Pectinases constitute a group of enzymes that act on pectic substances, acid polysaccharides present in the primary wall of plants. Pectinases are used in the food industry, in the processing of fruits, in pulp maceration, in the extraction and clarification of juices and in the wine industry. The juice extraction is carried out, generally, by the pressing and partial destruction of the pectin ...

Newcastle disease (ND) is a of high economic importance to poultry farmers in Nigeria. Its impact on include illness poultry, reduction egg production, immunosuppression, and death. This study was carried out determine the prevalence indigenous (local) chickens from 2 abattoirs Ilorin metropolis. A total 400 blood samples were aseptically collected plain bottles jugular veins local at slaughter...

In order to demonstrate filtration rate of edible cockle Cerastoderma edule under different salinity and temperature conditions, two groups namely healthy and parasited with Labratrema minimus (Bucephallidae; Digenea) were compared. Results showed that the parasited ones had difficulties in adaptation to the extreme conditions of salinity and temperature. Our results also showed that a healthy ...

problematic dyes extensively used in different industries such as textile, paper, food, plasticsand cosmetics have undesirable environmental effects. white rot fungi demonstrating effective extracellularenzyme system, which is capable of degrading dyes and various xenobiotics. the aim of this study was tooptimize decolorization of reactive blue 19 (rb19) dye using phanerochaetechrysosporium. a ...

low- temperature (lt) tolerance is an economic trait in winter wheat that determines the plants’ ability to successfully cope with below freezing temperatures. to identify the genomic regions associated with lt tolerance in hexaploid wheat, an f2:3 population was produced from crossing between winter type and tolerant parent, mirnovoskaja 808 (lt50 = -20oc), and spring type and susceptible pare...

The effect of three different moisture statuses, i.e., 150, 200 and 300% FWC (Field Water Capacity) on copper (Cu), iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) solubility and solution activity was investigated on soil samples characterised by different levels of copper contamination. Soils (200 g) were weighted into polyethylene containers (500 cm3) and amounts of bidistilled water were properly added to reac...

The surface properties of many materials can be readily and predictably modified by the controlled deposition of thin layers containing appropriate functional groups and this research area is now a subject of widespread interest. The layer-by-layer (lbl) method involves depositing oppositely charged layers of polyelectrolytes onto the substrate material which are stabilized due to strong electr...

Methods 6 turkish patients with the clinical diagnosis of FMF exhibiting homocygous or combined heterozygous mutations within the MEFV gene were included. Patients still exhibited clinical symptoms and elevated inflammation markers despite sufficient colchicine therapy (“instable disease”). Healthy probands served as controls. Their health status was assessed by a standardized questionnaire. Al...