Development of rice analogues fortified with iron, folic acid and Vitamin A.

Fortified rice analogues were developed utilising the broken-rice fortified with selected micronutrients like iron, folic acid and Vitamin A. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of fortifying rice analogues with micronutrients and retention after extrusion and cooking. Cold extruder operated at 55 rpm screw speed and 1.

Development of rice analogues using by-products of rice and dhal mills.

Development process of rice analogues by utilising the broken rice (BRF) and broken pigeonpea dhal (BPDF) flours together with water and sodium alginate as binding agent through extrusion was carried out. Two variable viz, BPDF (20, 30 and 40%) and moisture content (25, 30 and 35%) were controlled in the study to produce rice analogue resembling the raw rice. The optimum combination of flour mixture established for 30% BPDF and 30% water content with highest desirability of 0.

Novel compounds from Premna herbacea Roxb. with antidiabetic potential.

Diabetes mellitus is an epidemic that is growing worldwide at an alarming rate. The need for plant-based drugs to combat this epidemic led to the isolation of three new compounds, namely 1-Benzoyloxy-8-tetradecanoyloxy-geranilane (1), 1-Benzoyloxy-8-(octadec-9ꞌꞌ-enoyl) geranilane (2), and 1-Benzoyloxy-8-octadecanoyloxygeranilane (3), from the roots of Premnaherbacea. Their structures were deciphered by H NMR, C NMR, and 2D-NMR.

Antioxidant status of pigeon pea, Cajanus cajan in the presence of endosulfan stress.

Antioxidative status study was made in cotyledons of 7days old as well as in leaf and stem tissues of 30 and 60 days old pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) namely Asha and Maruti subjected to different doses of endosulfan in the range 0.1-1.0%.

Interactive effect of metal ions over exponential growth period of microalgal cells.

The interactive effect of metal ions namely chromium and iron has been studied under controlled conditions on the diazotropic cyanobacterium Hapalosiphon stuhlmannii and the photosynthetic green alga Scenedesmus quadricauda over the exponential growth period of the cells. The work describes by employing an exponential cell growth model, the effect of metal ions both individually and in combination, on the physiological and biochemical characteristics e.g.