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Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) beyond the farm gate: From herbal tea to potential phytopharmaceutical

Elizabeth Joubert, Dalene de Beer

South African Journal of Botany

Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.) Dahlg. (Fabaceae, Tribe Crotalarieae), an endemic South African fynbos species, is cultivated to produce the well-known herbal tea, rooibos. It is currently sold in more...

Salmonella infections: An update on epidemiology, management, and prevention

Flor M. Sánchez-Vargas, Maisam Abu‐El‐Haija, Oscar G. Gómez‐Duarte

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Structural and thermal characterization of galactomannans from non-conventional sources

Miguel A. Cerqueira, Bartolomeu Warlene Silva de Souza, Joana Simões +4

Carbohydrate Polymers

Galactomannans of Gleditsia triacanthos, Caesalpinia pulcherrima and Adenanthera pavonina were structurally and thermally characterized. Methylation analyses confirmed that these three galactomannans...

Measurement properties of the Villalta scale to define and classify the severity of the post-thrombotic syndrome

Susan R. Kahn

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Biological activity of phenolic lipids

Maria Stasiuk, Arkadiusz Kozubek

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Tellurite: history, oxidative stress, and molecular mechanisms of resistance

Thomas G. Chasteen, Derie E. Fuentes, Juan C. Tantaleán +1

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

The perceived importance of tellurium (Te) in biological systems has lagged behind selenium (Se), its lighter sister in the Group 16 chalcogens, because of tellurium's lower crustal abundance, lower...

Fermentation of cocoa beans: influence of microbial activities and polyphenol concentrations on the flavour of chocolate

Nicholas Camu, Tom De Winter, Solomon K. Addo +3

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Abstract BACKGROUND: Spontaneous cocoa bean fermentation is characterised by a succession of microbial activities. Cocoa flavour precursors are developed during fermentation and drying of cocoa...

Role of copper transporters in copper homeostasis

Joseph R. Prohaska

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Amiloride-sensitive channels in type I fungiform taste cells in mouse

Aurélie Vandenbeuch, Tod R. Clapp, Sue C. Kinnamon

BMC Neuroscience

The principal finding is that amiloride-sensitive Na+ channels appear to be expressed in cells that lack voltage-gated inward currents, likely the Type I taste cells. These cells were previously...

Roles of Probiotics and Prebiotics in Colon Cancer Prevention: Postulated Mechanisms and In-vivo Evidence

Min‐Tze Liong

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Probiotics are live bacteria that could exert health beneficial effects upon consumption. In additional to their conventional use as gut modulators, probiotics are investigated for their role to...

Extraintestinal Virulence Is a Coincidental By-Product of Commensalism in B2 Phylogenetic Group Escherichia coli Strains

Tony Le Gall, Olivier Clermont, S. Gouriou +4

Molecular Biology and Evolution

The selective pressures leading to the evolution and maintenance of virulence in the case of facultative pathogens are quite unclear. For example, Escherichia coli, a commensal of the gut of...

Comparison of Virulence Gene Profiles of <i>Escherichia coli</i> Strains Isolated from Healthy and Diarrheic Swine

Toni A. Chapman, Xiyang Wu, I. Barchia +5

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

A combination of uni- and multiplex PCR assays targeting 58 virulence genes (VGs) associated with Escherichia coli strains causing intestinal and extraintestinal disease in humans and other mammals...

A new insight into the gelatinization process of native starches

Wajira S. Ratnayake, David S. Jackson

Carbohydrate Polymers

Dietary Copper and High Saturated and trans Fat Intakes Associated With Cognitive Decline

Martha Clare Morris, Denis A. Evans, Christy Tangney +4

Archives of Neurology

These data suggest that high dietary intake of copper in conjunction with a diet high in saturated and trans fats may be associated with accelerated cognitive decline.

