CHAPTER 2
Review of Related Literature and Studies
To meet demand for nutritionally balanced food for the world’s increasing population and relieve the intense pressure on land use and natural resources, plant species used as food must be diversified. Inclusion of a wide array of indigenous vegetable species in cereals-, tubers- and livestock-based agriculture will be crucial to contribute to food/nutritional security and income diversification for stakeholders in the subsistence farming system that predominate in the underdeveloped and developing world. Therefore, improving the genetic potential of indigenous vegetables like okra (Abelmoschus spp.) is of paramount importance. Okra has considerable area under cultivation in Africa and Asia with huge socioeconomic potential.
In the Philippines, as in other tropical countries, the main sources of edible and industrial oils are coconut, oil palm and soybean. Oils of commercial importance from these species have received appreciable research attention because of their nutritional, medical and health benefits. However, increase in the human population, shortage of fertile land and restrictions in the importation of food have contributed to the high prices of these
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It is clear that the main constituents of OBF are a-cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin and the rest are very minor in portion, so render a little influence to the structure of OBF. Therefore, the structure of a-cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin and the mode of combinations that exist in between themselves are dominating the structure of OBF. Kumar, S et al. (2013). A Review On: Abelmoschus esculentus (Okra). International Research Journal of Pharmaceutical and Applied Sciences (IRJPAS), 3(4),
Therefore, liquid-liquid and acid-base extraction techniques were successfully performed to separate the components of the Excedrin tablet. According to the TLC analysis results, the compounds (aspirin, acetaminophen, and caffeine) were successfully isolated from the analgesic (Excedrin tablet). In figure 1, the separation of the compound in the TLC analysis correlates with the TLC analysis in figure 2. Furthermore, Rf index calculations of the TLC analysis demonstrated that the compounds (aspirin, acetaminophen, and caffeine) were separated. The Rf calculations of aspirin in table 1 shows an Rf value of .491; however, in table 2 the Rf value of aspirin was calculated to be .784.
During WWII, there was more than 120,000 people died, including Japanese-Americans and POWs. When they were being held captive in these internment camps, they are made to feel invisible. When someone is made to feel invisible, that means that they are being dehumanized and treated similar to animals. Louie Zamperini was a prisoner of war and hero during WWII. As a youngster, he loved to cause trouble like stealing many things, drinking and smoking underaged and several other unmentionables.
Welcome to my world, I’m head of Corn; I 'm sweet and delicious. My history is as important today as it was to Native Americans thousands of years ago. I’m a very popular food and my original form as food, corn now Repeated Stem in nearly 4,000 industrial products. It is a renewable industrial resource, and scientists are still finding new uses for us. Native Americans used all parts of our plant.
Invasive species are causing harm and killing the rest of the native plants and animals. The insect,the ash borer, deadly to trees, has threatened millions of ash in the Midwest in recent years. This bug is originally native to Asia. Invasive species are plants, animals, or pathogens that are non-native (or alien) to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause harm.
Golden rice has been genetically modified to contain an abundance of vitamin A and is often sent to countries where citizens struggle to receive proper nutrition (Golden Rice Project). This golden rice has helped save the 1.15 millions of children that die every year from vitamin A deficiency (Golden Rice Project). The reality is that food “being developed with direct genetic manipulation doesn’t make a plant good or bad”, it simply improves the existing plant
After finding the Rf values of the four known compounds, solvent 1 (99.5% ethyl acetate/0.5% acetic acid) was chosen, due to the wide range of results, for the remaining experiments. Ibuprofen, our known tablet, gave a similar Rf value to our previous results for Ibuprofen. For Anadin extra, there were three compounds identified as Caffeine, Paracetamol and Aspirin as the Rf values of the drug were close to the values of these three compounds in the first part of the practical. For both of these known drugs, the Rf values acquired were close to my predictions before the experiment. For the unknown powder, we obtained Rf values of 0.52 and 0.76 so we believe that the unknown powder contains Aspirin and Ibuprofen.
