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Prebiotics and resistance to gastrointestinal infections

Glenn R. Gibson, Anne L. McCartney, Robert A. Rastall

British Journal Of Nutrition

Acute gut disorder is a cause for significant medicinal and economic concern. Certain individual pathogens of the gut, often transmitted in food or water, have the ability to cause severe discomfort....

Fish Intake and Risk of Incident Heart Failure

Dariush Mozaffarian, Chris L. Bryson, Rozenn N. Lemaître +2

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Multicentre, Cluster‐Randomized Clinical Trial of Algorithms for Critical‐Care Enteral and Parenteral Therapy (ACCEPT).

Cara Martin, GS Doig, D.K. Heyland +2

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Background: The provision of nutrition support for patients in intensive care units (ICUs) varies widely both within and between institutions. We tested the hypothesis that evidence‐based algorithms...

Is Low Dietary Intake of Omega-3 Fatty Acids Associated With Depression?

Reeta Hakkarainen, Timo Partonen, Jari Haukka +3

American Journal of Psychiatry

Dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids showed no association with low mood level.

Structure and Physical Properties of Yogurt Gels: Effect of Inoculation Rate and Incubation Temperature

W.J. Lee, J.A. Lucey

Journal of Dairy Science

The effects of inoculation rates and incubation temperatures on the physical properties and microstructure of yogurt gels were investigated. A 2-factor experimental design with 3 replicates was used...

Temporal Regulation of Salmonella Virulence Effector Function by Proteasome-Dependent Protein Degradation

Tomoko Kubori, Jorge E. Galán

Cell

Bacterial Community Structure and Location in Stilton Cheese

Danilo Ercolini, Philip J. Hill, Christine E. R. Dodd

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The microbial diversity occurring in Stilton cheese was evaluated by 16S ribosomal DNA analysis with PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. DNA templates for PCR experiments were directly...

Textural, melting and sensory properties of low-fat fresh kashar cheeses produced by using fat replacers

Nurcan Koca, Mustafa Metin

International Dairy Journal

Liquid chromatographic/electrospray ionization mass spectrometric studies of proanthocyanidins in foods

Liwei Gu, Mark A. Kelm, John F. Hammerstone +5

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

The proanthocyanidins in three foods (pinto beans, plums and cinnamon) were studied with electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry (MS) in the negative mode following separation by normal-phase...

Changes of banana starch by chemical and physical modification

Krzysztof N. Waliszewski, Maria A Aparicio, Luis Arturo Bello +1

Carbohydrate Polymers

Health benefits of low glycaemic index foods, such as pulses, in diabetic patients and healthy individuals

Salwa W. Rizkalla, France Bellisle, G. Slama

British Journal Of Nutrition

The present paper covers the health benefits of low glycaemic index foods, such as pulses. Nutritional factors potentially play a crucial role in health and disease. A low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet...

Parenteral l-alanyl-l-glutamine improves 6-month outcome in critically ill patients*

Christiane Goeters, Anke Wenn, N. Mertes +4

Critical Care Medicine

Study results support the hypothesis that replacement of glutamine deficiency may correct the excess mortality in intensive care unit patients caused by inadequate parenteral nutrition.

Metallochaperones and Metal-Transporting ATPases: A Comparative Analysis of Sequences and Structures

Fabio Arnesano, Lucia Banci, Ivano Bertini +4

Genome Research

A comparative structural genomic analysis of a new class of metal-trafficking proteins can provide insights into the intracellular chemistry of reactive cofactors such as copper and zinc. Starting...

A study of cross-contamination of food-borne pathogens in the domestic kitchen in the Republic of Ireland

Rachel Gorman, Sally F. Bloomfield, Catherine C. Adley

International Journal of Food Microbiology

The Effect of Viscosity on the Perception of Flavour

Tracey Hollowood

Chemical Senses

A trained sensory panel assessed flavour and sweetness intensity in solutions containing varying concentrations of hydroxy propyl methylcellulose (HPMC), sugar and flavour volatile. The flavour and...

