Aug 2026· International Journal of Food Science & Technology· 0 citations
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This study provides a sustainable approach for enhancing the nutritional and phytochemical properties of cookies with duckweed fortification. Duckweed flour (7%, 10 % and 13 %) was incorporated into wheat flour to make cookies and compared with controls (100% wheat flour) for proximate composition, techno-functional properties, amino acid and phenolic profile (HPLC), antioxidant capacity (TEAC Assay), polyphenol estimation (Folin-Ciocalteau method), fatty acid profile (GCMS) and sensory attributes. Duckweed fortification significantly (p<0.05) improved the nutritional composition, increasing protein content by approximately 51% (6.3% to 9.5%), alongside significant increase in ash and essential aminoacids. HPLC analysis demonstrated enhanced accumulation of individual polyphenols, resulting in a 3.8-fold increase in total phenolic content (0.014- 0.053 mg g-1). Linolenic acid content increased by 108% (1.2%-2.5%), while water and oil absorption increased by 59.6% (10.4%-16.6%) and 35.0% (10.0%-13.5%), respectively. Although duckweed fortification reduced consumer acceptability due to changes in colour and flavour, it substantially enhanced the nutritional, functional and phytochemical properties of the cookies. These findings demonstrate the potential of duckweed as a sustainable, nutrient rich ingredient for the development of functional bakery products.
This study constructed a pH-responsive P-TN/SF@Fe-Cur composite coating that demonstrated significant anti-infective, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, pro-angiogenic, and pro-osteogenic effects in rat subcutaneous infection and femoral defect models.
ProteinReasoner is developed, a multimodal generative protein foundation model that sequentially connects amino acid sequence, evolutionary constraints and three-dimensional structure within a shared autoregressive architecture and suggests a general route towards reasoning across interdependent representations in other scientific domains.
Chaozhong Liu, Linlin Chao, Shaomin Ji et al.· bioRxiv· 1 citation
Due to its importance and wide adoption, wheat cultivation is promptly required to shift towards sustainable practices, reducing the dependency on chemical components. Among bio-based solutions aimed at securing the sustainability of wheat cultivation, biostimulants offer a versatile platform of eco-friendly tools assuring sustainability and profitability. Microalgae present a concrete example of a biostimulant source due to their richness in metabolites and high value products. Therefore, this study evaluated the biostimulant potential of eleven eco-extracts prepared from soil-isolated microalgae strains. Eco-extracts applied via soil drench at low dose (0.1 g/L) were investigated for their biostimulant effects on wheat growth, physiology, yield, and quality under controlled conditions. Results demonstrated significant ameliorations in treated plants as compared to the control, with no phytoinhibitory effects. Remarkable enhancements were notable in growth parameters such as shoot and root lengths (+40-70%), physiological traits such as total chlorophyll and stomatal conductance (+7-52%), yield components in the example of grain number per spike and thousand grain weight (+17-103%), and grain quality namely protein and polyphenol content (+2-fold to 4-fold). Similarly, phosphorus accumulation and uptake were significantly improved, while soil physicochemical status was ameliorated, indicating enhanced fertility. Multivariate analysis and composite index ranking marked Chlorella sp. GA18, Chlorella sp. GA65, Scenedesmus sp. GA69, and Chlorococcum sp. GA63 as eco-extracts with consistent performances across all plant traits. These findings highlighted the promising potential of integrating microalgae-based eco-friendly extracts in sustainable wheat cultivation.
Amer Chabili, Z. Hakkoum, F. Minaoui et al.· Plant Science· 1 citation
The results show that alternative transcript diversity extensively enters translation-supported proteoform space and establish a systematic link between transcript variation and protein functional diversification.
Felicia T. Jiang, Dengwang Chen, Ziwei Wang et al.· bioRxiv· 1 citation
HydroGym is introduced, a solver-independent reinforcement learning platform providing more than 60 validated, openly available flow control environments spanning from canonical laminar flows to complex turbulent flows, with systematic progression in the Reynolds number up to Re = 4 × 105, and Mach number variations in two and three dimensions.
Christian Lagemann, Sajeda Mokbel, Miro Gondrum et al.· Nature· 1 citation
This study demonstrates that PtWOX2 and PtWOX14 significantly accelerate the initiation of somatic embryos in Pinus massoniana, offering a comprehensive molecular framework to address conifer recalcitrance via PtWOX -mediated synergistic hormonal and transcriptional reprogramming.
Kai Gao, Shan Hu, Zhaozi Wang et al.· BMC Plant Biology· 0 citations