In vitro starch digestibility and physicochemical properties of chemical and enzymatic modified Indian Teff (Eragrostis Tef) starch for industrial applications.

The long-term stability, mechanical properties, and interactions of modified teff starch with food components remain unclear. The effects of dual or multiple modifications on physicochemical properties and digestibility are also unexplored. This study investigates the modification of Teff starch through oxidation (sodium hypochlorite), cross-linking (citric acid), and enzymatic treatments (α-amylase, amyloglucosidase) to enhance its structural, physicochemical, and thermal properties.

Association between Acute Myocardial Infarction and Periodontitis: A Review of the Literature.

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly acute myocardial infarction (AMI), is the leading cause of death worldwide. In India, myocardial events are expected to be the fastest growing cause of death between 2005 and 2015. Thus, in order to prevent and manage the onset of the prevailing AMI epidemic, there is a crucial need to explore different dependent and independent risk factors of AMI, as well as its relationship with other systemic diseases and ill health conditions.

Restoration of anthropometric, biochemical and histopathological alterations by Lactobacillus casei supplementation in Giardia intestinalis infected renourished BALB/c mice.

The present study describes the in vivo ameliorating effect of Lactobacillus casei supplementation in renourished Giardia intestinalis infected BALB/c mice. It was observed that daily administration of probiotic 7 days prior to Giardia-infection to renourished mice, efficiently reduced the excretion of Giardia cysts and trophozoite counts, along with significant increased fecal lactobacilli counts compared with Giardia-infected mice. It was also observed that oral feeding of probiotic to renourished-Giardia-infected mice abrogated all the anthropometric and biochemical anomalies.

Lactobacillus casei as a probiotic in malnourished Giardia lamblia-infected mice: a biochemical and histopathological study.

The study describes the in vivo activity of Lactobacillus casei in malnourished Giardia lamblia-infected BALB/c mice. By experimentation, it was found that daily administration of the probiotic 7 days before inoculation with Giardia trophozoites in malnourished mice efficiently reduced both the severity and duration of giardiasis. More specifically, excretion of Giardia cysts and trophozoites counts were reduced, while faecal lactobacilli counts increased significantly in probiotic-fed malnourished mice, compared with control mice.