46 | MAR/APR 2013 • OH! MAR/APR 2013 • OH! | 47 it smart ■By DR NoRAzlANshAh hAzAli, f ooD sAfety AND theRAPy coNsult ANt, DePARtMeNt of NutRitioN scieNces, iNteRNA tioNAl islAMic uNiveRsity MAlA ysiANutrition details on food labels can help health-conscious consumers make right grocery choices. heAlth ecoNoMics DeBA te Worse, instead of seek

The population growth of the world has led to a greatly increased demand for energy. Due to this growing global energy demand and concern for environmental degradation, the potential of running thermal system using solar energy is receiving considerable attention in recent years. Solar energy is clean and most inexhaustible of all energy resources.

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Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TFMSA) was used to reduce the high free fatty acids (FFA) content in sludge palm oil (SPO). The FFA content of SPO was converted to fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) via esterification reaction. The treated sludge palm oil was used as a raw material for biodiesel production by transesterification process. Several working

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In continuation of investigation for environmentally benign protocol for new solvents termed deep eutectic solvents (DESs), it is herein reported results concerning the toxicity and cytotoxicity of choline chloride (ChCl) based DESs with four hydrogen bond donors including glycerine, ethylene glycol, triethylene glycol and urea. The toxicity was in

Nutrition label provides nutrition status of the pre-packaged foods and is very useful for people when making decision for healthy foods. However, there is a lack of awareness among Malaysians regarding the use of nutrition label when purchasing foods. Hence, a cross sectional study among tertiary students (IIUM) was conducted. The aim of this stud

A novel technique utilizing particle immobilization in hydrogels has been proposed for a solid-liquid separation of difficult-to-filter colloidal suspensions. Fundamental aspects of this process are investigated using oil in water (O/W) emulsion as colloidal materials. A mixture of alginate aqueous solution and colloidal suspension is added dropwis

In this work, the cytotoxicity and toxicity of phosphonium-based deep eutectic solvents (DESs) with three hydrogen bond donors, namely glycerine, ethylene glycol, and triethylene glycol were investigated. The cytotoxicity effect was tested using brine shrimp (Artemia salina). The toxicity was investigated using the two Gram positive bacteria Bacill

Gliclazide is a second generation sulfonylurea, which is used as antidiabetics drug. It is orally administrated and used for the treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and has duration of action of 12 h or more. Beside its hypoglycaemic effects, gliclazide was reported to have many other important effects, such as: suppression