Volume 14 Issue 4

▪ Keyword : elderly, indigenous, Australia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan

▪ Content : The systematic observation of food habits and health amongst the elderly, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally, in the Asia Pacific region is increasing as reflected in the recent collective report of a number of intake and health variables in Taiwanese communities.

▪ Keyword : vitamin E, tocotrienols, breast cancer, apoptosis, caspase

▪ Content : Tocotrienols and tocopherols represent the two subgroups that make up the vitamin E family of compounds. However, tocotrienols display significantly more potent apoptotic activity in neoplastic mammary epithelial cells than tocopherols.

▪ Keyword : tocotrienols, alpha tocopherol, liver carcinogenesis, liver cancer, apoptosis

▪ Content : The effects of tocotrienols on murine liver cell viability and their apoptotic events were studied over a dose range of 0–32µg mL-1. Normal murine liver cells (BNL CL.2) and murine liver cancer cells (BNL 1ME A.7R.1) were treated with tocotrienols (T3), alpha tocopherol (α-T) and the chemo drug, Doxorubicin (Doxo, as a positive control).

▪ Keyword : fat functionality, palm functionality, palm kernel functionality, HPKO functionality, cream alternatives

▪ Content : An overview from the perspective of one manufacturer is provided on products that utilise either palm oil or palm kernel oil. The manufacturer is Macphie of Glenbervie while the products are of a wide-ranging nature for use in bakery, food service and food-manufacturing.

▪ Keyword : crystal polymorph, margarine, crystallization, SFC, consistency

▪ Content : Optimum processing conditions on palm oil-based formulations are required to produce the desired quality margarine. As oils and fats contribute to the overall property of the margarine, this paper will review the importance of β’ tending oils and fats in margarine formulation, effects of the processing parameters - emulsion temperature, flow-rate, product temperature and pin-worker speed - on palm oil margarines produced and their subsequent behaviour in storage.

▪ Keyword : Interesterification, palm products, palm oil, hydrogenation, margarine

▪ Content : Interesterification is one of the processes used to modify the physico-chemical characteristics of oils and fats. Interesterification is an acyl-rearrangement reaction on the glycerol molecule. On the other hand, hydrogenation involves addition of hydrogen to the double bonds of unsaturated fatty acids.

▪ Keyword : rosemary, sage, phytochemical antioxidant , deep frying, palm oil, oxidation

▪ Content : Antioxidants are important inhibitory compounds against the oxidative deterioration of food. This study investigated the effects of various phytochemical antioxidant systems [oleoresin rosemary (OR), oleoresin sage (OS) and citric acid (CA)] on the physico-chemical characteristics of refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD) palm olein during the frying of potato chips.

▪ Keyword : palm oil, palm olein, industrial frying, batch frying

▪ Content : Several million tonnes of palm oil and palm olein are used annually in the world for frying. This paper will discuss their frying performances in three major applications - industrial production of potato chips/crisps, industrial production of pre-fried frozen French fries and in fast food outlets.

▪ Keyword : fructose, spices, cinnamon, cloves, fenugreek, cumin

▪ Content : High fructose feeding in rats induces insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia. The present study was undertaken to determine the hypolipidemic effect of food seasoning spices mixture on fructose-fed insulin resistant rats.

▪ Keyword : hydrogen peroxide, lactation, breast feeding, mother’s milk, colostrum

▪ Content : H2O2 levels in mother’s milk were measured at different times of postpartum periods after birth as well as after different times of storage at freezing temperature.

▪ Keyword : colostrum, camel milk, parasites, Schistosoma mansoni, schistosomiasis

▪ Content : The aim of the present study was to investigate the anti-schistosomal activity of colostral and mature camel milk on Schistosoma mansoni infected mice. Six weeks post infection, mean percentage of protection wasdetected through the hepatic portal vein.

▪ Keyword : nutrition, globalisation, food regulation, food security, Pacific

▪ Content : Pacific Island countries (PICs) are experiencing an epidemic of obesity and consequent chronic diseases. Despite investment in the development of National Plans of Action for Nutrition (NPANs) and interventions to promote healthy eating and physical activity, nutritional status appears to show little improvement.

▪ Keyword : Author Index

▪ Content : Volume 14, 2005

▪ Keyword : n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, omega 3 fats, fish oil, arrhythmia, ischemia

▪ Content : The n-3 or omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are a promising dietary preventive therapy for cardiovascular disease. The main dietary source of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids comes from sea fish.

▪ Content : Chronic diseases are generally taken to include obesity (especially abdominal), diabetes, macrovascular disease (MVD), affecting all medium distributing arteries and the organs they supply, osteoporosis, and various cancers (notably breast, lung, colorectal, pancreatic, prostate and skin) and dementia.

▪ Keyword : palm fruit, antioxidants, free radicals, phenolics

▪ Content : Phenolic compounds have been shown to exhibit bioactive properties, and in particular antioxidant effects. A phenolic-rich fraction has been isolated from the aqueous by-product obtained during the milling of oil palm fruits.

▪ Keyword : vitamin-rich palm oil, oxidative stress, endothelial function, hypertension

▪ Content : The pathogenesis of hypertension has been associated with endothelial dysfunction and oxidative stress. We have previously shown that palm oil (PO), with an unsaturated-to-saturated fatty acid ratio close to one and rich in antioxidants vitamins, reduces oxidative stress-induced hypertension in normal rats.

▪ Keyword : red palm oil, ischemia, reperfusion, aortic output recovery, cGMP

▪ Content : Activation of the NO-cGMP pathway is associated with myocardial protection against ischemia. During ischemia, function of this pathway is disturbed. Little is known about the effects of supplements such as Red Palm Oil (RPO) on the myocardial NO- cGMP- signalling pathway.

▪ Keyword : coronary heart disease, trans fatty acids, palm oil, hydrogenated soybean oil

▪ Content : The purpose of this study was to test if replacement of trans fatty acids by palmitic acid in an experimental margarine results in unfavourable effects on serum lipids and haemostatic factors.

▪ Keyword : tocopherol, tocotrienol, stress, gastric mucosal integrity

▪ Content : Rats exposed to stress developed various changes in the gastrointestinal tract and hormones. The present study was designed to compare the impact of tocopherol and tocotrienol on changes that influence gastric and hormonal parameters important in maintaining gastric mucosal integrity in rats exposed to restrain stress.