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Circulating anodic antigen (CAA) testing is a powerful, increasingly-used tool for diagnosis of active schistosome infection. We sought to determine the feasibility and reliability of measuring CAA in blood spots collected on Whatman 903 protein saver cards, which are the predominant filter papers used worldwide for dried blood spot (DBS) research and clinical care. CAA was eluted from blood sp...

BACKGROUND The use of pomegranate peel is highly associated with its rich phenolic concentration. Series of drying methods are recommended since bioactive compounds are highly sensitive to thermal degradation. The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of drying on the bioactive compounds, antioxidant as well as antibacterial and antityrosinase activities of pomegranate peel. METHODS Dri...

Recently, consumers have become more concerned with foods contain natural ingredients in terms of health and economic. Hence, in this study, the effects of concentrate of smoked and sun dried raisin were investigated at 3 levels (1, 3 and 5%) as a natural humectant to improve the quality and shelf life of flat bread. Results showed that addition of smoked and sun dried raisin improved quality a...

Hesperidin nanocrystals was generated by high pressure homogenization. The physicochemical properties of a spray dried hesperidin nanocrystals were investigated including to re-dispersion, crystalline state, kinetic solubility, dissolution velocity. Hesperidin nanosuspension with concentration of 10% (w/v) was dried by a Mini Spray-dryer B-190. Photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS) and laser di...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to assess demineralized dentin porosity and quantify the different porous features distribution within the material using mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) technique. We compared hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) drying and lyophilization (LYO) (freeze-drying) in sample preparation. METHODS Fifty-six dentin discs were assigned into three groups. The co...

Dried blood spots offer many advantages as a sample format including ease and safety of transport and handling. To date, the majority of mass spectrometry analyses of dried blood spots have focused on small molecules or hemoglobin. However, dried blood spots are a potentially rich source of protein biomarkers, an area that has been overlooked. To address this issue, we have applied an untargete...

Leaves of American mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum L.) are of interest to the pharmaceutical industry as an alternative source of podophyllotoxin, an aryltetralin lignan that is the precursor of widely used anticancer drugs etoposide, teniposide, and etopophos. In this study, the effects of post-harvest handling were evaluated by inflicting physical damage to leaves of mayapple to simulate rough...

The present study was designed to examine the effect of freeze-dried soybean curd (tofu) on various bodily functions. The dietary experiment consisted of 4 days of a non-prescribed ordinary diet, 10 days of an experimental diet that contained 190 g of meat contributing about 38 g of protein (hereinafter referred to as the "meat period"), and 39 days of an experimental diet that contributed vege...