It was previously demonstrated that, when solutions of hexose sugars such as glucose, fructose, or mannose are introduced into green leaves under aerobic conditions, an increase in sucrose is observed (l-3). The sucrose appears to be synthesized at the expense of the monosaccharides. Excised barley leaves infiltrated with 5 per cent glucose or fructose accumulated sucrose to a level of about 6 ...

It has previously been shown that reducing sugars are frequently excreted in the urine by mature and premature newborn babies (Haworth and McCredie, 1956; Haworth and MacDonald, 1957). Other workers, using paper chromatographic methods, have also found small amounts of sugars in the urines of children and usually higher concentrations of lactose and galactose in urines from young babies (Woolf,...

Pectinases have multiple nature and various forms which are necessary for the hydrolysis of pectin in several conventional industrial and natural processes. In this investigation fourteen fungal strains which isolated from agricultural soils ,were screened for pectinase activity. Pectinase activity were measured in vitro by assaying released reducing sugar from pectin as sole carbon source. Asp...

Sorghum is one of the commercially feasible lignocellulosic biomass and has a great potential of being sustainable feedstock for renewable energy. As with any lignocellulosic biomass, sorghum also requires pretreatment which increases its susceptibility to hydrolysis by enzymes for generating sugars which can be further fermented to alcohol. In the present study, sorghum biomass was evaluated f...

Whey is the largest by-product of huge dairy industry and is one of the most troublesome byproduct produced which in Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) value of waste water making the disposal costly and problematic. Whey based beverages with different concentrations of sweet orange juice and standard ingredients of RTS beverage were prepared. These beverages were analyzed for physic chemical param...