In the present study Candida utilis was employed for the production of single cell protein (SCP) from wheat bran using solid state fermentation in 250ml Erlenmeyer flask. Various cultural conditions were also optimized for the maximum yield of cell biomass of Candida utilis. Maximum cell biomass was obtained when wheat bran was supplemented with 2% molasses as carbon and 0.25% ammonium nitrate ...

increasing the nutritional value of bread is important since the enriched product can be used for special target groups such as developing countries or special diets. wheat germ, a highly nutritive part of wheat kernel, is a by-product of milling factories and has the potential to be used for food supplementation. the main aim of this research was to supplement flat bread (barbari) with wheat g...

conclusions wheat germ extract seems to be an effective treatment for dysmenorrhea and its systemic symptoms, probably because of its anti-inflammatory effects. results pain severity decreased only in the wheat germ extract group (p < 0.001) and there was no statistically significant change in the placebo group. in the wheat germ extract group, the pain severity decreased from 4.701 at baseline...

Lipoxidase in wheat germ affects the wheat germ’s quality and must be inactivated for processing. Because no method was available for measuring unpurified lipoxidase in wheat germ, methods for measuring purified lipoxidase or lipoxidase in soybean were used as reference methods. These methods proved to be so inaccurate that the natural state of the wheat germ could not be determined. A simple m...

pre-menstrual syndrome is one of the most common disorders in women and causes impairment in work and social relationships. several treatment modalities have been proposed, one of which is herbal medicines. considering the properties of wheat germ, this study aimed to determine the effects of wheat germ extract on the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.this triple blind clinical trial was conduc...

Beet molasses successfully replaced glucose as sole carbon source to produce poly-b-hydroxybutyrate by a recombinant Escherichia coli strain (HMS174/pTZ18u-PHB). The fermentation with molasses was cheaper than with glucose. The final dry cell weight, PHB content and PHB productivity were 39.5 g/L, 80% (w/w) and 1 g/Lh, respectively, in a 5 L stirred tank fermenter after 31.5 h fed-batch ferment...

Affinity chromatography using agarose-bound lectins was used to isolate erythropoietin from crude preparations of sheep plasma and human urinary erythropoietin. On the basis of previous estimates of the sugar content of the hormone, six lectins (wheat germ agglutinin, phytohemagglutinin, Ricinus communis 120, soybean agglutinin, concanavalin A, and limulin) were chosen for study. Only wheat ger...