JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, Issue 1 2004
Jiangyu Zhou
In the Aixieke-Santamu area of the northern Tarim Basin (NW China), 45 relatively low amplitude structures related to the plastic flow of Lower Carboniferous salt have been discovered in the Lower Carboniferous Kalashayi Formation and the Middle-Upper Triassic Akekule and Halahatan Formations. Three small hydrocarbon accumulations have so far been located at the margins of a Lower Carboniferous salt body (measuring about 55km x 75km and 115,225m thick, controlled by wells and 2D and 3D seismic sections). In this paper, we consider the development of this salt body and discuss possible reasons why vertical diapirs are absent from the study area. We attempt to develop a model of salt flow and we investigate the relationship between salt flow and the occurrence of oil and gas traps. Using recently-acquired high-resolution 2D and 3D seismic profiles, we show that the Lower Carboniferous salt has undergone three separate phases of plastic flow. At the end of the Early Permian, the salt flowed southwards by 2.0,2.8 km; then, during the Late Triassic,Early Jurassic, it flowed in the same direction by 1.0,1.8 km; and finally at the end of the Tertiary, it flowed northwards by 0.6,1.5 km. These movements resulted in the formation of various types of structural trap in the Kalashayi, Akekule and Halahatan Formations including salt ridge anticlines, domes and marginal troughs. Salt ridge and salt edge low-amplitude anticlines are probably the most important targets for future hydrocarbon exploration. [source]

SENSORY DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS, SENSORY ACCEPTABILITY AND EXPECTATION STUDIES ON BISCUITS WITH REDUCED ADDED SALT AND INCREASED FIBER

JOURNAL OF SENSORY STUDIES, Issue 4 2009
MARISA BEATRIZ VÁZQUEZ
ABSTRACT The aims of this study were to formulate biscuits with 50% more fiber and 50% less added salt than classic formulations, to describe their sensory characteristics, to measure expectation/sensory acceptability, and to investigate if sensory acceptability for these biscuits was related to the interest in consuming food products with less salt and/or more fiber content. A 2 × 2 factorial design was used to develop four formulations: conventional fiber/conventional salt; conventional fiber/reduced salt; increased fiber/conventional salt; and increased fiber/reduced salt. Differences in the sensory profiles measured by a trained panel were of low magnitude, except for presence and taste of bran. Adolescent and adult consumers evaluated acceptability in three stages: blind with three-digit codes; expectation of the label only; and biscuit + label. The low salt formulations received the lowest scores in the expectation stage, but in the blind and biscuit + label stages acceptability of all formulations was similar. The variables that explained overall acceptance were: measurement stage; formulation salt level; interest in reducing consumption of high salt foods; and interest in consuming bakery products with fiber. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Increasing fiber content of biscuits by 40 to 50% helps achieve recommendations to increase fiber intake in daily diets. Also, as biscuits currently on the Argentine and other world markets present two extreme varieties , with or without added salt , formulating a biscuit with 50% less added salt facilitate sodium reduction. In our research we have found that these goals can be achieved without seriously affecting sensory acceptability. We propose the articulation of the necessary strategies with the food industry to market biscuits with less added salt and more fiber for the general population; and the use of these healthier biscuits by institutional food services. [source]

The polar ring galaxy AM1934,563 revisited,

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, Issue 4 2007
Noah Brosch
ABSTRACT We report long-slit spectroscopic observations of the dust-lane polar ring galaxy AM1934,563 obtained with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) during its performance verification phase. The observations target the spectral region of the H,, [N ii] and [S ii] emission lines, but also show deep Na i absorption lines, that we interpret as being produced by stars in the galaxy. We derive rotation curves along the major axis of the galaxy that extend out to about 8 kpc from the centre for both the gaseous and the stellar components, using the emission and absorption lines. We derive similar rotation curves along the major axis of the polar ring and point out differences between these and the ones of the main galaxy. We identify a small diffuse object visible only in H, emission and with a low velocity dispersion as a dwarf H ii galaxy and argue that it is probably metal poor. Its velocity indicates that it is a fourth member of the galaxy group in which AM1934,563 belongs. We discuss the observations in the context of the proposal that the object is the result of tidal mater transfer from a major neighbour galaxy and point out some observational discrepancies from this explanation. We argue that an alternative scenario that could better fit the observations may be the slow accretion of cold intergalactic gas, focused by a dense filament of galaxies in which this object is embedded. Given the pattern of rotation we found, with the asymptotic rotation of the gas in the ring being slower than that in the disc while both components have approximately the same extent, we point out that AM1934,563 may be a galaxy in which a dark matter halo is flattened along the galactic disc and the first object in which this predicted behaviour of polar ring galaxies in dark matter haloes is fulfilled. [source]

Fexofenadine hydrochloride enhances the efficacy of contact immunotherapy for extensive alopecia areata: Retrospective analysis of 121 cases

