OBJECTIVE To investigate the anti-diabetic and anti-cholesterolemic activity of methanol extracts of leaves of Amaranthus caudatus, Amaranthus spinosus and Amaranthus viridis in normal and streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats. METHODS In this study, the anti-diabetic and anti-cholesterolemic activity of methanol extracts of leaves of all three plants was evaluated by using normal and ST...

In this section we review the basic operating principles of the CMAC neural network as proposed by Albus [2,4-7]. We then present a mathematical description of the conventional CMAC in a form intended to facilitate software implementation. The notation used is somewhat different than in the original Albus papers, but the set of equations presented is numerically equivalent to the original Albus...

The vitamin compositions of fresh leaves of Cucurbital moschata and Amaranthus hybridus L. were determined through spectrophotometric and titrimetric methods. The investigation revealed that the fresh leaves of Cucurrbital moshcata contained higher amounts (mg/100g) of ascorbic acid (33.49±1.22), thiamine (17.38±2.06) and riboflavin (3.41±0.18) while Amaranthus hybridus contained higher amount ...

Biscuit and cake were prepared from amaranthus and sorghum fl our at the proportion of 20, 30, 40 and 50% with wheat fl our. Sensory evaluation was carried out and there was no signifi cant difference (p≤0.05) in texture in the different biscuit made from amaranthus fl our. However there was signifi cant difference in color, taste, smell and overall acceptance in amaranthus biscuits. In case of...

Effects of supplementation with ruminal epithelial cells on fiber-degrading activity and cell growth of Ruminococcus albus (R. albus, strain 7) was tested using a basal substrate of rice straw and formulated concentrate. Cultures of R. albus alone and R. albus with rumen protozoa were grown at 39C for 48 h with an 8.4% crude protein (CP) substrate, 33% of the CP supplemented with either rumina...

The ruminal cellulolytic bacteria Ruminococcus flavefaciens FD-1 and Fibrobacter succinogenes S85 coexisted in substrate-excess coculture with about equal population size, but R. flavefaciens outcompeted F. succinogenes for cellobiose in the substrate-limited cocultures whether the two strains were coinoculated or a steady-state culture of F. succinogenes was challenged by R. flavefaciens. This...

I. Plant foods, especially green leafy vegetables, are the cheapest and richest source of calcium in developing countries and are recommended in balanced diets. Hence it was worth while obtaining further information about the availability of Ca from these commonly-consumed green leaves. 2. The green leafy vegetable belonging to Amaranthus spp. was taken as a suitable experimental model because ...

İnsanların yaşamında temel besin maddelerinden biri olan şekerin, üretim kaynaklarından birisi de önemli bir endüstri bitkisi şeker pancarı (Beta vulgaris L.)’dır. Şeker pancarı, Kırşehir ilinde miktarı en fazla bitkisel üründür. Çalışmada ili Merkez, Akpınar, Boztepe, Kaman ve Mucur ilçeleri alanlarında sorun yabancı otlar bunların yaygınlıkları ile yoğunluklarının belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. ...