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Antimicrobial and antiplasmid activities of essential oils

Zsuzsanna Schelz, Joséph Molnár, Judit Hohmann

Fitoterapia

Immune-Enhancing Role of Vitamin C and Zinc and Effect on Clinical Conditions

Eva S. Wintergerst, Silvia Maggini, D. Hornig

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Vitamin C concentrations in the plasma and leukocytes rapidly decline during infections and stress. Supplementation of vitamin C was found to improve components of the human immune system such as...

Why Is Child Malnutrition Lower in Urban Than in Rural Areas? Evidence from 36 Developing Countries

Lisa C. Smith, Marie T. Ruel, A.M. Ndiaye

World Development

Probiotics: Considerations for Human Health

Mary Ellen Sanders

Nutrition Reviews

Evidence for the role of probiotics in maintenance of health or prevention of disease is mounting and is supported in some cases by blinded, placebo-controlled human trials. Today, in an era of...

F factor conjugation is a true type IV secretion system

Trevor D. Lawley, William Klimke, Michael J. Gubbins +1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

The F sex factor of Escherichia coli is a paradigm for bacterial conjugation and its transfer (tra) region represents a subset of the type IV secretion system (T4SS) family. The F tra region encodes...

Advances in modifying and understanding whey protein functionality

E. Allen Foegeding, Jack Davis, Dany Doucet +1

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Market potential for probiotics

Catherine Stanton, Gillian E. Gardiner, Hillary Meehan +4

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Divalent-metal transport by NRAMP proteins at the interface of host–pathogen interactions

John Forbes, Phillippe Gros

Trends in Microbiology

Role of Volatile Fatty Acids in Development of the Cecal Microflora in Broiler Chickens during Growth

Paul W. J. J. van der Wielen, Steef Biesterveld, S. Notermans +3

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

It is known that volatile fatty acids can inhibit growth of species of the family Enterobacteriaceae in vitro. However, whether these volatile fatty acids affect bacterial populations in the ceca of...

Copper stimulates proliferation of human endothelial cells under culture

Guo‐fu Hu

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Copper ions stimulate proliferation of human umbilical artery and vein endothelial cells but not human dermal fibroblasts or arterial smooth muscle cells. Incubation of human umbilical vein...

Role of oxidative stress in transition of hypertrophy to heart failure

Arvinder K. Dhalla, Michael F. Hill, Pawan K. Singal

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Modulation of a specific humoral immune response and changes in intestinal flora mediated through fermented milk intake

Harriet Link‐Amster, Florence Rochat, Kim-Yen Saudan +2

FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology

This study was undertaken to elucidate whether eating a fermented milk containing Lactobacillus acidophilus La1 and bifidobacteria could induce changes in intestinal flora and modulate the immune...

Lactic acid bacteria and human clinical infection

M. Aguirre, Matthew Collins

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

Journal Article Lactic acid bacteria and human clinical infection Get access M. Aguirre, M. Aguirre Department of Microbiology, AFRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, Reading, UK Search...

Structural elements of Gα subunits that interact with Gβγ, receptors, and effectors

Bruce R. Conklin, Henry R. Bourne

Cell

Dosimetry by ESR spectroscopy of alanine

D. Regulla, U. Deffner

The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes

BRIEF REPORT: BARTLETT'S TEST OF SPHERICITY AND CHANCE FINDINGS IN FACTOR ANALYSIS

Sigmund Tobias, James E. Carlson

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Bartlett's test of sphericitg: was applied to a correlation matrix computed on random normal deviates by Armstrong and Soelberg (1968), and returned a chi square value indicating that the matrix...

2022 international clinical practice guidelines for the treatment and prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer, including patients with COVID-19

Dominique Farge, Corinne Frère, Jean M. Connors +27

The Lancet Oncology

Influence of In Vitro Digestion on Composition, Bioaccessibility and Antioxidant Activity of Food Polyphenols—A Non-Systematic Review

Karolina Wojtunik‐Kulesza, Anna Oniszczuk, Tomasz Oniszczuk +3

Nutrients

There is increased interest in following a healthy lifestyle and consuming a substantial portion of secondary plant metabolites, such as polyphenols, due to their benefits for the human body. Food...

Probiotic supplements might not be universally-effective and safe: A review

Damini Kothari, Seema Patel, Soo‐Ki Kim

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Last few decades have witnessed the unprecedented growth in the application of probiotics for promoting the general gut health as well as their inception as biotherapeutics to alleviate certain...

Zinc in Cellular Regulation: The Nature and Significance of “Zinc Signals”

Wolfgang Maret

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

In the last decade, we witnessed discoveries that established Zn²⁺ as a second major signalling metal ion in the transmission of information within cells and in communication between...

Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis: champion colonizer of the infant gut

Mark A. Underwood, J. Bruce German, Carlito B. Lebrilla +1

Pediatric Research

Microbial transglutaminase and its application in the food industry. A review

Marek Kieliszek, A Misiewicz

Folia Microbiologica

The extremely high costs of manufacturing transglutaminase from animal origin (EC 2.3.2.13) have prompted scientists to search for new sources of this enzyme. Interdisciplinary efforts have been...

Biochemistry of Plant Secondary Metabolism

Introduction: biochemistry, role and biotechnology of secondary metabolites. Biochemistry and physiology of alkaloids and betalains. Biosynthesis of cyanogenic glycosides, glucosinolates, and...

Physical Properties of Foods

Dorin Boldor

Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

Global challenges in water, sanitation and health

Christine L. Moe, Richard Rheingans

Journal of Water and Health

The year 2005 marks the beginning of the "International Decade for Action: Water for Life" and renewed effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) to reduce by half the proportion of...

