http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/8885 Search the Channel search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/simple-search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9478 Title: Oil/Fats <br/> <br/>Abstract: During storage fats and oils undergo pronounced oxidative changes at high temperature hence due to oxidative changes the nutritional quality of fats and oils decreases. However, addition of some suitable antioxidant in fats and oils retard the oxidation process. Synthetic antioxidants used to prevent oxidation process are known to have toxic and carcinogenic effects on humans. A strong need for effective antioxidants, from natural sources, as alternatives, to prevent deterioration of foods have been felt. Extracts from spices, herbs and hulls are known to have varying degrees of antioxidant activities have been reported to be more effective than some major synthetic antioxidants. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 441 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9477 Title: Food <br/> <br/>Abstract: Traditionally consumed unconventional food items may supplement the dietary requirements of a population, thus preventing the development of a wide range of diseases associated with malnutrition. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 439 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9476 Title: Vegetable <br/> <br/>Abstract: The scientist at Department of Food Science and Technology, Tajen Institute of Technology, Taiwan evaluated the free radical scavenging and leukaemia cell growth inhibitory properties of Onion powders treated by different heating processes. During experiment methanol extracts of onion powder dried by hot air (60°C), vacuum (35°C) and lyophilization (35°C) were used to study the effects of drying method on the quercetin composition and the subsequent antioxidative changes. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 448-449 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9475 Title: Spices and Therapeutics <br/> <br/>Abstract: <b>Spices-</b>Curcumin. present in Turmeric(Curcuma domestica Valeton syn:. C. long a Linn.) may activate a key enzyme that protects the brain against oxidation, thought to be a major factor in ageing and responsible for neuro degenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease.<br><br <b>Therapeutics-</b>Cannabis sativa Linn., commonly known as Marijuana (Hindi - Bhang) has been utilized in ethnomedicine in psychiatry, migraine, other pain conditions and in obstetrics and gynecology. It is reported that Jamaican fishermen who smoked or ingested a crude tincture of cannabis were apparently able to see and navigate their boats through dangerous coral reefs in the darkness of night under conditions that seemed highly improbable <br/> <br/>Page(s): 442-448