Determination of pectin degree of esterification by diffuse reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

R Gnanasambandam, A Proctor - Food chemistry, 2000 - Elsevier
… The highest R 2 values were observed for the mean band area of the ester carbonyl (C=O)
group. Although a decrease in the COO– band area was observed with increased DE, their …

Natural antioxidant extract from fenugreek (Trigonella foenumgraecum) for ground beef patties

…, KC Glenn, R Gnanasambandam… - Journal of food …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Ground beef patties (75% lean) containing synthetic antioxidants, or Fenugreek (Trigonella
foenumgraecum) extracts were cooked to internal temperature 70C, and evaluated for …

Xerocytosis is caused by mutations that alter the kinetics of the mechanosensitive channel PIEZO1

C Bae, R Gnanasambandam… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Familial xerocytosis (HX) in humans is an autosomal disease that causes dehydration of red
blood cells resulting in hemolytic anemia which has been traced to two individual mutations …

[PDF][PDF] GsMTx4: mechanism of inhibiting mechanosensitive ion channels

R Gnanasambandam, C Ghatak, A Yasmann… - Biophysical journal, 2017 - cell.com
GsMTx4 is a spider venom peptide that inhibits cationic mechanosensitive channels (MSCs).
It has six lysine residues that have been proposed to affect membrane binding. We …

Preparation of soy hull pectin

R Gnanasambandam, A Proctor - Food Chemistry, 1999 - Elsevier
Soy hull, a co-product of soybean processing, was investigated as a source of pectin. Pectin
content of soy hull extracts expressed as percent galacturonic acid content, varied from 76.7…

[HTML][HTML] Ionic selectivity and permeation properties of human PIEZO1 channels

R Gnanasambandam, C Bae, PA Gottlieb, F Sachs - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Members of the eukaryotic PIEZO family (the human orthologs are noted hPIEZO1 and
hPIEZO2) form cation-selective mechanically-gated channels. We characterized the selectivity of …

Protein concentrates from unstabilized and stabilized rice bran: preparation and properties

R Gnanasambandam… - Journal of food …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Protein concentrates were prepared from commercially available unstabilized and heat
stabilized rice bran by alkaline extraction and isoelectric precipitation. Stabilized rice bran had …

Degradable wheat gluten films: preparation, properties and applications

TJ Heralp, R Gnanasambandam… - Journal of Food …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Degradable films from spray‐dried (SD) and flash‐dried (FD) wheat gluten prepared at
various pHs, salt levels, temperatures, and shearing times were compared. Differences were …

[PDF][PDF] Preparation and Functional Properties of a Protein Isolate

…, VK Griffin, R Gnanasambandam - Cereal Chem, 1996 - cerealsgrains.org
A protein isolate (90% protein) was prepared from defatted wheat germ by alkaline extraction
at pH 9.5 and isoelectric precipitation at pH 40. Nitrogen solubility of wheat germ protein …

The kinetics and the permeation properties of Piezo channels

R Gnanasambandam, PA Gottlieb, F Sachs - Current topics in membranes, 2017 - Elsevier
Piezo channels are eukaryotic, cation-selective mechanosensitive channels (MSCs), which
show rapid activation and voltage-dependent inactivation. The kinetics of these channels are …