...Increase the Shelf-Life of Fruits and Veggies “THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GUAVA LEAVES EXTRACT AS A NATURAL PRESERVATIVEFOR VEGETABLES AND FRUITS” Acknowledgment The researcher would like to extend his sincere thanks and appreciation tothe following people who have contributed, in one way or another, to therealization of this study.Mr. Paul T. Tejero, for the assistance and valuable suggestions,conceptualization, editing the study, helping the researcher for the study, andfor the invaluable tips to improve the quality of the research study;Mrs. Josephine Impe, research adviser, for the encouragement andsupport to the completion of the study. Also, for the assistance and valuablesuggestions and for the invaluable tips to improve the quality of the researchstudy;To-ong and Tejero families, the wind beneath my wings as I reach mygoals in life, for the unconditional love and prayers, for understanding, andmoral support, despite of the challenges that come along;Most of all, to Almighty God, for giving the researcher the courage,knowledge, guidance, love and blessings.Stephen T. To-ong Table of Contents PageTitle PageAcknowledgmentChapter1 Problem & Background of the Study ………………………………… Introduction……………………………………………………………… Statement of the Problem ……………………………………………. Hypothesis…………………………………………….…………………… Objectives of the Study ……………………………………………. Scope and Limitations……………………………………………. Definition of Terms ……………………………………………. Significance...
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...of soap out of guava leaf extract, which was made by Dragonknight15 and fellow peers for their 3rd year chemistry class. This guava-infused soap actually helps clear up acne. You'll need sodium hydroxide, guava leaves, containers, and lavender scent. ------------------------------------------------- Benefits of Guava for Skin Care and Other Medicinal Purposes Guavas are plants in the myrtle family which contains about 100 species of tropical shrubs and small trees. They are native to Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. Guavas are now cultivated and naturalized throughout the tropics and subtropics in Southeast Asia, Hawaii, the Caribbean, Florida and Africa. When it comes to skin care, the astringents of guava enhance the skin texture and tighten loosened skin. Guava works more effectively than any other skin nourishing lotions in the market. Decoction of immature leaves and fruits can be applied on the skin for tightening and toning purposes. Additionally, guava has high contents of Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Potassium, which are characterized by their antioxidant functions. These nutrients carry out detoxification processes and keep the skin healthy and wrinkle-free. Guava is loaded with antioxidants. Since the 1950s, guavas – particularly the leaves – have been the subject for diverse research on their constituents, pharmacological properties and history in folk medicine. Most research, however, has been conducted on apple guava (P. guajava), with...
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...T MAHENDRAN : QUALITY OF INSTANT GUAVA DRINK POWDER PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS OF DEHYDRATED GUAVA CONCENTRATE: EFFECT OF DRYING METHOD AND MALTODEXTRIN CONCENTRATION T Mahendran Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Chenkalady Accepted: 20th May 2010 ABSTRACT Dehydration of guava juice into powdered particles gives a considerable reduction in volume and is an effective method of prolonging the shelf life. Therefore, a research study was conducted to determine the effect of different drying methods and the addition of drying aids on the physico-chemical properties and sensory characteristics of dehydrated guava concentrate. Instant guava-drink-powder samples were obtained by dehydrating the concentrated guava juice using freeze drying, spray drying and tunnel drying techniques. Guava juice at 10.5°Brix was used to prepare the fruit powders. A significant reduction (p<0.05) in titratable acidity of 0.22% as citric acid and an increase in pH of 0.44 after drying of guava juice indicated that some acids were lost during the drying process. The oxidative loss of ascorbic acid was considerably lower in freeze drying (18.8%) compared to tunnel drying (32.2%). Spray dried powders were obtained from the guava juice with different maltodextrin concentrations as drying aids. When 30% maltodextrin was added to guava juice, the solubility of powder was 95% whereas, adding 60% maltodextrin decreased the...
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...Chapter 1 In the Himalayan foothills, in the small north Indian town of Shahkot, during a very hot summer, many proposals are made to induce the monsoon. By September the situation is so bad that famine relief camps have to be set up. This is the year Sampath Chawla is born. His mother, Kulfi, is only twenty-one and just married to Mr. Chawla. She gets bigger and hungrier as the drought gets worse, but none of the relief planes coming with supplies reach them. Kulfi is so hungry, she obsesses about food and sells everything in the house. Finally, she draws pictures of food on the walls, and when there is no more wall space, Sampath is born. It is the day the monsoon rains finally come. In the storm, Kulfi gives birth, and Sampath has a brown birthmark on his cheek. As if by miracle, a Swedish relief plane drops a crate in front of the Chawla house with food in it. Kulfi thinks her baby looks like he came from another planet. The baby is named Sampath, Good Fortune. Chapter 2 Twenty years have passed. Sampath has grown into a thin and oversensitive young man, unable to sleep with the noisy breathing of his family around him, all sharing the one ceiling fan: father, mother, grandmother Ammaji, and sister Pinky. He rushes to the roof of the house where it is just as hot. He sings and walks back and forth all night, wishing he had somewhere else to go; he feels suffocated in his life. When morning comes and the town begins to wake up, he sees his father come out with a yoga mat...