Regional distribution of mutations of the ATP7B gene in patients with Wilson disease: impact on genetic testing

Péter Ferenci

Human Genetics

Effects of oral magnesium supplementation on glycaemic control in Type 2 diabetes: a meta‐analysis of randomized double‐blind controlled trials

Yiqing Song, Ka He, Emily B. Levitan +2

Diabetic Medicine

Oral magnesium supplementation for 4-16 weeks may be effective in reducing plasma fasting glucose levels and raising HDL cholesterol in patients with Type 2 diabetes, although the long-term benefits...

Nutrient composition of hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) varieties cultivated in Turkey

A.I. Köksal, Nevzat Artık, Atilla Şimşek +1

Food Chemistry

Foundation review: Principles and applications of LC-MS in new drug discovery

Walter A. Korfmacher

Drug Discovery Today

Vitamin C: Basic Metabolism and Its Function as an Index of Oxidative Stress

Shosuke Kojo

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Vitamin C (ASC) is well known as an outstanding antioxidant in animal tissues. This concept is reviewed from a chemical standpoint, starting from a chemical view of radical reactions in the cell....

The mammalian amiloride‐insensitive non‐specific salt taste receptor is a vanilloid receptor‐1 variant

Vijay Lyall, Gerard L. Heck, Anna K. Vinnikova +7

The Journal of Physiology

The amiloride-insensitive salt taste receptor is the predominant transducer of salt taste in some mammalian species, including humans. The physiological, pharmacological and biochemical properties of...

The chemical composition of some Lauraceae essential oils and their antifungal activities

Ana Simić, Marina Sokóvić, Mihailo Ristić +3

Phytotherapy Research

The antifungal activity of Aniba rosaeodora, Laurus nobilis, Sassafras albidum and Cinnamomum zeylanicum essential oils were investigated against 17 micromycetes. Among the tested fungal species were...

Plant Resources of Tropical Africa

Henk Beentje, L.P.A. Oyen, Robin Lemmens +3

Kew Bulletin

The<i>Salmonella enterica</i>Serotype Typhimurium Effector Proteins SipA, SopA, SopB, SopD, and SopE2 Act in Concert To Induce Diarrhea in Calves

Shuping Zhang, Renato L. Santos, Renée M. Tsolis +4

Infection and Immunity

Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium requires a functional type III secretion system encoded by Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI1) to cause diarrhea. We investigated the role of genes...

Role of hydrogen peroxide and oxidative stress in healing responses

Marcos Rojkind, José-Alfredo Domínguez-Rosales, Natalia Nieto +1

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Effect of Grain Structure and Cooking on Sorghum and Maize in vitro Protein Digestibility

Kwaku G. Duodu, Alexandra Nunes, Ivonne Delgadillo +4

Journal of Cereal Science

Mutations in the Cone Photoreceptor G-Protein α-Subunit Gene GNAT2 in Patients with Achromatopsia

Susanne Kohl, Britta Baumann, Thomas Rosenberg +5

The American Journal of Human Genetics

Selenium toxicity: cause and effects in aquatic birds

Julian E. Spallholz, David J. Hoffman

Aquatic Toxicology

Stability of casein micelles in milk

Remco Tuinier, C. G. de Kruif

The Journal of Chemical Physics

Casein micelles in milk are proteinaceous colloidal particles and are essential for the production of flocculated and gelled products such as yogurt, cheese, and ice-cream. The colloidal stability of...

Zinc Finger Proteins as Potential Targets for Toxic Metal Ions: Differential Effects on Structure and Function

A. Hartwig

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Zinc finger structures are frequently found in transcription factors and DNA repair proteins, mediating DNA-protein and protein-protein binding. As low concentrations of transition metal compounds,...

Extraction and Isolation of Lignin for Utilization as a Standard to Determine Lignin Concentration Using the Acetyl Bromide Spectrophotometric Method

Romualdo Shigueo Fukushima, Ronald D. Hatfield

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Lignin extracted with acidic dioxane was investigated as a possible standard for quantitatively determining lignin content in plant samples using the spectrophotometric method employing acetyl...

