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Radiofrequency Processing For Inactivation Of Salmonella Spp. And Enterococcus Faecium Nrrl B-2354 In Whole Black Peppercorn And Ground Black Pepper, Xinyao Wei

Department of Food Science and Technology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Black pepper has been implicated in several foodborne illness outbreaks and food product recalls due to Salmonella contamination. Conventional decontamination methods for black pepper are challenged by harmful residues or quality deterioration. Radiofrequency (RF) heating reduces the come-up time which allows to design a high-temperature short-time processing to inactivate Salmonella with minimal deterioration in product quality. The objectives of this study were to investigate RF heating for inactivation of Salmonella in whole black peppercorn and ground black pepper samples, evaluate Enterococcus faecium NRRL B-2354 as a surrogate for Salmonella, and assess quality deterioration during RF heating of whole black peppercorn …

Increasing Cis-Lycopene Content Of The Oleoresin From Tomato Processing Byproducts Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide And Assessment Of Its Bioaccessibility, Lisbeth Vallecilla Yepez

Department of Food Science and Technology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

In recent years, health- and wellness-promoting foods have been one of the major focus of consumers; therefore, the food industry is increasing its efforts in developing these food products. Tomatoes, tomato-food products and their byproducts have gained special attention in virtue of the carotenoids-rich source that they represent, especially lycopene (~90%). The role of lycopene in human diet has been highlighted as a result of its direct relationship with the decrease of chronic diseases. Nevertheless, lycopene is water-insoluble making its extraction simple with organic-toxic solvents; in addition, lycopene degrades easily with light, time, and storage. Lycopene exist in nature mostly …

Experimental Simulation Of A Cross-Flow Rice Dryer, Sangeeta Mukhopadhyay

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

After harvest, rough rice is dried, then dehulled and typically milled before consumption. A broad objective of the “rice drying process”, which comprises drying and tempering, is to maximize the yield of “whole, intact milled kernels”, quantified by the “head rice yield” (HRY). Since rough rice is commonly dried using cross-flow (CF) dryers in the United States of America, the aim of this research was to assess the effect of drying and tempering treatments on milling yields when rice was dried in an experimentally-simulated CF drying column. First, because airflow rate was found to be the least-studied “drying variable”, its …

Evaluation Of The Impact Of Tart Cherries Polyphenols On The Human Gut Microbiota And Phenolic Metabolites In Vitro And In Vivo, Alba Claudia Mayta-Apaza

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Tart cherries are polyphenol abundant stone fruits claimed to exert health benefits further of its nutritional properties. The abundant phytochemicals content in tart cherries also referred as dietary polyphenols have been considered as an effective natural antioxidant when added in daily diet. However, it has been hypothesized the intervention of gut microbiota on the overall functionality of such compounds. This thesis contains a wide-ranging literature review focused on tart cherry as a crop, current market, functional food, and several health benefits. Furthermore, the research done describes and in vitro and in vivo assays of a short-term dietary intervention of tart …

Role Of Incompatibility Group 1 (Inci1) Plasmid-Encoded Factors On Salmonella Enterica Antimicrobial Resistance And Virulence, Pravin Raghunath Kaldhone

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Foodborne illnesses are a leading cause of infectious diseases in the world. Among enteric organisms Salmonella is a key pathogen. It’s high prevalence in poultry and other food-animal sources make it imperative to study. Salmonella has the ability to modify its genetic content with help of mobile genetic elements such as plasmids. Incompatibiltiy group 1 (IncI1) plasmids are commonly reported in Salmonella. This study evaluates role on IncI1 plasmids in antimicrobial resistance and virulence in Salmonella. Genetic determinants of resistance and virulence are noted among our IncI1-containing Salmonella isolates. These genetic elements are also transferable and reported to carry respective …

Characterization And Mechanisms Of Anthocyanin Degradation And Stabilization, Nathan Blaine Stebbins

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Anthocyanins (ACYs) are polyphenol compounds found in nature, which contribute vivid colors to many fruits and vegetables, while also possessing significant health benefits. These pigments range in color from orange-red to blue-violet and could serve as natural colorants to replace artificial additives. There is a great demand from consumers to have fewer artificial compounds in their foods. However, the relatively instability of ACYs must be further understood in order to limit color degradation before they can completely replace synthetic colorants.

