OBJECTIVE To study the microbiology of banana peel being sold in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in an attempt to determine the possibility that the peel may represent a source of infection for women who use it to treat nipple fissures. METHODS The following microorganisms were studied in 20 banana peel samples: mesophiles, total coliforms, fecal coliforms, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, lipolytic and p...

Visceral fat accumulation is a major risk factor for the development of obesity-related diseases, including diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and arteriosclerosis. Stimulation of lipolytic activity in adipose tissue or inhibition of fat synthesis is one way to prevent these serious diseases. Lactic acid bacteria have an anti-obesity effect, but the mechanisms are unclear. Therefore, we ev...

Fossil fuels are consumed so rapidly that it is expected that the planet resources will be soon exhausted. Therefore, it is imperative to develop alternative and inexpensive new technologies to produce sustainable fuels, for example biodiesel. In addition to hydrolytic and esterification reactions, lipases are capable of performing transesterification reactions useful for the production of biod...

The aim of this study was to investigate changes in the microbiological and physiochemical characteristics in Egyptian salted-fermented fish (Feseikh) during processing, ripening and storage. Isolation of total viable bacteria, Enterobacteriaceae, lipolytic bacteria, proteolytic bacteria, total spore forming bacteria (CFU/g) and Clostridium perfringens (MPN) from fish flesh, fish intestine and ...

The influence of obesity on the lipolytic capacity of isolated sc fat cells was studied prospectively in 13 women and 10 men, all obese, but otherwise healthy, before and 2 and 3 yr after weight reduction by bariatric surgery. Nonobese subjects (25 women and 17 men) without a family history of obesity served as the control group. Lipolytic capacity was determined after stimulation at different ...

Lipase (triasilglycerol acylhydrolase, E.C, 3.1.1.3) is an enzyme can hydrolyze long chains of triglycerides[1]. a water-soluble and naturally lipase catalyze the hydrolysis ester bonds in water insoluble lipid substrate long-chain acylglycerol synthesis, diacylglycerol, monoacylglycerol, glycerol[2]. Hydrolase be used potentialy produced fatty acid which precursors chemical industry[3]. The re...