Research Library

A critical role for disproportionating enzyme in starch breakdown is revealed by a knock‐out mutation in <i>Arabidopsis</i>

Julia Critchley, Samuel C. Zeeman, Takeshi Takaha +2

The Plant Journal

Disproportionating enzyme (D-enzyme) is a plastidial alpha-1,4-glucanotransferase but its role in starch metabolism is unclear. Using a reverse genetics approach we have isolated a mutant of...

The relationship between age and the fatty acid composition of cerebral cortex and erythrocytes in human subjects

Jane D. Carver, Valerie J. Benford, Beth Han +1

Brain Research Bulletin

Fat Perception is Related to PROP Taster Status

Beverly J. Tepper, Ricky J. Nurse

Physiology & Behavior

Genetic Evidence Supporting the Fecal-Perineal-Urethral Hypothesis in Cystitis Caused by Escherichia Coli

Shingo Yamamoto, Teizo Tsukamoto, Akito Terai +3

The Journal of Urology

Based upon precise genetic techniques, our results clearly support the fecal-perineal-urethral hypothesis, indicating that E. coli strains residing in the rectal flora serve as a reservoir for...

Stearic acid, trans fatty acids, and dairy fat: effects on serum and lipoprotein lipids, apolipoproteins, lipoprotein(a), and lipid transfer proteins in healthy subjects

A. Aro, Matti Jauhiainen, Riitta Partanen +2

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Vitamin C Improves Endothelial Dysfunction of Epicardial Coronary Arteries in Hypertensive Patients

U. Solzbach, Burkhard Hornig, Michael Jeserich +1

Circulation

Vitamin C improves the endothelium-dependent vasomotor capacity of coronary arteries in patients with hypertension and patent coronary arteries. These findings suggest that increased oxidative stress...

A secreted effector protein of <i>Salmonella dublin</i> is translocated into eukaryotic cells and mediates inflammation and fluid secretion in infected ileal mucosa

Edouard E. Galyov, Michael W. Wood, Roland Rosqvist +4

Molecular Microbiology

Enteritis induced by non-typhoid pathogenic Salmonella is characterized by fluid secretion and inflammatory responses in the infected ileum. The inflammatory response provoked by Salmonella initially...

Visual Acuity and Fatty Acid Status of Term Infants Fed Human Milk and Formulas with and without Docosahexaenoate and Arachidonate from Egg Yolk Lecithin1

Susan E. Carlson, Amy J Ford, Susan H. Werkman +2

Pediatric Research

Alterations in Vibrio cholerae motility phenotypes correlate with changes in virulence factor expression

Claudette L. Gardel, John J. Mekalanos

Infection and Immunity

Motility is thought to contribute to the virulence of Vibrio cholerae, but the role it plays in pathogenesis is not completely understood. To investigate the influence of motility on virulence gene...

Identification of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by PCR-based detection of the bundle-forming pilus gene

Stuart Gunzburg, Nadia Tornieporth, Lee W. Riley

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

A rapid and simple method of detecting enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) was developed. The procedure is based on amplifying by the PCR method a 326-bp region of the bundle-forming pilus gene...

Effect of vitamin A supplementation on diarrhoea and acute lower-respiratory-tract infections in young children in Brazil

Maurício L. Barreto, G.G Farenzena, Rosemary Leovigildo Fiaccone +4

The Lancet

Contribution of the indigenous microflora to the maturation of cheddar cheese

Paul L.H. McSweeney, Patrick F. Fox, J.A. Lucey +2

International Dairy Journal

WATER ACTIVITY and PHYSICAL STATE EFFECTS ON AMORPHOUS FOOD STABILITY

Yrjö H. Roos

Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

Water-adsorption data and glass transition temperatures (Tg) of maltodextrins with dextrose equivalent (DE) values ranging from 4 to 38, horseradish roots, and strawberries were used to establish...

