Microalgae-based renewable fuels offer low carbon alternatives to fossil fuels, and can theoretically support energy and climate security, regional employment and sustainable development. However, to achieve price parity with fossil fuels and fast track scale up, a benchmark production price of US$0.67 L-1 ($2.54 gal−1) must be achieved. The financ...
Published in Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
The response of microorganisms to heavy metal-dissolved organic matter (Me-DOM) complexation is critical for the microbial-mediated coupled biogeochemical cycling of metals and DOM. This study investigated the impact of typical metals [As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn (at an environmentally-relevant concentration of 200 ppb)], model DOM s...
Published in Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
In 1987, Susi & Byler published a groundbreaking paper for the determination of the secondary structure of proteins. Notably, they determined the characteristic signature of the β-strand in the infrared spectrum. As a result, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy became a general method to determine protein structure. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier In...
Published in Journal of biochemistry
I would like to congratulate the Journal of Biochemistry (JB) on its 100th anniversary. I served as the Editor-in-Chief for four years starting in 2010 and succeeded Dr Naoyuki Taniguchi. © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Japanese Biochemical Society. All rights reserved.
Published in Animal bioscience
An experiment was conducted to determine the standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of amino acids (AA) in fish meal (FM) and blood-derived protein sources including spray-dried porcine plasma (SDPP), porcine red blood cells (PRBC), and blood meal (BM) fed to growing pigs. Ten barrows (mean initial body weight of 22.1±1.54 kg) surgically fitted wit...
Published in Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses
Protein provision is thought to be integral to attenuating muscle wasting in critical illness, yet patients receive half of that prescribed. As international guidelines lack definitive evidence to support recommendations, understanding clinicians' views relating to protein practices is of importance. The objective of this study was to describe Aust...
Published in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences
In general, plant protein intake was inversely associated with mortality in studies in middle-aged adults. Our aim was to evaluate the long-term associations of animal and plant protein intake with mortality in older adults. A prospective cohort study including 1 139 community-dwelling older adults (mean age 75 years, 56% women) living in Tuscany, ...
Published in E3S Web of Conferences
Palm kernel cake (PKC) is an abundant by-product of the palm oil industry. It is used as an ingredient in feed due to the high amount of protein and fiber content. In order to increase the value of PKC, the PKC protein can be extracted and may be able to be used as an alternative protein for plant-based food. This study aims to optimize the PKC pro...
Published in E3S Web of Conferences
From an industrial perspective, the exploitation of microalgae as protein source is of great economical and commercial interest due to several attractive characteristics. However, the protein extraction efficiency is limited by the multiple layers of rigid and thick cell walls that are enriched with recalcitrant structure of cellulose. Therefore, a...
Published in European journal of nutrition
To evaluate the association between dietary replacement of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and their sources and odds of developing breast cancer (BC). This hospital-based large-scale case-control study recruited 464 women with confirmed BC within the past year and 500 apparently healthy controls matched in terms of age and residential place. Dietar...
