An Economical Method of Producing Acidophilus Milk

The Shifts of Acidophilus Milk at the Refrigerator

ABSTRACT: Acidophilus milk after preparation, with the defined characteristics of pH, titratable acidity and viable counts of Lb. acidophilus, was kept at the refrigerator (5 °C) and changes of above mentioned parameters were evaluated during 21 days at 7-day intervals. The obtained results showed that the titratable acidity of product significantly (p≤0.05) increased over storage period, demon...

An Economical Method of Auricular Splinting in Management of Auricular Pseudocyst

BACKGROUND Pseudocyst of the auricle is a common benign disease. Many treatment modalities have been described for this benign condition ranging from simple aspiration to complex cutaneous surgeries involving skin de-roofing and debridement with diamond burr. the aim of treatment is to successfully resolve the seroma without damaging the underlying healthy cartilage, thus maintaining the norma...

An easy and economical method of construction of tissue microarray

Tissue microarray is very useful in research. However the automated equipment is very costly and cannot be afforded by many laboratories. We describe a very simple and cheap manual method of preparation of tissue microarray using readily available materials. Materials and methods: tissue cores were punched out from the donor blocks using a 16 g bone marrow trephine biopsy needle. The cores were...

Development and Quality Assessment of Flavored Probiotic Acidophilus Milk

Functional foods containing probiotic bacteria (lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria) are getting popularity in the world, due to tremendous health benefits conferred by these bacteria. However, the total viable count of bacteria in the final product and the sensory attributes of the product are of higher importance for its consumer acceptability. In this study, flavored (strawberry, pineapp...

Novel milk fat extraction method--a faster, economical and health friendlier approach.