Effect of wheat germ flour addition on wheat flour,dough and Chinese steamed bread properties

Wheat germ flour (WGF) has been developed as a functional food ingredient with high nutritional value. In this study, WGF was applied in steamed bread-making in order to improve the quality of Chinese steamed bread (CSB). Partial substitution of wheat flour with WGF at levels of 3%, 6%, 9% and 12% (w/w) was carried out to investigate physicochemical properties of blends and their steaming performance. Falling number (FN) values of composite flours ranged from 199 to 223 s. Viscosity analysis results showed that wheat flour mixed with WGF had higher pasting temperature and lower viscosities. Dough rheological properties were also investigated using farinograph and extensograph. The addition of WGF diluted the gluten protein in dough and formed weak and inextensible dough, which can be studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis. CSB made with WGF had significantly lower volume, specific volume and higher spread ratio. The sensory acceptability and physicochemical quality of CSB were improved with the application of a low level of WGF (3% and 6%). However, results showed that a high level of WGF over 9% is not recommended because of unsatisfactory taste. As a whole, addition of appropriate level of WGF in wheat flour could improve the quality of CSB.     

The enzymatic incorporation of isopentenyl pyrophosphate into polyisoprene in rubber particles from Parthenium argentatum Gray

Studies have indicated the presence of both a de novo biosynthesis of new polyisoprene chains and the elongation of pre-existing rubber-PP chains in rubber particles from Ficus elastica Roxb. and small rubber particles from Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A. Juss.) Müll. Arg. In this paper, we have isolated rubber particles from the cortical parenchyma of Parthenium argentatum Gray with an adsorbed isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase that was competent to form polyisoprene to determine the presence of de novo biosynthesis of polyisoprene and the elongation of pre-existing rubber-PP. The gel filtrated rubber particles were supplied saturating concentrations of [¹⁴C]-isopentenyl pyrophosphate for 1 h and the resulting concentrations of [¹⁴C]-polyisoprene were isolated and analyzed with a Waters 150C Gel Permeation Chromatograph. The mol wt distribution of the [¹⁴C]-polyisoprene ranged from 10³ to 10⁶ Da with no formation of high mol wt chains equal to the polyisoprene in the mol wt distribution of natural rubber from P. argentatum. The mol wt distribution of [¹⁴C]-polyisoprene following 1 h of incubation of the reaction mixture was similar to the mol wt distribution formed by the bound rubber transferase in washed rubber particles of H. brasiliensis and the time-dependent formation of polyisoprene by washed rubber particles from P. argentatum. The data support the conclusion that the washed rubber particles from P. argentatum contain a bound rubber transferase that initiates the formation of new chains of polyisoprene from the dimethylallyl pyrophosphate initiator generated from the added isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase followed by the extensive polymerization of isopentenyl pyrophosphate to form a monomodal rubber polymer. There was no evidence in these washed rubber particles of a chain elongation of pre-existing rubber-PP.     

Application of a radioimmunoassay for detection of the major internal antigen (p24) of bovine leukemia virus from cultured lymphocytes of cattle

A sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay for the major internal antigen of bovine leukemia virus has been applied to detecting this protein in cultured lymphocytes of infected cattle. The specificity inherent in this assay offers obvious advantages over a previously described syncytium induction assay for infectious bovine leukemia virus, because false positive reactions due to other viruses such as bovine syncytial virus are avoided. Investigations of various culture conditions indicated that maximal amounts of antigen had been produced after incubation for 72 hr at 37°C. Lymphocyte concentrations of 10⁶?5×10⁷ cells/ml gave satisfactory results. Tests of cultured lymphocytes from bovine leukemia virus infected or bovine leukemia virus-free cattle indicated a comparable sensitivity between the radioimmunoassay and syncytium induction assay in the detection of bovine leukemia virus infections.     

正交试验法优化大气等离子喷涂Al_2O_3-13wt.%TiO_2涂层的工艺参数

基于涂层显微硬度和磨损抗力,利用正交试验设计方法对45号钢基体表面等离子喷涂Al2O3-13wt.%TiO2(AT13)涂层的工艺参数进行优化.在保持喷涂距离80 mm、送粉量2.4 kg.h-1的条件下,研究了工艺参数主气流量(氩气)、电弧电流、电弧电压对涂层性能的影响.结果表明,主气流量是影响涂层组织、性能的最主要因素,电流、电压次之.在本试验条件下,喷涂AT13陶瓷涂层的优化工艺参数为:主气流量45 slm,电流550 A,电压65 V.