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University of Peradeniya
Education•Kandy, Sri Lanka•
About: University of Peradeniya is a education organization based out in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 5970 authors who have published 7388 publications receiving 197002 citations.
Topics: Population, Poison control, Electrolyte, Adsorption, Agriculture
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TL;DR: Investigation in Kandy, Sri Lanka found pigmented bacteria and endospore forming bacteria were copious in the atmospheric depositions due to their capability to withstand harsh environmental conditions, creating potential human and ecosystem health risk.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors used detailed textural, mineralogical and chemical analyses to reconstruct the sequence of weathering reactions and their causes and found that the first mineral attacked by weathering was found to be pyroxene initiated by in situ Fe oxidation.
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TL;DR: The study provides further evidence that areca nut contributes to the development of OSF in treated animals and has the potential to test synergism of areca Nut with other carcinogens and any therapeutic interventions.
Abstract: Background: Epidemiological data have shown an association of areca nut chewing with oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) Experimental evidence to confirm this has been limited Fibrosis-promoting activity of areca nut was tested in an animal model
Method: Buccal mucosa of a group of 20 female BALB/c strain mice, 10–12 weeks of age, was treated twice daily 6 days per week with topical application of aqueous areca nut extracts for 300–600 days A control group (n = 20) was treated with 50 mM NaCl The influence of areca nut on the oral epithelium and connective tissue was recorded semiquantitatively by light microscopy
Results: The areca nut-treated oral epithelium showed progressive changes in epithelial thickness leading to atrophy, increased cellularity of fibroblasts, fibrosis of connective tissue, focal infiltration of inflammatory cells and muscle atrophy On killing after 600 days of treatment, the scores on cellularity, inflammation and muscle atrophy were significantly different to the control group (P = 003)
Conclusion: The study provides further evidence that areca nut contributes to the development of OSF in treated animals The model has the potential to test synergism of areca nut with other carcinogens and any therapeutic interventions
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TL;DR: Zhang et al. as mentioned in this paper presented recent developments and current trends of enzymatic interesterification, its novel applications and limitations, as well as a review of existing and potential applications and applications.
Abstract: Development of modified lipids with improved nutritional and functional properties has gained mounting interest among scientists and technologists over the recent past. Properties and applications of lipids not only depend on the composition but also on the structure of triacylglycerols (TAGs). Therefore, modifications in TAGs of lipids is a way to synthesize tailored lipids to widen their applications. Adverse health effects associated with trans fats originated primarily from partial hydrogenation have led to the use of alternative technologies and interesterification has emerged as the main alternative technology. Interesterification catalyzed either by chemicals or enzymes is a process of rearrangement of fatty acids in the glycerol backbone resulting in structured lipids with modified physico-chemical and nutritional properties. Despite the high cost, enzymatic interesterification offers more advantages such as milder processing conditions, less by-products and easier product recovery compared to chemical interesterification. Currently, enzymatic interesterification is used commercially to produce a variety of modified lipids such as zero-trans margarines and shortenings, cocoa butter substitutes and cocoa butter equivalents, human milk fat substitutes, low calorie structured lipids and edible films and coatings. This review presents recent developments and current trends of enzymatic interesterification, its novel applications and limitations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of three methods of cooking, namely boiling, steaming and baking, on the nutrient and antinutrient contents of tubers of Dioscorea alata and D. esculenta were investigated.
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David Gunnell | 114 | 688 | 79867 |
Michael S. Roberts | 82 | 740 | 27754 |
Richard F. Gillum | 77 | 217 | 84184 |
Lakshman P. Samaranayake | 75 | 586 | 19972 |
Adrian C. Newton | 74 | 453 | 21814 |
Nick Jenkins | 71 | 325 | 22477 |
Michael Eddleston | 63 | 310 | 16762 |
Velmurugu Ravindran | 63 | 280 | 14057 |
Samath D Dharmaratne | 62 | 151 | 103916 |
Nicholas A. Buckley | 62 | 419 | 14283 |
Saman Warnakulasuriya | 60 | 282 | 15766 |
Keith W. Hipel | 58 | 543 | 14045 |
Geoffrey K. Isbister | 57 | 468 | 12690 |
Fiona J Charlson | 53 | 91 | 80274 |
Abbas Shafiee | 51 | 418 | 8679 |