Research Library

The role of sugar and fat in sugar-snap cookies: Structural and textural properties

Bram Pareyt, Faisal Talhaoui, Greet Kerckhofs +4

Journal of Food Engineering

Potassium, Magnesium, and Calcium: Their Role in Both the Cause and Treatment of Hypertension

Mark C. Houston, Karen Harper

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Despite advances in the prevention and treatment of hypertension over the past decade, hypertension remains an important public health challenge. Recent efforts to reduce the prevalence of...

Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Stavros Konstantinides

New England Journal of Medicine

A 62-year-old man presented with a 5-day history of progressively worsening dyspnea and orthopnea after returning from a 3-day business trip to the Far East. On physical examination, the heart rate...

Nitrate in vegetables - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food chain

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

EFSA Journal

Validation and Qualification in Analytical Laboratories

Ludwig Huber

This Second Edition discusses ways to improve pharmaceutical product quality while achieving compliance with global regulatory standards. With comprehensive step-by-step instructions, practical...

Characteristics of microencapsulated β-carotene formed by spray drying with modified tapioca starch, native tapioca starch and maltodextrin

Jarunee Loksuwan

Food Hydrocolloids

Inulin-type fructans and reduction in colon cancer risk: review of experimental and human data

Beatrice L. Pool‐Zobel

British Journal Of Nutrition

Inulin-type fructans (beta(2,1)fructans) extracted from chicory roots (Cichorium intybus) are prebiotic food ingredients, which in the gut lumen are fermented to lactic acid and SCFA. Research in...

Can oxidative damage be treated nutritionally?

Thomas Berger

Clinical Nutrition

Lipid peroxidation and oxidant stress regulate hepatic apolipoprotein B degradation and VLDL production

Meihui Pan, Arthur I. Cederbaum, Yuanli Zhang +3

Journal of Clinical Investigation

How omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) lower plasma lipid levels is incompletely understood. We previously showed that marine omega-3 PUFAs (docosahexaenoic acid [DHA] and...

Introduction and nutritional evaluation of buckwheat sprouts as a new vegetable

Sun-Lim Kim, Sung-Kook Kim, Cheol-Ho Park

Food Research International

The underlying mechanisms of type II protein secretion

Alain Filloux

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research

Diagnosis of<i>Legionella</i>Infection

David R. Murdoch

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Legionellae, which are important causes of pneumonia in humans, continue to be incorrectly labeled as exotic pathogens. The ability to diagnose Legionella infection is limited by the nonspecific...

Network Forming Properties of Various Proteins Adsorbed at the Air/Water Interface in Relation to Foam Stability

Anneke H. Martin, Katja Grolle, Martin Bos +2

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Heat-Induced Gel Formation by Soy Proteins at Neutral pH

Jacoba M.S. Renkema, T. van Vliet

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Heat-induced gel formation by soy protein isolate at pH 7 is discussed. Different heating and cooling rates, heating times, and heating temperatures were used to elucidate the various processes that...

Volatile Components of Peel and Leaf Oils of Lemon and Lime Species

Marie-Laure Lota, Dominique de Rocca Serra, Félix Tomi +2

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Peel and leaf oils of 43 taxa of lemons and limes were obtained from fruits and leaves collected from trees submitted to the same pedoclimatic and cultural conditions. Their chemical composition was...

Antibacterial and antioxidant activities of Artemisia annua essential oil

Fabien Juteau, Véronique Masotti, Jean Marie Bessière +2

Fitoterapia

A Model Relating Structure of Colloidal Gels to Their Elastic Properties

Hua Wu, Massimo Morbidelli

Langmuir

A scaling model relating the microscopic structure parameters of colloidal gels to their macroscopic elastic properties is proposed. This model allows one to estimate the fractal dimension in any...

Fish Consumption and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in Finland, Italy, and the Netherlands

C.M. Oomen, Edith J. M. Feskens, L. Ra ̈sa ̈nen +5

American Journal of Epidemiology

Fish consumption seems to protect against death from coronary heart disease (CHD). If this association is due to n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially fatty fish may be responsible for this...

