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03/24/2018 / By Ralph Flores

How cold storage, ripening stage, and marketing conditions affect quality and antioxidant activity of peach fruit

Researchers from the Università degli Studi di Sassari in Italy studied whether the effects of ripening, cold storage, and other simulated marketing conditions can have any impact on the nutrient content of the peach fruit. The results of the study were posted in Acta Alimentaria: An International Journal of Food Science. For the study, the researchers first […]

01/22/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Flavonoids in wild ephedra plant extracts have been found to be potent antioxidants; may replace toxic ingredients in food and cosmetics

Ephedra alata, a plant widely used in traditional folk medicine in Palestine, takes center stage as researchers explore its potential medical uses. The paper, which was published in the African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, analyzed the antioxidant and antibacterial activity of the wild E. alata plant. Ephedra alata in traditional medicine A member of the Ephedraceae […]

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