Using response surface methodology (RSM), this study investigates the effect of NaCl substitution (50%) with KCl, CaCl2, and MgCl2 in packaging brines (controlled variables) on characteristics (responses) plain green Spanish-style Manzanilla olives, maintaining salt-mixture level 5%. The RSM showed that increment CaCl2 caused a linear significant (p-value ≤ 0.05) decrease pH increase firmness (...

Potassium chloride (KCl) and magnesium (MgCl2) can be used to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, but their efficacy strongly affected by Cl− concentration. This study aimed compare the behaviour of different salts concentrations with that a typical commercial nitrification inhibitor (3, 4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate, PIADIN). KCl, MgCl2 PIADIN were investigated under labo...

OBJECTIVE This study was performed to determine effects of different curing salts on the quality of salamis and to assess feasibility of using NaCl-alternative salts. METHODS Various types of curing salts (KCl or MgCl2) as well as NaCl (sun-dried or refined) were incorporated for processing of salamis. The proximate composition, fatty acids, nucleotide-related compounds, and free amino acids ...

Saline soils contain numerous salts with varying impact on seed germination. Seeds of three non-halophytic species found in Chinese sandy deserts (Artemisia ordosica, Aristida adscensionis and Bassia dasyphylla) were incubated in salt solutions (NaCl, KCl or MgCl2, each with or without CaCl2) at 20°C in the dark. The effects of each salt on the percentage of seeds from which visibly detectable ...

Inorganic electrolytes are assumed to significantly impact the flotation performance of graphite resources; however, underlying mechanism is still unclear. In this work, effect three inorganic salts, including KCl, MgCl2, and AlCl3, was studied on graphite. Flotation results indicated increased recovery with addition KCl regardless pulp pH. MgCl2 improved under acidic slightly alkaline conditio...

The interaction of amphotericin B methyl ester (AME) with protoplasts of Candida albicans was measured indirectly by following the incorporation of [U-14C]phenylalanine into the acid-insoluble material. The inhibitory effects of AME at the minimum inhibitory concentration were prevented by the addition of 85 mM-KCl and 45 mM-MgCl2, as shown by Liras & Lampen (1974) for Saccharomyces cerevisiae....

The stepwise chromatographic behaviour on DEAE-Sepharose of rat Fe65, a neuronal protein, was tested, using as eluants KCl, CaCl2, and MgCl2. Assays by western blot showed that Fe65 was eluted by CaCl2, at a ionic strength 20% lower than that of MgCl2 or KCl. Interestingly, in the case of a truncated Fe65, lacking a glutamic acid rich region at the N-terminus, the ionic strengths of the various...

In vitro chemotactic responses of infective third-stage larvae (L3) of Brugia pahangi to NaCl, Na2HPO4, KCl, K2HPO4, MgCl2 and CaCl2 were assessed. Compared to deionized water as a control, 200 mm NaCl and 100 mm Na2HPO4 significantly attracted L3 (P < 0.01 and P < 0.01), whereas L3 were likely to avoid 200 mm KCl and 100 mm K2HPO4 (P < 0.05 and P < 0.05). L3 showed no significant tendency to a...

Influenza A virus utilizes RNA throughout infection. Little is known, however, about the roles of RNA structures. A previous bioinformatics survey predicted multiple regions of influenza A virus that are likely to generate evolutionarily conserved and stable RNA structures. One predicted conserved structure is in the pre-mRNA coding for essential proteins, M1 and M2. This structure starts 79 nu...