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The burden of anemia among women in India

Margaret E. Bentley, Paula Griffiths

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Stevioside induces antihyperglycaemic, insulinotropic and glucagonostatic effects in vivo: studies in the diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats

Per Bendix Jeppesen, Søren Gregersen, Kirsten Alstrup +1

Phytomedicine

Comparison of the in vitro bifidogenic properties of pectins and pectic-oligosaccharides

Estíbaliz Olano-Martin, Glenn R. Gibson, Robert A. Rastall

Journal of Applied Microbiology

The effect of size on prebiotic potential was demonstrated. Non-selectively fermented polysaccharides like pectin can have their bifidogenic properties improved by partial hydrolysis.

Microbial biohydrogenation of oleic acid to trans isomers in vitro

Erin E. Mosley, Gary L. Powell, Melissa B. Riley +1

Journal of Lipid Research

Ruminant products are significant sources of dietary trans fatty acids. Trans fatty acids, including various conjugated linoleic acid isomers, have been shown to act as metabolic modifiers of lipid...

The Genetic Bases for the Variation in the Lipo-oligosaccharide of the Mucosal Pathogen, Campylobacter jejuni

Michel Gilbert, Marie-France Karwaski, Stéphane Bernatchez +5

Journal of Biological Chemistry

We have compared the lipo-oligosaccharide (LOS) biosynthesis loci from 11 Campylobacter jejuni strains expressing a total of 8 different ganglioside mimics in their LOS outer cores. Based on the...

A Comparison of 14 Jams Characterized by Conventional Profile and a Quick Original Method, the Flash Profile

Victoire Dairou, J.M. Sieffermann

Journal of Food Science

ABSTRACT: Flash Profile (FP) is a sensory descriptive method derived from Free Choice Profiling where each subject chooses and uses his/her own words to evaluate the whole product set comparatively....

Extraction, denaturation and hydrophobic Properties of Rice Flour Proteins

Zhi Yong Ju, Navam Hettiarachchy, N.C. Rath

Journal of Food Science

ABSTRACT: Rice proteins were extracted from defatted rice flour. Turbidity measurement of supernatants revealed isoelectric points of albumin (pH 4.1), globulin (pH 4.3 and pH 7.9), and glutelin (pH...

The Human ZIP1 Transporter Mediates Zinc Uptake in Human K562 Erythroleukemia Cells

L. Alex Gaither, David Eide

Journal of Biological Chemistry

The ZIP superfamily of transporters plays important roles in metal ion uptake in diverse organisms. There are 12 ZIP-encoding genes in humans, and we hypothesize that many of these proteins are zinc...

Identification of SopE2 from <i>Salmonella typhimurium</i>, a conserved guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Cdc42 of the host cell

Silke Stender, Andrea Friebel, Stefan Linder +3

Molecular Microbiology

Salmonella typhimurium translocates effector proteins into host cells via the SPI1 type III secretion system to induce responses such as membrane ruffling and internalization by non-phagocytic cells....

Evidence that synaptically-released zinc contributes to neuronal injury after traumatic brain injury

Sang Won Suh, Jefferson W. Chen, Massoud Motamedi +5

Brain Research

Texture and Chemical Characteristics of Soy Protein Meat Analog Extruded at High Moisture

Sheng Lin, H.E. Huff, Fushing Hsieh

Journal of Food Science

ABSTRACT: The relationships among extruder responses, texture, and protein solubility of soy protein meat analogs were studied. Soy protein isolate and wheat starch at 9:1 ratio were extruded at 60%,...

Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Disease Prevention: A Review of Current Knowledge

Helen B. MacDonald

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a derivative of a fatty acid linoleic acid (LA), has been reported to decrease tumorigenesis in animals. CLA is unique because unlike most antioxidants which are...

An estimation of selenium requirements for New Zealanders

Anna J. Duffield, Christine D. Thomson, Kristina E. Hill +1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Evidence for the unique function of docosahexaenoic acid during the evolution of the modern hominid brain

Michael A. Crawford, M. Bloom, C. Leigh Broadhurst +7

Lipids

Abstract The African savanna ecosystem of the large mammals and primates was associated with a dramatic decline in relative brain capacity associated with little docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which is...

Thermoregulation of Shigella and Escherichia coli EIEC pathogenicity. A temperature-dependent structural transition of DNA modulates accessibility of virF promoter to transcriptional repressor H-NS

Maurizio Falconi, Bianca Colonna, Gianni Prosseda +2

The EMBO Journal

Pex/PEX tissue distribution and evidence for a deletion in the 3' region of the Pex gene in X-linked hypophosphatemic mice.

