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Amaranth: A Golden Crop for Future 苋菜:未来的黄金作物

Himalayan Journal of Science and Technology Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI: 10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25854

G. Bhattarai

{"title":"Amaranth: A Golden Crop for Future","authors":"G. Bhattarai","doi":"10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25854","url":null,"abstract":"Amaranth (Amaranthus), a member of amaranthaceous group of plants, is classified as a pseudo cereal and grown either as a grain crop or as a leafy vegetable. It is one of the few multi-purpose crops which can supply grains and tasty leafy vegetables. The grain has ability to grow in the dry and semi-dry lands due to its drought tolerant characteristics. It is rich in protein, lysine, carotenoids, dietary fiber, iron, vitamin C, vitamin A, riboflavin, thiamin, folic acid, calcium etc. Amaranth contain substantial amount of bioactive components such as tocopherol (α, β and γ), DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl), anthocyanins, lutein and other phenolic compounds. The fat in amaranth seed is low but composed of essential fatty acids (linoleic and linolenic). Grain amaranth can be used as a flour ingredient for pancakes, bread, muffins, dumplings, crackers, cookies, puddings, porridge, cakes and as a roasted puffed snack. Vegetable types amaranth (also leaves of grain amaranth) are used to make curry, vegetable salads, steamed salad, boiled soups, stir fried, or baked to taste. The seeds and leaves of amaranth are used as herbal remedies and have nutraceutical value. Because of no gluten content, grain amaranth is valuable carbohydrate source for person having glutin intolerance problem. Seed or leaf of amaranths contains some antinutritional factors, such as saponins, tannins, phytic acid, oxalates, protease inhibitors, nitrates and phytohemagglutinins. Thermal processing in moist environment, prior to food use inactivates the antinutritional factors. The present paper briefly describes crop introduction, botany, chemical and nutritive composition, functional and bioactive components, antinutritional factors and food uses including new findings on functional properties of grain amaranth.","PeriodicalId":12935,"journal":{"name":"Himalayan Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89416681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 5

Preparation and Quality Evaluation of Soy Corn Yoghurt 大豆玉米酸奶的制备及品质评价

Himalayan Journal of Science and Technology Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI: 10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25853

S. Shrestha, R. Yadav

引用次数: 2

Intestinal Parasitosis among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Patients Visiting Different Care Centers of Eastern Nepal 尼泊尔东部不同护理中心人类免疫缺陷病毒感染患者的肠道寄生虫病

Himalayan Journal of Science and Technology Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI: 10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25836

H. Khanal, Sanjita Bhujel

{"title":"Intestinal Parasitosis among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Patients Visiting Different Care Centers of Eastern Nepal","authors":"H. Khanal, Sanjita Bhujel","doi":"10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25836","url":null,"abstract":"Gastrointestinal parasitic infections are the major sources of diarrheal disease in developing countries and Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients are at the most risk. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) in the HIV-infected individuals visiting different care centers of Morang and Sunsari districts. The present cross-sectional study was conducted from two different HIV rehabilitation centers and one antiretroviral therapy center from eastern Nepal. A semi structured questionnaires was provided to HIV patients and 149 stool specimens were collected to analyze macroscopically and microscopically for the presence of enteric parasites. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 16. A total of 149 HIV seropositive patients with and without diarrhea were included in the study. Overall prevalence rate of enteroparasites was 19.46%. The prevalence rate of enteric parasites in HIV patients showed higher rate of protozoan infections (58.6%) than helminths (41.4%). High prevalence of parasitic infection was seen in male and also among male in the age groups of 31-40 years. The polyparasitism was not detected. A significant difference (p<0.05) was observed in the level of infection of intestinal parasites between the HIV seropositive with gastrointestinal tract (GIT) symptoms and HIV seropositive without GIT symptoms. The enteric parasitic infections were detected in 19.46% among HIV seropositive patients. Early detection of enteric parasitic infections could help in the management and improvement of the quality of life for HIV-infected individuals.","PeriodicalId":12935,"journal":{"name":"Himalayan Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81516656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Freshwater Algae (Excluding Diatoms and Red Algae) from Hasina Wetland, Sundar Haraicha, Morang, Nepal 尼泊尔莫朗山达尔哈拉伊察哈西娜湿地的淡水藻类(不包括硅藻和红藻)

Himalayan Journal of Science and Technology Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI: 10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25834

D. R. Rai, S. Rai

引用次数: 4

Risk Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity among Women of Reproductive Age Residing in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City, Nepal 尼泊尔达兰副大城市育龄妇女超重和肥胖的相关危险因素

Himalayan Journal of Science and Technology Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI: 10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25837

Prabina Bhattarai, Richa Bhattarai, Dambar Bahadur Khadka

{"title":"Risk Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity among Women of Reproductive Age Residing in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City, Nepal","authors":"Prabina Bhattarai, Richa Bhattarai, Dambar Bahadur Khadka","doi":"10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25837","url":null,"abstract":"Overweight and obesity is an emerging public health issue in developed world and is also rapidly increasing in developing world. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of overweight and obesity among women of child bearing age. A cross sectional study was conducted among 206 women residing in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan city of eastern Nepal. BMI, waist circumference and waist to hip ratio were used as indicators for overweight and obesity based on WHO classification and IDF Classification criteria. Association between socioeconomic factors, dietary factors, physical activity, behavioral factors and health related factors with overweight and obesity among women were assessed by using chi square test. Results showed that 50.48% women were overweight and obese (BMI > 25), while 89% based on WHR and, 75.2% based on waist circumference were abdominally obese. The study also showed that age, marital status, size of family, parity, drinking habit and protein intake were major risk factors for overweight and obesity based on BMI. Abdominal obesity based on waist circumference measurement was associated with age, marital status, parity, TV watching while eating habit, contraceptives use, eating outside and protein intake. The high prevalence of overweight and obesity, and diverse natures of associated risk factors among child bearing age women in Dharan showed that more research in this aspect need to be carried out and concerned agencies should focus on identified risk factors for interventions to reduce existing problems of overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age.","PeriodicalId":12935,"journal":{"name":"Himalayan Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73731893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Effects of surface coordination of atoms on the surface properties of Cd-X (X= Ga, Zn) liquid alloys 原子表面配位对Cd-X (X= Ga, Zn)液态合金表面性能的影响

Himalayan Journal of Science and Technology Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI: 10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25851

I. Koirala

引用次数: 0

Thin Layer Drying Kinetics Modelling of Curry Leaves (Murraya koenigii L.) in Cabinet Dryer 咖喱叶在柜式干燥机中的薄层干燥动力学模型

Himalayan Journal of Science and Technology Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI: 10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25844

Arjun Ghimire, N. Magar

引用次数: 0

Bacteriological Profile of Urinary Tract Infections among Postmenopausal Women Visiting Alka Hospital, Lalitpur, Nepal 尼泊尔拉利特普尔Alka医院绝经后妇女尿路感染的细菌学分析

Himalayan Journal of Science and Technology Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI: 10.3126/hijost.v2i0.25841

S. Yadav, P. R. Dahal, Shivjee Sah, V. Sharma

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