A5022728316- Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
- Heavy metals in environment
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Food composition and properties
- Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
- Microencapsulation and Drying Processes
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Microbial Inactivation Methods
- Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
University of Guyana
2023-2025
Austral University of Chile
2023-2024
Pectin is a complex polysaccharide of great importance to food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. It widely used in the food industry as thickener, gelling agent an emulsifier among others. also exhibits potential anti-inflammatory immunomodulatory effects. Its functional properties are determined by characteristics such neutral sugar side chains, molecular weight degree methyl-esterification. Human beings unable digest pectin therefore pectinases catalyze degradation pectic...
Blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) have compounds with antioxidant properties that are beneficial to health. The effects of fruit preservation (freeze-drying, osmotic dehydration, and convection drying) on capacity (DPPH ORAC), total polyphenols anthocyanins were studied. Convection drying better preserved polyphenol contents capacity. However, freeze-drying showed no significant differences in anthocyanins. To determine the techniques phenolic compounds/antioxidant capacity, their...
Mytilus chilensis is considered an important food source for the Chilean population and represents a considerable fraction of its aquacultural production, mainly in southern Chile’s coastal regions. This study aimed to assess concentrations total arsenic (tAs), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), their bioaccessibility, associated health risks M. from Valdivia River Estuary (VRE) Los Ríos Region Reloncaví Fjord (RF) Lagos Region. The metal were quantified using Inductively Coupled Plasma–Optical...
This study estimates the intake of arsenic, lead and cadmium by adult population (aged 18–91) Cuba. The food consumption indices were obtained through 24-h dietary recall surveys applied to 450 people between October 2020 March 2021. Estimated Dietary Intake (EDI) t-As (54.6 μg/day), Pb (118.5 μg/day) Cd (35.1 complied with Cuban legislation but was higher than EDI for established CONTAM Panel. Target Hazard Quotients three contaminants were: iAs (0.220), (0.409) (0.424), making value Total...