Research Library

Roles of the metallothionein family of proteins in the central nervous system

Juan Hidalgo, Michael Aschner, Paolo Zatta +1

Brain Research Bulletin

Why are nutritionally stunted children at increased risk of obesity? Studies of metabolic rate and fat oxidation in shantytown children from São Paulo, Brazil

Daniël J. Hoffman, Ana Lydia Sawaya, Ieda T. Verreschi +2

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Ascorbate Biosynthesis in Mitochondria Is Linked to the Electron Transport Chain between Complexes III and IV

Carlos G. Bartoli, G. M. Pastori, Christine H. Foyer

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Ascorbic acid is synthesized from galactono-gamma-lactone (GL) in plant tissues. An improved extraction procedure involving ammonium sulfate precipitation of membrane proteins from crude leaf...

Relationship between volatile components of citrus fruit essential oils and antimicrobial action on Penicillium digitatum and Penicillium italicum

D. Caccioni, M. Guizzardi, Daniela Biondi +2

International Journal of Food Microbiology

SALMONELLOSIS: Host Immune Responses and Bacterial Virulence Determinants¹

Bradley D. Jones, Stanley Falkow

Annual Review of Immunology

The lifestyle of bacterial pathogens requires them to establish infection in the face of host immunity. Upon entering a potential host, a variety of interactions are initiated, the outcome of which...

Copper resistance mechanisms in bacteria and fungi

Carlos Cervantes, Félix Gutiérrez‐Corona

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Copper is both an essential micronutrient and a toxic heavy metal for most living cells. The presence of high concentrations of cupric ions in the environment promotes the selection of microorganisms...

The LEC rat has a deletion in the copper transporting ATPase gene homologous to the Wilson disease gene

Jingshi Wu, John Forbes, Hai Shiene Chen +1

Nature Genetics

Regulation of cell magnesium

Andrea Romani, A. Scarpa

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Pharmacologic approach to tissue injury mediated by free radicals and other reactive oxygen metabolites

Patrick M. Reilly, Henry J. Schiller, Gregory B. Bulkley

The American Journal of Surgery

Iron mobilization from ferritin by superoxide derived from stimulated polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Possible mechanism in inflammation diseases.

P Biemond, H.G. van Eijk, A. J. G. Swaak +1

Journal of Clinical Investigation

During inflammation, the superoxide anion (O-2) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) are produced by stimulated polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages. The toxic effects of these reactive oxygen...

Effect of Water Activity on the Sensory Crispness and Mechanical Deformation of Snack Food Products

E. E. KATZ, T. P. LABUZA

Journal of Food Science

ABSTRACT Potato chips, popcorn, puffed corn curls, and saltines were equilibrated to various water activities (a w ) over saturated salt solutions. Sensory panels determined the crispness and...

Magnesium Deficiency Produces Spasms of Coronary Arteries: Relationship to Etiology of Sudden Death Ischemic Heart Disease

Prasad Turlapaty, Burton M. Altura

Science

Isolated coronary arteries from dogs were incubated in Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate isolation and exposed to normal, high, and low concentrations of magnesium in the medium. Sudden withdrawal of...

The Transition Between Different Physiological States During Balanced Growth of Salmonella typhimurium

Niels Ole Kjeldgaard, O. Maaløe, Moselio Schaechter

Journal of General Microbiology

Summary: When cultures of Salmonella typhimurium undergoing balanced growth are shifted from one medium to another, a definite pattern of rate changes is observed. Shifts from a low to a high growth...

Scientific Guidance for the submission of dossiers on Food Enzymes

EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (EFSA CEP Panel), Claude Lambré, José Manuel Barat Baviera +23

EFSA Journal

Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA developed an updated scientific guidance to assist applicants in the preparation of applications for food enzymes. This guidance describes the...

Review of pesticide residue analysis in fruits and vegetables. Pre-treatment, extraction and detection techniques

S. T. Narenderan, S. N. Meyyanathan, B. Babu

Food Research International

Food waste in hospitality and food services: A systematic literature review and framework development approach

Amandeep Dhir, Shalini Talwar, Puneet Kaur +1

Journal of Cleaner Production

This study critically analyzes the state-of-the-art of food waste in the hospitality and food services (HaFS) sector body of literature. It uses a systematic literature review (SLR) approach...

