Antibacterial properties of essential oils from Thai medicinal plants
Bhusita Wannissorn, Siripen Jarikasem, Thammathad Siriwangchai +1
Fitoterapia
Combination of Analyte Protectants To Overcome Matrix Effects in Routine GC Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Food Matrixes
Kateřina Maštovská, Steven J. Lehotay, Michelangelo Anastassiades
Analytical Chemistry
Analyte protectants were previously defined as compounds that strongly interact with active sites in the gas chromatographic (GC) system, thus decreasing degradation, adsorption, or both of...
Synbiotics reduce postoperative infectious complications: a randomized controlled trial in biliary cancer patients undergoing hepatectomy
Hidetoshi Kanazawa, Masato Nagino, Satoshi Kamiya +7
Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery
Vinegar supplementation lowers glucose and insulin responses and increases satiety after a bread meal in healthy subjects
Elin Östman, Yvonne Granfeldt, Lennart Persson +1
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Copper transporters regulate the cellular pharmacology and sensitivity to Pt drugs
Roohangiz Safaei, Stephen B. Howell
Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Scutellaria barbata
Jianqing Yu, Jiachuan Lei, Huaidong Yu +2
Phytochemistry
The <i>Legionella pneumophila</i> LidA protein: a translocated substrate of the Dot/Icm system associated with maintenance of bacterial integrity
Gloria M. Conover, Isabelle Derré, Joseph P. Vogel +1
Molecular Microbiology
Legionella pneumophila establishes a replication vacuole within phagocytes that requires the bacterial Dot/Icm apparatus for its formation. This apparatus is predicted to translocate effectors into...
Effect of pH on the Association of Denatured Whey Proteins with Casein Micelles in Heated Reconstituted Skim Milk
Skelte G. Anema, Yuming Li
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Skim milk was adjusted to pH values between 6.5 and 6.7 and heated (80, 90, and 100 degrees C) for up to 60 min. Changes in casein micelle size, level of whey protein denaturation, and level of whey...
Poverty and Access to Roads in Papua New Guinea
John Gibson, Scott Rozelle
Economic Development and Cultural Change
Zinc Deficiency Induces Oxidative DNA Damage and Increases P53 Expression in Human Lung Fibroblasts
Emily Ho, Chantal Courtemanche, Bruce N. Ames
Journal of Nutrition
In vitro investigations of the effect of probiotics and prebiotics on selected human intestinal pathogens
L.J. Fooks, Glenn R. Gibson
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Abstract This study investigated the effects of selected probiotic microorganisms, in combination with prebiotics, on certain human intestinal food-borne pathogens. Probiotics grown with different...
The Practical Aesthetics of Traditional Cuisines: Slow Food in Tuscany
Mara Miele, Jonathan Murdoch
Sociologia Ruralis
The paper examines the aestheticisation of food in the context of ‘eating out’ and distinguishes two main aesthetic types: first, an ‘aesthetic of entertainment’ in which food quality is secondary to...
Molecular Characterization of<i>Campylobacter jejuni</i>Clones: A Basis for Epidemiologic Investigation
Kate E. Dingle, Frances M. Colles, Roisin Ure +6
Emerging infectious diseases
A total of 814 isolates of the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni were characterized by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and analysis of the variation of two cell-surface components: the...
Yeast Diversity and Persistence in Botrytis-Affected Wine Fermentations
David A. Mills, E. Johannsen, Luca Cocolin
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Culture-dependent and -independent methods were used to examine the yeast diversity present in botrytis-affected ("botrytized") wine fermentations carried out at high ( approximately 30 degrees C)...
Functional Foods from Probiotics and Prebiotics
Nagendra P. Shah
The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong)
n−3 fatty acids and human health: Defining strategies for public policy
Artemis P. Simopoulos
Lipids
The last quarter of the 20th century was characterized by an increase in the consumer's interest in the nutritional aspects of health. As a result, governments began to develop dietary guidelines in...
Zinc Intake of the U.S. Population: Findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994
Ronette Briefel, Karil Bialostosky, Jocelyn Kennedy‐Stephenson +3
Journal of Nutrition
Lipid metabolism in the fetus and the newborn
Emílio Herrera, E. Amusquivar
Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
During late gestation, although maternal adipose tissue lipolytic activity becomes enhanced, lipolytic products cross the placenta with difficulty. Under fasting conditions, free fatty acids (FFA)...
Contribution of Volatile Thiols to the Aromas of White Wines Made From Several<i>Vitis vinifera</i>Grape Varieties
Takatoshi Tominaga, Raymonde Baltenweck, Catherine Peyrot des Gachons +1
American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
Five volatile thiols previously identified in Sauvignon blanc wines, 4-mercapto-4-methylpentan-2-one (4MMP), 4-mercapto-4-methylpentan-2-ol (4MMPOH), 3-mercapto-3-methylbutan-1-ol (3MMB),...
