Research Library

ORAL EVENING-PRIMROSE-SEED OIL IMPROVES ATOPIC ECZEMA

Stephen Wright, J.L. Burton

The Lancet

Regulation of metallothionein–thymidine kinase fusion plasmids injected into mouse eggs

Ralph L. Brinster, Howard Y. Chen, R. Antony J. Warren +2

Nature

Differentiation of enteropathogenic Campylobacter.

M. B. Skirrow, J. D. Benjamin

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment of Pulmonary Embolism: The Emperor May Have No Clothes

Eugene D. Robin

Annals of Internal Medicine

Pulmonary embolism is being overdiagnosed and overtreated, especially in previously normal women using oral contraceptives, with undesirable consequences in heparin treatment. This is in part a...

Some Theorems on Matrix Differentiation with Special Reference to Kronecker Matrix Products

Heinz Neudecker

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Abstract Matrix differentiation, the procedure of finding partial derivatives of the elements of a matrix function with respect to the elements of the argument matrix, is the subject matter of this...

Cell Wall Composition of the Mycelial and Blastospore Forms of Candida albicans

F. W. Chattaway, Mary R Holmes, Aaron Barlow

Journal of General Microbiology

SUMMARY: Cell walls were obtained from the mycelial and blastospore forms of Candida albicans; these were delipidized and separated into alkali-soluble and alkali-insoluble fractions. The detailed...

Spray‐induced gene silencing for disease control is dependent on the efficiency of pathogen RNA uptake

Lulu Qiao, Chi Lan, Luca Capriotti +10

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Recent discoveries show that fungi can take up environmental RNA, which can then silence fungal genes through environmental RNA interference. This discovery prompted the development of Spray-Induced...

Understanding How Microorganisms Respond to Acid pH Is Central to Their Control and Successful Exploitation

Peter A. Lund, Daniela De Biase, Oded Liran +8

Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbes from the three domains of life, <i>Bacteria</i>, <i>Archaea</i>, and <i>Eukarya</i>, share the need to sense and respond to changes in the external and internal concentrations of protons....

Comparison of structural characterization and antioxidant activity of polysaccharides from jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) fruit

Xiaolong Ji, Chunyan Hou, Yizhe Yan +2

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Copper homeostasis: Emerging target for cancer treatment

Yueqin Li

IUBMB Life

Copper (Cu) is an essential micronutrient involved in a variety of fundamental biological processes. Recently, disorder of Cu homeostasis can be observed in many malignancies. Elevated Cu levels in...

Structure and genetics of<i>Escherichia coli</i>O antigens

Bin Liu, Axel Furevi, Andrei V. Perepelov +7

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Escherichia coli includes clonal groups of both commensal and pathogenic strains, with some of the latter causing serious infectious diseases. O antigen variation is current standard in defining...

Edible oleogels: an opportunity for fat replacement in foods

Artur J. Martins, António A. Vicente, Rosiane Lopes Cunha +1

Food & Function

The scientific and industrial communities have been giving great attention to the development of new bio-based materials with potential use in innovative technological applications. Among these...

Antibacterial activity and mechanism of Litsea cubeba essential oil against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Wei Hu, Changzhu Li, Jinming Dai +2

Industrial Crops and Products

Copper and Zinc Dysregulation in Alzheimer’s Disease

Stefano L. Sensi, Alberto Granzotto, Mariacristina Siotto +1

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Starch molecular structure: The basis for an improved understanding of cooked rice texture

Hongyan Li, Robert G. Gilbert

Carbohydrate Polymers

Social media data analytics to improve supply chain management in food industries

Akshit Singh, Nagesh Shukla, Nishikant Mishra

Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review

“La Vie en Rose”: Biosynthesis, Sources, and Applications of Betalain Pigments

Guy Polturak, Asaph Aharoni

Molecular Plant

ACG Clinical Guideline: Nutrition Therapy in the Adult Hospitalized Patient

Stephen A. McClave, John K. DiBaise, Gerard E. Mullin +1

The American Journal of Gastroenterology

The value of nutrition therapy for the adult hospitalized patient is derived from the outcome benefits achieved by the delivery of early enteral feeding. Nutritional assessment should identify those...

