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Let us suppose the food bonds between trophic levels are adequately described by the Ivlev model (i.e., the consumption of various kinds of food by the /th trophic level is proportional to the efficiency of their biomasses). Taking into account the diagram of food bonds developed by Kondratyev et al. (2003b) and the structure of the trophic pyramid of a typical ocean ecosystem, we can consider each trophic level in detail. 

Foods are always a multicomponent physical system, so interactions between components are more significant than the chemical and physical properties of components. Food structures are mainly arranged by noncovalent, nonspecific interactions of proteins and polysaccharides in an aqueous medium. For instance, the most studied structural food macromolecules are soybean proteins, gluten, milk proteins, and starch. But despite detailed knowledge about individual components, the control of dough and milk system functionality remains empirical (but see Chapters 19 and 20). 

Currently there is a big knowledge gap regarding the effect of food structures on nutrient uptake, and we need to establish sound relationships between food structure, the involved biotransformation processes and the final uptake of nutrients. In the past. 

Carbohydrate analysis is of great importance in the food sciences because of the significant role of polysaccharides as macronutrients, as major constituents of dietary fiber, and as food structure components contributing to textural properties, and food additives. Because of structural similarities between... 

The excellent properties of EVOH resins in terms of high gas, hydrocarbon and aroma barrier and transparency have allowed them to become widely implemented in many commercial applications where high barrier properties are needed to minimise product losses due to deterioration. Despite the excellent performance of these materials in high barrier food packaging applications, the materials are easily plasticised by moisture and, consequently, in most packaging applications are commonly encapsulated in multi-layer structures between hydrophobic polymers such as PP or PE. 

Another proportion of bound water (3 2% of the total water content) exists at water activities ranging from 0.2 to 0.7. This water occupies the remaining first-layer sites and forms several layers around the monomolecular layer. In these layers mutual hydrogen bonds between water molecules already dominate, but there are also interactions between water molecules and ions or dipoles. Some water molecules penetrate into the capillary pores in the food structures by physical sorption. This water has the limited function of a solvent and the main proportion of this water does not freeze at 40 °C. The boundary between the first and second category water is the value of water activity of about 0.25. This water is known as multilayer water. 

Sorption, Sorption, sometimes referred flavor scalping, is the uptake of food components [such as flavor, aroma, or color compounds (called sorbates)] by the package material. Many sorption studies of food components have been reported. Similarity in chemical structures between the sorbate and polymers, as indicated by close values of the solubility parameter, enhance sorption. As the molecular weight distribution (MWD) of the polymer increases, sorption also increases. Metallocenes, or in-site... 

Several specific cases of food chains between a particular species of sea hare and the alga that it preferentially consumes have been studied, and in all cases the mollusk has yielded structures identical or very similar to those found in the photosynthetic organism. 

The food chain between the Japanese species Aplysia kurodai and Laurencia concinna (Ceramiales) and Laurencia perforata yielded three closely related brominated diter-penes aplysin-20 was found only in the sea hare (Matsuda et al, 1967) isoaplysin-20 was identified in the mollusk and in Laurencia perforata and concinndiol was isolated only from Laurencia concinna. These three structures and their biosynthetic patterns are presented in Chapter 13. More recently, the food chain between the species Aplysia parvula and the red alga Laurencia filiformis, harvested in Tasmania, has led to similar comments (Jongaramruong et al, 2002). Other examples of brominated diterpenes found in Aplysia and Laurencia are presented in Chapter 13 (see also Komprobst and Al Easa, 2003). 

The following model is a representation of citric acid, the key substance in the so-called citric acid cycle by which food molecules are metabolized in the body. Only the connections between atoms are shown multiple bonds are not indicated. Complete the structure by indicating the positions of multiple bonds and lone-pair electrons (gray = C, red = O, ivory = H). 

Carotene, a yellow food-coloring agent and dietary source of vitamin A, can be prepared by a double Wittig reaction between 2 equivalents of jS-ionvlideneacetaldehyde and a diylide. Show the structure of the /0-carotene product. 

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