The nutritional and functional properties of Roselle seed protein hydrolysates (RSPH) were studied. Roselle seed protein isolates were digested (for 1.5 h and 3h) using pepsin followed by pancreatin. The maximum nitrogen solubility values of 94.17 and 90.8 were observed at pH 12 and pH 10 after 1.5 h and 3 h of hydrolysis, respectively. RSPH1.5 and RSPH3 exhibited a good foaming capacity of 310 and 300% respectively. Furthermore, RSPH1.5 showed the best foaming stability (300%) after 60 min compared to RSPH3 (144%) at the same time. For both hydrolysates, the amounts of essential amino acids exceeded those recommended by the Food and Agricultural Organization/World Health Organization (2007) for humans. The emulsifying capacity of RSPH1.5 was higher than that of RSPH3 90 and 100 mL/g respectively. RSPH1.5 possessed also the highest water holding and oil holding capacities compared to RSPH3. RSPH3 was more heat sensitive than RSPH1.5. The denaturation temperature for RSPH1.5 and RSPH3 were 95.80ºC and 85.93ºC respectively. Our results demonstrated that RSPH may be used wholly or partially to replace high-price materials like egg albumen and casein as well as a potential food ingredient.
, la schistosomiase est un problème de santé publique comme dans tous les 42 pays africains sur 76 concernés dans le Monde, avec 230 millions de personnes infectées sur 800 millions de personnes exposées et plus de 800 000 décès annuels. L'objectif de cette étude était de comprendre les complications de la schistosomiase par des investigations parasitologue, échographique et clinique dans trois zones endémiques à traitement de masse répété de la région de Ségou au Mali. Les sites d'étude : Guénidanga, Kalabougou et M'Pèba sont situés le long du fleuve Niger. Le diagnostic était basé sur la filtration de l'urine, le KATO-KATZ des selles, l'examen physique, la réplétion vésicale et l'échographie abdominopelvienne. Sur les 327 sujets de l'étude, 50,80% d'individus infectés avaient au plus 5 ans suivie de ceux ≥24 ans avec 22%. La charge ovulaire était plus élevée chez les sujets de 5 à 14 ans. Malgré un traitement de masse répété, des complications ont engendré d'importantes lésions rénales et vésicales chez les sujets masculins. La persistance de la schistosomiase humaine pourrait être due soit à une probable réinfection rapide, soit à une fluctuation de la population des mollusques dans ces zones.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of in-vitro pepsin and pancreatin digestion of proteins extracted from Roselle seed on the production of bioactive peptides. Defatted Roselle seed flour was used to extract different protein fractions namely globulin, albumin and glutelin. The proteins were digested using pepsin (1 h) followed by pancreatin (1 h) in order to produce hydrolysates with good antioxidant activity. The prepared hydrolysates were as effective as antioxidants in model systems, in scavenging of free radicals and acting as reducing agents. This effect was concentration-dependent and was also influenced by the type of protein fraction. The albumin fraction hydrolysates prepared showed the highest antioxidant activity followed by Glutelin and Globulin hydrolysates respectively (Albumin hydrolysates>Glutelin hydrolysates>Globulin hydrolysates). All of the prepared hydrolysates were also found to be effective in enhancing water-holding capacity and cooking yield in a meat model system. Albumin hydrolysates showed the highest improved meat cooking ability followed by Glutelin and Globulin respectively (Albumin hydrolysates>Glutelin hydrolysates>Globulin hydrolysates). The molecular weight distribution analysis of the hydrolysates was determined and most of the peptides were found between 1000 Da and below. The study findings suggest that Roselle seed protein hydrolysates can be applied as functional food ingredients and that their composition determines their functional properties thus their potential application in the food and feed industries.
Mosquitoes are potentially harmful and vectors of pathogens. They compromise the rest and well-being of humans and animals. The main goal of this study is to determine the composition of mosquitoes responsible of human biting at the Faculty of Sciences and Technics of Bamako-Mali. Longitudinal monitoring with monthly cross-sectional visit was carried out from September to December 2019, in order to collect the endophilic and endophagic mosquitoes. The spray-catch was used as a collection methodin 21 rooms selected randomly at the FST. Mosquitoes were identified morphologically andthen by PCR. ELISA-CSP test was used for Plasmodium infection index and the ELISA blood-meal test was to determine mosquitoes blood origin. In total, 802 mosquitoes were collected: 794Culex and 8Anopheles. There were 200 males and 602 females. Female mosquitoes were separated by gonotrophic stages: 231 unfed, 223 fed, 80 semi-gravid and 68 gravid. Up to 34% of Culex and 67% of Anopheles had a preference for human blood, but no female tested positive for Plasmodium infection. This result would be due to the small number of Anopheles captured. An. coluzzii is the only Anopheles species collected.This study shows that mosquitoes are linked to serious problems of nuisance and risk of pathogens transmission in the university. They highly prefer to feed on human host.
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