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Colibacillosis in poultry: unravelling the molecular basis of virulence of avian pathogenic<i>Escherichia coli</i>in their natural hosts

Francis Dziva, Mark P. Stevens

Avian Pathology

Avian colibacillosis is caused by a group of pathogens designated avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC). Despite being known for over a century, avian colibacillosis remains one of the major...

Characterization of SSIIIa-Deficient Mutants of Rice: The Function of SSIIIa and Pleiotropic Effects by SSIIIa Deficiency in the Rice Endosperm

Naoko Fujita, Mayumi Yoshida, Tomonori Kondo +10

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Starch synthase IIIa (SSIIIa)-deficient rice (Oryza sativa) mutants were generated using retrotransposon insertion and chemical mutagenesis. The lowest migrating SS activity bands on...

Functionality of different hydrocolloids on the quality and shelf-life of yellow layer cakes

Manuel Gómez, Felicidad Ronda, Pedro A. Caballero +2

Food Hydrocolloids

Functions and effectors of the Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 type III secretion system

Scott R. Waterman, David W. Holden

Cellular Microbiology

Salmonella enterica uses two functionally distinct type III secretion systems encoded on the pathogenicity islands SPI-1 and SPI-2 to transfer effector proteins into host cells. A major function of...

n−3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids, fatal ischemic heart disease, and nonfatal myocardial infarction in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study

Rozenn N. Lemaître, Irena B. King, Dariush Mozaffarian +3

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Nut Consumption and Decreased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Physicians' Health Study

Christine M. Albert, J. Michael Gaziano, Walter C. Willett +1

Archives of Internal Medicine

These prospective data in US male physicians suggest that the inverse association between nut consumption and total coronary heart disease death is primarily due to a reduction in the risk of sudden...

Tetanus: a review of the literature

Tim Cook, Richard Protheroe, J Handel

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Nutrition and maternal mortality in the developing world

David Rush

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Nutritional composition of edible seaweed Gracilaria changgi

M.H. Norziah, Chio Yen Ching

Food Chemistry

Heteropolysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria

Luc De Vuyst

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Prevalence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a survey of dairy herds

Tong Zhao, Michael P. Doyle, J. A. Shere +1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in dairy herds is poorly understood, even though young dairy animals have been reported to be a host. From February to May 1993, 662 fecal samples from 50...

Encapsulation and Controlled Release of Food Ingredients

ACS symposium series

A variety of encapsulation techniques are used in the food and pharmaceutical industry. These techniques include spray drying, spray chilling and cooling, coacervation, fluidized bed coating,...

Development of Measures of Food Neophobia in Children

Patricia Pliner

Appetite

Plasma Measurement of D-Dimer as Diagnostic Aid in Suspected Venous Thromboembolism: An Overview

Henri Bounameaux, P de Moerloose, Arnaud Perrier +1

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

This paper reviews the published experience with plasma measurement of D-dimer (DD), a specific degradation product of crosslinked fibrin, in the diagnostic approach of venous thromboembolism (VTE)....

Role of capsaicin, curcumin and dietary n — 3 fatty acids in lowering the generation of reactive oxygen species in rat peritoneal macrophages

Bina Joe, B.R. Lokesh

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research

EFFECT OF PARENTERAL GLUTAMINE PEPTIDE SUPPLEMENTS ON MUSCLE GLUTAMINE LOSS AND NITROGEN BALANCE AFTER MAJOR SURGERY

Peter Stehle, N. Mertes, CH Puchstein +4

The Lancet

Percutaneous gastrostomy

Thomas Russell, Martin Brotman, Forbes H. Norris

The American Journal of Surgery

Duplication and amplification of toxin genes in Vibrio cholerae

John J. Mekalanos

Cell

Congenital Malformations Resulting from Zinc Deficiency in Rats.

L. S. Hurley, Helene Swenerton

Experimental Biology and Medicine

SummaryA mild but specific zinc deficiency was produced in female rats by the use of a purified diet lacking the element and by stringent elimination of sources of zinc contamination from the...

