eFood

Volume 1, Issue 5, October 2020
Review Article

1. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Anthocyanins

Zhaojun Teng, Xinwei Jiang, Fatao He, Weibin Bai
Pages: 339 - 346
Anthocyanins are one of the most important water-soluble pigments in the nature. Interests in the research of anthocyanins are increasing due to its nutritional value and biological activity. Extraction, separation and qualitative and quantitative analysis of anthocyanins are indispensable and important...
Review Article

2. Tropical Food Spices: A Promising Panacea for the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Adedayo O. Ademiluyi, Olubukola H. Oyeniran, Ganiyu Oboh
Pages: 347 - 356
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious fatal disease caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) with millions of individuals infected globally within few months of its outbreak. During infection, the SARS-CoV-2 main protease binds directly to Angiotensin-converting...
Research Article

3. Identification of Putative Cell-entry-inhibitory Peptides against SARS-CoV-2 from Edible Insects: An in silico Study

Fai-Chu Wong, Joe-Hui Ong, Tsun-Thai Chai
Pages: 357 - 368
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, has become the most contagious pandemic in the world. The binding of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein Receptor-binding Domain (RBD) to human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor precedes cell entry. Thus, RBD of SARS-CoV-2...
Research Article

4. Simultaneous Detection of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Haemophilus parasuis in Pig by Duplex Droplet Digital PCR

Wen Wen, Lei Shi, Xun Chen
Pages: 369 - 376
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (A. pleuropneumoniae) and Haemophilus parasuis (H. parasuis) are important pathogens of swine, which cause great economic losses in the swine industry and bring great safety hazards to food safety. In this study, we established a duplex Droplet Digital Polymerase Chain...