Hormone sensitive lipase is thought to be the rate-limiting enzyme of lipolysis; phosphatidate phosphohydrolase that of lipogenesis. Both these enzyme systems were studied in vitro with the addition of epinephrine. The results show that: (a) hormone sensitive lipase is four…
The physio-chemistry and endocrinology of bone growth was studied in rats housed under different temperature conditions. Bone lengths did not change significantly but bone widths and densities became significantly smaller in rats kept at 34 °C.The depression of bone alkaline…
Two types of lucerne LPC were prepared by either adding the juice to hot water (85 °C) or by injecting steam until the juice reached a temperature of 85 °C after which the coagulum was freeze-dried. The resulting…
No experimental evidence exists on the biological advantages of frequent or maximum reproduction compared to lower or optimal levels of reproduction. Twenty unrelated rats, divided into two groups, were thus used in the biological comparison between optimum and maximum reproduction…
The nutritional value of Geotrichum candidum, produced on an acid effluent from Sasol, was determined. Analysis of G. candidum revealed (on an air-dry basis) a crude protein content of 53.4% and a true protein content of 38.8% with a favourable…
Samples of 150 different cowpea cultivars, used in the breeding trials of the Summer Grain Institute at Potchefstroom, were analysed and found to have an average crude protein content of 28.4 ± 1.8% (range 24.5 to 33.9%). From these samples,…
