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<i>n</i>-6 Fatty acid-specific and mixed polyunsaturate dietary interventions have different effects on CHD risk: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Christopher E. Ramsden, Joseph R. Hibbeln, Sharon Majchrzak +1

British Journal Of Nutrition

Randomised controlled trials (RCT) of mixed n-6 and n-3 PUFA diets, and meta-analyses of their CHD outcomes, have been considered decisive evidence in specifically advising consumption of 'at least...

Canola Proteins for Human Consumption: Extraction, Profile, and Functional Properties

Siong H. Tan, Rodney J. Mailer, Christopher Blanchard +1

Journal of Food Science

Canola protein isolate has been suggested as an alternative to other proteins for human food use due to a balanced amino acid profile and potential functional properties such as emulsifying, foaming,...

Waste: uncovering the global food scandal

Wayne Martindale

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering

Tristram Stuart, London, Penguin Books, 2009, 480 pp., £9.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-14103-634-2 In my opinion, Tristram Stuart's investigation has been written for anyone who wants to understand t...

Chemical cross-linking and molecular aggregation of soybean protein during extrusion cooking at low and high moisture content

Feng Liang Chen, Yi Wei, Bo Zhang

LWT

Soybean protein isolate (SPI) was extruded using a co-rotating twin-screw extruder at low (28%) and high (60%) moisture content. Dead-stop operation was employed to obtain samples from different...

PROBIOTICS

Varsha Gupta, Ritu Garg

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

The term "probiotic" was first used in 1965, by Lilly and Stillwell, to describe substances secreted by one organism which stimulate the growth of another. The use of antibiotics, immunosuppressive...

Vitamin K supplementation and progression of coronary artery calcium in older men and women

M. Kyla Shea, Christopher J. O’Donnell, Udo Hoffmann +6

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Resolvin E1 Receptor Activation Signals Phosphorylation and Phagocytosis

Taisuke Ohira, Makoto Arita, Kazuhiro Omori +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Resolvins are endogenous lipid mediators that actively regulate the resolution of acute inflammation. Resolvin E1 (RvE1; (5S,12R,18R)-trihydroxy-6Z,8E,10E,14Z,16E-eicosapentaenoic acid) is an...

Formation of a Stabilized Cysteine Sulfinic Acid Is Critical for the Mitochondrial Function of the Parkinsonism Protein DJ-1

Jeff Blackinton, Mahadevan Lakshminarasimhan, Kelly Jean Thomas Craig +5

Journal of Biological Chemistry

The formation of cysteine-sulfinic acid has recently become appreciated as a modification that links protein function to cellular oxidative status. Human DJ-1, a protein associated with inherited...

Methods of assessment of selenium status in humans: a systematic review

Kate Ashton, Lee Hooper, Linda J. Harvey +3

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Cryptic Lineages of the Genus <i>Escherichia</i>

Seth T. Walk, Elizabeth Wheeler Alm, David M. Gordon +4

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Extended multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis of atypical Escherichia isolates was used to identify five novel phylogenetic clades (CI to CV) among isolates from environmental, human, and...

Functional properties of whey proteins affected by heat treatment and hydrodynamic high-pressure shearing

Muditha Dissanayake, Todor Vasiljevic

Journal of Dairy Science

Two batches of native whey proteins (WP) were subjected to microfluidization or heat denaturation accompanied by microfluidization, followed by spray drying. Powders were assessed for their...

Comparison of the Immunomodulatory Properties of Three Probiotic Strains of Lactobacilli Using Complex Culture Systems: Prediction for In Vivo Efficacy

Erika Mileti, Gianluca Matteoli, Iliyan D. Iliev +1

PLoS ONE

We describe a new property of probiotics to either directly or indirectly inhibit DC activation by inflammatory bacteria. Moreover, some immunostimulatory probiotics not only failed to protect...

An analysis of a community food waste stream

Mary K. Griffin, Jeffery Sobal, Thomas A. Lyson

Agriculture and Human Values

Markers of dietary fat quality and fatty acid desaturation as predictors of total and cardiovascular mortality: a population-based prospective study

Eva Warensjö, Johan Sundström, Bengt Vessby +2

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Fish, ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, and Mortality From Cardiovascular Diseases in a Nationwide Community-Based Cohort of Japanese Men and Women

Kazumasa Yamagishi, Hiroyasu Iso, Chigusa Date +6

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Lactoferrin: a review

L. Adlerova, A. Bartošková, Martin Faldyna

Veterinární Medicína

This review discusses the biological properties of the glycoprotein lactoferrin. Lactoferrin has been identified in secretions from exocrine glands and in specific granules of neutrophils. After...

