Food Biochemistry and Food Processing

2 Analytical Techniques 29 individual carbohydrates. Earlier methods, which included paper chromatography, open column chro- mat ...

30 Part I: Principles for samples with high fat content (such as meat products) or for preparation for elemental analysis; and ( ...

2 Analytical Techniques 31 tivity is paramount to their detection. Although ultraviolet absorbance is the most common detec- tio ...

32 Part I: Principles have been the methods of choice due to the water- soluble nature of anthocyanins. Mixtures of water and ac ...

2 Analytical Techniques 33 Marks C. 1988. Determination of free tocopherols in deodorizer by capillary gas chromatography. J Am ...

3 Recent Advances in Food Biotechnology Research S. Jube and D. Borthakur* 35 Introduction Bioengineered Plants Essential Vitami ...

36 Part I: Principles diseases and environmental stresses, allowing crops to be grown in relatively unproductive and unsuit- abl ...

3 Recent Advances 37 tion of DNA into the chromosome requires the deliv- ery of the microprojectiles into the plant nucleus. The ...

38 Part I: Principles necessary for the final step in ascorbic acid biosyn- thesis. For this reason, ascorbic acid needs to be c ...

3 Recent Advances 39 The second way by which plants synthesize vita- min C is through the recycling of used ascorbic acid (Fig. ...

40 Part I: Principles DHAR expression was amplified up to 32 times in tobacco, and up to 100 times in maize, resulting in increa ...

3 Recent Advances 41 Tocotrienols have more powerful antioxidant proper- ties than tocopherols but are not absorbed as readily. ...

42 Part I: Principles used to transform tobacco explants. The results showed that transgenic lines had a greater capacity for ov ...

3 Recent Advances 43 pose: (1) by increasing the concentration of the iron- binding protein ferritin and (2) by reducing the amo ...

44 Part I: Principles A reduction in the amount of phytic acid in staple foods is likely to result in a much greater bioavail- a ...

3 Recent Advances 45 hand, are usually low on or missing certain essential amino acids. For instance, grains tend to lack lysine ...

46 Part I: Principles intake of these phytochemicals is not always suffi- cient, scientists are trying to enhance the nutritiona ...

3 Recent Advances 47 nine, and its first committed step is catalyzed by the enzyme isoflavone synthase (EC 1.14.13.53) (Fig. 3.9 ...

48 Part I: Principles blastocysts and grown in culture. The cultured cells are then injected into the inner cell mass of an em- ...

3 Recent Advances 49 fish, determined that the myostatin gene is highly conserved among vertebrates, which suggests that its fun ...