ACYs slowly degrade over time, but there is a knowledge gap on their fate and mechanisms causing degradation. In order …

A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment Of Nutritionally Equivalent Meals With And Without Pork, Kelli Young

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The following report details a life cycle assessment of several dietary and meal scenarios with and without pork. The goal of the LCA was to identify the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and land use of pork containing and porkless diets and meal plans in a field-to-fork analysis. The dietary and meal plan scenarios are iso-caloric meaning they contain the same number of calories. The first set of diets is based on a USDA consumption pattern, 2000 kcal per day. This diet was used to create three other dietary scenarios with and without pork. The USDA recommended food …

Effects Of Pre-Chiller Temperature On The Microbial Ecology Of Whole Bird Carcass Rinses, Rachael Elizabeth Blevins

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Upon entering a poultry processing facility, birds are already contaminated with a variety of microorganisms. It is the responsibility of the processor to reduce these numbers to deliver a wholesome product to customers. This is not an easy task as there are ample opportunities for further microbial contamination. Some of these opportunities are obvious. For example, any areas where contaminants could be washed off one bird and onto another are always an area for concern, i.e. the scalder or the chiller. There are numerous opportunities for contamination that are not so obvious. These incidents of contamination are not necessarily due …

Development And Characterization Of Rice Genotypes For Water Use Efficiency And Drought Resistance, Anuj Kumar

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Rice, the second largest staple food crop, uses 30% of global fresh water to complete its life cycle worldwide. Water deficits worldwide have become a serious problem affecting rice growth and ultimately grain yield. To solve the water problem globally, improvement of water use efficiency (WUE) and other drought resistance (DR) traits in rice genotypes would be a useful strategy using advanced genomics tools. In this study, our objectives were to 1) analyze phenotypes of the USDA rice mini-core collection (URMC) for WUE and DR related traits, 2) correlate drought response phenes for physiological traits and grain yield in the …

Linkage, Whole Genome Sequence, And Biological Data Implicate Variants In Rab10 In Alzheimer’S Disease Resilience, Perry G. Ridge, Celeste M. Karch, Simon Hsu, Ivan Arano, Craig C. Teerlink, Mark T. W. Ebbert, Josue D. Gonzalez Murcia, James M. Farnham, Anna R. Damato, Mariet Allen, Xue Wang, Oscar Harari, Victoria M. Fernandez, Rita Guerreiro, Jose Bras, John Hardy, Ronald G. Munger, Maria Norton, Celeste Sassi, Andrew Singleton, Steven G. Younkin, Dennis W. Dickson, Todd E. Golde, Nathan D. Price, Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner, Carlos Cruchaga, Alison M. Goate, Chris D. Corcoran, Joann T. Tschanz, Lisa A. Cannon-Albright, John S. Kauwe, Alzheimer’S Disease Neuroimaging Initative

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

Background

While age and the APOE ε4 allele are major risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a small percentage of individuals with these risk factors exhibit AD resilience by living well beyond 75 years of age without any clinical symptoms of cognitive decline.

