Cereal industry and its derived products have a large economic and social importance worldwide. Baking industries are extensively using wheat flour to produce various baked products. Therefore, in this investigation it is intended to study and determine proximate, physicochemical, functional properties of six brand of wheat flour in Bangladesh. The entire brand had moisture contents: 9.90-12.48%, protein: 8.67-12.47%, fat: 0.893-1.387% and ash content: 0.387-0.707%. The ACI brand had the highest amount of protein of 12.47% whereas Romoni brand had highest fat of 1.387%, fiber: 0.26%, gluten content: 15.34% and water absorption index of 1.9 g/g as compared to other brands. In addition, sodium and calcium content were higher in ACI brand whereas potassium content was higher in Romoni brand. Results showed that wheat flour from all brand could be used to make various type of baked products.Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 50(3), 181-188, 2015

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian ransum komplit berbasisbahan baku lokal fermentasi terhadap konsumsi, pertumbuhan bobot badan dan berat telur itik lokal.Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dikandang percobaan Program studi Peternakan Fakultas PertanianUniversitas Sriwijaya selama 2 bulan. Penelitian ini menggunakan Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL)yang terdiri dari lima perlakuan dan empat ulangan yang terdiri dari R0 (kontrol), R1 (75% ransumkomersil dan 25% ransum lokal), R2 (50% ransum komersil + 50% ransum lokal), R3 (25% ransumkomersil + 75% ransum lokal), R4 (100% ransum lokal). Parameter yang diamati adalah konsumsi,pertumbuhan bobot badan dan berat telur.Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa pemberian ransumberbasis bahan baku lokal fermentasi memberikan pengaruh nyata (P<0,05) terhadap konsumsiransum tetapi tidak terhadap pertyumbuhan bobot badan dan berat telur. Kesimpulan dari penelitianini yaitu dengan penambahan ransum komplit berbasis bahan baku lokal fermentasi sampai dengantaraf 100% hanya berpengaruh pada konsumsi ransum dan tidak berpengaruh pada pertambahanbobot badan dan berat telur.Kata kunci : Bahan baku lokal, fermentasi, itik lokal, ransum komplit

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The effect of Rana galamensis-based diet on the activities of some enzymes and histopathology of selected tissues of albino rats was investigated for eight weeks. A total of sixteen albino rats weighing between 29.15 and 26.01g (21 days old) were divided into two groups. The first group contains animals fed on casein-based diet (control); the second group was fed on Rana galamensis-based diet. The animals were fed with their appropriate diet on daily basis and on the eight weeks of the experiment the animals were sacrificed using diethyl ether as anesthesia, blood was collected by cardiac puncture and organs of interest were harvested. Thereafter, organ to body weight ratio, some biochemical parameters and histopathology examination were carried out. There was no significant difference (p >0.05) in the organ to body weight ratio of the animals fed on control and Rana galamensis-based diets. Also, there was no significant different (p >0.05) in the activities of all the enzymes (ALP [alkaline phosphatase], AST [asparate transaminase], ALT [alanine transaminase], and γGT [gamma glutamyl transferase]) investigated in the selected tissues and serum of rats fed on Rana galamensisbased diet when compared with the control. In addition, histological examinations of hepatocyte's rats fed on Rana galamensis-based diet show normal architecture structure when compared with the control. The insignificant different in the activities of all the enzymes studies (ALP, AST, ALT and γGT) indicated no organ damage, supported by the normal histology studies. The obtained results may imply that Rana galamensis is safe for consumption.