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Vitamin A Supplementation and Child Mortality

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...

Probiotics: A General View

R. Havenaar, J.H.J. Huis in’t Veld

Chocolate craving and liking

Paul Rozin, Eleanor K. Levine, Caryn Stoess

Appetite

Measurement of D-dimer in plasma as diagnostic aid in suspected pulmonary embolism

Henri Bounameaux, P. Cirafici, P de Moerloose +4

The Lancet

pH-Induced dissociation of bovine casein micelles. I. Analysis of liberated caseins

Douglas G. Dalgleish, Andrew J. R. Law

Journal of Dairy Research

Summary The dissociation of caseins of different types from casein micelles in milk, acidified to different pH values in the range 4·9–6·7, and at temperatures of 4, 20 and 30 °C, has been studied....

Development of a sensitive enzymeimmunoassay (EIA) for progesterone determination in unextracted bovine plasma using the second antibody technique

B.S. Prakash, H.H.D. Meyer, E. Schallenberger +1

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry

Polysaccharide breakdown by mixed populations of human faecal bacteria

Hans N. Englyst, S. Hay, G.T. Macfarlane

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Measurements of polysaccharide-degrading activity in different fractions of human faeces showed that bacterial polysaccharidases and glycosidases were primarily associated with the washed bacterial...

Regulation of free and bound magnesium in rat hepatocytes and isolated mitochondria.

Barbara E. Corkey, Jerzy Duszyński, T. L. Rich +2

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Null point titration techniques have been developed for measurements of cytosolic free Mg2+ in isolated cells and matrix free Mg2+ in isolated mitochondria using antipyrylazo III as a...

Enzyme with dual lipoxygenase activities catalyzes leukotriene A4 synthesis from arachidonic acid.

Takao Shimizu, Olof Rådmark, B Samuelsson

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

When arachidonic acid was incubated with homogenates of potato tubers, two isomers of 6-trans-leukotriene B4, epimeric at C-12, were formed in addition to the major product,...

Validation of self-reported smoking behavior: biochemical analyses of cotinine and thiocyanate.

Nancy J. Haley, C. M. Axelrad, Karishma Tilton

American Journal of Public Health

Biochemical determinations of plasma and salivary cotinine and thiocyanate were used to differentiate smokers from non-smokers and to follow daily smoking patterns in smokers. Results indicate that...

Thromboxane A3 (TXA3) is formed in human platelets after dietary eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5ω3)

Sven Fischer, Christian Weber

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Hydrodynamics and protein hydration

Phil G. Squire, Michael E. Himmel

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Microbial surfaces in relation to pathogenicity

Harry Smith

Bacteriological Reviews

The pontine taste area in the rat

Ralph Norgren, Carl Pfaffmann

Brain Research

Determination of Copper and Zinc in Biological Material

Mary M Parker, Fred L. Humoller, Delmar J. Mahler

Clinical Chemistry

Abstract Copper and zinc are readily determined in biological material by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Two procedures are presented for the quantitative estimation of these metals in serum....

RADIATION-STIMULATED DNA SYNTHESIS IN CULTURED MAMMALIAN CELLS

Ronald E. Rasmussen, Robert B. Painter

The Journal of Cell Biology

A type of DNA synthesis in mammalian cells that is stimulated by ultraviolet light has been studied by means of radioautography and density gradient centrifugation. The characteristics of this...

A Millennium of Fungi, Food, and Fermentation

C. W. Hesseltine

Mycologia

Procedures for the pure culture preparation of some fermented but nonalcoholic foods are outlined. These include tempeh, ragi, sufu, shoyu, ang-kak, tea fungus, and miso. The fungi used in the manu...

Characterizing the mucin-degrading capacity of the human gut microbiota

Janiece Glover, Taylor Ticer, Melinda A. Engevik

Scientific Reports

Mucin-degrading microbes are known to harbor glycosyl hydrolases (GHs) which cleave specific glycan linkages. Although several microbial species have been identified as mucin degraders, there are...

