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Child Feeding Practices Are Associated with Child Nutritional Status in Latin America: Innovative Uses of the Demographic and Health Surveys

Marie T. Ruel, Purnima Menon

Journal of Nutrition

The prebiotic effects of biscuits containing partially hydrolysed guar gum and fructo-oligosaccharides – a human volunteer study

Kieran Tuohy, Sofía Kolida, A. M. Lustenberger +1

British Journal Of Nutrition

Prebiotics are non-digestible food ingredients that target selected groups of the human colonic microflora, thus having the ability to alter the composition towards a more 'beneficial' community,...

Occurrence, structure, biochemical properties and technological characteristics of lactoferrin

Jan M. Steijns, A.C.M. van Hooijdonk

British Journal Of Nutrition

The structure of the iron-binding glycoprotein lactoferrin, present in milk and other exocrine secretions, has been elucidated in great detail, both the three-dimensional protein structure and the...

Fish Oil–Derived Fatty Acids, Docosahexaenoic Acid and Docosapentaenoic Acid, and the Risk of Acute Coronary Events

Tiina Rissanen, Sari Voutilainen, Kristiina Nyyssönen +2

Circulation

Our data provide further confirmation for the concept that fish oil-derived fatty acids reduce the risk of acute coronary events. However, a high mercury content in fish could attenuate this...

The trans-10,cis-12 Isomer of Conjugated Linoleic Acid Downregulates Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase 1 Gene Expression in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes

Young–Jin Choi, Young‐Cheul Kim, Yong-Bong Han +3

Journal of Nutrition

Feeding Strategies for Premature Infants: Randomized Trial of Gastrointestinal Priming and Tube-feeding Method

Richard J. Schanler, Robert J. Shulman, Chantal Lau +2

PEDIATRICS

Early GI priming with human milk, using the bolus tube-feeding method, may provide the best advantage for the premature infant.

Effects of inulin on faecal bifidobacteria in human subjects

Hans-P. Kruse, Brigitta Kleessen, Michaël Blaut

British Journal Of Nutrition

A controlled study with eight healthy free-living subjects was carried out, in which energy intake was adjusted to the individual energy requirements. On administration of inulin, blood lipids, the...

Selenium: an essential element for immune function

Roderick C. McKenzie, Teresa Rafferty, Geoffrey J. Beckett

Immunology Today

Technological aspects of functional food-related carbohydrates

Alphons G. J. Voragen

Trends in Food Science & Technology

The human Lactobacillus acidophilus strain LA1 secretes a nonbacteriocin antibacterial substance(s) active in vitro and in vivo

M.F. Bernet-Camard, Vanessa Liévin, Dominique Brassart +3

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The adhering human Lactobacillus acidophilus strain LA1 inhibits the cell association and cell invasion of enteropathogens in cultured human intestinal Caco-2 cells (M. F. Bernet, D. Brassard, J. R....

Formation of Flavor Compounds in Cheese

Patrick F. Fox, J. M. Wallace

Advances in applied microbiology

Dietary Calcium and Blood Pressure

P. Scott Allender, Jeffrey A. Cutler, Dean Follmann +3

Annals of Internal Medicine

The pooled estimate shows a statistically significant decrease of systolic blood pressure with calcium supplementation, both for hypertensive persons and for the overall sample. However, the effect...

Glutathione Peroxidase and Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase Are Differentially Regulated in Rats by Dietary Selenium

Xin Gen Lei, Jacqueline K. Evenson, Kevin M. Thompson +1

Journal of Nutrition

Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (PHGPX) and classical glutathione peroxidase (GPX1) are encoded by separate genes with only about 40% amino acid and nucleic acid sequence identity....

