Research Library

Starch gelation and retrogradation

Victor J. Morris

Trends in Food Science & Technology

The comparative reductions of the plasma lipids and lipoproteins by dietary polyunsaturated fats: Salmon oil versus vegetable oils

William S. Harris, William E. Connor, Martha P. McMurry

Metabolism

International Cooperative Testing on the Amylose Content of Milled Rice

Bienvenido O. Juliano, Consuelo M. Perez, A. B. Blakeney +7

Starch - Stärke

Abstract An international cooperative test was undertaken to determine the reproducibility of the revised simplified amylose assay in nine laboratories.

The origin and antigen-dependent distribution of IgA-containing cells in the intestine.

A.J. Husband, J. L. Gowans

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

The aims of this paper were to establish the origin of cells producing IgA antibody to cholera toxoid in the lamina propria of the small intestine and to define the role of antigen in their...

Small Subcutaneous Doses of Heparin in Prevention of Venous Thrombosis

Alexander Gallus, Jack Hirsh, R.J. Tuttle +5

New England Journal of Medicine

The effect of 5000 U of heparin given subcutaneously three times daily on the frequency of venous thrombosis detected by 125-I-fibrinogen scanning was evaluated in a prospective randomized study of...

Epidemiology and prevention of venous thromboembolism

Pamela L. Lutsey, Neil A. Zakai

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Reproducibility and Validity of Food Frequency Questionnaires

Walter C. Willett, Elizabeth Lenart

Oxford University Press eBooks

Abstract The food frequency questionnaire has been the most widely used method for dietary assessment in epidemiologic studies. It is, therefore, crucial to consider in detail the degree to which...

Effect of microencapsulation and resistant starch on the probiotic survival and sensory properties of synbiotic ice cream

A. Homayouni, Aslan Azizi, M R Ehsani +2

Food Chemistry

A differential effect of 2 probiotics in the prevention of eczema and atopy: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Kristin Wickens, Peter Black, Thorsten Stanley +5

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Mechanism of Hypokalemia in Magnesium Deficiency

Chou-Long Huang, Elizabeth Kuo

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Magnesium deficiency is frequently associated with hypokalemia. Concomitant magnesium deficiency aggravates hypokalemia and renders it refractory to treatment by potassium. Herein is reviewed...

Phylogenetic and functional analysis of the Cation Diffusion Facilitator (CDF) family: improved signature and prediction of substrate specificity

Barbara Montanini, Damien Blaudez, Sylvain Jeandroz +2

BMC Genomics

In the present study phylogenetic and functional analyses have allowed the identification of three major substrate-specific CDF groups. The metal selectivity of newly identified CDF transporters can...

Effects of enteral feeding with eicosapentaenoic acid, γ-linolenic acid, and antioxidants in mechanically ventilated patients with severe sepsis and septic shock*

Alessandro Pontes‐Arruda, Afra Maria Albuquerque Aragão, Juliana Deusdará Albuquerque

Critical Care Medicine

In patients with severe sepsis or septic shock and requiring mechanical ventilation and tolerating enteral nutrition, a diet enriched with EPA, GLA, and elevated antioxidants contributed to better...

Bacterial Programmed Cell Death and Multicellular Behavior in Bacteria

Hanna Engelberg–Kulka, Shahar Amitai, Ilana Kolodkin‐Gal +1

PLoS Genetics

Traditionally, programmed cell death (PCD) is associated with eukaryotic multicellular organisms. However, recently, PCD systems have also been observed in bacteria. Here we review recent research on...

Flavor-active esters: Adding fruitiness to beer

Kevin J. Verstrepen, Guy Derdelinckx, J. P. Dufour +4

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

<i>Vibrio cholerae</i>and cholera: out of the water and into the host

Joachim Reidl, Karl E. Klose

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

The facultative human pathogen Vibrio cholerae can be isolated from estuarine and aquatic environments. V. cholerae is well recognized and extensively studied as the causative agent of the human...

Pea Starch: Composition, Structure and Properties — A Review

Wajira S. Ratnayake, R. Hoover, Thomas D. Warkentin

Starch - Stärke

Recently, pea has developed into a major protein crop in Western Canada. In the search for new food protein resources, small commercial facilities in Canada have engaged in manufacturing protein...

Review of the toxicologic properties of medium-chain triglycerides

Karl A. Traul, A. A. Driedger, D.L. Ingle +1

Food and Chemical Toxicology

ESPEN guidelines for nutrition in liver disease and transplantation

Mathias Plauth, Manuela Merli, Jens Kondrup +3

Clinical Nutrition

Analysis of the sequence and gene products of the transfer region of the F sex factor

Laura S. Frost, K Ippen-Ihler, Ronald A. Skurray

Microbiological Reviews

Bacterial conjugation results in the transfer of DNA of either plasmid or chromosomal origin between microorganisms. Transfer begins at a defined point in the DNA sequence, usually called the origin...

Production of Shigella dysenteriae Type 1-Like Cytotoxin by Escherichia coli

Alison D. O’Brien, Gerald D. LaVeck, Michael R. Thompson +1

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Strains of Escherichia coli previously implicated or proven to be causes of diarrhea were examined for production of a toxin similar to that of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Shiga). Organisms grown in...

Double-duty actions: seizing programme and policy opportunities to address malnutrition in all its forms

Corinna Hawkes, Marie T. Ruel, Leah Salm +2

The Lancet

Responses of Plant Proteins to Heavy Metal Stress—A Review

Md. Kamrul Hasan, Yuan Cheng, Mukesh Kumar Kanwar +3

Frontiers in Plant Science

Plants respond to environmental pollutants such as heavy metal(s) by triggering the expression of genes that encode proteins involved in stress response. Toxic metal ions profoundly affect the...

