Yuan Li, Wei Han, Kang Ding, Yuhong Liu, Jialin Tang, Yi‐Ming Chen, Xiaoshuang Bai, Chunqiao Liu
{"title":"Study on the production and stability of lutein isolated from Gac peel by flash extraction","authors":"Yuan Li, Wei Han, Kang Ding, Yuhong Liu, Jialin Tang, Yi‐Ming Chen, Xiaoshuang Bai, Chunqiao Liu","doi":"10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-25-00009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-25-00009","url":null,"abstract":"Gac peel constitute the major proportion of the whole fruit by weight and also contain a significant content of the lutein. However, thousands of tons of Gac peel are estimated to be discarded annually. To develop an efficient and cost-effective method for lutein production from Gac peel by using flash extraction, effects of Gac lutein extraction efficiency (EE) were investigated. When 1 g Gac peel was shaken in 20 mL 90 % ethanol at 55 °C with 2 000 rpm for 40 s, the final EE of lutein reached 98.41 %. In addition, the stability of Gac lutein were studied and the results showed that Gac lutein has good thermal stability, wide pH solution adaptability and strong antioxidant activity. In conclusion, the flash extraction is a promising approach which will enhance utilization of Gac fruit and reduce waste disposal from Gac processing for use in the food and pharmaceutical industries.","PeriodicalId":12332,"journal":{"name":"Food Science and Technology Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147880453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comprehensive analyses of the bitterness of alkaloids and simulated taste mechanism of theacrine from Jianghua Kucha tea (<i>Camellia sinensis</i> var. <i>assamica</i> cv. Jianghua)","authors":"Ruixue Xing, Tianchen Cai, Wenbao Jia, Qianting Ma, Xia Yin, Yangbo Xiao, Shujuan Liu, Shuguang Zhang, Yong Lin, Wenliang Wu","doi":"10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-23-00215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-23-00215","url":null,"abstract":"Jianghua Kucha (JHKC) is a special tea germplasm that has a certain degree of bitterness. Alkaloids (theacrine, caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline) are one of the bitter substances in tea. However, simultaneous comparison of bitterness thresholds at different temperatures and taste active values (TAVs) of alkaloids in JHKC are unclear. Furthermore, as a special purine alkaloid of JHKC, the interaction between theacrine and bitter taste receptors is not clear. In this study, comprehensive analysis of bitterness thresholds and TAVs of alkaloids in JHKC as well as theacrine-bitter taste receptor interaction were carried out. These results showed that thresholds of caffeine, theobromine, theophylline, and theacrine at 15°C were significantly lower than those at 25 °C and 45 °C. Docking simulation results showed that theacrine had the best binding capability with TAS2R14. TAS2R14 amino acid residues Q2667.38, S652.60, and W893.32 may play a key role in docking simulation of theacrine, and hydrogen bonding and π-π interaction was the main interaction.","PeriodicalId":12332,"journal":{"name":"Food Science and Technology Research","volume":"30 3","pages":"281-294"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/fstr/30/3/30_FSTR-D-23-00215/_pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147878591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dietary vanillic acid prevents postmenopausal symptoms in ovariectomized mice","authors":"Teruyoshi Tanaka, Rui Hironaka, Takashi Fukuda, Masashi Ando, Norifumi Shirasaka, Yoshimi Homma","doi":"10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-23-00139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-23-00139","url":null,"abstract":"Postmenopausal women have an increased risk of developing metabolic diseases, such as osteoporosis, obesity, and diabetes. Thus, chemoprophylaxis for postmenopausal symptoms through the daily diet is critical. Vanillic acid (VA) is a phenolic compound found in the herbal medicine “Toki” (Angelica acutiloba) and the mycelium of the shiitake mushroom Lentinula edodes. VA has no affinity for estrogen receptors and may offer preventive effects against these diseases. Here, we demonstrate the metabolic effects of VA in ovariectomized mice. Ten-week-old ovariectomized mice were fed a VA-containing diet (100 mg/kg body weight/day) for 10 weeks. Dietary VA significantly prevented femoral bone mineral density loss and also reduced the increases in glucose levels and white adipose tissue weights compared with those in the control group. Furthermore, uterine enlargement was not observed because of these beneficial effects. Our findings suggest that VA has the potential to mitigate postmenopausal symptoms in ovariectomized mice without estrogenic action.","PeriodicalId":12332,"journal":{"name":"Food Science and Technology Research","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135104538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Black pepper (<i>Piper nigrum</i>) oleoresin has a neuroprotective effect on apoptosis induced by activity deprivation","authors":"Yuya Saga, Aya Yamanishi, Miho Matsumoto, Yuri Yoshioka, Nobuhiro Zaima, Yoshiyuki Konishi","doi":"10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-23-00094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-23-00094","url":null,"abstract":"Neuronal activity plays a key role in the development and maintenance of the central nervous system. In cultured cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs), activity deprivation by treatment with a low concentration of KCl induces neuronal apoptosis. We found that black pepper (Piper nigrum) oleoresin significantly increased the 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide signal on activity-deprived CGNs, whereas piperine, a major compound in black pepper extract, did not. Consistently, induction of cleaved caspase-3, a hallmark of apoptosis was inhibited by black pepper oleoresin upon neuronal activity deprivation. These results show that black pepper oleoresin protects CGNs from apoptosis induced by activity deprivation, and suggest that components other than piperine might contribute to this effect.","PeriodicalId":12332,"journal":{"name":"Food Science and Technology Research","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135357305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficient production of freeze-thaw fractionated soymilk by thawing at high temperatures","authors":"K. Morita, Erina Takeda, M. Shimoyamada","doi":"10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-23-00077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-23-00077","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12332,"journal":{"name":"Food Science and Technology Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69565793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effectiveness of sodium hypochlorite and peracetic acid for spoilage-causing molds on sweet potato slices","authors":"Yukie Hosotani, N. Nakamura, H. Kito, Y. Inatsu","doi":"10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-22-00209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-22-00209","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12332,"journal":{"name":"Food Science and Technology Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69564913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protective role of polyphenol extract from highland barley against cisplatin-induced renal toxicity and mitochondrial damage in rats","authors":"Yunfan Liu, Jiazhou Zhai, Fei Qin, Li-ping Gao, Yongxin She, Mengqiang Wang","doi":"10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-21-00284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-21-00284","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12332,"journal":{"name":"Food Science and Technology Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69562942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Faith Bernadette A. Descallar, Xi Yang, Lester C. Geonzon, S. Matsukawa
{"title":"Network structure and molecular mechanisms of food gels viewed from macroscopic, microscopic and molecular levels","authors":"Faith Bernadette A. Descallar, Xi Yang, Lester C. Geonzon, S. Matsukawa","doi":"10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-22-00170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3136/fstr.fstr-d-22-00170","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12332,"journal":{"name":"Food Science and Technology Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69564444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}