Breast Milk: A Source of Bifidobacteria for Infant Gut Development and Maturation?

Miguel Gueimonde, Kirsi Laitinen, Seppo Salminen +1

Neonatology

Breast milk contains bifidobacteria and specific Bifidobacterium species that may promote healthy microbiota development.

Omega-3 fatty acids as treatments for mental illness: which disorder and which fatty acid?

Brian M. Ross, Jennifer Seguin, Lee E. Sieswerda

Lipids in Health and Disease

While it is not currently possible to recommend omega-3 PUFA as either a mono- or adjunctive-therapy in any mental illness, the available evidence is strong enough to justify continued study,...

A review of the occurrence, formation and analysis of furan in heat-processed foods

Colin Crews, Laurence Castle

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Glycosylation of individual whey proteins by Maillard reaction using dextran of different molecular mass

Laura Jiménez-Castaño, Mar Villamiel, Rosina López‐Fandiño

Food Hydrocolloids

Antioxidative activities of soymilk fermented with lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria

Yi-Chieh Wang, Roch‐Chui Yu, Cheng‐Chun Chou

Food Microbiology

Achieving the ‘good life’: Why some people want latrines in rural Benin

Marion W. Jenkins, Val Curtis

Social Science & Medicine

Evidence on the size-dependent absorption spectral evolution of selenium nanoparticles

Zong‐Hong Lin, C.R. Chris Wang

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Fatty Acids: Structures and Properties

Arild C. Rustan, Christian A. Drevon

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

Abstract Fatty acids play a key role in metabolism: as a metabolic fuel, as a necessary component of all membranes, and as a gene regulator. In addition, fatty acids have a number of industrial uses.

Polyunsaturated fatty acids in the central nervous system: evolution of concepts and nutritional implications throughout life

Jean‐Marc Alessandri, Philippe Guesnet, Sylvie Vancassel +7

annales de biologie animale biochimie biophysique

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n-3) and arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4n-6) are the major polyunsaturated fatty acids in the membranes of brain and retinal cells. Animals specifically deficient in dietary...

A cytosolic glucosyltransferase is required for conversion of starch to sucrose in <i>Arabidopsis</i> leaves at night

Tansy Chia, David Thorneycroft, Andrew G. Chapple +5

The Plant Journal

Summary Maltose is exported from the Arabidopsis chloroplast as the main product of starch degradation at night. To investigate its fate in the cytosol, we characterised plants with mutations in a...

A systematic review of the health outcomes related to household water quality in developing countries

Stephen Gundry, Jim Wright, Ronán Conroy

Journal of Water and Health

In developing countries, the microbial contamination of household drinking water is implicated in the prevalence of various diseases. This systematic review is concerned with two health outcomes,...

Antibacterial Activity of <i>Coriandrum sativum</i> L. and <i>Foeniculum vulgare</i> Miller Var. <i>vulgare</i> (Miller) Essential Oils

Pietro Lo Cantore, Nicola Sante Iacobellis, Adriana De Marco +2

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Essential oils were extracted from the fruits of Coriandrum sativum L. and Foeniculum vulgare Miller var. vulgare (Miller) and assayed in vitro for antibacterial activity to Escherichia coli and...

Probiotic Bifidobacteria Protect Mice from Lethal Infection with Shiga Toxin-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7

Takashi Asahara, Kensuke Shimizu, Koji Nomoto +3

Infection and Immunity

The anti-infectious activity of probiotic Bifidobacteria against Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 was examined in a fatal mouse STEC infection model. Stable colonization of the...

Supplement 2002 (no. 46) to the Kauffmann–White scheme

M.Y. Popoff, J Bockemühl, L L Gheesling

Research in Microbiology

DNA Adduct Formation from Acrylamide via Conversion To Glycidamide in Adult and Neonatal Mice

Gonçalo Gamboa da Costa, Mona I. Churchwell, Lynne Hamilton +4

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Acrylamide (AA) is a high production volume chemical with many industrial uses; however, recent findings of ppm levels in starchy foods cooked at high temperature have refocused worldwide attention...

Multiresidue method for determination of 90 pesticides in fresh fruits and vegetables using solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Darinka Štajnbaher, Lucija Zupančič‐Kralj

Journal of Chromatography A

Acanthamoeba Keratitis: The Role of Domestic Tap Water Contamination in the United Kingdom

Simon Kilvington

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Water storage tanks promote colonization of domestic water with FLA, including Acanthamoeba, and hence increase the risk of AK. This accounts for the significantly greater incidence of AK in the UK...