THE JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, Issue 6 2009
Shigeki INUI
ABSTRACT To study the effect of fexofenadine on extensive alopecia areata (AA), we evaluated retrospectively 121 patients with AA having alopecia in more than 50% of the scalp and followed them for at least 6 months. Patients were treated by immunotherapy using diphenylcyclopropenone or squaric acid dibutylester with or without oral fexofenadine. The regrowth score was estimated as decrease of Severity of Alopecia Tool (SALT) score. In AA with atopic background (atopic AA), the mean regrowth score of the fexofenadine group was 1.333 (n = 33) and that of the control 0.471 (n = 34). The fexofenadine group showed significantly better regrowth than control by Mann,Whitney's U -test (P = 0.00213). In non-atopic AA, the mean regrowth score of the fexofenadine group was 1.303 (n = 33) and that of the control 1.048 (n = 21). There was no significant difference by Mann,Whitney's U -test (P = 0.872). Together, fexofenadine is a helpful reagent in the treatment extensive atopic AA with contact immunotherapy. [source]

EFFECT OF SALTS AND POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS ON THE PARTITIONING AND RECOVERY OF TRYPSIN FROM HYBRID CATFISH VISCERA IN AQUEOUS TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS

JOURNAL OF FOOD BIOCHEMISTRY, Issue 4 2010
SAPPASITH KLOMKLAO
ABSTRACT The partitioning behavior of trypsin from hybrid catfish viscera in aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) was studied. Factors such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) molecular mass and concentration, as well as types and concentration of salts, affected protein separation. Trypsin partitioned mainly in the top PEG-rich phase. ATPS formed by PEG of molecular weight 4,000 (20%, w/w) and NaH2PO4 (20%, w/w) showed the best capability for trypsin purification from hybrid catfish viscera. Under such conditions, the highest specific activity (30.05 units/µg protein) and purification (27.3-fold), were obtained. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis revealed that the enzyme after ATPS separation was near homogeneity and based on the activity staining, the band intensity of enzyme in ATPS fraction increased, indicating the greater specific activity of the viscera extract. The partitioned enzyme displayed optimal activity at pH 9.0 and 50C, respectively. The enzyme was stable up to 40C and within the pH range of 8,12. The enzyme exhibited a progressive decrease in activity with increasing NaCl concentration. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS This paper describes the separation and recovery of trypsin from hybrid catfish viscera in ATPS and its properties. ATPS provides an efficient and attractive method for partitioning and recovery of trypsin from hybrid catfish viscera. Trypsins from various sources catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds on the carboxyl sides of arginine and lysine. Therefore, it is expected that like other trypsins, trypsin after ATPS separation from hybrid catfish viscera could be useful in the biomedical, food and beverage industries. [source]

THE EFFECT OF SALTS ON THERMAL AND HYDRIC DILATATION OF POROUS BUILDING STONE*

ARCHAEOMETRY, Issue 3 2009
M. AL-NADDAF
Fifteen desalinated sandstone drill core samples from Umm Ishrin Sandstone Formation in Petra (Cambrian age) were used for this study. The samples were mineralogically analysed using X-ray diffraction and their physical properties were also determined. Samples with similar physical properties and mineralogical composition were taken for further experimental work. After desalination, thermal and hydric dilatation coefficients were measured, then three types of salts (NaCl, KCl and Na2SO4·10H2O), which have high solubility and consequently are the most dangerous to building stone (and are also detected in the sandstone monuments in Petra), were introduced into the samples and their contents were calculated. The results show that salt crystallization in the pores of building stones can increase their thermal dilatation and decrease their hydric dilatation to varying extents, depending on the nature of the salt. The average increase in the thermal dilatation coefficient per unit mass of salt is the lowest for the Na2SO4·10H2O-salted samples with a value of 5.3%, while the NaCl-salted samples have the highest value with 7.8% per salt mass. The average percentage of the decrease of the hydric dilatation coefficient is 1061% for Na2SO4·10H2O-salted samples per mass of salt content; the NaCl-salted samples have a value of 1510% per mass of salt content, and the KCl-salted samples almost the same value. For the salt-free samples, it was found that in climatic conditions with a high temperature range, the deterioration of sandstone due to temperature fluctuation is more effective than that caused by change in the moisture content, while samples with high salt content suffer more from hydric dilatation. [source]

THE IMPACT OF SOLUBLE SALTS ON THE DETERIORATION OF PHARAONIC AND COPTIC WALL PAINTINGS AT AL QURNA, EGYPT: MINERALOGY AND CHEMISTRY*

