Research Library

Probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics: Safe options for next-generation therapeutics

Manoj Kumar Yadav, Indu Kumari, Bijender Singh +2

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Limonene: Aroma of innovation in health and disease

Ana Júlia Vieira, Fernando Pereira Beserra, Mariana C. Souza +2

Chemico-Biological Interactions

A Host-Produced Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer Controls a Phage Lysis-Lysogeny Decision

Justin E. Silpe, Bonnie L. Bassler

Cell

Intestinal Lactobacillus in health and disease, a driver or just along for the ride?

Dustin Heeney, Mélanie G. Gareau, Maria L. Marco

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

A Balance between Secreted Inhibitors and Edge Sensing Controls Gastruloid Self-Organization

Fred Etoc, Jakob J. Metzger, Albert Ruzo +5

Developmental Cell

Review of nut phytochemicals, fat-soluble bioactives, antioxidant components and health effects

Cesarettin Alasalvar, Bradley W. Bolling

British Journal Of Nutrition

The levels of phytochemicals (total phenols, proanthocyanidins, gallic acid + gallotannins, ellagic acid + ellagitannins, flavonoids, phenolic acids, stilbenes and phytates), fat-soluble bioactives...

An overview of encapsulation of active compounds used in food products by drying technology

Sohini Ray, Utpal Raychaudhuri, Runu Chakraborty

Food Bioscience

Antioxidant activity of an exopolysaccharide isolated from Lactobacillus plantarum C88

Li Zhang, Chunhong Liu, Da Li +5

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Efficacy of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplements (Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid) in the Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Seung‐Kwon Myung

Archives of Internal Medicine

Our meta-analysis showed insufficient evidence of a secondary preventive effect of omega-3 fatty acid supplements against overall cardiovascular events among patients with a history of cardiovascular...

The human milk oligosaccharide disialyllacto-N-tetraose prevents necrotising enterocolitis in neonatal rats

Evelyn Jantscher‐Krenn, Monica Zherebtsov, Caroline Nissan +7

Gut

HMO reduce NEC in neonatal rats and the effects are highly structure specific. If these results translate to NEC in humans, DSLNT could be used to prevent or treat NEC in formula-fed infants, and its...

The proteolytic system of lactic acid bacteria revisited: a genomic comparison

Mengjin Liu, Jumamurat R. Bayjanov, Bernadet Renckens +2

BMC Genomics

The improved functional annotation of the proteolytic system components provides an excellent framework for future experimental validations of predicted enzymatic activities. The genome sequence data...

Mechanisms of oxidative browning of wine

Hua Li, Anque Guo, Hua Wang

Food Chemistry

Antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of selected medicinal plants from Yemen

Mohamed Al-Fatimi, Martina Wurster, Gudrun Schröder +1

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Effect of Spray-Drying Conditions on Physical Properties of Orange Juice Powder

Gholamreza Chegini, Barat Ghobadian

Drying Technology

Abstract Based on a full factorial experimental design, the effects of the feed ratio, atomizer speed, and inlet air temperature on properties of spray-dried orange juice powders were investigated....

REGULATION OF VITAMIN C TRANSPORT

John X. Wilson

Annual Review of Nutrition

Ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid (DHAA, oxidized vitamin C) are dietary sources of vitamin C in humans. Both nutrients are absorbed from the lumen of the intestine and renal tubules by,...

Prevention of Fatal Arrhythmias in High-Risk Subjects by Fish Oil n-3 Fatty Acid Intake

Alexander Leaf, Christine M. Albert, Mark E. Josephson +6

Circulation

Although significance was not achieved for the primary end point, this study provides evidence that for individuals at high risk of fatal ventricular arrhythmias, regular daily ingestion of fish oil...

The Relative Effect of Milk Base, Starter, and Process on Yogurt Texture: A Review

I. Sodini, Florent Remeuf, Samia Haddad +1

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Yogurt is a milk curd produced all over the world, obtained by a lactic fermentation of a milk base enriched with milk proteins, and sometimes sugars and thickeners. One of the most important...

Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of Bifidobacteria-Fermented Milk on Ulcerative Colitis

Hideki Ishikawa, Ikuko Akedo, Yoshinori Umesaki +3

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Supplementation with the BFM product was successful in maintaining remission and had possible preventive effects on the relapse of ulcerative colitis.

Influence of dietary fiber addition on sensory and rheological properties of yogurt

Marina Dello Staffolo, Nora Cristina Bértola, Miriam N. Martino +1

International Dairy Journal

McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods

Royal Society of Chemistry

Nutrition & Food Science

Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Clinical Considerations and Pathogenetic Concepts

Wei Hsueh, Michael S. Caplan, Xiao‐Wu Qu +3

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a disease affecting predominantly premature infants, is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units. Although several predisposing...

Nutrition and the immune system from birth to old age

RK Chandra

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Diversity, Dynamics, and Activity of Bacterial Communities during Production of an Artisanal Sicilian Cheese as Evaluated by 16S rRNA Analysis

Cinzia Lucia Randazzo, Sandra Torriani, A.D.L. Akkermans +2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The diversity and dynamics of the microbial communities during the manufacturing of Ragusano cheese, an artisanal cheese produced in Sicily (Italy), were investigated by a combination of classical...

Probiotics: a role in the treatment of intestinal infection and inflammation?

Erika Isolauri, Pirkka V. Kirjavainen, Seppo Salminen

Gut

Probiotic therapy is based on the concept of normal healthy microflora. The development of novel means of characterising the gut microflora, in particular those based on the different levels of...

