An analytical method using GC/MS for the detection of 4 kinds of dietary emulsifiers, glycerin, sucrose, sorbitan and propylene glycol monoesters of fatty acids (GE, SuE, SE, PGE), in beverages was developed. The emulsifiers were extracted from beverages with tetrahydrofuranethyl acetate (6:4) by homogenizing. The extract was cleaned up on a silica gel column and subsequently a C8 cartridge col...

The Halobacteria are a well-studied archaeal class and numerous investigations are showing how their diversity is distributed amongst genomes and geographic locations. Evidence indicates that recombination between species continuously facilitates the arrival of new genes, and within species, it is frequent enough to spread acquired genes amongst all individuals in the population. To create perm...

Most protocols for yeast subcellular fractionation involve the use of mechanical shear forces to lyse the spheroplasts produced by the enzymatic digestion of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall. These mechanical homogenization procedures often involve the manual use of devices such as the Dounce homogenizer, and so are very operator-dependent and, in consequence, lack reproducibility. Here, ...

Solid lipid nanoparticles of atovaquone (ATQ-SLN) were prepared by high shearhomogenization method using tripalmitin, trilaurin, and Compritol 888 ATO as the lipidmatrices and Phospholipon 90H, Tween 80, and poloxamer 188 as the surfactants. Optimizationof the formulations was conducted using 6 sets of 24 full-factorial design based on fourindependent variables that were the number of homogeniz...

Solid lipid nanoparticles of atovaquone (ATQ-SLN) were prepared by high shearhomogenization method using tripalmitin, trilaurin, and Compritol 888 ATO as the lipidmatrices and Phospholipon 90H, Tween 80, and poloxamer 188 as the surfactants. Optimizationof the formulations was conducted using 6 sets of 24 full-factorial design based on fourindependent variables that were the number of homogeniz...

The placenta is an essential component of the life-support system for the developing foetus, enabling nutrients and waste to be exchanged between the foetal and maternal circulations. Maternal blood flows between the densely packed branches of villous trees, within which are foetal vessels. Here, we explore some of the challenges in modelling maternal haemodynamic transport using homogenization...

For the interrogation of cancellous bone using ultrasound, we undertake a derivation of the time-harmonic, acoustic equations, idealizing the bone as a periodic arrangement of a Kelvin–Voigt viscoelastic porous matrix containing a viscous fluid. Since we are interested in acoustics, rather than filtration, we assume that the fluid is slightly compressible. Moreover, we study the monophasic case...