Research Library

A.S.P.E.N. Clinical Guidelines

Joseph I. Boullata, Karen Gilbert, Gordon S. Sacks +8

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

A systematic review of the best available evidence was used by an expert work group to answer a series of questions about PN prescribing, order review, compounding, labeling, and dispensing. Concepts...

α-Linolenic acid: Nutraceutical, pharmacological and toxicological evaluation

Kyu‐Bong Kim, Yoon A Nam, Hyung Sik Kim +2

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Validating the weight gain of preterm infants between the reference growth curve of the fetus and the term infant

Tanis R. Fenton, Roseann Nasser, Misha Eliasziw +3

BMC Pediatrics

The weight gain velocity of preterm infants through the period of growth data disjuncture between 37 and 50 weeks gestation is consistent with and thus validates the smoothening assumptions made...

Taste receptors of the gut: emerging roles in health and disease

Inge Depoortere

Gut

Recent progress in unravelling the nutrient-sensing mechanisms in the taste buds of the tongue has triggered studies on the existence and role of chemosensory cells in the gut. Indeed, the...

Current perspectives on antifungal lactic acid bacteria as natural bio-preservatives

Sarah Crowley, Jennifer Mahony, Douwe van Sinderen

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Symptomatic In-Hospital Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Following Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Among Patients Receiving Recommended Prophylaxis

Jean‐Marie Januel, Guanmin Chen, Christiane Ruffieux +7

JAMA

Using current VTE prophylaxis, approximately 1 in 100 patients undergoing TPKA and approximately 1 in 200 patients undergoing TPHA develops symptomatic VTE prior to hospital discharge.

Validation of treatment strategies for enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O104:H4 induced haemolytic uraemic syndrome: case-control study

Jan Menne, Martin Nitschke, Robert Stingele +27

BMJ

Enterohaemorrhagic E coli induced haemolytic uraemic syndrome is a severe self limiting acute condition. Our findings question the benefit of eculizumab and of plasmapheresis with or without...

Determination of Ash in Animal Feed: AOAC Official Method 942.05 Revisited

Nancy Thiex, Lawrence Novotny, A N Crawford

Journal of AOAC International

AOAC Official Method 942.05, Ash in Animal Feed, has been applied in feed laboratories since its publication in the Official Methods of Analysis in 1942. It is a routine test with renewed interest...

Cholesterol-lowering effects of oat β-glucan

Rgia A. Othman, Mohammed H. Moghadasian, Peter J.H. Jones

Nutrition Reviews

Elevated total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels are considered major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Oat β-glucan, a soluble dietary fiber that is found in the endosperm...

Microbial adhesins to gastrointestinal mucus

Nathalie Juge

Trends in Microbiology

Lactic acid bacteria in traditional fermented Chinese foods

Shanna Liu, Ye Han, Zhijiang Zhou

Food Research International

Flocculation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a review

Eduardo V. Soares

Journal of Applied Microbiology

The present work reviews and critically discusses the aspects that influence yeast flocculation, namely the chemical characteristics of the medium (pH and the presence of bivalent ions), fermentation...

Solar drying

V. Belessiotis, E. Delyannis

Solar Energy

Wasted Food, Wasted Energy: The Embedded Energy in Food Waste in the United States

Amanda Cuéllar, Michael E. Webber

Environmental Science & Technology

This work estimates the energy embedded in wasted food annually in the United States. We calculated the energy intensity of food production from agriculture, transportation, processing, food sales,...

Early Enteral Nutrition and Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients Treated With Vasopressors and Mechanical Ventilation

Imran Khalid, Pratik Doshi, Bruno DiGiovine

American Journal of Critical Care

Early enteral nutrition may be associated with reduced intensive care unit and hospital mortality in patients whose hemodynamic condition is unstable.

Structure of a Type IV Secretion System Core Complex

Rémi Fronzes, Eva Schäfer, Luchun Wang +3

Science

Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are important virulence factors used by Gram-negative bacterial pathogens to inject effectors into host cells or to spread plasmids harboring antibiotic resistance...

Application of Bacteriocins in the Control of Foodborne Pathogenic and Spoilage Bacteria

Antonio Gálvez, Rosario Lucas López, Hikmate Abriouel +2

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Bacteriocins are antimicrobial peptides or proteins produced by strains of diverse bacterial species. The antimicrobial activity of this group of natural substances against foodborne pathogenic, as...