Overview of applied solid-state fermentation in Brazil

Carlos Ricardo Soccol, Luciana Porto de Souza Vandenberghe

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Brain Natriuretic Peptide as a Predictor of Adverse Outcome in Patients With Pulmonary Embolism

M. Ten Wolde, Igor I. Tulevski, Jasper W.M. Mulder +4

Circulation

This is the first study to show that plasma BNP levels seem to predict adverse outcome in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

Vitamin C Suppresses TNFα-Induced NFκB Activation by Inhibiting IκBα Phosphorylation

Juan M. Cárcamo, Alicia Pedraza, Oriana Bórquez-Ojeda +1

Biochemistry

Extracellular stimuli signal for activation of the transcription factor NFkappaB, leading to gene expression regulating processes involved in immune responses, inflammation, and cell survival. Tumor...

Antioxidant activity of sage (<i>Salvia officinalis</i> and <i>S fruticosa</i>) and oregano (<i>Origanum onites</i> and <i>O indercedens</i>) extracts related to their phenolic compound content

Lorena Pizzale, Renzo Bortolomeazzi, Stefania Vichi +2

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Abstract In this study the antioxidant activity of methanolic extracts of oregano and sage samples was tested. Samples of oregano belonged to Origanum onites and O indercedens species, whilst samples...

Physiology and Endocrine Changes Underlying Human Lactogenesis II

Margaret Neville, Jane Morton

Journal of Nutrition

Effects of Reduced Sodium Intake on Hypertension Control in Older Individuals

Lawrence J. Appel, Mark A. Espeland, Linda Easter +3

Archives of Internal Medicine

A reduced sodium intake is a broadly effective, nonpharmacologic therapy that can lower BP and control hypertension in older individuals.

A Sociology of food and nutrition: the social appetite

Choice Reviews Online

Part 1: An Appetiser 1. Exploring the Social Appetite: A Sociology of Food and Nutrition - John Germov and Lauren WilliamsPart 2: The Food System: Globalisation and Agribusiness2. World Hunger: Its...

Development of a multiplex PCR assay for the simultaneous detection and identification of<i>Arcobacter butzleri</i>,<i>Arcobacter cryaerophilus</i>and<i>Arcobacter skirrowii</i>

Kurt Houf, Ann Tutenel, Lieven De Zutter +2

FEMS Microbiology Letters

A multiplex PCR assay with five primers targeting the 16S and 23S rRNA genes was developed for the simultaneous detection and identification of Arcobacter butzleri, Arcobacter cryaerophilus and...

Survival of bifidobacteria in yogurt and simulated gastric juice following immobilization in gellan–xanthan beads

Wenrong Sun, Mansel W. Griffiths

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Antagonistic Activity of <i>Lactobacillus plantarum</i> C11: Two New Two-Peptide Bacteriocins, Plantaricins EF and JK, and the Induction Factor Plantaricin A

E Anderssen, Dzung B. Diep, Ingolf F. Nes +2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Six bacteriocinlike peptides (plantaricin A [PlnA], PlnE, PlnF, PlnJ, PlnK, and PlnN) produced by Lactobacillus plantarum C11 were detected by amino acid sequencing and mass spectrometry. Since...

Effects of Granular Structures on the Pasting Behaviors of Starches

Mei‐Lin Tsai, Chin‐Fung Li, Cheng‐yi Lii

Cereal Chemistry

ABSTRACT Japonica (Tainung 67 [TNu67]) and waxy (Taichung 70 [TCW70]) rice, normal and waxy corn, and cross‐linked waxy rice and corn starches were used in an investigation of the influence of the...

Consumer Knowledge of Foodborne Microbial Hazards and Food-Handling Practices

Sean F. Altekruse, Debra Street, Sara B. Fein +1

Journal of Food Protection

Accessory cholera enterotoxin (Ace), the third toxin of a Vibrio cholerae virulence cassette.

Michele Trucksis, James E. Galen, Joel Michalski +2

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Vibrio cholerae causes the potentially lethal disease cholera through the elaboration of the intestinal secretogen cholera toxin. A second toxin of V. cholerae, Zot, decreases intestinal tissue...

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin 1 represents another subfamily of E. coli heat-stable toxin.

Stephen J. Savarino, Alessio Fasano, J. W. Watson +4

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAggEC) are associated with persistent diarrhea in young children. Some of these organisms produce a low-molecular-weight, heat-stable, plasmid-encoded enterotoxin...

Food trends and the changing consumer

Choice Reviews Online

Extrusion of food proteins

José Alfredo Gomes Arêas

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Abstract Protein extrusion has frustrated earlier predictions regarding its impact in the development of food products. The main reason for this disappointing performance has been its failure to...

Magnesium and glucose homeostasis

Giuseppe Paolisso, A J Scheen, F D'Onofrio +1

Diabetologia