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Factors Affecting Chemical Variability of Essential Oils: A Review of Recent Developments

Andrea Barra

Natural Product Communications

This review, covering mainly papers of the last decade, focuses on recent findings on the different factors affecting the chemical composition of essential oils, such as exogenous and endogenous...

A new feature for monitoring the condition of gearboxes in non-stationary operating conditions

Walter Bartelmus, Radosław Zimroz

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Functional properties of protein concentrates and isolates produced from cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) nut

S.O. Ogunwolu, Folake O. Henshaw, Hans‐Peter Mock +2

Food Chemistry

Proposed Recommended Nutrient Densities for Moderately Malnourished Children

Michael Golden

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Recommended Nutrient Intakes (RNIs) are set for healthy individuals living in clean environments. There are no generally accepted RNIs for those with moderate malnutrition, wasting, and stunting, who...

Mean platelet volume is a risk factor for venous thromboembolism: the Tromsø study

Sigrid K. Brækkan, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, Inger Njølstad +3

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Pulmonary embolism in pregnancy

Ghada Bourjeily, Michael J. Paidas, Hanan Khalil +2

The Lancet

The Value of Family History as a Risk Indicator for Venous Thrombosis

Irene D. Bezemer, F.J.M. van der Meer, Jeroen Eikenboom +2

Archives of Internal Medicine

Family history is a risk indicator for a first venous thrombosis, regardless of the other risk factors identified. In clinical practice, family history may be more useful for risk assessment than...

Microencapsulation of Lactobacillus plantarum spp in an alginate matrix coated with whey proteins

Gildas K. Gbassi, Thierry Vandamme, Saïd Ennahar +1

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Influence of initial emulsifier type on microstructural changes occurring in emulsified lipids during in vitro digestion

Sun Jin Hur, Eric A. Decker, David Julian McClements

Food Chemistry

Cauliflower by-products as a new source of dietary fibre, antioxidants and proteins in cereal based ready-to-eat expanded snacks

Valentina Stojceska, Paul Ainsworth, Andrew Plunkett +2

Journal of Food Engineering

Comparison of sugar beet pectin, soybean soluble polysaccharide, and gum arabic as food emulsifiers. 1. Effect of concentration, pH, and salts on the emulsifying properties

Makoto Nakauma, Takahiro Funami, Sakie Noda +4

Food Hydrocolloids

Selenium in chemistry and biochemistry in comparison to sulfur

Ludger A. Wessjohann, Alex Schneider, Muhammad Abbas +1

Biological Chemistry

What makes selenoenzymes--seen from a chemist's view--so special that they cannot be substituted by just more analogous or adapted sulfur proteins? This review compiles and compares physicochemical...

Nutrition and Student Performance at School

Howard Taras

Journal of School Health

This article reviews research from published studies on the association between nutrition among school-aged children and their performance in school and on tests of cognitive functioning. Each...

The post-thrombotic syndrome: risk factors and impact on the course of thrombotic disease

M. STAIN, Verena Schönauer, E Minar +5

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

BAY 59-7939: an oral, direct Factor Xa inhibitor for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in patients after total knee replacement. A phase II dose-ranging study

Alexander G.G. Turpie, W. D. Fisher, Kenneth A. Bauer +5

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Dietary PUFA for Preterm and Term Infants: Review of Clinical Studies

Mathilde Fleith, M. Thomas Clandinin

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Human milk contains n-3 and n-6 LCPUFA (long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids), which are absent from many infant formulas. During neonatal life, there is a rapid accretion of AA (arachidonic acid)...

Soluble factors from <i>Lactobacillus GG</i> activate MAPKs and induce cytoprotective heat shock proteins in intestinal epithelial cells

Yun Tao, Kenneth Drabik, Tonya S. Waypa +5

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology

Conditioned media from the probiotic Lactobacillus GG (LGG-CM) induce heat shock protein (Hsp) expression in intestinal epithelial cells. LGG-CM induces both Hsp25 and Hsp72 in a time- and...

Evolution of pathogenicity islands of Salmonella enterica

Michael Hensel

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Opuntia spp mucilage's: a functional component with industrial perspectives

Carmen Sáenz, Elena Sepúlveda, Betty Matsuhiro

Journal of Arid Environments

Effects of different irrigation regimes on the growth and yield of drip-irrigated potato

Bao‐Zhong Yuan, Soichi Nishiyama, Yaohu Kang

Agricultural Water Management

Competitive exclusion by Bacillus subtilis spores of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis and Clostridium perfringens in young chickens

Roberto M. La Ragione

Veterinary Microbiology

Gastric versus post-pyloric feeding: a systematic review

Paul E. Marik, Gary P. Zaloga

Critical Care

In this meta-analysis we were unable to demonstrate a clinical benefit from post-pyloric versus gastric tube feeding in a mixed group of critically ill patients, including medical, neurosurgical, and...

Application of Polymer Science to Properties of Gluten

Harminder Singh, F. MacRitchie

Journal of Cereal Science

Isolation and characterization of human colonic bacteria able to hydrolyse chlorogenic acid

Delphine Couteau, A.L. McCartney, Glenn R. Gibson +2

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Free hydroxycinnamates, including caffeic, ferulic and p-coumaric acids, exhibit antioxidant and anticarcinogenic properties both in vitro and in animal models. Given that the gut flora has a major...