Fundamental aspects of controlled release in foods

Usha R. Pothakamury, Gustavo V. Barbosa‐Cánovas

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Identification of a powerful aromatic component of <i>Vitis vinifera</i> L. var. sauvignon wines: 4‐mercapto‐4‐methylpentan‐2‐one

Philippe Darriet, Takatoshi Tominaga, Valérie Lavigne +2

Flavour and Fragrance Journal

Abstract p ‐Hydroxymercuribenzoic acid (pHMB), reacts reversibly with thiols. Using this principle, an extraction method of the thiols present in wines has been established. Injecting the extracts...

Loading and correlations in the interpretation of principle compenents

Jorge Cadima, Ian T. Jolliffe

Journal of Applied Statistics

Abstract Principles compenents (PC) are often interpreted by looking at the loading for each variable. Variable with a small-magnitude loading are ignored and given PC is then approximated by the...

Vitamin C and risk of death from stroke and coronary heart disease in cohort of elderly people

Catharine R. Galé, C N Martyn, P D Winter +1

BMJ

In elderly people vitamin C concentration, whether measured by dietary intake or plasma concentration of ascorbic acid, is strongly related to subsequent risk of death from stroke but not from...

Magnesium Deficiency: Pathophysiologic and Clinical Overview

Saeed M G Al-Ghamdi, E. C. Cameron, Roger A.L. Sutton

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Lost Crops of the Incas: Little‐known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation

Patricia J. Lyon

Latin American Anthropology Review

Lost Crops of the Incas: Little‐known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation. National Research Council. Washington: National Academy Press, 1989. xii + 415 pp., figures. $24.95...

Comment on the Content and Composition of Lipids in Infant Formulas

Peter Aggett, Ferdinand Haschke, W. Heine +8

Acta Paediatrica

A bioautographic agar overlay method for the detection of antifungal compounds from higher plants

Lila Rahalison, Matthias Hamburger, Kurt Hostettmann +2

Phytochemical Analysis

Abstract A simple bioautographic agar overlay assay using Candida albicans as the indicator organism for the detection and activity‐guided fractionation of antifungal compounds by thin layer...

A Randomized Trial of a Single Bolus Dosage Regimen of Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Mark N. Levine, Jack Hirsh, Jeff Weitz +4

CHEST Journal

Anti‐nutritive activity of wheat pentosans in broiler diets

M. Choct, G. Annison

British Poultry Science

1. To assess their possible anti-nutritive activity wheat pentosans were isolated from a milling by-product and added at graded levels to a sorghum-based broiler chicken diet. 2. A water-insoluble...

The Method of Paired Comparisons

Ronald Christensen, H. A. David

Technometrics

Three-dimensional structure of rabbit liver [Cd7]metallothionein-2a in aqueous solution determined by nuclear magnetic resonance

A. Arseniev, Peter Schultze, Erich Wörgötter +5

Journal of Molecular Biology

The effect of diet on plasma lipids, lipoproteins, and coronary heart disease

Penny M. Kris‐Etherton, Debra A. Krummel, Mary E. Russell +4

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

THE DOMINANCE OF SALT IN MANUFACTURED FOOD IN THE SODIUM INTAKE OF AFFLUENT SOCIETIES

W. P. T. James, Ann Ralph, C. P. Sanchez-Castillo

The Lancet

Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy

W.E.J.

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Plasmid-Mediated Adhesion in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Mary M. Baldini, James B. Kaper, Myron M. Levine +2

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

A survey of classical serotype enteropathogenic Escherichia coli has been made with respect to their plasmid profile and ability to adhere to HEp-2 cells. Thirty-one of the 32 strains examined...

Immunologic factors in human milk during the first year of lactation

Armond S. Goldman, Cutberto Garza, Buford L. Nichols +1

The Journal of Pediatrics

Eicosapolyenoic acids of serum lipids of Japanese islanders with low incidence of cardiovascular diseases.

Yasuo Kagawa, Masatoyo Nishizawa, Minoru Suzuki +7

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Japanese are unique among the peoples of developed countries in having a high intake of eicosapentaenoic acid (C 20:5) from fresh fish and this may in part contribute to their low incidence of...

