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An overview of the factors affecting sugar content of potatoes

Dinesh Kumar, Brajesh Singh, Parveen Kumar

Annals of Applied Biology

Summary Potatoes destined for making chips, French fries and other fried products, need to have low sugar content to avoid browning of the finished product. The sugar content of potatoes is...

Dietary fiber from coconut residue: effects of different treatments and particle size on the hydration properties

S. N. Raghavendra, Navin K. Rastogi, K.S.M.S. Raghavarao +1

European Food Research and Technology

Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Glutathione Peroxidase 4 Are Protected against Oxidative Stress-induced Apoptosis

Qitao Ran, Hanyu Liang, Minjun Gu +6

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Glutathione peroxidase 4 (Gpx4) is uniquely involved in the detoxification of oxidative damage to membrane lipids. Our previous studies showed that Gpx4 is essential for mouse survival and that Gpx4...

Formation of Amylose‐Lipid Complexes and Effects of Temperature Treatment. Part 2. Fatty Acids

Fredrik Tufvesson, Marie Wahlgren, Ann‐Charlotte Eliasson

Starch - Stärke

Abstract This article is the second part of research on amylose‐lipid complexes, where the first article dealt with monoglycerides. Here, a variety of fatty acids with chain lengths between 3 and 22...

Characterization of the <i>Arabidopsis</i> metallothionein gene family: tissue‐specific expression and induction during senescence and in response to copper

Woei‐Jiun Guo, Weenun Bundithya, Peter B. Goldsbrough

New Phytologist

• Expression and regulation of Arabidopsis metallothionein (MT) genes were investigated to examine the functions of MTs in plants. • To examine the tissue-specific expression of MT genes, GUS...

Diet-Induced Milk Fat Depression in Dairy Cows Results in Increased trans-10, cis-12 CLA in Milk Fat and Coordinate Suppression of mRNA Abundance for Mammary Enzymes Involved in Milk Fat Synthesis

Daniel G. Peterson, Elvina Matitashvili, Dale E. Bauman

Journal of Nutrition

Molecular Characterization of <i>tet</i> (M) Genes in <i>Lactobacillus</i> Isolates from Different Types of Fermented Dry Sausage

Dirk Gevers, Morten Danielsen, Geert Huys +1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The likelihood that products prepared from raw meat and milk may act as vehicles for antibiotic-resistant bacteria is currently of great concern in food safety issues. In this study, a collection of...

Isolation and characterization of two exopolysaccharides produced by Lactobacillus plantarum EP56

Richard Tallon, Philippe Bressollier, María C. Urdaci

Research in Microbiology

Antibacterial activity of Turkish spice hydrosols

Osman Sağdıç, Musa Özcan

Food Control

Complementary activities of SseJ and SifA regulate dynamics of the <i>Salmonella typhimurium</i> vacuolar membrane

Javier Ruiz‐Albert, Xiu‐Jun Yu, Carmen R. Beuzón +3

Molecular Microbiology

The Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 (SPI-2) type III secretion system (TTSS) of Salmonella typhimurium is required for bacterial replication within host cells. It acts by translocating effector...

Morphological, thermal and rheological properties of starches separated from rice cultivars grown in India

Navdeep Singh Sodhi, Narpinder Singh

Food Chemistry

Determination of Organic Acids, Sugars, Diacetyl, and Acetoin in Cheese by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

Giuseppe Zeppa, Lorenza Conterno, Vincenzo Gerbi

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Sugars (lactose, glucose, and galactose), nonvolatile acids (citric, orotic, piruvic, lactic, ossalic, and hippuric), some free fatty acids (formic, acetic, propionic, butyric, isobutyric, valeric,...

Improvement of functional properties of β-lactoglobulin glycated through the Maillard reaction is related to the nature of the sugar

François Chevalier, Jean‐Marc Chobert, Yves Popineau +2

International Dairy Journal

Studies on effects of dietary fatty acids as related to their position on triglycerides

John E. Hunter

Lipids

This article reviews published literature on how the stereospecific structure of dietary triglycerides may affect lipid metabolism in humans. Animal studies have shown enhanced absorption of fatty...

