Detoxication of rapeseed meal by Rhizopus Oligosporus sp‐T3: A first step towards rapeseed protein concentrate
To obtain proteins from OO rapeseed meal for use in human food, a first step was realized by fermentation with Rhizopus oligosporus spT3. The meal's fermentation during 40 h resulted in degradation of 84% of carbohydrates, 30% of lignin and other polyphenolic components indigestible by nonruminants, and 47% of total glucosinolates which are responsible for goitre. The fermentation improves the nutritional quality of rapeseed meal by degrading undesirable factors. [mkdf_button size="" type="" text="Link to the article" custom_class="" icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" link="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1996.17-315.x"
Effects of MPTP on lever-pressing for light extinction in rats
Rats were daily treated for seven days with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3, 6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) at a dose of 20 mg/kg/day, i.p. Seven days after treatment withdrawal, the rats were individually tested in a brightly lit apparatus containing two levers: an active lever allowing periods of darkness, and an inactive one. The test was performed over two consecutive days, in 20-min sessions. While control rats had a higher number of total active lever pressings than inactive lever pressings, this was not the case for
Diffusion and localization of hematoporphyrin derivative in the normal bladder wall of pig and rat after local administration
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) consists in the administration of a photosensitizer and subsequent irradiation of the tumor with visible light. Routinely, the photosensitizer is given intravenously (i.v.), but the major drawback of this procedure is the resulting skin photosensitivity. The goal of our study was to examine whether intravesical (i.b.) instillation of the photosensitizer for PDT of bladder cancer might be feasible in order to target the tumors and to avoid the photosensitization phenomenon. After studying the normal bladder histology