The immune-enhancing effects of dietary fibres and prebiotics

P Schley, Catherine J. Field

British Journal Of Nutrition

The gastrointestinal tract is subjected to enormous and continual foreign antigenic stimuli from food and microbes. This organ must integrate complex interactions among diet, external pathogens, and...

The Use of Human Milk for Premature Infants

Richard J. Schanler

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Positional Cloning of the Mouse Saccharin Preference (Sac) Locus

Alexander A. Bachmanov

Chemical Senses

Differences in sweetener intake among inbred strains of mice are partially determined by allelic variation of the saccharin preference (Sac) locus. Genetic and physical mapping limited a critical...

Campylobacters in water, sewage and the environment

Kevin C. Jones

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Journal Article Campylobacters in water, sewage and the environment Get access K. Jones K. Jones Department of Biological Sciences, IENS, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK Search for other works by...

Arabinoxylan fiber, a byproduct of wheat flour processing, reduces the postprandial glucose response in normoglycemic subjects

Zhong X. Lu, K. Walker, Jane G. Muir +2

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Production, recovery and purification of bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria

Eugenio Parente, Annamaria Ricciardi

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Rate-Limiting Steps in Selenium Assimilation and Volatilization by Indian Mustard1

Mark P. de Souza, Elizabeth A. H. Pilon‐Smits, C. Mel Lytle +5

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Se can be accumulated by plants and volatilized to dimethylselenide, providing an attractive technology for Se phytoremediation. To determine the rate-limiting steps in Se volatilization from...

Relationships between chain length distribution of amylopectin and gelatinization properties within the same botanical origin for sweet potato and buckwheat

Takahiro Noda

Carbohydrate Polymers

The ability of probiotic bacteria to bind to human intestinal mucus

Pirkka V. Kirjavainen, Arthur C. Ouwehand, Erika Isolauri +1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Human mucus was isolated from faecal samples of newborns, two and six month old infants and adults. The adhesion to this mucus by the bacteria mentioned below was assessed in vitro. Depending on the...

Review article. Glutathione: biosynthesis, metabolism and relationship to stress tolerance explored in transformed plants

Graham Noctor

Journal of Experimental Botany

Bacterial starter cultures for meat fermentation

Marta Hugas, J.M. Monfort

Food Chemistry

The effect of docosahexaenoic acid on aggression in young adults. A placebo-controlled double-blind study.

Tomohito Hamazaki, Shigeki Sawazaki, Miho Itomura +6

Journal of Clinical Investigation

41 students took either docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-rich oil capsules containing 1.5-1.8 grams DHA/day (17 females and 5 males) or control oil capsules containing 97% soybean oil plus 3% fish oil (12...

Culture media for the isolation of campylobacters

Janet E.L. Corry, D.E. Post, P. Colin +1

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Microentrapment of Lactobacilli in Calcium Alginate Gels

T.-Y. Sheu, R.T. Marshall

Journal of Food Science

ABSTRACT A procedure was developed to entrap culture bacteria using a two‐phase (water/oil) system. It consisted of 3% sodium alginate mixed with microbial cells and suspended in an oil bath...

A PhoP-repressed gene promotes Salmonella typhimurium invasion of epithelial cells

Irmgard Behlau, Samuel I. Miller

Journal of Bacteriology

The Salmonella typhimurium transcriptional regulators, PhoP/PhoQ, induce phoP-activated gene (pag) expression to promote virulence and intracellular survival within macrophages. This response to the...

Detection and characterization of the eae gene of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli using polymerase chain reaction

Victor P. J. Gannon, Michael Rashed, Robin King +1

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

In this study, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used in the detection of the attaching and effacing (eae) gene of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli (SLT-EC). Oligonucleotide primers,...

