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Cucurbita flowers as a new food product for Puerto Rico: Quality and nutritional assessment
(2017)
Male pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) flowers are potentially an important source of several nutrients, carotenes, ascorbic acid, folic acid, vitamins, and minerals that humans should consume in their daily diet. The aim of this ...
Evaluación de los atributos principales de calidad de la carne de res de origen local e importada, según se ofrece al consumidor
(2004)
Beef consumed in Puerto Rico comes principally from the United States and Central America and it is believed that the quality is better than the local product. In this investigation three beef muscles (longissimus dorsi, ...
Efecto de la alimentación con palmillo (Roystonea borinqueña) sobre la calidad de la carne de cerdo producida en Puerto Rico.
(2014)
Fifty-three pigs (37 females, 16 castrated males) were evaluated to determine the quality of their meat when they consumed a diet with 2.5% palmillo (seed of royal palm, Roystonea borinqueña) compared to a diet of 0% ...
Mejoramiento del proceso para el secado de café pergamino bajo las condiciones climatológicas de Puerto Rico.
(2013)
A laboratory dryer was constructed and validated to simulate the drying process at various environmental conditions. The effect of the drying air temperature and specific humidity in the time and energy consumption of the ...
Determinación del perfil microbiológico de la almeja (Lucina pectinata Gmelin, 1791), del ostión de mangle (Crassostrea rhizophorae guilding, 1828) y las aguas de extracción de bivalvos de la zona suroeste de Puerto Rico
(2005)
The microbiological profile of the clam, the mangrove oyster, and their harvesting waters in the southwestern zone of Puerto Rico, was determined by the analysis of fecal coliforms, Salmonella spp., Vibrio spp., and total ...
Evaluación microbiológica de la carne de res de Puerto Rico bajo dos formas de empaque
(2007)
The microbiological profile of the muscle Longissimus dorsi from six bovine of local production was evaluated under two packaging conditions (vacuum packaging and commercial packaging). Samples were packed at refrigeration ...
Incidencia de Escherichia coli serotipo O157:H7 en carne proveniente de ganado bovino de mataderos de Puerto Rico
(2006)
The main objective of this investigation was to evaluate the incidence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in cattle during the slaughter process in Puerto Rico. The slaughter houses visited were located in Mayagüez, Arecibo and ...
Evaluación sensorial y química de variedades de batata [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] de Puerto Rico
(2015)
Sweetness in the sweet potato is an important attribute for its quality and market acceptability. Difference in sweetness among varieties is due to the content of different sugars. Information on this attribute to set ...
Detección de Campylobacter Jejuni en las incubadoras de una planta procesadora de pollos parrilleros de Puerto Rico
(2005)
A total of 960 chicken eggs from a hatchery in Puerto Rico were analyzed to detect the presence of Campylobacter jejuni. A cluster sampling with a binomial distribution was made. Random samples were taken in duplicate from ...