Climate influence on <i>Vibrio</i> and associated human diseases during the past half-century in the coastal North Atlantic

Luigi Vezzulli, Chiara Grande, Philip C. Reid +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Climate change is having a dramatic impact on marine animal and plant communities but little is known of its influence on marine prokaryotes, which represent the largest living biomass in the world...

Identification of protein secretion systems in bacterial genomes

Sophie S. Abby, Jean Cury, Julien Guglielmini +3

Scientific Reports

Bacteria with two cell membranes (diderms) have evolved complex systems for protein secretion. These systems were extensively studied in some model bacteria, but the characterisation of their...

Campylobacteriosis: the role of poultry meat

C.P.A. Skarp, Marja‐Liisa Hänninen, Hilpi Rautelin

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Genetic Loci Associated with Plasma Phospholipid n-3 Fatty Acids: A Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies from the CHARGE Consortium

Rozenn N. Lemaître, Toshiko Tanaka, Weihong Tang +27

PLoS Genetics

Long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) can derive from diet or from α-linolenic acid (ALA) by elongation and desaturation. We investigated the association of common genetic variation with...

Minimum inhibitory concentrations of medicinal plants used in Northern Peru as antibacterial remedies

Rainer W. Bussmann, Gonzalo Rodolfo Malca Garcia, Ashley Glenn +15

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

The 2006 WHO child growth standards

Martin W. Bloem

BMJ

Have implications for nutrition programmes in emergencies

The worcester venous thromboembolism study

Frederick A. Spencer, Cathy Emery, Darleen Lessard +5

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Refractory periods and climate forcing in cholera dynamics

Katia Koelle, Xavier Rodó, Mercedes Pascual +2

Nature

Reducing Child Malnutrition: How Far Does Income Growth Take Us?

Lisa B. Haddad

The World Bank Economic Review

How rapidly will child malnutrition&#13;\n respond to income growth? This article explores that&#13;\n question using household survey data from 12 countries as&#13;\n well as data on malnutrition...

Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Other Anticarcinogenic Agents of Bovine Milk Fat

P. W. Parodi

Journal of Dairy Science

Prevention is an important strategy for conquering cancer. Milk fat contains a number of components, such as conjugated linoleic acid, sphingomyelin, butyric acid, ether lipids, beta-carotene, and...

A review of recent developments on the regulatory, structural and functional aspects of gum arabic

Ahsan Islam, G. O. Phillips, A. Sljivo +2

Food Hydrocolloids

Water, Waste, and Well-Being: A Multicountry Study

S. A. Esrey

American Journal of Epidemiology

Data collected in the late 1980s from eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (Burundi, Ghana, Togo, and Uganda), Asia/North Africa (Sri Lanka and Morocco), and the Americas (Bolivia and Guatemala)...

Fatty acid composition in major depression: decreased ω3 fractions in cholesteryl esters and increased C20:4ω6C20:5ω3 ratio in cholesteryl esters and phospholipids

Michaël Maes, R.S. Smith, Armand Christophe +3

Journal of Affective Disorders

History and development of probiotics

R. Fuller

What are the Biological Bases of Varied Diets?

Mark Westoby

The American Naturalist

Learned taste aversions in rats as a function of dosage, concentration, and route of administration of LiCl

Marvin Nachman, John H. Ashe

Physiology & Behavior

Two Faces of Vitamin C—Antioxidative and Pro-Oxidative Agent

Julia Kaźmierczak-Barańska, Karolina Boguszewska, Angelika A. Adamus-Grabicka +1

Nutrients

Vitamin C has been known for decades. It is common in everyday use as an element of the diet, supplementation, and a preservative. For years, research has been conducted to precisely determine the...

Matrix Effects and Application of Matrix Effect Factor

Wanlong Zhou, Shuang Yang, Perry G. Wang

Bioanalysis

Matrix effects are major concerns in quantitative LC-MS analysis because they detrimentally affect the accuracy, precision and sensitivity of a method.

A 100-Year Review: Yogurt and other cultured dairy products

Kayanush J. Aryana, Douglas W. Olson

Journal of Dairy Science

The history of the last 100 years of the science and technology of yogurt, sour cream, cultured butter, cultured buttermilk, kefir, and acidophilus milk has been one of continuous development and...

Effects of drying and grinding in production of fruit and vegetable powders: A review

Marie Céleste Karam, Jérémy Petit, David Zimmer +2

Journal of Food Engineering

Registered Replication Report

E-J Wagenmakers, T. Beek, L. Dijkhoff +27

Perspectives on Psychological Science

According to the facial feedback hypothesis, people's affective responses can be influenced by their own facial expression (e.g., smiling, pouting), even when their expression did not result from...

Metal dyshomeostasis and oxidative stress in Alzheimer’s disease

Mark Greenough, James Camakaris, Ashley I. Bush

Neurochemistry International

Effect of process conditions on the microencapsulation of coffee oil by spray drying

Elen Cristina Frascareli, Vanessa Martins da Silva, Renata Valeriano Tonon +1

Food and Bioproducts Processing

Mechanism of Action of Spanish Oregano, Chinese Cinnamon, and Savory Essential Oils against Cell Membranes and Walls of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes

Mounia Oussalah, S. Caillet, Monique Lacroix

Journal of Food Protection