Risk factors for sporadic Campylobacter infections: results of a case-control study in southeastern Norway

Georg Kapperud, Eystein Skjerve, Nancy H. Bean +2

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

In 1989 and 1990, a case-control study designed to identify risk factors for sporadic infections with thermotolerant Campylobacter bacteria was conducted in three counties in southeastern Norway. The...

Purification and primary structure of pediocin PA-1 produced by Pediococcus acidilactici PAC-1.0

James T. Henderson, Amy L. Chopko, Pieter D. van Wassenaar

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Three cases of neonatal meningitis caused by Enterobacter sakazakii in powdered milk

Gunnar Biering, Sigfús M. Karlsson, Nancye C. Clark +3

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Three cases of neonatal infection caused by Enterobacter sakazakii are reported from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care, the National University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland. These infections...

Secretion of pyruvate. An antioxidant defense of mammalian cells.

Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, C F Nathan, Karl W. Lanks +2

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Cells in culture are exposed to marked oxidative stress, H2O2 being one of the predominant agents. Pyruvate and other alpha-ketoacids reacted rapidly, stoichiometrically, and nonenzymatically with...

Composting of agricultural and other wastes

Frank G. Viets

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Purification and structure of amylose from rice starch

Yasuhito Takeda, Susumu Hizukuri, Bienvenido O. Juliano

Carbohydrate Research

Deferoxamine: a reversible S-phase inhibitor of human lymphocyte proliferation

HM Lederman, Amos Cohen, Jinwon Lee +2

Blood

Deferoxamine is widely used therapeutically as a chelator of ferric ion in disorders of iron overload. This study demonstrates that this drug is a potent inhibitor of DNA synthesis by human B and T...

Abnormal zinc metabolism in type II diabetes mellitus

William B. Kinlaw, John E. Morley, Allen S. Levine +2

The American Journal of Medicine

Plasma-Membrane lipid composition and ethanol tolerance inSaccharomyces cerevisiae

D. Susan Thomas, John A. Hossack, Anthony H. Rose

Archives of Microbiology

Resorption rate, route of elimination, and ultrastructure of the implant site of polylactic acid in the abdominal wall of the rat

John M. Brady, Duane E. Cutright, Robert A. Miller +2

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Abstract This experiment describes resorption rate, light and electron microscopic appearance of the implant site, and tissue distribution and route of elimination of radioactivity from...

Comparative Study of the Properties of the Purified Internal and External Invertases from Yeast

Santiago Gascón, Norbert P. Neumann, J. O. Lampen

Journal of Biological Chemistry

The properties of purified preparations of the internal and external invertases of yeast, designated by their location relative to the cell membrane, show similarities and marked disparities. The...

Studies on the mode of action of excess of vitamin A. 3. Release of a bound protease by the action of vitamin A

J. T. Dingle

Biochemical Journal

Research Article| June 01 1961 Studies on the mode of action of excess of vitamin A. 3. Release of a bound protease by the action of vitamin A J T Dingle J T Dingle 1Strangeways Research Laboratory,...

The Proteins of Bovine Pancreatic Juice

Patricia J. Keller, Elaine Cohen, Hans Neurath

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Viscosity, sedimentation, and light‐scattering properties of fraction of an acid‐hydrolyzed dextran

F. R. Senti, N. N. Hellman, N. H. Ludwig +4

Journal of Polymer Science

Abstract Dextran produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B‐512 was acid‐hydrolyzed and fractionated, yielding a series of fractions from which 24 were selected that ranged in molecular weight from...

Specific Volumes of Proteins and the Relationship to their Amino Acid Contents

T. L. McMeekin, Kathleen J. Marshall

Science

The development of the vena cava inferior in man

Charles F. W. McClure, Elmer Butler

American Journal of Anatomy

Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 20th anniversary: accomplishments and future directions

Kyungwon Oh, Yoonjung Kim, Sanghui Kweon +7

Epidemiology and Health

The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) was initiated in 1998 to provide evidence for the development and evaluation of health policies and programs. The Korea Disease...

