The aim of this study was to investigate how physico-chemical properties of two dietary fibres, guar gum and pectin, affected weight gain, adiposity, lipid metabolism, short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) profiles and the gut microbiota in male Wistar rats fed either low- or high-fat diets for three weeks. Both pectin and guar gum reduced weight gain, adiposity, liver fat and blood glucose levels in r...

The hydrodynamic behavior of high-methoxy (HM) and low-methoxy (LM) pectin solutions was examined by capillary viscometric analysis. The LM-pectin was produced from the HM-pectin by PME-deesterification. As a result of the viscometric analysis, the PMEdeesterified LM-pectin showed quite different solution behavior from the HM-pectin. The LM-pectin had larger intrinsic viscosity ([h]) than HM-pe...

To answer challenge of targeted and controlled drug release in oral delivery various materials were studied by different methods. In the present paper, controlled metal based drug (Pd(II) complex) release manner of β‑Lactoglobulin (β-LG) nanoparticles was investigated using mathematical drug release model in order to design and production of a new oral drug delivery system for gastrointestinal ...

Uji karakteristik pektin kulit buah sukun (Artocarpus altilis (Park.) Fosberg) dan uji kemampuan adsorpsi logam berat pada limbah laboratorium stifera Semarang. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu menentukan kondisi optimum dalam menyerap ion Pb2+ Cd2+ terhadap parameter variasi berat, lama waktu kontak, pH ukuran partikel serta persentase penurunan kadar cair farmasi. Metode isolasi dilakukan dengan m...

Pectin derived from plant waste sources is currently focused as an economical and eco-friendly approach. Optimization of pectin extraction from muskmelon peel by response surface methodology (RSM) was investigated in this study. Box-Behnken Design (BBD) was used to identify the optimal level of the extraction variables such as time, pH and temperature. A second-order model equation for pectin e...