Relations between cheese flavour and chemical composition

Gerda Urbach

International Dairy Journal

The <i>nik</i> operon of <i>Escherichia coli</i> encodes a periplasmic binding‐protein‐dependent transport system for nickel

Clarisse Navarro, Long‐Fei Wu, Marie‐Andrée Mandrand‐Berthelot

Molecular Microbiology

The complete nucleotide sequence of the Escherichia coli nik locus, which has been suggested to encode the specific transport system for nickel, has been determined. It was found to contain five...

Inhibition of macrophage phagosome-lysosome fusion by Salmonella typhimurium

N A Buchmeier, Fred Heffron

Infection and Immunity

Salmonella typhimurium-infected macrophages were examined by electron microscopy to determine whether intracellular survival of S. typhimurium is associated with failure of bacteria containing...

Viscoelastic behaviour of β-lactoglobulin gel structures

Mats Stading, Anne‐Marie Hermansson

Food Hydrocolloids

Diagnosis of Deep-Vein Thrombosis Using Duplex Ultrasound

Richard H. White, John P. McGahan, Martha M. Daschbach +1

Annals of Internal Medicine

Duplex ultrasound appears to be very accurate in the detection of acute proximal deep-vein thrombosis. This test has major advantages as well as certain limitations compared with other diagnostic...

Intracellular proteolytic systems may function as secondary antioxidant defenses: An hypothesis

Kelvin J.A. Davies

Journal of Free Radicals in Biology & Medicine

Human milk intake and growth in exclusively breast-fed infants

Nancy F. Butte, Cutberto Garza, E. O’Brian Smith +1

The Journal of Pediatrics

Variation in the activities of glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase and in the concentration of copper in the blood in various breed crosses of sheep

John Woolliams, G. Woolliams, Paul Anderson +1

Research in Veterinary Science

The Etiology of Gastric Cancer&lt;subtitle&gt;Intragastric Nitrosamide Formation and Other Theories&lt;/subtitle&gt;

Sidney S. Mirvish

JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Possible etiologic agents for human gastric cancer (GC) are reviewed, especially nitrosamides that might be produced intragastrically from nitrite. The metabolism of nitrite and nitrate is surveyed,...

Nutrition for the Patient with Respiratory Failure

J. Askanazi, Jörgen Nordenström, S. H. Rosenbaum +4

Anesthesiology

High glucose intakes given during administration of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) have been demonstrated to increase CO2 production. The workload imposed by the high CO2 production may precipitate...

Zinc in Total Parenteral Nutrition. Requirements and Metabolic Effects

Stephen L. Wolman, G. Harvey Anderson, Errol B. Marliss +1

Gastroenterology

Electrical Spiking Activity and Propulsion in Small Intestine in Fed and Fasted Rats

M Ruckebusch, Jean Fioramonti

Gastroenterology

The pathogenesis of ischemic gastroenterocolitis of the neonate: Selective gut mucosal ischemia in asphyxiated neonatal piglets

Robert J. Touloukian, John N. Posch, Richard P. Spencer

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Effects of dietary fats on plasma lipids and lipoproteins: an hypothesis for the lipid-lowering effect of unsaturated fatty acids

Norton Spritz, Maurice A. Mishkel

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Several aspects of the effects of dietary fat on plasma lipids and lipoproteins were investigated in 12 subjects during the long-term feeding of formulas containing 40% of their calories as either...

Lipid peroxide formation in microsomes. The role of non-haem iron

E.D. Wills

Biochemical Journal

1. Metal ion-chelating agents such as EDTA, o-phenanthroline or desferrioxamine inhibit lipid peroxide formation when rat liver microsomes prepared from homogenates made in pure sucrose are incubated...

STUDIES ON THE CYCLOPHORASE SYSTEM

Richard Cross, John V. Taggart, G.A. Covo +1

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Water Supply and Sewerage

Journal of the American Medical Association

This is the second edition of a textbook covering in one volume the subjects of water supply, water purification, sewerage, sewage treatment and storm drainage. New material includes a discussion of...