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Measurement of rapidly available glucose (RAG) in plant foods: a potential<i>in vitro</i>predictor of the glycaemic response

Hans N. Englyst, Jan A. Veenstra, Geoffrey J. Hudson

British Journal Of Nutrition

The glycaemic index (GI) is an in vivo measurement based on the glycaemic response to carbohydrate-containing foods, and allows foods to be ranked on the basis of the rate of digestion and absorption...

Vitamin A supplementation and child mortality. A meta-analysis

Wafaie Fawzi

JAMA

<h3>Objective.</h3> —A two-part meta-analysis of studies examining the relationship of vitamin A supplementation and child mortality. <h3>Data Sources.</h3> —We identified studies by searching the...

Role of the eaeA gene in experimental enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection.

Michael S. Donnenberg, Carol O. Tacket, S. P. James +5

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) infections are a leading cause of infant diarrhea in developing countries. Recently eaeA, a gene necessary for the characteristic intimate attachment of EPEC...

Detection of Escherichia coli and Shigella spp. in water by using the polymerase chain reaction and gene probes for uid

A K Bej, J. L. DiCesare, Lawrence A. Haff +1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

A method was developed for the detection of the fecal coliform bacterium Escherichia coli, using the polymerase chain reaction and gene probes, based on amplifying regions of the uid gene that code...

Symbiont Recognition and Subsequent Morphogenesis as Early Events in an Animal-Bacterial Mutualism

Margaret McFall‐Ngai, Edward G. Ruby

Science

Bacterial colonization of the developing light organ of the squid Euprymna scolopes is shown to be highly specific, with the establishment of a successful association resulting only when the juvenile...

Copper Deficiency in Humans

David M. Danks

Annual Review of Nutrition

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Cross-Protection by B Subunit-Whole Cell Cholera Vaccine Against Diarrhea Associated with Heat-Labile Toxin-Producing Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: Results of a Large-Scale Field Trial

John D. Clemens, David A. Sack, Jeffrey R. Harris +12

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

The B subunit (BS) of cholera toxin and that of the heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) are antigenically similar. We therefore assessed whether a combined cholera...

Fat Embolism Prophylaxis with Corticosteroids

Steven A. Schonfeld, Yongyudh Ploysongsang, Ralph DiLisio +4

Annals of Internal Medicine

The efficacy of corticosteroid treatment in the prophylaxis of the fat embolism syndrome was evaluated in a prospective, randomized, double-blind study of high-risk patients with long-bone fractures....

THE SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL

Russell Ross, Seymour J. Klebanoff

The Journal of Cell Biology

These studies have examined the ability of smooth muscle cells from developing aorta of the prepubertal rat to utilize amino acids in the synthesis and secretion of connective tissue proteins....

NORMALITY AND PATHOLOGY IN CHILDHOOD—ASSESSMENTS OF DEVELOPMENT

Mabel Ross

American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health

NORMALITY AND PATHOLOGY IN CHILDHOOD—ASSESSMENTS OF DEVELOPMENT Mabel Ross CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.56.1.142-b Published Online: October 03, 2011

Metric structures in ordinal data

Roger N. Shepard

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS INDUCED BY X-RAYS

Karl Sax

Genetics

Eine ergiebige Synthese der l‐Ascorbinsäure (C‐Vitamin)

T. Reichstein, A. Grüssner

Helvetica Chimica Acta

General Health Benefits and Pharmacological Activities of Triticum aestivum L.

Said Moshawih, Rabi’atul Nur Amalia Abdullah Juperi, Ganesh Sritheran Paneerselvam +8

Molecules

Common wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i>), one of the world's most consumed cereal grains, is known for its uses in baking and cooking in addition to its medicinal uses. As this plant's medical...

Magnesium in Aging, Health and Diseases

Mario Barbagallo, Nicola Veronese, Ligia J. Domínguez

Nutrients

Several changes of magnesium (Mg) metabolism have been reported with aging, including diminished Mg intake, impaired intestinal Mg absorption and renal Mg wasting. Mild Mg deficits are generally...

Biological Properties and Applications of Betalains

Izabela Sadowska‐Bartosz, Grzegorz Bartosz

Molecules

Betalains are water-soluble pigments present in vacuoles of plants of the order <i>Caryophyllales</i> and in mushrooms of the genera <i>Amanita</i>, <i>Hygrocybe</i> and <i>Hygrophorus</i>. Betalamic...

