herbal medicine can be a valuable source of assistance for traditional medicine. there are a number of herbs that can be used in conjunction with modern medicine. herbs can also be taken to aid recovery from serious diseases. although one should never aim to treat diseases such as cardiovascular disease solely with herbal medicine, the value of herbs used in tandem with modern medicine cannot b...

[This corrects the article on p. 227 in vol. 13.].

Two new Baker’s yeast strains obtained from hybridization of commercial baker’s yeast parent strains, Saccharomyces cerevisiae IFRPD 6080 and IFRPD 6081 with Japanese mating strains were investigated. The hybrids, IFRPD 6171 from parent strain 6080 and IFRPD 6173 from parent strain 6081, were evaluated for their characteristics, namely growth, total carbohydrate and trehalose contents, sugar fe...

The goal of this work was to investigate the use selected starter cultures obtain a spelt-based sourdough bread with improved technological, sensory and shelf-life characteristics. Two consortia were set up, containing yeast strain (either commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae or maltose-negative Kazachstania unispora strain) two strains Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB), belonging Weissella cibaria Ped...

Abstract There have been various environmental issues in the treatment and resource utilisation of solid waste livestock poultry industry Gansu Province. Thus, this study, manure cattle, pig, chicken from farms near Lanzhou University Technology City, Province were selected as raw materials for composting using 10 % corn stalk a leavening agent aerobic static composting. This study focused on b...

conclusions potato peels were proved to be potentially useful substrates for biosurfactant production by b. pumilus dsvp18. the strain possessed a unique property to reduce surface tension of the media from 72 to 28.7 mn/m. in addition, it showed a stable surface activity over a wide range of temperatures, ph, and saline conditions and had strong antimicrobial activity. this potential of the id...

treatment of tuberculosis was an obstacle for ages. in spite of good drugs, the disease is not under control. thus, the need for more drugs existed. searching for a new drug demands much investment on the time, money and human resources. there are many drugs with antitubercular action that are discovered and explored in the last century. the most common drug, isoniazid, is now a frontrunner ant...