Research Library

STANDARD METHODS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF DAIRY PRODUCTS

L. A. Black

Journal of Milk and Food Technology

Bacteriocins: Properties and potential use as antimicrobials

Atieh Darbandi, Arezoo Asadi, Marzie Mahdizade Ari +6

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

A variety of bacteriocins originate from lactic acid bacteria, which have recently been modified by scientists. Many strains of lactic acid bacteria related to food groups could produce bacteriocins...

Micro and nano encapsulation, retention and controlled release of flavor and aroma compounds: A critical review

Md Saifullah, Mohammad Rezaul Islam Shishir, Rayhana Ferdowsi +2

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Encapsulation, protection, and delivery of bioactive proteins and peptides using nanoparticle and microparticle systems: A review

David Julian McClements

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Critical Role of Zinc as Either an Antioxidant or a Prooxidant in Cellular Systems

Sung Ryul Lee

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Zinc is recognized as an essential trace metal required for human health; its deficiency is strongly associated with neuronal and immune system defects. Although zinc is a redox-inert metal, it...

Exploratory Multivariate Analysis in Archaeology

M. J. Baxter

Eliot Werner Publications eBooks

This text explains to new readers the various methods of multivariate analysis used in archaeological practice. It focuses on the techniques available, including: principal component analysis;...

Aim, Load, Fire: The Type VI Secretion System, a Bacterial Nanoweapon

Francesca Romana Cianfanelli, Laura Monlezun, Sarah J. Coulthurst

Trends in Microbiology

Intestinal Microbiota Development in Preterm Neonates and Effect of Perinatal Antibiotics

Silvia Arboleya, Borja Sánchez, Christian Milani +7

The Journal of Pediatrics

The Bioactivity and Toxicological Actions of Carvacrol

Zacharias E. Suntres, John Coccimiglio, Misagh Alipour

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Carvacrol is a monoterpenic phenol produced by an abundant number of aromatic plants, including thyme and oregano. Presently, carvacrol is used in low concentrations as a food flavoring ingredient...

Copper, zinc and iron in neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and prion diseases)

Henryk Kozłowski, Marek Łuczkowski, Maurizio Remelli +1

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Foeniculum vulgare: A comprehensive review of its traditional use, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and safety

Manzoor A. Rather, Bilal Ahmad Dar, Shahnawaz N. Sofi +2

Arabian Journal of Chemistry

Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae) commonly known as fennel is a well known and important medicinal and aromatic plant widely used as carminative, digestive, lactogogue and diuretic and in treating...

Sodium and Potassium Intake and Mortality Among US Adults

Quanhe Yang

Archives of Internal Medicine

Our findings suggest that a higher sodium-potassium ratio is associated with significantly increased risk of CVD and all-cause mortality, and higher sodium intake is associated with increased total...

Toxin-Antitoxin Systems Influence Biofilm and Persister Cell Formation and the General Stress Response

Xiaoxue Wang, Thomas K. Wood

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

In many genomes, toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems have been identified; however, their role in cell physiology has been unclear. Here we examine the evidence that TA systems are involved in biofilm...

Multiple Transmission Pathways and Disease Dynamics in a Waterborne Pathogen Model

Joseph H. Tien, David J. D. Earn

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

In vitro and in vivo antifungal activities of the essential oils of various plants against tomato grey mould disease agent Botrytis cinerea

Soner Soylu, Şener Kurt, Soner Soylu

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Molecular mechanism for the umami taste synergism

Feng Zhang, Boris Klebansky, Richard Fine +5

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Umami is one of the 5 basic taste qualities. The umami taste of L-glutamate can be drastically enhanced by 5' ribonucleotides and the synergy is a hallmark of this taste quality. The umami taste...

Role of the renin–angiotensin system in vascular inflammation

Chiara Marchesi, Pierre Paradis, Ernesto L. Schiffrin

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Endogenous pro‐resolving and anti‐inflammatory lipid mediators: a new pharmacologic genus

Charles N. Serhan, Nan Chiang

British Journal of Pharmacology

Complete resolution of an acute inflammatory response and its return to homeostasis are essential for healthy tissues. Here, we overview ongoing efforts to characterize cellular and molecular...

Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Yeasts

Gábor Péter, Carlos A. Rosa

Phytosterol Composition of Nuts and Seeds Commonly Consumed in the United States

Katherine M. Phillips, David M. Ruggio, M. Ashraf‐Khorassani

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Phytosterols were quantified in nuts and seeds commonly consumed in the United States. Total lipid extracts were subjected to acid hydrolysis and then alkaline saponfication, and free sterols were...

RvE1 protects from local inflammation and osteoclastmediated bone destruction in periodontitis

Hatice Hastürk, Alpdoğan Kantarcı, Taisuke Ohira +7

The FASEB Journal

Periodontitis is a well-appreciated example of leukocyte-mediated bone loss and inflammation that has pathogenic features similar to those observed in other inflammatory diseases such as arthritis....

Cereal grains, legumes and diabetes

Bernard J. Venn, J I Mann

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

A Review of Acrylamide: An Industry Perspective on Research, Analysis, Formation, and Control

Dominique Taeymans, J. F. Wood, Peter Ashby +15

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Acrylamide is a synthetic monomer with a wide scope of industrial applications, mainly as a precursor in the production of several polymers, such as polyacrylamide. The main uses of polyacrylamides...

Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Genomics of<i>Shigella flexneri</i>Serotype 2a Strain 2457T

Jun S. Wei, Marcia B. Goldberg, Valerie Burland +14

Infection and Immunity

We determined the complete genome sequence of Shigella flexneri serotype 2a strain 2457T (4,599,354 bp). Shigella species cause >1 million deaths per year from dysentery and diarrhea and have a...

Intracellular Ca ²⁺ and the phospholipid PIP ₂ regulate the taste transduction ion channel TRPM5

Dan Liu, Emily R. Liman

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The transduction of taste is a fundamental process that allows animals to discriminate nutritious from noxious substances. Three taste modalities, bitter, sweet, and amino acid, are mediated by G...

Food safety regulation: an overview of contemporary issues

Spencer Henson, Julie A. Caswell

Food Policy

Administration of different Lactobacillus strains in fermented oatmeal soup: in vivo colonization of human intestinal mucosa and effect on the indigenous flora

Michael Johansson, G. Molin, Bengt Jeppsson +3

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

In vivo colonization by different Lactobacillus strains on human intestinal mucosa of healthy volunteers was studied together with the effect of Lactobacillus administration on different groups of...

Endocrine control of parturition

G. D. Thorburn, John Challis

Physiological Reviews

Anti-Fungal Efficacy and Mechanisms of Flavonoids

Mohammed Saleh Al Aboody, Suresh Mickymaray

Antibiotics

The prevalence of fungal infections is growing at an alarming pace and the pathogenesis is still not clearly understood. Recurrence of these fungal diseases is often due to their evolutionary...

Guidance on the assessment of the safety of feed additives for the environment

EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (EFSA FEEDAP Panel), Vasileios Bampidis, Maria de Lourdes Bastos +22

EFSA Journal

This guidance document is intended to assist the applicant in the preparation and the presentation of an application, as foreseen in Article 7.6 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, for the authorisation...

Role of direct oral anticoagulants in the treatment of cancer‐associated venous thromboembolism: guidance from the SSC of the ISTH

Alok A. Khorana, Simon Noble, A.Y.Y. Lee +4

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Iron accumulation in senescent cells is coupled with impaired ferritinophagy and inhibition of ferroptosis

Shashank Masaldan, S Clatworthy, Cristina Gamell +8

Redox Biology

Cellular senescence is characterised by the irreversible arrest of proliferation, a pro-inflammatory secretory phenotype and evasion of programmed cell death mechanisms. We report that senescence...

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: A Review of Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms and Perspectives of Human and Animal Health

Mohamed O. Ahmed, Keith E. Baptiste

Microbial Drug Resistance

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are both of medical and public health importance associated with serious multidrug-resistant infections and persistent colonization. Enterococci are...