ZINC IN THE NUTRITION OF THE RAT

W. R. Todd, C.A. Elvehjem, E.B. Hart

American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content

The Influence of Parental Dietary Behaviors and Practices on Children’s Eating Habits

Lubna Mahmood, Paloma Flores‐Barrantes, Luís A. Moreno +2

Nutrients

Poor dietary habits established during childhood might persist into adulthood, increasing the risk of developing obesity and obesity-related complications such as Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. It has...

Role of Zinc in Immune System and Anti-Cancer Defense Mechanisms

Dorota Skrajnowska, Barbara Bobrowska‐Korczak

Nutrients

The human body cannot store zinc reserves, so a deficiency can arise relatively quickly, e.g., through an improper diet. Severe zinc deficiency is rare, but mild deficiencies are common around the...

Sustainable food waste management towards circular bioeconomy: Policy review, limitations and opportunities

Tiffany M.W. Mak, Xinni Xiong, Daniel C.W. Tsang +2

Bioresource Technology

Effects of soy protein to wheat gluten ratio on the physicochemical properties of extruded meat analogues

Jie Hong Chiang, Simon M. Loveday, Allan Hardacre +1

Food Structure

Postharvest losses of fruit and vegetables during retail and in consumers’ homes: Quantifications, causes, and means of prevention

Ron Porat, Amnon Lichter, Leon A. Terry +2

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Essential oil eugenol: sources, extraction techniques and nutraceutical perspectives

Anees Ahmed Khalil, Ubaid ur Rahman, Moazzam Rafiq Khan +3

RSC Advances

Graphical representation regarding sources, extraction techniques and nutraceutical perspectives of eugenol.

Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in the Brain: Physiological Mechanisms and Relevance to Pharmacology

Sophie Layé, Agnès Nadjar, Joffre Corinne +1

Pharmacological Reviews

Benzoic acid and its derivatives as naturally occurring compounds in foods and as additives: Uses, exposure, and controversy

Ana del Olmo, Javier Calzada, Manuel Núñez

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Benzoic acid is an aromatic carboxylic acid naturally present in plant and animal tissues, which can also be produced by microorganisms. Benzoic acid and a wide range of derivatives and related...

Screening of potential probiotic properties of Lactobacillus fermentum isolated from traditional dairy products

Yan Bao, Yanchao Zhang, Yong Zhang +5

Food Control

<i>Campylobacter</i>Genotyping to Determine the Source of Human Infection

Samuel K. Sheppard, John F. Dallas, Norval J. C. Strachan +8

Clinical Infectious Diseases

National-scale genotyping was a practical and efficient methodology for the quantification of the contributions of different sources to human Campylobacter infection. Combined with the knowledge that...

Venous thromboembolism and subsequent hospitalisation due to acute arterial cardiovascular events: a 20-year cohort study

Henrik Toft Sørensen, Erzsébet Horváth–Puhó, Lars Pedersen +2

The Lancet

Chemical composition and antioxidant, antibacterial and antifungal activities of the essential oils from Bidens pilosa Linn. var. Radiata

Farah Deba, Tran Dang Xuan, Masaaki Yasuda +1

Food Control

Does a stable isotopically labeled internal standard always correct analyte response?

Sherry Wang, Matthew J. Cyronak, Eric Yang

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

The Salmonella Pathogenicity Island (SPI)-2 and SPI-1 Type III Secretion Systems Allow <i>Salmonella</i> Serovar <i>typhimurium</i> to Trigger Colitis via MyD88-Dependent and MyD88-Independent Mechanisms

Siegfried Hapfelmeier, Bärbel Stecher, Manja Barthel +8

The Journal of Immunology

Salmonella typhimurium can colonize the gut, invade intestinal tissues, and cause enterocolitis. In vitro studies suggest different mechanisms leading to mucosal inflammation, including 1) direct...

