Food Parasitology:

Terms Related to Food Parasitology

• Fortified Food

  Any food that has been supplemented with essential nutrients either in quantities that are greater than those present normally, or which are not present in ...

• Echinostomatidae

  A family of flukes (TREMATODA) characterized by a collar of spines at their anterior end. The body is elongated and is covered with spines, and ...

• Dicrocoeliidae

  A family of flattened, translucent flukes (TREMATODA) occurring in the gut, gallbladder, bile ducts, liver or pancreatic ducts of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. (Noble ...

• Food Chain

  The sequence of transfers of matter and energy from organism to organism in the form of food. Food chains intertwine locally into a food web ...

• Food Browning

  One of a group of nonenzymatic reactions in which aldehydes, ketones, or reducing sugars react with amino acids, peptides, or proteins. Food browning reactions, such ...

• Food Web

  The sequence of transfers of matter and energy from organism to organism in the form of food. Food chains intertwine locally into a food web ...