Research Library

Amplification of the metallothionein-I gene in cadmium-resistant mouse cells.

Larry R. Beach, Richard D. Palmiter

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Friend leukemia cells resistant to cadmium toxicity were selected. More than 70% of total cysteine incorporation in these cells was into the metal-binding protein, metallothionein. We used cDNA and...

Epidermal Growth Factor Is a Major Growth-Promoting Agent in Human Milk

Graham Carpenter

Science

Human milk stimulates DNA synthesis in cell cultures in which growth has been arrested. The mitogenic activity of milk is neutralized by the addition of antibody to human epidermal growth factor. The...

Secretion of beta-lactamase requires the carboxy end of the protein

Douglas Koshland, David Botstein

Cell

Bacterial surface translocation: a survey and a classification.

J Henrichsen

Bacteriological Reviews

VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE AND ABO BLOOD TYPE

Hershel Jick, B Westerholm, MartinP. Vessey +5

The Lancet

Areas of Adhesion between Wall and Membrane of Escherichia coli

M. E. Bayer

Journal of General Microbiology

SUMMARY: The envelope of Escherichia coli B exhibited areas at which cell wall and protoplasmic membrane were intimately associated. These areas became visible in ultrathin sections after the...

Plant Proteins for Future Foods: A Roadmap

Shaun Yong Jie Sim, Akila SRV, Jie Hong Chiang +1

Foods

Protein calories consumed by people all over the world approximate 15-20% of their energy intake. This makes protein a major nutritional imperative. Today, we are facing an unprecedented challenge to...

Essential Oils and Their Application in Food Safety

Akash Maurya, Jitendra Prasad, Somenath Das +1

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Food industries are facing a great challenge due to contamination of food products with different microbes such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites, etc. These microbes deteriorate food items by...

Advances in Spray-Drying Encapsulation of Food Bioactive Ingredients: From Microcapsules to Nanocapsules

Elham Assadpour, Seid Mahdi Jafari

Annual Review of Food Science and Technology

Many natural food bioactive ingredients are sensitive to processing and environmental conditions and thus it is necessary to improve their stability to create products with long shelf lives....

Functional and rheological properties of cold plasma treated rice starch

Rohit Thirumdas, Ajinkya M. Trimukhe, R.R. Deshmukh +1

Carbohydrate Polymers

Regulation of the Epigenome by Vitamin C

Juan I. Young, Stephan Züchner, Gaofeng Wang

Annual Review of Nutrition

Emerging evidence suggests that ascorbate, the dominant form of vitamin C under physiological pH conditions, influences activity of the genome via regulating epigenomic processes. Ascorbate serves as...

The effect of natural and synthetic fatty acids on membrane structure, microdomain organization, cellular functions and human health

Maitane Ibarguren, David J. López, Pablo V. Escribá

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes

Why, when, and how did yeast evolve alcoholic fermentation?

Sofia Dashko, Nerve Zhou, Concetta Compagno +1

FEMS Yeast Research

The origin of modern fruits brought to microbial communities an abundant source of rich food based on simple sugars. Yeasts, especially Saccharomyces cerevisiae, usually become the predominant group...

Emerging flavobacterial infections in fish: A review

Thomas P. Loch, Mohamed Faisal

Journal of Advanced Research

Flavobacterial diseases in fish are caused by multiple bacterial species within the family Flavobacteriaceae and are responsible for devastating losses in wild and farmed fish stocks around the...

Chemical composition and bioactivity of different oregano (<i>Origanum vulgare</i>) extracts and essential oil

Bárbara Teixeira, António Marques, Cristina Ramos +6

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

O. vulgare extracts and essential oil from Portuguese origin are strong candidates to replace synthetic chemicals used by the industry.

Anthocyanins and Their Variation in Red Wines II. Anthocyanin Derived Pigments and Their Color Evolution

Fei He, Nana Liang, Lin Mu +4

Molecules

Originating in the grapes, anthocyanins and their derivatives are the crucial pigments responsible for the red wine color. During wine maturation and aging, the concentration of monomeric...

