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Effect of Gluten Containing Diet on Pristane Induced Lupus Prone Mice

Muhammad Mansoor, Zaigham Abbas and Nageen Husssain*

...es. We hypothesized that gluten containing diet would further exacerbate an already undergoing arbitrary immune reaction in SLE patients. Pristane was injected in female BALB/c mice to induce the disease. After five months, mice in various groups were treated with prednisone and fed with gluten containing and standard diet for four weeks and applied procedure to detect minor changes in paw swelling, ANA autoantibodies, CCL11...

Rheological and Qualitative Assessment of Wheat-Pea Composite Flour and its Utilization in Biscuits

Aqsa Qayyum^1*, Masooma Munir¹, Saeeda Raza¹, Mussarat Gillani¹, Saima Kanwal¹, Nouman Rashid¹, Amer Mumtaz¹, Naeem Safdar¹, Zarmina Gillani²

...t time, dough stability, gluten content and falling no. values differed significantly (p < 0.01) among all the treatments of composite flour. Wet and dry gluten content decreased from 22.16 ± 1.58 % (T₀) to 16.43 ± 1.32 % (T₃) and 7.46 ± 0.47 % (T₀) to 5.03 ± 0.38 % (T₃) respectively. With increasing percent of pea flour in biscuits, moisture, carbohy...

Nutritional Assessment of Celiac Patients of Pakistan

Samra Imran^1,* and Afifa Tanweer²

...f healthy and affordable gluten free choices, instead of merely emphasizing on compliance to gluten free diet, may ensure good nutritional status of Pakistani celiac patients.

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Muhammad Naeem Safdar, Khalid Naseem, Muhammad Amjad, Amer Mumtaz and Saeeda Raza*

...n (N x 5.7), wet and dry gluten, falling number, and minerals (copper, manganese, iron, zinc). It was observed that wheat samples varied considerably within each region and also between regions. Attock region samples had highest test weight (80.50 kg hl -1), protein (11.80 %) and lowest nonedible foreign matter (0.45%) and broken/shrunken grains (0.88 %). Highest wet and dry gluten (27.44 % and 9.29 %) while other damaged gr...

Studies on amylase and lipase activity in fishes fed with diet containing different feed ingredients

Mirfa Murtaza1, Sajid Abdullah1, Wardah Hassan1*, Khalid Abbas1, Huma Naz1, Muhammad Anjum Zia2

Studies on amylase and lipase activity in fishes fed with diet containing different feed ingredients

...quarium were fed on corn gluten @ 3 %
of their wet biomass for 70 days. Results showed that fish wet weight varied significantly between the rice polish and
corn gluten fed fishes. The corn gluten fed fish showed significantly better growth performance than fish fed with rice
polish. The activity of amylase and lipase was higher in all fish species fed with corn

Nitrogen Split Application Timing Effect on Wheat Intercrop with Selected Species for Sustainable Production

Muhammad Salman Wazir and Mohammad Akmal

...ield including grain wet gluten content were reported for the treatment NS3 as sole wheat crop, followed by the intercropped with fababean. Among the intercropping, IC-I with fababean showed better future scope of wheat crop production under the changing climate to produce higher production per unit area with sustainable soil use under cereal cropping system. Among the tested species sunflower and flax were not suitable choices as IC with wheat. The study conc...

Performance of Transmittance Near-Infrared Spectrometry in Determining Wheat Quality

Shahid Yousaf¹*, Salman Khurshid¹, Saqib Arif¹, Hafiza Mehwish Iqbal¹, Qurrat ul Ain Akbar¹, Najmus Sahar¹ and Ghulam Rasul²

...72.4-79.9 kg/hL) and wet gluten contents (15.4-31.5%) but showed narrow ranged moisture contents (10.8-13.3%). The NIR values were significantly related to the referenced values for test weight, wet gluten content and moisture with the correlation coefficients of 0.96, 0.83 and 0.73, respectively. Three consecutive measurements of test weight, moisture and gluten contents by using NIR and ...

Comparative Study of Fine and Whole Wheat Flour of Selected Varieties Grown in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Saifullah* and Ihsan Mabood Qazi

...ndex (WSI) 5.7-9.77% and gluten (20.76-34.45%) content while WWF was high in moisture (6.08-8.03%) and ash (0.95-0.98%). It is cleared from the data that FWF of all the selected varieties especially Shahkar-13 could be used in the production of various bakery products especially noodles.

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Effect of Buckwheat Supplementation on the Quality Parameters of Pasta

Tanveer Sultan¹, Anwaar Ahmed¹, Aqsa Qayyum^2*, Amer Mumtaz² and Naeem Khalid³

...ed for nutraceutical and gluten-free food is increasing day by day and buckwheat food products can serve to be a good source to address this demand. In the present study, we investigated the supplementation of buckwheat @ 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% in durum wheat to make egg-free pasta of good quality. Rheological studies (dough development time, dough stability, water absorption and mixing tolerance index) were significantly affected (p≤0.05) by the su...

Comparative Study of Chapatis Made with Different Flour Combinations Using Organoleptic Properties and Image Analysis

Hassan Anwar¹, Talha Anwar², Khurram Muaz³, Muhammad Riaz⁴* and Rabia Anwar⁵

... equally mixed wheat and gluten chapatis with an overall acceptability score of 7.6. Barley and gluten equally diverse chapatis are disliked most and the overall acceptability score is 4. We applied statistical analysis and image analysis. Statistical significance results are achieved using MANOVA. The image analysis for texture revealed similar results as those observed for chapatis made from similar flour. Our image analys...

Amaranth Seeds: A Promising Functional Ingredient for Gastronomy– A Review

Julieta M Lopez-Martinez and Imran Ahmad*

...us spp.) is a nutritious gluten-free pseudocereal that has been consumed for years in South and Central America. Amaranth plants are well adaptable in different climatic conditions, and easy to grow. Amaranth grains have several beneficial features such as high-quality protein, high content of fiber and micronutrients such as iron and calcium. Furthermore, amaranth seeds are a good source of phytochemical compounds with health-promoting effects such as squalen...

Digestibility and Milk Production of Dairy Goat Fed Concentrate Contain Tree Legumes at Various Levels

Limbang Kustiawan Nuswantara, Eko Pangestu, Marry Christiyanto, Santoso Dwi Pratomo, Elyza Zahrotul Muhtaromah

...ith soluble (DDGS), corn gluten feed (CGF), coconut cake, soybean meal, wheat bran, molasses, gamal leaf flour, calliandra leaf flour. and indigofera leaf flour and then made in pellets. The experimental design used was a randomized block design (RBD) based on grouping body weights consisting of 4 groups and 4 treatments. The treatment applied was a balance of feed in the form of forage elephant grass with different levels concentrat of 25, 50 and 75%, and con...

Growth Performance of Labeo rohita Fingerlings Fed with Lactobacillus rhamnosus Supplemented Canola Meal and Corn Gluten-Based Feeds

Sadaf Aman¹, Yung Fu Chang², Javed Iqbal Qazi¹*, Rahman Ullah³* and Farah Aman⁴

... in canola meal and corn gluten meal. The control group was fed with commercial feed. Before stocking, all the aquaria were dried for 3 days. One eighty hundred and eighty fish (Labeo rohita) were stocked in 9 aquaria. Twenty fishes were kept in each group. Before stocking, the fish was treated with KMnO4. In treatment 1 (T1) fish were fed with canola meal along with Lactobacillus rhamnosus (NR-113332.1). In treatment 2 (T2) fish were fed with corn