1. When we plot the values of osmotic pressure, swelling, and viscosity of gelatin solutions as ordinates over the pH as abscissae, practically identical curves are obtained for the effect of monobasic acids (HCl, HBr, HNO(3), and acetic acid) on these properties. 2. The curves obtained for the effect of H(2)SO(4) on gelatin are much lower than those obtained for the effect of monobasic acids, ...

This method depends upon the use of formalindenatured gelatin with finely powdered charcoal incorporated as an indicator of liquefaction. The gelatin charcoal is used only as a substrate for testing the gelatinase activity and not as a nutrient medium. This substrate contains a large number of minute particles of charcoal with a comparatively small amount of gelatin as binding substance. Conseq...

Abstract This study was conducted to determine the effect of gelatin reology on mechanical, physical and morphological properties gelatin-based edible films. The aim this better understand variation viscosity structural behaviour films in presence glycerol sorbitol plasticizers. Gelatin-based were casted by using gelatins different viscosities as 2.5, 3.0 3.5 centipoise with plasticisers sorbit...

Phosphonated gelatin was prepared for surface modification of titanium to stimulate cell functions. The modified gelatin was synthesized by coupling with 3-aminopropylphosphonic acid using water-soluble carbodiimide and characterized by (31)P nuclear magnetic resonance and gel permeation chromatography. Circular dichroism revealed no differences in the conformations of unmodified and phosphonat...

Physical properties are crucial to gelatin utilization and the physical properties are determined by structure. Therefore, it is important to investigate the nanostructure and physical properties of gelatin over the full range of concentrations which are widely applied in research and industry. Nanostructure of gelatin can be investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM). However, it is hard to...

We have used fluorescein isosthiocyanate-conjugated gelatin (FITC-gelatin) (1 mg/ml) to localize cell surface fibronectin in unfixed live cells in cultures. FITC-gelatin stains the fibronectin matrix on primary cultures of rat and chick embryo fibroblasts as well as untransformed, established cell lines. In live cultured cells, fibronectin in many areas of the extracellular matrix is inaccessib...

Electrospinning has been recognized as an efficient technique for the fabrication of polymernanofibers. Recently, various polymers have successfully been electrospun into ultrafine fibers.Electrospinning is an extremely promising method for the preparation of tissue engineering scaffolds.In this study, nanofibers gelatin was electrospun at 20% v/v optimized content. To produce...

The effects of zinc oxide nanorod on the barrier, sorption isotherm and antibacterial properties of tapioca starch/bovine gelatin Bionanocomposite films were investigated. The nanorod-rich ZnO (ZnO-N) was homogenized by sonication and incorporated into tapioca starch/bovine gelatin solutions at different concentrations (e.g. 0.5, 2, and 3.5% w/w dried solid). Incorporation of 3.5% of nanopartic...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the potentiation of gene therapy using fibroblast growth factor 4 (FGF4)-gene by combining plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) with biodegradable gelatin hydrogel (GHG). BACKGROUND Virus vectors transfer genes efficiently but are biohazardous, whereas naked DNA is safer but less efficient. Deoxyribonucleic acid charges negatively; GHG has a positively charged struct...

1. When solid blocks of isoelectric gelatin are placed in cold distilled water or dilute buffer of pH 4.7, only those of a gelatin content of more than 10 per cent swell, while those of a lower gelatin content not only do not swell but actually lose water. 2. The final quantity of water lost by blocks of dilute gelatin is the same whether the block is immersed in a large volume of water or whet...