Physicochemical properties of whole fruit plum powders obtained using different drying technologies
Publication date: 15 September 2016 Source:Food Chemistry, Volume 207 Author(s): Anna Michalska, Aneta Wojdyło, Krzysztof Lech, Grzegorz P. Łysiak, Adam Figiel Physicochemical quality parameters of plum powders obtained by applying conventional drying methods and their combination devised to process plums were evaluated. The effect of freeze-drying (FD), vacuum drying (VD), convective drying (CD), microwave-vacuum drying (MVD) and combination of convective pre-drying and microwave finish-drying (CPD-MVFD) affected physical (bulk density, porosity, colour, solubility) and chemical properties (polyphenolic co...
Source: Food Chemistry - April 3, 2016 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Can a healthy life prevent us from post-menopausal osteoporosis? Myths and truths
Publication date: Available online 29 March 2016 Source:PharmaNutrition Author(s): Soledad Herrero, Yolanda Pico Postmenopausal osteoporosis is related to unmodifiable risk factors (genetics, race, gender and age). However, other controllable factors such as activity, body mass, hormone and calcium levels and dietary habits can reduce fracture risk. For example, significant increases in bone mass density have been linked to physical activity in children, supplements of Vitamin C taken for more than 10 years, or high consumption of fish, olive oil or dried plums. This review establishes the scientific basis behind t...
Source: PharmaNutrition - March 28, 2016 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Inflammation related responses of intestinal cells to plum and cabbage digesta with differential carotenoid and polyphenol profiles following simulated gastro‐intestinal digestion
Conclusions: Some varieties, especially in the triple‐culture, reduced inflammation, though this was unrelated to concentrations of carotenoids/polyphenols. The potential of phytochemical‐rich fruits and vegetables to ameliorate gastrointestinal inflammation should be further investigated.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved (Source: Nahrung / Food)
Source: Nahrung / Food - March 18, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: Anouk Kaulmann, Sylvain Legay, Yves‐Jacques Schneider, Lucien Hoffmann, Torsten Bohn Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Characterization of edible film containing essential oils in hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and its effect on quality attributes of ‘Formosa’ plum (Prunus salicina L.)
Publication date: July 2016 Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 70 Author(s): Woo Suk Choi, Suman Singh, Youn Suk Lee Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (H) films incorporated with oregano and bergamot essential oils were characterized and evaluated for their effectiveness suitability as an edible coating for fresh ‘Formosa’ plum. The effects of the oregano essential oil (OEO) and bergamot essential oil (BEO) at different concentrations of 0.5, 1, 1.5, and 2% (w/w) in the HPMC edible films were observed by measuring their physical and mechanical properties, gas permeation, color values, transparency, ...
Source: LWT Food Science and Technology - March 5, 2016 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
A Systematic Review on the Health Effects of Plums (Prunus domestica and Prunus salicina)
In recent times, plums have been described as foods with health‐promoting properties. Research on the health effects of plum continue to show promising results on its antiinflammatory, antioxidant and memory‐improving characteristics. The increased interest in plum research has been attributed to its high phenolic content, mostly the anthocyanins, which are known to be natural antioxidants.
A systematic review of literature was carried out to summarize the available evidence on the impact of plums (Prunus species; domestica and salicina) on disease risk factors and health outcomes.
A number of databases were searched a...
Source: Phytotherapy Research - March 1, 2016 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Ezinne O. Igwe, Karen E. Charlton Tags: Review Source Type: research
The effect of two doses of dried plum on bone density and bone biomarkers in osteopenic postmenopausal women: a randomized, controlled trial
Conclusions
These results confirm the ability of dried plum to prevent the loss of total body BMD in older osteopenic postmenopausal women and suggest that a lower dose of dried plum (i.e., 50 g) may be as effective as 100 g of dried plum in preventing bone loss in older, osteopenic postmenopausal women. This may be due, in part, to the ability of dried plums to inhibit bone resorption. This clinical trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02325895. (Source: Osteoporosis International)
Source: Osteoporosis International - February 22, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research
The Season for Plums … and for Laser and Light-Based Device Meetings.
Authors: Ohshiro T
PMID: 26246688 [PubMed] (Source: Laser Therapy)
Source: Laser Therapy - December 21, 2015 Category: Laser Surgery Tags: Laser Ther Source Type: research
Effect of thermal treatment on phenolic compounds from plum (prunus domestica) extracts – A kinetic study
Publication date: February 2016 Source:Journal of Food Engineering, Volume 171 Author(s): Mihaela Turturică, Nicoleta Stănciuc, Gabriela Bahrim, Gabriela Râpeanu The effect of thermal treatment on the degradation of the polyphenolic compounds in plum extract was investigated in the range of 70–110 °C by means of fluorescence spectroscopy and spectrophotometric techniques. The fluorescence results suggested that plum extract represents a multicomponent system with different fluorescence species. The heating of plum extract resulted in structural changes that led to a significant decrease in fluorescence i...
