Mohsen Ebrahimi Hemmati Kaykha; Hossein Jooyandeh; Behrooz Alizadeh Behbahani; Mohammad Noshad
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[1]Introduction: Oxidative reactions are needed for human survival, but these reactions can sometimes be destructive. There is a lot of evidence that shows many disorders (neurological, renal, hepatic) and diseases such as cancer and vascular diseases, and even food spoilage are caused by oxidative reactions ...
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[1]Introduction: Oxidative reactions are needed for human survival, but these reactions can sometimes be destructive. There is a lot of evidence that shows many disorders (neurological, renal, hepatic) and diseases such as cancer and vascular diseases, and even food spoilage are caused by oxidative reactions of free radicals. Some types of reactive oxygen species, such as oxygenated water, and free radicals such as hydroxyl and superoxide, can react with certain fats, nucleic acids, and proteins in the body to kill them. In general, any substance that delays or prevents the oxidation process is called an antioxidant. In various studies that have been done so far, the antioxidant and protective properties of the novel plants have been reported. Among other species of medicinal plants, the rosemary plant with the scientific name (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) belongs to the mint family, the leaves of which are used as an additive in many foods. This plant is cultivated in many parts of the world, including Iran, but the main habitat of this plant has been attributed to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The purpose of this study was to identify chemical compounds, antioxidant effects, total phenolic and flavonoids contents, and cytotoxicity effect of Rosmarinus officinalis essential oil (ROEO) on colorectal cancer cell line (HT29) and identification of functional groups of ROEO using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Materials and methods: In the present study, the analysis of chemical compounds in ROEO was determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS). The total phenolic and flavonoid content of ROEO was evaluated using Folin-Ciocalteu and colorimetry using aluminum chloride, respectively. Antioxidant properties of ROEO were evaluated by DPPH and ABTS methods. The cytotoxic effect of ROEO on colorectal cancer cell lines (HT29) was evaluated by MTT method. The compositions of the functional groups present in the essential oil were investigated using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Results and discussion: The chemical analysis of ROEO comprised of 29 compounds, which composed 94.22% of total essential oil. The main compound identified in the essential oil used in this study was eucalyptol with 40.13%. Total phenolic content was 72.55 mg gallic acid per gram of essential oil and its flavonoid content was 36 mg QE/g. The ROEO antioxidant activity for both DPPH and ABTS tests were 78.74% and 81.97%, respectively. The results of cytotoxic effect of ROEO showed that the cytotoxic effect of ROEO was highly dependent on its concentration. The higher the concentration of essential oil, the higher the level of cytotoxicity. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis confirmed the presence of aldehyde compounds, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters and alkenes. The results of all ROEO tests showed that this essential oil can be used as a potential source in the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetic and health industries.
Hadi Tanavar; Hassan Barzegar; Behrooz Alizadeh Behbahani; Mohammad Amin Mehrnia
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Introduction: Free radicals activity and their products of their oxidation can cause undesired feeling and nutritional effects such as, awful taste, destroying vitamins and destruction of essential fatty acids. These compounds which are toxic substances and damage the genetic material of cells causing ...
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Introduction: Free radicals activity and their products of their oxidation can cause undesired feeling and nutritional effects such as, awful taste, destroying vitamins and destruction of essential fatty acids. These compounds which are toxic substances and damage the genetic material of cells causing heart and cardio vascular diseases and different type of cancer. Antioxidats absorb free radicals, so they can decelerate oxidation speed, then delete them to save the body from undesirable effects. Pooneh which is called scientifically Mentha pulegium belongs to lamiaceae group. The aim of this study was evaluating chemical compounds, antioxidant activity, total phenolic and cytotoxicity of Mentha pulegium essential oil (MPEO) on cell line of colon and gut cancer. Materials and methods: In this study, after extraction of MPEO using condensation the essential oil chemical composition were identified with gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS). Antioxidant activity was measured with radical inhibition ability method DPPH, ABTS and also their resistance against linoleic acid oxidation and changing β-carotene color, was considered. The evaluation of total phenolic composition was carried out using folin-ciocalteu method. To do this, the concentration of 1000, 10000, 1200 and 1400 of MPEO with alcohol was prepared. One mL of each concentration was added to 2.5mL of folin-ciocalteu reagent. After 2.5 minutes, 2ml sodium carbonate was added and mixed well. The rate of sample absorbtion after one hour was 725 nm. Determination of flavonoids range was done with aluminum chloride. MPEO cytotoxicity effects (1, 3.125, 6.25, 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200 mg/ml) on colon cancer cell line (HT29) was performed using MTT method. In this method 30 mL of MTT solution with 5 mg/mL was add to all wells and maintain for 3 hours in carbon dioxide. After removing environment, 200µl DMSO was add to each well and the rate of absorbtion in 570 nm was read usingELISA/microplate reader device. Cell aliveness curve was drawn. Results and discussion: The results showed that MPEO had 25 compounds, dl-limonene 28.44%, D-carvone 18.76%, Eucalyptol 8.86% and pulegone 8.65% were the top components. The rata of Mentha pulegium free radicals control with DPPH and ABTS was 51.5% and 53.43% respectively. The amount of MPEO resistance against oxidation of linoleic acids and color changing in β-carotene was 59.22%. Total phenolic was equal to 73.35 mg gallic acid/ml. The cytotoxicity effects results showed, the percent of HT29 aliveness was 100, 70.21, 61.26, 51.98, 35.12, 24.44, 18.65 and 10.92 respectively. Based on the results, increasing in MPEO concentration, caused increasing in HT29 cell line and decreasing percentage of aliveness. The most cells toxicity was in 200 mg/mL and the less was in 1 mg/mL.According to the results, in this study MPEO had suitable antioxidant activity, so we can use Mentha pulegium as an alternative for synthesis preservatives in food industry.