Guidelines for the microbiological quality of some ready-to-eat foods sampled at the point of sale. PHLS Advisory Committee for Food and Dairy Products.
Richard J. Gilbert, John de Louvois, T. J. Donovan +6
PubMed
These guidelines for the microbiological quality of ready-to-eat foods represent a revision and expansion of guidelines first published by the PHLS in September 1992 and revised in March 1996. The...
<i>Campylobacter jejuni</i>Cytolethal Distending Toxin Mediates Release of Interleukin-8 from Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Thomas E. Hickey, Annette L. McVeigh, Daniel A. Scott +5
Infection and Immunity
Live cells of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli can induce release of interleukin-8 (IL-8) from INT407 cells. Additionally, membrane fractions of C. jejuni 81-176, but not membrane...
Docosahexaenoic acid ingestion inhibits natural killer cell activity and production of inflammatory mediators in young healthy men
Darshan S. Kelley, Peter C. Taylor, Gary J. Nelson +6
Lipids
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of feeding docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) as triacylglycerol on the fatty acid composition, eicosanoid production, and select activities of human...
The Slow Discovery of the Importance of ω3 Essential Fatty Acids in Human Health
Ralph T. Holman
Journal of Nutrition
Identification of a Zinc-Specific Metalloregulatory Protein, Zur, Controlling Zinc Transport Operons in <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>
Ahmed Gaballa, John D. Helmann
Journal of Bacteriology
Zinc is an essential nutrient for all cells, but remarkably little is known regarding bacterial zinc transport and its regulation. We have identified three of the key components acting to maintain...
Imbalances of trace elements related to oxidative damage in Alzheimer's disease brain.
Charles Cornett, William R. Markesbery, W. D. Ehmann
PubMed
Four elements that have been implicated in free-radical-induced oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease (AD) were measured by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) in seven brain regions...
College of American Pathologists Conference XXXI on laboratory monitoring of anticoagulant therapy: the clinical use and laboratory monitoring of low-molecular-weight heparin, danaparoid, hirudin and related compounds, and argatroban.
Michael Laposata, D Green, Elizabeth M. Van Cott +3
PubMed
This report reviews the mechanism of action and potential uses of these newer anticoagulant agents. General guidelines for monitoring these agents and 9 specific recommendations for laboratory...
Composition of pulp, skin and seeds of prickly pears fruit (Opuntia ficus indica sp.)
Radia Lamghari El Kossori, C. Villaume, Essadiq El Boustani +2
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition
Sensitivity and Specificity of a Rapid Whole-Blood Assay for D-Dimer in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism
Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, Philip S. Wells, Clive Kearon +9
Annals of Internal Medicine
A normal D-dimer test result is useful in excluding pulmonary embolism in patients with a low pretest probability of pulmonary embolism or a nondiagnostic lung scan.
Activation of NF-κB in intestinal epithelial cells by enteropathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i>
Suzana D. Savkovic, Athanasia Koutsouris, Gail Hecht
American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
The initial response to infection is recruitment of acute inflammatory cells to the involved site. Interleukin (IL)-8 is the prototypical effector molecule for this process. Transcription of the IL-8...
Creaming and Flocculation of Oil-in-Water Emulsions Containing Sodium Caseinate
Eric Dickinson, Matt Golding, Megan Povey
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Copper-specific Transcriptional Repression of Yeast Genes Encoding Critical Components in the Copper Transport Pathway
Simon Labbé, Zhiwu Zhu, Dennis J. Thiele
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Copper is an essential micronutrient that is toxic in excess. To maintain an adequate yet non-toxic concentration of copper, cells possess several modes of control. One involves copper uptake...
Cost of Long-Term Complications of Deep Venous Thrombosis of the Lower Extremities: An Analysis of a Defined Patient Population in Sweden
D. BERGQVIST, Stefan Jendteg, Lars Johansen +2
Annals of Internal Medicine
The economic effect of post-thrombotic complications is considerable. The use of measures to prevent thromboembolism and its long-term complications are justified on both clinical and economic...
Metal-Induced Hepatotoxicity
Robert S. Britton
Seminars in Liver Disease
Figure 3 summarizes several proposed mechanisms of iron- or copper-induced hepatotoxicity. It has long been suspected that free radicals may play a role in iron- and copper-induced cell toxicity...
Rice as Self
Emiko Ohnuki‐Tierney
Princeton University Press eBooks
Are we what we eat? What does food reveal about how we live and how we think of ourselves in relation to others? Why do people have a strong attachment to their own cuisine and an aversion to the...