Laurent Beck, Youssouf Soumounou, Josée Martel +4

Journal of Clinical Investigation

PEX, a phosphate-regulating gene with homology to endopeptidases on the X chromosome, was recently identified as the candidate gene for X-linked hypophosphatemia. In the present study, we cloned...

The Yeast Fre1p/Fre2p Cupric Reductases Facilitate Copper Uptake and Are Regulated by the Copper-modulated Mac1p Activator

Elena Georgatsou, Lampros A. Mavrogiannis, George S. Fragiadakis +1

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Fre1p and Fre2p are ferric reductases which account for the total plasma membrane associated activity, a prerequisite for iron uptake, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.The two genes are transcriptionally...

Gender differentials in tuberculosis: The role of socio-economic and cultural factors

Patricia Hudelson

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Evaluating the antioxidant potential of new treatments for inflammatory bowel disease using a rat model of colitis.

Andrew Millar, David S. Rampton, C. L. Chander +6

Gut

The similarity of the chemiluminescence responses of colonic biopsy specimens from acetic acid induced colitis and ulcerative colitis to a range of conventional antioxidants and standard treatments...

Acute inflammation causes epithelial invasion and mucosal destruction in experimental shigellosis.

O J Perdomo, Jean‐Marc Cavaillon, Michel Huerre +3

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

The gram-negative pathogen Shigella flexneri causes bacillary dysentery, an invasive disease of the human colonic mucosa. A major characteristic of the infectious process is the occurrence of an...

Low molecular weight versus standard heparin for prevention of venous thromboembolism after major abdominal surgery

V.V. Kakkar, A.T. Cohen, R.A. Edmonson +6

The Lancet

Changes in Lipid Peroxidation and Lipolytic and Free-Radical Scavenging Enzyme Activities during Aging and Sprouting of Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Seed-Tubers

G. N. Mohan Kumar, N. Richard Knowles

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Previous research has shown that cell membranes of potato (Solanum tuberosum L. cv Russet Burbank) seed-tubers lose integrity between 7 and 26 months of storage (4[deg]C, 95% relative humidity), and...

Detection of the thermostable direct hemolysin gene (tdh) and the thermostable direct hemolysin-related hemolysin gene (trh) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus by polymerase chain reaction

Jun Tada, Tetsuo Ohashi, Naoyuki Nishimura +6

Molecular and Cellular Probes

A plasmid‐encoded type IV fimbrial gene of enteropathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> associated with localized adherence

Michael S. Donnenberg, Jorge A. Girón, James P. Nataro +1

Molecular Microbiology

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) form adherent microcolonies on the surface of tissue culture cells in a pattern termed localized adherence. Localized adherence requires the presence of a...

Risks of Practices, Procedures and Processes that Lead to Outbreaks of Foodborne Diseases

Frank L. Bryan

Journal of Food Protection

Ochrobactrum anthropi gen. nov., sp. nov. from Human Clinical Specimens and Previously Known as Group Vd

B. Holmes, Michel R. Popoff, M. Kiredjian +1

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

In this study we examined the taxonomic relationships of strains variously labeled Achromobacter species biotypes 1 and 2, Achromobacter group A, and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) groups Vd-1 and...

Gene cloning and expression in lactic streptococci

Willem M. de Vos

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Recent developments have made the mesophilic lactic streptococci, widely used in dairy fermentations, accessible to genetic manipulation. Several host-vector systems have been described which...

Rheology of Xanthan Gum: Salt, Temperature, and Strain Effects in Oscillatory and Steady Shear Experiments

Willie E. Rochefort, Stanley Middleman

Journal of Rheology

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A multivalent lacto-N-fucopentaose III-lysyllysine conjugate decompacts preimplantation mouse embryos, while the free oligosaccharide is ineffective.

B A Fenderson, Uri Zehavi, S Hakomori

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

A multivalent lacto-N-fucopentaose (LNFP) III-lysyllysine conjugate was observed to decompact preimplantation mouse embryos. Decompaction was not obtained with free oligosaccharides (LNFP II and...

Permeation of long-chain fatty acid into adipocytes. Kinetics, specificity, and evidence for involvement of a membrane protein.

Nada A. Abumrad, J H Park, C. R. Park

Journal of Biological Chemistry

This study extends our earlier work (Abumrad, N. A., Perkins, R.C., Park, J.H., and Park, C.R. J. Biol. Chem. 256, 9183-9191) which showed that oleate permeates the plasma membrane of the rat...

Contribution of Adhesion to Bacterial Persistence in the Mouse Urinary Tract

Lars Hagberg, R Hull, Sally Hull +3

Infection and Immunity

The affinity of uropathogenic Escherichia coli to kidneys and bladders of experimentally infected mice was shown to be determined in part by the adhesive properties of the infecting bacteria. Mice...

