Research Library

Acrylamide: its metabolism, developmental and reproductive effects, genotoxicity, and carcinogenicity

Kerry L. Dearfield, Charles O. Abernathy, Myron S. Ottley +2

Mutation Research/Reviews in Genetic Toxicology

Studies on the mechanism of the antifungal action of benzoate

H. A. Krebs, David K. Wiggins, Marion Stubbs +2

Biochemical Journal

A method is described for the determination of the pH of intracellular water based on the distribution of [14C]benzoate (0.01 mM) between intra- and extra-cellular water. Benzoate at higher...

Studies of a surfactant and cholesteremia in the Maasai

George V. Mann, Anne Spoerry

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Emerging issues in probiotic safety: 2023 perspectives

Daniel Merenstein, Bruno Pot, Gregory Leyer +14

Gut Microbes

Probiotics are used for both generally healthy consumers and in clinical settings. However, theoretical and proven adverse events from probiotic consumption exist. New probiotic strains and products,...

Executive Summary

Scott M. Stevens, Scott C. Woller, Lisa Baumann Kreuziger +12

CHEST Journal

Protein demand: review of plant and animal proteins used in alternative protein product development and production

Baraem Ismail, Lasika Senaratne-Lenagala, Alicia Stube +1

Animal Frontiers

The European Union summary report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and indicator bacteria from humans, animals and food in 2016

European Food Safety Authority

EFSA Journal

The data on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and indicator bacteria in 2016, submitted by 28 EU Member States (MSs), were jointly analysed by the EFSA and ECDC. Resistance in bacterial isolates...

Probiotic and selenium co-supplementation, and the effects on clinical, metabolic and genetic status in Alzheimer's disease: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial

Omid Reza Tamtaji, Reza Heidari‐Soureshjani, Naghmeh Mirhosseini +5

Clinical Nutrition

Global identification of Arabidopsis lncRNAs reveals the regulation of MAF4 by a natural antisense RNA

Xinyue Zhao, Jingrui Li, Bi Lian +3

Nature Communications

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as important regulators of gene expression and plant development. Here, we identified 6,510 lncRNAs in Arabidopsis under normal or stress conditions. We...

Genomic history of the seventh pandemic of cholera in Africa

François‐Xavier Weill, Daryl Domman, Elisabeth Njamkepo +27

Science

The seventh cholera pandemic has heavily affected Africa, although the origin and continental spread of the disease remain undefined. We used genomic data from 1070 <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> O1...

The Sources of Chemical Contaminants in Food and Their Health Implications

Irfan A. Rather, Wee Yin Koh, Woon Kee Paek +1

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Food contamination is a matter of serious concern, as the high concentration of chemicals present in the edibles poses serious health risks. Protecting the public from the degrees of the harmfulness...

Local food: a source for destination attraction

Peter Björk, Hannele Kauppinen‐Räisänen

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Purpose This study aims to explore factors affecting travellers’ food-related behaviour by focusing on the local food market. By doing so, the study contributes to the research on food experience in...

Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi

Stefan Koppmair, Menale Kassie, Matin Qaim

Public Health Nutrition

Further increasing production diversity may not be the most effective strategy to improve diets in smallholder farm households. Improving access to markets, productivity-enhancing inputs and...

Characterisation of phenolics, betanins and antioxidant activities in seeds of three Chenopodium quinoa Willd. genotypes

Yao Tang, Xihong Li, Bing Zhang +3

Food Chemistry

Multiple facets of intestinal permeability and epithelial handling of dietary antigens

Sandrine Ménard, Nadine Cerf–Bensussan, Martine Heyman

Mucosal Immunology

The intestinal epithelium, the largest interface between the host and environment, regulates fluxes of ions and nutrients and limits host contact with the massive load of luminal antigens. Local...

Phenolic Compounds in Cereal Grains and Their Health Benefits

Dykes

Cereal Foods World

Pathogenicity islands: a molecular toolbox for bacterial virulence

Ohad Gal‐Mor, B. Brett Finlay

Cellular Microbiology

Pathogenicity islands (PAIs) are distinct genetic elements on the chromosomes of a large number of bacterial pathogens. PAIs encode various virulence factors and are normally absent from...

