Questions regarding the digestive fate of DNA and protein from transgenic grain have been raised in regard to human consumption and trade of animal products (e.g., meat, milk, and eggs) from farm animals fed transgenic crops. Using highly sensitive, fully characterized analytical methods, fragments of transgenic and endogenous plant DNA, as well as transgenic protein, were not detected in chick...

An evident inequality between the enthalpy of crystallization of amorphous selenium, DHx , and the enthalpy difference between the undercooled liquid and the conventional polycrystalline selenium, DHl→c, was observed, which is inconsistent with the widely accepted idea that the two enthalpies should be equal. The inequality between the two enthalpies is attributed to the excess enthalpy of the ...

Introduction: Densities and porosities of meteorites provide information about the physical properties of their parent bodies (asteroids). Recent studies report the densities and porosities of ~40 ordinary chondrite (OC) meteorites [1,2]. In this study, we present 42 additional measurements of OC densities and porosities, and provide a rigorous analysis of the errors in the method. Additionally...

OBJECTIVE Prospective studies have suggested that substituting whole grain for refined grain products may lower the risk of overweight and obesity. Breakfast cereal intake is a major source of whole and refined grains and has also been associated with having a lower BMI. The aim of this study was to prospectively assess the association between whole and refined grain breakfast cereal intakes an...

Assessment of the potential CO(2) emission reduction by development of non-grain-based ethanol in China is valuable for both setting up countermeasures against climate change and formulating bioethanol policies. Based on the land occupation property, feedstock classification and selection are conducted, identifying sweet sorghum, cassava, and sweet potato as plantation feedstocks cultivated fro...

It is important for food scientists to be able to reliably measure moisture content as it is one of the most commonly measured properties of food materials especially grains. In addition, the moisture monitoring techniques will provide for better control of processing for value added applications and improved end product quality. They will provide more precise moisture information that can be u...

Grain size distributions in eolian settings are the result of both sorting and abrasion of grains by saltation. The two are tightly coupled because mobility of particles determines abrasion rate, while abrasion affects the mobility of particles by changing their mass and shape; few field studies have examined this quantitatively. We measured grain size and shape over a 9 km transect downwind of...

Plant sterols (PS) and policosanols (PC) have been attributed with plasma cholesterol-lowering properties in humans. Hexane extracts from grain sorghum, corn and their distillers dried grain with solubles (DDGS), an important co-product of ethanol production, contain these health promoting compounds, which could be used to develop health promoting dietary products. However, limited information ...

In the present review article various control methods for stored grain insects are discussed in detail and an emphasis was made to use non-chemical methods. Stored grain infestation is a very serious problem as various life stages of insects cause economic damage and deteriorates the quality of food grains and food products. There are number of stored grain insect pests that infest food grains ...

In the present investigation various solvents i.e. acetone, chloroform, petroleum ether, methanol, hexane and aqueous extracts of stem, root and flower of Capparis decidua were evaluated for insecticidal activity against the Rhizopertha dominica (Fabr). For evaluation of insecticidal activity different bioassays were conducted and insects were exposed with varying doses of each extract. These h...