Evaluation of role of concentration and molecular weight of oat β-glucan in determining effect of viscosity on plasma glucose and insulin following an oral glucose load

P. J. Wood, Michael Beer, G. Butler

British Journal Of Nutrition

Data from clinical studies established that there was an inverse linear relationship between measures of postprandial blood glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose load, consumed in a drink,...

Importance of intestinal colonisation in the maturation of humoral immunity in early infancy: a prospective follow up study of healthy infants aged 0–6 months

M‐M. Grönlund, H Arvilommi, P Kero +2

Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal

The type of bacteria colonising the intestine of newborns and the timing may determine the immunomodulation of the naive immune system.

Selenium

Donald G. Barceloux, Donald Barceloux

Journal of Toxicology Clinical Toxicology

The 4 natural oxidation states of selenium are elemental selenium (0), selenide (-2), selenite (+4), and selenate (+6). Inorganic selenate and selenite predominate in water whereas organic selenium...

Physicochemical Properties Related to Quality of Rice Noodles

Monisha Bhattacharya, S. Y. Zee, Harold Corke

Cereal Chemistry

ABSTRACT Eleven rice genotypes with diverse Rapid Visco Analyzer (RVA) pasting characteristics were evaluated for their physicochemical and gel textural characteristics relative to their suitability...

Detection of Shiga-Like Toxin ( <i> stx ₁ </i> and <i> stx ₂ </i> ), Intimin ( <i>eaeA</i> ), and Enterohemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i> (EHEC) Hemolysin (EHEC <i>hlyA</i> ) Genes in Animal Feces by Multiplex PCR

Peter K. Fagan, M. Hornitzky, K. A. Bettelheim +1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

A multiplex PCR was developed for the rapid detection of genes encoding Shiga toxins 1 and 2 (stx1 and stx2), intimin (eaeA), and enterohemolysin A (hlyA) in 444 fecal samples derived from healthy...

<i>Mycobacterium avium</i>Bacilli Grow Saprozoically in Coculture with<i>Acanthamoeba polyphaga</i>and Survive within Cyst Walls

Michael Steinert, K A Birkness, Elizabeth White +2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Protozoans are gaining recognition as environmental hosts for a variety of waterborne pathogens. We compared the growth of Mycobacterium avium, a human pathogen associated with domestic water...

Clinicopathologic characteristics and prognostic factors in 10 783 patients with gastric cancer

Jin‐Pok Kim, Joo‐Ho Lee, Soo-Jin Kim +2

Gastric Cancer

A chloride‐inducible acid resistance mechanism in <i>Lactococcus lactis</i> and its regulation

Jan-Willem Sanders, Kees Leenhouts, Jan Burghoorn +3

Molecular Microbiology

Previously, a promoter was identified in Lactococcus lactis that is specifically induced by chloride. Here, we describe the nucleotide sequence and functional analysis of two genes transcribed from...

Salt enhances flavour by suppressing bitterness

Paul Breslin, Gary K. Beauchamp

Nature

An aminotransferase from Lactococcus lactis initiates conversion of amino acids to cheese flavor compounds

Mireille Yvon, S. Thirouin, Liesbeth Rijnen +2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The enzymatic degradation of amino acids in cheese is believed to generate aroma compounds and therefore to be involved in the complex process of cheese flavor development. In lactococci,...

An Outbreak of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Infections Traced to Jerky Made From Deer Meat

William E. Keene

JAMA

Deer can be colonized by E coli O157:H7 and can be a source of human infections. Conditions necessary to ensure the safety of dried meat deserve further review. Game should be handled with the same...

The Influence of<i>Brettanomyces/Dekkera</i>sp. Yeasts and Lactic Acid Bacteria on the Ethylphenol Content of Red Wines

P. Chatonnet, D. Dubourdieu, J. N. Boidron

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

The ability of various lactic acid bacteria isolated from wine to synthesize volatile phenols from <i>trans p</i>-coumaric and ferulic acid was studied in a model medium and compared with that of...

Orientational and Aggregational States of Magainin 2 in Phospholipid Bilayers

Katsumi Matsuzaki, Osamu Murase, Hideaki Tokuda +3

Biochemistry

Magainins from Xenopus skin are antimicrobial peptides with broad spectra, and their action mechanisms are considered to be the permeabilization of bacterial membranes. To elucidate their molecular...