Acrodermatitis enteropathica and an overview of zinc metabolism

Emanual Maverakis, Maxwell A. Fung, Peter Lynch +4

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Characteristics of the gastrointestinal microbial communities, with special reference to the chicken

J. Apajalahti, Anu Kettunen, Helen K. Graham

World s Poultry Science Journal

Bacteria in nature appear as diverse communities, which may comprise of hundreds of different species. The shared capacity of the bacterial communities to adapt in any imaginable set of conditions is...

Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Compared with Intravenous Unfractionated Heparin for Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism

Daniel J. Quinlan, Andrew McQuillan, John W. Eikelboom

Annals of Internal Medicine

Fixed-dose low-molecular-weight heparin treatment appears to be as effective and safe as dose-adjusted intravenous unfractionated heparin for the initial treatment of nonmassive pulmonary embolism.

Microbial Factor-Mediated Development in a Host-Bacterial Mutualism

Tanya A. Koropatnick, Jacquelyn T. Engle, Michael A. Apicella +3

Science

Tracheal cytotoxin (TCT), a fragment of the bacterial surface molecule peptidoglycan (PGN), is the factor responsible for the extensive tissue damage characteristic of whooping cough and gonorrhea...

Signaling events for metallothionein induction

F.U. Haq, Meghan Mahoney, James Koropatnick

Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis

Health potential of polyols as sugar replacers, with emphasis on low glycaemic properties

Geoffrey Livesey

Nutrition Research Reviews

Abstract Polyols are hydrogenated carbohydrates used as sugar replacers. Interest now arises because of their multiple potential health benefits. They are non-cariogenic (sugar-free tooth-friendly),...

Comparative Genome Analysis of Vibrio vulnificus, a Marine Pathogen

Chien‐Yu Chen

Genome Research

The halophile Vibrio vulnificus is an etiologic agent of human mortality from seafood-borne infections. We applied whole-genome sequencing and comparative analysis to investigate the evolution of...

Antimicrobial Properties of Basil and Its Possible Application in Food Packaging

Panuwat Suppakul, Joseph Miltz, Kees Sonneveld +1

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is a popular culinary herb, and its essential oils have been used extensively for many years in food products, perfumery, and dental and oral products. Basil essential...

pathogenicity islands encoding type III secretion systems

Imke Hansen-Wester, Michael Hensel

Microbes and Infection

The virulence plasmid pWR100 and the repertoire of proteins secreted by the type III secretion apparatus of <i>Shigella flexneri</i>

Carmen Buchrieser, Philippe Glaser, Christophe Rusniok +5

Molecular Microbiology

Bacteria of Shigella spp. are the causative agents of shigellosis. The virulence traits of these pathogens include their ability to enter into epithelial cells and induce apoptosis in macrophages....

Bitterness and astringency of flavan-3-ol monomers, dimers and trimers

Hanna Peleg, Karine Gacon, Pascal Schlich +1

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Intensity of astringency and bitterness of seven flavonoid compounds was evaluated by a time-intensity (TI) procedure. Eighteen trained judges rated intensity continuously from ingestion, through...

NorM, a Putative Multidrug Efflux Protein, of <i>Vibrio parahaemolyticus</i> and Its Homolog in <i>Escherichia coli</i>

Yuji Morita, Kazuyo Kodama, Sumiko Shiota +4

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

We found that cells of Vibrio parahaemolyticus possess an energy-dependent efflux system for norfloxacin. We cloned a gene for a putative norfloxacin efflux protein from the chromosomal DNA of V....

Gelatinisation of starch: a combined SAXS/WAXS/DSC and SANS study

Paul J. Jenkins, Athene M. Donald

Carbohydrate Research

Germline mutations in the thyrotropin receptor gene cause non–autoimmune autosomal dominant hyperthyroidism

Laurence Duprez, Jasmine Parma, Jacqueline Van Sande +8

Nature Genetics

Mechanism of Action of Biological Antioxidants

Norman I. Krinsky

Experimental Biology and Medicine

More and more diseases have been proposed to have a radical or oxidant involvement. Although in most cases we do not know if this involvement is a cause or a result of the disease process, it is...

