introduction: the consumption of dietary fiber plays an important role in the prevention of illnesses such as diabetes type 2, hypercholesterolemia. dietary fibers are not only desirable for their nutritional properties but also for their functional and technological properties. this study was undertaken to investigate the possibility of alkaline hydrolysis to remove fiber from rice bran. mater...

in this study, binding ability of lactobacillus rhamnosus lgg to aflatoxin of pistachio was investigated. results indicate that the bacterium has aflatoxin surface binding ability of 35% (with initial concentration of 10 ppb aflatoxin) in exponential phase. acid and heat treatment increase this ability to 85%. in the second concentration of aflatoxin (20 ppb), this binding ability for viable ce...

High-capacity bile acid-sequestering biopolymers with cationic polysaccharide derivatives have been developed. Cholestyramine, the bile acid sequestrant most widely used for treating hypercholesterolaemia, has unpleasant side effects because of the hydrophobic nature of its backbone. Methylan, a high-viscosity polysaccharide produced by Methylobacterium organophilum, was selected as a model pol...

The serum transferrin concentration is usually overestimated when assessed as total iron binding capacity, because iron binds not only to transferrin but also, non-specifically, to other serum proteins [l-3]. Transferrin concentration can be measured directly by immunochemical methods including: radial immunodiffusion [ 1,2,4-61, immunonephelometric assay [6,7] and immunoturbidimetric assay [8,...

in this work, the structural and electronic properties of folic acid molecule on functionalized (7,0)zigzag single-walled carbon nanotube was studied in gas phase on the basis of density functionaltheory (dft). furthermore, covalent interaction of folic acid with single-walled carbon nanotube wasinvestigated and its quantum molecular descriptors and binding energies were calculated. the dftb3ly...

Original Article Background & objectives: To assess the nutritional iron status and anemia prevalence in rural children of Warangal district, A.P. INDIA. Methods: We have studied serum iron, total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) relation ship in 50 rural children in the age group of 8-12 years. Results: As expected there was a highly significant increased levels of serum iron and a lower TIBC. The...

It is generally assumed that hepatic transport of bile acids is a carrier-mediated process. However, the basic mechanisms by which these organic anions are translocated across the liver cell surface membrane are not well understood. Since carrier-mediated transport involved binding of the transported molecule to specific receptor sites, we have investigated the possibility that bile acid recept...