ARCHAEOMETRY, Issue 2 2009
A. M. A. MOUSSA
The wall paintings of Al Qurna in Egypt were studied by means of XRD and ICP,AES in order to determine their mineralogical and chemical composition, and to evaluate the impact of soluble salts on their deterioration, including the identification of the building materials and pigments used. Soluble salts analysis showed that NaCl is the most common soluble salt in the bedrock, ground water and surface water samples. The building materials are affected by the ground water, while the wall paintings in the area are affected by the Upper Egypt climatic conditions, which were studied in order to detect their role in the deterioration cycle in the area. [source]

Hydrophilic Polymers with Potassium Salt and Microporous Polysaccharides for Use as Hemostatic Agents

DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY, Issue 12 2007
JULIA HO MD
BACKGROUND Postoperative bleeding can lead to complications such as hematoma, infection, dehiscence, and an unscheduled office visit. Topical hemostatic agents can be used to aid in hemostasis. OBJECTIVE The objective is to familiarize physicians with topical hemostatic agents,hydrophilic polymers with potassium salts (Urgent QR powder) and microporous polysaccharide hemispheres (Bleed-X). METHODS Two hemostatic agents, microporous polysaccharide hemospheres and hydrophilic polymers with potassium salt, are discussed. The literature is reviewed. RESULTS Numerous types of hemostatic agents exist. Topical hemostatic agents are safe, cost-effective, and efficient. CONCLUSION Microporous polysaccharide hemospheres and hydrophilic polymers with potassium salts can be an adjunct to hemostasis after cautery and ligation. Patients can apply hemostatic agents if they experience any bleeding leading to decreased office visits. Hemostatic agents used intraoperatively shorten bleeding time and enable the physician to use less cautery. Using hemostatic agents can lead to fewer hematomas, infections, and office visits. [source]

Treating [K4(H2O)0.5][SnTe4] with PPh4+ or AsPh4+: Formation of a Highly Air-Stable Tellurostannate Salt, a Tellurolate with One-Coordinate Te Atoms, and a Polytelluride Salt with ,1[Te4(H2O)2]2, Chains,

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Issue 28 2007
Eugen Ruzin
Abstract In reactions of potassium orthotellurostannates with EPh4Cl (E = P, As), different single-crystalline products are obtained. An air-stable dimeric tellurostannate forms by partial replacement of strongly interacting K+ cations by weakly interacting or noninteracting [PPh4]+ ions. For E = As, an equally air-stable tellurophenolate, in which Te has the rare coordination number 1, results upon As,C bond cleavage at a tetraphenylarsonium cation. Oxidation of the air-sensitive [Sn2Te6]4, anion and Te2, by O2 (air) affords a tetratelluride salt with strands of H2O-bridged [Te4]2, anions. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007) [source]

Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Photophysical Properties of Two Novel Lead(II),SIP Coordination Polymers (NaH2SIP = 5-Sulfoisophthalic Acid Monosodium Salt) Containing Tetranuclear Lead(II) Units

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Issue 8 2006
Qing-Yan Liu
Abstract Two new PbII,SIP coordination polymers, {[Pb4(OH)2(SIP)2(H2O)](H2O)5}n (1) and [Pb3(SIP)2(H2O)5]n (2), have been synthesized by hydrothermal reactions of Pb(OH)2 or Pb(NO3)2 and 5-sulfoisophthalic acid monosodium salt (NaH2SIP) at 160 °C, respectively. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that compound 1 has a 2D brick-wall-like architecture constructed from 1D tapes containing the basketlike tetranuclear [Pb4(,3 -OH)2(COO)2]. Compound 2 has a 2D-layered structure, which is constructed from a 1D-ladder structure composed of the cyclic [Pb4(SIP)2(COO)2] grid with the four Pb atoms nearly coplanar. In the solid state, compound 1 exhibits blue photoluminescence with the maximum emission intensity at 436 nm upon excitation at 335 nm. Compound 2 shows phosphorescence with the maximum emission intensity at 603 nm upon excitation at 426 nm. Both compounds have also been characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectra, TG analysis, and powder X-ray diffraction. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006) [source]

X-ray Crystal Structure of a Sodium Salt of [Gd(DOTP)]5,: Implications for Its Second-Sphere Relaxivity and the 23Na NMR Hyperfine Shift Effects of [Tm(DOTP)]5,

