Four spectroscopic instruments, a fibre optical probe (FOP), a visual (VIS) and near infrared (NIR) reflectance spectrophotometer, a reflectance spectrofluorometer and a low-field (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance (LF-NMR) instrument were used to perform measurements on two muscles (longissimus dorsi and semitendinosous) from 39 pigs, 18 of which were carriers of the Halothane gene. Water-holding...

The chemical compositions, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of fucoidan extracted from Sargassum ilicifolium and S.angustifolium were investigated. The results showed that these seaweeds were characterized by an acceptable level of minerals and proteins. The fatty acid profile was dominated by the palmitic acid, which represents about 37.44±0.01% and 23.05±0.01% of the...

The chemical compositions, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of fucoidan extracted from Sargassum ilicifolium and S.angustifolium were investigated. The results showed that these seaweeds were characterized by an acceptable level of minerals and proteins. The fatty acid profile was dominated by the palmitic acid, which represents about 37.44±0.01% and 23.05±0.01% of the total fatty acids...

Maize is the main staple crop in the East African Mountains. Understanding how the edaphic characteristics change along altitudinal gradients is important for maximizing maize production in East African Highlands, which are the key maize production areas in the region. This study evaluated and compared the levels of some macro and micro-elements (Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na and P) and other soil ...

In this work, we continue the modelling of the digestion in the small intestine, started in a previous article, by investigating the effects of dietary fibre. We recall that this model aims at taking into account the three main phenomena of the digestion, namely the transit of the bolus, the degradation of feedstuffs and the absorption through the intestinal wall. In order to study the role of ...

In present work, we studied the ecological-hydrological law of three manmade forest communities at a located site of the central Yunnan province from 1998 to 2000. The finding indicated that the interception of canopy, stem-flow, through-fall of E.maideni-A.mearnsii, E.maideni, P.Yunnanensis took respectively up 35.21%, 0.65%, 64.14%; 30.10%, 0.88%, 67.56%; 27.8%, 4.64%, 69.25% of total precipi...