In this paper, a batch hydrogenation reactor performance was modeled using a hydrodynamic and reaction sub-models. The reaction expressions were obtained from the information reported in literature. Experimental studies were conducted in order to generate the experimental data needed to validate the model. The comparison between the experimental data and model predictions seems quite satisfacto...

Soya is an important worldwide agricultural product widely shipped and imported in bulk. It contains a number of recognised allergens and the use of soya products and its dockside unloading have been associated with occupational asthma and community episodes of asthma. Two recognised inhalation soya allergens, soya trypsin inhibitor (STI) and hydrophobic soya protein (HSP), were measured in per...

Dietary soya protein substitution for casein initiated at weaning slows disease progression in animal models of chronic renal disease. As there is increasing evidence that fetal programming can have a significant impact on kidney physiology and function in offspring, the objective of the current study was to determine whether exposure to soya protein in the diet earlier than weaning would have ...

Soya bean formulae have, for some time, received considerable attention as substitutes for human and cows' milk in infant feeding (Dean, 1953), but relatively little is known about the value of soya as a substitute for cows' milk in the treatment of acute kwashiorkor. Dean (1952) found that the progress of children with uncomplicated kwashiorkor on a locally prepared soya banana mixture was sim...

The present study investigates the benefits of dietary intake of soya protein upon dyslipidaemia and insulin resistance in rats chronically (8 months) fed a sucrose-rich (63 %) diet (SRD). For this purpose, we analysed the effectiveness of soya protein isolate in improving or reversing these metabolic abnormalities. Wistar rats were fed a SRD for 4 months. By the end of this period, stable dysl...

OBJECTIVE Consumers may choose soya foods as healthful alternatives to animal products, but concern has arisen that eating large amounts of soya may adversely affect thyroid function. The present study aimed to examine the association between soya food consumption and serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations in North American churchgoers belonging to the Seventh-day Adventist deno...

OBJECTIVE To ascertain the association between soya consumption, isoflavone intakes and oesophageal cancer risk in remote north-west China, where the incidence of oesophageal cancer is known to be high. DESIGN Case-control study. Information on habitual consumption of soya foods and soya milk was obtained by personal interview. The intakes of isoflavones were then estimated using the US Depar...