Stabilizers are ingredients employed to improve the technological properties of products. The food industry and consumers have recently become interested in development natural ingredients. In this work, effects hydrocolloids from butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata) seeds (HBSS) as stabilizers on physicochemical, rheological, sensory yogurt were examined. HBSS improved yogurt’s physical stabi...

Aim: To synthesize silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from Azadirachta indica leaf extract and determine its effect on membrane stability.
 Place Duration of Study: Department Biochemistry, Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria, between January 2021 April 2021.
 Methodology: Simple characterization using uv-vis spectroscopy was conducted the well-known method for osmotic fragility employ...

Abstract Background In Plasmodium falciparum infection, clinical conditions such as anaemia, thrombocytopenia and leukocytosis are common. Mutation in haemoglobin sub-unit beta gene ( HBB ) may be a genetic factor responsible for these haematological changes during infection. However, the contributions of carriage different genotypes on remain largely unknown. Methodology this cross-sectional s...

A specially composed medium for storing avulsed teeth has been developed. In experimental and clinical studies it could be shown that PDL cells could be kept viable during storage in the medium for up to 53 h. In the present study the medium was tested on pulp cells. A total of 40 immature unerupted third molars with open apices were removed surgically and the teeth were stored in a special cel...

BACKGROUND Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with both acute vaso-occlusive painful events as well as chronic pain syndromes, including heightened sensitivity to touch. We have previously shown that mice with severe SCD (HbSS mice; express 100% human sickle hemoglobin in red blood cells; RBCs) have sensitized nociceptors, which contribute to increased mechanical sensitivity. Yet, the hype...

Background and objectives: Homozygous sickle cell disease (SCD) patients frequently are alloimmunized resulting in restricted compatible blood supply. Methods to reduce exposure to allogeneic blood are not used frequently. Autologous blood from HbSS patients cannot be used because there is not a safe way to determine if it is suitable for re-transfusion.This feasibility study aims to establish ...

Transferrin (Tf) is a liver-derived iron transport protein whose plasma concentration increases following exposure to hypoxia. Here, we present a cell culture model capable of expressing Tf mRNA in an oxygen-dependent manner. A 4-kilobase pair Tf promoter/enhancer fragment as well as the 300-base pair liver-specific Tf enhancer alone conveyed hypoxia responsiveness to a heterologous reporter ge...

INTRODUCTION We presented the findings from 2 seroprevalence studies conducted 6 years apart, so as to determine changes in the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positivity rate and immunity to hepatitis B virus (HBV) among Singapore residents aged 18 to 69 years, and to assess the impact of a 4-year catch-up hepatitis B immunisation programme for adolescents and young adults launched in 2001...

Although several studies have supported that sickle cell trait (HbAS) protects against falciparum malaria, the exact mechanism by which sickle gene confers protection is unclear. Further, there is no information on the influence of the sickle gene on the parasitic diversity of P. falciparum population in severe symptomatic malaria. This study was undertaken to assess the effect of the sickle ge...

To characterize the short-term effects of grain dusts on pulmonary function, mucosal inflammation, and systemic responses, four women and three men inhaled nebulized corn and soybean dust extracts, endotoxin diluted with Hanks' balanced salt solution (HBSS), and HBSS. Subjects were volunteers recruited via newspaper advertisement and were required to be healthy, nonasthmatic, nonatopic never-sm...