Background & Aim: Ocimum basilicum L. is belong to the Lamiaceae family which is cultivated as a culinary, industrial and medicinal plants in some countries from thousands years ago. The seed of this plant is rich in poly un-saturated fatty acids (PUFA) and produced a large amount of mucilage. Experimental: The oil of seed was extracted separately and converted to fatty acids...

a model capable of predicting the minimum content of aflatoxin m1 (afm1) in iranian while brine cheese has been developed using a chemometric approach to determine the optimum processing conditions. renneting temperature, cut size, stirring time, press time, curd size and saturated brine ph were all regarded as process variables. three-dimensional response surface and contour plots were drawn. ...

INTRODUCTION Intakes of sodium, saturated fat, and trans fat remain high despite recommendations to limit these nutrients for cardiometabolic risk reduction. A major contributor to intake of these nutrients is foods prepared outside the home, particularly from fast-food restaurants. METHODS We analyzed the nutrient content of frequently ordered items from 3 US national fast-food chains: fried...

The low-frequency electrical properties of mixtures of silicates and saline H(2)O were measured over broad ranges of temperature and frequency to assess the subfreezing interactions between these materials synoptically, particularly the effects of adsorbed, unfrozen water. Adsorbed water content was determined using nuclear magnetic resonance. Materials were chosen to control effects of grain s...

Understanding drought tolerance mechanisms requires knowledge about the induced weakness that leads to tree death. Bud survival is vital to sustain tree growth across seasons. We hypothesized that the hydraulic connection of the bud to stem xylem structures was critical for its survival. During an artificial drastic water stress, we carried out a census of bud metabolic activity of young Populu...

Knowledge of soil hydraulic and thermal properties is essential for studies involving the combined effects of soil temperature and water input on water flow and redistribution processes under field conditions. The objective of this study was to estimate the parameters characterizing these properties from a transient water flow and heat transport field experiment. Real-time sensors built by the ...

terminal drought stress during grain filling period has recently become more common in the semiarid mediterranean regions, where wheat (triticum aestivum) is grown as an important winter cereal crop. the objective of this experiment was to study the effect of terminal drought stress on grain yield, gas exchange variables, and some physiological traits of nine bread wheat cultivars. an experimen...

Physical, chemical and biological attributes of soil surface are significantly affected by tillage practices and crop rotation. The objective of this study was to determine the short-term (2006-2009) effects of conventional and conservational tillage practices on selected soil physical properties of a heavy clay soil under two wheat-corn and wheatlegume rotation in a semi-arid Mediterranean...

Table 1. Concentration of thiouracil in the medium. In order to ascertain whether the decrease of radioactivity in the medium is accompanied by an incorporation into nucleic acids, these were separated in the following manner: the bacterial cells were washed twice and concentrated to 50 mg wet weight/ml. They were lysed by treating with sodiumdodecylsulfate (1%) and shaken with water-saturated ...