Cholera — A Possible Endemic Focus in the United States

Paul A. Blake, Donald T. Allegra, John D. Snyder +8

New England Journal of Medicine

In September and October 1978, after a case of cholera had been discovered in southwestern Louisiana, 10 more Vibrio cholerae O-Group 1 infections were detected in four additional clusters. All 11...

The Crystal Structures of A‐, B‐ and C‐Polymorphs of Amylose and Starch

A. Sarko, Hongping Wu

Starch - Stärke

Abstract The crystal structures of the A‐, B‐ and C‐polymorphs of amylose have been determined through a combination of fiber x‐ray diffraction analysis and computer‐based structure refinement. The...

Multi-response permutation procedures for a priori classifications

Paul W. Mielke, Kenneth J. Berry, Earl S. Johnson

Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods

An exact permutation test for analyzing and/or dredging multi-response data at the ordinal or higher levels is presented. The associated test statistic is based on the average distance (or any...

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ESCHERICHIA COLI K1 IN HEALTHY AND DISEASED NEWBORNS

LarrieD Sarff, GeorgeH Mccracken, MarkS Schiffer +4

The Lancet

An overview of classifications, properties of food polysaccharides and their links to applications in improving food textures

Xi Yang, Anqi Li, Xiuxiu Li +2

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Copper bioavailability is a KRAS-specific vulnerability in colorectal cancer

Léo Aubert, Neethi Nandagopal, Zachary Steinhart +15

Nature Communications

Abstract Despite its importance in human cancers, including colorectal cancers (CRC), oncogenic KRAS has been extremely challenging to target therapeutically. To identify potential vulnerabilities in...

Vitamin E: Regulatory Redox Interactions

Taiki Miyazawa, Gregor Carpentero Burdeos, Mayuko Itaya +2

IUBMB Life

Vitamin E is an essential nutrient that was discovered in the 1920s. Many of the physiological functions of vitamin E, including its antioxidative effects, have been studied for nearly 100 years....

The Role of Selenium in Arsenic and Cadmium Toxicity: an Updated Review of Scientific Literature

Iwona Zwolak

Biological Trace Element Research

Arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) are elements arousing major public health concerns associated with environmental pollution, high toxicity potential, and carcinogenic nature. However, selenium (Se) at...

Endovascular Thrombus Removal for Acute Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis

Anthony J. Comerota, Clive Kearon, Chu‐Shu Gu +16

Circulation

URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov . Unique identifier: NCT00790335.

Anaemia in Pregnancy: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Northern Tanzania

Stephen Grace, Melina Mgongo, Tamara Hussein Hashim +3

Anemia

Anaemia in pregnancy was a mild public health problem in the study setting of Northern Tanzania.

α-Terpineol, a natural monoterpene: A review of its biological properties

Christina Khaleel, Nurhayat Tabanca, Gerhard Buchbauer

Open Chemistry

Abstract Terpineols are monocyclic monoterpene tertiary alcohols which are naturally present in plant species. There are five common isomers of terpineols, alpha-, beta-, gamma-, delta- and...

The Lactobacillus casei Group: History and Health Related Applications

Daragh Hill, Ivan Sugrue, Conor Tobin +3

Frontiers in Microbiology

The <i>Lactobacillus casei</i> group (LCG), composed of the closely related <i>Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus paracasei</i>, and <i>Lactobacillus rhamnosus</i> are some of the most widely...

Salmonella enterica genomes from victims of a major sixteenth-century epidemic in Mexico

Åshild J. Vågene‬, Alexander Herbig, Michael G. Campana +9

Nature Ecology & Evolution

Health effects of resistant starch

S. Lockyer, Anne P. Nugent

Nutrition Bulletin

Abstract The merits of a fibre‐rich diet are well documented. Resistant starch ( RS ) is a form of starch that resists digestion in the small intestine and, as such, is classified as a type of...

Incidence of invasive salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicentre population-based surveillance study

Florian Marks, Vera von Kalckreuth, Peter Aaby +27

The Lancet Global Health

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.