Emerging Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Protection for the Omega-3 Fatty Acid Eicosapentaenoic Acid

R. Preston Mason, Peter Libby, Deepak L. Bhatt

Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Patients with well-controlled LDL (low-density lipoprotein) levels still have residual cardiovascular risk associated with elevated triglycerides. Epidemiological studies have shown that elevated...

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Keiichi Ohno

The depth profiles of radicals are important in interpreting results obtained with radiation dosimeters. The stability of these radicals at room temperature makes them suitable for use in radiation...

Practical Value of Food Pathogen Traceability through Building a Whole-Genome Sequencing Network and Database

Marc W. Allard, Errol Strain, David Melka +4

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

The FDA has created a United States-based open-source whole-genome sequencing network of state, federal, international, and commercial partners. The GenomeTrakr network represents a first-of-its-kind...

Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: A Global Initiative to Collect, Conserve, and Use Crop Wild Relatives

Hannes Dempewolf, Ruth J. Eastwood, Luigi Guarino +3

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

The main objective of the“Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change” project is to collect and protect the genetic diversity of a portfolio of plants with the characteristics required for adapting the...

The MAL-ED Study: A Multinational and Multidisciplinary Approach to Understand the Relationship Between Enteric Pathogens, Malnutrition, Gut Physiology, Physical Growth, Cognitive Development, and Immune Responses in Infants and Children Up to 2 Years of Age in Resource-Poor Environments

The MAL-ED Network Investigators, Angel Mendez Acosta, César Banda Chávez +27

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Highly prevalent conditions with multiple and complex underlying etiologies are a challenge to public health. Undernutrition, for example, affects 20% of children in the developing world. The cause...

Salt tolerance mechanisms in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)

Verena Isabelle Adolf, Sven‐Erik Jacobsen, Sergey Shabala

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Global Access to Safe Water: Accounting for Water Quality and the Resulting Impact on MDG Progress

Kyle Onda, Joe LoBuglio, Jamie Bartram

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Monitoring of progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) drinking water target relies on classification of water sources as "improved" or "unimproved" as an indicator for water safety. We...

The Importance of Population-Wide Sodium Reduction as a Means to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

Lawrence J. Appel, Edward D. Fröhlich, John E. Hall +7

Circulation

B lood pressure (BP)-related diseases, specifically, stroke, coronary heart disease, heart failure, and kidney disease, are leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States and...

Impact of processing of red beet on betalain content and antioxidant activity

Kavitha Ravichandran, Nay Min Min Thaw Saw, Adel Abdelrazek Abdelazim Mohdaly +6

Food Research International

Gadolinium-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography for Pulmonary Embolism

Paul D. Stein, Thomas L. Chenevert, Sarah E. Fowler +13

Annals of Internal Medicine

Magnetic resonance pulmonary angiography should be considered only at centers that routinely perform it well and only for patients for whom standard tests are contraindicated. Magnetic resonance...

Extended-Duration Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Acutely Ill Medical Patients With Recently Reduced Mobility

Russell D. Hull, Sebastian M. Schellong, Victor F. Tapson +6

Annals of Internal Medicine

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Reexamining the Egg-Box Model in Calcium−Alginate Gels with X-ray Diffraction

Liangbin Li, Yapeng Fang, R. Vreeker +2

Biomacromolecules

The structure of the Ca−alginate junction zones was investigated with X-ray scattering on gels prepared with different methods. Fiber diffraction reveals the popular egg-box model may not be the only...

Try It, You'll Like It

Leonard Lee, Shane Frederick, Dan Ariely

Psychological Science

Patrons of a pub evaluated regular beer and "MIT brew" (regular beer plus a few drops of balsamic vinegar) in one of three conditions. One group tasted the samples blind (the secret ingredient was...

Metabolism of α-linolenic acid in humans

Graham C. Burdge

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Polyunsaturated fatty acids of marine origin upregulate mitochondrial biogenesis and induce β-oxidation in white fat

Pavel Flachs, Olga Horakova, P. Brauner +10

Diabetologia

Virulence and drug resistance roles of multidrug efflux systems of <i>Salmonella enterica</i> serovar Typhimurium

Kunihiko Nishino, Tammy Latifi, Eduardo A. Groisman

Molecular Microbiology

Summary Drug efflux systems play a major role in resistance to a wide range of noxious compounds in several Gram negative species. Here, we report the drug resistance and virulence phenotypes of...

