is a food science and nutrition professional with extensive academic experience as a faculty member, author of several books, speaker at many conferences nationally and internationally, scientific advisor to many groups including the Carbohydrate Committee of the International Life Sciences Institute, and a leader in scientific food and nutrition organizations. Abstract The carbohydrate (CHO) q...

The phagocytic process is a combination of a sequence of events which includes a recognition attachment phase and a subsequent internalization phase. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of plasma fibronectin on the attachment and ingestion of gelatinized sheep erythrocytes to isolated rat Kupffer cells in a monolayer assay. Kupffer cells were isolated by sequential collagen...

A rigid paste of starch and water is responsible to an important degree for the physical properties of baked products made with wheat flour. Starch constitutes about 55 per cent of the weight of the starch-water fraction of bread dough and about 35 to 40 per cent of that of muffin and cake batters. The ratio of starch to its own combined water is even higher than these figures indicate because ...

Starch is a natural polymer which possesses many unique properties and some shortcoming simultaneously. Some synthetic polymers are biodegradable and can be tailor-made easily. Therefore, by combining the individual advantages of starch and synthetic polymers, starch-based completely biodegradable polymers (SCBP) are potential for applications in biomedical and environmental fields. Therefore i...

The present investigation was undertaken with an objective of formulating modified release (MR) matrix tablets of Oxcarbazepine (OXC) an anti-epileptic drug, based on cellulose ether polymers like Hydroxy Propyl Methyl Cellulose (HPMC K4M and LVCR 100) and Hydroxy Propyl Cellulose (HPC JF) as drug release retardants to overcome poor patient compliance and exposure to high doses associated with ...

Results from the present study have shown that the ionic species of buffers, pH values and reaction temperature can affect the enzyme unit activities and product specificity of Toruzyme (Novo Nordisk A/S Bagsvaerd, Denmark) CGTase (cyclodextrin glucanotransferase). Applying a similar reaction environment (acetate buffer, pH 6.0; temperature, 60 degrees C), the CGTase was found to be capable of ...

The influence of excipients on the disintegration times of tablets and the release of papaverine hydrochloride (PAP) from tablets were studied. Ten different formulations of tablets with PAP were prepared by direct powder compression. Different binders, disintegrants, fillers, and lubricants were used as excipients. The release of PAP was carried out in the paddle apparatus using 0.1 N HCl as a...

Amylose is well known to be organized helically with six glucose per turn, allowing it form complexes various ligands. This interaction can affected by the type of crystalline structure present in starch sources. study evaluated effect extrusion on during RS5 formation. Rice and potato starches were extruded at 100 °C 15 rpm 5% 10% oleic acid (OA), then physical, thermal, paste properties, resi...