Production of intracellular β-xylosidase was studied in cultures of Penicillium janthinellum grown on citrus fruit waste supplemented cultivation media. Both dried orange peel and sweet lime peel could induce the production of this enzyme. The working strain showed a pronounced optimum pH and temperature for β-xylosidase production at 6.0 and 27 °C, respectively. The enzyme production was found...

We studied the effects of cooking on the vitamin and mineral content of vegetables (vegetable soup, cauliflower), meat (beefsteak) and fish (sole) and those of cutting (fruit salad) and squeezing (orange juice) on the vitamin content of fruits. In cooked dishes, vitamin retention ranged between 0 (folic acid, all dishes) and 94% (retinol, sole) and mineral retention between 63 (copper, cauliflo...

This paper describe the high-voltage pulsed discharge generated in water with different types of bubbling gases as well as no gas in a reactor with a point-mesh electrode configuration. The pulsed discharges are a promising technique in environmental remediation to treatment of wastewater. Acid orange 7organic dye solution was treated as a common wastewater sample to elucidate chemical efficien...

Electrical heating of food products provides rapid and uniform heating, resulting in less thermal damage to the product. The objective of this research was to examine the effects of ohmic heating on the stability of orange juice with comparison to conventional pasteurization. During storage at 4 degrees C, degradation curves of ascorbic acid followed a linear decrease pattern in both ohmic-heat...

W. Barros-Parada, A.L. Knight, E. Basoalto, and E. Fuentes-Contreras. 2013. An evaluation of orange and clear traps with pear ester to monitor codling moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in apple orchards. Cien. Inv. Agr. 40(2):307-315. Studies were conducted to evaluate the use of several trap-lure combinations to improve the monitoring of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricid...

Ascorbic acid contents of some fruits and vegetables in Abakaliki were analyzed through titrimetric methods. The results recorded the concentrations (mg/100g) of ascorbic acids in various fruits as orange (15.47 ± 0.23), lemon (12.87 ± 0.45), grape (2.00 ± 0.10), paw-paw (46.40 ± 1.65), apple (2.20 ± 0.10), banana (1.87 ± 0.06), carrot (1.80 ± 0.04), pineapple (2.80 ± 0.10), water melon (2.27 ±...

Spectrophotometric and electrochemical studies were successfully used in quantitative analysis of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride (ATH) and Nortriptyline Hydrochloride (NTH). Conductometric titration were carried out in equeous solution using iodide and dopamine and serotonine as titrant. Two new methods using spectrophotometry are dascribed for the determination of (ATH) and (NTH) with potassium b...

Green synthesis of nanoparticles supports reuse, reduce and recycle concept towards the environmental friendly synthesis and also produce the good results compare to chemical methods in some of the cases. MgO nanoparticles can be prepared by solution combustion synthesis using citric acid is a fuel. The same citric acid is available in the nature in so many form just like tamarind, lemon and or...

Most dyes constitute a class of electrolytes display ing peculiar properties in their relationship with water. There is a great deal of evidence that dye ions aggregate in aqueous solutions.15 Several methods have been proposed for the study of this phenomenon. Although very promising, vapour pressure osmometry has been almost completely neglected. Milicevic and Eigenmann6 reported the values o...

Azo dyes are widely used in textile, printing, cosmetic, drug and food-processing industries. They are also used extensively in laboratories as either biological stains or pH indicators. The extent of such use is related to the degree of industrialization. Since intestinal cancer is more common in highly industrialized countries, a possible connection may exist between the increase in the numbe...