Enhanced <i>in vivo</i> fitness of fluoroquinolone-resistant <i>Campylobacter jejuni</i> in the absence of antibiotic selection pressure

Naidan Luo, Sónia Gonçalves Pereira, Orhan Şahin +4

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Campylobacter jejuni, a major foodborne human pathogen, has become increasingly resistant to fluoroquinolone (FQ) antimicrobials. By using clonally related isolates and genetically defined mutants,...

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in veterinary medicine

Béla Nagy, Péter Zs. Fekete

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Low caloric intake is associated with nosocomial bloodstream infections in patients in the medical intensive care unit*

Lewis Rubinson, Gregory B. Diette, Xiaoyan Song +2

Critical Care Medicine

In the context of reducing risk of nosocomial bloodstream infections, failing to provide > or =25% of the recommended calories may be harmful. Higher caloric goals may be necessary to achieve other...

Physical Chemistry of Foods

Richard A. Frazier

Food Chemistry

Incidence of diagnosed deep vein thrombosis in the general population: Systematic review

Freya J. I. Fowkes, Jackie F. Price, F.G.R. Fowkes

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Fatty acids and lymphocyte functions

Philip C. Calder, Parveen Yaqoob, Frank Thiès +2

British Journal Of Nutrition

The immune system acts to protect the host against pathogenic invaders. However, components of the immune system can become dysregulated such that their activities are directed against host tissues,...

Essentiality and toxicity of selenium and its status in Australia: a review

Ujang Tinggi

Toxicology Letters

Chemical Characterization of the Aroma of Grenache Rosé Wines:  Aroma Extract Dilution Analysis, Quantitative Determination, and Sensory Reconstitution Studies

Vicente Ferreira, Natalia Ortín, Ana Escudero +2

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

The aroma of a Grenache rosé wine from Calatayud (Zaragoza, Spain) has been elucidated following a strategy consisting of an aroma extract dilution analysis (AEDA), followed by the quantitative...

Pandemic Spread of an O3:K6 Clone of <i>Vibrio parahaemolyticus</i> and Emergence of Related Strains Evidenced by Arbitrarily Primed PCR and <i>toxRS</i> Sequence Analyses

Chiho Matsumoto, Jun Okuda, Masanori Ishibashi +8

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 strains responsible for the increase in the number of cases of diarrhea in Calcutta, India, beginning in February 1996 and those isolated from Southeast Asian travelers...

Thioredoxin reductase as a pathophysiological factor and drug target

Katja Becker, Stephan Gromer, R. Heiner Schirmer +1

European Journal of Biochemistry

Human cytosolic thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), a homodimeric protein containing 1 selenocysteine and 1 FAD per subunit of 55 kDa, catalyses the NADPH-dependent reduction of thioredoxin disulfide and...

Reduced incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis associated with enteral administration of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium infantis to neonates in an intensive care unit

Ángela Hoyos

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

The positive results in this study support the need for further investigation of bacterial colonization and its role in NEC.

Short-Chain Fructo-Oligosaccharide Administration Dose-Dependently Increases Fecal Bifidobacteria in Healthy Humans

Yoram Bouhnik, Kouroche Vahedi, Lotfi Achour +7

Journal of Nutrition

Importance of Dietary γ-Linolenic Acid in Human Health and Nutrition

Yang‐Yi Fan, Robert S. Chapkin

Journal of Nutrition

Escherichia coli 0157:H7: Clinical, Diagnostic, and Epidemiological Aspects of Human Infection

Phillip I. Tarr

Clinical Infectious Diseases

E. coli O157:H7 is one of many E. coli organisms that contain genes encoding one or more toxins similar in structure and function to Shiga toxin. E. coli O157:H7 is the most frequently isolated...

Comparison of the relative toxicities of Shiga-like toxins type I and type II for mice

Vernon L. Tesh, J A Burris, Jackie Owens +4

Infection and Immunity

In earlier studies using a streptomycin-treated mouse model of infection caused by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), animals fed Shiga-like toxin type II (SLT-II)-producing strains developed...

Zinc in Human Biology

Colin F. Mills

ILSI human nutrition reviews

Addition of Glutamine to Total Parenteral Nutrition After Elective Abdominal Surgery Spares Free Glutamine in Muscle, Counteracts the Fall in Muscle Protein Synthesis, and Improves Nitrogen Balance

Folke Hammarqvist, Jan Wernerman, RUSTOM ALI +2

Annals of Surgery

Twenty-two patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery were given total parenteral nutrition (TPN) after the operation. The TPN contained either a conventional amino acid solution supplemented...