What is a food additive? Give the functional role of any two food additives.
See Answer →Write a brief review on naturally occurring toxicants in plant foods.
See Answer →Define the term 'food contamination'. Briefly discuss the different types of environmental contaminants that impact food safety.
See Answer →Define food borne diseases. Enumerate the various food born infections, food intoxications, food borne toxic infections affecting food safety, giving examples.
See Answer →Give the different types of spoilage in the following foods, giving the microorganisms involved:
(i) Fruits and Vegetables
(ii) Fish
See Answer →Describe the chemical changes due to spoilage with respect to nutrients present in the food when bacteria acts upon them
See Answer →List the factors which affect the growth of microorganisms. Explain briefly any two of these factors.
See Answer →Enumerate the various physical, chemical and biological hazards that may be present in our food.
See Answer →| List I | List II |
| I Maltose | A Glucose + Maltose |
| II Type IV hyperproteinemia | B Glucose + Glucose |
| III Sucrose | C Glucose + Galactose |
| IV Type II a hyperproteinemia | D Glucose + Fructose |
| V Lactose | E Increase cholesterol +Triglyceride |
| F Increase cholesterol +LDL | |
| G Increase cholesterol +Triglyceride+VLDL |
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Name the defective enzyme in the following diseases:
a) Alcaptonuria
b) Gaucher’s disease
c) Homocystinuria
d) Pentosuria
e) Albinism
Allosteric mechanisms
See Answer →Transcription
See Answer →Metalloflavoproteins
See Answer →Ketosis
See Answer →Electron Transport Chain
See Answer →Brush border
See Answer →Turnover number
See Answer →Isoprene
See Answer →Essential fatty acids
See Answer →Isomer
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