Published in Arabian Journal of Geosciences
This study was conducted to investigate the availability of toxic heavy metals (HM) to earthworm-assisted soils of different land types (urban, rural, industrial, and mining) collected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. For this purpose, the soil samples of different land types were collected and assayed for physicochemical properties including HM....
Published in Food chemistry
The effective strategy of pH-shifting to improve the emulsifying properties of myofibrillar proteins (MPs) extracted from pale, soft and exudative (PSE)-like chicken was investigated. To determine the mechanism of improvement, changes on structural and physicochemical properties were clarified by tracing the difference driven by unfolding-refolding...
Published in Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology
Surfactin, one of the best lipopeptide surfactants, was first isolated from Bacillus sp. in 1969. Since then, Bacillus sp. has been a remarkable source of bioactive lipopeptides, with a huge natural biodiversity. Lipopeptides from Bacillus sp. are now divided into three main families: surfactin, fengycin, and iturin. The peptide moiety of these lip...
Surfactin, one of the best lipopeptide surfactants, was first isolated from Bacillus sp. in 1969. Since then, Bacillus sp. has been a remarkable source of bioactive lipopeptides, with a huge natural biodiversity. Lipopeptides from Bacillus sp. are now divided into three main families: surfactin, fengycin, and iturin. The peptide moiety of these lip...
Published in International journal of environmental science and technology : IJEST
Hamburger seed coat is a readily available agricultural waste product generated in large quantities annually. In this study, activated charcoal was produced using hamburger seed coat activated with zinc chloride and its physicochemical properties such as fixed carbon, specific surface area, volatile matter, ash and moisture content were investigate...
Propolis is natural product processed by honey bees from plant exudations with a resinous and rubber-like consistency. This work examines the physicochemical properties, sensory attributes, and biological activity of propolis ethanol extracts from three different biogeographic zones in department of Nariño, Colombia. Samples of raw propolis obtaine...
Published in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
The well-known concept of quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR) has been gaining significant interest in the recent years. Data, descriptors, and algorithms are the main pillars to build useful models that support more efficient drug discovery processes with in silico methods. Significant advances in all three areas are the reason fo...
Casings are an essential component in the transformation of comminuted meat into a finished sausage. Their strength and the texture of the ground meat determine the “bite” perception when eating a sausage. Traditionally, meat has been stuffed into natural casings, but alternatives, such as cellulose and co-extruded collagen casings are emerging. Bo...
The effect of prolonged ultraviolet (UV) irradiation on the performance of superhydrophobized birch and acetylated birch wood was investigated. The surface modification of the wood was based on a newly developed method using silicone nanofilaments. The combination of surface modification and acetylation of wood showed good wetting resistance also a...
Hydrochar has potential applications in soil improvement and heavy metal remediation. Hydrochar would undergo the process of aging when introduced into the soil, altering its properties. However, recent studies have focused mainly on the artificial aging of hydrochar, which could not reveal the cumulative effect of multiple environmental factors. T...
