In addition to preserving the goods, packaging captures potential buyers' attention, provides information about product benefits, changes consumer beliefs, and increases the chances of a sale. Thus, this review aimed to provide information on the impact of color perception on food packag...

Starches are applied in several fields of industry. Amylose and amylopectin (natural polymers) constitute the starch in vegetable cells. In some processes native starches cannot support high stress conditions (high temperatures/acidity). Then, modification methods are developed aiming the improving&#x...

Starch is the main polysaccharide found in cereals, composed by amylose and amylopectin. Corn is the principal source of starches worldwide. Starches treatment, through physical, chemical and/or biological methods, can improve the applications range. Acid modification in alcoholic solution promot...

A prática da irrigação, associada ao regime irregular das chuvas tendem a aumentar a taxa de lixiviação de nutrientes e poluentes da agricultura para os rios e lagos. Dentre os nutrientes lixiviados o nitrato e o fósforo são os que mais causam impactos em e cossistemas&#x...