Green synthesis of selenium nanoparticles mediated from Ceropegia bulbosa Roxb extract and its cytotoxicity, antimicrobial, mosquitocidal and photocatalytic activities

Cittrarasu Vetrivel, Kaliannan Durairaj, Dharman Kalaimurugan +5

Scientific Reports

The present study is to design an eco-friendly mode to rapidly synthesize selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) through Ceropegia bulbosa tuber's aqueous extracts and confirming SeNPs synthesis by UV-Vis...

New progress in the pharmacology of protocatechuic acid: A compound ingested in daily foods and herbs frequently and heavily

Jiao Song, Yanan He, Chuanhong Luo +7

Pharmacological Research

On the sustainable perishable food supply chain network design: A dairy products case to achieve sustainable development goals

Javid Jouzdani, Kannan Govindan

Journal of Cleaner Production

Circularity Brokers: Digital Platform Organizations and Waste Recovery in Food Supply Chains

Francesca Ciulli, Ans Kolk, Siri Nordland Bøe-Lillegraven

Journal of Business Ethics

Abstract In recent years, researchers and practitioners have increasingly paid attention to food waste, which is seen as highly unethical given its negative environmental and societal implications....

Enhancing the aqueous solubility of curcumin at acidic condition through the complexation with whey protein nanofibrils

Mehdi Mohammadian, Maryam Salami, Shima Momen +3

Food Hydrocolloids

Gender equality, food security and the sustainable development goals

Bina Agarwal

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

The effect of bacterial chemotaxis on host infection and pathogenicity

Miguel A. Matilla, Tino Krell

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Chemotaxis enables microorganisms to move according to chemical gradients. Although this process requires substantial cellular energy, it also affords key physiological benefits, including enhanced...

Pectin coating improves physicochemical properties of caseinate/zein nanoparticles as oral delivery vehicles for curcumin

Chao Chang, Taoran Wang, Qiaobin Hu +3

Food Hydrocolloids

Interfacial properties of whey protein and whey protein hydrolysates and their influence on O/W emulsion stability

Anja Schröder, Claire Berton‐Carabin, Paul Venema +1

Food Hydrocolloids

Characterization of starch nanoparticles prepared by nanoprecipitation: Influence of amylose content and starch type

Yang Qin, Chengzhen Liu, Suisui Jiang +2

Industrial Crops and Products

Recent developments in prebiotics to selectively impact beneficial microbes and promote intestinal health

Robert A. Rastall, Glenn R. Gibson

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Dietary fiber intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: a dose–response analysis of prospective studies

Baodong Yao, Hong Fang, Wanghong Xu +6

European Journal of Epidemiology

Wilson Disease Protein ATP7B Utilizes Lysosomal Exocytosis to Maintain Copper Homeostasis

Elena V. Polishchuk, Mafalda Concilli, Simona Iacobacci +17

Developmental Cell

Copper is an essential yet toxic metal and its overload causes Wilson disease, a disorder due to mutations in copper transporter ATP7B. To remove excess copper into the bile, ATP7B traffics toward...

Unravelling the Diversity of Grapevine Microbiome

Cátia Pinto, Diogo Pinho, Susana Sousa +3

PLoS ONE

Vitis vinifera is one of the most widely cultivated fruit crops with a great economic impact on the global industry. As a plant, it is naturally colonised by a wide variety of both prokaryotic and...

Antimicrobial Plant Metabolites: Structural Diversity and Mechanism of Action

Niko S. Radulović, Polina D. Blagojević, Zorica Stojanović‐Radić +1

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Microbial infectious diseases continue to be one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. It has been estimated that microbial species comprise about 60% of the Earth's biomass. This,...

Evidence of health benefits of canola oil

Lin Lin, Hanja Allemekinders, Angela Dansby +4

Nutrition Reviews

Canola oil-based diets have been shown to reduce plasma cholesterol levels in comparison with diets containing higher levels of saturated fatty acids. Consumption of canola oil also influences...