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Effect of simultaneous frying of food items on the concentrations and risks of PAHs in edible oils

Scientific African
This study evaluated the effect of simultaneous frying of food items on the concentrations and risks of PAHs in different types of frying oils. The PAH concentrations of these oils were quantified prior to frying and after each frying cycle by gas ...
Ufuoma A. Igbuku, Eze W. Odali, Beatrice O. Peretiemo-Clarke, Chinedu J. Ossai, Chukwujindu M.A. Iwegbue, Godwin E. Nwajei, Bice S. Martincigh   +6 more
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Studies on the Deterioration of Frying Oils. III.

Journal of Japan Oil Chemists' Society, 1961
The stability of frying oils can be evaluated in several methods, heating, aeration and frying tests, amongst, the most practical is the frying test.In this paper, investigation was made for problem arising in frying test and for the procedure to evaluate frying stability of each oil.The frying methods were as follows : Continuous frying method : The ...
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Frying Oils and Snacks

Journal of Food Protection, 2006
The high incidence of lung cancer observed among Chinese women has been associated with exposure to fumes from cooking oil. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a class of potentially mutagenic substances emitted from cooking oils heated at high temperatures.
Purcaro, Giorgia, Navas, J. A., Guardiola, F., Conte, L. S., Moret, S.   +4 more
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Capsicum chinense as an African traditional vegetable: Culture, resilience, and opportunity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Capsicum chinense is central to everyday diets, cultural identity, and smallholder livelihoods across Sub‐Saharan Africa, yet remains overlooked in agricultural research and policy. This paper reframes C. chinense as a traditional, climate‐resilient vegetable shaped by centuries of farmer stewardship and cultural selection.
Derek W. Barchenger, Herbaud P. F. Zohoungbogobo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King, Martin R. McAinsh, Michael R. Roberts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oxidative and Frying Stabilities of Monodora myristica (Gaertn.) Dunal Seed Oil of Nigerian Origin

Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control, 2023
Background: The demand for vegetable oils is on the increase. Deep frying is the commonest method by which vegetable oils are consumed. The aim of this study was to extract oil from an underutilized oil seed and compare its physicochemical properties ...
A.N. Agiriga, M.O. Iwe, S.V.A. Uzochukwu, O.A. Olaoye   +3 more
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Cultivating Sustainability: How Modern Food Practices Shape Pro‐Environmental Motivation Through Food–Nature Associations

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food practices have evolved alongside industrialization and urbanization. Compared to earlier generations, modern individuals grow and cook food less often and consume more processed products, weakening awareness of food's natural origins. Three studies examined explanatory pathways linking food practices to pro‐environmentalism through the ...
Shu Tian Ng, Angela K.‐y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source

Health assessment of shallow frying process of potatoes in vegetable oils [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
The process of shallow frying of potatoes was investigated from the perspective of improving the health and sensory properties of the fried product. The oxidative stability of the oil during frying was studied, and it was evaluated by determination of ...
Zhekova Boriana, Stoycheva Magdalena, Dobrev Georgi, Panajotova Hristina, Dobreva Valentina   +4 more
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Smuggling Sovereignty: Trade, Transgression, and State Authority

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global supply chains are saturated with transgressions—corruption, smuggling, document forgery, and other practices that blur the line between legality and illegality. States do not merely endure these practices; they actively shape the conditions for them, producing the very illegal systems they then claim to police.
Dejana Kostić
wiley   +1 more source

Trace Element Contamination in Top Predatory Elasmobranchs From the Southern Black Sea: Implications for Ecosystem Health and Risk Assessment

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental pollution resulting from the rapid increase in human population, urbanization, intensive use of chemicals in agriculture, and industrial development has reached a level that threatens natural life today. Trace elements are one of the most important factors causing significant levels of pollution in the environment and are added ...
Levent Bat, Süleyman Özdemir, Zekiye Birinci Özdemir, Ayşah Öztekin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source