Baking quality prediction of spelt wheat based on rheological and mixolab parameters

The aim of this work was to test the potential of Mixolab II in the baking quality prediction of five Triticum spelta L. cultivars grown during growing periods with different climate conditions. Spelt cultivars varied in flour and dough properties examined by indirect baking qualm- indicators (wet gluten content. Falling number. Zelenv sedimentation, farinograph rheological properties, Mixolab parameters) and direct baking test, strong effect of climatic conditions was determined. Results showed significant differences in protein and starch – amylase part of Mixolab II curve, indicating the genotype and climatic effect. Spelt cultivars were characterised by high protein weakening (C2=0.32 Nm), speed of protein network weakening at the level of α= −0.07 Nm min−1, starch gelatinisation (C3=1.61 Nm), amylolytic activity (C4=1.35 Nm), and starch retrogradation (C5=1.98 Nm). Significant correlations between indirect baking properties, farinograph and Mixolab II parameters, and direct baking test were found. Slope a of Mixolab curve was a promising parameter in estimation of direct baking parameter – specific bread volume, together with indirect indicator – Zeleny sedimentation

EVALUATION OF CHOOSEN YIELD COMPONENTS OF SPELT WHEAT CULTIVARS

V priebehu rokov 1996-1999 sa na pozemkoch experimentálnej bázy AF SPU v Nitre realizoval pokus, cieľom ktorého bolo overiť možnosti pestovania viacerých odrôd pšenice špaldovej (Triticum spelta L.) v daných pôdnych a klimatických podmienkach pri ekologickom systéme hospodárenia. Hlavné úrodotvorné prvky i výška samotnej úrody sa zisťovali pri troch odrodách pšenice špaldovej: Bauländer spelz, Schwabenkorn a Roquin. Získané údaje boli porovnané so pšenicou letnou, odroda Samanta i s výsledkami iných autorov uvádzaných v literatúre. Výsledky poukazujú na najlepšiu vhodnosť podmienok uvedeného stanovišťa pre nemeckú odrodu Bauländer spelz, ktorá v sledovanom období dosiahla najvyššiu úrodu (6,06 t.ha-1), ktorou sa najviac priblížila k úrode pšenice letnej (na 92,2%). Táto odroda pšenice špaldovej formuje úrodu vysokou produktivitou klasu hlavného stebla, vysokou hodnotou HTZ (49,29 g), dlhým klasom (112,45 mm), vysokým počtom plodných kláskov v klase (14,32) a vysokou hmotnosťou zrna z klasu (1,33 g). Dosahuje tiež najkratšiu dĺžku stebla (0,89 m), čo je vhodné z hľadiska odolnosti voči poliehaniu. Všetky odrody pšenice špaldovej však počas vegetácie disponovali nižšou hustotou porastu (501,3-518,7.m-2) ako kontrolná odroda pšenice letnej (605,3.m-2).During 1996-1999 a field experiment with different varieties of spelt wheat (Triticum spelta L.) was carried out on brown loamy arable soil within an ecological system in Nitra region. The yield formation characters and the crop yield itself were investigated in three spelt wheat cultivars (Bauländer Spelz, Schwabenkorn, Roquin) and compared with common wheat, cultivar Samanta. The achieved results revealed that the agroecological conditions of Nitra region where most suitable for the Bauländer Spelz cultivar of German origin, with the highest crop yield of 6.06 t.ha-1, i. e. 92.2% of common wheat yield. This cultivar reached the lowest percentage of glumes (26.13%), the highest TGW (49.29 g), the longest spike (112.45 mm), the highest number of fertile spikelets (14.32) and the highest weight of grains per spike (1.33 g). All of the spelt wheat cultivars had lower productive density of stand (501.3 to 518.7 productive stems per square meter) than common wheat (605.3 productive stems per square meter)

Ultrashort Bradycardic Effect of Newly Synthesized Compounds

Changes in the heart rate induced by four different doses of two newly synthesized potential ultrashort-action antagonists of beta adrenergic receptors were tested in 90 male laboratory Wistar rats. The isoprenaline-induced tachycardia model was used. Their effects were compared with those of esmolol. In the second part of the study, approximate electro-physiological measurements were made in vitro to assess the influence of the compounds tested on ion membrane currents in isolated ventricular cardiomyocytes. Both compounds demonstrated significant bradycardic effects in all concentrations tested compared with the control group, but they differed in the time of the onset of their action. Both newly synthesized compounds induced blockade of the fast sodium current (INa) and potassium currents (Ito, IK1, IK,end)

Evolutionary Analysis of Cystatins of Early-Emerging Metazoans Reveals a Novel Subtype in Parasitic Cnidarians

© 2021 by the authors.The evolutionary aspects of cystatins are greatly underexplored in early-emerging metazoans. Thus, we surveyed the gene organization, protein architecture, and phylogeny of cystatin homologues mined from 110 genomes and the transcriptomes of 58 basal metazoan species, encompassing free-living and parasite taxa of Porifera, Placozoa, Cnidaria (including Myxozoa), and Ctenophora. We found that the cystatin gene repertoire significantly differs among phyla, with stefins present in most of the investigated lineages but with type 2 cystatins missing in several basal metazoan groups. Similar to liver and intestinal flukes, myxozoan parasites possess atypical stefins with chimeric structure that combine motifs of classical stefins and type 2 cystatins. Other early metazoan taxa regardless of lifestyle have only the classical representation of cystatins and lack multi-domain ones. Our comprehensive phylogenetic analyses revealed that stefins and type 2 cystatins clustered into taxonomically defined clades with multiple independent paralogous groups, which probably arose due to gene duplications. The stefin clade split between the subclades of classical stefins and the atypical stefins of myxozoans and flukes. Atypical stefins represent key evolutionary innovations of the two parasite groups for which their origin might have been linked with ancestral gene chimerization, obligate parasitism, life cycle complexity, genome reduction, and host immunity.This research was funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Czech Republic, grant number LTAUSA17201; by the European Commission under the H2020 Programme—ParaFishControl, grant number 634429; by the Czech Science Foundation, grant number 19-28399X (to A. S. Holzer, G. Alama-Bermejo, and J. Kyslík) and 21-16565S and by the Czech Academy of Sciences and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, grant number MTA 19-07. This publication reflects the views of the authors only; the European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Lipolytic and Hypolipidemic Properties of Newly Synthesized Aryloxypropanolamine Derivatives

In this study, the lipolytic effect of two newly synthesized potential β3-adrenergic agonists A482 and B496 in active acid forms was tested using isolated sliced epididymal adipose tissue of Wistar rats, and compared with Isoprenaline and BRL37344. Furthermore, effects of an eight-week oral administration of the newly synthesized substances on serum cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, adiponectin, resistin and weight gain were studied in C57Bl/6J mice that were fed high energy diet. The newly synthesized substance A482 (4-(2-{[2-hydroxy-3-(4-methyl-carbamoylphenoxy) propyl]amino}ethyl)phenoxy-acetic acid hydrochloride) was able to produce almost full lipolysis at a 1 × 10-7 M concentration, and its effect on the rat epididymal adipose tissue was similar to the specific β3-adrenergic agonist BRL37344. Ethyl ester of this substance significantly lowered plasma total cholesterol (p p p p p 3-adrenergic agonists. Our results suggest that the newly synthesised substance A482 may represent a potent β3-adrenergic agonist

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Rope Drum Casting

Ductile iron is a high-carbon-containing iron-based alloy in which the carbon, as graphite, is present in a spheroidal shape. With its good mechanical properties, ductile iron approximates the properties of steel and the cost per unit of strength compared to other materials. With suitable metallurgical treatments, we can influence its microstructure and resulting properties. Incorrect manufacturing technology and metallurgical processes give rise to casting defects and decreased mechanical properties. The contribution is devoted to measures to prevent the occurrence of defects in the casting of rope drums and to achieve the required mechanical properties of these castings. The most-common defects in these castings are micro-shrinkages in casting heat centers and unsatisfactory mechanical properties such as tensile strength, yield strength, and elongation