scholarly journals Formulation and Physicochemical Evaluation of Lab-Based Aloe adigratana Reynolds Shampoos

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desta Berhe Sbhatu ◽  
Goitom Gebreyohannes Berhe ◽  
Abadi Gebreyesus Hndeya ◽  
Haftom Baraki Abraha ◽  
Asmael Abdu ◽  
...  

Aloe L. species (Aloaceae) are ethnobotanically very valuable plants in many communities and civilizations. Nonetheless, very few species are extensively studied to explore their applications in the pharmaceutical and medical, cosmetic and personal care, food and beverage, and detergent industries. This study evaluated the characteristics and quality of lab-based shampoos formulated from the gel of Aloe adigratana Reynolds. Five shampoo formulations, 20 mL each, were prepared from A. adigratana gel in combination with one to two drops of coconut oil, jojoba oil, olive oil, pure glycerin oil, lemon juice, and vitamin E. Gel mass is prepared from mature, healthy leaves collected from the natural stand. The phytochemistry of the gel of the plant was also studied using phytochemical screening, proximate composition, and GC-MS analysis studies. Shampoo formulations with higher proportion (40 to 50% v/v) of A. adigratana gel were found to have comparable characteristics and qualities with a marketed shampoo. They fall within the range of acceptable quality parameters of commercial shampoos. The phytochemical studies of A. adigratana gel showed that the plant is the source of highly valued compounds for the preparation of shampoos. The gel was found to be rich in saponins as well as dodecanoic acid, hexadecanoic acid, and phytol. Future works should focus in the development of refined protocol towards formulating A. adigratana-based shampoos.

Author(s):  
Tetiana V. Shevtsova ◽  
Jana Petrová ◽  
Ján Brindza ◽  
Kateryna G. Garkava ◽  
Miroslava Kačániová

Quantitative microbiological analysis by dilution plating method of pollen and additional male and female catkins, leaves of Betula verrucosa Ehrh. and its two cultivars: ‘Purpurea’ and ‘Youngii’ relatively of flowering period of Betula has been realized with the aim to provide new knowledge of the microbiological quality of anemophilous pollen for processing and its further application. Qualitative microbiological analysis with MALDI-TOF MS Biotyper was used in the identification of aerobic, anaerobic mesophilic bacteria and coliforms. Mixed microbiota was determined, consisting of aerobic (4.68–4.89 log cfu/g) and anaerobic (3.30–3.48 log cfu/g) mesophilic bacteria, lactobacilli (0–3.48 log cfu/g), coliform bacteria (0–4.57 log cfu/g), fungi and yeast (3.78–3.95 log cfu/g) on the pollen grains, that indicates acceptable quality in comparison with the microbiological quality parameters for bee pollen. Pantoea agglomerans was found associated with pollen of Betula verrucosa Ehrh. Recommendations on the collection of anemophilous pollen were established.


2000 ◽  
Vol 18 (No. 5) ◽  
pp. 187-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Strohalm ◽  
H. Valentová ◽  
M. Houška ◽  
P. Novotná ◽  
A. Landfeld ◽  
...  

Natural orange juice pasteurised (pascalised) by high pressure was stored for 180 days at room temperature in dark conditions. Sensory evaluation of several quality parameters was made. At the same time the frozen and heat pasteurised parallel samples of the juice of the same origin were evaluated for comparison. The sensory evaluation consists of overall image, flavour, taste and sensorial viscosity. The instrumental evaluation of colour, pH and kinematic viscosity was made. The best overall image was received for frozen juice. The pressurised and heated samples were nearly the same as regards the flavour. The sensorial viscosity of all samples was evaluated as thin with very small differences during storage. The preference test was also made – the best quality for the test panel was received for samples of frozen juice followed by pressurised juice. The third rank was given to heat treated samples. The pressurised samples exhibited the acceptable quality for 150 days of storage at room temperature.


1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-304
Author(s):  
AKMS Inam ◽  
MA Haque ◽  
M Shams-Ud-Din ◽  
M Easdani

Chickpea husks were extracted by non-alkaline aqueous extraction process and then ground in flour mill. The unextracted husks were also ground in flour mill. The analysis of chickpea husk showed that extracted husk was lower in moisture, protein, ash and fat but higher in carbohydrate and crude fiber contents compared to unextracted husk. Chapattis were prepared incorporating different levels of extracted and unextracted chickpea husk and evaluated for various quality parameters as weight, width, thickness, spread ratio, and moisture content. The chapatti containing extracted husk had higher moisture, carbohydrate and crude fiber content but lower in protein and ash content than that of chapatti containing unextracted husk. Chapattis were also prepared incorporating various levels of salt, baking powder and water. The quality of chapattis was evaluated. Chapatti prepared from 5% extracted husk required 2.0% salt, 1.5% baking powder and 62% water for producing reasonably acceptable quality while chapatti from 5% unextracted husk required 1.5% salt, 1.5% baking powder and 60% water for achieving better quality. Chapattis were prepared with 5% extracted husk required higher salt and water than that of 5% unextracted husk. Chapattis were evaluated organoleptically by a taste testing panel. The overall acceptability of chapattis without husk was followed by chapattis incorporated with 5% extracted husk. Keywords: Chickpea; Extracted husk; Unextracted husk; Baking; Chapatti DOI: 10.3329/jbau.v8i2.7941 J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 8(2): 297-304, 2010