Breaking through the acid barrier: An orchestrated response to proton stress by enteric bacteria

Jonathon P. Audia, Cathy C. Webb, John W. Foster

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Dietary Supplementation With n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Vitamin E After Myocardial Infarction: Results of the Gissi-Prevenzione Trial

Gissi-Prevenzione Investigators

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Investigators, Gissi-PrevenzioneEditor(s): Cannistra, Lauralyn MD; Carlin, Brian MD; Keteyian, Steven J. PhD

Genetic elimination of a starch granule protein, SGP-1, of wheat generates an altered starch with apparent high amylose

Makoto Yamamori, Shuzo Fujita, K Hayakawa +2

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Diuretics Shift Circadian Rhythm of Blood Pressure From Nondipper to Dipper in Essential Hypertension

Takashi Uzu, Genjiro Kimura

Circulation

The present study demonstrated that diuretics can restore nocturnal blood pressure decline in a manner similar to sodium restriction, which suggests that the kidneys and sodium metabolism may play...

Lactobacillus casei Inhibits Antigen-Induced IgE Secretion through Regulation of Cytokine Production in Murine Splenocyte Cultures

Kan Shida, Kumiko Makino, Aki Morishita +7

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

This is the first demonstration that a nonpathogenic microorganism, L. casei, can inhibit antigen-induced IgE production through induction of IL-12 secretion by macrophages. The findings suggest a...

Supra-aggregates of Casein Micelles as a Prelude to Coagulation

C. G. de Kruif

Journal of Dairy Science

Native casein micelles (i.e., the micelles in fresh milk) can be treated as a collection of polydisperse hard spheres. This follows from small angle neutron scattering, viscosity, diffusivity, and...

Characterization of <i>hapR</i>, a positive regulator of the <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> HA/protease gene <i>hap</i>, and its identification as a functional homologue of the <i>Vibrio harveyi luxR</i> gene

Michael G. Jobling, Randall K. Holmes

Molecular Microbiology

The Vibrio cholerae HA/protease gene (hap) promoter is inactive in Escherichia coli. We cloned and sequenced the 0.7kb hap promoter fragment from strain 3083-2 and showed that hap is located...

The role of seafood in foodborne diseases in the United States of America

Erin K. Lipp, Joan B. Rose

Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIE

In the United States of America, seafood ranked third on the list of products which caused foodborne disease between 1983 and 1992. Outbreaks connected with fish vectors were caused by scombroid,...

Role of caloric content on gastric emptying in humans.

José A. L. Calbet, D. A. MacLean

The Journal of Physiology

1. This study examined the effects of caloric content (caloric density and the nature of calories) on the rate of gastric emptying using the double-sampling gastric aspiration technique. Four test...

Age-Specific Determinants of Stunting in Filipino Children , ,

Adair Linda S., Guilkey David K.

Journal of Nutrition

Effect of increasing breast milk docosahexaenoic acid on plasma and erythrocyte phospholipid fatty acids and neural indices of exclusively breast fed infants

Robert A. Gibson, MA Neumann, M Makrides

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

KatP, a novel catalase-peroxidase encoded by the large plasmid of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

Werner Brunder, Herbert Schmidt, Helge Karch

Microbiology

A gene coding for a catalase-peroxidase activity was identified on a 9-7 kb Smal DNA fragment derived from the large plasmid pO157 of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 strain EDL...

Non-native α-helical intermediate in the refolding of β-lactoglobulin, a predominantly β-sheet protein

Daizo Hamada, Shin-ichi Segawa, Yuji Goto

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Metallothionein protects DNA from oxidative damage

Leda S. Chubatsu, R. Meneghini

Biochemical Journal

Metallothionein (MT) is a potent hydroxyl radical scavenger but its antioxidant properties in vivo have not been defined. Most of the recent results indicate that it does not afford protection to...

Comparison of effects of lauric acid and palmitic acid on plasma lipids and lipoproteins

MA Denke, SM Grundy

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Probiotics

R. Fuller

New model for analysis of mucosal immunity: intestinal secretion of specific monoclonal immunoglobulin A from hybridoma tumors protects against Vibrio cholerae infection

Louis Winner, Julie Mack, Richard Weltzin +3

Infection and Immunity

Secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) plays a role in defense against Vibrio cholerae and other microorganisms that infect mucosal surfaces, but it is not established whether sIgA alone can prevent...