β-Carotene–rich orange-fleshed sweet potato improves the vitamin A status of primary school children assessed with the modified-relative-dose-response test1–3

Paul J. van Jaarsveld, Mieke Faber, Sherry A. Tanumihardjo +3

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Comparison of genome degradation in Paratyphi A and Typhi, human-restricted serovars of Salmonella enterica that cause typhoid

Michael McClelland, Kenneth E. Sanderson, Sandra W. Clifton +27

Nature Genetics

Food Chemistry

H.-D. Belitz, W. Grosch, Peter Schieberle

Food handlers' beliefs and self-reported practices

Deborah A. Clayton, Christopher J. Griffith, Patricia Price +1

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Despite an increase in the number of food handlers receiving food hygiene training, a high proportion of food poisoning outbreaks still occur as a result of poor food handling practices. This paper...

Antioxidant property of aroma extract isolated from clove buds [Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. et Perry]

Kwang‐Geun Lee, Takayuki Shibamoto

Food Chemistry

Conjugated linoleic acid rapidly reduces body fat content in mice without affecting energy intake

James P. DeLany, Fawn Blohm, Alycia A. Truett +2

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Recent reports have demonstrated that conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) has effects on body fat accumulation. In our previous work, CLA reduced body fat accumulation in mice fed either a high-fat or...

A bacteriophage encoding a pathogenicity island, a type-IV pilus and a phage receptor in cholera bacteria

David K.R. Karaolis, Sita Somara, David R. Maneval +2

Nature

CtsR, a novel regulator of stress and heat shock response, controls <i>clp</i> and molecular chaperone gene expression in Gram‐positive bacteria

Isabelle Derré, Georges Rapoport, Tarek Msadek

Molecular Microbiology

clpP and clpC of Bacillus subtillis encode subunits of the Clp ATP-dependent protease and are required for stress survival, including growth at high temperature. They play essential roles in...

A Randomized Trial of Isonitrogenous Enteral Diets After Severe Trauma

Kenneth A. Kudsk, Gayle Minard, Martin A. Croce +5

Annals of Surgery

An IED significantly reduces major infectious complications in severely injured patients compared with those receiving isonitrogenous diet or no early enteral nutrition. An IED is the preferred diet...

Taste receptor-like cells in the rat gut identified by expression of alpha-gustducin.

Dirk Höfer, Bernd Püschel, Detlev Drenckhahn

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The alpha-subunit of the trimeric G-protein complex specific for taste receptor cells of the tongue, alpha-gustducin, is described here to be also expressed in the stomach and intestine. The...

Frequent Asymptomatic Pulmonary Embolism in Patients With Deep Venous Thrombosis

Kenneth Μ. Moser

JAMA

Because all of those considered to have embolism had so-called high-probability scan results, the frequency of embolism reported likely represents the minimum incidence of pulmonary embolism in...

A Universal Feature in the Structure of Starch Granules from Different Botanical Sources

Paul J. Jenkins, Ruth E. Cameron, Athene M. Donald

Starch - Stärke

Abstract Starch samples from different botanical species show few unifying features in either structure or function: for example both the amylose/amylopectin ratio and the amylopectin chain length...

Purification, characterization and antimicrobial spectrum of a bacteriocin produced by <i>Pediococcus acidilactici</i>

Arun K. Bhunia, M. C. Johnson, Bibek Ray

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

An antimicrobial peptide designated pediocin AcH was isolated from Pediococcus acidilactici strain H. The pediocin AcH was purified by ion exchange chromatography. The molecular weight of pediocin...

Digestion of polysaccharides of potato in the small intestine of man

Hans N. Englyst, J.H. Cummings

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Glutathione, a first line of defense against cadmium toxicity

Rakesh Kumar Singhal, Mary E. Anderson, Alton Meister

The FASEB Journal

Experimental modulation of cellular glutathione levels has been used to explore the role of glutathione in cadmium toxicity. Mice treated with buthionine sulfoximine [an effective irreversible...