This study investigated the effect of season (wet and dry) on milk composition of the dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius). Milk samples representing the wet and dry seasons were analyzed for total solids (TS), fat (F), solids-non-fat (SNF), ash, crude protein (CP), nitrogen soluble at pH 4.6 (SN), mineral content (MC) and casein fraction (CnF). Camel milk had higher (P

The effects of pre-treating different types of roughages with alkali on the efficacy of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes for improving their digestibility were studied in vitroin factorial arrangement 4 × 3 × 5 (enzyme, treatment and roughage types). Two fibrolytic feed enzymes novozyme (N) and celloclast (C) their combination (N+C) were evaluated for their potential to improve in vitrodegradation ...

Background: Degradation of phytic acid to inorganic phosphate in domestic animals’ diets requires thermostable phytase. Although Basillus subtilis phytase shows a potential to be degraded phytate complex in high temperature, the enzyme activities and yields need to be increased to make them possible for industrial application. Methods: The phytase gene from Bacillus subtilis DR8886 was...

To explore the function of light-harvesting complex protein (LHCP) in Arabidopsis growth and development, the Leclere and Bartel seed collection was screened. In this collection randomly cloned cDNAs are expressed under the CaMV35S promoter. A pale green line has been identified and characterized in more details. Analysis of the inserted cDNA in the pale green line showed it encodes LHCB1 prote...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is an autoimmune disease of central nervous system. since different types of immune cells are involved in ms pathogenesis, in this study we aimed to evaluate serum levels of several immunological components including soluble cd4 (scd4), scd8, scd163, and immunoglobulins as markers of activity of t-cells, macrophages, and b-cells in different types of ms. serum levels of ...

Nuclear cataract resulting from an overdose of selenite was characterized by a five-fold increase in nuclear urea-soluble protein. The origin of this urea-soluble protein was examined by two-dimensional electrophoresis, immunoblotting with monospecific antisera against rat lens crystallins, and tryptic mapping. Cataractous urea-soluble protein was primarily composed of insolubilized beta- and g...

background: withania somnifera l. dunal, (ashwagandha) belongs to the family solanaceae and is known as ‘indian ginseng’ in the traditional system of medicine. objectives: in the present investigation, comparative analysis was carried out between two different ecotypes of w. somnifera related to total soluble protein and antioxidant enzyme activity [catalase (cat), superoxide dismutase (sod) an...

The ability of pea protein isolates (PPI) to form complex coacervates with tragacanth gum was investigated. coacervate formation structurally compared three other PPI-polysaccharide interaction models: arabic and sodium alginate (known PPI) tara gum, a galactomannan. effects the pH protein/polysaccharide ratio were mainly investigated using turbidity zeta potential measurements. Regarding solub...

The fusion of sealed biological membranes joins their enclosed aqueous compartments while mixing their membrane bilayers. Reconstituted fusion reactions are commonly assayed by lipid mixing, which can result from either true fusion or from lysis and its attendant reannealing of membranes. Fusion is also frequently assayed by the mixing of lumenal aqueous compartments, using probes of low molecu...