Optimised preparation and characterisation of lotus root starch oxidised with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) using response surface methodology | Jingshui Xu, Haiying Yang, Chaoyi Zhang, Chuyi Liu Agricultural Journals

OBJECTIVES To investigate the hypothesis that workers who consume a predominantly rice-based, low-sodium diet and perform long periods of manual work in the heat are at risk of chronic hyponatraemia due to inadequate replacement of sweat sodium losses. METHODS Plasma sodium levels were assessed at the end of both the summer and winter periods in 44 male dockyard workers in the Middle East. Th...

The influence on the nutrients content (soluble sugars, starch, dietary fibre and calcium) and antinutritional factors (a-galactosides and phytic acid) of faba beans (Vicia faba, L. major) of soaking in different solutions (distilled water, citric acid, and sodium bicarbonate solutions), cooking the presoaked seeds, dryheating and germination have been studied. Soaking brought about a decrease ...

The objective of the current study was to develop and optimize a sublingual tablet formulation of captopril which is an effective drug in the treatment of hypertension. Captopril containing tablets were prepared by direct compression method using different ingredients such as polyvinyl pyrrolidone, starch 1500, sodium starch glycolate and lactose (independent variables) and magnesium stearate, ...

Sodium carboxymethyl starch (CMS) was prepared using an extruder as a continuous solvent-less chemical reactor. The effects of NaOH, H2O, temperature, ethanol, sodium mono chloro acetate (SMCA), sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP), citric acid, epichlorohydrin and screw configuration on the degree of substitution (DS) and swelling properties of CMS were studied. Using these factors, CMS with the DS ...

This study was a part of a research project aiming to investigate the texture characteristics of protein starch interaction in fish based product keropok lekor. Accordingly, the current review study focused on some physicochemical (molecular weight, viscosity, chemical composition and swelling power) and thermorheological (gelatinization, retrogradation and viscoelsticity) characteristics of sa...

The objective of the current study was to develop and optimize a sublingual tablet formulation of captopril which is an effective drug in the treatment of hypertension. Captopril containing tablets were prepared by direct compression method using different ingredients such as polyvinyl pyrrolidone, starch 1500, sodium starch glycolate and lactose (independent variables) and magnesium stearate, ...

Foods that have a low glycaemic index or foods that contain slowly digestible starch are beneficial in controlling fluctuations in blood glucose and insulin levels. The study hypothesis is that gelatinisation of starch in structured casein networks provides a method for decreasing the digestion rate of the starch and, hence, minimising postprandial glucose fluctuations. This study examined the ...