Lawsone a natural pigment present in the henna leaves has been used as a skin and hair dye since 1400 BC. The concentration of this natural compound in leaves varies from place to place depending upon many of the environmental factors and the highest quantity reported so far is about 1% of the dry mass. Heretofore, it has been reported that natural colored extracts and isolate from Henna leaves...

Iodine deficiency leads to deficiency of thyroid hormones, which causes mental retardation in infant. Laboratory confirmation is important in its diagnosis. The major problems associated with the existing methods for iodine determination in milk samples are: 1) nonsafe alkaline solution; 2) harsh thermal condition; and 3) extra time required to complete various steps. In this study, a simple an...

turmeric (curcuma longa l.) is extensively used as a spice, food preservative and colouring material. it has been used in traditional medicine for various diseases. curcumin, the main yellow bioactive component of turmeric has been shown to have a wide spectrum of biological actions. heretofore, it has been reported that natural colored extracts isolated from turmeric rhizomes with many methods...

Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is extensively used as a spice, food preservative and colouring material. It has been used in traditional medicine for various diseases. Curcumin, the main yellow bioactive component of turmeric has been shown to have a wide spectrum of biological actions. Heretofore, it has been reported that natural colored extracts isolated from turmeric rhizomes with many methods...

In this paper, thermal effects of laser irradiance on biological tissue is investigated using computer simulations. Earlier attempts in this field made use of finite difference and finite element techniques. Here a novel approach is adopted to improve the results. The effect of our implicit approach on the convergence procedure and accuracy of results, with different timing steps, is explor...

An in vitro, batch incubator (Daisy(II)) was used to simplify the 3-step, in vitro procedure (TSP) to reduce the cost and labor involved in the determination of intestinal digestion of proteins. Four tests were conducted to study the effects of the type of pepsin (P-7012 and P-7000; Sigma, St. Louis, MO), the type of bags used for the incubation of samples (R510 and F57; Ankom Technology, Fairp...

In the last twenty years, elaborate models have been developed to formulate diets with greater accuracy in meeting the protein and amino acid requirements of lactating dairy cattle. Models for feeding protein to dairy cattle in the USA evolved from basic crude protein (NRC, 1978) to more complex systems based on rumen undegraded protein (RUP) and intestinal digestion of RUP (NRC, 2001). The NRC...

A method has been devised whereby certain complete restriction digestions can have short overlaps of unique sequence incorporated into the fragments during cloning. Thus one can identify when the DNA fragments are contiguous. Here, this technique is used to produce a contig for a 2.5 kb fragment of genomic DNA. This is a simple approach to ordering digestion fragments without necessarily perfor...

the effect of temperature on the main feeding parameters of mnemiopsis leidyi from the southern caspian sea was studied in 2002. the clearance rates and daily rations were estimated from laboratory experiments in a wide range of temperatures from 12 to 27 ?c for m. leidyi of 12?17 mm in length. clearance rate values changed from 52.5 to 107.3 ml ind-1 h-1. the coefficient q10 in temperature 12 ...

the effect of organic loading rate (olr) provided by hydraulic retention time (hrt) and influent chemical oxygen demand (codin) on the performance of an up-flow anaerobic sludge fixed film (uasff) bioreactor treating palm oil mill effluent (pome) was studied. anaerobic digestion of pome was modeled and analyzed with two variables i.e. hrt and codin. experiments were conducted based on a general...