Reza Mobasserfar; Seyed Ali Mortazavi
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Introduction: Doogh is one of the most important and most widely consuming fermented traditional Iranian milk products, which is being prepared from the healthy milk by using the activity of certain lactic acid bacteria and molds under the especial conditions. Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus ...
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Introduction: Doogh is one of the most important and most widely consuming fermented traditional Iranian milk products, which is being prepared from the healthy milk by using the activity of certain lactic acid bacteria and molds under the especial conditions. Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus are used as starter culture for milk fermentation. The fermented dairy products have long storage life and constitute an important part of the milk's per capita consumption. For this reason, studying the different methods in order to improve the quality of these products is crucial. By considering the fact that the strong thermal treatments damage some components of milk such as protein and vitamins, using the membrane filterations decrease the need to impose the intense thermal conditions which result into the relative loss of nutrients. On the other hand, using the membrane filters not only increase SNF (solid non-fat) and the percentage of protein but also lead into the production of less-lactose milk as well, the production of less-lactose products, in addition to their nutritional value for some people, have especial benefits for improving the quality. As follows, UF filters in 10-2-10-1 diameter separate the bacteria, fats and protein when milk is passing with a pressure about 1-10 bar but also they pass the minerals such as salts and water which are being removed as permeate and the concentrated milk is called “Retentate”. Materials and methods: Materials provided in this study were including: Starter culture (No: 505 form Danisco, USA), Lactic acid (1.00366) with a degree of purity level more than 95%, NaH2PO4*2H2O (1.06345) plus the cultures' environment and the chemical substances from MERCK Company. HPLC system (Agilent, 1100 series, USA), Rheometer (Anton, MCR300, Austria), Milk analyzer bar (Azmalaban, MCC, Iran), pH meter (Knick,766, Germany), Digital scale 0.001 (AND,GF4000, Japan), Psychrometer (Sartorius, MA45, Germany), Oven (memmert, UM400, Germany), Centrifuge (Funke Gerber, Nova safety, Germany), Kjeldahl (Gerhardt, KB, Germany), Refrigerated incubator (WTW,TS606-6/2-i, Austria), Incubator (memmert, BM400, Germany), Autoclave (RT-2, Reyhan Teb, Iran). In the present study the effect of a decrease in lactose percentage on the durability, flavor and sensory (organoleptic) properties of produced doogh on the 1st, 23rd and 46th day’s after production time in comparison to control ones, was investigated. The changes of acetaldehyde levels were measured using Gas chromatography mass spectroscopy. In this study, milk was passed through UF filters in three consecutive days and its lactose level was decreased by about 2%. After that fermentation and standardization of doogh based on the amount of fat and solid-nonfat has been done. All tests were repeated 3 times and the comparison of averages has been done by using LSD test (p= 0.05 %). Results were expressed as mean ± SE. Values were the average of triplicate experiments. Significant differences between the results were calculated by analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the help of SPSS software version 20. Differences at P<0.05 were considered to be significant. Also the obtained data for the rheological experiments was processed using software such as Excel 2010 and SPSS software version 20 to determine an appropriate mathematical model. And in this case, the linear and nonlinear regressions were used. Results & discussion: Results showed that by increasing the storage time, the acidity and pH changes and the acetaldehyde amount of produced doogh was less than those of the control samples. Additionally flavor and sensory properties improved considerably. Based on the findings of this research, it seems that the reduction of lactose and the decrease of lactic acid bacterial activity can play an important role in increasing the durability time, improving the sensory properties and enhancing the quality of doogh. It was determined that the decrease of lactose using ultrafiltration to the control sample not only indicates the significant changes in most considered variables but also there are these kinds of changes during the durability time. In addition, the significant and slow changes of pH to the control sample due to the decrease of lactic bacteria activities show the least qualitative and flavor changes over the durability time. And also it was specified that by increasing the activities of lactic bacteria, the amount of acetaldehyde will increase but by decreasing this activity, the level of acetaldehyde will decline. This issue has a direct relationship with the changes of lactose's amount. The post-filtration doogh due to its high amount of proteins shows high viscosity and concentration and for this reason, the attention of panelists in the sensory evaluation was directed toward choosing the post-filtration doogh instead of the pre-filtration one. Therefore, it can be concluded that the decrease of lactose using ultrafiltration has a main role in improving the quality of the product and also the tendency of the consumers.