Mannose Binding and Epithelial Cell Adherence of <i>Escherichia coli</i>

Itzhak Ofek, E H Beachey

Infection and Immunity

The mannose-binding activity of several isolates of Escherichia coli was monitored by aggregometry with mannan-containing yeast cells. The velocity of yeast cell aggregation was found to correlate...

Experimental Salmonella typhimurium infection in calves

C. Wray, W.J. Sojka

Research in Veterinary Science

Immunochemical studies on the specificity of the peanut (Arachis hypogaea) Agglutinin

M E Pereira, Elvin A. Kabat, Reuben Lotan +1

Carbohydrate Research

Primary structure of the vitamin K‐dependent part of prothrombin

Staffan Magnusson, Lars Sottrup‐Jensen, Torben E. Petersen

FEBS Letters

Monosodium L-Glutamate: Its Pharmacology and Role in the Chinese Restaurant Syndrome

Herbert H. Schaumburg, Robert Byck, Robert Gerstl +1

Science

Monosodium L-glutamate is the cause of the Chinese restaurant syndrome and can precipitate headaches. In appropriate doses it causes burning sensations, facial pressure, and chest pain. These are...

Growth, Cell and Nuclear Divisions in some Bacteria

Moselio Schaechter, J. P. Williamson, J. R. Hood +1

Journal of General Microbiology

SUMMARY: The timing of cell and nuclear division of certain enteric bacteria was determined under conditions of balanced growth. Organisms were grown in a high refractive index medium and...

Autoradiograph Technique

I. Doniach, S. R. Pelc

British Journal of Radiology

The paper deals with the physical principles of the technique of autoradiography, details of the stripping film technique, the histological methods used in the preparation of the specimen and is...

Recent Advances in Intelligent Food Packaging Applications Using Natural Food Colorants

Ruchir Priyadarshi, Parya Ezati, Jong‐Whan Rhim

ACS Food Science & Technology

This review covers the latest research done in biopolymer-based pH-responsive color indicators integrated with natural colorants for real-time monitoring of packaged food quality. The pH-dependent...

Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS): Key Components in Cancer Therapies

Biswa Mohan Sahoo, Bimal Krishna Banik, Preetismita Borah +1

Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) refers to the highly reactive substances which contain oxygen radicals. Hypochlorous acid, peroxides, superoxide, singlet oxygen, alpha-oxygen, and hydroxyl radicals are...

Essential Oils: Pharmaceutical Applications and Encapsulation Strategies into Lipid-Based Delivery Systems

Cinzia Cimino, Oriana Maria Maurel, Teresa Musumeci +5

Pharmaceutics

Essential oils are being studied for more than 60 years, but a growing interest has emerged in the recent decades due to a desire for a rediscovery of natural remedies. Essential oils are known for...

Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Antibacterial Mechanism of Limonene against Listeria monocytogenes

Yingjie Han, Zhichang Sun, Wenxue Chen

Molecules

Limonene is a monoterpenoid compound, which is founded in a lot of plants' essential oils with good antibacterial activity against food-borne pathogens, but it has an ambiguous antimicrobial...

Genomic and epidemiological evidence of bacterial transmission from probiotic capsule to blood in ICU patients

Idan Yelin, Kelly B. Flett, Christina Merakou +10

Nature Medicine

Selenium nanoparticles: A potent chemotherapeutic agent and an elucidation of its mechanism

Soumya V. Menon, Shrudhi Devi Ks, R Santhiya +2

Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces

Subclinical magnesium deficiency: a principal driver of cardiovascular disease and a public health crisis

James J. DiNicolantonio, James H. O’Keefe, William Wilson

Open Heart

Because serum magnesium does not reflect intracellular magnesium, the latter making up more than 99% of total body magnesium, most cases of magnesium deficiency are undiagnosed. Furthermore, because...

Intake of individual saturated fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease in US men and women: two prospective longitudinal cohort studies

Geng Zong, Yanping Li, Anne J. Wanders +5

BMJ

Higher dietary intakes of major SFAs are associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease. Owing to similar associations and high correlations among individual SFAs, dietary...

Nutraceutical Value of Finger Millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.], and Their Improvement Using Omics Approaches

Anil Kumar, Mamta Metwal, Sanveen Kaur +8

Frontiers in Plant Science

The science of nutritional biology has progressed extensively over the last decade to develop food-based nutraceuticals as a form of highly personalized medicine or therapeutic agent. Finger millet...

Compositional characteristics of commercial beetroot products and beetroot juice prepared from seven beetroot varieties grown in Upper Austria

Jürgen Wruss, Gundula Waldenberger, Stefan Huemer +5

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Beta vulgaris L. (beetroot) contains high amounts of biologically active substances including betalains and inorganic nitrate. We determined the amounts of various compounds (minerals, betalains,...