Human milk oligosaccharide consumption by intestinal microbiota

Ángela Marcobal, Justin L. Sonnenburg

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Incorporation of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids into lipid pools when given as supplements providing doses equivalent to typical intakes of oily fish

Lucy M. Browning, Celia G. Walker, Adrian Mander +7

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Preventive zinc supplementation in developing countries: impact on mortality and morbidity due to diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria

Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Evropi Τheodoratou, Afshan Jabeen +8

BMC Public Health

Zinc supplementation results in reductions in diarrhea and pneumonia mortality.

Role of metal dyshomeostasis in Alzheimer's disease

David Bonda, Hyoung‐gon Lee, Jeffrey A. Blair +3

Metallomics

Despite serving a crucial purpose in neurobiological function, transition metals play a sinister part in the aging brain, where the abnormal accumulation and distribution of reactive iron, copper,...

Current knowledge in species-related bioavailability of selenium in food

C. Thiry, Ann Ruttens, Ludwig De Temmerman +2

Food Chemistry

Terpenoids inhibit Candida albicans growth by affecting membrane integrity and arrest of cell cycle

Gajanan Zore, Archana Thakre, Sitaram Jadhav +1

Phytomedicine

pH Shifting Alters Solubility Characteristics and Thermal Stability of Soy Protein Isolate and Its Globulin Fractions in Different pH, Salt Concentration, and Temperature Conditions

Jiang Jiang, Youling L. Xiong, Jie Chen

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Soy protein isolate (SPI), beta-conglycinin (7S), and glycinin (11S) were subjected to pH-shifting treatments, that is, unfolding at pH 1.5 or 12.0 followed by refolding at pH 7.0, to induce molten...

Identification of UBIAD1 as a novel human menaquinone-4 biosynthetic enzyme

Kimie Nakagawa, Yoshihisa Hirota, Natsumi Sawada +7

Nature

Development of an Annotated Library of Neutral Human Milk Oligosaccharides

Shuai Wu, Nannan Tao, J. Bruce German +2

Journal of Proteome Research

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) perform a number of functions including serving as prebiotics to stimulate the growth of beneficial intestinal bacteria, as receptor analogues to inhibit binding of...

The type VI secretion toolkit

Eric Cascalès

EMBO Reports

Neonatal Diagnosis and Treatment of Menkes Disease

Stephen G. Kaler, Courtney Holmes, David S. Goldstein +6

New England Journal of Medicine

Neonatal diagnosis of Menkes disease by plasma neurochemical measurements and early treatment with copper may improve clinical outcomes. Affected newborns who have mutations that do not completely...

Pomegranate juice: a heart-healthy fruit juice

Arpita Basu, Kavitha Penugonda

Nutrition Reviews

Pomegranate juice is a polyphenol-rich fruit juice with high antioxidant capacity. In limited studies in human and murine models, pomegranate juice has been shown to exert significant...

Early Childhood Stunting Is Associated with Poor Psychological Functioning in Late Adolescence and Effects Are Reduced by Psychosocial Stimulation

Susan Walker, Susan M. Chang, Christine Powell +2

Journal of Nutrition

Dietary Combination of Fucoxanthin and Fish Oil Attenuates the Weight Gain of White Adipose Tissue and Decreases Blood Glucose in Obese/Diabetic KK-<i>A^y</i> Mice

H. Maeda, Masashi Hosokawa, Tokutake Sashima +1

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Fucoxanthin is a marine carotenoid found in edible brown seaweeds. We previously reported that dietary fucoxanthin attenuates the weight gain of white adipose tissue (WAT) of diabetic/obese KK- A(y)...

Exogenous proline mitigates the detrimental effects of salt stress more than exogenous betaine by increasing antioxidant enzyme activities

Md. Anamul Hoque, Eiji Okuma, Mst. Nasrin Akhter Banu +3

Journal of Plant Physiology

The Effect of Flavanol-rich Cocoa on the fMRI Response to a Cognitive Task in Healthy Young People

Susan Francis, Kevin Head, P. G. Morris +1

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Flavanols are the main flavonoids found in cocoa and chocolate, and can be especially abundant in certain cocoas. Research over the past decade has identified flavanols as showing diverse beneficial...

