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Not AvailableThe changes in SH group during various processing operations of milkfish such as icced storage, frozen storage , salting (wetand dry salting ), drying, steaming, retorting and frying were studied. During iced storage except for the initial few days SH group decreased from 85.10 to 70.8 mmole.g dry matters in 21 days . Frozen storage was carried out at two temperatures viz.,-35 degree C was less than that stored at -18 degree C during 3 months study.During salting the extent of reduction in SH group was more in wet salted fish compared to that of dry salted fish. on further drying of the salted fish SH group decreased continuously. Drying at constant temperature (60 degree C) for different length of time also reduced the SH group from 76.1 to 16.8 mole.g dry matter within 24 h. SH group reduced to a great extent during retorting compared to other heat treatments such as steaming and frying.Not Availabl

Ofloxacin induced steven johnson syndrome- case report

Steven Johnson syndrome (SJS) or Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) is a life threatening immune complex mediated hypersensitivity reaction which mainly involves skin and mucous membrane. SJS is generally induced by the drugs. The manifestations include blisters on skin, facial swelling, and hyper pigmentation. Here, a 20 year old Indian male received 400mg of ofloxacin over 3 days period for bacterial infection and experienced a severe skin reaction which was diagnosed as toxic epidermal necrolysis. Fluoroquinolones have rarely been implicated in cases of toxic epidermal necrosis. There are few case reports of other fluoroquinolones that have been associated with toxic epidermal necrolysis. We hope that this case report create awareness to the health care professionals that ofloxacin will cause toxic epidermal necrolysis