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Issue 23 2003
Fernando Avecilla
Abstract The X-ray structure of the sodium salt of [Gd(DOTP)]5, shows two different chelates, [Gd(1)(DOTP)]5, and [Gd(2)(DOTP)]5,, bound at either surface of a sheet formed by a cluster of hydrated Na+ ions. Each [Gd(1)(DOTP)]5, anion binds directly to four Na+ ions of this cluster through the free oxygen atoms of the phosphonate groups of the adjacent ligand, while each [Gd(2)(DOTP)]5, unit is connected to the cluster via hydrogen bonds only. The Gd3+ ions in the two moieties do not have any inner-sphere water molecules, and are eight-coordinate. Their coordination polyhedra are twisted square antiprisms, with slightly different twist angles. These m, isomers are found in the crystal structure as racemic mixtures of enantiomers. Only one set of NMR resonances is observed in aqueous solution, corresponding to an averaged m, isomer. In this crystal structure, the Na+ ions bind the phosphonate oxygen atoms of the [Gd(1)(DOTP)]5, anion at positions far removed from the main symmetry axis. This is significantly different from the binding mode(s) previously proposed to be occurring in solution between Na+ and [Tm(DOTP)]5,, based on the interpretation of solution paramagnetic 23Na NMR shifts. This could arise as a result of the effects of the cluster of hydrated Na+ ions that are present, which may hinder axial binding modes and distort lateral binding modes. Further, in the crystal structure, both types of Gd3+ centers have four second-sphere water molecules that are located at distances (4.2,4.5 Å) significantly longer than those previously proposed from the analysis of the NMRD data of [Gd(1)(DOTP)]5,. This is a result of the coordination of Na+ by these water molecules, thus preventing their direct interaction with the phosphonate oxygen atoms. However, in solution such second-sphere water molecules can interact strongly with the phosphonate ligand oxygen atoms, resulting in efficient relaxation if their binding has relatively long lifetimes (> 50 ps). Rotational immobilization will amplify this contribution, thus making it similar to outer-sphere relaxation. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003) [source]

New [Ru3(CO)12]-Based Catalysts with Imidazolinium Salt, Diimine, or Bis(oxazoline) Ligands and Ruthenium Bis(oxazoline) Complex for Tandem Isomerisation/Claisen Rearrangement of Dienyl Ethers , X-ray Structure of [RuCl{(R,R)-bis(isopropyloxazoline)}(p -cymene)]BF4

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Issue 22 2003
Hamed Ben Ammar
Abstract The reaction of various 1,7-dienes in the presence of the three-component catalyst A: [Ru3(CO)12]/imidazolinium salt/Cs2CO3 (1:1:2) leads to the tandem alkene isomerisation/Claisen rearrangement affording ,,,-unsaturated aldehydes. Other three component catalysts: [Ru3(CO)12]/diimine/Cs2CO3 and [Ru3(CO)12]/benzoxazoline or chiral bis(oxazoline)/Cs2CO3 offer new active catalytic systems for these tandem reactions. Two ruthenium complexes containing optically active bis(oxazoline), [RuCl{(R,R)-bis(oxazoline)}(p -cymene)]BF4, were prepared and the X-ray structure of one of them (18) was established. The combination of chiral 18/imidazolinium salt/Cs2CO3 (1:1:2) catalysed the above reaction of 1,6-dienes and the results suggest initial catalytic isomerisation followed by a thermal Claisen rearrangement. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003) [source]

Magnus' Green Salt Revisited: Impact of Platinum,Platinum Interactions on Electronic Structure and Carrier Mobilities,

ADVANCED MATERIALS, Issue 15 2006
E.-G. Kim
Magnus' green salt is the prototype of a class of organic,inorganic hybrid semiconducting materials that combine attractive charge-transport properties and processability. By using density-functional-theory methods, the electronic structure of Magnus' green salt is investigated, in particular the nature of the interplatinum interactions (see figure). In conjunction with time-of-flight measurements of the carrier mobilities, key structure,property relationships for these materials are re-established. [source]

A Lutidine-Bridged Bis-Perimidinium Salt: Synthesis and Application as a Precursor in Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions

ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS (PREVIOUSLY: JOURNAL FUER PRAKTISCHE CHEMIE), Issue 7-8 2009
Tao Tu
Abstract A novel lutidine-bridged bis-perimidinium dibromide 3 was synthesized in quantitative yield from cheap commercial starting materials. The bisylidene prepared therefrom in situ upon deprotonation is a potent precatalyst in palladium-catalyzed Heck and Suzuki cross-coupling reactions under aerobic conditions, and is efficient even with a ppm scale catalyst loading. Its stronger ,-donor character is held to be responsible for its superior catalytic performance compared with imidazole- and benzimidazole-based analogues bearing the same skeleton precursors. [source]

From Mono-Triazolium Salt to Bis-Triazolium Salt: Improvement of the Asymmetric Intermolecular Benzoin Condensation

ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS (PREVIOUSLY: JOURNAL FUER PRAKTISCHE CHEMIE), Issue 16 2008
Yajun Ma
Abstract A solution to the long-standing challenge of developing a highly effective method for the enantioselective intermolecular benzoin condensation of aromatic aldehydes is described. The chiral bis-bicyclic triazolium salt , 1,3-bis{(S)-5-benzyl-6,8-dihydro-5H -[1,4]oxazino[2,1- c][1,2,4]triazol-2-ium-2-yl}benzene dichloride [(S)- 5a-1] is currently the most efficient precatalyst for the asymmetric variant of the benzoin condensation. [source]

