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The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality characteristics of bread produced by yeasts and  lactobacillus isolated from native Iranian sourdough. Initially for the preparation sourdough, fresh microbial cells with certain number of colonies, by centrifugation were isolated of initial culturing bacteria and yeasts. Then equivalent 10% weight flour ,microbial cells mixed with equal amounts of water and flour. After processing identical samples to assess the quality characteristics of bread used  of  sensory evaluation test, image processing and Texture analysis. The experiments in a completely randomized design and completely randomized block with three replications were performed. The results showed that the samples significant effect  on the quality characteristics. The results indicate that sourdough can be  increasing the porosity of the sample So that e treat with 42 percent  had the highest degree of porosity also sourdough delaying staling. According to the results from this study, treatment of Lactobacillus reuteri and Saccharomyces cerevisiae had  best Sensory evaluation, porosity and texture.

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In the present research work, response surface methodology was used to achieve optimum condition to prepare orange peel oil – quince seed mucilage (QSM) and maltodextrin (MD) emulsion and using this emulsion in microencapsulation. For this purpose and in order to access stable emulsion, effect of three independent variables including orange peel oil concentration (15-25% w/w), QSM/MD (0.015-0.02) and solid concentration (QSM+MD)(25-35% w/w) on the three dependent variables including droplet size, creaming index and viscosity were investigated. Optimized emulsion (25% solid concentration, 0.02 QSM/MD and 0.025 orange peel oil concentration) were dried by freeze dryer, and were kept in three temperature (4, 25 and 42 °C) in order to investigation its stability during 6 week storage. The results showed that rheological properties of QSM, in particular its viscosity, had the highest effect on the stability and properties of emulsions and QSM could make quite stable emulsion over time. Also, our results revealed that half-life and release rate of encapsulated samples were significantly lower than control samples.

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In this study, the combination of infrared - hot air dryer was used for drying of button mushroom. The effect of infrared lamp power (150, 250 and 375 W), hot air temperature (50, 60 and 70 °C) and hot air rate (1, 2 and 3 m/s) on drying of button mushroom were investigated. The results of infrared-hot air drying of button mushrooms showed that by increasing of lamp power from 150 to 375, the drying rate increased. With the increase in hot air temperature from 50 to 70 °C, and hot air rate from 1and 3 m/s, weight loss increased 10.3% and 13.9%, respectively. Also process modeling were done with the genetic algorithm–artificial neural network (GA-ANN) method with 4 inputs (lamp power, hot air temperature and rate, drying time) and 1 outputs for prediction of weight loss. Sensitivity analysis results by optimum GA-ANN showed the drying time of mushroom was the most sensitive factor for controlling of weight loss. The results of modeling by GA-ANN showed that a network with 7 neurons in the hidden layer with sigmoid activation function can predicted the weight loss (R=0.99) of button mushrooms dried by infrared system-hot air method.

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The oil extracted from three major canola cultivars (Hyolla401, Hyolla420 and RGS003) grown in Golestan Province was analyzed for physico-chemical properties, fatty acid composition, minerals content, and stability during 16 weeks of storage. According to the results, the highest iodine value and refractive index belonged to Hyolla401. The highest saponification value was observed in Hyolla420. There was no significant difference (P< 0.05) between the relative densities of the three cultivars. Study on the mineral content showed the highest level of iron and phosphorus in Hyolla420 and the maximum sulfur content in RGS003 cultivar. Oleic acid (ω-9) was the major fatty acid in all cultivars and the highest level was found in RGS003 (include % of oleic acid here). The highest level of essential fatty acids, linoleic acid (ω-6) was found in Hyolla420 and linolenic acid (ω-3) in Hyolla401. In all three cultivars, erucic acid content was low and within the permitted level (include % of oleic acid here). The Hyolla420 had the highest content of free fatty acid, acid value, peroxide value, anisidine value and Totox value compared to the other cultivars, during storage. However, result of oil stability based on Rancimat test showed that the Hyolla420 cultivar had the highest induction time during storage, which was in agreement with its low polyene index (PI).

