Research Library

Zinc toxicity

GJ Fosmire

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Drivers of food waste and their implications for sustainable policy development

Krista L. Thyberg, David J. Tonjes

Resources Conservation and Recycling

Long-Chain ω-3 Fatty Acids for Indicated Prevention of Psychotic Disorders

G. Paul Amminger, Miriam R. Schäfer, Κωνσταντίνος Παπαγεωργίου +6

Archives of General Psychiatry

Long-chain omega-3 PUFAs reduce the risk of progression to psychotic disorder and may offer a safe and efficacious strategy for indicated prevention in young people with subthreshold psychotic...

Toxic constituents of plant foodstuffs

Food and Cosmetics Toxicology

afex: Analysis of Factorial Experiments

Henrik Singmann, Benjamin M. Bolker, Jake Westfall +2

Convenience functions for analyzing factorial experiments using ANOVA or mixed models. aov_ez(), aov_car(), and aov_4() allow specification of between, within (i.e., repeated-measures), or mixed...

Water pollution in Pakistan and its impact on public health — A review

Azizullah Azizullah, Muhammad Nasir Khan Khattak, Peter Richter +1

Environment International

Dietary (n-3) Fatty Acids and Brain Development1

Sheila M. Innis

Journal of Nutrition

Quorum sensing controls biofilm formation in <i>Vibrio cholerae</i>

Brian K. Hammer, Bonnie L. Bassler

Molecular Microbiology

Multiple quorum-sensing circuits function in parallel to control virulence and biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae. In contrast to other bacterial pathogens that induce virulence factor production...

Reactive Oxygen-Mediated Protein Oxidation in Aging and Disease

Earl R. Stadtman, Barbara S. Berlett

Drug Metabolism Reviews

Highly reactive oxygen species that are formed during normal metabolism and under conditions of oxidative stress are able to oxidize proteins or convert lipid and carbohydrate derivatives to...

New Aspects of Salmonella Infection in Broiler Production

E. Nurmi, Marjatta Rantala

Nature

Test for Escherichia coli Enterotoxin Using Infant Mice: Application in a Study of Diarrhea in Children in Honolulu

Andrew G. Dean, Y.-C. Ching, Randall G. Williams +1

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

In a new test for detection of Escherichia coli enterotoxin, supernates of broth cultures were injected into the stomachs of infant mice and fluid accumulation in the intestine was measured after 4...

Global Trends in Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever

John A. Crump, Eric D. Mintz

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Typhoid and paratyphoid fever continue to be important causes of illness and death, particularly among children and adolescents in south-central and Southeast Asia, where enteric fever is associated...

Concentration and shear rate dependence of viscosity in random coil polysaccharide solutions

E.R. Morris, A.N. Cutler, S.B. Ross-Murphy +2

Carbohydrate Polymers

The potato: evolution, biodiversity and genetic resources

Choice Reviews Online

The origin and first home of the potato the spread of the potato round the world potato cytology and reproductive biology potato evolution potato systematics and biodiversity genetic resouces of the...

THE ISOLATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE ENZYME UREASE

James B. Sumner

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Bacillus As Potential Probiotics: Status, Concerns, and Future Perspectives

Fouad M. F. Elshaghabee, Namita Rokana, Rohini Devidas Gulhane +2

Frontiers in Microbiology

Spore-forming bacilli are being explored for the production and preservation of food for many centuries. The inherent ability of production of large number of secretory proteins, enzymes,...

Bacterial-Fungal Interactions: Hyphens between Agricultural, Clinical, Environmental, and Food Microbiologists

Pascale Frey‐Klett, Peter Burlinson, Aurélie Deveau +3

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Bacteria and fungi can form a range of physical associations that depend on various modes of molecular communication for their development and functioning. These bacterial-fungal interactions often...

The Role of Selenium in Inflammation and Immunity: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Opportunities

Zhi Huang, Aaron H. Rose, Peter R. Hoffmann

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Dietary selenium (]Se), mainly through its incorporation into selenoproteins, plays an important role in inflammation and immunity. Adequate levels of Se are important for initiating immunity, but...

The genome sequence of <i>Bifidobacterium longum</i> subsp. <i>infantis</i> reveals adaptations for milk utilization within the infant microbiome

David A. Sela, Jarrod Chapman, A. Adeuya +10

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Following birth, the breast-fed infant gastrointestinal tract is rapidly colonized by a microbial consortium often dominated by bifidobacteria. Accordingly, the complete genome sequence of...

Actin accumulation at sites of bacterial adhesion to tissue culture cells: basis of a new diagnostic test for enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Stuart Knutton, Thomas J. Baldwin, P. H. Williams +1

Infection and Immunity

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) adhere to the intestinal mucosa and produce an attaching and effacing (AE) lesion in the brush border microvillous...

Edible Coatings and Films to Improve Food Quality

HyunJ. Park

Trends in Food Science & Technology

A PROPOSAL FOR A UNIFORM NOMENCLATURE IN BACTERIAL GENETICS

M. Demerec, Edward A. Adelberg, Anthony J. Clark +1

Genetics

The current proposal is an outgrowth of its predecessors, developed by the present authors in consultation with colleagues in other laboratories and in other countries. The basic system has proven...

The double burden of malnutrition: aetiological pathways and consequences for health

Jonathan C. K. Wells, Ana Lydia Sawaya, Rasmus Wibæk +4

The Lancet

Hydrocortisone, Vitamin C, and Thiamine for the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Paul E. Marik, Vikramjit Khangoora, Racquel Rivera +2

CHEST Journal

The complex microbiota of raw milk

Lisa Quigley, Órla O’Sullivan, Catherine Stanton +4

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Here, we review what is known about the microorganisms present in raw milk, including milk from cows, sheep, goats and humans. Milk, due to its high nutritional content, can support a rich...

