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Consensus guidelines for appropriate use and evaluation of microbial epidemiologic typing systems

Marc Struelens

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

The amylose content in rice endosperm is related to the post‐transcriptional regulation of the <i>waxy</i> gene

Zongyang Wang, F. Zheng, Ge‐Zhi Shen +5

The Plant Journal

The waxy (Wx) gene of rice encodes a granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS = waxy protein) required for the synthesis of amylose in endosperm. An analysis of Wx transcripts, Wx protein, and amylose...

Ecology of Free-Living Amoebae

Salvador Rodrı́guez-Zaragoza

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Small free-living amoebae (FLA) are the main predators controlling bacterial populations in soils. They are distributed in the rhizospheric zone and the surrounding bulk soil; however, they may...

A Review of Human Salmonellosis: I. Infective Dose

Martin J. Blaser, Lee S. Newman

Clinical Infectious Diseases

The notion that large inocula of salmonellae are necessary to induce illness in humans is based on the results of studies involving volunteers. However, investigations of outbreaks of salmonellosis...

Ultrastructural visualization of cellular carbohydrate components by means of concanavalin A

W. Bernhard, Stratis Avraméas

Experimental Cell Research

Impact of Fermentation on the Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Whole Cereal Grains: A Mini Review

Oluwafemi Ayodeji Adebo, Ilce Gabriela Medina‐Meza

Molecules

Urbanization, emergence, and prominence of diseases and ailments have led to conscious and deliberate consumption of health beneficial foods. Whole grain (WG) cereals are one type of food with an...

Thymol and Thyme Essential Oil—New Insights into Selected Therapeutic Applications

Adam Kowalczyk, Martyna Przychodna, Sylwia Sopata +2

Molecules

Thymol (2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol) belongs to the phenolic monoterpenes and mostly occurs in thyme species. It is one of the main compounds of thyme essential oil. Both thymol and thyme essential...

Magnesium and Human Health: Perspectives and Research Directions

Abdullah M. Al Alawi, Sandawana William Majoni, Henrik Falhammar

International Journal of Endocrinology

Magnesium is the fourth most abundant cation in the body. It has several functions in the human body including its role as a cofactor for more than 300 enzymatic reactions. Several studies have shown...

Antioxidant activity of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) essential oil and its hepatoprotective potential

Aleksandar Rašković, Isidora Milanović, Nebojša Pavlović +3

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Our results demonstrate that rosemary essential oil, beside exhibiting free radical scavenging activity determined by DPPH assay, mediates its hepatoprotective effects also through activation of...

Bacterial Communities Associated with the Surfaces of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Jonathan Leff, Noah Fierer

PLoS ONE

Fresh fruits and vegetables can harbor large and diverse populations of bacteria. However, most of the work on produce-associated bacteria has focused on a relatively small number of pathogenic...

Antibacterial mode of action of Cudrania tricuspidata fruit essential oil, affecting membrane permeability and surface characteristics of food-borne pathogens

Vivek K. Bajpai, Ajay Sharma, Kwang‐Hyun Baek

Food Control

Risk factors for venous and arterial thrombosis.

Emanuele Previtali, Paolo Bucciarelli, Serena M. Passamonti +1

PubMed

Thrombophilia is considered as a condition predisposing to the development of thrombosis. Arterial thrombosis usually occurs after the erosion or rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque and, through...

2003 Report of the Intestine Transplant Registry

David Grant, Kareem Abu‐Elmagd, Jorgé Reyes +5

Annals of Surgery

Transplantation is an effective therapy for the treatment of patients with end-stage intestine failure who cannot tolerate parenteral nutrition. With newer immune suppressive protocols, 1-year graft...

Inhibitory parameters of essential oils to reduce a foodborne pathogen

M.R. Moreira, Alejandra Ponce, C.E. del Valle +1

LWT

Fish Intake and Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation

Dariush Mozaffarian, Bruce M. Psaty, Eric B. Rimm +5

Circulation

Among elderly adults, consumption of tuna or other broiled or baked fish, but not fried fish or fish sandwiches, is associated with lower incidence of AF. Fish intake may influence risk of this...

Biological screening of Brazilian medicinal plants

Tânia Maria de Almeida Alves, Andreia Silva, Mítzi Brandão +4

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

In this study, we screened sixty medicinal plant species from the Brazilian savanna ("cerrado") that could contain useful compounds for the control of tropical diseases. The plant selection was based...

Enteral nutrition-related gastrointestinal complications in critically ill patients

Juan Carlos Montejo

Critical Care Medicine

The frequency of enteral nutrition-related GICs in critically ill patients is high. High gastric residuals is the most frequent GIC. These complications decreased nutrient intake and, if persistent,...

Effect of soluble or partly soluble dietary fibres supplementation on absorption and balance of calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc in healthy young men

Charles Coudray, Jacques Bellanger, C Castiglia-Delavaud +3

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Influence of Total Parenteral Nutrition on Fuel Utilization in Injury and Sepsis

J. Askanazi, Yvon Carpentier, D. H. Elwyn +5

Annals of Surgery

Total parenteral nutrition with hypertonic glucose/AA solutions given to eighteen nutritionally depleted patients resulted in a rise in the respiratory quotient (RQ) from 0.83 to 1.05 (p less than...

