the effects of zinc oxide nanorod (zno-n) incorporation on thephysicochemical properties of tapioca starch / bovin gelatin composite film such as water absorption capacity (wаc), water solubility and permeability to water vapour (wvp) were investigated. in this search, zno-n was homogenized by sonication and added into tapioca starch / bovine gelаtin dispersions аt different concentrations (e.g...

in this study, the effect of mentha piperita essence (mpe) incorporation into cassava films on the hydrophilic and physicochemical properties of the resulting biodegradable films was investigated. the properties included solubility, moisture uptake and contact angle. mpe was added into biodegradable films at different amounts (1, 2 and 3%, w/w total solid). all biofilms were plasticized with 40...

this study aims to determine the effect of fermentation condition and saccharomyces strains on the ph, foam property and co2 concentration of non-alcoholic beer (ma-al-shaeer). for this, the beer samples were inoculated with four different species of saccharomyces (saccharomyces rouxii 70531, s. rouxii 70535, s. ludwigii 3447 and s. cerevisiae 70424) and fermented for 48h in both aerobic and pe...

Analysis of the distributions of physicochemical properties mapped onto molecular surfaces can highlight important similarities or differences between compound classes, contributing to rational drug design efforts. Here we present an approach that uses maximal common subgraph comparison and harmonic shape image matching to detect locally similar regions between two molecular surfaces augmented ...

Cells must abide by a number of constraints. The environmental constrains of cellular behavior and physicochemical limitations affect cellular processes. To regulate and adapt their functions, cells impose constraints on themselves. Enumerating, understanding, and applying these constraints leads to a constraints-based modeling formalism that has been helpful in converting conceptual models to ...

The physicochemical parameters of oil extracted from the seeds of Ceiva pentandra Linn were determined and compared with those recommended by the international codex standards for edible oils. The seeds were soxhlet extracted using n – hexane to render 24% light yellow crude oil, whose density was 0.91 g/cm. The physicochemical analysis carried out on the crude lipid showed that the oil has the...

Morphinans play an important role among therapeutically valuable opioids. They include powerful pain relieving agents such as naturally occurring alkaloids (e.g. morphine, codeine), semisynthetic derivatives (e.g. oxycodone, oxymorphone, buprenorphine), and synthetic analogues (e.g. levorphanol, butorphanol). These opioid drugs produce their biological actions through three receptor types, μ, δ...

The physicochemical properties of Doxorubicin–PEG–FOL and Daunorubicin-PEG-FOL ( Doxorubicin and Daunorubicin conjugated to polyethylene glycol–folate nanoparticles) have been estimated using Density functional Theory (DFT) and Hartree Fock(HF) calculations.In this report some geometrical parameters of Doxorubicin-PEG-FOL complex of the conjugated complex and Daunorubicin–PEG–FOL complex of the...

The effects of Celluclast 1.5L concentration on the physicochemical characterization of gold kiwifruit pectin was evaluated. Varying the enzyme concentration affected the pectin yield and pectin physicochemical properties. The viscosity of extracted pectin was largely dependent on the enzyme concentration. Celluclast 1.5L with medium concentration exhibited the highest viscosity. Varying the en...