Estimation of nutritional content of gamma irradiated organic chicken

ISBN-13: 9783659766053 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 92 str.

Ramzan Anila;Aftab Mahwish;Naz Shagufta

Opis

Diet has always played a vital role in supporting health. Today, over consumption of foods especially those high in fat is a major concern for people in the world.Organic chicken meat represents an important healthy source for supplying the high quality of protein,minerals and vitamins particularly vitamin E, vitamin A equivalents and thiamin, and delivers significant amounts of niacin equivalents, an important nutrient for energy metabolism to human being.It is a non-fattening dietary source. Producing organic chicken responds to consumers demands for a potentially healthier,more natural and better tasting products. Gamma radiation found to be an effective method to enhance the nutritional quality and shelf life of organic chicken.

O autorze

Anila Ramzan has obtained her bachelors in degree in the field of Biotechnology in 2015.Since then she has conducted research on quality maintenance and shelf life enhancement of organic chicken to increase its export.In addition,she has also done volunteer work,participated actively in model and poster competitions and attended science symposium.