"Bomboyson" is a traditional heat desiccated dairy product of eastern Nepal, prepared using khoa, sugar, and ghee, and has a great commercial potential. This study was carried out to standardize the product and study its nutritive value and storage life for the organized production. The formulation was based on survey and the best product was selected using 9-point hedonic rating scale method. ...

The postharvest vase life of cut roses was studied to determine the effects of various physiological factors that influence the vase life of cut flower. Cut roses were obtained from commercial area of Siliguri. To assess the effect of preservatives on the postharvest life of rose, cut flowers were treated with following preservative solutions: fixed amount of citric acid (CA) (300 mg/ml) and 8-...

AIMS To determine acetic acid, acetaldehyde and glycerol production by wine yeast throughout Icewine fermentation. The expression of yeast cytosolic aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALD3 and ALD6) and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPD1) were followed to relate metabolites in the wines to expression patterns of these genes. METHODS AND RESULTS Icewine juice (38.8 degrees Brix, 401 +/- 7 g l(-1) ...

Cross-linked poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) is a heterogeneous and polymeric support that has been widely used in the preparation of numerous reagents and catalysts because of its commercial availability, stability, reasonable high loading capacity, good physicochemical structure and facile functionalization. Beside various applications in industry such as stabilizer, sugar coating and film coati...

Cross-linked poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) is a heterogeneous and polymeric support that has been widely used in the preparation of numerous reagents and catalysts because of its commercial availability, stability, reasonable high loading capacity, good physicochemical structure and facile functionalization. Beside various applications in industry such as stabilizer, sugar coating and film coati...

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have emerged as a viable method for bioremediation of toxic metals while also producing energy. In this paper, we examine the issue organic substrate source metabolism microbe growth in MFC, well its significance metal ion degradation tandem with energy production. This study focused on use commercial sugar an single-chamber MFC. The MFC was operated 27 days, highest...

This study was aimed at establishing optimized conditions for hot water extraction of roselle beverage (soborodo) from its calyces as well as the degree of beverage sweetness in the commercial practice. The dried calyces/water ratios involved in the commercial practice ranged between 1:57 and 1:71 (w/v) while the sweetness level of the beverage ranged between 11.2 and 13.3 °Brix. The indices fo...