Ovid Technologies Field Guide

For more than 30 years FSTA has been the essential source of information on food science, food technology, and human nutrition for anyone working in the food sector, whether in industry, government or academia.

FSTA specialist scientists monitor approximately 1800 journals and many other types of literature (books, conference proceedings, theses, patents, standards, legislation, etc.), published in over 40 languages, and select the items relevant to the food sector. They then condense each one into a short, highly informative abstract giving the key points and conclusions, and assign index terms.

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International Food Information Service (IFIS Publishing)
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IFIS@IFIS.ORG
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Fax: +44 118 988 5065
http://www.FoodScienceCentral.com

Segments and Years of Coverage

	fsta1		1969 – 1989
	fsta2		1990 – Present
	fsta		1969 – Present

The limit of databases that you can select for a multifile search session is based upon database segments rather than actual databases. The Ovid multifile segment limit is set at 120 to avoid impacting your search sessions. This database includes 2 segments.

Online Update Frequency

Weekly

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The following list is sorted alphabetically by field alias. Click a field name to see the description and search information.
All Fields in this Database
	Additional Authors (AA)	Indicators (ID)	Reference Information (RF)
	Abstract (AB)	Issue Part (IP)	Source (SO)
	Author's Address (AD)	ISSN (IS)	Source Description (SD)
	Accession Number (AN)	Journal Name (JN)	Subject Headings (SH)
	Author Roles (AR)	Journal Word (JX)	Standard Number (SN)
	Authors (AU)	Language (LG)	Section (SS)
	Corporate Authors (CA)	Language Summary (LS)	Title (TI)
	Commercial Names (CN)	Order Number (OR)	Section/ Subsection (TS)
	Descriptors (DE)	Original Title (OT)	Volume (VO)
	Entry Week (EW)	Pagination (PG)	Year of Publication (YR)
	Heading Words (HW)	Patent Number (PN)
	ISBN (IB)	Publication Type (PT)
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Default Fields for Unqualified Searches: Searching for a term without specifying a field searches the following fields.
	Abstract (AB)	Subject Headings (SH)	Title (TI)
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Default Fields for Display, Print, Email, and Save: The following fields are included by default for each record.
	Abstract (AB)	Commercial Names (CN)	Source Description (SD)
	Accession Number (AN)	Original Title (OT)	Subject Heading (SH)
	Author (AU)	Source (SO)	Title (TI)
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All Fields for Display, Print, Email, and Save: Use the Select Fields button in the Results Manager at the bottom of the Main Search Page to choose the fields for a record.
	Abstract (AB)	ISSN (IS)	Section/Subsection (TS)
	Accession Number (AN)	ISBN (IB)	Standard Number (SN)
	Authors (AU)	Language (LG)	Source (SO)
	Additional Authors (AA)	Language of Summary (LS)	Source Description (SD)
	Author's Address (AD)	Order Number (OR)	Subject Heading (SH)
	Author Roles (AR)	Patent Number (PN)	Title (TI)
	Corporate Authors (CA)	Publication Type (PT)	Year of Publication (YR)
	Commercial Names (CN)	Original Title (OT)
	Entry Week (EW)	Reference Information (RF)
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Elements of Source (SO) Field: Ovid searches the following fields as part of the record source.
	Date of Publication (DP)	Journal Title (JN)	Volume (VO)
	Issue Part (IP)	Pagination (PG)
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The following list is sorted alphabetically by the two-letter label, and includes the relevant alias, at least one example for all searchable fields, and a description of the field.

