Mango select

The mango pulp weevil (MPW) is an aggressive pest that mates seasonally according to the cycle of the mango fruit. After discovering the existence of the mango pulp weevil in Palawan, the island has been under quarantine for exporting mangoes. Detection of the pest proves difficult as the pest does not leave a physical sign that the mango has been damaged. Infested mangoes are wasted as they cannot be sold due to damage. This study serves as a base study for non-invasive mango pulp weevil detection using MATLAB machine learning and audio feature extraction tools...

Alum and ferric salts as traditional chemical coagulants for turbidity removal in water and wastewater are expensive, and have known harmful effects. Thus, attempts to replace the chemical coagulants with safe and effective natural solutions are increasingly being made in terms of research studies to investigate the coagulation efficacies of various plants one of which is Mango ( Mangifera indica ). It is worth noting that M. indica has various genotypes of different origins across the world. In this study, eight (8) common M...

Burkina Faso's agricultural and industrial sectors are sources of biomass production which are not well tapped. However, the exact quantities available and mobilizable with connection to recovery technologies are not available in the literature. Also, there is very little data on the criteria for the optimal selection of the biomasses to be valorized. In this article, quantification of the main biomasses produced in Burkina Faso has been carried out. Additionally, sustainable biomass selection criteria have been established...

Nowadays, fruits are gaining high demand due to their promising advantages on human health. Astonishingly, their by-products, that is, seeds and peels, account for 10-35% of fruit weight and are usually thrown as waste after consumption or processing. But it is neglected that fruit seeds also have functional properties and nutritional value, and thus could be utilized for dietary and therapeutic purposes, ultimately reducing the waste burden on the environment. Owing to these benefits, researchers have started to assess the nutritional value of different fruits seeds, in addition to the chemical composition in various bioactive constituents, like carotenoids (lycopene), flavonoids, proteins (bioactive peptides), vitamins, etc...

Genetic improvement mainly depends on the level of genetic variability present in the population, and the degree of genetic diversity in a population largely determines the rate of genetic advancement. For analyzing genetic diversity and determining cultivar identities, a molecular marker is a useful tool. Using 30 SSR (simple sequence repeat) and 30 RAPD (randomly amplified polymorphic DNA) markers, this study evaluated the genetic divergence of 17 mango cultivars. The effectiveness of the two marker systems was evaluated using their genetic diversity characteristics...

INTRODUCTION: Putative mutants were generated through gamma irradiation in the polyembryonic mango genotype Nekkare. The putative mutant progenies along with control seedlings and mother plants were evaluated by comparing the compositions and relative proportions of their major volatile compounds. METHODS: Volatile profiling was done using headspace-solid phase micro-extraction (HS SPME) method coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS MS). Furthermore, characterisation of putative mutants and control seedlings was carried out using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers to ascertain the genetic diversity present in the samples under study...

OBJECTIVES: The effects of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) on the larynx are relatively unknown. This study examined the short-term effects of e-cigarette inhalation on cellular and inflammatory responses within the mouse laryngeal glottic and subglottic regions after exposure to pod-based devices (JUUL). METHODS: Male C57BL6/J mice (8-9 weeks) were assigned to control (n = 9), JUUL flavors Mint (JMi; n = 10) or Mango (JMa; n = 10)...

Resistance to anticancer agents is a major obstacle to efficacious tumour therapy and responsible for high cancer-related mortality rates. Some resistance mechanisms are associated with pharmacokinetic variability in anticancer drug exposure due to genetic polymorphisms of drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, whereas variations in tumoural metabolism as a consequence of CYP copy number alterations are assumed to contribute to the selection of resistant cells. A high-throughput quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)-based method was developed for detection of CYP copy number alterations in tumours, and a scoring system improved the identification of inappropriate reference genes that underwent deletion/multiplication in tumours...

BACKGROUND: Allergy is an inflammatory disorder affecting around 20% of the global population. The adverse effects of current conventional treatments give rise to the increased popularity of using natural food products as complementary and alternative medicine against allergic diseases. Stingless bee honey, commonly known as Kelulut honey (KH) in Malaysia, has been used locally as a traditional remedy to relieve cough and asthma. This study evaluated the anti-allergic potential of KH collected from four different botanical sources on phorbol ester 12-myristate-3-acetate and calcium ionophore-activated human mast cells...

The quality of tropical fruits and vegetables and the expanding global interest in eating healthy foods have resulted in the continual development of reliable, quick, and cost-effective quality assurance methods. The present review discusses the advancement of non-destructive spectral measurements for evaluating the quality of major tropical fruits and vegetables. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Near-infrared (NIR), Raman spectroscopy, and hyperspectral imaging (HSI) were used to monitor the external and internal parameters of papaya, pineapple, avocado, mango, and banana...