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...and Costa Rican. The Heritage tool is used to obtain the Health maintenance, promotion and restoration of families whose culture is reflected in everyday life. The Heritage assessment tool also helps to evaluate family support and relationships, therefore helping to assess if outside support is needed to achieve wellness with physical, emotional, and the spiritual aspects of their care. Filipino The Filipino culture is one of healthful food, such as chicken, vegetables, fruits and meats. Excellent hygiene is a priority for the Filipino culture. When not feeling well some chicken soup is just what the doctor ordered. Painful joints have a traditional ginger, coconut oil and guava leaf massage. If there is a wound, a guava leaf is boiled and the fluid is ingested to prevent infection. The guava leaves are also ground and applied to the wound for the same purpose. Herbal...
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...*THE WISE OLD MAN* A wealthy man requested an old scholar to wean his son away from his bad habits. The scholar took the youth for a stroll through a garden. Stopping suddenly he asked the boy to pull out a tiny plant growing there. The youth held the plant between his thumb and forefinger and pulled it out. The old man then asked him to pull out a slightly bigger plant. The youth pulled hard and the plant came out, roots and all. "Now pull out that one," said the old man pointing to a bush. The boy had to use all his strength to pull it out. "Now take this one out," said the old man, indicating a guava tree. The youth grasped the trunk and tried to pull it out. But it would not budge. "I – It's impossible," said the boy, panting with the effort. "So it is with bad habits," said the sage. "When they are young it is easy to pull them out but when they take hold they cannot be uprooted." The session with the old man changed the boy's life. Truly Inspiring Real Life Incident… Shila Ghosh : a lady 83 years old who lives at pali in West Bengal. Every evening she comes from Pali to kolkata to sell the fries.The pedestrians out of respect buy the fries from her. After lung cancer took away her only son from her 5 years back,to make ends meet she works.Her nephew aged 30 works as a mover on meagre wages in pali. . When asked if she has a problem in travelling,she weakly smile ans says “No,the bus gets...
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...HERBAL PLANTS Bayabas or Guava Scientific name: Psidium guajava Uses: • Antiseptic, astringent & anthelminthic • Kills bacteria, fungi and amoeba • Used to treat diarrhea in children • For Hypertension, diabetes and Asthma • Promotes menstruation Preparation: • Boil one cup of Bayabas leaves in three cups of water for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool. • To use as mouthwash, gargle. • To use as wound disinfectant, wash affected areas 2 to 3 times a day. • For toothaches, chew the leaves in your mouth. Oregano Scientific name: Origanum vulgare Benefits: • Good for cough relief • Helps prevent degenerative arthritis • Has Anti-aging properties • Help relieve osteoarthritis • Healing wounds, insect bites & stings • Ease asthma attacks • Relieves upset stomach • Treatment of urinary tract problems Preparation of Oregano Leaves: • Boil one cup of fresh leaves in 3 cups of water for 10 to 15 minutes. Drink half a cup three times a day for colds. • For the prevention of degenerative arthritis and general good health drink oregano decoction daily. • For Insect bites, wounds and stings, apply the leaves as a poultice or a compress directly on the afflicted area Submitted by Jeremiah R. Magpantay Bonieve M. Pagcaliwangan Pansit-Pansitan, Ulasimang-Bato ...
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...Title of the product: ARCHERPRENEUR (TM) Guava Leaf Extract with Aloe Vera Short Description: Made of powerful ingredients: * GUAVE LEAF EXTRACT that can heal stomach pain faster. * MENTHOL AND EUCALYPTUS that gives cold feeling because of menthol and eucalyptus that soothes muscle pain and other discomfort. * ALOE VERA that moisten and softens the skin. * This product can heal pains and discomfort without the usual ointment smell. * 100 % natural. FORM: TECHNOLOGY: 1. Packaging: (Green) HDPE (High density polyethylene) with ARCHERPRENEURTM design 2. Ingredients: a. Young guava leaf extract, Stabilized aloe vera gel, methyl salicylate, menthol, eucalyptol, and candle wax 3. Procedures: b. Gather some young guava leaves then wash it with water and chop it into pieces. c. Heat some oil in a metal pan then place the leaves and let it boil for five minutes or more. d. Strain the leaf residue with a metal sift put aside the liquid. e. Re-heat the liquid you got in another metal pan then mix in your chopped... f. Let all the wax melt while stirring continuously then turn off the heat and quickly put the stabilized aloe vera gel, methyl salicylate, menthol, and eucalyptol then transfer the mixture in a container you prefer... g. Let the mixture cool and solidify. BENEFITS: * May help soothe skin injured by burns, irritations, cuts and insect bites. * Reliefs stomach pain...
