Chemical and physical pretreatments of fruits and vegetables: Effects on drying characteristics and quality attributes–a comprehensive review

LZ Deng, AS Mujumdar, Q Zhang… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Pretreatment is widely used before drying of agro-products to inactivate enzymes, enhance
drying process and improve quality of dried products. In current work, the influence of …

Roots and tuber crops as functional foods: a review on phytochemical constituents and their potential health benefits

A Chandrasekara… - International journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Starchy roots and tuber crops play a pivotal role in the human diet. There are number of
roots and tubers which make an extensive biodiversity even within the same geographical …

Mitigation strategies of acrylamide, furans, heterocyclic amines and browning during the Maillard reaction in foods

C Rannou, D Laroque, E Renault, C Prost… - Food Research …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Maillard reaction (MR) occurs widely during food manufacture and storage, through
controlled or uncontrolled pathways. Its consequences are ambiguous depending on the …

Comparison of the proximate composition, total carotenoids and total polyphenol content of nine orange-fleshed sweet potato varieties grown in Bangladesh

MK Alam, ZH Rana, SN Islam - Foods, 2016 - mdpi.com
In an attempt to develop the food composition table for Bangladesh, the nutritional
composition of nine varieties of orange-fleshed sweet potato was analyzed together with …

Swelling power and water solubility of cassava and sweet potatoes flour

H Kusumayanti, NA Handayani, H Santosa - Procedia Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
The swelling power and water solubility of cassava and three sweet potatoes type were
conducted by using Leach method and Kainuma method, respectively. The flour was …

Maillard conjugates and their potential in food and nutritional industries: A review

X Liu, B Xia, LT Hu, ZJ Ni, K Thakur, ZJ Wei - Food frontiers, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Maillard reaction (MR) is a cascade of complex interactions between reducing sugars and
amine groups in food processing and storage. It produces a variety of volatile compound …

Evaluating sweet potato as an intervention food to prevent vitamin A deficiency

BJ Burri - Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Vitamin A (VA) deficiency causes over 600000 deaths per year, mostly of young children or
pregnant women. Populations prone to VA deficiency obtain about 82% of their VA from …

Physical, chemical, and sensory properties of biscuits prepared from flour blends of unripe cooking banana, pigeon pea, and sweet potato

AA Adeola, ER Ohizua - Food science & nutrition, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Biscuits were produced from 14 flour blends of cooking banana (UBF), pigeon pea (PPF),
and sweet potato (SPF). The physical properties, nutrient composition, and sensory …

Mucosal interactions between genetics, diet, and microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease

A Basson, A Trotter, A Rodriguez-Palacios… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Numerous reviews have discussed gut microbiota composition changes during inflammatory
bowel diseases (IBD), particularly Crohn's disease (CD). However, most studies address the …

Application of blanching pretreatment in herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora Pall.) flower processing: Improved drying efficiency, enriched volatile profile and …

H Xu, M Wu, X Zhang, B Wang, S Wang… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although various techniques have been developed to dry herbaceous peony (Paeonia
lactiflora Pall.) flowers, the dried products usually have a low retention level of bioactive …