Assessment of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitory activity and quality attributes of yoghurt enriched with Cinnamomum verum, Elettaria cardamomum, Beta vulgaris and Brassica oleracea.

The new concept of functional foods has led to the varieties in the production of foods that provide not only basic nutrition, but can also warrant good health and longevity. This study deals with the production and evaluation of fortified yogurts' with Cinnamomum verum, Elettaria cardamomum, Beta vulgaris and Brassica oleracea. The qualitative and quantitative phytochemical analysis of above mentioned plant extracts before using them into the preparation of functional yoghurt was carried out. The sensory evaluation of enriched yogurts with plant extracts carried out using 9 point hedonic scale. Comparative analysis between enriched yogurts and plain yogurt was carried. The results indicated increase in ash contents, water holding capacity, titratable acidity, total soluble solids, total phenolic content, tannin content, and total flavonoid content in fortified yogurt as compared to plain yogurt. In addition to this fortified yogurts showed greater antioxidant and antibacterial activity in contrast to plain yogurt. However, moisture contents, pH and susceptibility to syneresis of yogurt decreases with the addition of plant extracts. Shelf life of plain and fortified yogurt was determined both at room and refrigerated temperature. The results revealed that shelf life of fortified yogurt was greater as compared to plain yogurt. In silico analysis was carried out by using the galaxy web software. The results indicated that bioactive compounds including ascorbic acid, sinapinic acid, cinnamaldehyde and linalool acetate present in the flavored yogurts binds with angiotensin converting enzyme. All enriched yogurts showed higher anti-Angiotensin converting enzyme activity as compared to plain-yogurt.

Native and modified Sorghum starches as wall materials in microencapsulation of nutmeg oleoresin.

The effect of the partial or total substitution of gum arabic (GA) with native (NA), octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) and succinylated (SUC) sorghum starches on microencapsulation of nutmeg oleoresin was studied using spray drying technique. The oleoresin with 10% load is emulsified by using three different combinations of GA along with native and modified sorghum starches. The proportion of GA and sorghum starch was fixed at 75:25, 50:50, and 25:75. Most of the feed emulsions were having good emulsion stability and lower emulsion viscosity. The highest oil retention of 95% with 84.07% encapsulation efficiency was achieved when GA: NA starch was used in the fraction of 25:75. The highest encapsulation efficiency of 95.38% was obtained by GA: OSA in a ratio of 75:25. Results obtained suggested that both NA and OSA starches could be considered as a good alternative to gum arabic for microencapsulation.