Objective: In this research, the production and quality characteristics of new healthy pomegranate snacks (Punica granatum L.) obtained by drying after different pre-treatments were investigated. Material Methods: Besides control group, three applied to seeds before drying. Pomegranate without any pre-treatment grouped as “control” samples (C) other group was boiled in 80 °C water for 2 minutes...

ABSTRACT: In this study the reliability of using response surface-neural network method to predict the osmotic dehydration properties of crookneck squash has been investigated. In order to carry out this project, the osmotic solution concentration, the osmotic solution temperature and immersion time were chosen as inputs and solid gain and water loss were selected as outputs of the designed net...

Assessing the tolerance of medicinal plants is important for planting them in drought areas. Arginine is a growth regulator and its role in plants’ tolerance to environmental stresses such as drought has been investigated. To evaluate the protective effects of arginine against osmotic stress induced by polyethylene glycol in ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi) seedlings, an experiment was conducted as ...

Spinal ganglia of rabbits and cats were prepared for histological examination in a variety of ways. Dark staining multangular cells are present in sections after fixation with formaldehyde succeeded by (a) alcoholic dehydration; (b) sectioning with the freezing microtome. Sections treated in other ways, including freezing-drying, only have the typical small and large round cells. It is suggeste...

Recombinant sucrose-6-phosphate synthase (SpsA) was synthesized in Escherichia coli BL21DE3 by using the spsA gene of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. Transformants exhibited a 10,000-fold increase in survival compared to wild-type cells following either freeze-drying, air drying, or desiccation over phosphorus pentoxide. The phase transition temperatures and vibration freq...

Cuticular wax deposition and composition affects drought tolerance and yield in plants. We examined the relationship between wax and dehydration stress by characterizing the leaf cuticular wax of tree tobacco (Nicotiana glauca L. Graham) grown under periodic dehydration stress. Total leaf cuticular wax load increased after each of three periods of dehydration stress using a CH2Cl2 extraction pr...