Research Library

Fatty acids of the genus Bacillus: an example of branched-chain preference

T. Kaneda

Bacteriological Reviews

THE ASSAY OF VITAMINS B AND G AS INFLUENCED BY COPROPHAGY

N.B. Guerrant, R. Adams Dutcher

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Pulses and food security: Dietary protein, digestibility, bioactive and functional properties

Sílvia M.F. Bessada, João C.M. Barreira, M. Beatriz P.P. Oliveira

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Docosahexaenoic Acid and Cognition throughout the Lifespan

Michael Weiser, Christopher M. Butt, M. Hasan Mohajeri

Nutrients

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is the predominant omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) found in the brain and can affect neurological function by modulating signal transduction pathways,...

Farm management information systems: Current situation and future perspectives

S. Fountas, Giacomo Carli, Claus Aage Grøn Sørensen +7

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) in agriculture have evolved from simple farm recordkeeping into sophisticated and complex systems to support production management. The purpose of current...

Mechanisms of survival, responses and sources of Salmonella in low-moisture environments

Sarah Finn, Orla Condell, Peter McClure +2

Frontiers in Microbiology

Some Enterobacteriaceae possess the ability to survive in low-moisture environments for extended periods of time. Many of the reported food-borne outbreaks associated with low-moisture foods involve...

Study of total phenol, flavonoids contents and phytochemical screening of various leaves crude extracts of locally grown Thymus vulgaris

Mohammad Amzad Hossain, Khulood Ahmed Salim AL-Raqmi, Zawan Hamood AL-Mijizy +2

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

The crude extracts from locally grown Thymus vulgaris showed high concentration of flavonoids and it could be used as antibiotics for different curable and uncurable diseases.

How the sourdough may affect the functional features of leavened baked goods

Marco Gobbetti, Carlo Giuseppe Rizzello, Raffaella Di Cagno +1

Food Microbiology

Food Gels: Gelling Process and New Applications

Soumya Banerjee, Suvendu Bhattacharya

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Food gels are viscoelastic substances and several gelled products are manufactured throughout the world. The gelling agents in foods are usually polysaccharides and proteins. In food gels, the...

Attributes that influence the evaluation of travel dining experience: When East meets West

Richard C.Y. Chang, Jakša Kivela, Athena H.N. Mak

Tourism Management

Protecting probiotic bacteria by microencapsulation: challenges for industrial applications

Susanna Rokka, Pirjo Rantamäki

European Food Research and Technology

Impact of recombination on bacterial evolution

Xavier Didelot, Martin Maiden

Trends in Microbiology

Parenteral Fish Oil Improves Outcomes in Patients With Parenteral Nutrition-Associated Liver Injury

Mark Puder, Clarissa Valim, Jonathan A. Meisel +6

Annals of Surgery

Fish oil-based ILE is safe, may be effective in treating PNALD, and may reduce mortality and organ transplantation rates in children with SBS.

Conversion of α-linolenic acid in humans is influenced by the absolute amounts of α-linolenic acid and linoleic acid in the diet and not by their ratio

P.L.L. Goyens, Mary E. Spilker, Peter L. Zock +2

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Comparison of Risk Factors for the Competing Risks of Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Venous Thromboembolism

Robert J. Glynn, Bernard Rosner

American Journal of Epidemiology

Methods for formal comparison of competing risks may clarify uncertainties about the associations of atherosclerotic risk factors with the development of venous thromboembolism (VTE). For a median of...

Characterization of a porcine intestinal epithelial cell line for in vitro studies of microbial pathogenesis in swine

Peter Schierack, Marcel Nordhoff, Marion Pollmann +9

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Oligofructose promotes satiety in healthy human: a pilot study

Patrice D. Cani, E Joly, Yves Horsmans +1

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Efflux and compartmentalization of zinc by members of the SLC30 family of solute carriers

Richard D. Palmiter, Liping Huang

Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology

Bitter Receptor Gene (<i>TAS2R38</i>), 6‐<i>n</i>‐Propylthiouracil (PROP) Bitterness and Alcohol Intake

Valerie B. Duffy, Andrew C. Davidson, Judith R. Kidd +6

Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

These results support taste genetic effects on alcohol intake. PROP bitterness serves as a marker of these effects.

