SUMMARY Voronoi tessellation has proved to be a useful tool in protein structure analysis. We have developed PROVAT, a versatile public domain software that enables computation and visualization of Voronoi tessellations of proteins and protein complexes. It is a set of Python scripts that integrate freely available specialized software (Qhull, Pymol etc.) into a pipeline. The calculation compon...

Pickles are popular in China and exhibits health-promoting effects. However, nitrite produced during fermentation adversely affects health due to formation of methemoglobin and conversion to carcinogenic nitrosamine. Fruiting bodies of the mushroom Boletus edulis were capable of inhibiting nitrite production during pickle fermentation. A 90-kDa nitrite reductase (NiR), demonstrating peptide seq...

Phonological chain shifts have been the focus of many theoretical, developmental, and clinical concerns. This paper considers an overlooked property of the problem by focusing on the typological properties of the widely attested 's > θ > f' chain shift involving the processes of Labialization and Dentalization in early phonological development. Findings are reported from a cross-sectional study...

The present study made an attempt to analyze the existing buying behaviour of Instant Food Products by individual households and to predict the demand for Instant Food Products of Hyderabad city in Andra Padesh .All the respondents were aware of pickles and Sambar masala but only 56.67 per cent of respondents were aware of Dosa/Idli mix. About 96.11 per cent consumers of Dosa/Idli mix and more ...

The development of functional foods and their safety assessment is required for well-being the human health. In present study, we have isolated identified a potential probiotic bacterium from fermented garlic pickle that exhibits an improvement in health status upon consumption. order to assess bacterium, vitro tests were performed, including tolerance acid, pancreatin,bile, adhesion ability ga...

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. is commonly known as Jackfruit belonging to the family moraceae, a tropical climatic fruit native Western ghat of India and common in Asia, Africa, some region South America. The various parts this tree including bark, leaves, fruits, seeds have wide range medicinal properties. It used numerous traditional systems medicine treat vast diseases. Various studies shown...