Efficient Activation of 2-Iminomethylpyridine/Cobalt-Based Alkyne [2+2+2],Cycloaddition Catalyst by Addition of a Silver Salt

ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS (PREVIOUSLY: JOURNAL FUER PRAKTISCHE CHEMIE), Issue 14-15 2007
Avijit Goswami
Abstract The addition of silver triflate (AgOTf) or silver hexafluoroantimonate (AgSbF6) significantly increased the activity of the 2-(arylimino)methylpyridine/cobalt(II) chloride hexahydrate (CoCl2,6,H2O)/zinc catalyst in alkyne cyclotrimerizations thereby accelerating the reaction and enabling the use of unactivated, simple internal alkynes as the monoyne substrate: The rate of reaction was found to be highly dependent on the nature of the counter anion (X,) and the ligand (L) in the postulated cationic cobalt(I) complex [LCo(I)]+X,. [source]

Physiological and biochemical traits involved in the genotypic variability to salt tolerance of Tunisian Cakile maritima

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, Issue 4 2009
Megdiche Wided
Abstract Cakile maritima (family: Brassicaceae) was collected from three provenances belonging to different bioclimatic stages (humid, semi arid and arid) in Tunisia to study their eco-physiological and biochemical responses to salinity. Seedlings were cultivated on inert sand for 20 days under NaCl treatments (0, 100, 200, 400 mm NaCl). Plant response to salinity was provenance- and salt-dependent. At 100 mm NaCl, growth parameters (leaf biomass, area, number per plant and relative growth rate) were improved in plants from Jerba (originating from arid bioclimatic stage) compared with the control, while growth was reduced in those from Tabarka (from humid area). High salt levels (400 mm NaCl) decreased the plant growth in the three provenances, but plants in Tabarka were the most salt sensitive. The relative salt tolerance of plants from Jerba and Bekalta provenances was associated with low levels of malondialdehyde as well as of electrolyte leakage and endoproteolytic activity. Salt reduced leaf hydration, the decrease in water content being dose-dependent and more pronounced in Tabarka. Increase in salinity led to significant increase in leaf succulence and decrease in leaf water potential, especially in Jerba plants. The plants from the latter displayed the highest leaf levels of Na+ and Cl,, proline, soluble carbohydrates, soluble proteins, and polyphenols. Overall, the higher salt tolerance of plants from Jerba provenance, and to a lower extent of those from Bekalta, may be partly related to their better capacity for osmotic adjustment and to limit oxidative damage when salt-challenged. Résumé Cakile maritima a été collecté (famille des Brassicaceae) dans trois provenances appartenant à des étages bioclimatiques différentes (humide, semi-aride et aride) de la Tunisie, dans le but d'étudier leurs réponses éco-physiologique et biochimique à la salinité. Des plantules ont été cultivées dans du sable inerte pendant vingt jours avec des doses croissantes de NaCl (0, 100, 200 et 400 mm NaCl). La réponse de Cakile maritima dépend de la provenance et de la salinité du milieu. A 100 mm de NaCl, les paramètres de croissance (biomasse, surface et nombre des feuilles par plante ainsi que le taux de la croissance relative) ont été améliorés chez Djerba (zone bioclimatique aride) par comparaison aux plantes témoins, tandis que la croissance a été réduite chez Tabarka (zone humide). A la plus forte dose de sel (400 mm), une réduction de la croissance des trois provenances a été enregistrée avec une nette sensibilité chez les plantes de la provenance Tabarka. La tolérance relative des deux provenances Djerba et Bekalta est associée à une faible teneur en malondialdéhyde ainsi qu'une fuite d'électrolyte et activité endo-protéolytique modérées. Le traitement salin a réduit l'hydratation des feuilles et cette diminution du contenu en eau est dose-dépendante et elle est plus prononcée chez Tabarka. En outre, l'augmentation de la salinité du milieu a entrainé une élévation de la succulence des feuilles concomitante à une diminution du potentiel hydrique notamment chez Djerba. Les plantes de cette dernière ont été les plus riches en Na+ et Cl - , en proline, carbohydrates, en protéines solubles et en polyphénols. En général, la tolérance au sel de la provenance Djerba, et à moindre degré Bekalta, est en partie reliée à la meilleure capacité d'ajustement osmotique et la limitation des dommages oxydatifs sous stress salin. [source]

Quality Attributes and Microbial Storage Stability of Caviar from Cultivated White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)

JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE, Issue 1 2010
Joong-Han Shin
ABSTRACT:, Caviar was prepared from white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) roe by adjusting the water phase salt (WPS) to 4.0% to 6.3% by adding food grade NaCl. Fish were obtained from 2 different farms from the Inland Northwest (N,= 5). Salt was absorbed at a different rate and to a different extent by roe from different fish. The lipid content in the fish roe varied from 10.2% to 14.4% (w/w), with palmitic acid and oleic acid being the most abundant saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids present, respectively. The caviar contained high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) (35% to 37%) with docosahexanoic acid being the most abundant ,-3 long chain fatty acid. There were no significant differences in microbial storage stability for caviars from different fish stored at 3 °C. However, for caviar stored at 7 °C, there was less growth of,Listeria monocytogenes,(using a cocktail of ATCC 19114, 7644, 19113 strains) in 2 samples (2B46 and 0F05) until day 20. In 2 other samples (453F and 2519), which had lower initial microbial loads, less overall microbial growth was observed, indicating that culture and harvest practices result in compositional differences between fish, which may impact both product composition and storage stability. [source]

Effects of Salt, BHA/BHT, and Differing Phosphate Types on Quality and Sensory Characteristics of Beef Longissimus Muscles

JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE, Issue 4 2009
C.W. Rowe
ABSTRACT:, USDA Select striploins (n,=,20) were cut into thirds (anterior, medial, and posterior) and randomly assigned to 1 of 6 treatments. Treatments included: (1) control (C); (2) 0.006% BHA (butylated hydroxyl anisole)/BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (70%/30%) (BB); (3) 0.4% trisodiumphosphate (CT); (4) 0.4% sodiumtripolyphosphate with 0.5% salt (BH); (5) sodiumtripolyphosphate, 0.5% salt, and 0.006% BHA/BHT (70%/30%) (SB); (6) 0.2% sodiumtripolyphosphate, 0.2% trisodiumphosphate, and 0.5% salt (STB). Muscle sections were injected to 110% (10% pump) of their weight with their respective treatments. Inclusion of BHA/BHT allowed for lower mean oxidation values. Regardless of phosphate type, muscles treated with both phosphate and salt had lower retail purge (P < 0.05). Sensory panelists rated (P < 0.05) STB, SB, and BH to be juicier than all other treatments. These data suggest that inclusion of both salt and phosphate can enhance palatability, lower cook loss, and retail purge. [source]

Effects of Phosphates and Salt in Ground Raw and Cooked Farmed Cod (Gadus morhua) Muscle Studied by the Water Holding Capacity (WHC), and Supported by 31P-NMR Measurements

JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE, Issue 3 2009
S.O. Johnsen
ABSTRACT:, A model system consisting of ground farmed cod muscle (80%, w/w) and added brine (20%, w/w) with different content and combinations of salt (0% and 3% in brine) and phosphorus compounds (mono-, di-, tri- and hexametaphosphates; 0% and 3% in brine) was used to simulate industrial brining of muscle foods. Individual phosphorus component concentrations and breakdown as function of time (0, 23 h) were analyzed using 31P-NMR spectroscopy. The effects of salt and phosphate on water holding capacity (WHC) were measured at similar sampling times, and interrelations between phosphorous components determined by NMR and WHC were established. Addition of salt led to a significant increase (+18%) in WHC, and the combined effect of salt and phosphates was even more pronounced (+29%). The positive effect of triphosphate and salt on WHC was also seen after cooking (+36% in raw and +41% in cooked cod muscle, relative to control), although NMR analysis showed a rapid breakdown of di- and triphosphates. [source]

The OsDHODH1 Gene is Involved in Salt and Drought Tolerance in Rice

JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY, Issue 9 2009
Wen-Ying Liu
Abstract In the present paper, we identified and cloned OsDHODH1 encoding a putative cytosolic dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) in rice. Expression analysis indicated that OsDHODH1 is upregulated by salt, drought and exogenous abscisic acid (ABA), but not by cold. By prokaryotic expression, we determined the enzymatic activity of OsDHODH1 and found that overproduction of OsDHODH1 significantly improved the tolerance of Escherichia coli cells to salt and osmotic stresses. Overexpression of the OsDHODH1 gene in rice increased the DHODH activity and enhanced plant tolerance to salt and drought stresses as compared with wild type and OsDHODH1 -antisense transgenic plants. Our findings reveal, for the first time, that cytosolic dihydroorotate dehydrogenase is involved in plant stress response and that OsDHODH1 could be used in engineering crop plants with enhanced tolerance to salt and drought. [source]

Salt or co-crystal? determination of protonation state by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)

JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, Issue 11 2010
Joanna S. Stevens
Combined 15N ssNMR and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) investigations for theophylline, a theophylline co-crystal, and a theophyllinium salt demonstrate that XPS allows direct observation of the degree of proton transfer, and thus identification of whether a salt or a co-crystal has been formed. The presence of a strongly binding-energy-shifted N 1s XPS peak with protonation indicates a salt (CNH+), while this peak is unmistakably absent in the co-crystal. XPS should be considered as an alternative and complementary technique to single crystal X-ray diffraction and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (ssNMR). © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc. and the American Pharmacists Association J Pharm Sci 99:4453,4457, 2010 [source]