Comparative Study on the Antioxidant and Biological Activities of Carvacrol, Thymol, and Eugenol Derivatives

Josip Mastelić, Igor Jerković, Ivica Blažević +8

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Four derivatives of thymol, carvacrol, and eugenol were synthesized: 4-(hydroxymethyl)-5-isopropyl-2-methylphenol, 4,4'-methylenebis(5-isopropyl-2-methyl)phenol,...

Dynamics and Biodiversity of Populations of Lactic Acid Bacteria andAcetic Acid Bacteria Involved in Spontaneous Heap Fermentation of Cocoa Beans inGhana

Nicholas Camu, Tom De Winter, Kristof Verbrugghe +5

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The Ghanaian cocoa bean heap fermentation process was studied through a multiphasic approach, encompassing both microbiological and metabolite target analyses. A culture-dependent (plating and...

Phytochemical constituent and antioxidant activity of extract from the leaves of Ocimum gratissimum

Afolabi Clement Akinmoladun, Emmanuel Oluwafemi Ibukun, E. Afor +2

Scientific Research and Essays

Extracts from the leaves of Ocimum gratissimum were investigated for phytochemical constituent and antioxidant activity. Tests for tannins, steroids, terpenoids, flavonoids and cardiac glycosides...

Probiotics Reduce the Prevalence of Oral <i>Candida</i> in the Elderly—a Randomized Controlled Trial

Katja Hatakka, Aila J. Ahola, H. Yli‐Knuuttila +4

Journal of Dental Research

Overgrowth of oral yeast is a common problem among the elderly. Probiotic bacteria are known to inhibit the growth of pathogenic microbes. We tested the hypothesis that cheese containing probiotic...

Threonine phosphorylation post-translationally regulates protein secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Joseph D. Mougous, Casey A. Gifford, Talia L. Ramsdell +1

Nature Cell Biology

Conclusions of the Joint WHO/UNICEF/IAEA/IZiNCG Interagency Meeting on Zinc Status Indicators

Bruno de Benoist, Ian Darnton‐Hill, Lena Davidsson +2

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Zinc deficiency is an important cause of morbidity in developing countries, particularly among young children, yet little information is available on the global prevalence of zinc deficiency. A...

Essential oils to control Alternaria alternata in vitro and in vivo

Feng Wu, Xiaodong Zheng

Food Control

Phenolic Reactions during Winemaking and Aging

Hélène Fulcrand, Montserrat Dueñas, Erika Salas +1

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

The reactivity of polyphenols is due to the position of the hydroxyl groups on their aromatic nuclei. Ortho-hydroxyl groups promote oxidation while meta-hydroxyl groups induce electrophilic aromatic...

Review of the Refeeding Syndrome

Michael D. Kraft, Imad F. Btaiche, Gordon S. Sacks

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Refeeding syndrome describes a constellation of metabolic disturbances that occur as a result of reinstitution of nutrition to patients who are starved or severely malnourished. Patients can develop...

Effects of Pomegranate Juice Consumption on Myocardial Perfusion in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

Michael D. Sumner, Melanie Elliott‐Eller, Gerdi Weidner +5

The American Journal of Cardiology

SipA, SopA, SopB, SopD, and SopE2 Contribute to<i>Salmonella enterica</i>Serotype Typhimurium Invasion of Epithelial Cells

Manuela Raffatellu, R. Paul Wilson, Daniela Chessa +6

Infection and Immunity

The centisome 63 type III secretion system (T3SS-1) encoded by Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI1) mediates invasion of epithelial cells by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium....

Molecular epidemiology of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) isolated from colisepticemia in poultry

Christa Ewers, Traute Janßen, Sabine Kießling +2

Veterinary Microbiology

Recontamination as a source of pathogens in processed foods

M.W. Reij, E.D. den Aantrekker

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Starch-Branching Enzyme I-Deficient Mutation Specifically Affects the Structure and Properties of Starch in Rice Endosperm

Hikaru Satoh, Aiko Nishi, Kazuhiro Yamashita +6

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

We have isolated a starch mutant that was deficient in starch-branching enzyme I (BEI) from the endosperm mutant stocks of rice (Oryza sativa) induced by the treatment of fertilized egg cells with...

Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation in humans—metabolic effects

Annika Smedman, Bengt Vessby

Lipids

Supplementation with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) induces a number of physiological effects in experimental animals, including reduced body fat content, decreased aortic lipid deposition, and...

Whole Genome Comparison of <i>Campylobacter jejuni</i> Human Isolates Using a Low-Cost Microarray Reveals Extensive Genetic Diversity

Nick Dorrell, Joseph A. Mangan, Ken Laing +9

Genome Research

Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial food-borne diarrhoeal disease throughout the world, and yet is still a poorly understood pathogen. Whole genome microarray comparisons of 11 C....

Prophylactic and Therapeutic Uses of Probiotics

Lori Kopp-Hoolihan

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Pathologic and physiologic interactions of bacteria with the gastrointestinal epithelium

Lei Lü, W. Allan Walker

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Potential Antiatherogenic Mechanisms of Ascorbate (Vitamin C) and α-Tocopherol (Vitamin E)

Anitra C. Carr, Ben‐Zhan Zhu, Balz Frei

Circulation Research

The premise that oxidative stress, among several other factors, plays an important role in atherogenesis implies that the development and progression of atherosclerosis can be inhibited by...

Polyunsaturated fatty acids in the food chain in Europe

T. A. B. Sanders

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Encapsulated fish oil enriched in α‐tocopherol alters plasma phospholipid and mononuclear cell fatty acid compositions but not mononuclear cell functions

Yaqoob Yaqoob, Pala, Cortina‐Borja +2

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Supplementation of the diet with 3.2 g EPA plus DHA per day markedly alters plasma phospholipid and PBMC fatty acid compositions. The lack of effect of FO upon PBMC functions may relate to the level...

Survival of probiotic microflora in Argentinian yoghurts during refrigerated storage

C.G. Vinderola, Nanci B. Bailo, Jorge Reinheimer

Food Research International

Preparation of Genomic <scp>DNA</scp> from Mammalian Tissue

William M. Strauss

Current Protocols in Molecular Biology

There are a number of different procedures for the preparation of genomic DNA. They all start with some form of cell lysis, followed by deproteination and recovery of DNA. The main differences...

Interactions between zinc and vitamin A: an update

Parul Christian, Keith P. West

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Human salmonellosis associated with exotic pets

David L. Woodward, Rasik Khakhria, W M Johnson

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

During the period from 1994 to 1996, an increase in the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of human salmonellosis associated with exposure to exotic pets including iguanas, pet turtles, sugar...

Occurrence, distribution, and associations of O and H serogroups, colonization factor antigens, and toxins of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

M K Wolf

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a leading cause of infectious diarrhea worldwide. Four categories of antigens have been commonly studied: O serogroup, H serogroup, colonization factor...

Renal Denervation Attenuates the Sodium Retention and Hypertension Associated With Obesity

Salah Eldin Kassab, Tatsuya Kato, F. C. Wilkins +3

Hypertension

Recent studies have indicated that obesity is associated with hypertension, sodium retention, and increased sympathetic nervous system activity. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of...

Comparison of efficacy and safety of low molecular weight heparins and unfractionated heparin in initial treatment of deep venous thrombosis: a meta-analysis

Alain Leizorovicz, Gérald Simonneau, Hervé Decousus +1

BMJ

Low molecular weight heparins seem to have a higher benefit to risk ratio than unfractionated heparin in the treatment of venous thrombosis. These results, however, remain to be confirmed by using...

Sensory Evaluation in Quality Control

Alejandra M. Muñoz, Gail Vance Civille, B. Thomas Carr

The eae gene of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli encodes a 94-kilodalton membrane protein, the expression of which is influenced by the EAF plasmid

Ann E. Jerse, James B. Kaper

Infection and Immunity

The production of a characteristic intestinal histopathology called attaching and effacing (A/E) lesions by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is a major characteristic of EPEC pathogenesis. We...

Factors to Consider When Selecting a Culture of Lactobacillus acidophilus as a Dietary Adjunct to Produce a Hypocholesterolemic Effect in Humans

S. E. Gilliland, D.K. Walker

Journal of Dairy Science

Significant variations in bile tolerance and ability to assimilate cholesterol were observed among 12 cultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus of human origin. The degree of bile tolerance as measured...