background and objective: lactobacillus plantarum is one of the probiotics species used in functional food products. these bacteria or their purified bacteriocins are used as biological preservatives in the food industry. the first step in production of an array of probiotic products is optimizing production in fermentors. this study aimed to examine factors affecting the in vitro growth optimi...

herb–drug interactions are recognized as a clinically important problem. Recently, various clinical and non-clinical studies including in vitro studies related to pharmacokinetic interactions between herbs and new drugs have been reported. Durr et al. reported that the administration of St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) extract to 8 healthy male volunteers during 14 d resulted in an 18% de...

BACKGROUND Gongronema latifolium Benth. (GL) possesses considerable glucose lowering effects able to be utilized on a large-scale. This paper investigates the effects of a Soxhlet extract on hyperglycemia, Langerhans islets and glucose uptake by abdominal muscles. METHODS Ethanol and a Soxhlet apparatus were used to obtain GL ethanolic Soxhlet extract (GLES). It was then administered to rando...

Plastic composite supports containing 50% agricultural products (oat hulls, soybean hulls, yeast extract, soybean flour, dried bovine erythrocytes, bovine albumin, and/or mineral salts) and 50% (wt/wt) polypropylene were produced by high-temperature twin-screw extrusion. The research employed two half sets of a five-factorial fractional design (2(5 - 1)) to evaluate the effects of different agr...

This study was undertaken to determine whether Leuconostoc citrovorum plays a role in carbon dioxide production in milk. The ability of L. citrovorum strains to produce gas was studied by two methods. A qualitative method, in which an agar plug was forced up the neck of a volumetric flask, measured gas visually. This method demonstrated that 0.25% yeast extract, in a milk medium at 30 C, stimul...

an aerobic, meophilic and lipolitic bacillus.sp bacterium (lipase activity 40 u/ml) was isolated from the olive extract. this isolate was identified based on morphological and biochemical characterization and 16s rrna gene sequence. effect of the solid substrate (pomegranate seed ground, grape seed ground and coriander seed ground as a solid substrate), the substrate particle size, moisture con...

Antibacterial and antifungal activity of ethanolic extract of grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macf., Rutaceae) seed and pulp was examined against 20 bacterial and 10 yeast strains. The level of antimicrobial effects was established using an in vitro agar assay and standard broth dilution susceptibility test. The contents of 3.92% of total polyphenols and 0.11% of flavonoids were determined spectrom...

baker's yeast is one of the most important additives for improving the bread quality and molasses is a commonly used source of sugars for producing baker's yeast. nowadays, due to increasing the fermentation industries and limitation in suitable sources of sugars, the use of other carbohydrate sources may be considered.in this study, the possibility of baker's yeast production in three cultures...

The glycoproteins of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) are important targets for the immune system in the control of HSV-1 infections. The humoral and T cell responses to the glycoprotein (g)H(t(His)):gL complex of HSV-1 were studied in seven HSV-1-seropositive and three HSV-1-seronegative healthy adults. In addition, responses to HSV-1 gD(t) were determined. As antigens, purified soluble rec...

Preface 1 1. Classical groups 4 2. Parabolic induction 10 3. Admissible representations 16 4. Jacquet modules and cuspidal representations 24 5. Composition series of induced representations of SL(2, F ) and GL(2, F ) 34 6. Some examples 39 7. Parabolically induced representations of SL(2, F ) and GL(2, F ) 45 8. Some general consequences 52 9. GL(n, F ) 55 10. GSp(n, F ) 62 11. On the reducibi...