A novel pickering emulsion produced using soy protein-anthocyanin complex nanoparticles

Mengnan Ju, Gang Zhu, Guo Huang +4

Food Hydrocolloids

Determinants of the Stunting of Children Under Two Years Old in Indonesia: A Multilevel Analysis of the 2013 Indonesia Basic Health Survey

Christiana Rialine Titaley, Iwan Ariawan, Dwi Hapsari +2

Nutrients

Indonesia is ranked fifth among countries with the highest burden of stunting in children under five. This study aims to examine the determinants of stunting in children aged 0-2 years in Indonesia...

Longchain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in preterm infants

Kwi Moon, Shripada Rao, Sven Schulzke +2

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Infants enrolled in the trials were relatively mature and healthy preterm infants. Assessment schedule and methodology, dose and source of supplementation and fatty acid composition of the control...

Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Depression: Scientific Evidence and Biological Mechanisms

Giuseppe Grosso, Fabio Galvano, Stefano Marventano +4

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

The changing of omega-6/omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in the food supply of Western societies occurred over the last 150 years is thought to promote the pathogenesis of many...

Review of techniques to manufacture micro-hydrogel particles for the food industry and their applications

Heather M. Shewan, Jason R. Stokes

Journal of Food Engineering

Calcium and Vitamin D Requirements of Enterally Fed Preterm Infants

Steven A. Abrams, Jatinder Bhatia, Steven A. Abrams +4

PEDIATRICS

Bone health is a critical concern in managing preterm infants. Key nutrients of importance are calcium, vitamin D, and phosphorus. Although human milk is critical for the health of preterm infants,...

Increased Recognition of Non-O157 Shiga Toxin–Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> Infections in the United States During 2000–2010: Epidemiologic Features and Comparison with <i>E. coli</i> O157 Infections

L. Hannah Gould, Rajal K. Mody, Sok King Ong +12

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Improved understanding of the epidemiologic features of non-O157 STEC infections can inform food safety and other prevention efforts. To detect both O157 and non-O157 STEC infections, clinical...

The oncology drug elesclomol selectively transports copper to the mitochondria to induce oxidative stress in cancer cells

Masazumi Nagai, Nha Huu Vo, Luisa Shin Ogawa +9

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Dietary Fiber Intake and Mortality in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study

Yikyung Park, Amy F. Subar, Albert R. Hollenbeck +1

Archives of Internal Medicine

Dietary fiber may reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular, infectious, and respiratory diseases. Making fiber-rich food choices more often may provide significant health benefits.

Antibacterial and phytochemical studies on twelve species of Indian medicinal plants

Jigna Parekh, Sumitra Chanda

African Journal of Biomedical Research

The aqueous and methanol extracts of 12 plants each belonging to differentfamilies were evaluated for antibacterial activity against medicallyimportant bacteria viz. B. cereus ATCC11778 , S....

Drying Technology: Trends and Applications in Postharvest Processing

Arun S. Mujumdar, Chung Lim Law

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Importance of lactobacilli in food and feed biotechnology

Giorgio Giraffa, Ніна Чанішвілі, Yantyati Widyastuti

Research in Microbiology

The natural history of antibiotics

Jon Clardy, Michael A. Fischbach, Cameron R. Currie

Current Biology

Salmonella takes control: effector-driven manipulation of the host

Emma J. McGhie, Lyndsey C. Brawn, Peter Hume +2

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Salmonella pathogenesis relies upon the delivery of over thirty specialised effector proteins into the host cell via two distinct type III secretion systems. These effectors act in concert to subvert...

The development and validation of a multiclass liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) procedure for the determination of veterinary drug residues in animal tissue using a QuEChERS (QUick, Easy, CHeap, Effective, Rugged and Safe) approach

G. W. Stubbings, T. Bigwood

Analytica Chimica Acta

Characterization of microwave vacuum drying and hot air drying of mint leaves (Mentha cordifolia Opiz ex Fresen)

Nantawan Therdthai, Weibiao Zhou

Journal of Food Engineering

Human originated bacteria, Lactobacillus rhamnosus PL60, produce conjugated linoleic acid and show anti-obesity effects in diet-induced obese mice

Hui‐Young Lee, Jong‐Hwan Park, Jong‐Hwan Park +8

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Targeting of Host Rab GTPase Function by the Intravacuolar Pathogen Legionella pneumophila

Matthias P. Machner, Ralph R. Isberg

Developmental Cell

Autophagy-mediated reentry of <i>Francisella tularensis</i> into the endocytic compartment after cytoplasmic replication

Claire Checroun, Tara D. Wehrly, Elizabeth R. Fischer +2

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Intracellular bacterial pathogens evade the bactericidal functions of mammalian cells by physical escape from their phagosome and replication into the cytoplasm or through the modulation of phagosome...

