Edible bird's nest: recent updates and industry insights based on laboratory findings

KC Chok, MG Ng, KY Ng, RY Koh, YL Tiong… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Edible bird's nest (EBN) is a traditional Chinese delicacy made of the saliva of swiftlets found
in Southeast Asia. With increasing demands for EBN, quality control of EBN products is …

Why the importance of geo-origin tracing of edible bird nests is arising?

AF El Sheikha - Food Research International, 2021 - Elsevier
Edible bird's nest (EBN) swiftlet existed naturally 48,000 years ago in caves as their natural
dwellings. Nowadays, edible bird's nest has become a very important industry due to its high …

Amino acid determination by HPLC combined with multivariate approach for geographical classification of Malaysian Edible Bird's Nest

TH Lee, CH Lee, NA Azmi, RK Liew, N Hamdan… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Edible Bird's Nest (EBN) is mainly used as a functional food where its quality is
affected by many factors including geographical region. This study aims to differentiate the …

Characterization of Polar and Non‐Polar Compounds of House Edible Bird's Nest (EBN) from Johor, Malaysia

T Hun Lee, C Hau Lee, N Alia Azmi… - Chemistry & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This work investigated the polar (PC: protein, amino acid and metabolite) and non‐polar
(NPC: fatty acid) compounds and bioactivity characteristics of the EBN harvested from the …

A comprehensive review of edible bird nests and swiftlet farming

LS Chua, SN Zukefli - Journal of integrative medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Edible bird's nest (EBN) is currently widely consumed by the Chinese community as tonic
food and functional food, which is believed to have many medicinal benefits. Some studies …

Characteristics and trends in global Edible Bird's Nest (EBN) research (2002–2021): a review and bibliometric study

CH Lee, TH Lee, SL Wong, BB Nyakuma… - Journal of Food …, 2023 - Springer
Edible bird's nest (EBN) is a valuable animal bioproduct produced by Swiftlets in Southeast
Asia. Numerous researchers reported that EBN has rich nutritional value and high bioactive …

Anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, and wound-healing activities of edible bird's nest in human skin keratinocytes and fibroblasts

E Hwang, SW Park, JE Yang - Pharmacognosy Magazine, 2020 - phcog.com
Background: The “bird's nest soup” is a kind of luxury or tonic food prepared from edible
bird's nest (EBN), which is used as an extremely nutritious medicine to improve health …

Recent advances in the identification and authentication methods of edible bird's nest

TH Lee, WA Wani, YS Koay, S Kavita, ETT Tan… - Food research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Edible bird's nest (EBN) is an expensive animal bioproduct due to its reputation as a food
and delicacy with diverse medicinal properties. One kilogram of EBN costs~ $6000 in China …

Characterization of swiftlet edible bird nest, a mucin glycoprotein, and its adulterants by Raman microspectroscopy

EKS Shim, GF Chandra, S Pedireddy… - Journal of food science and …, 2016 - Springer
Edible bird's nest (EBN) is made from the glutinous salivary secretion of highly concentrated
mucin glycoprotein by swiftlets (genus Aerodramus or Collocalia) native to the Indo-Pacific …

Rapid analysis of phenyl isothiocyanate derivatives of amino acids present in Czech meads

J Klikarová, L Česlová, J Fischer - Journal of Chromatography A, 2021 - Elsevier
Amino acids (AAs) are minor compounds occurring in meads contributing to their final
organoleptic properties. Determination of AAs profile and content can help to assess the …