Title
Year
Author
Call to breed swiftlets as bird's nests harvests shrunk
Call to breed swiftlets as bird's nests harvests shrunk
Collection | Edible Birds Nests |
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Author/Creator |
Lim, Daphe |
Title |
Call to breed swiftlets as bird's nests harvests shrunk |
Source Title | Sarawak Tribune |
Publication Date | 1999/11/22 |
Page | 6 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Newspaper Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
closedAccess |
Repository | LKCNHM |
Series | Documents on swiftlet farming ; H2 |
Cave swiftlets and birds' nests
Cave swiftlets and birds' nests
Collection | Edible Birds Nests |
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Author/Creator |
Fogden, Michael |
Title |
Cave swiftlets and birds' nests |
Source Title | The Sarawak Gazette |
Publication Date | 1964/10/31 |
Subject |
Edible birds' nests Collocalia -- Nests |
Page | 259-260 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
closedAccess |
Repository | LKCNHM |
Series | Documents on edible birds' nests ; G10 |
Characterization of the edible birds' nest the "Caviar of the East"
Characterization of the edible birds' nest the "Caviar of the East"
Collection | Edible Birds Nests |
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Author/Creator |
Marcone, Massimo F. |
Title |
Characterization of the edible birds' nest the "Caviar of the East" |
Source Title | Food Research International |
Publication Date | 2005 |
DOI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2005.02.008 |
Subject |
Edible birds' nests -- Composition Collocalia -- Nests |
Page | 1125-1134 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
restrictedAccess |
Repository | LKCNHM |
Volume | 38 |
Issue | 10 |
Abstract |
A few species of swiflets (genus Aerodramus) build edible nests that are consumed by humans worldwide, as a delicacy known as the “Caviar of the East” or as a medicinal food. This study reports on the compositional properties of two types of nest, the white nest and the red “blood” nest. The order of composition (from lowest to highest) was found to be identical for both types of nests, i.e., lipid (0.14–1.28%), ash (2.1%), carbohydrate (25.62–27.26%) and protein (62–63%). It was also found that both nests share a common 77 KDa protein that has properties similar to those of the ovotransferrin protein in eggs. This protein may be partially responsible for the severe allergic reactions that sometimes occur among young children who consume edible bird’s nest products. It was found that SDS–PAGE electrophoretic fingerprinting might serve as a useful analytical technique for differentiating between white and red nests and for determining if the more expensive “blood” nest was adulterated with the less expensive white nest. Also evaluated were different analytical methodologies for detecting adulterants. Three of the most common adulterants found in retail bird’s nests are karaya gum, red seaweed, and tremella fungus, and they are routinely incorporated during commercial processing prior to final sale. Using crude protein determination, it was found that these adulterants (which typically accounted for 2–10% of the finished nest), reduce the overall crude protein content of the genuine white bird’s nest by as much as 1.1–6.2%. A modified xanthoproteic nitric acid test for proteins proved to be a rapid, and simple test to detect adulteration in both whole and finely ground nests, and would be suitable in the field where analytical facilities are not readily available. After simple nitric acid treatment, visual examination and comparison of whole nests adulterated with karaya gum, red seaweed, and Tremella fungus against the authentic white nest revealed that levels of adulteration as low as 1.7%, 1.8%, and 3.5%, respectively, could be identified visually. In the case of finely ground nests, the visual detection level was higher for all three adulterants: 1.1% for karaya gum, 1.2% for red seaweed, and 2.0% for Tremella fungus. The use of a reflectance colourmeter rendered this test even more sensitive, allowing detection at even lower levels. |
Series | Documents on edible birds' nests ; G31 |
Collocalia mucoid : a substrate for myxovirus neuraminidase
Collocalia mucoid : a substrate for myxovirus neuraminidase
1961
Howe, Calderon
Lee, Lucille T.
Rose, Harry M.
Collection | Edible Birds Nests |
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Author/Creator |
Howe, Calderon Lee, Lucille T. Rose, Harry M. |
Title |
Collocalia mucoid : a substrate for myxovirus neuraminidase |
Source Title | Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Publication Date | 1961 |
DOI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-9861(61)90184-9 |
Subject |
Edible birds' nests -- Composition Collocalia -- Nests Neuraminidase -- Analysis |
Page | 512-520 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
restrictedAccess |
Repository | LKCNHM |
Volume | 95 |
Issue | 3 |
Series | Documents on edible birds' nests ; G6 |
Consumers' growing taste for nests made from swiftlet spittle gives 'birdhouse' a whole new meaning, but it mean lasting damage to Vietnam's ecosystem?
Consumers' growing taste for nests made from swiftlet spittle gives 'birdhouse' a whole new meaning, but it mean lasting damage to Vietnam's ecosystem?
2013-10-01
Hoang, Lien
Collection | Edible Birds Nests |
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Author/Creator |
Hoang, Lien |
Title |
Consumers' growing taste for nests made from swiftlet spittle gives 'birdhouse' a whole new meaning, but it mean lasting damage to Vietnam's ecosystem? |
Source Title | AsiaLIFE Magazine Vietnam |
Publication Date | 2013-10-01 |
DOI | |
Subject |
Collocalia -- Nests -- Vietnam Ecological disturbances -- Vietnam Edible birds' nests -- Vietnam |
Page | 3 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
restrictedAccess |
Repository | LKCNHM |
Series | Documents on edible birds' nests ; G34 |
Document on edible birds' nest
Document on edible birds' nest
Collection | Edible Birds Nests |
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Title |
Document on edible birds' nest |
Publication Date | 1968/03/22 |
Page | 1 |
Language | en||ms |
Content Type | Manuscript |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | LKCNHM |
Series | Correspondence : 1968-1969 : Long Lama U.R.A. to Baram D.O. re : birds' nest auction ; M64 |
Edible-nest swiftlets in Burma
Edible-nest swiftlets in Burma
Collection | Edible Birds Nests |
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Author/Creator |
Ali, Salim Santapau, H. |
Title |
Edible-nest swiftlets in Burma |
Source Title | Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
Publication Date | 1957/12 |
Subject |
Collocalia -- Burma Collocalia -- Nests -- Burma Edible birds' nests -- Burma |
Keyword |
Aerodramus fuciphagus||Aerodramus maximus |
Page | 944-948 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
closedAccess |
Repository | LKCNHM |
Spatial Coverage |
Burma |
Temporal Coverage |
1957 |
Volume | 54 |
Issue | 4 |
Plate | G4 |
Series | Documents on edible birds' nests ; G4 |
Een kijkje in een gierzwaluwendagboek
Een kijkje in een gierzwaluwendagboek
Collection | Edible Birds Nests |
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Author/Creator |
de Jongh, Marianne |
Title |
Een kijkje in een gierzwaluwendagboek |
Source Title | Apus |
Publication Date | 2002/09 |
Subject |
Swifts |
Page | 9-11 |
Language | Dutch |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
closedAccess |
Repository | LKCNHM |
Volume | 8 |
Issue | 2 |
Series | Documents on edible birds' nests ; G27 |
Description |
A look at a swift diary |
Een pluim voor Woningstichting Heiloo
Een pluim voor Woningstichting Heiloo
Collection | Edible Birds Nests |
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Author/Creator |
Heeres, Ellis Heeres, Bert |
Title |
Een pluim voor Woningstichting Heiloo |
Source Title | Apus |
Publication Date | 2002/09 |
Subject |
Swifts -- Netherlands |
Page | 13 |
Language | Dutch |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
closedAccess |
Repository | LKCNHM |
Volume | 8 |
Issue | 2 |
Series | Documents on edible birds' nests ; G27 |
Excessive toxic chemical in edible birdnest
Excessive toxic chemical in edible birdnest
Collection | Edible Birds Nests |
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Editor |
Zhang Xiang |
Title |
Excessive toxic chemical in edible birdnest |
Source Title | English.news.cn 2011-08-15 21:21:00 FeedbackPrintRSS |
Publication Date | 2011-08-15 |
Subject |
Collocalia -- Nests Edible birds' nests -- Composition |
Page | 1 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Manuscript |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | LKCNHM |
Series | Documents on edible birds' nests ; G33 |
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