the etiopathogenesis of alzheimer's disease (ad) is still unclear.  however, long-term oxidative stress is believed to be one of the major contributing factors in progression of neuronal degeneration and decline of cognitive function in ad. in order to assess the presence of oxidative stress in ad, we examined the enzymatic activities of the erythrocyte cu-zn superoxide dismutase (cu-zn sod), g...

Abstract The effect of initial stages pulping spruce, resembling prehydrolysis and alkaline cooking was studied using CP/MAS 13 C-NMR, X-ray scattering, FSP carbohydrate composition in order to study the impact pre-treatments on fiber wall nanostructure. Removal components, hemicellulose lignin, increased porosity induced cellulose fibril aggregation. temperature pH treatment aggregate size app...

With an annual production of some 3.5 million tons between 1990 and 1995, dissolving wood pulp accounts for only 2% of the total wood pulp production. However, the high demands for cellulose purity and reactivity as well as its manifold routes of utilization are the reason for the advanced state of technology within the pulp industry. For dissolving pulp production, only acid sulfite and prehyd...

l-asparaginase has remarkable properties which make it useful in dual pharmaceutical and food industries.in this study, simple and advantageous method has been validated for rapid and precise determination of intracellular l-asparaginasein bacterial species. a suspension of bacterial cells was used instead ofcell extract and incubated by substrate (asparagine) after simple wash and centrifugati...

This study was carried out to investigate the extraction of cellulose acetate (CA) from cajuput (Melaleuca leucadendron) twigs and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) bagasse using an environmentally friendly method. At first, extracted (CT) (SB) through prehydrolysis followed by soda (NaOH) pulping elemental chlorine-free (ECF) bleaching. Later, acetylated iodine (I) as a catalyst. The obtained ...

a long-term study was conducted between 1985 and 2003 on rehabilitation trials at sishen ironore mine, south africa, to identify grass species that would survive in the artificial growth medium appliedto the sites, and to determine the most suitable medium for sustainable vegetation growth. vegetationestablishment was tested at slopes of 18° and 34° and with five different cover materials. afte...

gelatin is a protein hydrocolloid. because of its unique characteristics such as gel forming, thickening, stabilizing, emulsifiing, foam and film forming, is widely used in food industries. in this research, in order to optimize the factors which affect enzymatic extraction method of gelatin ,the effects of three variables, enzyme concentrations(2-10 ppm), time(8-16 hours) and temperature(60-80...

abstract          background and objectives: concentration low-density lipoprotein (ldl) is one of the strongest indicators of atherosclerosis and predicts the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. ldl measurement accuracy is very important. ldl can be measured directly, such as enzymatic and nephelometry methods or can be calculated using friedewald's formula. despite the development of e...