Label	Name / Example
AA	Additional Authors [Phrase Indexed] ellinger w.aa.
	The Additional Authors (AA) index contains names of authors in addition to those referred to in the Author (AU) field. The Additional Authors field is phrase indexed.
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AB	Abstract [Word Indexed] microorganisms.ab.
	Approximentaly 90% of FSTA records contain abstracts. The Abstract field contains all searchable words from the abstract present. Stopwords, which include commonly occurring words such as "of" and "the", will not be indexed.
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AD	Author's Address [Word Indexed] small.ad.
	The Author's Address (AD) field contains contact information for the primary author. The address refers to where the work was carried out.
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AN	Accession Number [Phrase Indexed] 2007-Wv0078.an.
	The Accession Number (AN) field contains a unique alpha numeric identifier assigned by the IFIS publishing house.
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AR	Author Roles [Display Only] chairman.ar.
	The Author Roles (AR) field contains the special roles of authors appearing in the Authors field.
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AU	Authors [Phrase Indexed] Schubert K.au.
	The Author (AU) field contains the author(s) of the article. The format is last name followed by one or more initials.
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CA	Corporate Authors [Word Indexed] United States of America, Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods.ca.
	The Corporate Author (CA) field contains the issuing organization, agency, or company, and sometimes a personal name.
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CN	Commercial Names [Word Indexed] Nuclyx Magyx Beads.in.
	The Commercial Names (CN) field contains the name of the company associated in the record.
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DE	Descriptors acidity.de
	The Descriptors (DE) field contains indexing terms assigned from the FSTA Thesaurus used to describe key points of the document.
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EW	Entry Week [Phrase Indexed] 200011.ew.
	The Entry Week (EW) field contains the Year, Month, and Week in the format YYYYMMW, in which the document appeared in FSTA.
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HW	Heading Words [Word Indexed] folates.hw.
	The Heading Word (HW) field allows you to retrieve every subject heading that includes a particular word or exact phrase. Stopwords, which include commonly occurring words such as "of" and "the", will not be indexed.
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IB	ISBN [Phrase Indexed] 91 576 2736 3.ib.
	The ISBN (IB) field contains the International Standard Book Number (ISBN). These are unique identification numbers which are allocated, by publishers, to books and other non-serial publications. An ISBN consists of ten digits divided into four groups: Group identifier (national, geographic, language, or other type of group); Publisher or producer identifier; Title identifier; Check digit which may be either a number or the letter X.
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ID	Indicators [Phrase Indexed] gene expression.id.
	The Indicators (ID) field contains indexing terms assigned from the FSTA Thesaurus used to describe key points of the document.
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IP	Issue Part [Phrase Indexed] international.ip
	The Issue Part (IP) contains the issue number for a particular record. The IP field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.
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IS	ISSN [Phrase Indexed] 0027 769X.is.
	The ISSN (IS) field contains the International Standard Serial Number for the journal in which an article was published.
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JN	Journal Name [Phrase Indexed] Nahrung.jn.
	The Journal Name (JN) field contains the full name of the journal in which an article was published. Journal names are indexed as phrases, so enter enough letters of the journal name to locate the name in the index, such as new engl for "New England Journal of Medicine." Stopwords such as"of" are included in the Journal Name field, but when "the" is the first word of a journal, it is stripped.
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JX	Journal Word [Word Indexed] england.jx.
	The Journal Word (JX) field contains individual words from every journal name. Stopwords such as "the" or "of" are not included. This field is used to retrieve every occurrence of a journal which includes a particular word, such as "Food."
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LG	Language [Word Indexed] german.lg.
	The Language (LG) field contains the language(s) of publication of an article. The language field is spelled out in full form, but may be searched using the two-letter code, usually created from the first two letters of the full language name.
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LS	Language Summary [Phrase Indexed] french.ls.
	The Language of Summary (LS) field contains the languages in which the summary is written.
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OR	Order Number [Phrase Indexed] DA9806587.or.
	The Order Number (OR) field contains the Document Ordering number, usually associated with Dissertation Abstracts.
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OT	Original Title [Word Indexed] Das Boeckser-aroma in Wein.ot.
	The Original Title (OT) field contains the non-English title of an item (both main and subtitles), and is primarily used for books. This field is optional for all item types and will not appear if the source document was written in English. Literalizations are substituted for special characters and symbols. The title appears in upper and lower case with natural-language punctuation and ends with a period, question mark, parentheses, brackets, or exclamation point. The title may be transliterated and, therefore, may include one or more embedded double quotation marks. This occurs most often in Bulgarian transliterated titles.
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PG	Pagination [Word Indexed] "4".pg.
	The Pagination (PG) index contains the first page on which an article appears.
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PN	Patent Number [Phrase Indexed] EP 0 855 141 A1.pn.
	The Patent Number (PN) field contains a character string indicating the country which granted the patent (for example, 'US') followed by a blank space and a unique number. This field is required for patents.
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PT	Publication Type [Phrase Indexed] patent.pt.
	The Publication Type (PT) contains one or more terms used to describe the source document being cited. This can be any of the following: convention, journal article, proceedings, reports, reviews, standards, or thesis.
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RF	Reference Information [Word Indexed] 55.rf.
	The Reference Information (RF) field contains either the total number of references or the particular document being referenced.
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SD	Source Description [Word Indexed] grapefruit.sd.
	The Source Description (SD) field extra information pertaining to the source document. This may include but is not limited to total page information. Stopwords, which include commonly occurring words such as "of" and "the", will not be indexed.
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SH	Subject Headings [Phrase Indexed] gene expression.sh.
	The Subject Headings (SH) field contains indexing terms assigned from the FSTA Thesaurus used to describe key points of the document.
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SN	Standard Number [Phrase Indexed] fd h60 150.sn.
	The Standard Number (SN) field contains the associated number for the standard referred to on the record.
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SO	Source [Word Indexed] food processing.so
	The Source (SO) field includes a display of all the basic information needed to locate a citation, including the full Journal Title (JN), the Volume (VO), Issue Part (IP), Pagination (PG) and Date of Publication (DP).
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TI	Title [Word Indexed] Food processing machinery.ti.
	The Title (TI) field contains the English language version of a title of the book, article, conference proceedings, or thesis. Stopwords such as"of" or"the" will display in documents but do not appear in the Title Index. However, the word"a" which is a stopword in other fields can be searched in titles.
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TS	Section/ Subsection [Phrase Indexed] "milk and dairy products cheese".ts.
	The Section/ Subsection (TS) field contains the general subject area as well as a more specific subject area.
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VO	Volume [Phrase Indexed] 14 aug.vo.
	The Volume (VO) field consists of the volume of a serial publication. This displays as part of the Source (SO) field.
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YR	Year of Publication [Phrase Indexed] 2006.yr.
	The Year of Publication (YR) field contains the year(s) in which the document was published. The year may be searched using four digits, such as "2004."
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You can use special words and symbols to combine search terms and refine a search. For efficient searching, use the most appropriate operator from the list below to combine search terms. For more information on these and other searching techniques, including command line syntax searching, refer to the Ovid Gateway Help.

