bacteria (except Citrobacter). The most efficient bactericidal activity of MC extract was against Bacillus cereus, with MBC = 0.312 mg/ml while Shigella dysenteriae had the highest MBC (10mg/ml). A high-performance liquid chromatography was used for determination of phenolic acids of extracts. gallic, caffeic, p-coumaric and cholorogenic acid were found in MC and Gallic, caffeic, cholorogenic and sirinjic acid were detected in MP extract.
Keywords: Acorn fruit, Antimicrobial activity, Gallic acid, Methanolic extract, Phenolic Compounds
Asra Talei; Alireza Sadeghi Mahoonak; Mohammad Ghorbani; Seyed Mahdi Jafari; Mehran Alami
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Tomato seeds are the main component of tomato pulp and considered as an excellent source of edible oils, protein, and essential amino acids. Tomato seeds can be used as an important source of protein for human nutrition. The purpose of present study was to evaluate the effect of heat treatment on functional ...
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Tomato seeds are the main component of tomato pulp and considered as an excellent source of edible oils, protein, and essential amino acids. Tomato seeds can be used as an important source of protein for human nutrition. The purpose of present study was to evaluate the effect of heat treatment on functional properties of tomato seed flour. The functional properties studied included water absorption capacity, oil absorption capacity, emulsification, foaming capacity and solubility. Isoelectric point of sample was around pH 4, while the highest solubility was observed around pH 12. The lowest value for all functional properties was observed at isoelectric point, which can be due decreased protein solubility at this point. Emulsion and foam properties of tomato seeds were desirable and therefore it can be used in some food formulation. Tomato seeds had some essential amino acid like phenylalanine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, lysine and tryptophan.
Keywords: Tomato seed, Chemical properties, Functional properties, Amino acids profile
Alireza Sadeghi Mahoonak; Mehran Alami; Mohammad Ghorbani; Mohammad Hossain Azizi
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The acorn is an edible nut of oak trees (Quercus spp.) that had been used for human nutrition for a long time. Besides nutritious components, acorn contains considerable amounts of phenolic substances. At present study, two different varieties of Iranian oak acorns, namely, Q. branti var. persica (Qb) ...
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The acorn is an edible nut of oak trees (Quercus spp.) that had been used for human nutrition for a long time. Besides nutritious components, acorn contains considerable amounts of phenolic substances. At present study, two different varieties of Iranian oak acorns, namely, Q. branti var. persica (Qb) and Qcastaneifolia var. castaneifolia (Qc) were used. The total polyphenol content measured in two varieties were 9.11 and 4.33 (gr TAE/ 100 gr d.b), respectively. The effects of various processing methods such as soaking in water (at 25 and 50°C), acetic acid and sodium hydroxide (0.1, 0.5 and 1M) and sodium chloride (1, 5 and 10%) for 6, 12, 18 and 24 hours on the polyphenol removal from acorns were investigated. Repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied (P
Elham Assadpour; Seyed Mahdi Jafari; Alireza Sadeghi Mahoonak; Mohammad Ghorbani
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In this study, functional properties of red bean, chickpea, lentil and canellini bean were evaluated. Our results revealed that beans had the highest emulsifying capacity. This property was minimum at the isoelectric point (about 4) among all samples which is in concistent with their solubility curves. ...
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In this study, functional properties of red bean, chickpea, lentil and canellini bean were evaluated. Our results revealed that beans had the highest emulsifying capacity. This property was minimum at the isoelectric point (about 4) among all samples which is in concistent with their solubility curves. Salt concentration of 0.5 M did not have a significant influence on emulsifying capacity but higher concentration (1.0 M) reduced this capacity significantly (P
Soheil Amiri; Mehran Alami; Seyed Mahdi Jafari; Alireza Sadeghi Mahoonak
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In the present study, physicochemical, rheological and textural properties of beta-glucan (BG) extracted from four Iranian hull-less barley lines (EHDS4, EHDS18, ALELI, CAM-B) were investigated. Two different methods namely, hot water (HW) and acidic (A) were used for extraction of beta-glucan. Results ...
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In the present study, physicochemical, rheological and textural properties of beta-glucan (BG) extracted from four Iranian hull-less barley lines (EHDS4, EHDS18, ALELI, CAM-B) were investigated. Two different methods namely, hot water (HW) and acidic (A) were used for extraction of beta-glucan. Results showed that the highest amount of beta-glucan belonged to EHDS4.The purity of HW extracted beta glucan was more than that of acidic method. Results of color measurements showed that HW extracted beta glucan was lighter than that of acidic method. while beta-glucan concentrated extracted by acidic method showed higher than redness values. HW extracted beta glucan was also superior to that of acidic extracted beta-glucan in terms of foaming ability, viscosity, and water binding capacity. Results of rheological studies showed that HW extracted beta- glucan had higher flow behavior index and higher consistency coefficient in compare to acidic extracted beta-glucan. It was also found that the power law model was more suitable to predict the flow behavior of beta-glucan solution. Texture analysis of beta- glucan concentrates showed that HW extracted beta-glucan had superior hardness, gumminess, and adhesiveness than that of acidic extracted beta-glucan. From the results, it was found that the beta- glucan extracted by HW method is more suitable to be used in food formulation and functional food production.
Keywords: beta-glucan, hull-less barley, physicochemical properties, rheological properties, textural properties
Elham Assadpour; Seyed Mahdi Jafari; Alireza Sadeghi Mahoonak; Mohammad Ghorbani
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In this study, chemical composition and functional properties of red bean, chickpea, lentil and canellini bean were evaluated. Our results revealed that chickpea had the highest protein (43.4%) and fat (5.17%) content and lentil, red bean and canellini bean were the following ones. The isoelectric point ...
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In this study, chemical composition and functional properties of red bean, chickpea, lentil and canellini bean were evaluated. Our results revealed that chickpea had the highest protein (43.4%) and fat (5.17%) content and lentil, red bean and canellini bean were the following ones. The isoelectric point of all the samples were determined as about pH=4 but other than lentil, the remaining samples had a second isoelectric point. Red bean flour had the maximum water holding capacity (146.15%) and the influence of pH and ionic strength on the samples were similat in terms of water holding capacity. An increase in salt concentration led to a decrease in water holding capacity. Regarding oil absorption capacity, red bean flour had the highest capacity (92.1%) and lentil flour had the lowest one (80.45%).
Keywords: Legumes, Functional properties, Protein solubility, Chemical composition
Kiana Poormohammadi; Mehran Alami; Mohammad Shahedi; Alireza Sadeghi Mahoonak
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barley is a kind of cereal that contains high amounts of β-glucan. β-glucan is a major component of soluble fiber implicated in hypocholesterolemia, hypoglycemia, diabetes and heart attacks. Investigations show that hull-less barley has more β-glucan than hulled barley. In this study the physical ...
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barley is a kind of cereal that contains high amounts of β-glucan. β-glucan is a major component of soluble fiber implicated in hypocholesterolemia, hypoglycemia, diabetes and heart attacks. Investigations show that hull-less barley has more β-glucan than hulled barley. In this study the physical and chemical properties of hull-less barley (EHDS 18), wheat (zarrin) varitiese, barley flour, and the impact of substitution of hull-less and hulled barley flour to wheat flour at 20, 35, and 50% levels on the physicochemical properties and the staling of bread were carried out. the staling of bread, was analyzed by Instron texture analyzer machine, colorimetry, by hunterlab and volume by rapeseeed displacement. The results of phisicochemical tests showed that the properties of hull-less barley is significantly (p