Terpenoids from Salvia sclarea
Ayhan Ulubelen, Gülaçtı Topçu, C. Eri§ +4
Phytochemistry
Pouchitis: result of microbial imbalance?
J G Ruseler-van Embden, W. R. Schouten, L M van Lieshout
Gut
To elucidate the role of microbiological factors in pouchitis, this study investigated the composition of ileal reservoir microflora, the mucus degrading capacity of bacterial enzymes as well as the...
Anthocyanins and betalains: evolution of the mutually exclusive pathways
Helen A. Stafford
Plant Science
Biochemistry of Cheese Ripening
Patrick F. Fox, Jean Law, Paul L.H. McSweeney +1
Optimal Therapeutic Level of Heparin Therapy in Patients With Venous Thrombosis
Russell D. Hull
Archives of Internal Medicine
Our findings demonstrate that no association exists between supratherapeutic APTT responses and bleeding, which is in direct contrast to the observed association between subtherapeutic APTT responses...
Magnesium Administration and Dysrhythmias After Cardiac Surgery
Michael R. England
JAMA
Total and ultrafilterable hypomagnesemia are prevalent findings in cardiac surgery patients, and postoperative hypomagnesemia is strongly associated with clinically important morbidity. Magnesium...
Protozoan control of bacterial abundances in freshwater
Ulrike‐G. Berninger, Bland J. Finlay, Pirjo Kuuppo‐Leinikki
Limnology and Oceanography
We have quantified the bacteria, heterotrophic nanoplankton (HNAN), and other microorganisms in 108 lakes, ponds, rivers, and bogs worldwide. These water bodies span the range of biological...
Thionein (apometallothionein) can modulate DNA binding and transcription activation by zinc finger containing factor Spl
Jin Zeng, Rainer Heuchel, Walter Schaffner +1
FEBS Letters
A number of transcription factors contain so-called zinc finger domains for the interaction with their cognate DNA sequence. It has been shown that removal of the zinc ions complexed in these zinc...
Conditioned flavor preferences in young children
Leann L. Birch, Linda McPhee, Lois Steinberg +1
Physiology & Behavior
<i>Δ</i> 6-desaturase activity in liver microsomes of rats fed diets enriched with cholesterol and/or <i>ω</i>3 fatty acids
Manohar L. Garg, E Seböková, A. B. R. Thomson +1
Biochemical Journal
The effect of feeding semipurified diets enriched in linseed (rich in C18:3, omega 3 fatty acid) or fish (rich in C20:5, omega 3 and C22:6, omega 3 fatty acid) oil with and without cholesterol...
Hierarchical Classes: Model and Data Analysis
Paul De Boeck, Seymour Rosenberg
Psychometrika
A discrete, categorical model and a corresponding data-analysis method are presented for two-way two-mode (objects × attributes) data arrays with 0, 1 entries. The model contains the following two...
Twelve-year clinical experience with the Greenfield vena caval filter.
Lazar J. Greenfield, Barbara A. Michna
PubMed
Optimal protection from pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) by a mechanical device requires long-term freedom from complications as well as from recurrent PE. From 1974 to 1986 the Greenfield filter was...
SELENIUM: AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR GROWTH OF THE COASTAL MARINE DIATOM <i>THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA</i> (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)<sup>1,</sup><sup>2</sup>
Neil M. Price, Peter A. Thompson, Paul J. Harrison
Journal of Phycology
ABSTRACT An obligate requirement for selenium is demonstrated in axenic culture of the coastal marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana (clone 3H) (Hust.) Hasle and Heimdal grown in artificial seawater...
Doppler studies in the growth retarded fetus and prediction of neonatal necrotising enterocolitis, haemorrhage, and neonatal morbidity.
Gerald Hackett, S. Campbell, H R Gamsu +2
BMJ
In 82 consecutive cases of intrauterine growth retardation managed by established criteria fetal Doppler studies identified 29 fetuses with absence of end diastolic frequencies in the fetal aorta....
THE POPULATION GENETICS OF <i>ESCHERICHIA COLI</i>
Daniel L. Hartl, Daniel E. Dykhuizen
Annual Review of Genetics
E. coli is a successful and diverse group of organisms, well defined by DNA hybridization within the Enterobacteriacae and including the closely related organisms Shigella and the Alkalescens-Dispar...
A Review of Human Salmonellosis: II. Duration of Excretion Following Infection with Nontyphi Salmonella
Deborah Buchwald, Martin J. Blaser
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Convalescent excretion is a common sequel to salmonella infection, but in contrast to infections with Salmonella typhi, no clear picture of the natural history of nontyphi Salmonella excretion has...