Methods

We used over 200 “AD resilient” individuals and an innovative, pedigree-based approach to identify genetic variants that segregate with AD resilience. First, we performed linkage analyses in pedigrees with resilient individuals and a statistical excess of AD deaths. Second, we used whole genome sequences to identify candidate SNPs in significant linkage regions. Third, we replicated SNPs …

Study On The Extraction Technology And Functional Properties Of Gliadin From Sorghum, Liu Dan, Liu Jianli, Wang Shuai, Cao Xiangyu

Food and Machinery

The optimum conditions for the preparation of sorghum gliadin by ultrasonic assisted enzymatic method were studied by single factor and response surface test. The effects of standing time and temperature on the oil retention and water holding capacity of gliadin were studied. The results showed that the optimum conditions were as followed: enzyme dosage 1%, enzyme action time 3 h, ultrasonic action time 19 min, ethanol concentration 60%, the maximum extraction rate under the conditions of (7.19±0.36)%. At the temperature of 35 ℃and standing time of 40 min, the maximum oil holding capacityof sorghum gliadin was (2.84±0.15) g/g and the …

Effects Of High Temperature Treatment On Quality Of Meat, Zhong Huazhen, Liu Yongfeng, Gan Fei, Hu Yuhua

Food and Machinery

In order to study the effects of common high temperature treatment methods such as pan-frying, frying and broiling on eating quality of meat. pork, chicken and duck were used as research object. The meat color, texture profile analysis and shear force were determined to evaluate the eating quality. Results indicated that pan-frying, frying and broiling had a significant influence on the eating quality of all the samples (P＜0.05). After treatments, the L^*and b^* value of the three kinds of meat increased (P＜0.05), the a^* value of pork decreased (P＜0.05), conversely, the a^* value of chicken …

Construction Of Mango Quality Inspection Platform Based On Dsp System, Pan Junyang, Xiang Huiyu, Xue Zhen

Food and Machinery

In order to realize the detection of mango size, maturity and degree of decay, a test platform based on DSP6437 development board was constructed. Image acquisition was carried out on this platform, with conversion and collection of the data stream. Therefor, the RGB and grayscale images were obtained, the super neighborhood average method for smoothing the image was used to detect the region of interest, and according to the regional average gray degree of maturity, the classification of mango was determined. The edge points of mango were calculated by Laplace transform, and the minimum envelope rectangle was rotated to judge …

Effects Of Lactic Acid Bacteria And Yeast On Fermented Yak Milk Quality, Yu Mingjia, Suo Huayi, Li Jian, Xie Jie, Zhao Xin, Qian Yu, Ding Yangping, Zhang Yu

Food and Machinery

In order to clarify the role of lactic acid bacteria and yeast in the yak yogurt quality formation, by using the yak milk powder as the raw material, the yak yogurt as the fermentation agent, and inhibiting the yeast and lactic acid bacteria in fermention, respectivly, the indexes, for the flavor, taste and texture, were determined, and compared in the ordinary fermentation, inhibition of lactic acid bacteria, inhibition of yeast fermentation yogurt. The results showed that lactic acid bacteria and yeast had a key role in the formation of yak yogurt quality. The lactic acid bacteria had a great contribution …

Effects Of High Temperature Treatment On Protein Components And Their Degradation In Beef, Zou Liangliang, Kang Huaibin, Zhang Huiyun, Xie Anguo, Cai Chaoqi, Wang Bo

Food and Machinery

Beef longissimus dorsi muscle with different high temperature treatment (110 ℃, 115 ℃ and 121 ℃, respectively, heating 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 min) were tested for time and temperature-related changes in different solubility and structural proteins, total nitrogen and non-protein nitrogen, amino nitrogen content, proteolysis index and SDS-PAGE patterns of total muscle protein during high temperature processing. The results showed that the contents of water-soluble protein and salt-soluble protein decreased distinctly with the increase of heating temperature and time. After heating at 121 ℃ for 15 min, the content of sarcoplasmic protein in the beef longissimus dorsi muscle …

Effects Of Different Mixing And Kneading Methods On The Quality Of Frozen Cooked Noodles, Shao Lifang, Zhu Kexue, Guo Xiaona

