Drying allows water to be removed and food preserved, however, this operation can degrade color. Punamuña leaves are aromatic used for medicinal purposes in the Peruvian Andes. This research aimed determine model drying kinetics, diffusivity coefficient (Def), activation energy (Ea), color of punamuña leaves. A horizontal dryer was at 40, 50, 60 °C airspeed 1.0 0.5 m / s; kinetics modeled with ...

A THREE LEVEL-INTERVENTION TO REDUCE PRN MEDICATION ON A SPECIALIST EATING DISORDERS WARD FOR ADULT FEMALE PATIENTS WITH ANOREXIA NERVOSA Elizabeth Tyrrell-Bunge, Arnaldo Felix de Carvalho, Charlotte Scott, Sophie Tomlin, Janet Treasure & Hubertus Himmerich Bethlem Royal Hospital, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Department of Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, King’s Coll...

A wild Japanese garlic plant (Allium macrostemon Bunge, wild onion) with leaves showing chlorotic stripes was collected in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Genome sequencing showed that it was infected with shallot latent carlavirus. The genomic sequence of this virus is reported for the first time from wild onion.

The anticonvulsant activity of Astragalus squarrosus total extract was assessed in pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced convulsion in mice, with diazepam as the standard drug, while mechanistic studies were also conducted using flumazenil, a GABA A-benzodiazepine receptor complex site antagonist. The extract produced protection against convulsion at 400 mg/kg, comparable with protection of benzodia...