Mango ( Mangifera indica L.) is an important fruit crop in tropical and subtropical countries associated with many agronomic and horticultural problems, such as susceptibility to pathogens, including powdery mildew and anthracnose, poor yield and quality, and short shelf life. Conventional breeding techniques exhibit significant limitations in improving mango quality due to the characteristics of long ripening, self-incompatibility, and high genetic heterozygosity. In recent years, much emphasis has been placed on identification of key genes controlling a certain trait through genomic association analysis and directly breeding new varieties through transgene or genotype selection of offspring...

INTRODUCTION: Mangifera indica leaves are among the most common materials employed in manufacturing herbal medicinal products. Despite the phytochemical variation of M. indica cultivars, there are no monographs to guide the cultivation, processing, and authentication of the materials. METHODS: This study characterized 15 Ugandan M. indica leaf varieties, with reference to extraction index (EI), total phenolic content (TPC), antioxidant activity (AOA), and mangiferin concentration (MC)...

We report the fabrication of a facile sensor using heme conjugated with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in situ on a glass carbon electrode (GCE) for the ultrasensitive determination of biotin without antibody or streptavidin. The use of heme and AuNPs as dual amplifiers allows a very broad detection range from 0.0050 to 50.0000 μmol·L-1 and a very low detection limit of 0.0016 μmol·L-1 . The mechanistic aspects were elucidated using electrochemical analyses and frontier orbital calculations showing that the electrooxidation of biotin involves a one-electron and a one-proton transfer, generating biotin sulfoxide...

Sorbets are a popular dessert, especially during hot summer days. They can also have health-promoting qualities, mainly due to the nutritional value of the fruit from which they are made. The production technology can also have an impact on the final nutritional quality of the sorbets. This paper presents a comparative assessment of the quality of industrial fruit sorbets and their craft analogs. Sorbets with the following flavors were selected for the research: blueberry, strawberry, raspberry, and passion fruit with mango...

Indian jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana Lamarck), is one of the most popular fruit crops in South China. In March 2023, a fruit rot of indian jujube with about 5% disease incidence was observed in two supermarkets of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China. Initially, the symptoms appeared as slightly brown spots on the fruit surface, with disease progression, the lesions gradually expanded and covered with a layer of hyphae. Small pieces (3 to 4 mm2) from the periphery of 15 diseased fruit were surface disinfected using 1% sodium hypochlorite for 30 s, rinsed three times in sterilized distilled water, air dried, and then aseptically placed onto potato dextrose agar (PDA) media and incubated at 25°C for three days...

Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) is well known nonselective and broad-spectrum herbicide that has been extensively used in agricultural areas around the world to increase agricultural productivity. However, the utilization of glyphosate can cause environmental contamination and health problems. Therefore, the detection of glyphosate with a fast, low-cost, and portable sensor is still important. In this work, the electrochemical sensor has been developed by modifying of working surface on the screen-printed silver electrode (SPAgE) with a mixtures solution between zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) and poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA) by the drop-casting process...

The current study appraises the variations in the yield and physicochemical and antioxidant attributes among kernel oils from the seven most widely consumed varieties of Pakistani mangoes, namely, Anwar Ratul, Dasehri, Fajri, Laal Badshah, Langra, Safed Chaunsa, and Sindhri. The yield of mango kernel oil (MKO) among the tested varieties of mangoes varied significantly ( p < 0.05), ranging from 6.33% (Sindhri) to 9.88% (Dasehri). Physicochemical properties, including the saponification value, refractive index, iodine no...

Levan is a homopolysaccharide of fructose units that repeat as its structural core. As an exopolysaccharide (EPS), it is produced by a great variety of microorganisms and a small number of plant species. The principal substrate used for levan production in industries, i.e., sucrose, is expensive and, hence, the manufacturing process requires an inexpensive substrate. As a result, the current research was designed to evaluate the potential of sucrose-rich fruit peels, i.e., mango peels, banana peels, apple peels, and sugarcane bagasse, to produce levan using Bacillus subtilis via submerged fermentation...

Glycoproteins are an underexploited drug target for cancer therapeutics. In this work, we integrated computational methods in network pharmacology and in silico docking approaches to identify phytochemical compounds that could potentially interact with several cancer-associated glycoproteins. We first created a database of phytochemicals from selected plant species, Manilkara zapota (sapodilla/chico), Mangifera indica (mango), Annona muricata (soursop/guyabano), Artocarpus heterophyllus (jackfruit/langka), Lansium domesticum (langsat/lanzones), and Antidesma bunius (bignay), and performed pharmacokinetic analysis to determine their drug-likeness properties...

The multifunctionality of plants is well known to be compromised in the areas experiencing higher concentrations of tropospheric ozone (O3 ). Mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivation is essential to the economy of tropical regions, including India. Mango, widely grown in suburban and rural areas, experiences production loss due to air pollutants. Ozone, the most important phytotoxic gas in mango growing areas, warrants an investigation of its effects. Therefore, we assessed the differential sensitivity of mango saplings (two-year-old hybrid and regular-bearing mango varieties, Amrapali and Mallika) at two levels of O3 : ambient and elevated (ambient + 20 ppb) using open-top chambers from September 2020 to July 2022...