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...cause being the clogged drains, unsanitary canals, and polluted surroundings. In these environments, the insect spreading dengue, Aedes aegypti, thrives. The researchers decided to focus on the root cause of the disease. The researchers would like to find an alternative, more economical method of exterminating them in their breeding places other than commercial insecticides. And in this pursuit to find a substitute, the researchers came across the guava fruit (psidium guajava), which had promising properties. (insert stuff about why we chose guava blahblah about properties….. use RRL for info.) The guava fruit was collected, osterized, soaked in ethyl alcohol, concentrated and evaporated to obtain a semi-solid extract. There were six blocks for replicates, five groups with 100mL water and different guava extract concentrations each – 3%, 5%, 8%, 12.5%, and 15% - and commercialized larvicide as positive control and one setup with dechlorinated water with 1mL ethanol. The commercial larvicide proved to be the most effective, but the guava extracts also have a positive effect on the larvae, though minimal. The study should be able to aid in the reduction of health problems brought about by Aedes aegypti. It may also help the community in controlling the mosquito population at an early stage by means of an eco-friendly larvicide. Not only will it be eco-friendly, it will also be affordable and easily accessed. This study would be a big help too to the country’s economy, specifically...
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...acids. In general raw fruits contain more acids but on ripening, the quantity of acid in them decrease and the amount of sugar increase. Fruits contain fructose, certain acids, vitamins, starch, proteins and cellulose. Fruits that are sweet are, watermelon, guavas, and apples. The fruits that are sour are, lemon, raw mango, and limes. How does the ripening of a fruit affect the process of seed dispersal? Fruit development and ripening are very unique to plants. They represent an important component of human and animal’s diets. Analyses of fruit –ripening mutants and ripening –related gene expression suggest higher levels of a development that remains to be defined. A fruit not only protects the seeds inside it, but also may aid in dispersing those seeds away from the parent plant. The dispersal of seeds is important because it reduces competition for sunlight, soil, and water between the parent plants. The role of sunlight signaling in fruit carotenoid may be examined by the way they represent a target for practical manipulation. Fruit pigmentation and nutrients may change over a period of time. A fruit provides protection and aids in seed dispersal, the 2 Anthophyta division contains all species of plants. Some fruits may have the structural adaptations that help disperse the seed by wind or water. How do humans interfere in this...
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...Name: Darrien Georgia Lab day: Tuesday Exercise 9 Plant Adaptations Lamberton conservatory Introduction Plants have many different types of adaptations which allow them to survive in many different ecosystems including ones which get less than 25 cm of rain a year and ones which get over 4.5 m of rain a year! Plants must be adapted to be able to gather the materials needed for photosynthesis- CO2, water and sunlight. There are many different ways that plants have solved these problems. The Lamberton Conservatory, located in the Highland Park area of Rochester, houses a variety of seasonal plants, and plants adapted for special environments. Epiphytes, orchids, ferns, and exotic plants grow in the SW room of the actual greenhouse. The tropical forest room and the desert environment room display plants which have specialized for these climatic areas. We won’t see every habitat of the world, but we will see a variety of plants that are from a variety of ecosystems. We will be given a 30 - 45 min. tour of the conservatory then you will be allowed to spend 30 - 45 minutes browsing through the rooms in order to answer the questions on this worksheet. You may have to research the answers to some of the questions. Purpose 1. To introduce students to the beauty and fascination of plants in their "natural" environment. 2. To help develop more highly refined observation skills 3. To experience the joy of learning about the most abundant biological organisms...