Food and Machinery

In this paper, the effect of different mixing (vacuum, conventional and manual) and kneading (machine kneading, hand kneading and non-kneading) methods on the quality of frozen cooked noodles were studied. The different processing methods on the cooking and texture properties of the frozen cooked noodle were investigated, and by NMR analyzed the water changes, use SE-HPLC to analyze the changes in protein. The results showed that the frozen cooked noodlemixed in vacuum condition had the best texture and cooking properties, the highest percentage of A₂₁ and the lowest SDS extractability. It showed that vacuum condition could promote the cross-linking …

The Study On Isolation, Screening, Identification And Application Effect Of An Efficient Protein Derading Bacteria In Flue-Cured Tobacco, Yang Zongcan, Feng Yingjie, Liu Chao, Wang Pengfei, Zhang Zhan, Zhang Yaoguang, Yang Yongfeng, Li Jiamei, Liu Xiangzhen, Wang Hongxia

Food and Machinery

In order to degrade protein of tobacco and improve the smoking quality of tobacco, 18 protein degrading bacterias from flue-cured tobacco of Henan, Fujian, Yunnan province were isolated through protein degrading selective medium. The activity of protease was detected, and the strain with highest protease-producing was identified by the 16S rRNA gene sequence and physiological-biochemical tests. Orthogonal experiment was further designed to get the optimal fermentation conditions of protein degrading in the tobacco leaf. And then the sensory quality of tobacco leaves after treatment was investigated The results showed that: (1) Strain HN-3 was the preferred strain with the highest …

Research On Chemical Composition And Atomization Behavior Of E-Cigs Liquid By Electrical Heating Atomizing Electronic Cigarettes, Zhang Xiaoxu, Shao Dengyin, Lian Peikang, Guo Lei, Luo Juanmin, Xu Da, Su Jiakun, Cai Jibao

Food and Machinery

The components of the provided E-cigs liquids were analyzed by solvent extraction-gas chromatography/mass spectro-metry and headspace GC/MS (HS-GC/MS). Under the standard suction (ISO) condition, the atomization behavior of E-cigs was studied. The results indicated: ① The content of PG, glycerol, and nicotine in E-cigs liquid was higher than the other components. The other components were mainly tobacco essences and extracts. ② The component of PG in mainstream cigarette aerosol was highest, which up to 588.5 mg/g. The glycerol content was up to 290.2 mg/g, and the nicotine content was 10.4 mg/g. ③ E-cigs liquid was atomized and trapped by Cambridge …

Antibacterial Effective Component Analysis Of Peristrophe Japonica, Zhang Lijuan, Wang Zheng, Liao Shanggao

Food and Machinery

To determine the antibacterially effective fraction from Peristrophe japonica (Thunb.) Brem.and to clarify its chemical components. The ethanol extract of Peristrophe japonica (Thunb.) Brem. was separated by macroporous resin column chromatography eluted with water, 80% ethanol and acetone, respectively, to give the fractions A-C. The in vitro antibacterial effects of the fractions were determined by the disc diffusion test. The anti-bacterial potencies of the active fraction was then assessed in vitro by determining the MICs and MBCs. The chemical structures and relative contents of the components present in the antibacterially effective fraction were determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Each …

Study On Physicochemical Properties And Digestibility Of The Resistant Starch From Dioscorea Opposite Thunb. Cv. Huaiqing, Ma Liping, Jiao Kunpeng, Luo Lei, Xiang Jinle, Zhang Xiaoyu, Fan Jinling, Zhu Wenxue

Food and Machinery

The physicochemical characteristics and digestibility of native starch from Dioscorea opposite Thunb. cv. Huaiqing and its resistant starch produced by autoclave process preparation method have been analyzed and compared in the paper. Results showed that the shape of native starch granules from Dioscorea opposite Thunb. cv. Huaiqing was irregular ellipsoid and triangle with a smooth surface. The crystal form of naitive starch was type C. Resistant starch losing particle characteristic exhibited a lamellar structure with loose surface. Both of them were similar in chemical structure without new functional group in resistant starch granules. Compared with the native starch, the molecular …