Determinants of stunting in Indonesian children: evidence from a cross-sectional survey indicate a prominent role for the water, sanitation and hygiene sector in stunting reduction

Harriet Torlesse, Aidan A. Cronin, Susy Katikana Sebayang +1

BMC Public Health

The combination of unimproved latrines and untreated drinking water was associated with an increased odds on stunting in Indonesia compared with improved conditions. Policies and programmes to...

The post-PE syndrome: a new concept for chronic complications of pulmonary embolism

Frederikus A. Klok, Tom van der Hulle, Paul L. den Exter +3

Blood Reviews

A review on the use of essential oils for postharvest decay control and maintenance of fruit quality during storage

Dharini Sivakumar, Silvia Bautista‐Baños

Crop Protection

Pullulan: biosynthesis, production, and applications

Kuan‐Chen Cheng, Ali Demırcı, Jeffrey M. Catchmark

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Selenium bioavailability: current knowledge and future research requirements

Susan J. Fairweather‐Tait, Rachel Collings, Rachel Hurst

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Drying of mint leaves in a solar dryer and under open sun: Modelling, performance analyses

Ebru Kavak Akpınar

Energy Conversion and Management

Toward a Generic Extraction Method for Simultaneous Determination of Pesticides, Mycotoxins, Plant Toxins, and Veterinary Drugs in Feed and Food Matrixes

Hans Mol, Patricia Plaza‐Bolaños, Paul Zomer +3

Analytical Chemistry

A fast and straightforward generic procedure for the simultaneous extraction of various classes of pesticides, mycotoxins, plant toxins, and veterinary drugs in various matrixes has been developed,...

Selenium as an anticancer nutrient: roles in cell proliferation and tumor cell invasion

Huawei Zeng, Gerald F. Combs

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Functional specialization within the Fur family of metalloregulators

Jin‐Won Lee, John D. Helmann

BioMetals

Association of H2-Blocker Therapy and Higher Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Ronnie Guillet, Barbara J. Stoll, C. Michael Cotten +4

PEDIATRICS

H2-blocker therapy was associated with higher rates of NEC, which is in agreement with a previous randomized trial of acidification of infant feeds that resulted in a decreased incidence of NEC. In...

Comparison of Escherichia coli isolates implicated in human urinary tract infection and avian colibacillosis

Kylie E. Rodriguez-Siek, Catherine W. Giddings, Curt Doetkott +3

Microbiology

Since avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) and human uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) may encounter similar challenges when establishing infection in extraintestinal locations, they may share a...

Hyperinfectivity: A Critical Element in the Ability of V. cholerae to Cause Epidemics?

David Hartley, J. Glenn Morris, David L. Smith

PLoS Medicine

To have maximal impact on limiting epidemic spread of cholera, interventions should be targeted toward minimizing risk of transmission of the short-lived, hyperinfectious form of toxigenic Vibrio...

Negative Consequences of Dichotomizing Continuous Predictor Variables

Julie R. Irwin, Gary H. McClelland

Journal of Marketing Research

Marketing researchers frequently split (dichotomize) continuous predictor variables into two groups, as with a median split, before performing data analysis. The practice is prevalent, but its...

Intestinal short‐chain fatty acids alter <i>Salmonella typhimurium</i> invasion gene expression and virulence through BarA/SirA

Sara D. Lawhon, Russell Maurer, M. Mitsu Suyemoto +1

Molecular Microbiology

Salmonella typhimurium causes enteric and systemic disease by invading the intestinal epithelium of the distal ileum, a process requiring the invasion genes of Salmonella pathogenicity island 1...

Invited Review: The Scientific Basis of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM Functionality as a Probiotic

Mary Ellen Sanders, Todd R. Klaenhammer

Journal of Dairy Science

Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM is a probiotic strain available in conventional foods (milk, yogurt, and toddler formula) and dietary supplements. Its commercial availability in the United States...

Screening for Inhibitory Activity of Essential Oils on Selected Bacteria, Fungi and Viruses

Sue Chao, David G. Young, C. J. Oberg

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the inhibitory effect of essential oils against a broad spectrum of microorganisms including bacteria, yeast, molds, and two bacteriophage. The...