Romee Jan

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology | SLIET · Department of Food Engineering & Technology

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) and Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.) are one of the most popular spices having a wide range of bioactive compounds that have varied biological and pharmacological properties. The study was aimed to extract polyphenols from Himalayan medicinal herbs ginger and licorice in different solvents using ultra-sonication techniq...

For successful bread making process gluten has an important role to play. But many of the individuals are susceptible to gluten and are associated with the development of gluten related disorders even on ingestion of small amount of gluten. The increasing incidence of gluten related disorders promotes worldwide interests for development of gluten f...

The present investigationwas carried out to determine the effect of germination on pasting, rheological, morphological properties of Kodo millet flour and in-vitroantioxidant characteristics of its phenolic and γ-amino butyric acid extracts. Rheological analysis depicted complex flour viscosity decreased with an improvement in shear intensity, symb...

In this study, bioactive compounds from saffron (Crocus sativus L.) and sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) were extracted using Ultrasound-assisted extraction method. The extracted bioactive compounds were encapsulated in sodium alginate. The Encapsulation efficiency of SE (encapsulated saffron) and SBE(encapsulated sea buckthorn) was found to...

Probiotics and prebiotics share a unique role in human and animal nutrition, largely centering on the manipulation of populations or activities of the bacteria that colonize our bodies. Probiotics and prebiotics can be utilized either separately or jointly as synbiotics. Bacteria from the genera Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, and yeasts such as...

Colocasia esculenta is a traditional, inter-developed, and a tuberous crop harvested across the globe in tropical and subtropical areas. It correlates to the “Arecaceae” own family and is also called the “taro,” the name was given to this family’s tubers and roots. It is grown mainly as an affluent source of starch for the use of its palatable corm...

This study determined the effects of germination on the minerals, fatty acids, pasting, thermal, rheological and phytocomponents contents of Chenopodium album flour. The predominant fatty acids in raw flour were palmitic (0.83%), oleic (0.99%) and linoleic acids (1.96%), which increased significantly (p≤0.05) with germination. Minerals (Na, Cu and...

Cookies were prepared by supplementing Chenopodium album flour into wheat flour at various levels (10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%). Physicochemical, antioxidant and color characteristics of C. album-wheat blend flour were studied while the cookies developed were analyzed for their physical, textural, color and sensory properties. Peak and final viscosi...

Increasing awareness of consumer's health and interest in functional foods to achieve a healthy lifestyle has resulted in the need for food products with versatile health-benefiting properties. Results from a number of recent studies have highlighted the need for an improvement in the nutritional quality of cereal based gluten free products. There...

This study evaluated the effect of storage and packaging materials on the quality attributes of germinated C. album flour extrudates and cookies. For the storage studies of the extrudates low density polyethylene (LDPE) and laminated pouches (LP) of polyester-aluminium-polypropylene (PE-AL-PP) and for cookies LDPE and LP of metalized polyester poly...

A Box-Behnken design was used to study the effects of feed moisture content (18–20%), barrel temperature (115–135 °C) and screw speed (225–275 rpm) on the responses; antioxidant activity, total phenolics, dietary fibre, colour (L-value), hardness, expansion ratio, water absorption index and overall acceptability for development of gluten-free extru...

The purpose of present study was to optimize the effect of germination temperature and time on the total phenolic content, antioxidant activity, saponins, tannins and phytates in Chenopodium album grains using the response surface methodology (RSM). Statistical analysis revealed that independent variables (germination time and germination temperatu...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of germination on the physicochemical, antioxidant, pasting and micro structural properties of C. album (V1) and C. album (V2) flours. Germination induced lower peak and final viscosities in both flours. Findings from the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed micro structural differences in C. al...

The present study was conducted to prepare the gluten-free cookies from raw and germinated Chenopodium album flours. The physico-chemical, functional, pasting and morphological properties of raw and germinated C. album flour were studied. The gluten free cookies developed from both flours were compared with wheat flour cookies. Germination increase...

Amaranth: A Psuedocereal for Extraction of Nutraceuticals Components,

Chenopodium album is an annual fast-growing underutilized pseudo cereal with high percentage of starch content. The aim of present study was to analyze the isolated starch for its physicochemical, morphological, pasting, thermal, rheological and FTIR spectrometric characteristics. Amylose content of C. album V1 and C. album V2 starches was found 16...

The aim of current study was to isolate and evaluate the starch from Chenopodium album (LP) and Chenopodium album (LS) varieties for its physicochemical, particle size analysis, and textural properties. The starch isolated from C. album (LP) and C. album (LS) showed yield values of 37.59 and 47.30%, while amylose content of the mentioned varieties...

This review assesses the nutritional and health attributes of finger millet and its utilization in value added foods. Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) ragi or mandua is one of the important millet grown extensively in various regions of India and Africa. With regard to protein (6-8%) and fat (1-2%) it is comparable to rice and with respect to m...

The grain Chenopodium album is a rich source of carbohydrate, protein, lipids, dietary fiber and functional components. The grain has been considered as competent candidate for the extraction of starch in comparison to other conventional sources of starch viz. tuber, cereal and pulses. Therefore, Starch was extracted for maximum recovery by two met...

Starch isolated from lotus stem was treated by gamma-irradiation at different doses of 5, 10 and 20 kGy. Physicochemical, morphological and pasting properties of irradiated lotus stem starches were investigated and these properties differed significantly. Carboxyl content, water absorption capacity, amylose leaching, and transmittance increased, wh...