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Exploring consumer preferences for wild meat and other animal proteins in Gamba, Gabon: Implications for conservation and management of natural resources alongside extractive industry

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The town of Gamba in southwest Gabon represents an exceptional example of how the development of an extractive industry (in this case oil production) may impact wild meat consumption in an area of global importance for biodiversity. Studies in the 1990s identified an active wild meat trade; however, no studies have been undertaken since, and ...
James McNamara, Landry Tchignoumba, Gabriel Koumba, Ghislain Guissouegou, Anna Feistner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of pasteurized mare milk and powder adulteration with bovine milk using quantitative proteomics and metabolomics approaches

Food Chemistry: X
Adulteration in dairy products presents food safety challenges, driven by economic factors. Processing may change specific biomarkers, thus affecting their effectiveness in detection.
Zhongyuan Ji, Junyu Zhang, Chunxia Deng, Tongjun Guo, Rongwei Han, Yongxin Yang, Changjiang Zang, Yong Chen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori, Tiziana Cossu, Hicham El Zein, Udayangani Liu, Tiziana Ulian, Gianluigi Bacchetta   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fish DNA Sensors for Authenticity Assessment—Application to Sardine Species Identification

Molecules
Food and fish adulteration is a major public concern worldwide. Apart from economic fraud, health issues are in the forefront mainly due to severe allergies.
Myrto Kakarelidou, Panagiotis Christopoulos, Alexis Conides, Despina P. Kalogianni, Theodore K. Christopoulos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety of 12‐Months Administration of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) Standardized Root Extract in Healthy Adults: A Prospective, Observational Study

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ashwagandha, an adaptogen, is an important herb of Ayurveda used as a Rasayana for its various health benefits. This prospective, multi‐center, observational clinical study evaluates the safety (clinical and laboratory) of a standardized Ashwagandha Root Extract (ARE) on long‐term administration over 12 months. Male and female adults (N = 191)
Jaising Salve, Sanjeev Kale, Banwari Lal Prajapati, Adele Sparavigna, Mark Savant, John Ademola, Deepak Langade   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid and Onsite Detection of Fuel Adulteration

In numerous developing countries, the lower cost of subsidized liquid fuels such as kerosene compared to market-rate fuels often results in fuel adulteration. Such misuse of kerosene is hard to detect with conventional detection technologies because they
Shantanu Jathar (1741012), Sravanthi Vallabhuneni (14558977), Wei Wang (17594), Arun K. Kota (1649059), Sanli Movafaghi (2879183)   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Quantification of the adulteration concentration of palm kernel oil in virgin coconut oil using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
The adulteration concentration of palm kernel oil (PKO) in virgin coconut oil (VCO) was quantified using near-infrared (NIR) hyperspectral imaging. Nowadays, some VCO is adulterated with lower-priced PKO to reduce production costs, which diminishes the ...
Phiraiwan Jermwongruttanachai, Siwalak Pathaveerat, Sirinad Noypitak   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ashwagandha: Is It Safe? Part 1: A Regulatory Review

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the last decade, ashwagandha (Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, AS) has been brought under increasing scrutiny by EU regulators regarding its safety for the use in food supplements, culminating in a recent recommendation for an Article 8 procedure according to Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 in the European Union (EU).
T. Brendler, R. Al‐Mondhiry, L. Lang, R. Marles, M. Tallon, A. Raghu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adulteration of Milk: A Review

Milk is a good nutritious drink and is eaten for drinking as such, as well as by milk products, by a majority of the population worldwide. The practice of milk adulteration, however, constantly reduces its quality and can introduce hazardous substances ...
Anisha Francis, K. Sumana Mounya, Twinkle Dhiman   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Safety Evaluation of an Aqueous Root and Leaf Extract of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
Sensoril, an aqueous root and leaf extract of ashwagandha showed no evidence of mutagenicity in the in vitro Ames assay, was negative in the in vitro micronucleus, in vivo mammalian bone marrow chromosome aberration assays, and was well tolerated in the rat at up to 4000 mg/kg BW/day when administered orally for a period of 90 days. The data from these
Mukesh Summan, Candace L. Doepker, Gregory P. Brorby   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source