In this present work authors undertook an investigation on glucose, artificial sweetener and saccharin. This study compared the reality of the claimed sugar free nature of commercial artificial sweetener. A molecular level investigation is carried out by using FTIR spectroscopy and optical polarization experiment. The result obtained show that the sugar content of the artificial sweetener is su...

Elucidation of the structure of PrP(Sc) continues to be one major challenge in prion research. The mechanism of propagation of these infectious agents will not be understood until their structure is solved. Given that high resolution techniques such as NMR or X-ray crystallography cannot be used, a number of lower resolution analytical approaches have been attempted. Thus, limited proteolysis h...

Strain SC-087B(T), isolated from sewage sludge compost during a study of bacterial diversity in composts, was characterized. The isolate was a Gram-positive, short rod that was motile, catalase- and oxidase-negative and able to grow at 27-45 degrees C, pH 5.5-9.7 and in up to 10 % NaCl. The peptidoglycan was of the B2beta type, containing the characteristic amino acids ornithine, homoserine and...

Mice deficient in the epidermal water/glycerol transporter aquaporin-3 (AQP3) have reduced stratum corneum (SC) hydration and skin elasticity, and impaired barrier recovery after SC removal. SC glycerol content is reduced 3-fold in AQP3 null mice, whereas SC structure, protein/lipid composition, and ion/osmolyte content are not changed. We show here that glycerol replacement corrects each of th...

The present study aimed to clarify the relationship between sugars and vitamin C in fruit. The objective was to determine whether vitamin C content was regulated by sugar content due to the role of sugar as a precursor for vitamin C. During summer, maximal content in sugar and vitamin C were found in both genotypes tested Solanum lycopersicon 'Cervil' and 'Levovil'. During autumn, fruit pruning...

eight pollinators (as pollen parents) and four cms lines (as seed parents) differing in salinity and drought tolerance were evaluated using agro-morphological traits and microsatellite markers. root yield, leaf weight, sugar content, sodium content (na+), potassium content (k+), a-amino nitrogen content, alkalinity coefficient, molasses sugar, white sugar content, extraction coefficient of suga...

general combining ability of sugar beet parents were determined for different quantity and quality characteristics.forty six sugar beet hybrids obtained from crosses of 23 diploid pollinators with two male sterile parents as tester together with three checks were evaluated for 10 important agronomic and technological characters at kamalshar research station in karaj in 2004.experiment was carri...

Ten healthy male volunteers were studied to compare the effectiveness of intravenous and subcutaneous injections of 1 mg of glucagon on HG secretion. Plasma HGH level rose to a peak of 6 ng/ml or greater 120 minutes after the subcutaneous injection of glucagon (sc glucagon) in all subjects, whereas the intravenous injection of glucagon (iv glucagon) caused comparable increments in plasma HGH in...

Abstract The objective of this study is to describe the agronomic attributes SCS443 Isadora apple tree cultivar and highlight its potential use in Brazil. Obtained by hybridization made at Epagri 2001 between ‘Imperatriz’ ‘Cripps Pink’, after 20 years evaluations carried out Caçador-SC Fraiburgo-SC, ‘SCS443 Isadora’ was originated. This has a wide plasticity adaptation southern Brazilian climat...