Major food adulteration and contamination events seem to occur with some regularity, such
as the widely publicised adulteration of milk products with melamine and the recent …

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in diets rich in fruits and vegetables
and this is mostly due to their presumed role in the prevention of various degenerative …

Nowadays, near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) has become one of the most efficient and
advanced techniques for analysis of food products. Many relevant researches have been …

Grape and wine phenolics are structurally diverse, from simple molecules to oligomers and
polymers usually designated as tannins. They have an important impact on the organoleptic …

A precipitation assay is presented that enables tannin measurement in matrices of red wine,
50% ethanol grape extract and aqueous tannin solutions. By exploiting the polysaccharide …

The determination of phenolic compounds is of great importance owing to their high toxicity.
Some of them are present in tobacco smoke and it is important for their monitoring in air of …

The methyl cellulose precipitable (MCP) tannin assay and a modified version of the Somers
and Evans color assay were adapted to high-throughput (HTP) analysis. To improve …

The aim of this study was to determine how changes in grape composition brought about by
artificial shading (sunlight exclusion) influence wine properties including colour, flavonoid …

Societal and technological advances have triggered demands to improve urban
environmental quality. Urban green space (UGS) can provide effective cooling service and …

Background The consumption of alcoholic beverages is an integral part of many socio-
cultural traditions. The existing methods of compositional analysis and quality control of …