Food waste volume and origin: Case studies in the Finnish food service sector

Kirsi Silvennoinen, Lotta Heikkilä, Juha‐Matti Katajajuuri +1

Waste Management

Preparation and characterization of clove essential oil-loaded liposomes

Carine Sebaaly, Alia Jraij, Hatem Fessi +2

Food Chemistry

Sodium intake and its reduction by food reformulation in the European Union — A review

Loreen Kloss, Julia Dawn Meyer, Lutz Graeve +1

NFS Journal

Background: The purpose of this article is to review the current situation with regard to sodium intake in the European Union, provide an update on the efforts being made to reduce the sodium content...

Application of inulin in cheese as prebiotic, fat replacer and texturizer: A review

Reza Karimi, Mohammad Hossein Azizi, Mehran Ghasemlou +1

Carbohydrate Polymers

Effect of carrier agents on physical and microstructural properties of spray dried tamarind pulp powder

S.N. Bhusari, Khalid Muzaffar, Pradyuman Kumar

Powder Technology

Lemon grass ( <i>Cymbopogon citratus</i> ) essential oil as a potent anti-inflammatory and antifungal drugs

Mohamed Nadjib Boukhatem, Mohamed Ferhat, Abdelkrim Kameli +2

Libyan Journal of Medicine

RESULTS of the present study indicate that LGEO has a noteworthy potential for the development of drugs for the treatment of fungal infections and skin inflammation that should be explored in future...

Early Mortality Syndrome Outbreaks: A Microbial Management Issue in Shrimp Farming?

Peter De Schryver, Tom Defoirdt, Patrick Sorgeloos

PLoS Pathogens

A recent disease of farmed Penaeid shrimp, commonly referred to as “early mortality syndrome” (EMS) or more technically known as “acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease” (AHPND), was first reported...

Effect of pH on Color and Texture of Food Products

A. Andrés-Bello, V. Barreto-Palacios, Purificación García‐Segovia +2

Food Engineering Reviews

Casein Micelle Structure, Functions, and Interactions

Donald J. McMahon, B. S. Oommen

Alternative method for gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry analysis of short‐chain fatty acids in faecal samples

Rocío Garcı́a-Villalba, Juan Antonio Giménez‐Bastida, María‐Teresa García‐Conesa +3

Journal of Separation Science

Short-chain fatty acids are the major end products of bacterial metabolism in the large bowel. They derive mostly from the bacterial breakdown of carbohydrates and are known to have positive health...

Resolvin E1 promotes phagocytosis-induced neutrophil apoptosis and accelerates resolution of pulmonary inflammation

Driss El Kebir, P. Gjörstrup, János G. Filep

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Inappropriate neutrophil activation contributes to the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI). Apoptosis is essential for removal of neutrophils from inflamed tissues and timely resolution of...

Sodium and potassium intakes among US adults: NHANES 2003–2008

Mary E. Cogswell, Zefeng Zhang, Alicia L. Carriquiry +5

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

A review of methods of low alcohol and alcohol-free beer production

Tomáš Brányik, Daniel Pereira Silva, Martin Baszczyňski +2

Journal of Food Engineering

Regulation of induced colonic inflammation by <i>Lactobacillus acidophilus</i> deficient in lipoteichoic acid

Mansour Mohamadzadeh, Erika A. Pfeiler, Jeffrey B. Brown +11

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Imbalance in the regulatory immune mechanisms that control intestinal cellular and bacterial homeostasis may lead to induction of the detrimental inflammatory signals characterized in humans as...

APPLICATION OF A CHECK‐ALL‐THAT‐APPLY QUESTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHOCOLATE MILK DESSERTS

Gastón Ares, Cecilia Barreiro, Rosires Deliza +2

Journal of Sensory Studies

ABSTRACT Check‐all‐that‐apply (CATA) questions could be a simple alternative to get an insight on consumer perception of a food product. In the present work, CATA questions were used in the...

Influence of casein-based microencapsulation on freeze-drying and storage of probiotic cells

Thomas Heidebach, Petra Först, Ulrich Kulozik

Journal of Food Engineering

Farm diversification into tourism – Implications for social identity?

Berit Brandth, Marit S. Haugen

Journal of Rural Studies

Dose-response effects of omega-3 fatty acids on triglycerides, inflammation, and endothelial function in healthy persons with moderate hypertriglyceridemia

Ann C. Skulas‐Ray, Penny M. Kris‐Etherton, William S. Harris +3

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Long-term follow-up of patients on home parenteral nutrition in Europe: implications for intestinal transplantation

Loris Pironi, Francisca Joly, Alastair Forbes +13

Gut

HPN is confirmed as the primary treatment for intestinal failure. Desmoids and HPN-related liver failure constitute indications for life-saving ITx. Catheter-related complications and ultra-short...

A high menaquinone intake reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease

G.C.M. Gast, Nanna Roos, Ivonne Sluijs +7

Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Effect of non-oil-seed pulses on glycaemic control: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled experimental trials in people with and without diabetes

John L. Sievenpiper, Cyril W.C. Kendall, A. Esfahani +6

Diabetologia

Translocation of a Vibrio cholerae Type VI Secretion Effector Requires Bacterial Endocytosis by Host Cells

Amy T., Steven B. McAuley, Stefan Pukatzki +1

Cell Host & Microbe

On the importance of selenium and iodine metabolism for thyroid hormone biosynthesis and human health

Lutz Schomburg, Josef Köhrle

Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

The trace elements iodine and selenium (Se) are essential for thyroid gland functioning and thyroid hormone biosynthesis and metabolism. While iodine is needed as the eponymous constituent of the two...

Lactoferrin Structure and Functions

Dominique Legrand, Annick Pierce, Elisabeth Elass +3

Advances in experimental medicine and biology

Prevalence of virulence genes in Escherichia coli strains recently isolated from young pigs with diarrhea in the US

Weiping Zhang, Mojun Zhao, Laura Ruesch +2

Veterinary Microbiology

Chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of the essential oils of three Salvia species from Turkish flora

Mustafa Kelen, Bektaş Tepe

Bioresource Technology

Composition and physicochemical properties of locust bean gum extracted from whole seeds by acid or water dehulling pre-treatment

Patrick Aubin Dakia, Christophe Blecker, Christelle A. M. Robert +2

Food Hydrocolloids

The Role of Zinc in Life: A Review

Stefania Frassinetti, G. Bronzetti, Leonardo Caltavuturo +2

Journal of Environmental Pathology Toxicology and Oncology

Zinc is a common element in human and natural environments and plays an important part in many biological processes. Zinc, which is defined as an essential trace element, or a micronutrient, is...

Spatial Imaging, Speciation, and Quantification of Selenium in the Hyperaccumulator Plants<i>Astragalus bisulcatus</i>and<i>Stanleya pinnata</i> 

John L. Freeman, Li Hong Zhang, Matthew A. Marcus +3

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Astragalus bisulcatus and Stanleya pinnata hyperaccumulate selenium (Se) up to 1% of plant dry weight. In the field, Se was mostly present in the young leaves and reproductive tissues of both...

Determination of Flavonoids and Phenolics and Their Distribution in Almonds

Paul E. Milbury, Chung-Yen Chen, Gregory G. Dolnikowski +1

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Limited information is available concerning the qualitative and quantitative composition of polyphenolic compounds, especially flavonoids, in almonds. We determined total phenols, flavonoids, and...

The milk fat globule membrane—A biophysical system for food applications

Harjinder Singh

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science

Probiotic Potential of 3 Lactobacilli Strains Isolated From Breast Milk

Rocı́o Martı́n, Mónica Olivares, M. Luisa Marín +3

Journal of Human Lactation

Breast milk is an important factor in the initiation, development, and composition of the neonatal gut microbiota. In a previous study, the authors isolated lactic acid bacteria from milk of healthy...