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The aim of the present study was to compare antioxidant properties of date palm and Zizyphus extracts in two concentrations (200 and 500ppm) more over investigation the possibility of synergism interaction between them. Date palm extract in all concentrations had a significant higher effect than Zizyphus in DPPH free radical scavenging assay, total antioxidant capacity and reducing power. Furthermore, zizyphus in all tests was weaker than BHT, but date palm in 500 ppm concentration had higher total antioxidant capacity and reducing power in comparison to BHT (100 ppm), and lower from BHT (200 ppm) in these assays. Among different combinations of these extracts, synergistic effect was found in two concentrations (200 and 500) in DPPH free radical scavenging assay(in concentration 200, Zizyphus80:date palm20, Zizyphus50:date palm50 and Zizyphus20:date palm80 and in concentration 500, Zizyphus40:date palm60 and Zizyphus20:date palm80) and also 200 ppm concentration in reducing power assay(Zizyphus40:date palm60 and Zizyphus20:date palm80). The result showed that date palm in high concentration (500 ppm) had similar capacity to low concentration (100 ppm) of BHT. Combination of date palm extract and low amount of zizyphus at high concentration (500 ppm) can compete with low concentration (100ppm) of BHT.

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Tomato waste can be used as a new protein source for the production of hydrolyzed protein. Free radicals are among the most important factors in the development of cancer and genetic mutations, which have become one of the greatest threats for human health in recent centuries. In this research, hydrolysis condition of tomato seed protein (temperature, time and amount of alcalase enzyme) to achieve maximum antioxidant activity and nitric oxide reducing power were investigated. The values were evaluated using Design Expert software and analyzed by the response surface methodology. Results showed that with the optimimizing hydrolysis conditions using the alcalase enzyme, it is possible to achieve a products with significant DPPH radical scavenging activity and nitric oxide reducing power. The results indicate that optimum conditions for achieving the maximum DPPH free radical inhibition activity and nitric oxide reducing power is temperature of 50 ° C, hydrolysis time 210 min, and the amount of enzyme 1.85%. Under these condition the amount of DPPH free radical inhibition activity and nitric oxide reducing power was 85.53 and 61.17, respectively. The results showed that the hydrolyzed protein produced from tomato seed could be used as a natural additive in the foods formulation and pharmaceutical uses with high antioxidants and nitric oxide reducing activity.

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Fenugreek seed (Graceum Trigonella foenum) is a rich source of lysine and tryptophan. In this study, the enzymatic hydrolysis of fenugreek seed protein with the pancreatin enzyme was performed using the response surface methodology with independent variable including: temperature 20 - 60 ° C, time 30-270 min, and enzyme to substrate ratio of 25.23 - 0.25%. Optimum conditions to achieve the highest DPPH radical scavenging capacity and reducing power were obtained at 46. 12 ° C, and enzyme: substrate ratio of 1.84% and time of 175.96 min. Then, the antioxidant properties of the optimum treatment were measured at different concentrations (10-20 mg/ml) and compare with antioxidant properties of non-hydrolyzed protein and vitamin C. The highest DPPH radical scavenging capacity and radical hydroxyl inhibition and Fe2+ chelating and total antioxidant activity were 52.98%, 70.99%, 72.63%, absorption 1.28 at wavelength of 695 nm and 0.80 at wavelength of 700 nm, respectively. The results showed that enzymatic hydrolysis significantly increased the antioxidant properties of the protein. Therefore, the hydrolyzed protein of fenugreek seed can be used in food as a substitute for synthetic antioxidants.

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The purpose of this study was to produce the spray dried stevia extract and evaluation of Arabic gum concentration on production yield, physicochemical and morphological properties of stevia powder. the effect of sucrose replacement with stevia powders on physicochemical, texture and sensory properties of Aloe Vera jelly were investigated. The spray drying process was carried out at 10, 20 and 30% w/v concentrations. Then, 25, 50 and 75% of sucrose in the formulation of Aloe Vera jelly was replaced with 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75% of stevia powders. the maximum yield of powder(47.73%)has been obtained at 10:90 ratio. The amount of moisture, aw and hygroscopicity of powders decreased with increasing the carrier ratio.Other properties such as bulk, particle and true density, solubility and wettability of powders decreased with increasing the carrier ratio. These properties were varied in the range of 0.39-0.46 g/ml, 0.42-0.57g/ml, 1.42-1.55g/ml, 89.10-92.30%, and 15.39- 27.52 s. Also, flow ability behavior of samples improved by increasing the carrier ratios. According to the results of scanning electron microscopy, the increase of carrier concentration also led to the production of larger particles with wrinkled surface and irregular shapes. Evaluation of the physicochemical properties of the jelly samples revealed that by increasing the stevia concentration, the moisture content, synersis and acidity of samples increased, while the brix, gel strength and pH decreased. Treatments A, B and D(containing 0.25, 0.50 and 0.25% of G1 and G2 powder respectively)showed higher acceptability regarding sensory characteristics and did not show significant differences with the control sample

