Securigera securidaca (L.) Degen & Dorfl grows in different parts of Iran. The seeds of the species are used in Iranian folk medicine as an anti-diabetic agent. Many studies have established hypoglycemic effects of amino acids and in the present investigation, amino acids of Securigera securidaca seeds have been evaluated. The ground seeds were extracted using petroleum ether,...

in this study, prodused wheyless cheese was a kind of feta cheese that was considered as a substitution for uf cheese. in this method, by mixing whey protein concentrate (wpc) or milk protein concentrate (mpc) in cream, similar to retentate, which is used in ultrafiltration cheese, was obtained. then, the process was followed similar to production of uf cheese. two experimental samples with the...

By using a rapid and sensitive method for determination of total protein and free amino acid contents we have shown that mouse preimplantation embryos developing in vivo and in vitro contain decreasing amounts of protein until the late blastocyst stage. Free amino acid contents in embryos developing in vivo drop following fertilization and then rise gradually until the late blastocyst stage. Em...

The free amino acid profile of the fruiting bodies of Pleurotus ostreatus was studied in detail. The first evidence for the occurrence of N delta-acetyl-L-ornithine in the mushroom was presented, and 33 ninhydrin-positive compounds were determined, besides N delta-acetyl-L-ornithine. Alanine, glutamic acid, valine, glutamine, glycine and leucine were predominant protein amino acids occurring in...

Various investigators have reported changes in the concentration of the free amino acids in blood plasma and tissues of guinea-pigs in acute vitamin C deficiency. Christensen & Lynch (1948) found in guinea-pigs deficient in ascorbic acid a large decrease in the glycine and glutamine contents of skeletal muscle and in the glutamine content of the liver. Levels of amino acids other than glycine a...