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...Zeugodacus (De Meyer et al., 2015), but this change has not been universally accepted among the scientists who are popular in tephritid fruit fly taxonomy. The melon flies have been reported as pests from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, China, New Guinea, the Philippines, Mariana and Hawaii Islands, and most of Southeast Asia. This species has also been reported from Kenya, Egypt and Tanzania (Weems and Heppner, 2001). In Bangladesh, B. cucurbitae conveys 74% of the total number of flies infesting different vegetables growing areas (Akhtaruzzaman et al., 1999). The melon fly damages 10-30% mangoes, guava and star fruits; average 30-40% vegetables in Bangladesh annually (Wadud et al., 2005). The damage caused by B. cucurbitae varies from region to region and also differs in each of the investigations. It may causes a loss ranged from 30% to 100% to the crop yield to nearly 70 host plants throughout the year depending on the cucurbit species and the season (Dhillon et. al., 2005; Nath and Bhusan, 2006; Sapkota et al., 2010); damage caused may be as high as 31.27% on bitter gourd and 28.55% on Water melon (Singh et al., 2000); damage caused by the larvae feeding on the fruit can reach 90% of the crop yield (Ryckewaert et al., 2010). This review focuses on testing the biological activity of leaf extracts of Azadirachta indica, Polygonum hydropiper and Vitex negundo in controlling the melon fruit fly, B. cucurbitae. 1.2. Uses of chemicals as pesticides To overcome the problem of...
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...BOTANICAL PEST CONTROL The Philippines is rich in various varieties and species of plants that can be used to regulate and control pests and diseases. Theses plant species are endangered because they are not known, or the local farmers do not know their uses. Farmers by clearing and burning continually destroy them, as they are considered weeds and a hindrance to their crop production. Here is a short list of plants that can be effective against a wide range of insect pest including those attacking the mango. 1. GOAT WEED (Aegaratum conisoides) Leaves- Extract juice and spray against diamond black moth and cotton Steiner. 2. DAMONG MARIA (Artemesia vulgaris) Leaves – Pound, extract juice and spray at the rate of 2 to 4 tbs. per 16 litters of water wit detergent or AZ41 and spray against cotton borer and mango tip borer. 3. LANTANA (Lantana camara) Flowers – Pound and store around the grains to serve as repellant against weevils. 4. DITA (Derris philippinensis) Roots – Pound and extract juice. Spray at the rate of 1 cup per gallon of water or powder, mix with detergent or AZ41 and spray at the rate of 120 grams powder + 250 to 300 grams detergent per 4 35 gallons of water against diamond black moth and other insect pests. 5. WILD SUNFLOWER (Tethornia diversifolia) Leaves – Pound and extract juice and use as spray at the rate of 1 to 2 kg. Fruit per litter of water against cotton Steiner, black armyworm and diamond black moth. 6. MARIGOLD (Targetes erecta)...
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...Since deciding to landscape your backyard, you have realized there are many things to consider, such as budget, time, and space. Application Practice Answer the following questions. Use Equation Editor to write mathematical expressions and equations. First, save this file to your hard drive by selecting Save As from the File menu. Click the white space below each question to maintain proper formatting. Please highlight your answers. 1. You are planning to spend no less than $5,000 and no more than $9,000 on your landscaping project. a) Write an inequality that demonstrates how much money you will be willing to spend on the project. $5,000 ≤ $9,000 b) Suppose you want to cover the backyard with decorative rock and plant some trees as the first phase of the project. You need 20 tons of rock to cover the area. If each ton cost $50 and each tree is $85, what is the maximum number of trees you can buy with a budget for rock and trees of $3,000? Write an inequality that illustrates the problem and solve. Express your answer as an inequality and explain how you arrived at your answer. 20 x $50 = $1,000 $3,000 - $1,000 = $2,000 left for trees $2,000/$85 = 23 trees can be purchased c) Would 15 trees be a solution to the inequality in part b? Justify your answer. No, because 15 trees is less than 23 trees....
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...Energy Summary SCI/362 January 18, 2012 The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge source of energy is oil. The oil drilling is harming or kills so many animal species. It is taking up the land they are living on and the ground they find food on. They closed the oil drilling in 1989 due to the oil spill in the Prudhoe Bay. A lot of animals were killing with the oil spilled. They are to help the animals in the Prudhoe Bay area. The Yucca Mountain was the first commercial power plant it gives off nuclear waste. They have done many of studies on Yucca Mountain to make sure the site is safe. With the earthquakes and volcanic it can make the nuclear waste come out. The Three Gorges Dam was needed to be done to save people’s lives. People have drought and floods from the waters. The toxic in the water is what will make it hard to make the Dam. The waterborne diseases and human and animals wastes in the water. They will have to move from the area the build it. The one thing is we could save money by doing our own oil. The thing is when we have oil spill it hurts the animal and gets in our water. We would have to find away the make it work to not do that. We make more jobs too. We would not have to spend so much on gas and oil if you would drill the oil in the US. We have enough in the US to have. The Yucca Mountain with the nuclear waste in it will cause people to die from cancer and other illnesses. If they take the nuclear waste out of the mountain it can cause earthquakes...
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