The food-gut axis: lactic acid bacteria and their link to food, the gut microbiome and human health

Francesca De Filippis, Edoardo Pasolli, Danilo Ercolini

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are present in foods, the environment and the animal gut, although fermented foods (FFs) are recognized as the primary niche of LAB activity. Several LAB strains have been...

Nutritional support for children during critical illness: European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) metabolism, endocrine and nutrition section position statement and clinical recommendations

Lyvonne N. Tume, Frédéric V. Valla, Koen F. M. Joosten +9

Intensive Care Medicine

We present a position statement and clinical practice recommendations. The general level of evidence of the available literature was low. We have summarised this and provided a practical guidance for...

Human Development Indices and Indicators 2018

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations eBooks

Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical Update is being released to ensure consistency in reporting on key human development indices and statistics. It provides a brief overview of...

Magnesium deficiency and increased inflammation: current perspectives

Forrest H. Nielsen

Journal of Inflammation Research

Animal studies have shown that magnesium deficiency induces an inflammatory response that results in leukocyte and macrophage activation, release of inflammatory cytokines and acute-phase proteins,...

Thymic tuft cells promote an IL-4-enriched medulla and shape thymocyte development

Corey N. Miller, Irina Proekt, Jakob von Moltke +17

Nature

Defining the human copper proteome and analysis of its expression variation in cancers

Stéphanie Blockhuys, Emanuele Celauro, Camilla Hildesjö +4

Metallomics

Copper (Cu) is essential for living organisms, and acts as a cofactor in many metabolic enzymes. To avoid the toxicity of free Cu, organisms have specific transport systems that 'chaperone' the metal...

Comparison of emulsifying properties of food-grade polysaccharides in oil-in-water emulsions: Gum arabic, beet pectin, and corn fiber gum

Long Bai, Siqi Huan, Zhiguo Li +1

Food Hydrocolloids

Human calprotectin is an iron-sequestering host-defense protein

Toshiki G. Nakashige, Bo Zhang, Carsten Krebs +1

Nature Chemical Biology

Probiotics: Properties, Examples, and Specific Applications

Judith Behnsen, Elisa Deriu, Martina Sassone‐Corsi +1

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Probiotics are beneficial components of the microbiota that have been used for centuries because of the health benefits they confer to the host. Only recently, however, has the contribution of...

All-natural composite wound dressing films of essential oils encapsulated in sodium alginate with antimicrobial properties

Ioannis Liakos, Loris Rizzello, David J. Scurr +3

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Antecedents of food neophobia and its association with eating behavior and food choices

Michael Siegrist, Christina Hartmann, Carmen Keller

Food Quality and Preference

Antibacterial, antioxidant and tyrosinase-inhibition activities of pomegranate fruit peel methanolic extract

Olaniyi Amos Fawole, Nokwanda P. Makunga, Umezuruike Linus Opara

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The present study showed that the tested pomegranate peels exhibited strong antibacterial, antioxidant and tyrosinase-inhibition activities. These results suggest that pomegranate fruit peel could be...

Regulation of brain iron and copper homeostasis by brain barrier systems: Implication in neurodegenerative diseases

Wei Zheng, Andrew D. Monnot

Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Is it the plate or is it the food? Assessing the influence of the color (black or white) and shape of the plate on the perception of the food placed on it

Betina Piqueras‐Fiszman, Jorge Alcaide-Marzal, Elena Roura +1

Food Quality and Preference

The prognostic value of markers of right ventricular dysfunction in pulmonary embolism: a meta-analysis

Guillaume Coutance, Emmanuelle Cauderlier, Javed Ehtisham +2

Critical Care

The presence of echocardiographic RV dysfunction or elevated natriuretic peptides is associated with short-term mortality in patients with pulmonary embolism without hemodynamic compromise. In...

Betalainic and nutritional profiles of pigment-enriched red beet root (Beta vulgaris L.) dried extracts

Boris Nemzer, Zbigniew Pietrzkowski, Aneta Spórna‐Kucab +4

Food Chemistry

Effect of Enzymatic Hydrolysis on Native Starch Granule Structure

Jaroslav Blaz̆ek, Elliot P. Gilbert

Biomacromolecules

Enzymatic digestion of six starches of different botanical origin was studied in real time by in situ time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and complemented by the analysis of native...

