Industrial Application and Health Prospective of Fig (Ficus carica) By-Products
, Hyrije Koraqi 2, Shahida Anusha Siddiqui 3,4, Ammar AL-Farga 5, Wing-Fu Lai 6,7,* and Anwar Ali 8,*
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Add “byproducts” after “fig” in title
Line 29 and 30, delete “industry” replace with industries at the end of sentence as “diary, bakery and beverage industries
Line 30 fig byproducts use also in line 31
Indicate the abbreviations in abstract
Enrich the abstract
Correct linguistic errors in the manuscript
Line 61 incomplete sentence
Lines 74 and 82 it should be Ficus carica
Clear the objectives of review
The authors didn’t clear in introduction “Fig or Fig byproducts” , if they talk about figs where the novelty
Use American English
Redesign Figure 1
Add full profile for Fig and Fig parts using LC-MS
In Table 1 columns, the authors should correct “antioxidant” to “Antioxidant products such as “…”
In the last two column clear what is the solvent used in extraction
The authors use the same title in sec 2 and 3 it should be in sec 3 as Fig and Fig by products applications
Rewrite sec 3.1
Line 280, add β before carotenes or delete “-“
Table 3, column “recovery” replaces with “action” and enhance the expression of those actions
Line 400, different concentrations
Scientific names must be italic
Check the outputs of all references
Author Response
Add “byproducts” after “fig” in title
Response: Added
Line 29 and 30, delete “industry” replace with industries at the end of sentence as “diary, bakery and beverage industries
Response: Replaced
Line 30 fig byproducts use also in line 31
Response: added
Indicate the abbreviations in abstract
Response: Added
Enrich the abstract
Response: Enriched
Correct linguistic errors in the manuscript
Response: Corrections have been made in the revised version
Line 61 incomplete sentence
Response: The sentence has been completed
Lines 74 and 82 it should be Ficus carica
Response: Changes have been made
Clear the objectives of review
Response: Added
The authors didn’t clear in introduction “Fig or Fig byproducts” , if they talk about figs where the novelty
Response: Chances have been made
Use American English
Response: done
Redesign Figure 1
Response: Figure has been redesigned according to suggestion of reviewer
Add full profile for Fig and Fig parts using LC-MS
Response: added
In Table 1 columns, the authors should correct “antioxidant” to “Antioxidant products such as “…”
In the last two column clear what is the solvent used in extraction
Response: The solvents have been added according to suggestion of reviewer.
The authors use the same title in sec 2 and 3 it should be in sec 3 as Fig and Fig by products applications
Response: added
Rewrite sec 3.1
Response: The section has been rewritten
Line 280, add β before carotenes or delete “-“
Response: added
Table 3, column “recovery” replaces with “action” and enhance the expression of those actions
Response: Action take according to suggestion of reviewer
Line 400, different concentrations
Response: added
Scientific names must be italic
Response: done
Check the outputs of all references
Response: checked
Reviewer 2 Report
Dear authors,
your manuscript is very interesting. You have described important parts, composition and uses of the fig. It is my opinion that the manuscript is well divided into subsections and every section contains relevant information and references. However, I have several recommendation for improvement:
- First, English changes are required; there some grammatical errors, missing verbs etc.
- Line 17-23: please change numbers 5-9 into superscript.
- Line 39: The first sentence of the Introduction is missing a verb and therefore it is harder to understand the point of it.
- Line 65: I believe that "what are" is not necessary.
- Line 88-89: This sentence repeats what is said in the previous sentence.
- Tables: Could they be organized differently in order to fit a page or to be easier to read (e.g. the last column with references doesn't have to be so wide).
- Line 74: "Ficuscarica" should be two words. Check the text, there are several same errors.
- Is there a possibility to enlarge Figure 3, or to enlarge the font of the compounds name?
- Line 202: Subtitle no. 3 is same as no. 2?
- In reference list there is 136 references, but in text only 135, and I believe that references 134 and 135 are not suitable for the text where they are stated. Please check references.
After these changes, it is my opinion that the manuscript could be considered to be published in this Special Issue.
Author Response
Dear authors,
your manuscript is very interesting. You have described important parts, composition and uses of the fig. It is my opinion that the manuscript is well divided into subsections and every section contains relevant information and references. However, I have several recommendation for improvement:
Response: We appreciate the reviewer for the relevant information.
- First, English changes are required; there some grammatical errors, missing verbs etc.
Response: The article has been edited by the senior colleague.
- Line 17-23: please change numbers 5-9 into superscript.
Response: changes have been made
- Line 39: The first sentence of the Introduction is missing a verb and therefore it is harder to understand the point of it.
Response: changes have been made
- Line 65: I believe that "what are" is not necessary.
Response: removed
- Line 88-89: This sentence repeats what is said in the previous sentence.
Response: The sentence has been deleted according to suggestion of reviewer
- Tables: Could they be organized differently in order to fit a page or to be easier to read (e.g. the last column with references doesn't have to be so wide).
Response: Yes, Changes have been made
- Line 74: "Ficuscarica" should be two words. Check the text, there are several same errors.
Response: Corrected
- Is there a possibility to enlarge Figure 3, or to enlarge the font of the compounds name?
Response: yes, enlarged
- Line 202: Subtitle no. 3 is same as no. 2?
Response: no, It was just by mistake. However, heading has been added.
- In reference list there is 136 references, but in text only 135, and I believe that references 134 and 135 are not suitable for the text where they are stated. Please check references.
Response: Corrections have been made
After these changes, it is my opinion that the manuscript could be considered to be published in this Special Issue.
Response: we are thankful to reviewer for the valuable comments
Reviewer 3 Report
Dear Authors,
the subject of the work concerns the interesting issue of using fig in the diet and food production, detailing the numerous health-promoting properties of various parts of the plant.
I present the remarks to the manuscript in the file.
Kind regards
Reviewer
Comments for author File: 
Comments.pdf
Author Response
Dear Authors,
the subject of the work concerns the interesting issue of using fig in the diet and food production, detailing the numerous health-promoting properties of various parts of the plant.
Response: The authors are highly thankful to the respected reviewer for kind suggestions/comments for improving the manuscript. We tried to revise the manuscript according to the valuable advices.
I present the remarks to the manuscript in the file.
Response: We carefully revised the whole manuscript including your suggestions and comments.
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Now can be accepted in Molecules
