Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

A Novel Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Pentapeptide from Red Mold Rice: Identification, Stability, In V i vo Antihypertensive Effects, and Underlying Mechanisms

Abstract Bioactive peptides from fermented food have potential for hypertension management. Red mold rice (RMR), a traditional food made by fermenting rice with Monascus strains, has shown antihypertensive effects. However, research on ACE inhibitory peptides from RMR remains lim...

Efficacies of three anti-Salmonella additives - bacteriophage, formaldehyde, and formic acid - within the animal food microbiota

Abstract Bacteriophage, formaldehyde, and formic acid are anti- Salmonella additives used in animal food but their effects on its microbiota are largely unknown. We applied 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenomics to measure animal food microbiota shifts followi...

Sero-epidemiological survey of Toxoplasma gondii in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) across upper and lower Egypt

Toxoplasma gondii ( T. gondii ) is a globally prevalent protozoan parasite affecting warm-blooded species, including humans. In Egypt, serological surveys have been conducted in several livestock; however, studies on species such as buffalo and pigs remain scarce. This study aime...