Biology of suspension feeding

V. Fretter

Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts

The functional and nutritional aspects of hydrocolloids in foods

Juan-Mei Li, Shaoping Nie

Food Hydrocolloids

Salt Reduction Initiatives around the World – A Systematic Review of Progress towards the Global Target

Kathy Trieu, Bruce Neal, Corinna Hawkes +7

PLoS ONE

The large and increasing number of countries with salt reduction strategies in place is encouraging although activity remains limited in low- and middle-income regions. The absence of a consistent...

Reactive oxygen species and the bacterial response to lethal stress

Xilin Zhao, Karl Drlica

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Use of Glucocorticoids and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism

Sigrun Alba Johannesdottir, Erzsébet Horváth–Puhó, Olaf M. Dekkers +6

JAMA Internal Medicine

The risk of VTE is increased among glucocorticoid users. Although residual confounding may partly explain this finding, we consider a biological mechanism likely because the association followed a...

Salmonella infections in immunocompromised adults

Melita A. Gordon

Journal of Infection

Trafficking of the copper-ATPases, ATP7A and ATP7B: Role in copper homeostasis

Sharon La Fontaine, Julian F. B. Mercer

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

The major Vibrio cholerae autoinducer and its role in virulence factor production

Douglas A. Higgins, Megan E. Pomianek, Christina M. Kraml +3

Nature

Risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after acute infection in a community setting

Liam Smeeth, Claire Cook, Sara Thomas +3

The Lancet

Randomized Comparison of Low Molecular Weight Heparin and Coumarin Derivatives on the Survival of Patients With Cancer and Venous Thromboembolism

Agnes Lee, Frederick R. Rickles, Jim A. Julian +6

Journal of Clinical Oncology

The use of dalteparin relative to coumarin derivatives was associated with improved survival in patients with solid tumors who did not have metastatic disease at the time of an acute venous...

Survival of free and encapsulated probiotic bacteria and their effect on the sensory properties of yoghurt

Kasipathy Kailasapathy

LWT

Chenopodium quinoa—An Indian perspective

Atul Bhargava, Sudhir Shukla, Deepak Ohri

Industrial Crops and Products

Magnesium Intake and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Men and Women

Ruy López‐Ridaura, Walter C. Willett, Eric B. Rimm +4

Diabetes Care

Our findings suggest a significant inverse association between magnesium intake and diabetes risk. This study supports the dietary recommendation to increase consumption of major food sources of...

Antioxidant enzymes and their implications in pathophysiologic processes

Jose, M. Mates

Frontiers in bioscience

Aerobic organisms possess antioxidant defense systems that deal with reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced as a consequence of aerobic respiration. Reactive oxygen is related to both, the arrest of...

An Outbreak of<i>Escherichia coli</i>O157:H7 Infections Associated with Leaf Lettuce Consumption

Marta‐Louise Ackers, Barbara E. Mahon, Ellen Leahy +9

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

In July 1995, 40 Montana residents were identified with laboratory-confirmed Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection; 52 residents had bloody diarrhea without laboratory confirmation. The median age of...

Trifluoroethanol-induced Stabilization of the α-Helical Structure of β-Lactoglobulin: Implication for Non-hierarchical Protein Folding

Kentaro Shiraki, Ken Nishikawa, Yuji Goto

Journal of Molecular Biology

Acid resistance in enteric bacteria

J Gorden, Pamela L. C. Small

Infection and Immunity

Shigella species require a uniquely small inoculum for causing dysentery. One explanation for the low infective dose is that Shigella species are better able to survive the acidic conditions...

Intracellular calcium-binding proteins: more sites than insights

Claus W. Heizmann, Willi Hunzlker

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Automatic detection of assimilable nitrogen deficiencies during alcoholic fermentation in oenological conditions

Marina Bely, Jean-Marie Sablayrolles, Pierre Barré

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Women, food and families

Choice Reviews Online

Statistical Methods in Food and Consumer Research

Elsevier eBooks

Comparative studies of intracellular transport of secretory proteins.

Alan M. Tartakoff, P Vassalli, M Détraz

The Journal of Cell Biology

The physiology of protein intracellular transport and secretion by cell types thought to be free from short-term control has been compared with that of the pancreatic acinar cell, using pulse-chase...

Asparaginase and Glutaminase Activities of Micro-organisms

Akira Imada, Seizi Igarasi, Kazuo Nakahama +1

Journal of General Microbiology

Summary: l-Asparaginase and l-glutaminase activities were detected in many microorganisms and the distribution of these activities was found to be related to the classification of micro-organisms....

Human Milk Composition: Nutrients and Bioactive Factors

Senem Alkan Özdemir, Özlem Naciye Şahin, Despina D. Briana

Food security: The challenge of the present

Alexander Prosekov, Светлана Иванова

Geoforum

Essential Oils: Extraction Techniques, Pharmaceutical And Therapeutic Potential - A Review

Zarith Asyikin Abdul Aziz, Akil Ahmad, Siti Hamidah Mohd Setapar +7

Current Drug Metabolism

This manuscript reviewed the major research studies in the field and discussed several research findings on the chemical composition of essential oils, methods of oil extraction, and application of...

Salmonella SPI-2 Type III Secretion System Effectors: Molecular Mechanisms And Physiological Consequences

E. R. Jennings, Teresa L. M. Thurston, David W. Holden

Cell Host & Microbe

Meconium Microbiome Analysis Identifies Bacteria Correlated with Premature Birth

Alexandria N. Ardissone, Diomel M. de la Cruz, Austin G. Davis‐Richardson +8

PLoS ONE

This provides the first evidence to support the hypothesis that the fetal intestinal microbiome derived from swallowed amniotic fluid may be involved in the inflammatory response that leads to...