The term Biotechnology is present today practically in all areas (if not in all). Your simple Google search gives us no less than 13,000,000 results. It is the subject of numerous debates and forums, and it is strange not to hear it in any news and more so now with the pandemic of the coronavirus… Continue reading
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Analysis of plastic residues in maple sap and syrup collected from tubing systems sanitized with isopropyl alcohol
A plastic tubing system operated underneath vacuum is normally used to gather sap from maple timber throughout spring time to produce maple syrup. This system is often sanitized with isopropyl alcohol (IPA) to take away microbial contamination colonizing the system in the course of the sugar season. Questions have been raised whether or not IPA would contribute to the… Continue reading
Polyhydroxyalkanoates production with Ralstonia eutropha from low quality waste animal fats
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable and biocompatible polyesters thought-about as alternate options to petroleum-based plastics. Ralstonia eutropha is a mannequin organism for PHA production. Utilizing industrially rendered waste animal fats as cheap carbon feedstocks for PHA production is demonstrated right here. An emulsification technique, with none mechanical or chemical pre-treatment, was developed to extend the bioavailability of strong, poorly-consumable… Continue reading
Identification of PSD-95 in the Postsynaptic Density Using MiniSOG and EM Tomography
Combining tomography with electron microscopy (EM) produces photos at definition adequate to visualise particular person protein molecules or molecular complexes in intact neurons. When freeze-substituted hippocampal cultures in plastic sections are imaged by EM tomography, detailed buildings rising from 3D reconstructions reveal putative glutamate receptors and membrane-associated filaments containing scaffolding proteins akin to postsynaptic density (PSD)-95 household proteins primarily… Continue reading
Water-based alkyl ketene dimer ink for user-friendly patterning in paper microfluidics
We suggest the usage of water-based alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) ink for quick and user-friendly patterning of paper microfluidic units both manually or utilizing a cheap XY-plotter. The ink was produced by dissolving hydrophobic AKD in chloroform and emulsifying the answer in water. The emulsification was carried out in a heat water tub, which led… Continue reading
Physicochemical properties of pork loin marinated in kefir, yoghurt or buttermilk and cooked sous vide.
The most essential qualities of meat and meat merchandise embrace tenderness, juiciness and coloration. Sour meat marinating is a generally used method. In the accessible literature, there are not any studies on the use of fermented dairy merchandise (FDP) for meat marinating. The acids contained in FDP can improves the tenderness, style, taste, juiciness and coloration of meat merchandise. The… Continue reading
Oleocanthal – an essential compound of extra virgin olive oil with anti-cancer effect
1. What are the natural sources and chemical structure of oleocanthal? (-)-Oleocanthal (CAS: 289030-99-5) is a deacetoxy-ligstroside aglycon that was first reported as a phenolic component in the olive tree’s fruit in 1993. Ten years later, it was determined as a compound of the extra virgin olive oil that cause throat irritation and initiate… Continue reading