Antibacterial activities of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diarrhoea in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Matlakala Christina Mathabe, R.V. Nikolova, Namrita Lall +1

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

A Role for the Mouse 12/15-Lipoxygenase Pathway in Promoting Epithelial Wound Healing and Host Defense

Karsten Gronert, Neha Maheshwari, Nabeela Khan +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry

The surface of the eye actively suppresses inflammation while maintaining a remarkable capacity for epithelial wound repair. Our understanding of mechanisms that balance inflammatory/reparative...

Sorption isotherms, GAB parameters and isosteric heat of sorption

E.J. Quirijns, Anton JB van Boxtel, Wilko KP van Loon +1

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Abstract The diffusion–sorption drying model has been developed as a physics‐based way to model the decreasing drying rate at low moisture contents. This new model is founded on the existence of...

Effect of Intensive Handwashing Promotion on Childhood Diarrhea in High-Risk Communities in Pakistan

Stephen P. Luby, Mubina Agboatwalla, John Painter +3

JAMA

In a setting in which diarrhea is a leading cause of child death, improvement in handwashing in the household reduced the incidence of diarrhea among children at high risk of death from diarrhea.

Physicochemical, cooking and textural properties of milled rice from different Indian rice cultivars

Narpinder Singh, Lovedeep Kaur, Navdeep Singh Sodhi +1

Food Chemistry

Immune cells: free radicals and antioxidants in sepsis

Víctor M. Víctor, Milagros Rocha, Mónica De la Fuente

International Immunopharmacology

Glycoalkaloids and Metabolites Inhibit the Growth of Human Colon (HT29) and Liver (HepG2) Cancer Cells

Kap-Rang Lee, Nobuyuki Kozukue, Jae-Sook Han +5

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

As part of an effort to improve plant-derived foods such as potatoes, eggplants, and tomatoes, the antiproliferative activities against human colon (HT29) and liver (HepG2) cancer cells of a series...

Prognostic Value of Echocardiographically Assessed Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients With Pulmonary Embolism

Marije ten Wolde, Maaike Söhne, Elske Quak +2

Archives of Internal Medicine

It remains unclear whether echocardiographic right ventricular dysfunction is a prevalent and reliable predictor of adverse outcomes in hemodynamically stable patients with acute PE.

Effect of maltodextrin, glycerol monostearate and tricalcium phosphate on vacuum dried mango powder properties

S. Jaya, H. Das

Journal of Food Engineering

Managing traceability information in manufacture

M. H. Jansen-Vullers, C.A. van Dorp, A.J.M. Beulens

International Journal of Information Management

GC/MS evaluation of thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) oil composition and variations during the vegetative cycle

Mohammad Hudaib, Ester Speroni, A.M. Di Pietra +1

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences

Reinhard H.H. Neubert

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

The role of zinc in the growth and development of children

María Jimena Salgueiro, Marcela Zubillaga, Alexis Lysionek +3

Nutrition

Drying of garlic (Allium sativum) cloves by microwave–hot air combination

G.P. Sharma, Suresh Prasad

Journal of Food Engineering

Molecular Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Gene Clusters in <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> O139 and O1 SXT Constins

Bianca Hochhut, Yasmin Lotfi, Didier Mazel +3

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

ABSTRACT Many recent Asian clinical Vibrio cholerae E1 Tor O1 and O139 isolates are resistant to the antibiotics sulfamethoxazole (Su), trimethoprim (Tm), chloramphenicol (Cm), and streptomycin (Sm)....

Viscous and nonviscous fibres, nonabsorbable and low glycaemic index carbohydrates, blood lipids and coronary heart disease

David J.A. Jenkins, Cyril W.C. Kendall, Mette Axelsen +2

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Viscous fibres such as guar, glucomannans, pectins, oat betaglucan and psyllium continue to be seen as hypocholesterolaemic. Nevertheless, in large cohort studies, ironically it is the insoluble...

Gender Differences in Opinions and Practices with Regard to a "Healthy Diet"&gt;

R.Aa. FAGERLI, Margareta Wandel

Appetite