Thermally dried thermophilic K. marxianus has proved to be an effective starter culture for whey fermentation. Convective drying of K. marxianus can be performed effectively in the range 35-60 o C. The best drying temperature for is considered 35 o C since it is the most cost effective without any substantial difference in kinetic parameters when compared with higher temperatures. The impact of...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are among the most attractive porous materials known today. Their miniaturization to the nanoscale--into nanoMOFs--is expected to serve myriad applications from drug delivery to membranes, to open up novel avenues to more traditional storage and catalysis applications, and to enable the creation of sophisticated superstructures. Here, we report the use of spray-d...

Colostrum is the first milk produced by mammals within a 24 to 72 hour period after parturition.Colostrum contains various proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals that are essential for the diet of a developing mammalian neonate. It also includes bioactive constituents such as immunoglobulin, antimicrobial peptides and growth factors. Colostrum and fractions thereof may be useful f...

Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a traditional staple crop grown for its starchy fruit throughout Oceania. This study therefore investigated the effect of maturity and different drying methods on some rheological and physicochemical properties of reconstituted breadfruit flour (Artocarpus altilis) (amala). Freshly harvested breadfruits (mature and immature) were washed in clean water to remov...

in this research, the effect of different storage conditions (cold, semi technical and traditional storages) at 180 days after storage on the qualitative and quantitive properties of garlic populations were investigated. white and pink populations were packaged in wooden boxes and net pockets and factors i. e. weight loss, moisture content, spoilage, firmness and total pyruvic acid were measure...

Drying of wild pomegranate seeds was carried out by using various drying methods to evaluate the best and feasible method of drying and to produce a value added product “anardana”. The various drying methods used were vacuum drying, oven drying, sun drying, poly-tent house drying and room drying. The experimental results showed that out of all the drying methods, sun drying method for anardana ...

To facilitate studies of the epidemiology and natural history of human herpesviruses 6 and 7 in infants, a practical method for collecting and quantifying the DNA of these viruses was developed. Saliva was collected using small strips of filter paper, and virus was detected using a real-time quantitative fluorescent-probe PCR assay. The sensitivity and specificity of this method even after prol...

This paper deals with the freeze-drying of pharmaceuticals in vials and assesses the importance of model-based monitoring of the process; in fact, the vials in the chamber of the freeze-drier can exhibit different behaviors due to radiation effects and fluiddynamics as it has been evidenced by CFD simulations. The curves obtained by traditional Pressure Rise Test (PRT) provide mean values of th...

The inclusion of, for example, sunscreens in hair care products is of great interest because of the potential to reduce damage such as drying and loss of elasticity and also to reduce the fading of color-treated or bleached hair. For a variety of reasons traditional methods of incorporation of UV filters have often proved difficult and, at best, unsatisfactory; the need for additional solubiliz...

Polymers have been used since decades as carriers for chemotherapeutic drugs. Among the various controlled release polymer technologies PLGA [poly(lactic acid-co-glycolic acid)] has the greatest clinical impact till date. Precisely engineered PLGA’s is the need of the hour (Figure 1). For the first time, Elizabeth Enlow and colleagues have come out with a new strategy of fabricating PLGA via th...