Air-drying characteristics of tomatoes

İ̇brahim Doymaz

Journal of Food Engineering

Palm oil: Biochemical, physiological, nutritional, hematological and toxicological aspects: A review

D.O. Edem

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Effect of Maturity and Vine Water Status on Grape Skin and Wine Flavonoids

James A. Kennedy, Mark A. Matthews, Andrew L. Waterhouse

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Quantity and characterization of flavonoids were determined in skins isolated from <i>Vitis vinifera</i> L. cv. Cabernet Sauvignon berries during fruit ripening and at different postveraison water...

Buckwheat—the source of antioxidant activity in functional foods

M. Holasová, Vlasta Fiedlerová, H Smrcinova +3

Food Research International

Gut origin of sepsis: a prospective study investigating associations between bacterial translocation, gastric microflora, and septic morbidity

John Macfie, Colm OBoyle, C.J. Mitchell +3

Gut

Proximal gut colonisation is associated with both increased bacterial translocation and septic morbidity. The commonality of organisms identified supports the gut origin of sepsis hypothesis.

The integrated antioxidant system

Robert A. Jacob

Nutrition Research

Carbohydrates in Cell Recognition

Nathan Sharon, Halina Lis

Scientific American

A Waterborne Outbreak in Missouri of <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7 Associated with Bloody Diarrhea and Death

David L. Swerdlow, Bradley A. Woodruff, Robert C. Brady +11

Annals of Internal Medicine

This was the largest outbreak of ECO157 infections, the first due to a multiply resistant organism, and the first shown to be transmitted by water. System-wide chlorination as well as...

Drying Soybeans With Heated Air

Douglas G. Overhults, G. M. White, H. E. Hamilton +1

Transactions of the ASAE

Child malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis of demographic and health surveys (2006-2016)

Blessing Akombi-Inyang, Kingsley Agho, Dafna Merom +2

PLoS ONE

The prevalence of malnutrition was highest within countries in East Africa and West Africa compared to the WHO Millennium development goals target for 2015. Appropriate nutrition interventions need...

Salmonella Serotype Determination Utilizing High-Throughput Genome Sequencing Data

Shaokang Zhang, Yanlong Yin, Marcus B. Jones +6

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Serotyping forms the basis of national and international surveillance networks for Salmonella, one of the most prevalent foodborne pathogens worldwide (1-3). Public health microbiology is currently...

Pandemic lineages of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

Lee W. Riley

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Bacteriocins Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria a Review Article

Myrto‐Panagiota Zacharof, Robert W. Lovitt

APCBEE Procedia

A great number of Gram (+) and Gram negative (-) bacteria produce during their growth, substances of protein structure (either proteins or polypeptides) possessing antimicrobial activities, called...

Open-Source Genomic Analysis of Shiga-Toxin–Producing<i>E. coli</i>O104:H4

Holger Rohde, Junjie Qin, Yujun Cui +27

New England Journal of Medicine

An outbreak caused by Shiga-toxin–producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 occurred in Germany in May and June of 2011, with more than 3000 persons infected. Here, we report a cluster of cases associated...

Resistant starch as prebiotic: A review

Evangélica Fuentes‐Zaragoza, Elena Sánchez‐Zapata, Esther Sendra +4

Starch - Stärke

Abstract The increase in consumers demand for high‐quality food products has led to the growth in the use of new technologies and ingredients such as RS. RS occurs basically in all starchy foods and...

Association of Maternal Stature With Offspring Mortality, Underweight, and Stunting in Low- to Middle-Income Countries

Emre Özaltin

JAMA

Among 54 low- to middle-income countries, maternal stature was inversely associated with offspring mortality, underweight, and stunting in infancy and childhood.

The <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> type VI secretion system displays antimicrobial properties

Dana L. MacIntyre, Sarah T. Miyata, Maya Kitaoka +1

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The acute diarrheal disease cholera is caused by the marine bacterium Vibrio cholerae. A type VI secretion system (T6SS), which is structurally similar to the bacteriophage cell-puncturing device,...

D-Dimer and Prothrombin Fragment 1 + 2 Predict Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Cancer: Results From the Vienna Cancer and Thrombosis Study

Cihan Ay, Rainer Vormittag, Daniela Dunkler +7

Journal of Clinical Oncology

High D-dimer and F 1 + 2 levels independently predict occurrence of VTE in patients with cancer.

Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Liver Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based Case–Control Study

Kirstine K. Søgaard, Erzsébet Horváth–Puhó, Henning Grønbæk +3

The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Patients with liver disease have a substantially increased risk of venous thromboembolism.

Bacterial Tag–Encoded FLX Amplicon Pyrosequencing (bTEFAP) for Microbiome Studies: Bacterial Diversity in the Ileum of Newly Weaned <i>Salmonella</i> -Infected Pigs

Scot E. Dowd, Yan Sun, Randy Wolcott +2

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

The microbiota of an animal's intestinal tract plays a vital role in the animal's overall health. There is a surprising scarcity of information on the microbial diversity in the gut of livestock...

New Roles for Copper Metabolism in Cell Proliferation, Signaling, and Disease

Michelle L. Turski, Dennis J. Thiele

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Over the past 2 decades, the molecular mechanisms by which cells acquire, distribute, and utilize copper have been under intense investigation. Significant progress has been made in the...

Maternal Fish Intake during Pregnancy, Blood Mercury Levels, and Child Cognition at Age 3 Years in a US Cohort

Emily Oken, Jenny Radesky, Robert O. Wright +5

American Journal of Epidemiology

The balance of contaminant risk and nutritional benefit from maternal prenatal fish consumption for child cognitive development is not known. Using data from a prospective cohort study of 341...