Source: Journal of Food Engineering - November 15, 2015 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
The phenolic acids of Agen prunes (dried plums) or Agen prune juice concentrates do not account for the protective action on bone in a rat model of postmenopausal osteoporosis
This study was designed to 1) Analyze whether the main phenolic acids of DP control preosteoblast proliferation and activity in vitro; 2) Determine if the polyphenolic content of DP or DP juice concentrate is the main component improving bone health in vivo; and 3) Analyze whether DP metabolites directly modulate preosteoblast physiology ex vivo. (Source: Nutrition Research)
Source: Nutrition Research - October 18, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: Laurent Léotoing, Fabien Wauquier, Marie-Jeanne Davicco, Patrice Lebecque, David Gaudout, Stéphane Rey, Xavier Vitrac, Laurent Massenat, Salim Rashidi, Yohann Wittrant, Véronique Coxam Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Fractionation and identification of antioxidant and angiotensin-converting enzyme-inhibitory peptides obtained from plum (Prunus domestica L.) stones
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Journal of Functional Foods, Volume 19, Part A Author(s): Estefanía González-García, Patrycja Puchalska, María Luisa Marina, María Concepción García Peptides with antioxidant and ACE-inhibitory capacities have been obtained from a plum processing by-product. The aim of this work was to fractionate most active plum hydrolysates, to identify peptides in these fractions, and to evaluate their resistance to gastrointestinal enzymes. Highest antioxidant capacity was observed in the whole Alcalase hydrolysate while peptides yielding the highest ability to inhibit ACE were...
Source: Journal of Functional Foods - October 3, 2015 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Editorial: Pits (and Plums?) in the Mire of Medical Talk Shows.
PMID: 26220831 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening)
Source: Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening - August 1, 2015 Category: Chemistry Authors: Lushington GH Tags: Comb Chem High Throughput Screen Source Type: research
NMR fingerprinting as a tool to evaluate post-harvest time-related changes of peaches, tomatoes and plums
Publication date: September 2015 Source:Food Research International, Volume 75 Author(s): Claudio Santucci , Leonardo Tenori , Claudio Luchinat The time-related changes of three agricultural products, coming from two distribution routes, have been followed using NMR fingerprinting to monitor metabolic variations occurring during several days of cold storage. An NMR profiling approach was employed to evaluate the variations in metabolic profile and metabolite content in three different agricultural products highly consumed in Italy (peaches, tomatoes and plums) coming from Tuscanian farms and how they change with tim...
Source: Food Research International - June 6, 2015 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Detection of malathion in food peels by surface-enhanced Raman imaging spectroscopy and multivariate curve resolution.
Abstract
An analytical methodology was developed for detection of malathion in the peels of tomatoes and Damson plums by surface-enhanced Raman imaging spectroscopy and multivariate curve resolution. To recover the pure spectra and the distribution mapping of the analyzed surfaces, non-negative matrix factorization (NMF), multivariate curve calibration methods with alternating least squares (MCR-ALS) and MCR with weighted alternating least square (MCR-WALS) were utilized. Error covariance matrices were estimated to evaluate the structure of the error over all the data. For the tomato data, NMF-ALS and MCR-...
Source: Analytica Chimica Acta - May 25, 2015 Category: Chemistry Authors: Albuquerque CD, Poppi RJ Tags: Anal Chim Acta Source Type: research
Quantitative assessment of the main antioxidant compounds, antioxidant activities and FTIR spectra from commonly consumed fruits, compared to standard kiwi fruit
Publication date: September 2015 Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 63, Issue 1 Author(s): Yong-Seo Park , Myeng He Im , Kyung-Sik Ham , Seong-Gook Kang , Yang-Kyun Park , Jacek Namiesnik , Hanna Leontowicz , Maria Leontowicz , Simon Trakhtenberg , Shela Gorinstein Bioactive compounds (polyphenols and ascorbic acid) and dietary fibers, and related antioxidant activities of commonly consumed apples, bananas, peaches, pears, blond and red grapefruits, pomelos, oranges, lemons, red plums, white grapes, mango, persimmon and strawberries grown in the same geographical and climatic conditions were com...
Source: LWT Food Science and Technology - May 1, 2015 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Pectin from Prunus domestica L. induces proliferation of IEC-6 cells through the alteration of cell-surface heparan sulfate on differentiated Caco-2 cells in co-culture
In this study, we investigated the biological significance of the effect of pectin on HS in differentiated Caco-2 cells. An in vitro intestinal epithelium model was constructed by co-culture of differentiated Caco-2 cells and rat IEC-6 cells, which were used as models of intestinal epithelium and intestinal crypt cells, respectively. We found that pectin-treated differentiated Caco-2 cells promoted growth of IEC-6 cells. Real-time RT-PCR analysis and western blotting showed that relative mRNA and protein expression levels of Wnt3a were upregulated by pectin treatment in differentiated Caco-2 cells. Analysis by surface plas...
Source: Glycoconjugate Journal - April 23, 2015 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research
