Protease executes a large variety of functions and it has many biotechnological applications. It represents as one of the third largest group of industrial enzyme and finds its applications in detergents, leather industry, pharmaceutical industry etc. Among the different vegetable waste products, peel of Manihot esculenta (Tapioca/ cassava) was used as substrates for the production of protease ...

The properties and permeability of aroma compounds in food through the cassava starch films was investigated. Films were prepared by 5% starch and properties of the films were monitored at different concentration of two plasticizers; glycerol and sorbitol. Sorbitol-cassava starch films showed a better transmission rate (water vapor or/and oxygen), and had a higher mechanical properties; tensile...

Gas production (GP) and starch degradation (STAD) from starchy feedstuffs were measured simultaneously by in-vitro incubation in buffered rumen fluid after 0, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 24 h incubation to explore the possibility to estimate STAD via GP technique for starchy feedstuffs. The results showed the ranking in the initial degree of starch degradation and gas production. Potato starch and maiz...

The effects of konjac glucomannan (KGM) on thermal behavior of wheat starch have been studied in the presence of low concentrations of Na2CO3 (0.1-0.2 wt% of starch). Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) allows the visualization of the starch gelatinization process and granule remnants in starch pastes. Heating the starch dispersion in KGM-Na2CO3 solution significantly delays granule swell...

this article reports a study of the thermo-oxidation and biodegradation in the soil of low-density polyethylene/starch films (ldpe/starch) by infrared spectroscopy: films of ldpe/starch blends of different composition (starch content range from 0 to 15% w/w),were prepared and exposed to thermo-oxidation at different temperatures at 80, 90 and 100°c,and buried in the soil of public dump during 3...