EFFECT OF NaCl AND WATER CONTENT ON EXPANSION AND COLOR OF CASSAVA AND POTATO STARCHES ON BAKING

JOURNAL OF TEXTURE STUDIES, Issue 6 2009
A. FARAHNAKY
ABSTRACT Due to the importance of the role of NaCl in starch-based systems, the effect of NaCl and water content on specific volume, color parameters and moisture loss of cassava and potato starches was studied and response surface methodology was used to find and estimate any nonlinearity between the parameters under study. Glass transition (Tg) is one of the main factors determining the quality parameters of toasted and baked samples. Therefore, Tg of two starch systems (cassava and potato) at low water levels (<20%) as affected by NaCl and water content was investigated. Using experimental modeling, equations were obtained to relate expansion, color change and moisture loss of baked samples to salt level and water content. Differential scanning calorimetry-measured Tg showed that NaCl had negative impact on glass/rubber transition temperature of starch,salt mixtures compared with the samples without NaCl. This could have practical implications in baking, toasting and extrusion processing of starch-based systems. PRACTICAL APPLICATION Due to concerns over health-related issues of high intake of salt by the consumers, recently, the reduction of salt in different food products has become the focus of many industrial projects, conferences and workshops. In breakfast cereals, other than starch type, other added ingredients such as sugar and salt can have profound effects on the physical characteristics of final products. The inclusion of salt in breakfast cereals has some important technological roles, e.g., structure formation and flavor and color generation. Salt plays a key role in the expansion of low-moisture extruded starch-based products. Using the findings of this paper, one may quantify the effects of salt level on expansion and color of baked, toasted or extruded starch-based cereal products and relate the changes to the glass rubber transition of the system. [source]

Gelling of Alumina Suspensions Using Alginic Acid Salt and Hydroxyaluminum Diacetate

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 11 2002
Andre R. Studart
This paper proposes a novel direct casting method of alumina suspensions using alginic acid salt and the coagulation agent hydroxyaluminum diacetate (HADA). These two compounds allowed the consolidation of alumina suspensions through a simultaneous time-delayed physical and chemical gelation process. The physical gel was formed by the gradual release of aluminum and acetate ions from the HADA in water, while the chemical gel originated from the cross-linking of alginate molecules by the polyvalent aluminum ions. Wet alumina green bodies displayed enhanced mechanical properties with the addition of minimal contents of organic material (<0.1 wt%). [source]

Ammonia-, Sodium Chloride-, and Calcium Sulfate-induced Changes in the Stress Responses of Jundiá, Rhamdia quelen, Juveniles

JOURNAL OF THE WORLD AQUACULTURE SOCIETY, Issue 6 2009
Paulo César Falanghe Carneiro
Salt (NaCl) and gypsum (CaSO4) are used as water additives to mitigate fish stress and improve specimen survival. High stocking densities and the transportation of fish can increase aqueous ammonia, which can, in turn, alter fish cortisol secretion. The objectives of this study were to assess the effects of salt, gypsum, and aqueous ammonia on some stress-induced physiological responses of jundiá, Rhamdia quelen, juveniles induced by captivity and handling, and to determine the lethal ammonia concentration for this species. Jundiá juveniles were subjected to the following five treatments: water only, water + ammonia (0.4 mg/L), water + NH3 + NaCl (6 g/L), water + NH3 + gypsum (150 mg/L), and water + NH3 + NaCl + gypsum. Blood samples were taken after intervals of 1, 5, 24, and 96 h, and the concentrations of cortisol, glucose, chloride, ammonia, and hematocrit were determined. The NH3 LC50 value after 96 h of exposure (LC50,96h) was measured to be 1.9 mg/L NH3. Either salt or gypsum reduced both cortisol and glucose levels during most of the experimental period, but the combination of both reduced these levels even further. The combined use of NaCl and CaSO4 demonstrates a synergic effect on mitigating stress responses induced by handling and aqueous ammonia in jundiá juveniles. [source]

Nitrite Toxicity to Litopenaeus vannamei in Water Containing Low Concentrations of Sea Salt or Mixed Salts

JOURNAL OF THE WORLD AQUACULTURE SOCIETY, Issue 4 2004
Anthony Sowers
The uptake, depuration and toxicity of environmental nitrite was characterized in Litopenaeus vannamei exposed in water containing low concentrations of artificial sea salt or mixed salts. In 2 g/L artificial sea salts, nitrite was concentrated in the hemolymph in a dose-dependent and rapid manner (steady-state in about 2 d). When exposed to nitrite in 2 g/L artificial sea salts for 4 d and then moved to a similar environment without added nitrite, complete depuration occurred within a day. Increasing salinity up to 10 g/L decreased uptake of environmental nitrite. Nitrite uptake in environments containing 2 g/L mixed salts (combination of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium chlorides) was similar to or lower than rates in 2 g/L artificial sea salt. Toxicity was inversely related to total dissolved salt and chloride concentrations and was highest in 2 g/L artificial sea salt (96-h medial lethal concentration = 8.4 mg/L nitrite-N). Animals that molted during the experiments did not appear to be more susceptible to nitrite than animals that did not molt. The shallow slope of the curve describing the relationship between toxicity and salinity suggests that management of nitrite toxicity in low-salinity shrimp ponds by addition of more salts may not be practical. [source]

