Indigenous vegetables (IVs) are rich sources of essential nutrients, particularly vitamins and
minerals, and other non-nutritive phytochemicals. IVs play a critical role in the food culture of …

Being a tropical country, Sri Lanka has many food crops and they have not been extensively
studied for their phytochemicals, food-based applications or many industrial uses. A greater …

Agronomic biofortification is the deliberate use of mineral fertilizers to increase the
concentration of a target mineral in edible portions of crops to increase dietary intake of the …

Contamination of water resources by various pollutants like organic dyes, pesticides,
organometallic compounds, and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) of various micro …

The dehydration behavior of turkey berries was analysed in a fluidized bed dryer at various
inlet air velocities (0.8, 2.1, and 3.4 m/s) and temperatures (50, 60, and 70° C). The drying …

The drying behavior of turkey berries was investigated in a fluidized bed dryer with mild
steel, copper, and aluminum as an inert medium with varying mass ratio of 0.5, 1, and 2 at a …

In this work, drying kinetics, physical and bio-chemical properties of turkey berry were
studied at an air velocity of 3.6 and 4.2 m/s along with different temperatures of 70, 80, 90° C …

The influence of pretreatment methods like physical, chemical, combined physical, and
hybrid treatments on the Turkey berry (Solanum torvum) fruits to enhance the water diffusion …

Fruits of Solanum torvum are generally consumed by lactating and nursing mothers,
pregnant women and anemic patients when cooked for medicinal and nutritional purposes …

North East India as well as in several South Indian states. It is also widely distributed in
Uttarakhand, though its edible uses have not been reported from this small state in North …