<i>Bacillus subtilis</i> and Its Closest Relatives

ASM Press eBooks

Effective risk stratification of surgical and nonsurgical patients for venous thromboembolic disease

Joseph A. Caprini, Juan I. Arcelus, JoséJ Reyna

Seminars in Hematology

Extended Out-of-Hospital Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Prophylaxis against Deep Venous Thrombosis in Patients after Elective Hip Arthroplasty

Russell D. Hull, Graham F. Pineo, Paul D. Stein +8

Annals of Internal Medicine

Extended LMWH prophylaxis showed consistent effectiveness and safety in the trials (regardless of study variations in clinical practice and length of hospital stay) for venographic deep venous...

Oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates in bovine milk and colostrum

Pramod K. Gopal, Harsharn Gill

British Journal Of Nutrition

Oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates are some of the most important bioactive components in milk. A great deal of information is available on the biological function of the components from human...

β-Lactoglobulin Binds Palmitate within Its Central Cavity

Su‐Ying Wu, María Dolores Pérez, Pilar Puyol +1

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Bovine beta-lactoglobulin (beta-Lg) has been studied extensively in both the isolated and the naturally occurring states. It is a commercially important whey protein of obvious nutritional value but,...

The Microbiology of Meat and Poultry

Martin R. Adams

International Journal of Food Science & Technology

The applicability of the GAB model to food water sorption isotherms

Piotr P. Lewicki

International Journal of Food Science & Technology

Abstract The fitting ability of the GAB equation has been analysed. It has been shown that the GAB model describes well sigmoidal type isotherms when parameters are kept in the following regions:...

Antifungal Activity of Oregano and Thyme Essential Oils Applied as Fumigants Against Fungi Attacking Stored Grain

N. Paster, M. Menasherov, Uzi Ravid +1

Journal of Food Protection

Consumer expectations and their role in food acceptance

Armand V. Cardello

A Prospective Randomized Trial of Total Parenteral Nutrition After Major Pancreatic Resection for Malignancy

Murray F. Brennan, Peter W. T. Pisters, Mitchell C. Posner +2

Annals of Surgery

Routine applications of postoperative parenteral nutrition to patients undergoing major pancreatic resection for malignancy cannot be recommended. Further studies are required to determine the reason...

The physiology and biochemistry of the proteolytic system in lactic acid bacteria

G. G. PRITCHARD, Tim Coolbear

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

The inability of lactic acid bacteria to synthesize many of the amino acids required for protein synthesis necessitates the active functioning of a proteolytic system in those environments where...

Aggregative adherence fimbriae I of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli mediate adherence to HEp-2 cells and hemagglutination of human erythrocytes

James P. Nataro, Ye Deng, David R. Maneval +3

Infection and Immunity

Strains of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAggEC) have been implicated in several studies as important agents of persistent diarrhea among infants in the developing world. We have previously...

Numbers of <i>Salmonella enteritidis</i> in the contents of naturally contaminated hens' eggs

T. J. Humphrey, A. Whitehead, Andrew Gawler +2

Epidemiology and Infection

Over 5700 hens eggs from 15 flocks naturally infected with Salmonella enteritidis were examined individually for the presence of the organism in either egg contents or on shells. Thirty-two eggs...

Acute Morbidity and Physical Growth in Rural Guatemalan Children

Reynaldo Martorell

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

The relationship between morbidity and physical growth increments was investigated in 716 Guatemalan children ranging in age from 15 days to 7 years. The growth variables investigated were semestral...

EFFICACY OF LOW DOSES OF HEPARIN IN PREVENTION OF DEEP-VEIN THROMBOSIS AFTER MAJOR SURGERY

V V Kakkar, J Spindler, P.T. Flute +5

The Lancet

Thrombosis of the Deep Leg Veins Due to Prolonged Sitting

John Homans

New England Journal of Medicine

"SPONTANEOUS" thrombosis, according to DeCamp, Landry, Ochsner and DeBakey,1 represents between 4 and 5 per cent of all venous thrombosis in the limbs (the lower limbs almost exclusively). The very...

Xanthan gum derivatives: review of synthesis, properties and diverse applications

Jwala Patel, Biswajit Maji, N. S. Hari Narayana Moorthy +1

RSC Advances

Natural polysaccharides are well known for their biocompatibility, non-toxicity and biodegradability. These properties are also inherent to xanthan gum (XG), a microbial polysaccharide. This...

A Review on Acrylamide in Food: Occurrence, Toxicity, and Mitigation Strategies

Lubna Rifai, Fatima Saleh

International Journal of Toxicology

Acrylamide (AA) is a food contaminant present in a wide range of frequently consumed foods, which makes human exposure to this toxicant unfortunately unavoidable. However, efforts to reduce the...

The gut–brain axis mediates sugar preference

Hwei-Ee Tan, Alexander C. Sisti, Hao Jin +5

Nature

Co-delivery of curcumin and piperine in zein-carrageenan core-shell nanoparticles: Formation, structure, stability and in vitro gastrointestinal digestion

Shuai Chen, Qike Li, David Julian McClements +4

Food Hydrocolloids

Nanosystems in Edible Coatings: A Novel Strategy for Food Preservation

María L. Zambrano‐Zaragoza, Ricardo M. González-Reza, Néstor Mendoza‐Muñoz +4

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Currently, nanotechnology represents an important tool and an efficient option for extending the shelf life of foods. Reducing particle size to nanometric scale gives materials distinct and improved...