Numerous methods, enzymatic and chemical, have been reported for the determination of small amounts of citric acid in biological fluids. Of the chemical methods the majority involve the conversion of the citric acid to pentabromoacetone, which may be estimated by various gravimetric, titrimetric, or calorimetric procedures. The more recent modifications (l-3) of the met.hod have simplified it a...

AIM The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of organic acids as replacer to antibiotics in their various combinations on feed consumption, body weight gain, and feed conversion ratio (FCR) in broiler chicks during different phases of growth. MATERIALS AND METHODS Antibiotics and organic acids were incorporated into boiler feed in different combinations to form 10 maize based te...

this study was carried out to investigate the effect of differentpreservative solutions to improve the keeping quality of tuberose (polianthes tuberosa cv. single). these preservative solutions (treatments) were: t1= 2% sucrose + 200 mg/l agno3, t2= 2% sucrose + 200 mg/l agno3 + 25 mg/l citric acid, t3= 2% sucrose + 300 mg/l hqs, t4 = 2% sucrose + 300 mg/l hqs+ 25 mg/l citric acid, t5= 2% sucro...

Corresponding Author Email : [email protected] The study evaluated effect of ascorbic acid and citric acid treatments on the functional and sensory properties of yam flour. Yam (Dioscorea rotundata) tubers were washed, peeled and cut into thin slices of 1cm thickness. The slices were divided into 7 portions. The 1st portion served as control. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th portions were soaked i...

In a first experiment, human subjects used a bipolar scale to rate the irritant sensation elicited by 10 sequentially repeated applications of either 3 ppm capsaicin or 250 mM citric acid on one side of the dorsal surface of the tongue, at 1 min intervals (30 s inter-stimulus interval). Citric acid-evoked irritation significantly increased across trials, consistent with sensitization. With caps...

Twenty-seven Yarrowia lipolytica strains as well as five strains from three other species of the Yarrowia clade (Aciculoconidium aculeatum, andida hispaniensis and Candida bentonensis) were screened for citric acid production with pure glycerol as the carbon source. The cultures were rown under nitrogen-limited conditions. None of the non-Yarrowia strains produced citric acid, although they wer...

The possible use of cotton waste as a carbohydrate source of citric acid production by Aspergillus niger was examined. No citric acid was produced when A. niger was grown on cotton waste as a sole carbon source. In two-stage fermentations, however, mycelium obtained from surface cultures in cotton waste medium yielded more citric acid when transferred to sucrose-containing media than when direc...

the acetylation of various alcohols and phenols was performed successfully using acetic anhydride in the presence of citric acid coated magnetite nanoparticles as catalyst under solvent-free condition and at 45 °c. the catalyst showed high thermal stability and was recovered and reused at least 5 times without any considerable loss of activity. the present process is environmentally benign and ...

According to current views on the intermediary metabolism of carbohydrate, both thiamine and citric acid are significant factors in the oxidation of this foodstuff, Thiamine in its phosphorylated form has been shown (Banga, Ochoa, and Peters, 1939) to be required for the oxidative removal of the pyruvic acid produced in the course of carbohydrate breakdown. Likewise, according to Krebs and John...