Publications by authors named "C Blecker"

Inflammatory processes have been implicated in the pathophysiology of depression. In human studies, inflammation has been shown to act as a critical disease modifier, promoting susceptibility to depression and modulating specific endophenotypes of depression. However, there is scant documentation of how inflammatory processes are associated with neural activity in patients with depression.

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To get insight into the thawing and salting in recovery and protection mechanisms on quality in frozen meat after subsequent cooking. The myofiber morphological-water evolution and quality changes in beef during freezing-thawing-cooking and freezing-cooking treatments were investigated. The cooking losses of fresh-cooked, frozen-cooked, and frozen-thawed-cooked samples were 27.

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This study investigated the relationship between pea protein isolates (PPI) emulsifying properties and their structural, interfacial, and physicochemical characteristics at various pH values (native pH, 7, 5, and 3). Emulsion characteristics including emulsifying activity and stability, droplet size, flocculation index (FI) and coalescence index (CI) were examined. Additionally, physicochemical properties such as solubility, zeta potential, surface hydrophobicity, interfacial protein adsorption and protein conformation were analyzed.

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The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L. 1758), is an omnivorous saprophagous insect with a high potential for valorizing organic by-products rich in carbohydrates. Among carbohydrates, H.

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Article Synopsis
  • Cashew apple bagasse (CAB), often seen as waste, is rich in nutrients, containing sugars (42.49%) and proteins (22.10%), making it a resource for functional food ingredients.
  • The study utilizes response surface methodology (RSM) and ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) to optimize the extraction of proteins from CAB, revealing a new protein-polysaccharide complex (PPC) characterized by high levels of arabinose and galactose.
  • CAB-PPC shows promising functional properties similar to gum Arabic, with a lower interfacial tension (21.32 mN/m), indicating potential applications in food products for thickening, stabilization, and emulsification.
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