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Yazdi cake is one of the indigenous snacks of Iran that by adding some ingredients can improve its nutritional and textural properties. Green tea extract is high in antioxidants and have a health role. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of green tea extract on physicochemical and sensory properties of Yazdi cake. In this study, green tea extract was added to Yazdi cake formulation at 0, 2.5, 5 and 10% levels. Then the physicochemical properties (moisture, protein, fat, ash, fiber, carbohydrate, Specific weight for cake dough, cake volume, density, porosity, weight loss) and sensory analyze during storage at 2, 4 and 6 days intervals after baking, it was performed according to standard methods. All the prepared cakes containing different concentrations of extract had significant physico-chemical and sensory characteristics and were within the standard range. Observations showed that the addition of green tea extract in cake formulation decreased weight loss, moisture, porosity, density, brightness, ash and sensory scores and increased volume, fiber, fat, protein, carbohydrate and specific gravity. High levels of 5% green tea extract had a negative effect on the quality of the cake. Therefore, the addition of green tea extract at levels of 2.5 and 5% produced an acceptable product cake. Finally, optimization of Yazdi cake formulation to produce a useful product using the investigated characteristics and limits indicated that 2/5% of green tea extract is the most suitable enrichment for Yazdi cake, in which the percent extract there was no adverse change in the physicochemical and sensory properties of the cake.

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Citrus Lemon is one of the medicinal herbs that is cultivated mainly because of its alkaloids, nutritional properties and antioxidants. Lemon peel extract is rich in tocopherol, phenol, flavonoids and vitamin C, and has an antioxidant activity. The purpose of current study was to investigate the effect of solvent, microwave and ultrasound extraction on the antioxidant properties of sour lemon extract. The effects of different methods extraction such as soaking, microwave and ultrasound carried out using water: ethanol solvent (30:70) on amount extraction of tocopherol and phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity, and the study of colorless process of β-carotene-linoleic and the amount of vitamin C in extract of lemon peel to obtain the best extraction efficiency for proper use of the extract. And the antioxidant activity and the inhibitory effect of the linoleic acid oxidation of the extract were compared with synthetic antioxidant BHT. The results showed that the phenolic compounds (480 mg gallic acid/gram), tocopherol (145 mg/ml) and ascorbic acid (85 mg/100 g) in the ultrasonic extraction method had the highest content. Also, the percentage of free radical scavenging DPPH (91%) and the colorless process of β-carotene-linoleic (58%) in the extract extracted by ultrasound showed the highest percentage of inhibition, however, they had a lower percentage of inhibition compared to BHT. According to the results of this study, using an ultrasound method, an extract can be obtained that does not significantly differ with the antioxidant BHT level in terms of antioxidant activity.

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The ultrasound process is a non-thermal method of extraction, and due to its effective effects on food storage and processing its use is increasing. Therefore, the aim of current study was to investigate the effect of ultrasound waves on phenolic and flavonoid compounds extraction of lemon peel extract. In this method in order to evaluate the phenol and flavonoids extraction and to assess the inhibitory power of DPPH free radicals, three different water solvents, 70% ethanol and 80% methanol were used. Then, the best solvent for the extraction of these compounds at of 30, 60and 90 moments were compared. The software used for analysis of variance and comparison of means was SPSS. According to the results, the strongest and weakest solvent for the extraction of bioactive compounds were 70% ethanol and water, which was 8.202 and 6.95 mg, equal to Gallic acid per grams of dry extract of phenolic compounds, 4.61 and 3.74 mg equal to quercetin grams of compound flavonoids dry matter and 87.468 and 70.213 percent of the inhibitory power of DPPH-free radicals. In 70% ethanol solvent, a significant difference was observed between 30, 60 and 90 moments for extraction of effective compounds, and 90 and 30 minutes, respectively, had the highest and lowest extraction rates of the compounds, respectively. In each extraction method, the amount of extraction of bioactive compounds was different depending on the solvent and 70% ethanol solvent was the best extraction method.

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Gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a non-protein bioactive compound that can be effective in controlling many diseases such as Alzheimerchrs, hypertension, stress, etc. The main stimulus for the production of GABA is the enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), which is highly active in lactic acid bacteria. Also, the presence of monosodium glutamate (MSG) can act as a substrate for this enzyme and increase its activity. In this study, the production potential of gamma aminobutyric acid by Lactobacillus brevis PML1 in MRS medium was investigated. In order to optimize the fermentation process, culture medium containing MSG (1, 3 and 5%) was examined at 24, 48 and 72 hours.  after fermentation, thin layer chromatography method was used to identify GABA produced by bacteria. Spectrophotometric method was used to quantify the bands in thin layer chromatography. The results of studies at the level of 95% significance showed that the optimal treatment included a culture medium containing 5% monosodium glutamate and a time of 72 hours at 37 ° C, in which the amount of GABA production was approximately 300 ppm; Therefore, the desired strain not only has the potential to produce gamma aminobutyric acid under normal conditions (control sample) but also by adding different percentages of monosodium glutamate to the culture medium, the amount of this production can be increased.

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Although fish oil is a very important source of omega-3 and its consumption is recommended in terms of nutrition, it cannot be used directly in the food system due to its instability. Therefore, its stability can be increased by converting the particle to the nanoscale. The aim of this study was to investigate the physical and chemical stability of omega-3 nanoemulsion at different temperatures and its antibacterial properties. For this purpose, fish oil containing omega-3 fatty acids was produced by high energy method in nanoparticles and its physical (particle size, zeta potential, viscosity, and physical stability) and chemical properties (pH and turbidity) were evaluated during storage at 4, 25 and 40 ^o C during 7 days, as well as antibacterial properties of fish oil nanoemulsion against two gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The results showed that the omega-3 nanoemulsion produced had the optimum stability at 25 o C. the optimal concentration of 4% of omega-3 nanoemulsions also showed antibacterial properties against the studied bacteria, especially Staphylococcus aureus.
 

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In the present research, the steam generation performances of nanofluids containing titanium dioxide have experimentally been examined. For this purpose, a solar simulator with a xenon lamp as the radiation source, and a pyranometer as a light intensity measuring device are used. Then, the water based-nanofluids in five nanoparticle mass fractions of 0.001, 0.002, 0.004, 0.04, and 0.08% exposed to the light intensity of 3.5Suns (3.5 kW/m2) were investigated to compare their evaporation performances with water (H2O). Finally, the effects of the solar power intensity on the steam generation were examined. The results showed that the titanium dioxide nanostructures are more efficient to directly absorb the solar energy than the water so that the maximum total evaporation efficiency of 77.4% and 54% were obtained at 3.5 kW.m-2 for nanofluid and water, respectively. Furthermore, it was found that light absorption increases as the nanofluid mass fraction increases. Also, increasing the light intensity from 1.5 to 3.5 kW.m-2 enhances the thermal efficiency, while it reduces the evaporation efficiency.