2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megawati Nodjeng ◽  
Feti Fatimah ◽  
Johnly A Rorong

Kualitas Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) yang dibuat pada Metode Pemanasan Bertahap sebagai Minyak Goreng dengan Penambahan Wortel (Daucus carrota L.) ABSTRAK Telah dilakukan penelitian untuk mengetahui kualitas VCO yang diolah dengan metode pemanasan dengan adanya penambahan wortel (VCO-wortel) sebagai minyak goreng serta perbandingan kualitasnnya dengan VCO tanpa penambahan wortel (VCO),  minyak sawit komersial dan minyak kelapa komersial. Parameter kualitas yang akan di uji yaitu  kadar air, asam lemak bebas, bobot jenis dan bilangan peroksida. Hasil penelitian menunjukan VCO-wortel dan minyak kelapa komersial mempunyai  kualitas yang lebih baik pada sebelum serta setelah penggorengan pengujian dilakukan terhadap kentang beku sebanyak tiga kali. Hasil diuji statistik dengan Anova. dibandingkan dengan  VCO dan minyak sawit komersial. Walaupun nilai asam lemak (FFA) bebas dan bobot jenis minyak kelapa komersial lebih baik daripada VCO-wortel  namun tidak ada perbedaan yang signifikan sehingga pembuatan VCO  wortel dapat memberi pengaruh yang baik terhadap kualitas VCO sebagai minyak goreng. Kata Kunci : Asam lemak bebas, Bobot jenis dan bilangan peroksida, VCO-Wortel THE QUALITY OF VIRGIN COCONUT OIL ( VCO ) MADE IN GRADUAL HEATING METHODS AS THE COOKING OIL WITH ADDITION CARROT (Daucus Carrota L.) ABSTRACT Research has been conducted to determine the quality of the VCO is processed by heating method with the addition of carrots ( VCO - carrots ) as well as comparison kualitasnnya cooking oil with VCO without the addition of carrots ( VCO ) , a commercial palm oil and coconut oil commercial. Quality parameters will be tested the moisture content , free fatty acid , peroxide type and weight. The results showed VCO - commercial carrot and coconut oil has a better quality before and after frying tests conducted on frozen potatoes three times . Results were tested statistically by Anova. compared with VCO and commercial palm oil . Although the value of fatty acids ( FFA ) and free weights commercial coconut oils are better than VCO - carrots but no significant difference thus making carrot VCO can give a good effect on the quality of the VCO as a cooking oil . Keywords : Free fatty acids,  Weight and type of peroxide, VCO-Carrots


CORD ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
J.M.N. Marikkar

Defatted coconut flour obtained from the whitish kernel residue left after the extraction of virgin coconut oil has potential application in high protein-fiber enriched food products. A study was conducted to investigate the use of defatted coconut flour in the preparation of fiber-enriched biscuits. In this, wheat flour was fortified with defatted coconut flour in varying proportions (w/w, 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70%) to prepare a series of blends for biscuit dough. Biscuits samples prepared according to a standard recipe were evaluated by a 36-member semi-trained panel using a 7-point hedonic scale to determine the critical limit of defatted coconut flour substitution in wheat flour for acceptable quality biscuits. Results showed that defatted coconut flour could be used to substitute wheat flour up to a level of 40% without affecting the overall quality. At this level, the dietary fiber content of the biscuit was found to increase by about 10 times. Although biscuit samples showed good acceptability at the beginning, their keeping quality decreased with the increasing level of defatted coconut flour in the biscuit formulation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Hossain ◽  
MM Islam ◽  
F Naznin ◽  
RN Ferdousi ◽  
FY Bari ◽  
...  

Semen was collected from four rams, using artificial vagina and viability%, motility% and plasma membrane integrity% were measured. Fresh ejaculates (n = 32) were separated by modified swim-up separation using modified human tubal fluid medium. Four fractions of supernatant were collected at 15-minute intervals. The mean volume, mass activity, concentration, motility%, viability%, normal morphology and membrane integrity% (HOST +ve) of fresh semen were 1.0 ± 0.14, 4.1 ± 0.1 × 109 spermatozoa/ml, 85.0 ± 1.3, 89.4 ± 1.0, 85.5 ± 0.7, 84.7 ± 0.5 respectively. There was no significant (P>0.05) difference in fresh semen quality parameters between rams. The motility%, viability% and HOST +ve % of first, second, third and fourth fractions were 53.4 ± 0.5, 68.2 ± 0.3, 74.8 ± 0.3 and 65.5 ± 0.4; 55.5 ± 0.4, 66.2 ± 0.4, 74.5 ± 0.3 and 73.6 ± 0.3 and 66.7 ± 0.5, 66.8 ± 0.5, 65.2 ± 0.4 and 74.7 ± 0.5 respectively. The motility%, viability% and membrane integrity% of separated semen samples differed significantly (P<0.05) between four fractions. The mean motility% and viability% were significantly higher (P<0.05) in third fraction (74.8 ± 0.3%), whereas the mean HOST +ve% was significantly higher (P<0.05) in fourth fraction (74.7 ± 0.5). All quality parameters of separated spermatozoa were significantly (P<0.05) lower than that of fresh semen. The pregnancy rates were higher with fresh semen (71%) in comparison to that of separated sample (57%).Bangl. vet. 2016. Vol. 33, No. 2, 62-70


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Shahnaj Yesmina ◽  
Moushumi Akhtarb ◽  
Belal Hossain

The experiment was conducted to find out the effect of variety, nitrogen level and harvesting time on yield and seed quality of barley. The treatments used in the experiment consisted of two varieties viz. BARI Barley 4 and BARI Barley 5, three harvesting time viz. 35, 40 and 45 Days after Anthesis (DAA) and nitrogen levels viz. 0, 70, 85 and 100 kg N ha-1 . The experiment was laid out in a spilt- spilt-plot design with three replications assigning the variety to the main plot, harvesting time to the sub-plots and nitrogen level to the sub-sub plots. Variety had significant effects on the all yield attributes except fertile seeds spike-1 . Seed quality parameters viz. normal seeds spike-1 , deformed seeds spike-1 , germination (%) and vigour index were statistically significant. The variety BARI Barley 5 produced higher grain yield and seed quality than BARI Barley 4. Grain yield from BARI Barley 5 and BARI Barley 4 were 4.59 t ha-1 and 4.24 t ha-1 , respectively. Significantly, the highest 1000-seed weight (46.90 g) was produced by BARI Barley 5 than (37.90 g) BARI Barley 4. The result revealed that harvesting time had significant effect on yield and yield attributes and seed quality parameters. Seed yield was highest (4.65 t ha-1 ) when the crop harvested at 40 DAA and it was increased linearly from 35 DAA. Maximum quality seed and 1000-seed weight (43.20 g) was obtained when the crop harvested at 40 DAA. All the yields, yield attributes and seed quality parameters were significantly influenced by nitrogen levels. The highest grain yield (5.14 t ha-1 ) was obtained when BARI Barley 5 variety was fertilized by 100 kg N ha-1 and the lowest (3.14 t ha-1 ) was obtained from control treatments. Normal seeds spike-1 , vigour index, germination (%) were better at 85 kg N ha-1 in variety of BARI Barley 5 than BARI Barley 4. So it can be concluded that BARI Barley 5 showed better result when fertilized with 100 kg N ha-1 and harvested at 40 DAA for getting maximum yield and 85 kg N ha-1 and harvested at 40 DAA for getting better quality seed.


Author(s):  
Neha Jain ◽  
Mohan Lal Kori

The objective of the present study is to evaluate the quality of the marketed and self collected samples of Plumbago zeylanica L. roots on the standardization parameters. This study is planned mainly to confirm changes with quality of drug. Now a day’s more demand of herbal drugs for disease treatment, lack of knowledge of proper methodology and availability are promoting the practices of adulteration and substitution. Thus, the standardization of the plant crude drugs is necessary to maintain their therapeutic efficacy. Comparative studies were carried out to evaluate the standards of P. zeylanica L. with emphasis on organoleptic evaluation, physicochemical and phytochemical analysis. Samples were procured from local market and self collected to determine the qualitative and quantitative variations. The result indicates that self collected sample showed significant results with comparison to marketed sample.


Author(s):  
G.B. Lyubomirsky ◽  
T.L. Redinova

This article assesses the reliability, constructive validity and reproducibility of a special questionnaire for determining the quality parameters of rendering physiotherapeutic care to patients with chronic generalized periodontitis. The analysis of literary sources showed that there are studies of quality of dental services, however, we have not met with research into the quality and comfort of physiotherapy procedures for periodontal patients. At the same time, the importance of this issue is obvious and requires study and analysis. Without making judgments about the quality of the service, a full-fledged medical dental procedure can not take place. The assortment of physical devices and methods grows annually, their use in the periodontoloical treatment is not always sufficiently justified, the effectiveness is not always confimed therefore it is important to pay attention not only to the marketing efforts directed by the clinics for comfort, but also to analyze the ideas about the quality of the clinical characteristics of physiotherapeutic procedures.


2011 ◽  
pp. 85-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Pezzi

No real improvement in the technological quality of beet has been recorded over the last 15 years in Northern Italy. Among the possible explanations for the quality stagnation is that the traditional formulae cannot correctly differentiate between sugarbeet varieties which produce thick juice of very high purity. This seems to be connected with the role of potassium. The use of a standard purification procedure gives reliable and accurate data which is immediately comparable with the factory data. Research projects on medium/long term storage are currently being performed by Co.Pro.B., Italy, in cooperation with Syngenta and Beta. Up to now the results have shown that storage of sugarbeet in autumn time in northern Italy is possible provided that suitable varieties and proper handling of the roots are employed. Results obtained in the storage trials are reported. Correlations have been found between quality parameters (purity, color and lime salts) of the purified juice with the glucose content of the raw juice. An interesting correlation is reported between purified juice purity and raw juice purity.


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