Studies were conducted to develop an appropriate household/small scale enterprise level technique for the production of bambara-nut-fortified fermented maize dough or meal by comparing different treatments, processing methods and fortification levels. The effect of fortification of maize based traditional foods with legume protein, bambara-nut at 0%. 10% and 20% replacement levels, on the rate ...

Experimental studies involving equilibrium solubility and dissolution/precipitation rates were initiated on aluminum hydroxide phases prevalent under geothermal reservoir conditions. A large capacity, hydrogen-electrode concentration cell (HECC) was constructed specifically for this purpose. This cell provides continuous, accurate in situ pH measurements of solid/solution mixtures to 295C with ...

N-Acetyl-β-D-hexosaminidase (β-HexNAc’ase) (EC 3.2.1.52) was purified from rice seeds (Oryza sativa L. var. Dongjin) using ammonium sulfate (80%) precipitation, Sephadex G150, CM-Sephadex, and DEAE-Sephadex chromatography, sequentially. The activities were separated into 7 fractions (F1F7) by CM-Sephadex chromatography. Among them, F6 was further purified to homogeneity with a 13.0% yield and 1...

Physicochemical properties of emulsion based systems are influenced by various factors. In this study, lutein-loaded oil in water emulsions was prepared with whey protein isolate and selected anionic polysaccharides. Our results revealed that 0.2-1% (w/v) pectin and 0.1-0.7% (w/v) of Carboxymethyl cellulose to 1% (w/v) whey protein isolate significantly changed the electrical charge. At pH 3, t...

Drying characteristics of rough rice (variety of lenjan) with an initial moisture content of 25% dry basis (db) was studied in a hot air dryer assisted by infrared heating. Three arrival air temperatures (30, 40 and 50C) and four infrared radiation intensities (0, 0.2 , 0.4 and 0.6 W/cm) and three arrival air speeds (0.1, 0.15 and 0.2 m.s) were studied. Bending strength of brown rice kernel, pe...

It is well known fact that alternating current(AC)of 50c/sec is more effective than repetitive square pulses(SP)to generate the contraction of skeletal muscle,suggesting that AC has an action for muscle to contract,besides the generation of action potential.Some experiments have been done on the effectiveness of the internal current for the initiation of contraction (CSAPO and SUZUKI,1958;CSAPO...

C. La Casa, M. J. Martin Calero, C. Alarcon de la Lastra, V. Motilva, M. J. Ayuso, C. Martin Cordero and A. Lopez Vergara Departamento de Farmacia y Tecnologfa Farmaceutica. Laboratorio de Farmacologfa, Faeultad de Farmacia, C/Prof. Garcia Gonzalez s/n. 41012-Sevilla. Spain Z. Naturforsch. 50c, 854-861 (1995); received June 1/August 15, 1995 Cytoprotection, Bidens aurea , Sulfhydryl Groups, Aur...

We discuss the jet kinematics of a complete flux-density-limited sample of 135 radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN) resulting from a 13 year program to investigate the structure and evolution of parsec-scale jet phenomena. Our analysis is based on new 2 cm Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) images obtained between 2002 and 2007, but includes our previously published observations made at the sam...