Sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia L., Fabaceae) is a leguminous plant that thrives unwanted in crop fields such as soybean farms and is therefore described as a weed especially in many Southeastern States in the US. Although the recent introduction of “round-up-ready” soybeans mitigates infestation of the beans by sicklepod, the latter is so prolific that even volunteer stands yield over a 1120 kg/h...

OBJECTIVE We report a case in which an avulsion-amputation of the thumb proximal to the lunula was repaired by reattaching the amputated segment as a composite graft. The graft demonstrated complete survival with only a minimal sacrifice in length. METHODS A 23-year-old man presented 4 hours after an avulsion injury of the thumb with associated distal and proximal phalanx fractures. The amput...

Oils derived from insect defatting may represent novel alternatives to expand the range of lipid supplements in ruminant feeding, both increase energy density diets and improve fatty acid (FA) profile milk meat through modulation ruminal biohydrogenation. Furthermore, chitosans might also modulate FA biohydrogenation, as indicated for crustaceans. Thus, this work was conducted assess potential ...

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are environmental carcinogens which produced in food during their processing and thermal treatment. Consumption of such foods results diverse diseases including cancer humans, raising a serious need to either prevent formation these compounds or reduce remove once they formed. The concern is very important reasonable as diet contributes 88–98% exposure. S...

The development of the marine aquaculture industry has led to the generation of significant amounts of fish wastes. Marine farm wastes exert adverse effects on the surrounding area of the cages. On the other hand, wastes of fish and other aquatic animals are regarded as major sources of valuable natural bioactive compounds, including enzymes, proteins, bioactive peptides, oil, amino acids, coll...

Background and Objectives: Production of fish protein hydrolysate is a method for converting the low-value economical underutilized fish species to value-added products. This study aimed to evaluate the different proportions of distilled water to the substrate on the functional characteristics, antioxidant and nutritional quality of fish protein hydrolysate of bigeye ilisha (Ilisha megaloptera)...

BACKGROUND Degradation of components of the extracellular matrix such as elastin and collagen by elastase and collagenase accelerates skin aging. Phytochemicals that inhibit the activity of these enzymes can be developed as anti-aging ingredients. In this study, an investigation of the anti-aging properties of Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst (Marula) extracts was conducted in vitro with th...

Electrostatic separation was studied in a dry fractionation diagram to obtain β-glucan-enriched fractions from oat bran preparations. Ultra-fine grinding at ambient or cryogenic temperature was needed to achieve good dissociation between the macronutrients of oat bran particles. Particles rich in β-glucan and starch were by electrostatic separation separated from particles rich in arabinoxylan....

Two recent articles in Aesthetic Surgery Journal—by Alter1 and Bloom et al2—have addressed techniques for monsplasty, combined with either labia majora reduction or abdominoplasty, for massive weight loss patients. The techniques by Alter and Bloom et al also have a common theme: defatting and vertical pull.1,2 The problem with these techniques is that the defect is not vertical excess. If anyt...