Microplastics are prevalent in the environment and have a strong affinity to pollutants owing their large specific surface area hydrophobicity. Once ingested, microplastics transport into organisms. This study investigated bisphenol A (BPA) desorption behavior from three microplastic materials, namely, polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP), polyamide (PA), under simulated biological gastrointest...

The main goal of this research was to compare the in vitro release rates of nano- and microcapsules of Silybum marianum extract (SME) in animal simulated gastric and intestinal medium conditions. The extract was encapsulated within sodium alginate carriers using emulsification/internal gelation method. Particle size, zeta potential, polydispersity index (PDI) and morphology of...

in this study, symbiotic yog-ice (rozen yogurt) was produced that was inoculated with different levels of inulin(0,2.5 amd 5%)as prebiotic compound and lactobacillus casei as probiotic bacteria in two types; free and encapsulated with sodium algint-whey protein concentration for low fat yog-ice cream.the survivability of this probiotic bacteria was evaluated under simulated gastro-intestinal co...

crystalline arrays of proteinaceous subunits forming surface layers (s-layers) are now recognized as one of the most common outermost cell envelope components of prokaryotic organisms. the surface layer protein of lactobacillus acidophilus atcc4356 is composed of a single species of protein of apparent molecular weight of 43-46 kda. considering the lactobacillus acidophilus atcc4356 having the ...