Bitter melons have been proven with anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic activities. However, due to its short shelf life bitter taste, the consumption of melon is limited in United States. Among many encapsulation technologies, spray drying a cost-effective method for bioactive compounds. Polysaccharides proteins are vastly used as wall materials The juice can provide protection over compounds ...

The effects of Arabic gum (AG) against nephrotoxicity of mercury (Hg), an oxidative-stress inducing substance, in rats were investigated. A single dose of mercuric chloride (5 mg/kg intraperitoneal injection) induced renal toxicity, manifested biochemically by a significant increase in serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, and total nitrate/nitrite prod...

The modification of gum Arabic with ferulic acid oxidation products was performed in aqueous medium, at 30 °C and pH 7.5, the presence Myceliophthora thermophila laccase as biocatalyst. First, this study aimed to investigate structures that could possibly be covalently grafted onto Arabic. HPLC analyses revealed reaction produced several products, whose were investigated using LC-MS/MS (liquid ...

We argue against the structural interpretation given in paper doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116843 that primary structure of gum Arabic species is a disk-like nanoparticle. show both our and Isobe et al.’s SAXS data are comparable, which demonstrates we have investigated same type Arabic. However, also two-dimensional models, as first proposed by Renard, Sanchez coworkers, fail to fit curves a...

Effects of salep gum at concentrations of 0.5%, 1%, 3%, and 5% (w/w flour basis) and the Persian gum at concentrations of 0.5%, 1%, and 3% (w/w flour basis) and combination of the two gums at concentrations of 0.5% + 0.5%, 0.75% + 0.25%, and 0.25% + 0.75% on rheological properties of the wheat flour dough and quality of Taftoon bread were studied with regard to retardation of staling. Rheologic...

Gellan gum production was carried out by Sphingomonas paucimobilis ATCC 31461 in a simplified medium with a short incubation time, and a kinetic model for understanding, controlling, and optimizing the fermentation process was proposed. The results revealed that glucose was the best carbon source and that the optimal concentration was 30 g liter(-1). As for the fermenting parameters, considerab...