Starch — Value Addition by Modification

Rudrapatnam N. Tharanathan

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Starch is one of the most important but flexible food ingredients possessing value added attributes for innumerable industrial applications. Its various chemically modified derivatives offer a great...

SOD, oxidative stress and human pathologies: a brief history and a future vision

Joe M. McCord, Marvin Edeas

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Down-Regulation of Metallothionein, a Reactive Oxygen Scavenger, by the Small GTPase OsRac1 in Rice

Hann Ling Wong, Tsuyoshi Sakamoto, Tsutomu Kawasaki +2

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Metallothioneins are small, ubiquitous Cys-rich proteins known to be involved in reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging and metal homeostasis. We found that the expression of a metallothionein gene...

Coffee flavour: an overview

Roberto A. Buffo, Claudio Cardelli‐Freire

Flavour and Fragrance Journal

Abstract This paper is a concise review of the research on coffee flavour to serve as a rapid reference on the subject. It covers the process of roasting coffee beans, the volatile and non‐volatile...

Polysaccharides for Colon Targeted Drug Delivery

Manish K. Chourasia, Sanjay Jain

Drug Delivery

Colon targeted drug delivery has the potential to deliver bioactive agents for the treatment of a variety of colonic diseases and to deliver proteins and peptides to the colon for their systemic...

<i>Salmonella</i>Control Programs in Denmark

Henrik Caspar Wegener, Tine Hald, Danilo Lo Fo Wong +5

Emerging infectious diseases

We describe Salmonella control programs of broiler chickens, layer hens, and pigs in Denmark. Major reductions in the incidence of foodborne human salmonellosis have occurred by integrated control of...

Vitamins in Animal and Human Nutrition

Lee Russell McDowell

Preface Introduction and Historical Considerations Vitamin A Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K Thiamin Riboflavin Niacin Vitamin B6 Pantothenic Acid Biotin Folacin Vitamin B12 Choline Vitamin C Carnitine...

Incidence of Idiopathic Deep Venous Thrombosis and Secondary Thromboembolism among Ethnic Groups in California

Richard H. White, Hong Zhou, Patrick S. Romano

Annals of Internal Medicine

Compared with white persons, Asians and Pacific Islanders have a very low incidence of idiopathic deep venous thrombosis and a very low relative risk for secondary venous thromboembolism.

Primary metabolite kinetics of bacteriocin biosynthesis by Lactobacillus amylovorus and evidence for stimulation of bacteriocin production under unfavourable growth conditions

Luc De Vuyst, Raf Callewaert, Kurt Crabbé

Microbiology

To optimize bacteriocin production processes, the relationships between growth, bacteriocin production and factors affecting the occurrence and intensity of the activity peak during the growth cycle...

Purification and characterization of thin, aggregative fimbriae from Salmonella enteritidis

S.Karen Collinson, Levente Emödy, Karl‐Heinz Müller +2

Journal of Bacteriology

Novel fimbriae were isolated and purified from the human enteropathogen Salmonella enteritidis 27655. These fimbriae were thin (measuring 3 to 4 nm in diameter), were extremely aggregative, and...

Refined crystal structure of Cd, Zn metallothionein at 2·0 Å resolution

A.H. Robbins

Journal of Molecular Biology

A -1 ribosomal frameshift in a double-stranded RNA virus of yeast forms a gag-pol fusion protein.

Jonathan D. Dinman, T Icho, Reed B. Wickner

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The L-A double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has two open reading frames (ORFs). ORF1 encodes the 80-kDa major coat protein (gag). ORF2, which is expressed only as a 180-kDa...

Salmonella typhimurium phoP virulence gene is a transcriptional regulator.

Eduardo A. Groisman, Eric Chiao, Craig J. Lipps +1

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Salmonella typhimurium is a facultative intracellular pathogen capable of surviving within host phagocytic cells. Salmonella strains carrying phoP mutations are avirulent, unable to survive in...

Inhibition of Atherosclerosis by Cod-Liver Oil in a Hyperlipidemic Swine Model

Bonnie H. Weiner, Ira S. Ockene, Peter H. Levine +10

New England Journal of Medicine

We studied the effect of cod-liver oil on the development and progression of coronary artery disease in swine subjected to coronary balloon abrasion and fed an atherogenic diet for eight months....