AAHA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines for Dogs and Cats

Kimberly Baldwin, Joe Bartges, Tony Buffington +4

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

The American Animal Hospital Association recommends these nutritional assessment guidelines because good nutrition enhances pets’ quality and quantity of life, and is integral to optimal animal care....

Antimicrobial efficacy of eucalyptus oil and 1,8-cineole alone and in combination with chlorhexidine digluconate against microorganisms grown in planktonic and biofilm cultures

Emma Hendry, T. Worthington, Barbara R. Conway +1

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

In conclusion, CHG may be combined with either crude EO or its major component 1,8-cineole for enhanced, synergistic antimicrobial activity against a wide range of microorganisms in planktonic and...

Peptides are Building Blocks of Heat-Induced Fibrillar Protein Aggregates of β-Lactoglobulin Formed at pH 2

C. Akkermans, Paul Venema, Atze Jan van der Goot +4

Biomacromolecules

The proteinaceous material present in beta-lactoglobulin fibrils formed after heating (20 h at 85 degrees C) at pH 2 was identified during this study. Fibrils were separated from the nonaggregated...

Raman and FTIR spectroscopic study of carboxymethylated non-starch polysaccharides

Sze‐Nga Yuen, Siu‐Mei Choi, David Lee Phillips +1

Food Chemistry

Four types of non-starch polysaccharides including cellulose, guar gum, locust bean gum and xanthan gum were modified by carboxymethylation. The degree of substitution (DS) was determined by a...

Antimicrobial resistance in typhoidal and nontyphoidal salmonellae

Christopher M. Parry, E. John Threlfall

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Patterns of resistance in Salmonella are constantly changing. Continual surveillance of resistance levels is critical for clinicians to keep abreast of treatment options, but it is often lacking in...

Influence of wine fermentation temperature on the synthesis of yeast-derived volatile aroma compounds

Ana María Molina, Jan H. Swiegers, Cristián Varela +2

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Negative effects of malachite green and possibilities of its replacement in the treatment of fish eggs and fish: a review

Eliška Sudová, Jana Machová, Zdeňka Svobodová +1

Veterinární Medicína

Malachite green has been used as an effective compound to control external fungal and protozoan infections of fish since 1933 but it has never been registered as a veterinary drug for use in food...

SREBP1 and Thyroid Hormone Responsive Spot 14 (S14) Are Involved in the Regulation of Bovine Mammary Lipid Synthesis during Diet-Induced Milk Fat Depression and Treatment with CLA

K.J. Harvatine, Dale E. Bauman

Journal of Nutrition

Effects of Lactobacillus strains on cancer cell proliferation and oxidative stress in vitro

Siyoung Choi, Y. Kim, K.S. Han +3

Letters in Applied Microbiology

These soluble polysaccharide components from Lactobacillus may be applied to various foods, and used as adjuncts for cancer therapy and prevention.

Contrasting Modes of Evolution Between Vertebrate Sweet/Umami Receptor Genes and Bitter Receptor Genes

Peng Shi, Jianzhi Zhang

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Taste reception is fundamental to diet selection in many animals. The genetic basis underlying the evolution and diversity of taste reception, however, is not well understood. Recent discoveries of...

Saturated fats: what dietary intake?

J. Bruce German, Cora J. Dillard

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Artificial sweeteners—do they bear a carcinogenic risk?

Martin R. Weihrauch, Volker Diehl

Annals of Oncology

Estimates of Global Prevalence of Childhood Underweight in 1990 and 2015

Mercedes de Onís

JAMA

An overall improvement in the global situation is anticipated; however, neither the world as a whole, nor the developing regions, are expected to achieve the Millennium Development goals. This is...

Detection by 5′-nuclease PCR of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli O26, O55, O91, O103, O111, O113, O145 and O157:H7, associated with the world's most frequent clinical cases

Sylvie Pérelle, F. Dilasser, Joël Grout +1

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Supplementation with cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) fruit decreases oxidative stress in healthy humans: a comparative study with vitamin C

Luisa Tesoriere, Daniela Butera, Anna Maria Pintaudi +2

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition