Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder manifested by deterioration in memory and cognition, impairment in performing activities of daily living, and many behavioral and neuropsychiatric illnesses. Aim of the work: To investigate the effect of estrogen hormone in AD and the possible modulation of estrogen effect by progesterone hormone and to clarify the underlying ...

Cereal Chem. 77(6):750–753 Starch samples isolated from wheat flour that represented four possible waxy states (0, 1, 2, and 3-gene waxy) were subjected to crushing loads under both dry and wet conditions. Calibrated loads of 0.5–20 kg were applied to the starch samples and the percentage of damaged granules was visually determined. Under dry crushing conditions, starches containing amylose (0,...