The C/C-13910 genotype of adult-type hypolactasia is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer in the Finnish population. by Rasinperä, H, Forsblom, C, Enattah, N, Halonen, P, Salo, K, Victorzon, M, Mecklin, J, Järvinen, H, Enholm, S, Sellick, G, Alazzouzi, H, Houlston, R, Robinson, J, Groop, P, Tomlinson, I, Schwartz, S, Aaltonen, L, Järvelä, I

“…Absorption of lactose, the main sugar of milk, is regulated by the activity of the lactase enzyme in the gut wall. …”

Association between maternal food group intake and birth size by S., L. Loy, M., Marhazlina, J.M., Hamid Jan

“…These findings suggest the potential beneficial effects of micronutrient rich food but detrimental effects of high sugar and sodium food on fetal growth. Such an effect may have long term health consequences to the lives of children.…”
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Characterization and functional properties of some natural Acacia gums by Daoub, Rabeea M.A., Elmubarak, Aarif H., Misran, Misni, Hassan, Elfatih A., Osman, Mohammed E.

“…The 13C and 1H NMR spectra of gum samples showed similarity in individual sugar components, but characteristic patterns of each gum, were observed. …”

Hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose isolated from waste seeds of Leucaena leucocephala for glucose production by Husin, Maryam, Rahim, Nurnadiah, Ahmad, Mohd Radzi, Romli, Ahmad Zafir, Ilham, Zul

“…MCC produced was, then, further converted to glucose by using sulphuric acid at 121 °C by varying the acid concentration and reaction time. The sugar composition was analyzed by using the phenol-sulfuric acid method and pre-column derivatization HPLC technique. …”
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A Review of Peptide Nucleic Acid by Shafiquzzaman Siddiquee, Kobun Rovina, Asis Azriah

“…PNA is considered as DNA with a neutral peptide backbone due to negative charged sugar–phosphate backbone. It is chemically stable and resistant to hydrolytic cleavage. …”
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Formulation and substantiation of homemade complementary baby food by selective feeding trial by Md. Abdul Hakim, Md. Ariful Alam, Mohamed Hanafi Musa, Shaikh Md. Abdur Rouf, Md. Amirul Alam, Md. Zaidul Islam Sarker

“…The complementary food was prepared from dried grinded corn, bengal gram and sesame seed, banana, pumpkin and sugar with adequate amount. The results indicated that the crude protein, lipid, fibre, ash, moisture, energy and carbohydrate were higher than values in the proprietary formula. …”
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Chemical-free saturated steam pretreatment of oil palm empty fruit bunch for improved enzymatic saccharification by Shamsudin, Saleha, Kamal Bahrin, Ezyana, Hassan, Mohd Ali, Shirai, Yoshihito

“…Notably, a short duration pretreatment of EFB at 210 °C for 2 min was proved sufficient for high fermentable sugar production. The potential energy estimated for employing saturated steam pretreatment of EFB in a palm oil mill was sufficient by 2.2 x 1012 kJ/year.…”

Mitigating methane emissions for rural tropical livestock through selecting appropriate grass types by Ridla, Muhammad, Asikin, Nevyani, Jayanegara, Anuraga, Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi

“…Seven tropical grass species were tested for their proximate and cell wall compositions, sugar and starch contents, and in vitro rumen fermentation parameters, including total short-chain fatty acid (TSCFA) and methane production. …”

Wet torrefaction of palm oil mill effluent as an emerging technology for biohydrogen production: An optimization study by Yu, Kai Ling, Zainal, Bidattul Syirat, Mohamed, Hassan, Ker, Pin Jern, Ong, Hwai Chyuan, Zaman, Halimah Badioze, Abdulkareem-Alsultan, Ghassan, Taufiq-Yap, Yun Hin

“…The study showed that the wet torrefaction pretreatment at 180 °C, 10 min holding time and 70% POME to water ratio is the optimum condition to produce a maximum total reducing sugar concentration of 4.05 g/L. The biohydrogen production with 112.4 mL H2/day hydrogen production rate (HPR) and a total 79% chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency were achieved. …”

Application of exogenous ethylene on postharvest quality of dabai (Canarium odontophyllum Miq.) fruit by Ding, Phebe, Tee, Yei Kheng

“…The fruits are hard, and locals prepare the fruit by seeping it in about 50°C water for 15 to 20 min to soften the flesh and eaten with salt and/or sugar. It is hypothesized; and exogenous ethylene could be used as an alternative method to soften the fruit. …”
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Critical temperatures for survival of brood and adult workers of the giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (Hymenoptera: Apidae). by Mardan, Makhdzir, Kevan, Peter G.

“…At 38 °C they died within 5 days and at 45 °C they died within 48 hours. Although syrup (1 sugar: 1 water W/W) consumption did not change over the range of temperatures used, water consumption rose rapidly above 38 °C to over 3 ml/bee in 48 hours at 45 °C. …”
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Effect of vacuum-aided enzyme infusion on the physicochemical characteristics of peeled musk lime fruits by Adnan, Hazniza, Osman, Azizah, Mohd Ghazali, Hasanah, Abdul Rahman, Russly

“…Results showed that vacuum pressure did not significantly affect the physicochemical properties (pH, total soluble solids, citric acid, ascorbic acid, moisture and sugar contents) of enzymatic-peeled musk lime. Except at high vacuum pressure (700 mm Hg), the ‘L’ value of puree colour and total pectin content of peel were significantly affected (p<0.05). …”
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Optimization of lipase-catalyzed synthesis of xylitol ester by Taguchi robust design method by Adnani, Atena, Basri, Mahiran, Abd. Malek, Emilia, Salleh, Abu Bakar, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Basyaruddin, Chaibakhsh, Naz, Raja Abdul Rahman, Raja Noor Zaliha

“…The effects of reaction parameters including reaction time (7–24 h), enzyme amount (0.05–0.3 g), temperature (30–60 °C), amount of molecular sieve (1–4 g), substrate molar ratio (0.3–1) and xylitol concentration (0.005–0.015 g/ml) on the percentage yield of sugar ester were investigated. The optimum conditions derived via Taguchi method were: reaction time 7 h, temperature 60 °C, amount of enzyme 0.12 g, amount of molecular sieve 2.5 g, substrate molar ratio 1 and xylitol concentration 0.015 g/ml. …”
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy differentiation of lard and other shortening in puff pastry by Mohamed Rani, Wan Siti Farizan, Che Man, Yaakob, Ismail, Amin, Hashim, Puziah

“…Total fats that contain the admixtures were extracted from puff pastry prepared in laboratory by mixing 47g (wt/wt) of flour, 31.5g (wt/wt) of fat, 0.25g (wt/wt) of salt and 11.75g (wt/wt) of sugar prior to analyze by FTIR spectroscopy. While the lard were weight in range of 12.5–87.5% with the 12.5% increment. …”
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Oil palm empty fruit bunch as alternative substrate for acetone–butanol–ethanol production by Clostridium butyricum EB6 by Ibrahim, Mohamad Faizal, Abd. Aziz, Suraini, Abdul Razak, Mohamad Nafis, Phang, Lai Yee, Hassan, Mohd Ali

“…In this study, Clostridium butyricum EB6 was employed for ABE fermentation using fermentable sugar derived from treated oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB). …”
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Subcritical water-carbon dioxide pretreatment of oil palm mesocarp fiber for xylooligosaccharide and glucose production by Ahmad, Norlailiza, Zakaria @ Mamat, Mohd Rafein, Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Zulkhairi, Fujimoto, Shinji, Inoue, Hiroyuki, Ariffin, Hidayah, Hassan, Mohd Ali, Shirai, Yoshihoto

“…Xylooligosaccharides (XOs), sugar monomers, acids, furans and phenols in the pretreated liquids were analyzed by using HPLC. …”
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Optimization of xylose production from sago trunk cortex by acid hydrolysis by Mohamad, Nurul Lina, Mustapa Kamal, Siti Mazlina, Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Liew

“…The potential of bioconversion xylose to xylitol from sago trunk cortex is justifiable as these materials are cheap and widespread sugar sources. Lignocellulose type of residue such as sago trunk cortex structure can break to their monomeric sugars with hydrolysis process. …”
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Effect of pretreatment process on bioconversion of kenaf (hibiscus cannabinus l.) core to glucose. by Md. Tahir, Paridah, Abdullah, Luqman Chuah, Mohamad, Rosfarizan, Hong Ng, Sim, Choo , Adrian Cheng Yong, Yan, Yee Liong

“…The celluloses of pretreated kenaf core particles were then hydrolyzed into fermentable sugars by cellulase from Trichoderma reesei (C2730). …”
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Effect of fiber extraction methods on some properties of kenaf bast fiber by Ahmed Basher, Amel Basher, Md. Tahir, Paridah, Sudin, Rahim, Uyup, Mohd Khairun Anwar, Hussein, Ahmed S.

“…Interestingly, the extraction methods used in this study produced bast fibers with high cellulose content and low sugar and starch due to the removal of wax, oil, pectin and hemicelluloses. …”
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Evaluation and selection of tomato mutants for cultivation in summer by Hossain, M. S., Ashrafuzzaman, Muhammad, Malek, Mohammad Abdul, Mondal, Mohd Monjurul Alam, Yusop, Mohd Rafii, Ismail, Mohd Razi, Islam, M. S.

“…In general, high yielding genotypes showed superior performance in plant height, branch and leaf number, total dry mass production, nitrate reductase activity, total sugar content, fruit number and individual fruit weight as compared to low yielding ones. …”
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