Operator	Syntax	Search Example	Sample Results
OR	x or y	vitamin c or ascorbic acid	ascorbic acid and colour titratable acidity and vitamin C contents
	The OR operator retrieves records that contain any or all of the search terms. For example, the search heart attack or myocardial infarction retrieves results that contain the terms heart attack, myocardial infarction or both terms; results are all inclusive. You can use the OR operator in both unqualified searches and searches applied to a specific field.
AND	x and y	aspartame and diet	aspartame and its hydrolysis products in diet soft drinks
	The AND operator retrieves only those records that include all of the search terms. For example, the search blood pressure and stroke retrieves results that contain the term blood pressure and the term stroke together in the same record; results are exclusive of records that do not contain both of these terms. You can use the AND operator in both unqualified searches and searches applied to a specific field.
NOT	x not y	aspartame not diet	aspartame, sucralose and acesulfame or its salt
	The NOT operator retrieves records that contain the first search term and excludes the second search term. For example, the search health reform not health maintenance organizations retrieves only those records that contain the term health reform but excludes the term health maintenance organizations. In this way, you can use the NOT operator to restrict results to a specific topic. You can use the NOT operator in both unqualified searches and searches applied to a specific field.
Adjacency (ADJ)	x y	aspartame sweetener	solid-state aspartame sweetener
	The Adjacent operator (ADJ) retrieves records with search terms next to each other.You do not need to separate search terms manually by inserting ADJ between them, because when you separate terms with a space on the command line, Ovid automatically searches for the terms adjacent to one another. For example, the search blood pressure is identical to the search blood adj pressure.
Defined Adjacency (ADJn)	x ADJn y	mycoprotein adj3 Quorn	mycoprotein: the Quorn Foods story
	The defined adjacency operator (ADJn) retrieves records that contain search terms within a specified number (n) of words from each other in any order. To use the adjacency operator, separate your search terms with ADJ and a number from 1 to 99. For example, the search physician adj5 relationship retrieves records that contain the words physician and relationship within five words of each other in either direction. This particular search retrieves records containing such phrases as physician patient relationship, patient physician relationship, or relationship of the physician to the patient.
Frequency (FREQ)	x.ab./FREQ=n	Quorn.ab. /freq=5	mycoprotein (Quorn) is discussed. Quorn was introduced
	The frequency operator (FREQ) lets you specify a threshold of occurrence of a term in the records retrieved from your search. Records containing your search term are retrieved only if the term occurs at least the specified (n) number of times. In general, records that contain many instances of your search term are more relevant than records that contain fewer instances. The frequency operator is particularly useful when searching a text field, such as Abstract or Full Text, for a common word or phrase.
Unlimited Truncation ($)	x$	disease$	chronic neurodegenerative diseases showing no signs of disease
	Unlimited truncation retrieves all possible suffix variations of the root word indicated. To apply unlimited truncation to a term, type the root word or phrase followed by either of the truncation characters: $ (dollar sign) or : (colon). For example, in the truncated search disease$, Ovid retrieves the word disease as well as the words diseases, diseased, and more.
Limited Truncation ($)	x$n	dog$1	a pet treat for dogs is described dog foods, dog biscuits
	Limited truncation specifies a maximum number of characters that may follow the root word or phrase. For example, the truncated search dog$1 retrieves results with the words dog and dogs; but it does not retrieve results with the word dogma.
Mandated Wildcard (#)	xx#y	wom#n	single case of botulism in a woman women with low milk zinc concentration
	Searching with a mandated wildcard retrieves all possible variations of a word in which the wildcard is present in the specified place. You can use it at the end of a term to limit results to only those that contain the word plus the mandated character. For example, the search dog# retrieves results that contain the word dogs, but not those that contain the word dog, effectively limiting results to only those that contain the plural form of the word. The mandated wild card character (#) is also useful for retrieving specialized plural forms of a word. For example, the search wom#n retrieves results that contain both woman and women. You can use multiple wild cards in a single query word.
Optional Wildcard (?)	xx?y	colo?r	color, firmness, and marbling scores beverage that changes colour
	The optional wild card character (?) can be used within or at the end of a search term to substitute for one or no characters. This wild card is useful for retrieving documents with British and American word variants since it specifies that you want retrieval whether or not the extra character is present. For example, the optional wild card search colo?r retrieves results that contain the words color or colour. You can use multiple wild cards in a single query word.
Literal String ("")	"x / y"	"hot/cold"	a hot/cold water atomizer above the water-holding area
	"n"	"3".vo	Kids Nutrition Report. 3, (2): 15-16, 2006
	Quotation marks can be used to retrieve records that contain literal strings, when the string includes special characters, such as a forward slash (/). Quotation marks can also be used to retrieve records that contain numbers that may otherwise be confused for earlier searches. In the example, a search for 3.vo would limit the string from your third search in your search history to the volume field. By including the number in quotation marks, the search will retrieve documents with a 3 in the volume number.
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Words of little intrinsic meaning that occur too frequently to be useful in searching text are known as stopwords. You cannot search for the following stopwords by themselves, but you can include them within phrases by placing the entire phrase within quotation marks.

