Book Review - Medicinal Value of Indian Spices, AMIT KRISHNA DE (Editor)

The book provides a general account of the medicinal values of various Indian spices. The first part of the book is divided into six chapters, each chapter depicting the role of various spices in therapeutics. The second part describes aspects on cultivation, production, processing and quality control in spices. Most of the chapters in the book are papers presented at the National Symposium on Medicinal Values of Indian Spices, held at Calcutta in 1993, as mentioned in the preface. &nbsp

Book Review - Medicinal Value of Indian Spices, AMIT KRISHNA DE (Editor)

The book provides a general account of the medicinal values of various Indian spices. The first part of the book is divided into six chapters, each chapter depicting the role of various spices in therapeutics. The second part describes aspects on cultivation, production, processing and quality control in spices. Most of the chapters in the book are papers presented at the National Symposium on Medicinal Values of Indian Spices, held at Calcutta in 1993, as mentioned in the preface. &nbsp

Book Review - Medicinal Value of Indian Spices, AMIT KRISHNA DE (Editor)

The book provides a general account of the medicinal values of various Indian spices. The first part of the book is divided into six chapters, each chapter depicting the role of various spices in therapeutics. The second part describes aspects on cultivation, production, processing and quality control in spices. Most of the chapters in the book are papers presented at the National Symposium on Medicinal Values of Indian Spices, held at Calcutta in 1993, as mentioned in the preface. &nbsp

Mutagenicity and Carcinogenicity Prediction of Compounds from Cardamom (\u3cem\u3eElettaria cardamom\u3c/em\u3e Maton)

In silico approaches are currently not employed in any of the spices to study the toxicity. The aim of this study is to find the most efficacious molecule which does not have any adverse effects. In the present study one hundred and eight compounds from cardamom were used to predict mutagenicity and carcinogenecity. The results of these studies indicate that only four compounds are non-mutagenic and non-carcinogenic. The rest of the compounds do not have the characteristics necessary to become therapeutic agents have been identified early and prevented (i.e., the fail early, fail fast approach) from entering the drug development process

Book Review - Medicinal Value of Indian Spices, AMIT KRISHNA DE (Editor)

The book provides a general account of the medicinal values of various Indian spices. The first part of the book is divided into six chapters, each chapter depicting the role of various spices in therapeutics. The second part describes aspects on cultivation, production, processing and quality control in spices. Most of the chapters in the book are papers presented at the National Symposium on Medicinal Values of Indian Spices, held at Calcutta in 1993, as mentioned in the preface. &nbsp

Caracterización del aceite microencapsulado de cardamomo (Elettaria cardamomum) extraído por fluidos supercríticos a escala semi-industrial

Resumen El objetivo de este trabajo radicó en encontrar las condiciones óptimas para la obtención de un aceite de cardamomo, extraído por FSC a escala semi-industrial, con rendimientos iguales o superiores a los métodos convencionales, pero con calidad sensorial y técnica competitiva para los mercados internacionales, así como la producción de microcápsulas del aceite que permitieran incrementar la solubilidad, sin afectar las características sensoriales como aroma y sabor. Las semillas de cardamomo se obtuvieron en el municipio de Tarso, (Antioquia, Colombia), se acondicionaron para ser extraídas por FSC a escala de laboratorio a 200.400 bar y 50 °C, 60 °C, con tres réplicas al centro a 300 bar y 55 °C, de acuerdo a un diseño central compuesto y la optimización de los resultados por superficie de respuesta según el rendimiento (%) y contenido de 1,8-cineol y acetato de α-terpenilo. Las condiciones finales (50 °C, 400 bar) se escalaron a un extractor semi-industrial hasta obtener un aceite con un rendimiento de 8,54 ± 1,09% y una concentración de 1,8-cineol (28,37 ± 1,80% p/p) y acetato de α-terpenilo (32,93 ± 1,24% p/p), analizados por GC-FID. La caracterización complementaria del aceite se encaminó al perfil sensorial y pruebas fisicoquímicas, con un resultado de atributos balanceados (herbal: 3,0, menta: 2,6, floral: 2,4 y cítrico: 2,3) e índice de color entre (+2 y +20). El aceite fue microencapsulado por secado por aspersión con una mezcla de goma arábiga, maltodextrina y almidón modificado (4/6, 1/6, 1/6) respectivamente. Se obtuvieron microcápsulas con un tamaño de partícula entre 12,2 y 25,78 µm y una distribución de la misma en solución acuosa de 13,18 µm, lo que permitió el aumento de la solubilidad del aceite en una matriz polar a temperatura ambiente

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Not AvailableBlack pepper is a perennial crop which takes a minimum of five years for yield stabilization. Hence, any seedling character which reflects its productivity may be of use in identifying the probable high yielding types at anearly stage. Present study this to analyse the influence of some physiological and biochemical parameters such asleaf and stem carbohydrate status, nitrate reductase and sucrose phosphate synthase activities and leaf gas exchange parameters during pre-bearing and bearing stages on productivity in black pepper. Field grown plants (1-2 years) were used for the study. Results revealed that leaf starch and sucrose phosphate synthase activity did not show significant correlation with productivity. Leaf photosynthesis, nitrate reductase activity and stomatal conductance showed significant positive correlation while leaf temperature had significant negative correlation with productivity. It was concluded that in black pepper, physiological traits such as high nitrate reductase activity, photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance and low leaf temperature may be useful in identifying high yielding types during juvenile stage itself.Not Availabl