Background & Aim:   Changes in lifestyle, decrease in physical exercise along with incidence of obesity, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases indicate a need for low calorie formulations. The sweetness of Stevia, a natural sweetener, is estimated to be 300 times as much as that of sugar. Extraction of stevia leaves is considered a promoter of calorie balance and a beneficial part of a healt...

The main thrust of this study was to determine the profile Guso (Eucheuma sp.) Ice Cream enhanced with Blue ternate in terms ingredients and costing, tools equipment, procedure, shelf life, nutritive value, sensory qualities level preferences three different treatments aspect appearance, taste, aroma, texture. utilized experimental design aid a descriptive questionnaire which determined respond...

The objective of this study was to develop a wax-oleogel (soybean oil—SBO, peanut oil—PNO, and carnauba wax—CBW) be used as fat replacer for ice cream formulations. oleogels were structured with 6%, 8%, 10% CBW characterized by oil binding capacity (OBC), visual evaluation, thermal properties (DSC), microstructure polarized light microscopy (PLM). All resulted in firm stable gel 60 days, regard...

As consumers we are all acutely aware of the texture when we eat or drink solids or liquids and there can no doubt that texture is an important determinant of food quality. Results from the development of the process for sorghum based cones suggested the importance of optimizing the appearance and texture in future studies in the cone development for better consumer acceptance. In this study se...

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BACKGROUND The current trend globally is the utilization of natural products as therapeutic agents given its minimum side effects. The leaves of Stevia contain several active ingredient compounds such as rebaudioside. Stevia extract have been used for many purposes. Active oxygen radicals can induce base modifications, DNA breakage, and intracellular protein crosslink's. This study was done to ...

BACKGROUND Pain is a common adverse effect of dermatological laser procedures. Currently, no standard topical anaesthetic cream exists for deeper dermal laser procedures. OBJECTIVES To compare the efficacy of lidocaine/tetracaine cream and lidocaine/prilocaine cream in reducing self-reported pain during deeper dermal laser treatment of acne keloidalis nuchae (AKN) and tattoos. METHODS We co...

Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including selective cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitors, have come to play an important role in the pharmacologic management of musculoskeletal disorders. Clinical trials have established the efficacy of etoricoxib in Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Acute Gouty Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Low back pain, acute postoperative pain, and pri...