a	by	having	neither	seem	those
about	can	how	no	seen	through
after	could	however	nor	several	thus
again	did	if	not	should	to
all	do	in	obtain	show	under
almost	does	into	obtained	showed	up
also	done	is	of	shown	upon
although	during	it	often	shows	use
always	each	its	on	significant	used
among	either	itself	only	significantly	using
an	enough	just	or	since	various
and	especially	kg	other	so	very
another	etc	km	our	some	was
any	followed	largely	out	such	we
approximately	following	like	overall	suggest	were
are	for	made	per	than	what
as	found	mainly	perhaps	that	when
at	from	make	possible	the	whereas
be	further	may	previously	their	which
because	give	might	quite	theirs	while
been	given	min	rather	them	with
before	giving	mm	really	then	within
being	had	most	regarding	there	would
between	hardly	mostly	resulted	these
both	has	must	resulting	they
but	have	nearly	same	this

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The following limits are available from the Limit a Search Page. Access this page by clicking the More Limits icon on the Main Search Page.

Limit	Syntax
Full Text	Sentence Syntax:	limit 1 to full text
	A limit to Full Text will restrict retrieval to those citations for which there is a full text link. Both Ovid full text and external full text links are included in this limit.
Languages	Sentence Syntax:	limit 1 to english
	A limit to Language will restrict retrieval to any of the languages indexed by IFIS Publishing. If you choose this option you will be presented with an alphabetic list of languages from which to select.
Latest Update	Sentence Syntax:	limit 1 to latest update
	A limit to latest update will restrict retrieval to documents which were most recently added to the database.
Local Holdings	Sentence Syntax:	limit 1 to local holdings
	A limit to Local Holdings restricts retrieval to documents from journals held in your local library or library system. If your System Administrator created any special messages about a journal's availability, this message displays with the document.
Ovid Full Text Available	Sentence Syntax:	limit 1 to ovid full text available
	A limit to Ovid Full Text Available will restrict retrieval to those citations for which an Ovid full text link is available.
Publication Types	Sentence Syntax:	limit 1 to thesis
	A limit by Publication Type will restrict retrieval by any of the publication types indexed by IFIS Publishing. If you choose this option you will be presented with a list of publication types, with a definition for each, from which to select.
Publication Year	Sentence Syntax: Command Syntax:	limit 1 to yr=1989 limit 1 to yr=1998-2001
	You can restrict retrieval to any of the years which Food Science and Technology Abstracts covers. If you choose this option you will be prompted to enter the desired year; the format is 4 digits: "1989" or a range: "1998-2001".
Topical Section	Sentence Syntax: Command Syntax:	limit 1 to economics
	Records for FSTA are classified into sections and subsections. If you choose this option you will be presented with a list of Topical sections.
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The following Search Tools are available for this database. For specific information on using these tools, refer to the Ovid Gateway Help.