A Randomized Trial of Glutamine and Antioxidants in Critically Ill Patients

Daren K. Heyland, John Muscedere, Paul E. Wischmeyer +6

New England Journal of Medicine

Early provision of glutamine or antioxidants did not improve clinical outcomes, and glutamine was associated with an increase in mortality among critically ill patients with multiorgan failure....

Demonstration of safety of probiotics — a review

Seppo Salminen

International Journal of Food Microbiology

The thin-layer drying characteristics of garlic slices

Ponciano S. Madamba, Robert Driscoll, Ken Buckle

Journal of Food Engineering

Plant allometry: the scaling of form and process

Choice Reviews Online

Allometry, the study of the growth rate of an organism's parts in relation to the whole, has produced various results in research on animals. This text applies allometry to studies of the evolution,...

<i>Campylobacter jejuni—</i>An Emerging Foodborne Pathogen

Sean F. Altekruse, Norman J. Stern, Patricia I. Fields +1

Emerging infectious diseases

Campylobacter jejuni is the most commonly reported bacterial cause of foodborne infection in the United States. Adding to the human and economic costs are chronic sequelae associated with C. jejuni...

Overview of gut flora and probiotics

Wilhelm H. Holzapfel, Petra Haberer, Johannes Snel +2

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Sensory specific satiety in man☆

Barbara J. Rolls, Edmund T. Rolls, E. A. Rowe +1

Physiology & Behavior

Effect on Caries of Restricting Sugars Intake

Paula Moynihan, Sarah Kelly

Journal of Dental Research

A systematic review of studies in humans was conducted to update evidence on the association between the amount of sugars intake and dental caries and on the effect of restricting sugars intake to <...

The Pleiotropic Two-Component Regulatory System PhoP-PhoQ

Eduardo A. Groisman

Journal of Bacteriology

PhoP-PhoQ is a two-component system that governs virulence, mediates the adaptation to Mg2+-limiting environments, and regulates numerous cellular activities in several gram-negative species. It...

Detection of Deep-Vein Thrombosis by Real-Time B-Mode Ultrasonography

Anthonie W.A. Lensing, Paolo Prandoni, Dees P. M. Brandjes +7

New England Journal of Medicine

In 220 consecutive outpatients with clinically suspected deep-vein thrombosis of the leg, we compared contrast venography with real-time B-mode ultrasonography, using the single criterion of vein...

Fatty acid composition of the plasma lipids in Greenland Eskimos

J. Dyerberg, HO Bang, Niels Hjørne

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Zinc in Human Health: Effect of Zinc on Immune Cells

Ananda S. Prasad

Molecular Medicine

Although the essentiality of zinc for plants and animals has been known for many decades, the essentiality of zinc for humans was recognized only 40 years ago in the Middle East. The zinc-deficient...

A new growth chart for preterm babies: Babson and Benda's chart updated with recent data and a new format

Tanis R. Fenton

BMC Pediatrics

The Babson and Benda 1976 "fetal-infant growth graph" for preterm infants is commonly used in neonatal intensive care. Its limits include the small sample size which provides low confidence in the...

Synergism between natural products and antibiotics against infectious diseases

Shanmugam Hemaiswarya, Anil Kumar Kruthiventi, Mukesh Doble

Phytomedicine

Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality

Sebastián Galiani, Paul Gertler, Ernesto Schargrodsky

Journal of Political Economy

Abstract: In the 1990s Argentina embarked on one of the largest privatization campaigns in the world as part of a structural reform plan. The program included the privatization of local water...

Identification of volatile components in basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) and thyme leaves (Thymus vulgaris L.) and their antioxidant properties

Seung‐Joo Lee, K. UMANO, Takayuki Shibamoto +1

Food Chemistry

Hempseed as a nutritional resource: An overview

J. C. Callaway

Euphytica

Does vitamin C act as a pro‐oxidant under physiological conditions?

Anitra C. Carr, Balz Frei

The FASEB Journal

Vitamin C readily scavenges reactive oxygen and nitrogen species and may thereby prevent oxidative damage to important biological macromolecules such as DNA, lipids, and proteins. Vitamin C also...

A family of mammalian Na+-dependent L-ascorbic acid transporters

Hiroyasu Tsukaguchi, Taro Tokui, Bryan Mackenzie +5

Nature

Introduction to radiation chemistry

A. Charlesby

International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation Part C Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Changes in consumption of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in the United States during the 20th century

Tanya L Blasbalg, Joseph R. Hibbeln, Christopher E. Ramsden +2

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Fecal Microflora in Healthy Infants Born by Different Methods of Delivery: Permanent Changes in Intestinal Flora After Cesarean Delivery

Minna‐Maija Grölund, Olli‐Pekka Lehtonen, Erkki Eerola +1

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

This study shows for the first time that the primary gut flora in infants born by cesarean delivery may be disturbed for up to 6 months after the birth. The clinical relevance of these changes is...

Salmonella typhimurium initiates murine infection by penetrating and destroying the specialized epithelial M cells of the Peyer's patches.

Bradley D. Jones, N Ghori, Stanley Falkow

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Salmonella species are known to initiate infection of mammalian hosts by penetrating the intestinal epithelium of the small bowel. These bacteria preferentially interact with Peyer's patches which...

[65] Assays of intermediates of the citric acid cycle and related compounds by fluorometric enzyme methods

John Williamson, Barbara E. Corkey

Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology