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USU Student Organic Farm Newsletter

The semester has started! PSC 4900 is the Student Organic Farm practicum class, and this year’s students and some of the farm team met for our first class on Monday. Dr. Jennifer Reeve teaches the class and will be back at the end of September after mater­nity leave. This month Dr. Melanie Stock will lead the class in sampling the soil for next year’s farm field, calculating required nutrient ammendments, spreading compost and testing the irrigation system for the fall cover crop.

Meanwhile, the team is maintaining the fall crops, harvesting and preparing for the grand finale Harvest Festival coming …

Design The Rural Food Packaging Design Under The Ethical Concept, Zhang Jiaxin, Zhu Li

Food and Machinery

Food packaging in the countryside deeply reflects a kind of intimate complex relationship between human and design, human and tradition, human and natue. We incorporate design ethics with the process of food packaging design, as to make people to think about this comprehensive relationship from the perspective of ethics and introduce ethical care into design practice from top to bottom, and finally we can establish clear design ethics awareness for future country food packaging.

Study On Temperature Field Of Different Materials In Incubator, Pan Xinyi, Wang Dongmei, Zhu Hong

Food and Machinery

The temperature fields of the incubators were investigated based on the fundamental model of incubator, using finite element method by applying finite elements. Moreover, the Thermal-Fluid Couple by Fluent was analyzed, and the temperature field was validated by experiment. Three common thermal insulation material including XPS, EPU and VIP were selected, and the temperature fields distribution of different materials were studied by the computer simulation. The results showed when using the different insulation materials, the internal temperature field were different, and the internal temperature of VIP incubator were closest to the phase change temperature of cool storage agent and with …

An Investigation On Flavors Formation Between The Reaction Of 5-Hydroxymeth-Ylfurfural And Amino Acid, Wang Ge, Zeng Rui, Qiu Ruixia, Huang Caihuan, Zheng Jie

Food and Machinery

The reaction of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) with serine, threonine, gamma-aminobutyric acid and alanine, and the relative volatile substances were determined by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS). The results showed that 21 volatile components in total were detected from the reaction system of HMF and these amino acids, most of which were carbonyl compounds, furans and hydrocarbon compounds. In HMF-Serine system, the concentrations of pyrazine，5-methyl-2-furaldehyde and nonanal were the highest in the reaction system with the highest contents of the reactants and the longest reaction time. In HMF-Threonine system, the production of acetophenone, 3-methyl-pyrazine and 2,5-dimethyl-pyrazine was positively influenced by the reaction time. …

Isolation, Purification And Structure-Activity Relationship Of Silk Fibroin Peptides With Anti-Alcoholism Activity, Yuan Liang, Dai Jun, Chen Shangwei, Zhu Song, Zhang Xuejun, Zhang Ping

Food and Machinery

Waste silk as raw material was dissolved with 40% CaCl₂ solution at first, and silk fibroin was extracted after dialysis; Then the enzymolysis conditions of silk fibroin was optimized. Besides, silk fibroin peptides was fractionated by using HPGFC and separated ulteriorly by RP-HPLC, then their anti-alcoholism activity in vitro was detected by Valle＆Hoch’s method. The experiment results showed that the optimal enzymatic hydrolysis conditions of silk fibroin were as followed: time of 240 min, enzyme dosage of 2%, substrate concentration of 5%, pH 8.5 and temperature of 60 ℃, and the optimal degree of hydrolysis（DH）was 23.22%. In addition, the …

Experimental Study On The Expression Level Of Opn And Tgf-Β1 In Rat Liver Fibrosis Model With Tuber Granule Intervention, Yuan Yong

Food and Machinery

Methods The 30 rats were randomly divided into normal control group, the non-treatment group of liver fibrosis model and the treatment group of liver fibrosis model. Each group of rats are take the following operation: Western blotting test OPN protein expression after eitht weeks。The PCR detection of TGF-β1 mRNA expression level. Results This study showed that the treatment group of liver fibrosis model of HA, LN, PCIII, CIV radioimmunoassay were higher than the treatment group have significant differences (P＜0.01), and the differences were statistically significant than the non-treatment group of liver fibrosis model at the same time（P＜0.05）. The non-treatment group …

Study On Enzymatic Hydrolysis-Mild Thermal Oxidation Of Chicken Fat For Preparing Chicken Flavor, Yu Jingyang, Chen Huangnv, Xia Shuqin, Zhang Xiaoming

Food and Machinery

At present, commercial refined chicken fat and chicken protein hydrolysates are usually used as raw materials for the industrialized production of Maillard reaction chicken flavor. However, commercial refined chicken fat contains a large amount of anti-oxidant, which is hard to be oxidized by low-temperature heating. It is easy to produce off-flavor for chicken fat when heated at high temperature. In order to form enough chicken flavor precursors for Maillard reaction chicken flavor preparing, we studied the mild thermal oxidation of refined chicken fat based on enzymatic hydrolysis, which was with the lipolytic ratio, fatty and greasy taste as evaluation indexes. …

Gc/Ms For Simultaneous Determination Of 14 Photo-Initiators In Fatty Food, Xu Wenyang, Chen Hua

Food and Machinery

To establish a GC-MS method for determination of 14 photo-initiators in fatty food. The homogeneous samples were extracted by acetone-hexane(2∶8,v:v) for 15 min at room temperature. The supernatant was purified by HLB column, and the eluent was then collected, which was further purified by PSA. The purified eluent was centrifuged and determined by GC-MS. The recoveries were between 73.0%～92.4% at spiked levels of 0.000 2～0.001 0 mg/kg, and the relative standard deviation of the methods were 4.1%～8.9%, with the LOD ranging from 0.02~0.20 μg/kg. It was in accordance with the requirement of technical parameters for analysis with fast and simple …

Watermelon Sugar Content Detection Based On The External Characteristics And Sub-Band Spectrum Centroid Method, Zhuang Wei, Li Zhenfeng, Song Feihu, Li Jing, Zhu Guanyu

Food and Machinery

At present, the vibration nondestructive testing method has high requirements on hardware system and test conditions, and few practical application systems have been designed..In order to solve this problem, a portable vibration test detection system was built. The time signal was denoised by the method of wavelet threshold denoising. The sub-band spectrum centroid of a certain watermelon variety was extracted. The product of square of transverse diameter and the longitudinal diameter was proposed as the volume parameters. It is found that the frequency point of sub-band spectrum centroid is negatively correlated with the quality of watermelon and the volume parameters, …

Analysis Of Monosaccharide Composition And Content Of Polysaccharide From Nostoc Sphaeroides Kützing Extractive, Zhou Xi, Wang Xi, Liu Shuiping, Luo Cheng, Wang Zongcheng, Zhuang Ruihua

Food and Machinery

A simple and sensitive high performance liquid chromatographic method for simultaneous determination of eight kinds of neutral monosaccharides, two kinds of uronic acid and one kinds of glycosamine by precolumn derivatization with 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone (PMP) has been developed. The polysaccharides hydrolyzed effects of hydrolysis time, temperature and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) concentration were investigated. HPLC were established for analyzing the monosaccharide composition and the content of polysaccharide from Nostoc sphaeroides Kützing extractive. The results showed that the recoveries of nine kinds of monosaccharides, such as Man, GlcUA, Glc, Xyl, were 81.08%～102.1%. Compared with the chemical method. The established method is accurate, goodlineal …

Study On The Removal Of Methylene Blue Using Rice Starch As An Adsorbent By Mini-Hydrocyclone, Wu Han, Yu Jianfeng, Jiang Yuting, He Shiyuan, Zhao Jiang

Food and Machinery

Rice starch was used as an adsorbent to adsorb the dyeing wastewater simulated by methylene blue in mini-hydrocyclone. The single experiments were used to explore the effect of starch concentration, split ratio and feed flow rate on the efficiency of adsorption and separation. Moreover, the response surface analysis method was used to optimize process parameters. The results showed that the starch concentration, split ratio and feed flow rate all influenced the efficiency of adsorption and separation. The order of effect on adsorption efficiency was as followed: starch concentration > split ratio > feed flow rate, and the order of effect on separation …

Design And Application Of Round Fruit Sorting And Labeling Machine, Sun Kai, Yan Xuehui, Zhu Rongsheng

Food and Machinery

At present, the sorting and labeling of round fruits in peasant household is still depending on the manpower with low efficiency. This paper presents a solution for the integration of sorting and labeling. An automatic sorting and labelling machine is designed for selecting and labeling the size of round fruit in peasant household. This machine is mainly composed of roller type sorting device and automatic labelling device, which can automatically complete the sorting and labeling of round fruit. The optimal parameters of each part were determined through the elaboration of the whole structure and the working principle of each part …

Study On Volatile Flavor Compounds Of Meat From Yanbian Yellow Cattle, Hou Tingting, Nan Jingxi, Lin Mo, Xu Meina, Liu Tian, Wang Juan, Li Guanhao

Food and Machinery

Volatile flavor compounds in three parts of meat from Yanbian yellow cattle were analyzed by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The extraction fibers were optimized by comparison of 65 μm PDMS/DVB, 75 μm CAR/PDMS and 100 μm PDMS. The results showed that 65 μm PDMS/DVB had the best extraction effect on the volatile components of meat from Yanbian yellow cattle. Furthermore, the volatile components in Longissimus dorsi, rump and Sirloin of Yanbian Yellow Cattle were respectively investigated, and the differences of the volatile components in the three parts were analyzed with principal component analysis. The …

Preparation Of Eggshell-Powder Nanosilver And Its Antibacterial Properties, Chen Qiaoling, Chen Bisang, Wu Xiuting, You Yuting

Food and Machinery

Eggshell-powder as reactant react with AgNO₃ and NaBH₄ through ultrasonic reduction method to prepare the eggshell-powder nanosilver. The eggshell-powder nanosilver morphology and morphology changes of treated bacteria were characterized by using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). And its antibacterial properties were characterized by the microorganism meathods. The results showed that silver nanoparticles of eggshell powder had strong bactericidal effect on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and Candida albicans etc. And the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of this four bacterias were 1.5,3.0,3.0,6.0 mg/L and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) were 6, 12, 12, 24 mg/L.

Separation And Identification Of The Hypnotic Active Ingredients Of Polygala Tenuifolia Willd, Chen Lihuan, Xu Deping, Kong Jiamei, Yao Minghua, Zhang Dong, Gu Libaikeremu, Gao Jingqiu

Food and Machinery

The effect of sedation was observed by sleeping method and the content of dopamine(DA) in hippocampal region of the experimental mice, which was measured by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The structure of active ingredients was inferred by physical and chemical testing and HPLC-MS and NMR. The research showed that the active ingredient of hypnosis was the elution fraction of 70% ethanol in MCI, and it was Saponins, which were isomers of each other, with nitrogen(s) and a sugar chain consisting of three sugars.

Preparation And Antioxidation Of Ergosteryl Lipoate, Tang Xiaohui, Ji Suping, Xia Xue, Jia Chengsheng

Food and Machinery

To improve the solubility of ergosterol, the ergosteryl lipoate was prepared by a chemical method under ambient temperature, and the antioxidation of ergosteryl lipoate in oil was studied. By single factor experiments, the optimum conditions for the synthesis of ergosteryl lipoate were obtained. The conversion could be achieved 91% in the following conditions: DMAP/EDC/Et₃N as the catalyst, 80 mmol/L ergosterol, molar ratio of lipoic acid/ergosterol/DMAP/EDC/Et₃N 2.0∶1.0∶0.2∶1.2∶1.5, dichloromethane as the solvent, reaction temperature of 25 ℃, reaction time of 20 h. The solubility of ergosteryl lipoate in oil is about twice of ergosterol, and the antioxidant ability …

Isolation And Identification Of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Of Fermentation Liquor Of Wild Kiwifruit From The Western Of Hunan And The Relative Ace Inhibitory Activity, Wu Qiang, Wan Chang, Peng Juanjuan, Zeng Hao, Yu Yougui

Food and Machinery

The wild yeast JM11 was isolated from wild kiwifruits by lineation separating, screened by morphological characteristics in WL medium and microscope observation and further confirmed as Saccharomyces cerevisiae by 26S rDNA D1/D2 domain sequence analysis. The content of alcohol, peptide concentration and ACE (Angiotensin converting enzyme, ACE) inhibitory activity were determined during fermentation with pure S. cerevisiae. The kiwifruit juice fermented 4 d estimated the content of alcohol was (7.8±0.5)%Vol, ACE inhibitory activity was (93.0±2.6)% and peptide concentration was (2 652.0±112.4) μg/mL. Endogenous yeast strain was used for prepared the kiwifruit wine, which revealed high ACE inhibitory activity, and could …

Preparation And Properties Of Microcrystalline Cellulose From Artemisia, Wen Junfeng, Liu Xia, Li Xiao

Food and Machinery

The Micro-Crystalline Cellulose （MCC）was prepared by acid hydrolysis method from Artemisia. The effects of solid to liquid, concentration of hydrochloric acid, temperature of acid hydrolysis and time of acid hydrolysis on the yield and degree of polymerization of Artemisia MCC were studied by single factor experiment. The preparation process of MCC was optimized by response surface methodology, and the structure and properties of the microcrystalline cellulose were analyzed. The optimum preparation conditions of MCC were as followed: ratio of solid to liquid 1∶30 （g/mL）, concentration of hydrochloric acid 15%, temperature of acid hydrolysis 70 ℃, and time of acid hydrolysis …

Study On The Purification Of Polysaccharide From Peony Stamen By Three Phase Partitioning And Physicochemical Property, Luo Lei, Xue Yihan, Yang Yongqing, Zhu Wenxue

Food and Machinery

Three phase partitioning was used to purify the polysaccharide from peony stamen and its physicochemical properties were analyzed. The optimal conditions of purification were obtained as follows: pH 7, ammonium sulfate concentration(w/v) 10% and ratio of t-butyl alcohol/crude extract(v/v).Under this condition, the polysaccharide recovery was 69% and the protein removal rate was 73%. The purity rate of the purified polysaccharide was 99.24%, and 95.36% pigment was removed by three phase partitioning. The Rresult of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis showed that it was composed of rhamnose, galacturonic acid, glucose, galactose and arabinose, and the molar ratio was 1.24∶1.59∶2.00∶9.11∶1.68. The …

Effects Of Different Drying Methods On The Powder Quality Characteristic In Dateplum Persimmon, Qiao Xiaoquan, Ren Guangyue, Qiao Meng, Duan Xu, Zhang Ledao, Lu Yingjie, Tian Xiaoyu

Food and Machinery

Fruits of Dateplum persimmon were dried to flours by five different drying methods, including hot-air drying, microwave drying, spray-drying, explosion puffing drying, vacuum freeze-drying, and the physical properties of the five powders were measured, such as wetting sinking time, dispersity, solubility, bulk density. The effects of different drying methods on D. persimmon powder quality characteristic was investigated. The Weight of Variation Coefficient were used to determine comprehensive score of the powders to determine the best method to dry. The results showed that the dispersibility, wet sinking ability, moisture absorption, solubility property of the five powders accounted for a larger proportion, …