ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management)
ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management) Introduction: The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) developed the Food Safety Management System Certification: ISO 22000. ISO 22000 is a […]
Month: April 2020
Ketone Bodies
Ketone Bodies In humans and most other mammals, acetyl-CoA formed in the liver during oxidation of fatty acids can either enter the citric acid cycle […]
Microscopy And Microscope
Microscopy And Microscope Microscopy Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view samples and objects that cannot be seen with the unaided eye (objects that are […]
Shuttle Pathways or systems: Glycerophosphate shuttle and Malate-aspartate shuttle
Shuttle Pathways or Systems (Transport of reducing equivalents) The inner mitochondrial membrane is impermeable to NADH. NADH produced in the cytosol cannot directly enter […]
Acree-Rosenheim test: Principle, Reaction, Reagents, Procedure and Result Interpretation
Acree-Rosenheim test (Detection of tryptophan) It is also known as aldehyde test. This test used for detecting the presence of tryptophan in proteins. Principle: Acree-Rosenheim is another test […]
Nitroprusside’s Test: Principle, Reaction, Reagents, Procedure and Result Interpretation
Nitroprusside’s Test (Detection of Cysteine) The nitroprusside’s test is specific for cysteine, the only amino acid containing a sulfhydryl group (—SH). The group reacts with […]
Pauly’s test: Principle, Reaction, Reagents, Procedure and Result Interpretation
Pauly’s test (Detection of tyrosine or histidine) Pauly test is for detecting the presence of tyrosine or histidine. It is named after German chemist Hermann […]
Lead acetate test (Lead sulfide test): Principle, Reaction, Reagents, Procedure and Result Interpretation
Lead acetate test (Lead sulfide test) (Detection of sulphur containing amino acids) This test is specific for sulphur containing amino acids (Cysteine, Cystine, and Methionine) Principle: The sulfur-containing […]
Sakaguchi Test: Principle, Reaction, Reagents, Procedure and Result Interpretation
Sakaguchi Test (Detection of Arginine) The Sakaguchi test is a chemical test used for detecting the presence of arginine in proteins. It is named after the Japanese Food Scientist and Organic […]
Hepatitis A Virus: (Introduction, Structure, Replication, Pathogenesis, Clinical features, Lab Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention & Control, and Epidemiology)
Hepatitis A Virus Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) belongs to the genus Heptovirus of family Picornaviridae. HAV is the causative agent of infectious non chronic hepatitis […]