The distribution and genetic structure of Escherichia coli in Australian vertebrates: host and geographic effects

David M. Gordon, Ann Cowling

Microbiology

Escherichia coli was isolated from more than 2300 non-domesticated vertebrate hosts living in Australia. E. coli was most prevalent in mammals, less prevalent in birds and uncommon in fish, frogs and...

Nutrient Requirements For Preterm Infant Formulas

Catherine J. Klein

Journal of Nutrition

Histological alterations of intestinal villi in chickens fed dried Bacillus subtilis var. natto

Mongkol Samanya, Koh‐en Yamauchi

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Symptoms and implications of selenium toxicity in fish: the Belews Lake case example

A. Dennis Lemly

Aquatic Toxicology

Socioeconomic Determinants of Health‐ and Food Safety‐Related Risk Perceptions

Donna Dosman, Wiktor Adamowicz, Steve E. Hrudey

Risk Analysis

Individual and societal perceptions of food-related health risks are multidimensional and complex. Social, political, psychological, and economic factors interact with technological factors and...

A Synthetic Pentasaccharide for the Prevention of Deep-Vein Thrombosis after Total Hip Replacement

Alexander G.G. Turpie, Alexander Gallus, J. A. van den Hoek

New England Journal of Medicine

A synthetic pentasaccharide, Org31540/SR90107A, has the potential to improve significantly the risk-benefit ratio for the prevention of venous thromboembolism, as compared with low-molecular-weight...

Receptor-mediated Transcytosis of Lactoferrin through the Blood-Brain Barrier

Carine Fillebeen, Laurence Descamps, Marie‐Pierre Dehouck +5

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Lactoferrin (Lf) is an iron-binding protein involved in host defense against infection and severe inflammation; it accumulates in the brain during neurodegenerative disorders. Before determining Lf...

Acquired antibiotic resistance in lactic acid bacteria from food

Michael Teuber, Léo Meile, Franziska Schwarz

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Trends in Antibiotic Resistance Among Diarrheal Pathogens Isolated in Thailand Over 15 Years

Charles W. Hoge, Jeffrey M. Gambel, Apichai Srijan +2

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Antibiotic resistance trends were examined for Shigella species, nontyphoidal Salmonella species, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), and Campylobacter species isolates from indigenous persons...

Manifestations of copper excess

I. Bremner

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Simultaneous identification of strains of Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 and their Shiga-like toxin type by mismatch amplification mutation assay-multiplex PCR

Thomas A. Cebula, W L Payne, Peter Feng

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Mismatch amplification mutation assay primers, specific for a unique base substitution in uidA of Escherichia coli O157:H7, was coupled with primers for the Shiga-like toxin I (SLT-I) and SLT-II...

Dietary Fat and Adipose Tissue Metabolism in Ruminants, Pigs, and Rodents: A Review

Yves Chilliard

Journal of Dairy Science

Effects of dietary fat on dairy cows are reviewed. Dietary fat did not affect gain in BW or body condition score after peak lactation but tended to increase BW loss during early lactation and body...

Does supplementation of diet with 'fish oil' reduce blood pressure? A meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials

Lawrence J. Appel

Archives of Internal Medicine

<h3>Background:</h3> Several lines of evidence suggest that supplementation of diet with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3) PUFA), commonly referred to as fish oils, may reduce blood pressure...

The role of the proteinaceous component on the emulsifying properties of gum arabic

R.C. Randall, G. O. Phillips, Peter A. Williams

Food Hydrocolloids

TREATMENT OF WILSON'S DISEASE WITH TRIENTINE (TRIETHYLENE TETRAMINE) DIHYDROCHLORIDE

J.M. Walshe

The Lancet

Origin of IgA-secreting plasma cells in the mammary gland.

M Roux, Michael McWilliams, J M Phillips-Quagliata +2

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Lymphoblasts from the mesenteric lymph nodes (MN) of mice home to the mammary glands of syngeneic recipients late in pregnancy and during lactation, and within hours of transfer most can be shown to...

Phycobiliproteins and Complementary Chromatic Adaptation

Lawrence Bogorad

Annual Review of Plant Physiology

369 PROPERTIES OF PHYCOBILIPROTEINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Absorption and Fluorescence of Phycobiliproteins .. . . .... . 371 Polypeptide...

