Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.), a fruit of the cocoa tree, is the main ingredient present in the composition of chocolate. However, for its production, the seeds are the only part used, making the pulp of this fruit an agro-industrial residue. Basically, this species can be categorized into three varieties, Forastero, Criollo and Trinitário, each one being responsible for unique characteristics that end up influenc...
The oil was characterized in the software, where the input data are volume of liquid x boiling temperature, volume of liquid x specific density and amount of light (methane, ethane, propane, butane, etc.), in which has a distillation curve and make the cuts under the track temperature. Each oil has its distillation curve. There are several methodologies for construction of the distillation curves, such as ASTM ...
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Enzymatic route to produce antibiotic acts in mild reaction conditions (aqueous medium, neutral pH and moderate temperatures). Furthermore it reduces the number of reaction steps and decreases the amount and toxicity of waste products per kilogram of antibiotic. The enzymatic synthesis of ampicillin from phenylglycine methyl ester (PGME) and 6-aminopenicillanic acid (6-APA)...