Sheep´s milk whey is an important source of protein and present functional properties. Studies related to the concentration sheep´s proteins are still scarce in literature. In order improve not only chemical, physical properties foods, but also absorption characteristics proteins, without impairing nutritional value, enzymatic hydrolysis process can be used. From generated bioactive peptides th...

Blood conservation strategies have become a standard of practice in cardiac surgery, with the use of antifibrinolytic agents and ultrafiltration two popular techniques. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of continuous ultrafiltration on e-aminocaproic acid (EACA) utilizing functional coagulation analysis. A fibrinolytic assay was developed to detect EACA using the thromboelas...

An on-line mass spectrometric method has been developed to generate and identify drug metabolites formed by hepatic cytochromes P450. This method, pulsed ultrafiltration-mass spectrometry, may be used for rapid screening of drugs to determine their extent of metabolism by microsomal cytochromes P450 and to characterize the primary metabolites. Rat liver microsomes were trapped in a stirred ultr...

Ultrafiltration and microfiltration are 2 types of membrane filtration commonly used by the dairy industry. Filtered milk products becoming increasingly common, but there is concern that consumers unfamiliar with these processing methods may form negative uninformed perceptions cheeses made milks. There many studies address chemical physical properties filtered milk, but, to our knowledge, none...

We have determined the density, rheological behavior and surface tension of whey protein concentrate (WPC) solutions. Densities (r) were measured at concentrations of 0.05–0.40 w/w at temperatures of 20–35C. The results were expressed as a function of temperature and mass fraction (w). This function fit the data with deviations of less than 0.4%. Apparent viscosities (ha) for WPC solutions with...

Fluid overload (FO) is a common complication for pediatric patients in the intensive care unit. When conventional therapy fails, hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis is classically used for fluid removal. Unfortunately, these therapies are often associated with cardiovascular or respiratory instability. Ultrafiltration, using devices such as the Aquadex™ system (Baxter Healthcare, Deerfield, IL,...

A novel process involving a paper-based ultrafiltration (UF) membrane was developed via paper coating technology. The membrane employed a paper sheet as support layer and a coated thin film layer of adhesive. The proper selection of paper sheet support layer was crucial to the performance of the ultrafiltration membrane. A paper sheet with beating degree of 85SR and basis weight of 50g/m was ch...

An on-line mass spectrometric method has been developed to generate and identify drug metabolites formed by hepatic cytochromes P450. This method, pulsed ultrafiltration-mass spectrometry, may be used for rapid screening of drugs to determine their extent of metabolism by microsomal cytochromes P450 and to characterize the primary metabolites. Rat liver microsomes were trapped in a stirred ultr...