Effects of dietary inulin on serum lipids, blood glucose and the gastrointestinal environment in hypercholesterolemic men

Jennifer Causey, Joellen Feirtag, Daniel D. Gallaher +2

Nutrition Research

Measurement of Osteocalcin

Allison Jane Lee, Stephen Hodges, Richard Eastell

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory Medicine

ACID-TREATED STARCHES

R. Hoover

Food Reviews International

Acids such as HCl and H2SO4 cause scission of the glucosidic linkages, thereby altering the structure and properties of the native starch. The amorphous regions of the starch granule are more...

Predictors of Rehospitalization for Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism after Total Hip Arthroplasty

Richard H. White, Sharmeen Gettner, Jeffrey M. Newman +2

New England Journal of Medicine

In patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty, a body-mass index of 25 or greater was associated with subsequent hospitalization for thromboembolism. Pneumatic compression in patients with a...

Evolution and Variation of the Yeast (<i>Saccharomyces</i>) Genome

Robert Mortimer

Genome Research

In this review we describe the role of the yeast Saccharomyces in the development of human societies including the use of this organism in the making of wine, bread, beer, and distilled beverages. We...

High moisture food extrusion

Hülya Akdoğan

International Journal of Food Science & Technology

Abstract Extrusion at higher moisture contents (&amp;gt; 40%), also known as wet extrusion, is relatively less investigated compared to low and intermediate moisture extrusion. Literature on high...

Molecular Mechanisms of Copper Homeostasis

J. Camakaris, Ilia Voskoboinik, J. F. B. Mercer

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Adult scurvy

Jan V. Hirschmann, Gregory J. Raugi

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

T cell specificity and cross reactivity towards enterobacteria, <i>Bacteroides</i> , <i>Bifidobacterium</i> , and antigens from resident intestinal flora in humans

Rainer Duchmann, Ekkehard May, Michael Heike +3

Gut

Immune responses to antigens from the intestinal microflora involve a complex network of T cell specificities.

Metallothioneins: historical review and state of knowledge

Monica Nordberg

Talanta

Effect of interactions between denatured whey proteins and casein micelles on the formation and rheological properties of acid skim milk gels

J.A. Lucey, M. Tamehana, Harjinder Singh +1

Journal of Dairy Research

The effect of interactions of denatured whey proteins with casein micelles on the rheological properties of acid milk gels was investigated. Gels were made by acidification of skim milk with...

Micellar Properties of Quillaja Saponin. 1. Effects of Temperature, Salt, and pH on Solution Properties

Shuman Mitra, Stephanie R. Dungan

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

We used surface tension and dye solubilization measurements to demonstrate that quillaja saponin molecules aggregate into micelles above a critical micelle concentration (cmc), whose value ranges...

Handbook of indigenous fermented foods

Hing Man Chan

Food Research International

Possible implications of milk pasteurization on the manufacture and sensory quality of ripened cheese

Rémy Grappin, Éric Beuvier

International Dairy Journal

Prevalence and clonal nature of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on dairy farms in Wisconsin

N. G. Faith, J. A. Shere, Roland Brosch +5

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

A survey was conducted between March and October of 1994 to determine the prevalence and identify the sources of serotype O157:H7 isolates of Escherichia coli in Wisconsin dairy herds. A stratified...

Occipital horn syndrome and a mild Menkes phenotype associated with splice site mutations at the MNK locus

Stephen G. Kaler, Linda K. Gallo, Virginia K. Proud +6

Nature Genetics

A Differential-selective Medium and Dry Ice-generated Atmosphere for Recovery of Campylobacter jejuni

Norman J. Stern, B. Wojtoń, K. Kwiatek

Journal of Food Protection

Determination of selenium bioavailability to a benthic bivalve from particulate and solute pathways

Samuel N. Luoma, Carolyn Johns, Nicholas S. Fisher +3

Environmental Science & Technology

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTDetermination of selenium bioavailability to a benthic bivalve from particulate and solute pathwaysSamuel N. Luoma, Carolyn Johns, Nicholas S. Fisher,...

The Measurement of Selection on Quantitative Traits: Biases Due to Environmental Covariances between Traits and Fitness

Mark D. Rausher

Evolution