five different media with two concentrations and kinds of carbohydrates and peptone treatments were examined for their effectiveness in promoting asymbiotic seed germination of epipactis  veratrifolia. results revealed significant differences between media on seed germination percentage and protocorm growth and fast medium has the best effect on both. carbohydrate treatments had significant eff...

Hepatic and extrahepatic insulin sensitivity was assessed in six healthy humans from the insulin infusion required to maintain an 8 mmol/l glucose concentration during hyperglycemic pancreatic clamp with or without infusion of 16.7 micromol. kg(-1). min(-1) fructose. Glucose rate of disappearance (GR(d)), net endogenous glucose production (NEGP), total glucose output (TGO), and glucose cycling ...

Evaluation of food chemicals is essential to make appropriate feeding decisions. The molecular genetic analysis of Gustatory receptor (Gr) genes and the characterization of the neural circuits that they engage has led to a broad understanding of taste perception in adult Drosophila [1, 2]. For example, eight relatively highly conserved members of the Gr gene family (Gr5a, Gr61a, and Gr64a-f), r...

Metabolic complications arising from excessive fructose consumption are increasing dramatically even in young children, but little is known about ontogenetic mechanisms regulating Glut5 [glucose transporter 5; encoded by the Slc2a5 (solute carrier family 2 member 5) gene]. Glut5 expression is low postnatally and does not increase, unless luminal fructose and systemic glucocorticoids are present...

Probiotic yogurt, comprised of a Fiti sachet containing Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and Streptococcus thermophilus C106, has been used in the developing world, notably Africa, to alleviate malnutrition and disease. In sub-Saharan African countries, fermentation of cereals such as millet, is culturally significant. The aim of this study was to investigate the fermentation capability of millet w...

Clostridium ljungdahlii is a strictly anaerobic acetogene known for its ability to ferment a wide variety of substrates to ethanol and acetate. This bacterium presents a complex anaerobic metabolism including the acetogenic and solventogenic phases. In this study, the effect of various carbon sources on triggering the metabolic shift toward solventogenesis was considered. The bacterium was grow...

In this work, chemical parameters such as sugar (glucose and fructose) content, organic acid (total acids, malic tartaric acids), total phenolic content the antioxidant activity of 12 white wines (chardonnay, pinot blanc gris) from various wine regions in Slovakia were studied order to identify differences among varieties wine-growing regions. The samples examined by Fourier-transform infrared ...

background and objective: sorbitol is a non-toxic and slightly hygroscopic compound with different applications. zymomonas mobiles produces sorbitol from sucrose or mixtures of glucose and fructose (formation is coupled with the dehydrogenation of glucose to glucono-δ- lactone). recombinant zymomonas mobilis may produce sorbitol and gluconic acid from glucose and fructose using different divale...

The damage to erythrocytes during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) remains a recent problem. aim of this research was study the effect fructose-1,6-diphosphate on state erythrocyte membrane CPB and level phosphorus in blood as marker energy potential cell. Patients were divided into two groups. control group 1 (Gr 1) consisted 75 individuals. 2 2) included patients whom (FDP) administrated accordin...