scholarly journals Manufacture of Hard Gelatin Capsules From a Lyophilisate of the Morus Nigra Fruit

Author(s):  
Sandra Isabel Hernández-González ◽  
Jesús Iván García-Castañeda ◽  
José de Jesús Alba-Romero ◽  
Aurora Martínez-Romero ◽  
Rodolfo Gerardo Chew-Madinaveitia ◽  
...  

Morus nigra L. (M. nigra L.) belongs to the Moraceae family. Traditional medicine for its physicochemical properties. To evaluate the physicochemical composition and pharmaceutical stability of hard gelatin capsules of the freeze-dried fruit of M. nigra L. The content of total phenols (CFT) and antioxidant capacity (CA) were evaluated by spectrophotometry, the content of ash, moisture, protein, fat and fiber were determined according to their own standard. The CFT and CA were 25.4 mg gallic acid equivalents/g of sample, and 74.1% inhibition, respectively. On the other hand, the values of ash, moisture, protein, fat and fiber were 4.2%, 7.9%, 3.9%, 0.5% and 3.6%, respectively. Lyophilized M. nigra fruit may be a novel candidate for the development of gelatin hard capsules and other new pharmaceutical products.

1979 ◽  
Vol 42 (04) ◽  
pp. 1073-1114 ◽  

SummaryIn collaborative experiments in 199 laboratories, nine commercial thromboplastins, four thromboplastins held by the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBS & C), London and the British Comparative Thromboplastin were tested on fresh normal and coumarin plasmas, and on three series of freeze-dried plasmas. One of these was made from coumarin plasmas and the other two were prepared from normal plasmas; in each series, one plasma was normal and the other two represented different degrees of coumarin defect.Each thromboplastin was calibrated against NIBS&C rabbit brain 70/178, from the slope of the line joining the origin to the point of intersection of the mean ratios of coumarin/normal prothrombin times when the ratios obtained with the two thromboplastins on the same fresh plasmas were plotted against each other. From previous evidence, the slopes were calculated which would have been obtained against the NIBS&C “research standard” thromboplastin 67/40, and termed the “calibration constant” of each thromboplastin. Values obtained from the freeze-dried coumarin plasmas gave generally similar results to those from fresh plasmas for all thromboplastins, whereas values from the artificial plasmas agreed with those from fresh plasmas only when similar thromboplastins were being compared.Taking into account the slopes of the calibration lines and the variation between laboratories, precision in obtaining a patient’s prothrombin time was similar for all thromboplastins.


1980 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Hunter ◽  
J.T. Fell ◽  
R.T. Calvert ◽  
H. Sharma

2008 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 354-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R F Lee ◽  
John K S Tweed

This study investigated the evolution of trans-9 trans-11 conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) from cis-9 trans-11 CLA during methylation and its avoidance through a rapid base methylation of milk fat. The study examined three conditions shown to result in loss of cis-9 trans-11 CLA during methylation namely: temperature, methylation time, water contamination in old reagents and acidic conditions. Three techniques currently used for the conversion of milk fat into fatty acid methyl esters for analysis of CLA content by gas liquid chromatography and a fourth procedure designed to eliminate acidic conditions and to limit methylation temperature and time were used. The four methods were: (i) acidic methylation (AM); (ii) acidic and basic bimethylation with fresh reagents (FBM); (iii) acidic and basic bimethylation with pre-prepared reagents (PBM) and (iv) basic methylation (BM). Each regime was carried out on six milk samples over two periods and methylated 1 ml freeze-dried milk (n=12 per regime). Total CLA was not different across methylation regimes (0·30 mg/ml). Isomer cis-9 trans-11 was higher (P<0·01) with BM than the other regimes and lowest with AM: 21·2, 17·8, 18·8 and 14·7 mg/100 ml for BM, FBM, PBM and AM, respectively. The inverse relationship was shown for trans-9 trans-11 with higher (P<0·001) amounts with AM than the other regimes and lowest with BM: 0·57, 2·55, 2·36 and 3·69 mg/100 ml for BM, FBM, PBM and AM, respectively. The trans-10 cis-12 isomer was also shown to alter with methylation procedure being higher (P<0·001) with AM than the other regimes: 0·43, 0·47, 0·29 and 1·20 mg/100 ml for BM, FBM, PBM and AM, respectively. Validation with known CLA free fatty acid and triacylglycerol standards confirmed that AM resulted in conversion of cis-9 trans-11 to trans-9 trans-11, and also elevated trans-10 cis-12 whilst BM of triacylglycerol CLA did not isomerise cis-9 trans-11 and was comparable to FBM.


