Research Library

Interaction between water and hydrophilic polymers

Hyōe Hatakeyama, Tatsuko Hatakeyama

Thermochimica Acta

Statistical Factor Analysis and Related Methods

Alexander Basilevsky

Wiley series in probability and statistics

Protection against malaria by immunization with plasmid DNA encoding circumsporozoite protein.

M Sedegah, Richard C. Hedstrom, Peter Hobart +1

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Immunization with irradiated sporozoites protects animals and humans against malaria, and the circumsporozoite protein is a target of this protective immunity. We now report that adjuvant-free...

Protein Degradation by Human Intestinal Bacteria

G.T. Macfarlane, John H. Cummings, C. Allison

Microbiology

Analysis of human gut contents showed that substantial quantities of soluble protein, ammonia and branched chain volatile fatty acids occurred throughout the large intestine [0.1-24.4 g (kg...

Phase behaviour of fats and their mixtures

R. E. Timms

Progress in Lipid Research

Six widespread bacterial clones among Escherichia coli K1 isolates

Mark Achtman, Andrew A. Mercer, Barica Kušećek +5

Infection and Immunity

Variable properties among Escherichia coli isolates include serotype, electrophoretic migration of major outer membrane proteins, metabolic properties, production of hemolysin or colicin or both, and...

Selenium Compounds as Novel Potential Anticancer Agents

Dominika Radomska, Robert Czarnomysy, Dominik Radomski +1

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The high number of new cancer incidences and the associated mortality continue to be alarming, leading to the search for new therapies that would be more effective and less burdensome for patients....

Factors influencing quality variation in cocoa (Theobroma cacao) bean flavour profile — A review

John Edem Kongor, Michael Hinneh, Davy Van de Walle +3

Food Research International

Incidence and Timing of Presentation of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants

Wendy Yee, Amuchou Soraisham, Vibhuti Shah +4

PEDIATRICS

Among infants <33 weeks' gestation, NEC appears to present at mean age of 7 days in more mature infants, whereas onset of NEC is delayed to 32 days of age in smaller, lower GA infants. Further...

Specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators in the inflammatory response: An update

Gerard Bannenberg, Charles N. Serhan

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Association between traditional food consumption and motives for food choice in six European countries

Zuzanna Pieniak, Wim Verbeke, Filiep Vanhonacker +2

Appetite

Nisin biotechnological production and application: a review

Luciana Juncioni de Arauz, Ângela Faustino Jozala, Priscila Gava Mazzola +1

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Nano-particle encapsulation of fish oil by spray drying

Seid Mahdi Jafari, Elham Assadpoor, Bhesh Bhandari +1

Food Research International

Bioavailability of ellagic acid in human plasma after consumption of ellagitannins from pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) juice

Navindra P. Seeram, Ru‐Po Lee, David Heber

Clinica Chimica Acta

Modelling of drying kinetics of single apricot

İnci Türk Toğrul, Dursun Pehlívan

Journal of Food Engineering

Selenium and selenoproteins in the brain and brain diseases

Jun Chen, Marla J. Berry

Journal of Neurochemistry

Over the past three decades, selenium has been intensively investigated as an antioxidant trace element. It is widely distributed throughout the body, but is particularly well maintained in the...

Effects of Consumption of Probiotics and Prebiotics on Serum Lipid Levels in Humans

Dora I. A. Pereira, Glenn R. Gibson

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The objective of this article is to review existing studies concerning the effects of probiotics and prebiotics on serum cholesterol concentrations, with particular attention on the possible...

Potential of bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria for improvements in food safety and quality

L. O’Sullivan, R. Paul Ross, Colin Hill

Biochimie

Nutritional and other postoperative management of neonates with short bowel syndrome correlates with clinical outcomes

David Andorsky, Dennis P. Lund, C. Walton Lillehei +6

The Journal of Pediatrics

Adherent Invasive <i>Escherichia coli</i> Strains from Patients with Crohn's Disease Survive and Replicate within Macrophages without Inducing Host Cell Death

Anne-Lise Glasser, Jérôme Boudeau, Nicolas Barnich +3

Infection and Immunity

Escherichia coli strains recovered from Crohn's disease (CD) lesions are able to adhere to and invade cultured intestinal epithelial cells. We analyzed the behavior within macrophages of adherent...

Intake of Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, and Fiber and Risk of Stroke Among US Men

Alberto Ascherio, Eric B. Rimm, Miguel A. Hernán +4

Circulation

Although these data do not prove a causal relationship, they are consistent with the hypothesis that diets rich in potassium, magnesium, and cereal fiber reduce the risk of stroke, particularly among...

Interaction of Mycobacterium avium with environmental amoebae enhances virulence

Jeffrey D. Cirillo, Stanley Falkow, Lucy S. Tompkins +1

Infection and Immunity

Environmental mycobacteria are a common cause of human infections. Recently, contaminated domestic water supplies have been suggested as a potential environmental source of several mycobacterial...

Fate of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in bovine feces

Guodong Wang, Tong Zhao, Michael P. Doyle

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Dairy cattle have been identified as a principal reservoir of Escherichia coli O157:H7. The fate of this pathogen in bovine feces at 5, 22, and 37 degrees C was determined. Two levels of inocula...

Natural antimicrobials from plants

George‐John E. Nychas

Antioxidant characterization

Barry Halliwell

Biochemical Pharmacology

Methodology for assessing zinc bioavailability: efficacy estimates for zinc-methionine, zinc sulfate, and zinc oxide

Karen J. Wedekind, Audra E. Hortin, David H. Baker

Journal of Animal Science

The bioavailability of zinc-methionine (ZnMET) was compared to that of feed-grade ZnSO4.H2O using three different diets: purified (crystalline amino acid [AA]), semipurified (soy isolate), and...