Nasibeh Obudi; Mohammad Alizadeh khaled abad; Sajad Pirsa
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A synbiotic yogurt was provided by adding aerobic (Lactobacillus acidophilus) and anaerobic (Bifidobacterium bifidum) probiotics and inulin to the yogurt. The effects of aerobic and anaerobic probiotics, storage time, and inulin on the physicochemical/microbial properties of synbiotic yogurt in terms ...
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A synbiotic yogurt was provided by adding aerobic (Lactobacillus acidophilus) and anaerobic (Bifidobacterium bifidum) probiotics and inulin to the yogurt. The effects of aerobic and anaerobic probiotics, storage time, and inulin on the physicochemical/microbial properties of synbiotic yogurt in terms of acidity, viscosity, syneresis, and microbial count were studied. A head-space solid phase microextraction-gas chromatography (HS-SPME-GC) method was used to extract and detect of VOCs profile (total peak area and total peak height) of yogurt sample by nano-sized polyaniline fiber. The D-Optimal Combined Design (DOCD) was used to analyze the effect of probiotics type (aerobic and anaerobic), inulin percent (W/W %), and storage time of yogurt (day) on the physicochemical/microbial properties of synbiotic yogurt. Results showed that the aerobic and anaerobic probiotics, inulin, and storage time of yogurt affect the yogurt physicochemical/microbial property and there were relations between the physicochemical/microbial properties of yogurt and VOCs gas chromatography profile (total peak area and total peak height). The current research also enables us to obtain microbial count by total peak area and total peak height of the VOCs GC-profile of yogurt sample.
Reza Farhoosh; Mohammad Shahedi; Ali Sharif
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The best PH for getting Millard reaction started and Acrylamide formation ranges 7 to 8. PH below the range slows the reaction speed down and the resultant Acrylamide formation delayed. This research assess how Acetic Acid in 0.05, 0.15, 0.25% concentrations together with sourdough may promote acidity ...
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The best PH for getting Millard reaction started and Acrylamide formation ranges 7 to 8. PH below the range slows the reaction speed down and the resultant Acrylamide formation delayed. This research assess how Acetic Acid in 0.05, 0.15, 0.25% concentrations together with sourdough may promote acidity in bread dough and how they can cause a reduction of acrylamide content in Sangak bread [an Iranian traditional bread]. Here the acrylamide is assessed after it was derived and then transferring it to gaseous chromatography with ion indicator. The concentration of acrylamide in Sangak breads made of sourdough with 0.05, 0.15 and 0.25% of acid acetic showed a decrease of 73.47, 81.50 and 82.10% and also a 90.55, 92.80 and 95.96 % decrease when the bread has been made of the same compounds and yeast. The acidity of compounds with acidity rate of 0.05, 0.15 and 0.25% in Sangak bread made of yeast equates to 0.12, 0.14 and 0.17% (normal) respectively; while these values for Sangak breads made of sourdough stand at 0.16, 0.18 and 0.21% (normal). Therefore, decreased acrylamide can be attributed to increased acidity of dough.
Zahra Izadi; Ali Nasirpour; Ghasem Ali Garoosi
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Phytosterols have been used for reduction of cholesterol since 1950. The high melting temperature and chalky taste are the major problems related to the enrichment of foodstuffs with phytosterols. The Cristal construct of these compounds could not reduce remarkably the blood cholesterol in comparison ...
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Phytosterols have been used for reduction of cholesterol since 1950. The high melting temperature and chalky taste are the major problems related to the enrichment of foodstuffs with phytosterols. The Cristal construct of these compounds could not reduce remarkably the blood cholesterol in comparison with the fatty soluble forms. Presence of free and alcoholic forms of phytosterols and also their capability in making strong linkage with nutritional matrix make difficult and complicate their analysis and distribution quality in foodstuffs. In this study the emulsion include the emulsifier, soy bean oil and water was used for dissolving and dispersing of phytosterols in water phase. Then the distribution state of phytosterol in enriched yogurt was investigated using Gas Chromatography. Because of the appearance and color are the first parameters in the evaluation of nutrition materials, digital imaging and Photoshop software was used to measure the color of enriched yogurt. Results indicated that the using of emulsifier and soy bean oil could be suitable approach to disperse and dissolving phytosterol in liquid phase. Gas Chromatography showed that it is a favorite method to measure manner of dispersing the phytosterol. In the colorimetric studding no significant differences observed between enriched yogurts and control. Also result exhibited that the using of Photoshop software could be the better scale in comparison with the other current method and instruments for color assay of the yogurt.
