Quality Characteristics of Chicken Sausage Prepared with Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) during Cold Storage

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality characteristics of chicken sausage prepared with turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) powder (T) during storage at 4degrees C for 20 days. The pH and color values (a and b values) of sausage containing turmeric powder were significantly higher (P<0.05) than the control for both uncooked and cooked sausage. The hardness, chewiness, and gumminess of control sausage significantly changed after 15 days of storage, while the hardness and gumminess of turmeric-supplemented sausages (T) significantly increased after 5 days (until 15 days) for cooked sausages. The total phenolic content and DPPH radical scavenging activity of turmeric-supplemented sausages was significantly higher (P<0.01) than the control for both uncooked and cooked sausage during storage. On the other hand, the acid value of the control was higher than the turmeric-supplemented sausages and the peroxide value of the control was significantly higher (P<0.05) than the turmeric-supplemented sausages after 15 days of storage. Microorganism analysis revealed that total plate counts of uncooked and cooked control sausages were significantly higher (P<0.05) than turmeric-supplemented sausages at 20 days of storage. As a result, sausages prepared with turmeric powder demonstrate antioxidative activity and lipid oxidative stability during storage.

Effect of Amaranthus spinosus (Meghnads) & Turmeric (Curcuma longa) on Chronic Arsenicosis in Cattle.

About 100 milch animals hair sample were collected from 5 villages namely Dakhin Panchpota, Noonaghata, Mitrapur, Goetra, Ranaghat of Nadia district, West Bengal, India and these samples were processed to estimate the concentration of arsenic. Out of them 30 cattle having arsenic concentration in the range of 2.5 to 4.5 mg/kg in hair was chosen for this experiment. These milch were divided into three groups’ i.e. Group I (G1) animals received turmeric powder, whereas Group II (G2) received Turmeric (Curcuma longa) + Amaranthus spinosus (Meghnads) and Group III (G3) served as untreated control. Arsenic content of milk, feces, hair & urine was estimated before and after administration of turmeric powder (Curcuma longa) at the dose of 30 grams to each animal of Group I (G1)/ day for 3 months (90 Days) and turmeric powder 15g (Curcuma longa) + Amaranthus spinosus (Meghnads) 15g / day to each animals Group II (G3). Turmeric & Amaranthus spinosus significantly decreased arsenic load in milk, urine, hair & feces after 3 month. In Milk, arsenic concentration was decreased significantly which may be beneficial for animals and human consumption.