Systematic set of emulsification experiments is performed to elucidate the role of several factors, which control the process of drop breakup during emulsification in turbulent flow. As starting oil-water premixes we use emulsions containing monodisperse oil drops, which are generated by the method of membrane emulsification. By passing these premixes through a narrow-gap homogenizer working in...

It has been known for a considerable time, e.g. Rachford (1891), that the addition of bile salts increases the rate of hydrolysis of fat by pancreatic lipase. Bile salts could speed up the rate of hydrolysis by activating the enzyme molecule, but since they are surface-active agents and therefore emulsifying agents it is clear that their activating effect could be simply due to an emulsificatio...

RAFT-mediated polymerisation-induced self-assembly (PISA) is used to prepare six types of amphiphilic block copolymer nanoparticles which were subsequently evaluated as putative Pickering emulsifiers for the stabilisation of n-dodecane-in-water emulsions. It was found that linear poly(glycerol monomethacrylate)-poly(2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate) (PGMA-PHPMA) diblock copolymer spheres and worms ...

Many of the retinal cell types in both vertebrate and invertebrate eyes have already been investigated using these techniques. As is well known, this has resulted in the positive identification of the physiologic response of vertebrate photoreceptors and certain other retinal neurons. These results are among the most important in recent visual physiology. As interest in intracellular staining i...

14 Regulatory, safety, and environmental issues have prompted the development of aqueous 15 enzymatic extraction (AEE) for extracting components from oil-bearing materials. The 16 emulsion resulting from AEE requires de-emulsification to separate the oil; when enzymes 17 are used for this purpose, the method is known as aqueous enzymatic emulsion de18 emulsification (AEED). In general, enzyme a...

Large portions of rice bran protein cannot be solubilized by mild solvents, but endoprotease use increases protein recovery. Bran was treated with 2 commercial proteases to achieve 8% to 9% peptide bond hydrolysis. The exoplus endprotease was preferred to just using endopeptidases as it allowed the production of protein hydrolysates with enhanced functional properties. Solubility and emulsifica...

biosurfactants are surface-active compounds produced by microorganisms. in this study, we collected 60 inguinal area and ear canal samples from cows, sheep, and goats (each, 10 animals) and screened for biosurfactant-producing bacteria. we also determined the genera of culturing strains. fifty six hemolytic bacterial strains (27, 22 and 7, from cows, sheep and goats, respectively) were isolated...