Thin-layer modelling of black tea drying process

P. C. Panchariya, D. Popović, Amita Sharma

Journal of Food Engineering

Fucosylated human milk oligosaccharides vary between individuals and over the course of lactation

Prasoon Chaturvedi, Christopher D. Warren, Mekibib Altaye +4

Glycobiology

Specific human milk oligosaccharides, especially fucosylated neutral oligosaccharides, protect infants against specific microbial pathogens. To study the concentrations of individual neutral...

Zinc-Induced Cortical Neuronal Death: Contribution of Energy Failure Attributable to Loss of NAD⁺and Inhibition of Glycolysis

Christian T. Sheline, M. Margarita Behrens, Dennis W. Choi

Journal of Neuroscience

Excessive zinc influx may contribute to neuronal death after certain insults, including transient global ischemia. In light of evidence that levels of intracellular free Zn(2+) associated with...

High-throughput quantitative bioanalysis by LC/MS/MS

Mohammed Jemal

Biomedical Chromatography

This review article discusses the most recent significant advances in the sample preparation and mass spectrometry aspects of high-throughput bioanalysis by LC/MS/MS for the quantitation of drugs,...

Perceived quality: A market driven and consumer oriented approach

P.A.M. Oude Ophuis, J.C.M. van Trijp

Food Quality and Preference

Vitamin K

Martin J. Shearer

The Lancet

The Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Pregnancy Outcome

Robert L. Goldenberg

JAMA

Daily zinc supplementation in women with relatively low plasma zinc concentrations in early pregnancy is associated with greater infant birth weights and head circumferences, with the effect...

Lipids in cereal starches: A review

William R. Morrison

Journal of Cereal Science

Diagnostic Value of Ventilation-Perfusion Lung Scanning in Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

Russell D. Hull, Jack Hirsh, Cedric J. Carter +6

CHEST Journal

Specificity in the interaction of direct dyes with polysaccharides

Peter J. Wood

Carbohydrate Research

Role of cyclic GMP in the action of heat-stable enterotoxin of Escherichia coli

James M. Hughes, Ferid Murad, Bing Chang +1

Nature

Haplotype-resolved genome assembly provides insights into evolutionary history of the tea plant Camellia sinensis

Xingtan Zhang, Shuai Chen, Longqing Shi +27

Nature Genetics

Tea is an important global beverage crop and is largely clonally propagated. Despite previous studies on the species, its genetic and evolutionary history deserves further research. Here, we present...

The microbiome-shaping roles of bacteriocins

Simon Heilbronner, Bernhard Krismer, Heike Brötz‐Oesterhelt +1

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Nutritional and health benefits of quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)

Semra Navruz Varlı, Nevin Şanlıer

Journal of Cereal Science

A key genetic factor for fucosyllactose utilization affects infant gut microbiota development

Takahiro Matsuki, Kana Yahagi, Hiroshi Mori +9

Nature Communications

Recent studies have demonstrated that gut microbiota development influences infants' health and subsequent host physiology. However, the factors shaping the development of the microbiota remain...

Steviol Glycosides: Chemical Diversity, Metabolism, and Function

Stijn Ceunen, Jan M.C. Geuns

Journal of Natural Products

Steviol glycosides are a group of highly sweet diterpene glycosides discovered in only a few plant species, most notably the Paraguayan shrub Stevia rebaudiana. During the past few decades, the...

Iron, copper, zinc, and manganese transport and regulation in pathogenic Enterobacteria: correlations between strains, site of infection and the relative importance of the different metal transport systems for virulence

Gaëlle Porcheron, Amélie Garénaux, Julie Proulx +2

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

For all microorganisms, acquisition of metal ions is essential for survival in the environment or in their infected host. Metal ions are required in many biological processes as components of...

Effectiveness of intermittent pneumatic compression in reduction of risk of deep vein thrombosis in patients who have had a stroke (CLOTS 3): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Martin Dennis, P Sandercock, J Reid +3

The Lancet

National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme, UK; Chief Scientist Office of Scottish Government; Covidien (MA, USA).

Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste

Ioana Boghian

The European Legacy

By Pierre Bourdieu (London: Routledge, 2010), xxx + 607 pp. £15.99 paper. A combination of social theory, statistical data, illustrations, and interviews, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judg...

Ultrasound-treated starch: SEM and TEM imaging, and functional behaviour

Monika Sujka, Jerzy Jamroz

Food Hydrocolloids

Formation and stability of emulsions using a natural small molecule surfactant: Quillaja saponin (Q-Naturale®)

Ying Yang, Martin E. Leser, Alexander Sher +1

Food Hydrocolloids

IRON IN NUTRITION VII. COPPER AS A SUPPLEMENT TO IRON FOR HEMOGLOBIN BUILDING IN THE RAT

E.B. Hart, H. Steenbock, J. Waddell +1

Nutrition Reviews

Editor's Note: This paper from Professor Elvehjem's group at the University of Wisconsin was the first to demonstrate the essentiality of copper for hemopoiesis in an animal. Forty years later...

The Influence of Selenium Supplementation on Postpartum Thyroid Status in Pregnant Women with Thyroid Peroxidase Autoantibodies

Roberto Negro, Gabriele Greco, Tiziana Mangieri +3

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Se supplementation during pregnancy and in the postpartum period reduced thyroid inflammatory activity and the incidence of hypothyroidism.

Systemic immunity

Murray Grant, Chris Lamb

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Colorectal Cancer: Incidence and Effect on Survival

A Alcalay, Ted Wun, Vijay P. Khatri +4

Journal of Clinical Oncology

The incidence of VTE among colorectal cancer patients was highest in the first 6 months after diagnosis and decreased rapidly thereafter. Metastatic disease and the number of medical comorbidities...