Gongjian Fan and Trust Beta
Proximate composition, phenolic profiles and antioxidant capacity of three bean varieties (Dimeta, Napirira and Nanyati) were investigated. There were significant (p < 0.05) differences among varieties in all proximate components.

Ana Clarissa S. Pires, Nilda de Fátima F. Soares, Luis Henrique M. da Silva, Maria do Carmo H. da Silva, Jaqueline de P. Rezende and Geany Peruch Camilloto
Surfactants are widely used by food industry thus its discharge is an environmental concern; and development of Polydiacetylene (PDA)-based sensors may detect these molecules. However, to improve the sensor efficiency is necessary to understand interactions between PDA vesicles and surfactants.

Ane Bordagaray, Esmeralda Millán and Rosa Garcia-Arrona
Triazole fungicides are systemic fungicides applied to protect crops from fungus infections. Its use must be controlled due to the potential harmful effects in environment and human health.

L. C. C. Dominciano, C. A. F. Oliveira, S. H. Lee and C. H. Corassin
In this study, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of oleuropein (OLE), a phenolic compound extracted from Oliveira leaves, alone or in combination with commercial sanitizers, was determined for Listeria monocytogenes (ATCC 7644), Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923) and Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922).

Bhoj R. Singh, Dharmendra K. Sinha and Vinodh Kumar O. R.
At the face of emergence of multiple antibiotic resistant strains, herbal antimicrobials are looked as the future drugs for therapeutics, and also as food preservative. This study was undertaken to understand the antimicrobial activity of some selected herbal preparations on bacteria of food origin.

Satyendra Gautam, Sudhanshu Saxena and Sanjeev Kumar
Mutation is the process leading to heritable changes in the genetic material of an organism and caused mainly by the external factors, including chemical and physical agents, or can also occur spontaneously due to errors in DNA replication, repair, and recombination.