Amaranth functional cookies exert potential antithrombotic and antihypertensive activities

In this study, amaranth flour was used as an ingredient to prepare gluten-free cookies. The production process and attributes of amaranth cookies were characterised, and the potential use of amaranth flour as a functional ingredient was analysed. Cookies exhibited a non-uniform reddish brown colour and a cookie factor ratio of 4.5 ± 0.6. Storage studies indicated that after 3 weeks at room temperature cookies presented slight variations in the texture. Simulated gastrointestinal digestion of this product was able to release peptides capable of exerting potential antithrombotic and antihypertensive activities, IC₅₀ values of 0.22 ± 0.04 and 0.23 ± 0.03 mg mL⁻¹ protein, respectively. This work demonstrates for the first time that food made with amaranth flour exerts potential antithrombotic and antihypertensive activity. In conclusion, these amaranth cookies could be an alternative way of incorporating potentially health beneficial products for people who choose a conscious diet, including coeliac or vegan consumers.     

How to Valorize Peanut Shells by a Simple Thermal-Catalytic Method

Topics in Catalysis - In this work, a simple thermal-catalytic system was used to valorize peanut shells (Arachis hypogaea), the residual biomass from the peanut industry. To accomplish this...     

Universities through the eyes of bibliographic databases: a retroactive growth comparison of Google Scholar,Scopus and Web of Science

Scientometrics - The purpose of this study is to ascertain the suitability of GS’s url-based method as a valid approximation of universities’ academic output measures, taking into...     

A local and global tour on MOMoT

Software and Systems Modeling - Many model transformation scenarios require flexible execution strategies as they should produce models with the highest possible quality. At the same time,...     

Synergistic antimicrobial effect of lactocin AL705 and nisin combined with organic acid salts against Listeria innocua 7 in broth and a hard cheese

The effectiveness of antimicrobial mixtures against Listeria innocua 7, used as a L. monocytogenes surrogate, was investigated in broth and a food system. Synergistic effects were found for nisin (Nis), potassium sorbate (PS), calcium propionate (CP) and sodium lactate (SL), Nis + PS being the most effective binary mixture that exhibited listericidal activity in broth. To assess the effect of adding lactocin AL705 (AL705) to Nis + organic acid salt combinations, tridimensional isobolograms were generated. Sub-MIC combinations of the antimicrobials exerted bactericidal activity against L. innocua 7 after AL705 addition to the binary mixtures. However, when applied on Sardo cheese contaminated with L. innocua 7 (initial inoculum 4.45 ± 0.06 CFU g⁻¹), only Nis + PS + AL705 produced count reductions respect to the control, reaching 3.04 ± 0.35 CFU g⁻¹ counts after 15 days at 15 °C. Ternary combinations containing AL705 showed potential to reduce antimicrobial usages for L. innocua 7 inhibition.     

广泛应用机器人技术是提高连铸安全性的重要步骤

1前言及历史背景 为避免钢水造成燃烧或破碎引起对人体的可能伤害,必须对连铸平台的平面布置进行分析.     

Physikalisch-technologische Untersuchungen am Holz von fluorgeschädigten Kiefern

Apprehensions of reduced wood quality could be repudiated to a large extent in “novel” forest decline areas. Comparatively little is known about wood from trees severely damaged by local emitters. In this sense ten lowly and highly fluoride affected pine trees (Pinus sylvestris L.) were sampled from a location in upper Austria, near an aluminium refining plant. In comparison with the lowly affected pines the highly affected one show significant reductions of wood properties under elimination of the influence of wood density and growth rate: Modulus of elasticity in bending, bending strength, maximum crushing strength, maximal tangential and volume swelling. The reductions are situated especially in the upper parts of the trunks. Practical usage of the wood has not decreased.     

An EnestrÖm-Kakeya Theorem for Hermitian Polynomial Matrices

We extend the Enestroumlm-Kakeya theorem and its refinement by Hurwitz to polynomial matrices with positive semidefinite coefficients. We determine an annular region containing the zeros of . A stability result for systems of linear difference equations is given as an application.     

An empirical approach for structure-based prediction of carbohydrate-binding sites on proteins

A computer program system was developed to predict carbohydrate-bindingsites on three-dimensional (3D) protein structures. The programssearch for binding sites by referring to the empirical rulesderived from the known 3D structures of carbohydrate–proteincomplexes. A total of 80 non-redundant carbohydrate–proteincomplex structures were selected from the Protein Data Bankfor the empirical rule construction. The performance of theprediction system was tested on 50 known complex structuresto determine whether the system could detect the known bindingsites. The known monosaccharide-binding sites were detectedamong the best three predictions in 59% of the cases, whichcovered 69% of the polysaccharide-binding sites in the targetproteins, when the performance was evaluated by the overlapbetween residue patches of predicted and known binding sites. Received April 24, 2003; revised June 2, 2003; accepted June 10, 2003.