Folic acid metabolism in health and disease

John C. Price

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Acid Tolerance of <i>Leuconostoc mesenteroides</i> and <i>Lactobacillus plantarum</i>

L.C. McDonald, H. P. Fleming, Hosni M. Hassan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

In this study, we determined the internal cellular pH response of Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Lactobacillus plantarum to the external pH created by the microorganisms themselves or by lactic or...

DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY OF THREE SODIUM INTAKES AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF SODIUM RESTRICTION IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

Graham A. MacGregor, Giuseppe A. Sagnella, Nirmala D. Markandu +2

The Lancet

Identification of a novel translation factor necessary for the incorporation of selenocysteine into protein

Karl Forchhammer, Walfred Leinfelder, August Böck

Nature

The Effect of Vitamin K Supplementation on Circulating Osteocalcin (Bone Gla Protein) and Urinary Calcium Excretion

Marjo H.J. Knapen, Karly Hamulyák, Cees Vermeer

Annals of Internal Medicine

The serum immunoreactive osteocalcin level may vary with vitamin K status. This variance should be taken into consideration if osteocalcin is used as a marker for osteoblast activity. Vitamin K is...

Hemostasis and Thrombosis: Basic Principles and Clinical Practice

Gerald R. Holcomb

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Deep venous thrombosis: US assessment using vein compression.

J J Cronan, Gary S. Dorfman, Francis H. Scola +2

Radiology

To assess vein compressibility as a simple ultrasound (US) technique to determine the presence of venous thrombi, 51 patients undergoing contrast material venography of the lower extremity because of...

Caftaric Acid Disappearance and Conversion to Products of Enzymic Oxidation in Grape Must and Wine

Vernon L. Singleton, M. Salgues, J. Zaya +1

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Enzymic oxidation during crushing and must preparation causes major losses of caftaric and coutaric acids in large part by conversion to a single specific reaction product quantifiable by HPLC....

Long-term energy balance in child-bearing Gambian women

A.M. Prentice, R G Whitehead, Susan B. Roberts +1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Total Parenteral Nutrition in the Cancer Patient

Murray F. Brennan

New England Journal of Medicine

TOTAL parenteral nutrition (TPN) is a life-saving method of nutritional support for patients who are unable to ingest, digest, or absorb sufficient nutrients to prevent death from starvation. The...

" CATABOLIC " LOSS OF BODY NITROGEN IN RESPONSE TO SURGERY

Stephen J. O’Keefe, P. M. Sender, W. P. T. James

The Lancet

CONCEPTS IN FUNGAL NUTRITION AND THE ORIGIN OF BIOTROPHY

Douglas Lewis

Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Summary 1. Since use of the terms, symbiosis and obligate parasitism, is ambiguous, an attempt is made to re‐impose precision by a re‐evaluation of basic concepts. 2. For symbiosis, there should be a...

Fine Structure of Starch and its Relationship to the Organization of Starch Granules

Dexter French

Journal of the Japanese Society of Starch Science

Dictionary of Economic Plants

Lowell K. Halls, J. C. Th. Uphof

Journal of Range Management

THE FATTY ACIDS OF HUMAN MILK. II. ALTERATIONS PRODUCED BY MANIPULATION OF CALORIC BALANCE AND EXCHANGE OF DIETARY FATS*†

William Insull, Joy Hirsch, Teenu James +1

Journal of Clinical Investigation

This report describes specific alteration of the fatty acid pattern of human milk produced by rigidly controlled variations in the maternal diet. The subject was a 23-year old white para 3 who had a...

Modification of rapeseed protein by ultrasound-assisted pH shift treatment: Ultrasonic mode and frequency screening, changes in protein solubility and structural characteristics

Yihe Li, Yu Cheng, Zhaoli Zhang +6

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

We investigated the effect of ultrasound-assisted pH shift treatment on the micro-particle, molecular, and spatial structure of rapeseed protein isolates (RPI). Various ultrasonic frequency modes...