Corn-A Vital Crop for Our Economy

Jain, Archana; Rastogi, Deepali; Chanana, Bhawana

doi:10.5958/2321-5828.2016.00030.9

Cited by 4 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Maize, also known as corn, is the third most important food crop after rice and wheat in India. It is cultivated in all the states in India, except Kerala, throughout the year for various purposes [2]. Corn production in India has been on a constant rise and has reached up to 30.20 million metric tonnes in 2020-21, which is 5% more than the previous year (28.8 million metric tonnes in 2019-20) [3].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of sanitary napkins using corn husk fibres in absorbent layer – an exploratory study

Rastogi¹,

Jain²,

Chanana

2021

Journal of Industrial Textiles

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Corn husk is an agro waste which poses a problem of its disposal. Hence, fibres were extracted from corn husk to utilize it. The fibres extracted from corn husk were coarse with linear density of 86 deniers, had bundle strength of 1.3 g/d and elongation at break of 18.5%. Water retention of corn husk fibres was also found to be 200%, which makes them suitable as absorbent material. Therefore, the possibility of using corn husk fibres in the absorbent layer of sanitary napkins was explored. Corn husk fibres were mixed with wood pulp in different proportions for use in sanitary napkins. The developed sanitary napkins were evaluated for various physical and hygiene parameters like pH, water retention, absorbency and ability to withstand pressure, disposability, bacterial and fungal bio-burden, and presence of common skin pathogens and compared with other sanitary napkins for all the parameters. The water retention and absorbency of corn husk napkins were comparable to branded napkins, which had higher absorbancy probably due to the presence of SAP in their absorbent layer or difference in the quality of top sheet and technology used to manufacture the napkins. The bacterial and fungal bio-burden for the developed napkins was found to be lowest and within acceptable limits of 1000 c.f.u/ml. The common skin pathogen Staphylococcus aureus and uterine pathogen Candida albicans were found to be absent. Thus, use of corn husk fibres for developing various absorbent hygiene products could be sought as an opportunity for transforming waste to useful products.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of sanitary napkins using corn husk fibres in absorbent layer – an exploratory study

Rastogi¹,

Jain²,

Chanana

2021

Journal of Industrial Textiles

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Product Development Using Cornhusk Fibres—A Sustainable Initiative

Jain

Rastogi²,

Chanana

2022

Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing &Amp; Chemistry

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Quinoa grains (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) - a source of protein and biologically active substances

Зорин

Петров

Bokov

et al. 2021

RJPT

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this analytical review, data on the proteins characteristics and main biologically active compounds (BAC) composition of quinoa grains (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) as well as pharmacological and nutritional properties are considered. The main BAC groups of quinoa grains are polyphenols, steroids and phytoecdysteroids. Quinoa grains is a food raw materials with high nutritional value and unique phytochemical composition. Food products derived from quinoa and their individual chemical constituents have a variety of advantageous properties. Further research of this object will allow to assess its advantages over other cereals and understand the mechanism of action of its BAC, to develop new functional food ingredients in specialized food products.

show abstract

Corn-A Vital Crop for Our Economy

Cited by 4 publications

References 0 publications

Development of sanitary napkins using corn husk fibres in absorbent layer – an exploratory study

Development of sanitary napkins using corn husk fibres in absorbent layer – an exploratory study

Product Development Using Cornhusk Fibres—A Sustainable Initiative

Quinoa grains (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) - a source of protein and biologically active substances

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About