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Green tea leaves is a non-fermented product which contains many phenolic compounds. Green tea polyphenols are natural compound with antioxidants and anti-carcinogenic potential. Polyphenols are sensitive to high temperature and alkaline pH. To improve the stability of polyphenols, green tea extract was microencapsulated by co-crystallization technique. Entrapment yield, loading capacity, antioxidant activity, characteristics of co-crystallized product such as moisture, water activity, bulk and tapped density, solubility and hygroscopicity, morphology as well as flowability properties of powder (carr index, hausner ratio and angle of repose) were characterized. It was revealed that the effect of concentration on total phenolic compounds of co-crystallized products was significant (p<0.05). Encapsulation efficiency was increased by increasing the extract concentration. The 10% concentration of microencapsulated extract showed the highest DPPH scavenging activity, ABTS and hydroxyl radicals inhibition activity, and reducing power (56.90, 69.37, 71.63% & 0.81, respectively). The difference in particle size of co-crystallized product was significantly (p˂0.05) influenced the flow properties. In general, the values of water activity, moisture content and hygroscopicity showed that co-crystallized product was stable and have good characteristics during storage. Therefore, microencapsulation by co-crystallization technique can be used as an efficient method for increasing the stability of green tea extract against the environmental conditions.

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The hawthorn fruits have been used as food and medicine for centuries. In the present study, pulp and seed extract of Crataegus elbursensis Rech. F. fruits belonging to the family Rosaceae and native of northern part of Iran were evaluated for the polyphenol contents, antiradical, antioxidant, and antibacterial activities. The total phenolic, flavonoid, and anthocyanin contents of methanolic pulp extract were found to be more than those of methanolic seed extract. The DPPH radical scavenging, iron (III) reducing capacity, and total antioxidant activity of the extracts depended on concentration. A 200 μg ml^-1 of C. elbursensis pulp and seed extract and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) exhibited 82.13, 83.47, and 85.44% inhibition, respectively. However, effect of the extracts in the total antioxidant activity and reducing power were not significantly as good as BHT. In addition, the results showed that both pulp and seed extract had inhibitory activity against the four bacteria tested, with the pulp extract showing more activity than the seed extract. Also, phenolic acids were identified by RP-HPLC and chlorogenic acid was the predominant phenolics in the samples. In conclusion, our results showed that C. elbursensis pulp and seed extract had strong antioxidant and antibacterial activities, which were correlated with its high level of polyphenols.

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The aim followed in the present study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity of individual vs. combined extracts of rosemary leaves and oak fruit to detect the possible interactions in their antioxidant activity following combination and in order to find a way to use oak fruit natural antioxidants as an available massive source in Iran. Towards this end, methanolic extracts of rosemary and oak fruit were prepared and antioxidant activity of individual vs. combined extracts evaluated through 2,2-Di Phenyl-1-Picryl Hydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging activity, Total AntiOxidant Capacity (TAOC), reducing power assays as well as peroxide value measurement in soybean oil. Rosemary extract revealed a significantly (P< 0.05) higher antioxidant activity than the extract of oak and than the synthetic antioxidant BHT taken as standard. In combined samples, all the three kinds of interactions were observed namely: as additive effect at 50 and 150 µg ml^-1 in DPPH assay, synergistic effect at 150 and 200 µg ml^-1 in total antioxidant capacity assay and antagonistic effect in the process of peroxide value measurement in soybean oil. In the peroxide value measurement assay, antioxidant activity of the combined extract was significantly (P< 0.05) higher than those of the individual extracts and that of BHT. Thus, the combined extracts of oak and rosemary can be used as natural sources’ to replace such synthetic antioxidants as BHT to either alleviate or prevent the oxidation process in vegetable oils.