Ascorbate requirement for hydroxylation and secretion of procollagen: relationship to inhibition of collagen synthesis in scurvy

Beverly Peterkofsky

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Phylogenetic analysis of the genus<i>Lactobacillus</i>and related lactic acid bacteria as determined by reverse transcriptase sequencing of 16S rRNA

Matthew Collins, Ubaldina M. Rodrigues, C. Ash +6

FEMS Microbiology Letters

The small subunit rRNA sequences of 55 species of the genus Lactobacillus were determined by reverse transcription in an attempt to elucidate their natural interrelationships. Comparative analysis of...

Cardiac myocyte necrosis induced by angiotensin II.

Lip Bun Tan, Jorge Jalil, R Pick +2

Circulation Research

Although the role of angiotensin II (Ang II) in the pathogenesis and progression of the failing heart is uncertain, previous reports have suggested that myocyte injury may be a component in this...

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI INFECTIONS

Martin J. Blaser, David N. Taylor, Roger A. Feldman

Epidemiologic Reviews

Journal Article EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI INFECTIONS Get access MARTIN J. BLASER, MARTIN J. BLASER 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health...

Human intestinal flora

Food and Cosmetics Toxicology

New aspects in the biological role of zinc: A stabilizer of macromolecules and biological membranes

Miloš Chvapil

Life Sciences

ON THE DETERMINATION OF CREATININE AND CREATINE IN URINE

Otto Folin, Joseph L. Morris

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Regulatory Phenomena in the Glutathione Peroxidase Superfamily

Regina Brigelius‐Flohé, Leopold Flohé

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

<b><i>Significance:</i></b> The selenium-containing Glutathione peroxidases (GPxs)1-4 protect against oxidative challenge, inhibit inflammation and oxidant-induced regulated cell death. <b><i>Recent...

Production, structure, physicochemical and functional properties of maize, cassava, wheat, potato and rice starches

Jasmien Waterschoot, Sara Gomand, Ellen Fierens +1

Starch - Stärke

In 2012, the world production of starch was 75 million tons. Maize, cassava, wheat and potato are the main botanical origins for starch production with only minor quantities of rice and other...

Childhood Blood Pressure Trends and Risk Factors for High Blood Pressure

Bernard Rosner, Nancy R. Cook, Stephen R. Daniels +1

Hypertension

The obesity epidemic in children makes it plausible that prevalence rates of elevated blood pressure (BP) are increasing over time. Yet, previous literature is inconsistent because of small sample...

Poverty, sustainability and human wellbeing: A social wellbeing approach to the global fisheries crisis

Sarah Coulthard, Derek Johnson, J. Allister McGregor

Global Environmental Change

Selenium Pretreatment Upregulates the Antioxidant Defense and Methylglyoxal Detoxification System and Confers Enhanced Tolerance to Drought Stress in Rapeseed Seedlings

Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Masayuki Fujita

Biological Trace Element Research

Antioxidant activities of the essential oils and methanol extracts from myrtle (Myrtus communis var. italica L.) leaf, stem and flower

Wissem Aidi Wannes, Baya Mhamdi, Jazia Sriti +5

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Regulation and function of selenoproteins in human disease

Frederick P. Bellinger, Arjun V. Raman, Mariclair A. Reeves +1

Biochemical Journal

Selenoproteins are proteins containing selenium in the form of the 21st amino acid, selenocysteine. Members of this protein family have many diverse functions, but their synthesis is dependent on a...

Physicochemical and Functional Properties of Hemp (<i>Cannabis sativa</i> L.) Protein Isolate

Chuan‐He Tang, Zi Ten, Xiansheng Wang +1

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

The amino acid composition and physicochemical and functional properties of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) protein isolate (HPI) were evaluated and compared with those of soy protein isolate (SPI)....

Prognostic Role of Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Nils Kucher, Gert Printzen, Samuel Z. Goldhaber

Circulation

Low BNP levels do not guarantee an uncomplicated hospital course in patients with acute PE, using a "congestive heart failure" cut-off level of 90 pg/mL. A lower cut-off level of <50 pg/mL identifies...