Effect of chronic ingestion of a fermented dairy product containing Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidum on metabolic activities of the colonic flora in humans

Philippe Marteau, Philippe Pochart, Bernard Flourié +4

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Copper absorption and retention in young men at three levels of dietary copper by use of the stable isotope 65Cu

Judith R. Turnlund, William R. Keyes, Helén Anderson +1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Intracellular Compartmentation of Ions in Salt Adapted Tobacco Cells

Marla L. Binzel, F. Dana Hess, Ray A. Bressan +1

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Na(+) and Cl(-) are the principal solutes utilized for osmotic adjustment in cells of Nicotiana tabacum L. var Wisconsin 38 (tobacco) adapted to NaCl, accumulating to levels of 472 and 386...

Secondary metabolism in microorganisms, plants and animals

General Pharmacology The Vascular System

The projection of the supramammillary nucleus to the hippocampal formation: An immunohistochemical and anterograde transport study with the lectin PHA‐L in the rat

Lena Haglund, Larry W. Swanson, Christer Köhler

The Journal of Comparative Neurology

The organization and possible neurotransmitter specificity of a projection from the lateral supramammillary nucleus to the hippocampal formation has been examined with immunohistochemical and axonal...

Inhibition of low density lipoprotein synthesis by dietary omega-3 fatty acids in humans.

D. Roger Illingworth, William S. Harris, W E Connor

Arteriosclerosis An Official Journal of the American Heart Association Inc

Diets rich in omega-3 fatty acids derived from fish oils lower the plasma concentrations of low density lipoproteins (LDL) and very low density lipoproteins in humans. The present study was designed...

Biological evaluation of a methanol-soluble, heat-stable Escherichia coli enterotoxin in infant mice, pigs, rabbits, and calves

M. N. Burgess, R. Bywater, C. M. Cowley +2

Infection and Immunity

Escherichia coli P16 was shown to produce two heat-stable toxins (ST) with differing biological activity. The toxins were separated by methanol extraction, and the first, STa, was methanol soluble,...

A model for the control of ingestion.

John D. Davis, Michael W. Levine

Psychological Review

Antimicrobial lipids: Natural and synthetic fatty acids and monoglycerides

Jon J. Kabara, R. Vrable, Marcel S. F. Lie Ken Jie

Lipids

Over 40 natural or synthetic lipophilic compounds were screened for antimicrobial activity. Gram (+) bacteria and yeasts but not Gram (-) bacteria were affected by these agents. Epimino and selena...

An attempt at preparing water-in-oil-in-water multiple-phase emulsions

Sachio MATSUMOTO, Yoshiko Kita, Daizo Yonezawa

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Differences in the Response of Rabbit Small Intestine to Heat-Labile and Heat-Stable Enterotoxins of <i>Escherichia coli</i>

D. Gareth Evans, Doyle J. Evans, Nathaniel F. Pierce

Infection and Immunity

The response of adult rabbit small intestine to the heat-stable (ST) and heat-labile (LT) enterotoxins of Escherichia coli has been investigated by employing the ligated loop technique. Fluid...

Protection Against Enteric Bacterial Infection by Secretory IgA Antibodies

Ernest S. Fubara, Rolf Freter

The Journal of Immunology

Abstract This paper elaborates and extends earlier reports from this laboratory on the mechanisms by which coproantibodies protect against enteric bacterial infection. Purified antibody preparations...

Essential trace metals in man: Selenium

Henry A. Schroeder, Douglas V. Frost, Joseph J. Balassa

Journal of Chronic Diseases

Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. A Trial of Heparin, Streptokinase, and Arvin

V V Kakkar, C Flanc, C T Howe +2

BMJ

Thirty patients with deep vein thrombosis of the legs of less than four days' duration were allocated at random to treatment with heparin, streptokinase, or Arvin under laboratory control. When the...

Modern cereal chemistry

Food and Cosmetics Toxicology

Starch and Oligosaccharide Synthesis from Uridine Diphosphate Glucose

Luis F. Leloir, M. A. R. de Fekete, Carlos E. Cardini

Journal of Biological Chemistry

EFFECT OF SMOKING ON THE PRODUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF GASTRIC AND DUODENAL ULCERS

Richard Doll, F. Avery Jones, F. Pygott

The Lancet

The hypothalamus

S. W. Ranson, H. W. Magoun

Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology