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We provide ultrastructural and cytological evidence that the tentacles of the sea anemone Bunodosoma cangicum does not contain cytotoxic venom. However, we show that the stimulated secretion of an apparent mixture of biomolecules containing polypeptides from the columnar vesicles of Bunodosoma cangicum is apparently a potent inducer of apoptosis in the zebrafish cell line, ZF-L. Microscopic fluorescence, cell morphology and flow cytometric assays confirm the apoptotic activity. Crude vesicle venom was partially purified by size exclusion chromatography. PAGE analysis shows that this venom contains low weight polypeptides but no measurable protein. The apoptotic activity is heat labile, and the observed peptides concurrent with this activity have a molecular weight of approximately 2000 Da. This manuscript is the first report of biologically active molecules and peptides associated with columnar vesicles of anemones, and the first to confirm that the tentacles of B. cangicum do not contain cytotoxic venom, and express spirocytes exclusively.

The objective this work was to obtain bioplastics from mixtures of wheat gluten and glycerol by two different processes and evaluate their respective rheological properties. The mixtures and their respective bioplastics were obtained through direct batch mixing under approximately adiabatic and isothermal conditions. The bioplastics showed high values for the storage (G') and loss (G") moduli, suggesting a stronger protein network formed in both processes. The temperature onset and the percentage of weight loss to be estimated were found to be near in both bioplastics. The bioplastics have demonstrated to be materials of interesting potential of use as biodegradable barrier materials

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Visando melhor aproveitamento do soro de queijo estudou-se a influência da proporção de soro e da concentração de hidrocoloide nos teores de lactose, ácido lático e tempo de fermentação de bebidas lácteas. Utilizou-se planejamento composto central rotacional com 3 pontos centrais, totalizando 11 experimentos. Empregaram-se as proporções soro/leite de 51, 55, 65, 75 e 79%, e as concentrações de hidrocoloide de 0,03; 0,04; 0,07; 0,10 e 0,11%. Os resultados foram tratados por análise de variância ao nível de significância de 5%. A proporção de soro influenciou significativamente (p<0,05) as variáveis resposta tempo de fermentação, lactose, sólidos totais e acidez titulável, porém não houve influência significativa (p<0,05) para a concentração de hidrocoloide. Menores tempos de fermentação foram atingidos quando se utilizou até 65% de soro. Os maiores teores de lactose foram obtidos nos experimentos com maior proporção de soro, enquanto que as bebidas com menor proporção de soro apresentaram maior teor de sólidos totais e acidez titulável.