Thesaurus

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To change a search session to a segment of this database from another database or another segment, use the following syntax:

Command Syntax:		..c/fsta
Sentence Syntax:		use fsta

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<Sample 1>

Accession Number 
  2001-Tv0115 
Authors 
  Zeller, B. L.. Kiessling, T. R.. 
Title 
  Foaming cappuccino creamer containing gasified carbohydrate. 
Descriptors 
  ADDITIVES. COFFEE. FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES. PATENTS. 
Abstract 
  A powdered foaming coffee whitener is described which 
  comprises a protein component (1-30%), a foam-generating 
  particulate, gasified carbohydrate (preferably 20-90%; bulk 
  density <0.3 g/cc), and a lipid (0-30%). The creamer can be added 
  to brewed coffee to produce a cappuccino-type whitened coffee with 
  a surface layer of foam. Alternatively, it can be added to instant 
  coffee, in conjunction with a sweetener (optional), to produce a 
  powdered instant cappuccino product.

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Accession Number 
  2001-Sa0195 
Authors 
  Tornberg, E.. Andersson, K.. Andersson, A.. Josell, A.. 
Author's Address 
  [Dep. of Food Eng., Lund Univ., POB 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden. 
  E-mail eva.tornberg(a)livstek.lth.se] 
Title 
  The texture of comminuted meat products. 
Descriptors 
  RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES. SAUSAGES. SENSORY PROPERTIES. TEXTURE. 
Abstract 
  Use of sensory analysis, rheological measurements and 
  microstructural evaluations to compare texture properties of 
  2 common comminuted meat products, emulsion sausages and 
  beefburgers, was investigated. Rheological measurements 
  consisted of using a destructive, fundamental test to assess 
  tensile strength, together with a small-strain, dynamic test 
  to quantify viscoelastic properties of sausages and beefburgers. 
  Overall acceptability of emulsion sausage was governed mostly 
  by its protein network; this was best characterized by 
  fracture strain during tensile strength measurements. Hardness 
  and rubberiness of the sausages were quadratically correlated 
  with overall acceptability and were best described by 
  viscoelastic properties, correlating closely with phase angle. 
  Chewing resistance of beefburgers increased linearly with 
  cooking temp. Viscoelastic measurements showed that the phase 
  angle decreased from 14 to 5° when the meat was cooked at temp. 
  between 30 and 80°C. Increase in hardness of burgers cooked up 
  to 55-60°C was due mainly to protein aggregation. Hardness of 
  beefburgers cooked >60°C appeared to be caused by shrinkage of 
  connective tissue and was correlated with phase angle. 
  [Presented at the 10th World Congress of Food Science and 
  Technology, Sydney, Australia, 3-8 October, 1999.]

<Sample 3>

Accession Number 
  2001-Ja0282 
Authors 
  Daniel, R. C.. Lischer, P.. Paul, J. L.. Clement, A.. 
  Theiller, G.. 
Author's Address 
  [Swiss Fed. Dairy Res. Sta., Liebefeld, CH-3003 Bern, 
  Switzerland. E-mail raoul.daniel(a)fam.admin.ch] 
Title 
  Plant reference materials for inorganic chemical analysis; 
  are they still stable after 20 years? 
Descriptors 
  CEREALS. FRUITS. MINERALS. STABILITY. VEGETABLES. 
Abstract 
  Work of the Comite Inter-instituts d'Etude des Techniques 
  Analytiques (CII) in preparing and supplying plant reference
  materials for analysis of inorganic compounds by the agricultural, 
  human nutrition and environmental sectors is described. Materials 
  available to the human nutrition sector include apples, cabbages 
  and lettuces (direct analysis) and leaves of various fruits and 
  cereals (indirect analysis). Particular consideration is given 
  in the article to studies carried out to determine whether the 
  initial mineral composition of plant reference materials has 
  remained stable over time or whether changes have occurred. 
  Comparison with results from the last 20 yr showed that reference 
  materials produced by the CII had not undergone any measurable 
  change in mineral contents except for the reference values for 
  chlorine in eucalyptus and olive leaves. Any observed variations 
  were generally due to developments in analytical techniqes rather 
  than a change in the characteristics of the reference materials.

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Database Guide last updated March 14, 2007.

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