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Analyzing the Nutritional Composition of Traditional Omani Foods: A Recipe Calculation Approach Open

Buthaina Al‐Balushi, Mostafa I. Waly, Ruqaiya Al-Balushi, Zahir Al‐Attabi · 2025

Background: Traditional foods always reflect the particular nation’s heritage and their chemical compositions are highly needed for accurate dietary assessment of the population as they are considered the key elements for dietary patterns.…

Machine vision system combined with multiple regression for damage and quality detection of bananas during storage Open

Mai Al‐Dairi, Pankaj B. Pathare, Rashid Al‐Yahyai, Nasser Al‐Habsi, H. P. W. Jayasuriya , et al. · 2024

The study used a machine vision system and applied image process analysis to assess the bruise parameters of the damage zone and external quality attributes of 18 treatments generated from bruised (30 cm and 60 cm drop heights) and non-bru…

Evaluation of chemical quality attributes in bruised bananas during storage Open

Mai Al‐Dairi, Pankaj B. Pathare, Rashid Al‐Yahyai, H. P. W. Jayasuriya, Zahir Al‐Attabi · 2024

The influence of three impact energies resulted from simulated impactor, three storage temperatures conditions, and 12 days of storage duration was evaluated in the chemical characteristics of bruised banana fruit. The study used the pendu…

Efficiency of Electronic Nose in Detecting the Microbial Spoilage of Fresh Sardines (Sardinella longiceps) Open

Haitham S. Al-Hooti, Ismail M. Al-Bulushi, Zahir Al‐Attabi, Mohammad Shafiur Rahman, Lyutha Al-Subhi , et al. · 2024

The assessment of microbial spoilage in fresh fish is a major concern for the fish industry. This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency and reliability of an electronic nose (E-nose) to detect microbial spoilage of fresh sardines (Sardine…

Referee report. For: Technological tools for the measurement of sensory characteristics in food: A review [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] Open

Zahir Al‐Attabi · 2024

Global status of food composition database: A short review Open

Buthaina Al‐Balushi, Ruqaiya Al-Balushi, Mostafa I. Waly, Zahir Al‐Attabi · 2023

Diet is a key modifiable factor that plays a vital role in the protection from noncommunicable diseases, which requires the right tool to transform the food consumption into nutrients. The food composition database (FCDB) is a tool that pr…

Drying Kinetics and Quality Analysis of Coriander Leaves Dried in an Indirect, Stand-Alone Solar Dryer Open

H. P. W. Jayasuriya, Pankaj B. Pathare, Zahir Al‐Attabi, Anfal Al-Hamdani · 2023

In this study, coriander leaves were subjected to three different drying techniques; direct sun, shade, and using an indirect solar dryer. In the developed dryer, hot air obtained from a black-body solar collector was pushed by a blower po…

Polyphenol and Flavonoid Stability of Wild Blueberry (Sideroxylon mascatense) during Air- and Freeze-Drying and Storage Stability as a Function of Temperature Open

Shaima Al Hasani, Zahir Al‐Attabi, Mostafa I. Waly, Nasser Al‐Habsi, Lyutha Al-Subhi , et al. · 2023

Būt (Sideroxylon mascatense) is an indigenous wild blueberry found in Oman. It has a very short season and is commonly preserved by drying. The aims of this study were to determine the physico-chemical characteristics and stability of phyt…

Drying Characteristics and Quality Analysis of Medicinal Herbs Dried by an Indirect Solar Dryer Open

Anfal Al-Hamdani, H. P. W. Jayasuriya, Pankaj B. Pathare, Zahir Al‐Attabi · 2022

Considering the solar radiation status in Oman, a low-cost, indirect, stand-alone, forced-convective solar dryer was developed to dry medicinal herbs, which are sensitive to direct sun. The hot air flow was obtained using a solar-panel-pow…

Characterization of pasteurized milk spoilage by electronic nose in relation to its selected quality parameters Open

Saleem Ehsan, Zahir Al‐Attabi, Nasser Al‐Habsi, Michel R. Claereboudt, Mohammad Shafiur Rahman · 2021

<p>Pasteurized fresh milk requires an accurate estimation of shelf life under various conditions to minimize the risk of spoilage and product losses. Milk samples were stored for 56 h in an oven at 25°C and for 15 days in a r…

Characterization of pasteurized milk spoilage by electronic nose in relation to its selected quality parameters Open

Saleem Ehsan, Zahir Al‐Attabi, Nasser Al‐Habsi, Michel R. Claereboudt, Mohammad Shafiur Rahman · 2021

Pasteurized fresh milk requires an accurate estimation of shelf life under various conditions to minimize the risk of spoilage and product losses. Milk samples were stored for 56 h in an oven at 25°C and for 15 days in a refrigerator at 4°…

Anti-diabetic Potential Properties of Two Edible Omani Wild Plants (Pteropyrum scoparium and Oxalis corniculata) Open

Iman Rashid Sultan Al‐Qalhati, Mostafa I. Waly, Lyutha Al-Subhi, Zahir Al‐Attabi · 2021

Background:The use of plant for medicinal purposes has a long history worldwide. There is a lack of research that identifies the antidiabetic effect of edible Omani wild plants. Oxidative stress mediates the pathogenesis of diabetes and it…

Stability of vitamin C in broccoli based on the chemical reaction kinetics, micro-region state diagram, and empirical correlations Open

Mohammad Shafiur Rahman, Sithara Suresh, Nasser Al‐Habsi, Mohamed Al‐Khusaibi, Zahir Al‐Attabi , et al. · 2021

Vitamin C degradation of broccoli at different moisture and temperature was measured as a function of storage time and modeled by first-order reaction kinetics. The variation of rate constant was analyzed based on the activation energy, gl…

Effect of sugar replacement with date paste and date syrup on texture and sensory quality of kesari (traditional Indian dessert) Open

Annamalai Manickvasagan, Chandini S. Kumar, Zahir Al‐Attabi · 2018

In this study, a popular Indian dessert, kesari, was reformulated by substituting refined sugar at various levels (0%=control, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%) with date past and syrup, and changes in instrumental texture profile, L*a*b* colour val…

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