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Sometimes farmers use too many resources inefficiently, they may use pesticides or have factories that pollute as they get the produce ready for shipping. Sustainable farming is a concept that has become known due to our need for sustainable solutions. By growing food closer to where people consume, we will decrease transportation miles and provide inner-city jobs that will help combat the problems of food cost or employment. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) are important to help achieve sustainability. Amy Hammon’s essay “A Race to Save the Orange by Alteringits DNA” makes this idea clear.
”People around the world who had access to the most productive crops became the most productive farmers,” (PBS). Productive crops are the easiest to farm, provide the most nutrients, and stay fresh the longest. These factors were determined by a crop’s availability in certain areas. In the Middle East, natives grew wheat which was extremely more productive than taro which was grown in Papua New Guinea. Because wheat was easier to grow, stored better, and contained more protein and fiber than taro, Middle Easterners had a more reliable and useful food source.
Corn’s Conquest I can 't say that I had thoughts about corn before this chapter. I just ate my chicken nuggets, and basically anything and everything with corn in it, without a care in the world. As an American I usually don 't think about what I am eating or look at all the ingredients. I never put much thought in the early American diet. Ordering chicken nuggets from McDonalds is not a foreign concept to say the least.
Different Types of Hunger Response In the essay, “Different Types of Hunger: Finding My Ways Through Generations of Okie Migration” Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, the author, uses creative nonfiction to make a complicated and dense issue comprehensible. She does this effectively, but somewhat complexly, by breaking her essay into multiple stories that illustrates a variety of issues. The stories are told from her narrative ranging from her childhood to growing old, all while giving background knowledge of current events in the U.S., helping the reader get a sense of the raging issue in hand.
If the sample to be analyzed is non-volatile, the techniques of derivatization or pyrolysis GC can be utilized. Gas chromatography (GC) has been an indispensable analytical technique in the application of fatty acid determinations in oilseed plant breeding, biosynthesis, and human metabolism. As well as the characterization of complex mixtures of geometric isomers when combined with other chromatographic separations and spectroscopic identification. Plant cultivators utilize GC as a more accurate and fast method to evaluate the differences and inheritance of fatty acids in oilseed crops such as rapeseed. flaxseed, and safflower.
Yet again, avocado is a high fat food. In truth, 77% of the calories in it are from fat,making it one of the fattiest plant sustenances in nearness. Be that as it may, they don’t just contain any fat… the majority of the fat in avocado is oleic destructive. This is a monounsaturated unsaturated fat that is in like manner the genuine fragment in olive oil and acknowledged to be accountable for some of its profitable effects.
10 Homemade Avocado Facial Masks for Glowing Skin Avocado Facial Masks When it comes to facial masks, the inclusion of avocado as an active ingredient comes almost naturally. Any decent beauty expert worth their salt would strongly recommend utilizing the elements in avocados to enhance facial skin condition. The fruit contains vital minerals such as calcium, iron, copper, potassium, magnesium and other vitamins that provides an extensive range of benefits. By carefully extracting these nutrients, avocado facial masks offer advantages such as: - Treat sensitive, dry or acne prone skin - Enhance skin elasticity - Reverse effects of aging - Can be homemade - Suitable for all skin types When avocados gained popularity in the beauty industry, many experts created their
Until the 1980s, ethnic restaurants constituted 10 percent of all restaurants in the Netherlands (statistics, 1998). In the past decade, ethnic foods have become extensively available and increasingly popular in Dutch consumer food markets (Iqbal, 1996). The growing cultural diversity of the Netherland is certainly influencing Dutch's taste for ethnic foods. However, there is a distinct fewness of information on the popularity and acceptance of Asian food. 1.2.2 Asian food trends in Rotterdam It cannot be denied that the Netherlands has experienced a huge change in daily eating habits compared to the past.