Volume 12, Issue 3 (2016) | American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Binding Interaction between Bovine Serum Albumin and Chicoric Acid, a Food Functional Component

Haifang Xiao — 2016-09-19

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 19 September 2016; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.149.158

Fuorescence, FTIR and UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy were used to explore the binding between chicoric acid and Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA). Binding characteristics at various levels of temperature hav...

CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides Debate the Damaging Action of Cisplatin on Immune Cell DNA: A PCR Array Application on Repair Genes Expression

Naglaa Fathy Alhusseini — 2016-07-27

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 27 July 2016; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.159.170

Synthetic Oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) expressing CpG motifs (CpG-ODN) mimic the immunostimulatory activity of bacterial DNA and are commonly used to activate Toll Like Receptor 9 (TLR9) for therapeuti...

In silico Analysis of three Committed-Steps Involved in Triterpenoid Biosynthesis from Ganoderma lucidum

Xiaorong Shui — 2016-08-15

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 15 August 2016; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.171.178

Ganoderma lucidum is widely considered as one of the most valuable Traditional Chinese Medicines, with various bioactive constituents and pharmaceutical effects. Triterpenoids are important effective ...

Soft Sensor Modeling of Product Concentration in Glutamate Fermentation using Gaussian Process Regression

Rongjian Zheng — 2016-09-17

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 17 September 2016; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.179.187

The on-line control of glutamate fermentation process is difficult, owing to the typical uncertainties of biochemical process and the lack of suitable on-line sensors for primary process variables. A ...

Optimisation of Bromelain Enzyme Extraction from Pineapple (Ananas comosus) and Application in Process Industry

Resmi Mohan — 2016-09-19

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 19 September 2016; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.188.195

Bromelain is a general name for a family of sulfhydryl proteolytic enzymes obtained from Ananas comosus, the pineapple plant. The objective of the present study is to compare the activity of Bromelain...