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The use of enzymes for hydrolysis of protein sources is one of the common methods in the food processing. A hydrolysed protein is a complex mixture of peptides and amino acids that are obtained from hydrolysis by various enzymes, acids or alkali. These peptides play important biological role in the body. The orange seed is largely available from the orange juice industries wastes, and its defatted flour contains about 26% protein and can be used as a rich and cost-effective source for production of proteins and peptides of plant sources. In the present study, a protein isolate with high purity was extracted from defatted orange seed flour and then the protein was hydrolysed by using Alcalase enzyme in concentrations of 1, 1.5 and 3% and the hydrolysis time of 2-5 hours at temperature of 45-55 ° C at suitable pH for enzyme activity. Then the optimal conditions for the production of hydrolysed proteins with the highest antioxidant properties (DPPH radical scavenging activity, radical OH scavenging activity, ferric reducing activity and total antioxidant) were determined. Optimum treatment at determined conditions (temperature 54.8 °C, time 3.35 hr and ration of the enzyme to the substrate 1.7 % v/w) with antioxidant properties (DPPH radical scavenging activity (45.85%), radical OH scavenging activity (91.82%), ferric reducing activity (89.35%) and total antioxidant (39.68%) was obtained and antioxidant tests were performed on the optimal treatment for confirmation of the proposed values by software. The results showed that the hydrolysed protein derived from orange seed could be used in the foods formulation as a natural additive and also it can be used as a nutraceutical with high antioxidant ability.

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Today, production and improvement of the quality of gluten-free products for Celiac patients are one of the major challenges in the food industry. Physical modification methods such as heat-moisture and microwave treatments can be used to improve the performance of flour and gluten-free products in the baking industry. The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of heat-moisture treatment at three relative humidity (RH) levels of 10, 15, 20% at 90 and 110 °C, to improve the quality of grain millet, and different ratios of of millet flour: rice flour (50:50, 25:75, 15:85) to be used in the formulation of gluten-free cookie. In this regard, physicochemical characteristics of millet (moisture, fat, protein, ash, fiber), flour (water absorption, oil absorption, color) and cookie (diameter, thickness, spread ratio, color, texture) were investigated. The results showed that the heat-moisture treatment had a significant effect on water holding capacity and oil absorption capacity of the samples (p<0.05), in a direct and reverse trend, respectively. Using flour from treated seeds in the gluten-free cookie improved baking loss, water activity, texture parameters, and sensory acceptance. By increasing heat-moisture treatment, the amount of baking loss, water activity and hardness of cookies decreased. Heat-moisture treatment had a significant effect (p˂0.05) on the spreadability and color of the cookies. Increase in the intensity of the treatment led to higher spreadability and darker color with high redness value The Sensory evaluation also showed that texture scores were high for most cookies made from treated millet flour, but the cookie obtained from the 25% replacement level of millet flour under 90 °C and 10% moisture content had the lowest score in the texture.

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The waste from food processing involves high-quality nutrients that can be widely used in food formulations. About 8100 tons of tomato pomace is produced annually by factories, which are often discarded without taking into account their potential use in the supply chain. Seeds isolated from tomato pomace are rich in protein and essential amino acids. In this research, chemical composition (protein, fat, moisture and ash) and functional properties (water absorption, oil absorption, foaming property and emulsion activity), in different fractions of tomato seed (defatted meal, protein concentrate and hydrolysate) and soy isolate (as the control sample) was determined and the effect of different concentrations of salt and pH on these characteristics was also investigated. The results showed that the tomato protein hydrolysate contained 79.37% of protein. There was a significant difference between the samples in terms of functional characteristics (water absorption, oil absorption, foaming and emulsification properties) ​​between the de-oiled and concentrate samples (P <0.05). In conclusion, it can be said that the protein hydrolysate derived from tomato seeds protein showed the best functional properties and therefore could be used as substitute for animal based proteins in the diet as well as active ingredients in food formulations.