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Anti-Nutritional Factors in Yellow Pea Flours that Underwent Different Processing and Their Pizza Dough Products
Get PDFAnti-nutritional factors, including phytic acids, total phenolic acids, and trypsin inhibitor activities were evaluated in pea flours and their pizza dough products. Commercial yellow pea flours were prepared with different milling technologies (stone milling, hammer milling and pin milling) and laboratory pea flours were treated using different heat processes (micronization and roasting). Milling technologies had a significant effect on the total phenolic acid content. The type of heat process had no significant effect on phytic acid levels. There was a significant reduction in trypsin inhibitor activities due to the thermal processing yet some trypsin inhibitors were still present in the final cooked pizza dough
The Genomic History of Elephants Provides Proof of a Third African Species and has Important Implications for Conservation
No full textAfrican elephants have historically been classified as a single species. New research into the genomic history of proboscideans has confirmed that the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) are in fact distinct species. The depauperate genetic variability of L. africana which may be due to a bottleneck in their evolutionary history increases their species vulnerability. Reclassifying these elephants as distinct species would promote unique conservation approaches for each species, which are likely necessary to prevent the further decline and potential extinction of elephant populations.  Keywords: Proboscidean, Phylogeny, Species, Genetic bottleneck, Conservatio
Undergraduate Student Fights Against Epidemic of Heart Disease in Canada
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Is the Migration of Manitoba\u27s Purple Martin Population Mistimed with Prey Emergence?
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Can Tomatosphere Tomato Seeds Germinate After Two Exposures to Space, in Mars-Like Conditions?
Get PDFTomatoes are commonly used throughout the world as a nutritious food source. Tomatoes are one of the only fruits to have had their seeds exposed to the harsh conditions of space travel. If humans are ever to colonize other planets then there will be a need for seeds to travel through space to those extraplanetary estinations. The objective of this study was to compare germination and growth of twice-space-exposed (TSE) tomato seeds with control-ground-truth (CGT) seeds. We found that the twice-space-exposed seeds had similar germination rates to the ground truth seeds but lower mortality. The TSE seeds were also taller from 18 to 56 days after planting than the CGT seeds. These results show that the frequency of space exposure is not a limiting factor for seed germination and growth