Perinatal PUFA nutrition is usually studied in the context of resource-replete populations in Western countries. Under conditions of ample dietary energy and protein, study findings may be neutral because long-chain PUFA (LC-PUFA) effects are obscured by high-performing control groups, widerthan-assumed variability and other factors. Moreover, studies of hidden hunger, defined by adequate energ...

Symbiosis between leguminous plants and soil bacteria, commonly referred to as rhizobia, is of considerable economic importance, in low input sustainable agriculture, agroforestry and land reclamation, besides being eco-friendly. In the era of development and commercialization of bioinoculant technology for sustainable agriculture development, rhizobial inoculants have been targetted as potenti...

Perinatal PUFA nutrition is usually studied in the context of resource-replete populations in Western countries. Under conditions of ample dietary energy and protein, study findings may be neutral because long-chain PUFA (LC-PUFA) effects are obscured by high-performing control groups, widerthan-assumed variability and other factors. Moreover, studies of hidden hunger, defined by adequate energ...

The intestinal permeability to markers was assessed in preruminant calves fed different milk substitutes containing skimmed milk powder or whey and soyabean products of differing antigenic activity as the protein sources. In Experiment 1, the 6 h urinary excretion of lactulose transiently decreased with the antigenic soyabean product but not that of sucrose of D-mannitol. In Experiment 2, the 6...

This study is concerned with the optimization of fermentation parameters for the hyper production of mannanase from Fusarium oxysporum SS-25 employing two step statistical strategy and kinetic characterization of crude enzyme preparation. The Plackett-Burman design used to screen out the important factors in the culture medium revealed 20% (w/w) wheat bran, 2% (w/w) each of potato peels, soyabe...