Hexane, the common solvent for extraction of edible oils from seeds is no more considered safe due to the presence of solvent in oil and also solvent vapour, a hazardous air pollutant. We have carried out the experiments with bahera (Terminalia bellerica Roxb) and flax seed (Linum usitatissimum ) oil as these oils are highly used in food for their nutraceutical values. The extraction of edible ...

Methods That Disrupt Cellular Organization Traditional protein separation methods, which have developed largely from research on mammalian proteins, commonly achieve resolution either by grad~al changes in pH, ionic strength, dielectric const~t, IOn composition and temperature or by changes In such forces as fluid velocity, electric potential and gravity. " The isolation of plant seed proteins ...

The global method for detection of extraneous oils in different kinds of olive oils as a new method for identification of adulterations is applied using HPLC and GC data by calculations ECN (equivalent carbon number) and R (which is the ratio r ECN42/ r ECN44 for genuineness of all olive oils) according to IOOC method. In this research the global method and ECN42 (difference between the actual ...

BACKGROUND Recombinant DNA technology has been extensively employed to generate a variety of products from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) over the last decade, and the development of technologies capable of analyzing these products is crucial to understanding gene expression patterns. Liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry is a powerful tool for analyzing protein contents a...

In this present study, cold flow properties of biodiesel produced from palm oil were improved by adding cotton seed into oil. Three different mixtures and prepared as P50C50, P60C40, P70C30. Among three mixtures, P60C40 was selected for production via ultrasound assisted transesterification process. Physiochemical characteristics—including density, viscosity, calorific value, acid oxidation sta...

5 Neonicotinoid insecticides are commonly-used as seed treatments on flowering crops such as 6 oilseed rape. Their persistence and solubility in water increase the chances of environmental 7 contamination via surface-runoff or drainage into areas adjacent to the crops. However, their 8 uptake and fate into non-target vegetation remains poorly understood. In this study, we 9 analysed samples of ...

A recent shift in managing insect resistance to genetically engineered (GE) maize consists of mixing non-GE seed with GE seed known as "refuge in a bag", which increases the likelihood of predators encountering both prey fed Bt and prey fed non-Bt maize. We therefore conducted laboratory choice-test feeding studies to determine if a predator, Harmonia axyridis, shows any preference between prey...

Cereal domestication during the transition to agriculture resulted in widespread food production, but why only certain species were domesticated remains unknown. We tested whether seedlings of crop progenitors share functional traits that could give them a competitive advantage within anthropogenic environments, including higher germination, greater seedling survival, faster growth rates, and a...