Green Synthesis of Selenium Nanoparticle Using Leaves Extract of Withania somnifera and Its Biological Applications and Photocatalytic Activities

A. Venkatesan, V. Sujatha

BioNanoScience

The green Se NPs (selenium nanoparticles) are formed by simple mixing of Withania somnifera (W. somnifera) leaves extract and selenious acid (H2SeO3) solution. This mixture was stirred which gave a...

<i>Campylobacter jejuni</i> promotes colorectal tumorigenesis through the action of cytolethal distending toxin

Zhen He, Raad Z. Gharaibeh, Rachel C. Newsome +8

Gut

Human clinical isolate <i>C. jejuni</i> 81-176 promotes colorectal cancer and induces changes in microbial composition and transcriptomic responses, a process dependent on CDT production.

Nonnutritive sweeteners and cardiometabolic health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and prospective cohort studies

Meghan B. Azad, Ahmed M Abou-Setta, Bhupendrasinh F Chauhan +11

Canadian Medical Association Journal

Evidence from RCTs does not clearly support the intended benefits of nonnutritive sweeteners for weight management, and observational data suggest that routine intake of nonnutritive sweeteners may...

New Horizons for the Study of Dietary Fiber and Health: A Review

Stacey Fuller, Eleanor J. Beck, Hayfa Salman +1

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Food Waste Generation at Household Level: Results of a Survey among Employees of Two European Research Centers in Italy and Germany

Juliane Jörissen, Carmen Priefer, Klaus‐Rainer Bräutigam

Sustainability

There is a broad consensus in literature that private households are significant contributors to the total amount of food waste in the EU. Thus, any strategy to meaningfully combat food wastage must...

Review of Salmonella detection and identification methods: Aspects of rapid emergency response and food safety

Kyung-Min Lee, Mick Runyon, Timothy J. Herrman +2

Food Control

Antibacterial activity of silver and zinc nanoparticles against Vibrio cholerae and enterotoxic Escherichia coli

Wesam Salem, Deborah R. Leitner, Franz G. Zingl +5

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Vibrio cholerae and enterotoxic Escherichia coli (ETEC) remain two dominant bacterial causes of severe secretory diarrhea and still a significant cause of death, especially in developing countries....

Utilization of major fucosylated and sialylated human milk oligosaccharides by isolated human gut microbes

Zhuoteng Yu, Ceng Chen, David S. Newburg

Glycobiology

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOS) are not digested in the proximal intestine. In distal intestine, HMOS collectively modify the microbiota, but the response of individual bacteria to individual...

Association between fish consumption, long chain omega 3 fatty acids, and risk of cerebrovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

Rajiv Chowdhury, Sarah Stevens, Donal Gorman +8

BMJ

Available observational data indicate moderate, inverse associations of fish consumption and long chain omega 3 fatty acids with cerebrovascular risk. Long chain omega 3 fatty acids measured as...

Insulin Storage and Glucose Homeostasis in Mice Null for the Granule Zinc Transporter ZnT8 and Studies of the Type 2 Diabetes–Associated Variants

Tamara Nicolson, Elisa A. Bellomo, Nadeeja Wijesekara +27

Diabetes

ZnT8 is required for normal insulin crystallization and insulin release in vivo but not, remarkably, in vitro. Defects in the former processes in carriers of the R allele may increase type 2 diabetes...

Comparative genomics reveals mechanism for short-term and long-term clonal transitions in pandemic <i>Vibrio cholerae</i>

Jongsik Chun, Christopher J. Grim, Nur A. Hasan +20

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, is a bacterium autochthonous to the aquatic environment, and a serious public health threat. V. cholerae serogroup O1 is responsible for the previous...

Health effects of oleic acid and long chain omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) enriched milks. A review of intervention studies

Eduardo López‐Huertas

Pharmacological Research

β-AMYLASE4, a Noncatalytic Protein Required for Starch Breakdown, Acts Upstream of Three Active β-Amylases in <i>Arabidopsis</i> Chloroplasts 

Daniel C. Fulton, Michaela Stettler, Tabea Mettler +12

The Plant Cell

This work investigated the roles of beta-amylases in the breakdown of leaf starch. Of the nine beta-amylase (BAM)-like proteins encoded in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, at least four (BAM1, -2,...

Antifungal activity of lemongrass (Cympopogon citratus L.) essential oil against key postharvest pathogens

Nikolaos Tzortzakis, C.D. Economakis

Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies