Gum karaya is a polysaccharide gum from Sterculia urens tree. It is used as an emulsifier and thickening agent in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. However, it has very strong swelling properties, high viscosity, and low solubility, providing the restricted applications in the food industry. The main objective of this study was to investigate the effe

Pentadbiran keadilan syariah hanyalah sebahagian kecil daripada kerja-kerja kehakiman dalam mahkamah syariah di Malaysia. Namun urusannya amat penting kerana dapat memberikan gambaran keadilan syariah terutamanya sekiranya bidang kuasa mahkamah syariah diperluas. Hal ini demikian kerana peluasan bidang kuasa bermakna bertambah pertuduhan kesalahan

Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL/TAL) assay is the only standard test approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to quantify bacterial endotoxin in injectable drugs and implantable medical devices. At present, horseshoe crabs are the sole source of LAL/TAL. Biomedical companies harvest and bleed horseshoe crabs which lead to ≤30% post bleedi

Synthetic polymer hydrogels constitute a group of materials, utilized as a part of various biomedical fields, and are as yet producing for new encouraging applications. Physically cross-linked synthetic polymers, PVA and PEG, hydrogels are excellent materials owing to their biological tissue like nature. Transparent PVA and PEG hydrogels with varyi

Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL/TAL) assay is the only standard test approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to quantify bacterial endotoxin in injectable drugs and implantable medical devices. At present, horseshoe crabs are the sole source of LAL/TAL. Biomedical companies harvest and bleed horseshoe crabs which eventually lead to depleti

The long discussion on the formulation of “Europe and her identity,” from a political, economic, cultural or religious aspect, has, on one hand, paved the way for the unity of European nations, and created many misconceptions in the mind-set of both the élite and the masses, the developed and undeveloped nations, on the other. The worry about

In the twenty first century everybody should have ability to think scientifically. Such a capability enables the human intellect to deal properly with Nature and Revelation as the two major sources of knowledge and guidance. Revelation contains Divine guidance for development of human soul, while Nature contains patterns of laws which are essential

Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) of Pereskia bleo leaves was carried out with systematic experimental study to screen and optimize the factors affecting yield and antioxidant activity. Initially, five factors were studied by Plackett–Burman study to screen the most influential factors. Consequently, three significantly affecting factors were

Quantum cryptographic protocols solve the longstanding problem of distributing a shared secret string to two distant users by typically making use of one-way quantum channel. However, alternative protocols exploiting two-way quantum channel have been proposed for the same goal and with potential advantages. Here, we overview a security proof for tw

Multivariate analysis of thin-layer chromatography (TLC) images was modeled to predict antioxidant activity of Pereskia bleo leaves and to identify the contributing compounds of the activity. TLC was developed in optimized mobile phase using the 'PRISMA' optimization method and the image was then converted to wavelet signals and imported fo