Metals, Salt, and Slaves: Economic Links Between Gaul and Italy From the Eighth to the Late Sixth Centuries BC

OXFORD JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, Issue 3 2003
Daphne Nash Briggs
Summary. This paper discusses the role of metals, salt, textiles, and slaves in the development of networks of reciprocal exchange that interlinked the élites of Etruscan Italy and Early Iron Age Gaul between the eighth and sixth centuries BC. Maritime and transalpine contact are considered separately. Certain regional specialisms in Gaul are discussed: metals in the west and centre, supporting prosperous HaD élites around the rim of the Massif Central, salt on coasts and in the east, perhaps in exchange for Italian textiles, and slaves perhaps especially from the sixth-century BC Aisne,Marne/Mont Lassois complex. A principal point is to establish the ubiquity and economic importance of women and children as domestic slaves both in Italy and Gaul and their consequent significance as valuable objects of élite exchange. Development in patterns of slave procurement during this period are considered. [source]

Salt- and glyphosate-induced increase in glyoxalase I activity in cell lines of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea)

PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM, Issue 4 2002
Mukesh Jain
Glyoxalase I (EC 4.4.1.5) activity has long been associated with rapid cell proliferation, but experimental evidence is forthcoming, linking its role to stress tolerance as well. Proliferative callus cultures of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L. cv. JL24) showed a 3.3-fold increase in glyoxalase I activity during the logarithmic growth phase, correlating well with the data on FW gain and mitotic index. Inhibition of cell division decreased glyoxalase I activity and vice versa, thus further corroborating its role as a cell division marker enzyme. Cell lines of A. hypogaea selected in the presence of high salt (NaCl) and herbicide (glyphosate) concentrations, yielded 4.2- to 4.5-fold and 3.9- to 4.6-fold elevated glyoxalase I activity, respectively, in a dose dependent manner reflective of the level of stress tolerance. The stress-induced increase in enzyme activity was also accompanied by an increase in the glutathione content. Exogenous supplementation of glutathione could partially alleviate the growth inhibition of callus cultures induced by methylglyoxal and d -isoascorbic acid, but failed to recover the loss in glyoxalase I activity due to d -isoascorbic acid. The adaptive significance of elevated glyoxalase I activity in maintaining glutathione homeostasis has been discussed in view of our understanding on the role of glutathione in the integration of cellular processes with plant growth and development under stress conditions. [source]

Silicon deposition in the root reduces sodium uptake in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings by reducing bypass flow

PLANT CELL & ENVIRONMENT, Issue 10 2006
H. J. GONG
ABSTRACT Sodium chloride reduces the growth of rice seedlings, which accumulate excessive concentrations of sodium and chloride ions in their leaves. In this paper, we describe how silicon decreases transpirational bypass flow and ion concentrations in the xylem sap in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings growing under NaCl stress. Salt (50 mM NaCl) reduced the growth of shoots and roots: adding silicate (3 mM) to the saline culture solution improved the growth of the shoots, but not roots. The improvement of shoot growth in the presence of silicate was correlated with reduced sodium concentration in the shoot. The net transport rate of Na from the root to shoot (expressed per unit of root mass) was also decreased by added silicate. There was, however, no effect of silicate on the net transport of potassium. Furthermore, in salt-stressed plants, silicate did not decrease the transpiration, and even increased it in seedlings pre-treated with silicate for 7 d prior to salt treatment, indicating that the reduction of sodium uptake by silicate was not simply through a reduction in volume flow from root to shoot. Experiments using trisodium-8-hydroxy-1,3,6-pyrenetrisulphonic acid (PTS), an apoplastic tracer, showed that silicate dramatically decreased transpirational bypass flow in rice (from about 4.2 to 0.8%), while the apparent sodium concentration in the xylem, which was estimated indirectly from the flux data, decreased from 6.2 to 2.8 mM. Direct measurements of the concentration of sodium in xylem sap sampled using Philaenus spumarius confirmed that the apparent reduction was not a consequence of sodium recycling. X-ray microanalysis showed that silicon was deposited in the outer part of the root and in the endodermis, being more obvious in the latter than in the former. The results suggest that silicon deposition in the exodermis and endodermis reduced sodium uptake in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings under NaCl stress through a reduction in apoplastic transport across the root. [source]