Crystallisation of malto-oligosaccharides as models of the crystalline forms of starch: minimum chain-length requirement for the formation of double helices

Michael J. Gidley, Paul V. Bulpin

Carbohydrate Research

Influence of ashing techniques on the analysis of trace elements in animal tissue

Michael S. Clegg, Carl L. Keen, Bo Lönnerdal +1

Biological Trace Element Research

URGES TO EAT AND DRINK IN RATS

Edward F. Adolph

American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content

Purification of Laboratory Chemicals

Armarego, Wilf

Elsevier eBooks

The Reference Genome of Tea Plant and Resequencing of 81 Diverse Accessions Provide Insights into Its Genome Evolution and Adaptation

Enhua Xia, Wei Tong, Yan Hou +23

Molecular Plant

Validation of in-vitro bioassay methods: Application in herbal drug research

Gunawan Indrayanto, Galih Satrio Putra, Farida Suhud

Profiles of drug substances, excipients, and related methodology

Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality

Derek Headey, Rebecca Heidkamp, Saskia Osendarp +8

The Lancet

Formula versus donor breast milk for feeding preterm or low birth weight infants

Maria Quigley, Nicholas D. Embleton, William McGuire

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Terpene Derivatives as a Potential Agent against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Pathogens

Nik Amirah Mahizan, Shun-Kai Yang, CHEW-LI MOO +6

Molecules

The evolution of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogens has prompted extensive research to find alternative therapeutics. Plants rich with natural secondary metabolites are one of the go-to...

Review: Consumption-stage food waste reduction interventions – What works and how to design better interventions

Christian Reynolds, Liam Goucher, Tom Quested +9

Food Policy

Food waste prevention has become an issue of international concern, with Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 aiming to halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels by 2030....

Plant antimicrobial polyphenols as potential natural food preservatives

Lynda Bouarab Chibane, Pascal Degraeve, Hicham Ferhout +2

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

These materials could be an interesting delivery system to improve the stability of phenolics in foods and to improve the shelf life of perishable foods. This review will thus provide an overview of...

A biosynthetic pathway for a prominent class of microbiota-derived bile acids

A. Sloan Devlin, Michael A. Fischbach

Nature Chemical Biology

Dietary calcium and zinc deficiency risks are decreasing but remain prevalent

Diriba B. Kumssa, Edward J. M. Joy, E. Louise Ander +4

Scientific Reports

Globally, more than 800 million people are undernourished while >2 billion people have one or more chronic micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs). More than 6% of global mortality and morbidity burdens...

Edible oil structuring: an overview and recent updates

Ashok R. Patel, Koen Dewettinck

Food & Function

In recent years, research dealing with edible oil structuring has received considerable interest from scientific community working in the area of food formulation. Much of this interest is linked to...

Culinary Tourism as a Destination Attraction: An Empirical Examination of Destinations' Food Image

S. A. Karim, Christina Geng-Qing Chi

Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management

This article illustrates the food image of France, Italy, and Thailand, countries known for their popular cuisine. An online survey was conducted; the population consisted of members of online travel...

Microbial ecology of drinking water distribution systems

David Berry, Chuanwu Xi, Lutgarde Raskin

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Effect of partial gelatinization and retrogradation on the enzymatic digestion of waxy rice starch

Hyun-Jung Chung, Hyesook S. Lim, Seung-Taik Lim

Journal of Cereal Science

Antibiotic resistance in non-enterococcal lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria

Mohammed Salim Ammor, Ana Belén Flórez, Baltasar Mayo

Food Microbiology

Metabolism of Antioxidant and Chemopreventive Ellagitannins from Strawberries, Raspberries, Walnuts, and Oak-Aged Wine in Humans:  Identification of Biomarkers and Individual Variability

Begoña Cerdá, Francisco A. Tómas‐Barberán, Juan Carlos Espı́n

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Ellagitannins (ETs) are dietary polyphenols, containing ellagic acid (EA) subunits, with antioxidant and cancer chemopreventive activities that might contribute to health benefits in humans. However,...

Optimization of the Preparation of Aqueous Suspensions of Waxy Maize Starch Nanocrystals Using a Response Surface Methodology

Hélène Angellier‐Coussy, Luc Choisnard, Sonia Molina-Boisseau +2

Biomacromolecules

Response surface methodology was used to investigate the effect of five selected factors on the selective H(2)SO(4) hydrolysis of waxy maize starch granules. These predictors were temperature, acid...

Reduced total energy expenditure and physical activity in cachectic patients with pancreatic cancer can be modulated by an energy and protein dense oral supplement enriched with n-3 fatty acids

A W G Moses, Christine Slater, Tom Preston +2

British Journal of Cancer

The aim of the study was to assess the total energy expenditure (TEE), resting energy expenditure (REE) and physical activity level (PAL) in home-living cachectic patients with advanced pancreatic...

Importance of Cardiac Troponins I and T in Risk Stratification of Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Stavros Konstantinides, Annette Geibel, Manfred Olschewski +4

Circulation

Our results indicate that cTnI and cTnT may be a novel, particularly useful tool for optimizing the management strategy in patients with acute PE.

The physiology of Campylobacter species and its relevance to their role as foodborne pathogens

Simon F. Park

International Journal of Food Microbiology