2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiran Bala ◽  
Aradhita Barmanray

Present study was directed to analyze and compare the bioactive compounds (total phenols, total anthocyanins), vitamins (ascorbic acid, β-carotene, vitamin A), minerals including Ca, Mg, Na, P, K, Fe, Cu, Zn, Co, Mn and heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb) of freeze-dried (lyophilized) phalsa pulp and seed powder. In lyophilized pulp powder (LPP) higher amount of total phenols (78.11 mg/100g), total anthocyanin (82.94 mg/100g), ascorbic acid (5.21 mg/100g), β-carotene (0.54 µg/100g), vitamin A (0.89 I.U.) were observed than lyophilized seed powder (LSP). Na, K, Mg and Co (0.41, 0.39, 1.08, 0.46 mg/100g, respectively) were higher in LPP as compared to LSP (0.29, 0.11, 0.76 and 0.40 mg/100g, respectively) whereas, Ca, P and Cu were detected more in LSP. This study opens the prospect of using dry phalsa powder in the preparation of various nutraceutical and functional foods for their therapeutic as well as prophylactic purposes.


1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kawamoto ◽  
M. Shimizu

The distribution of calcium and phosphate in the cells of the enamel organ of the rat lower incisors was investigated by autoradiography and energy-dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS). Radioactive calcium or phosphate was injected i.p. into seven-day-old rats of the Wistar strain. The animals were frozen 0.5, 1, and 10 min after injection, and embedded in 5% carboxymethyl cellulose. Sagittal sections of 10 μm thickness were made in which the lower incisor was included as a part of the whole-body section. For autoradiography, the sections were freeze-dried and placed in contact with dry thin films prepared from autoradiographic emulsion. For EDS, sections were mounted on carbon stubs, freeze-dried, coated with carbon, and examined by EDS in a SEM. 45Ca and 32P autoradiograms showed that the radioactivity was located over the papillary layer cells adjacent to the secretory stage ameloblasts and was much higher here than in the ameloblastic layer. On the other hand, there was no significant difference between the amount of radioactivity of these two cell layers in the maturation stage, although higher radioactivity was detectable in the maturation stage enamel than in the secretory stage enamel. Pronounced Ka x-ray peaks were obtained for P, S, Cl, and K originating from the cells of the papillary and ameloblastic layers in the secretory stage, but only very low peaks were obtained for Ca. On the other hand, in addition to these elements, remarkably high Ca and Fe peaks could be detected in the ameloblastic layer of the maturation stage.


1964 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 1146-1149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Franke ◽  
Ulrich Heber

Leaves, which had been killed in liquid air, were freeze dried and then fractionated by a nonaqueous method. Two fractions were obtained, one consisting of chloroplasts and the other of cytoplasm, vacuolar constituents, cell walls and residual chloroplasts. Calculation of the intracellular distribution of ascorbic acid based on the analysis of the two fractions revealed that 40 to 50% of the total ascorbic acid content of the cells is located within the chloroplasts. Since chloroplasts occupy less than 10% of the total volume of the cells, this high figure is direct evidence of an unequal distribution of ascorbic acid within the leaf cell.


2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciane Dias Pereira ◽  
Diego Palmiro Ramirez Ascheri ◽  
Suely Miranda Cavalcante Bastos ◽  
José Luis Ramírez Ascheri ◽  
Suzana da Costa Santos

ABSTRACT Jaboticaba is a fruit with high nutritional potential with beneficial effects for health. The aims of this work were the optimization of the extraction of phenolic compounds (PhC) from freeze-dried jaboticaba peel (FJP) as a function of the stirring time (ST) and solvent volume (SV) and to study the edaphic effect on the physical-chemical composition of FJP from five orchards. In the first stage, a 2-factor, 2-level central composite designs combined with the Response Surface Methodology and desirability function was used. In the second stage, a one-way analysis of variance was used to investigate the edaphic effect on the responses. Total phenols (Tph), tannins (Ta), total monomeric anthocyanins (TMA), color index (CI) and tone responses (Ton) were analyzed. A second-order polynomial model was used for predicting of the first stage dates. The data from the second experiment were evaluated using analysis of variance, Tukey’s test, and t-test. The optimal conditions for the PhC were 64 mL and 75 min. Under the optimum conditions, the corresponding predicted response values for PhC were 33.5, 7.91, and 5.57 mg g-1 and 0.893 u.a. and 0.833 for Tph, Ta, TMA, CI, and Ton, respectively. According to the type of soil, different PhC values were found in FJP extracts. In nutrient-poor soils, highest levels of PhC, high CI and low tone were found.


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