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Any reliable method for the analysis of total alkaloids in plant based tissues?

We were trying to check the total alkaloid levels of underutilized wild species of plants with potential food use. We wanted to quantify the total alkaloids as anti-nutritional factors in the...

23 March 2022 7,085 4 View

Which of Duncan's Multiple Range Test (MRT) and Tukey's Honestly Significant Difference (HSD) is more robust & reliable?

The difference between Fischer's least significant difference (LSD) and Tukey's honestly significant difference (HSD) is that the former is more sensitive to small differences as it is based on a...

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Which of Mendeley and Zotero is the most reliable and user friendly Program for Citation/Reference Management?

I used to EndNote in the past and my library collapsed multiple times before I was done with a single manuscript writing. I am now using Mendeley for over 2 years and found it great. Mendeley is...

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Is there any good free software program that helps in editing PDF files?

I am basically looking for a free or limited functionality in a software that enables me merge, remove a page and convert a PDF file to word and back. Does anyone have suggestions? I have...

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Collaboration needed: Estimation of polysaccharides in an indigenous crop, Cocsinia abyssinica; Any one with interest and lab setup to do this?

We are trying to characterize the storage polysaccharides in Anchote (Cocsinia abyssinica), an indigenous food security crop. This crop has a special root characters and we suspect that the root...

09 August 2021 4,546 4 View

Is coronavirus able to reinfect Survivors? Any scientific evidence, yet?

According to https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/, as of March 23, 2020 (3:00 PM, at GMT+3) About 87% of Corona cases have been reported to completely recover from the disease and got...

23 March 2020 2,230 7 View

Does anyone know a company that manufactures a continuous pancakes, dosa or kisira making machine that can be used as such or tailermade for injera?

I was wondering if there exists a company that manufactures a continuous pancakes, dosa or kisira making machine that can be used as such or tailermade for injera, an Ethiopian sour bread? Please...

12 July 2019 3,372 3 View

Any good suggestion of materials that help learn R stat for beginners?

I have never used R stat before, because of the requirement of knowing programming language. But apparently, it is the only freely available program for statistics. I used SAS a couple of times. I...

18 April 2019 4,373 8 View

Are Levan-type fructans as appealing as inulin-types in benefiting human health as prebiotics?

I was looking for any research reports or reviews on the health benefits of levan-type fructans compared to the inulin-types. What other applications are the levans attractive for? Thanks!

30 November 2017 3,896 3 View

Where do I find Sample Data for Analysis?

I am looking for a publicly available data sets that I want to use for demonstration purposes in my statistics Class. I am looking for a versatile data nature that allows me to apply different...

02 February 2017 5,190 8 View

How is Field Emision Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) Different from other SEMs?

I am planning to use SEM for my research, and I read that FE-SEM is advantageous to the other SEM types. Can anyone give me a brief difference of the two and elaborate advantages of the FE-SEM....

20 January 2017 5,397 7 View

Why are Vibrio pathogenic bacteria associated to sea foods like oyster?

I have ready many articles about association of Vibrio vulnificus, V. cholerae and V. parahaemolyticus with sea foods like oyster. I just wanted to know why this shell fish groups are favorable...

11 May 2016 2,072 11 View

Which of the anti-oxidant categories is better for food and Pharmaceutical applications?

There have been growing interests by consumers for natural food and supplement ingredients. which one of Anti-oxidant categories are technically more efficient for application? the Natural (plant...

04 May 2016 943 1 View

Why are Pulses and Other whole grain consumption is low in Developed World?

The consumption of legumes/pulses and other whole foods is so minimal in developing countries. What are the factors behind? I know consumption of foods from these categories of foods has got...

18 January 2016 257 7 View

Anybody with any suggestions on low cost and simple (non-sophisticated) techniques for preserving tropical fruits?

The postharvest losses of fruits in the tropics is very high and there are continuous efforts being exerted to overcome this challenge. I just wanted to here some research findings and/or success...

04 July 2015 1,449 7 View

How are grain proteins compared to animal source proteins in terms of quality?

The protein nutrients supplied to human body come either from plant (pulses, cereals, nuts, vegetables, fruits) or animal (beef, mutton, chicken, fish and other sea animals) and some times from...

01 January 1970 9,725 5 View

Difference between Foods Produced by organic versus Conventional Methods

Does any one have a tangible evidence showing the differences between organic foods and the conventional counterparts in terms of consumer health and environmental sustainability? Please share...

01 January 1970 3,358 1 View

CRISPR is replacing transgenic GMOs, Should we still worry about GMO safety? Why and/or why not?

In the modern precision breading, CRISPR cas 9 techniques of gene editing (deletion, insertion) is taking over the transgenic genetic engineering (GE) of crops and animals of importance to humans....

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Any Scientic Information on the Re-infection of Survivors of COVID-19 and lasting Damage on the respiratory system?

I had two general questions: I was wondering if there is scientific theory behind the re-infection potential and rate on survivors of COVID-19. I have read a News Paper Report that Reinfection...

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Has globalization contributed to the rapid spread of CORONAVIRUS infections? Can this be taken as one of the drawbacks of globalization?

Globalization has enabled fast mobility of people and goods around the globe. One of the often mentioned drawbacks of globalization has been diminishing of native cultures and social values. With...

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