I n t e r v e n t i o n Children were allocated to zinc syrup (20 mg of elemental zinc), 5 mL/d (n = 170); vitamin A, 200 000 IU (n = 159); zinc plus vitamin A (n = 175); or placebo (n = 161). Zinc or placebo syrup was given for 14 days, and on day 14, patients received a vitamin-A or placebo capsule. M a i n o u t c o m e m e a s u r e s Diarrhea (≥ 3 watery stools in 24 h or blood in the stoo...

A new simple, rapid, selective and precise high performance thin layer chromatographic (HPTLC) method has been developed for simultaneous estimation of vasicine, glycyrrhizin, eugenol, and cineole in herbal cough syrup. The retention factors of vasicine, glycyrrhizin, eugenol, and cineole are 0.53, 0.44, 0.75, and 0.77, respectively. Chromatography was performed on 60F254 percolated TLC plate u...

The objective of this study was the design and simulation a single effect evaporator for an agave syrup production line, using as main raw material, aguamiel obtained from Agave salmiana produced in ejido "Las Mangas" municipality Saltillo Coahuila, Mexico. carried out by evaluating equipment variables (such material feed to its outlet streams) response surface methodology (RSM), with which it ...

Background: The need for more cost-effective compounds is imperative because the demand for prebiotic compounds is ever on the rise. Objective: The focus of this study is the purification of the endoxylanase from Bacillus pumilus B20 and its application in a cost-effective production of the prebiotic xylooligosaccharide (XOS) syrup having a high concentration of oligo...

BACKGROUND The impact of honey or vinegar on several metabolic abnormalities has been studied separately, a mixture of these two ingredients known as honey vinegar syrup (HVS) has not been investigated previously so far. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of HVS consumption (Iranian's traditional syrup) on glycemic parameters and lipid profiles in healthy individuals. METHODS We c...

BACKGROUND Osmotic dehydration is a process of the partial removal of water which is based on immersion of material having cellular structure in a hypertonic solution. Osmotic dehydration is used as a pretreatment for the dehydration of foods before they are subjected to further processing such as freezing, freeze drying, vacuum drying. Management of spent syrup is one of the most important pro...

Normal-phase liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) was used to determine the levels and fate of procyanidins in frozen and canned Ross clingstone peaches as well as in the syrup used in the canning over a 3 month period. Procyanidin oligomers, monomers through undecamers, were identified in Ross clingstone peaches. Optimized methods allowed for the quantitation of oligomers through oc...