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The effect of sorghum type and processing on the antioxidant properties of African sorghum-based foods

Nomusa Dlamini, John R.N. Taylor, Lloyd W. Rooney

Food Chemistry

Impact of Environmental and Genetic Factors on Biofilm Formation by the Probiotic Strain <i>Lactobacillus rhamnosus</i> GG

Sarah Lebeer, Tine Verhoeven, Mónica Perea Vélez +2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (ATCC 53103) is one of the clinically best-studied probiotic organisms. Moreover, L. rhamnosus GG displays very good in vitro adherence to epithelial cells and mucus. Here,...

Probiotic Bacteria: Legislative Framework—Requirements to Evidence Basis1,

Maya Piñeiro, Catherine Stanton

Journal of Nutrition

Physical approaches for the delivery of active ingredients in foods

Job Ubbink, Jessica S. Kruger

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Levulinic acid production from wheat straw

Chun Chang, Peilin Cen, Xiaojian Ma

Bioresource Technology

Conjugated linoleic acids in milk fat: Variation and physiological effects

Marius Collomb, Alexandra Schmid, R. Sieber +2

International Dairy Journal

Principles of Food Sanitation

Norman G. Marriott, Robert B. Gravani

Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks

In this era of emphasis on food safety and security, high-volume food processing and preparation operations have increased the need for improved sanitary practices from processing to consumption. This

Nicotine Inactivation of the Proapoptotic Function of Bax through Phosphorylation

Meiguo Xin, Xingming Deng

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Nicotine-induced cell survival is associated with chemoresistance of human lung cancer cells, but our understanding of the intracellular mechanism(s) is fragmentary. Bax is a major proapoptotic...

D-Dimer Concentrations in Normal Pregnancy: New Diagnostic Thresholds Are Needed

Jeffrey A. Kline, Ginger W Williams, Jackeline Hernandez‐Nino

Clinical Chemistry

Normal pregnancy causes a progressive increase in circulating D-dimer. The D-dimer test has no use in ruling out VTE in the third trimester if a cutoff of 0.50 mg/L is used. A large management study...

Emulsion flocculation induced by saliva and mucin

Monique H. Vingerhoeds, Theo B. J. Blijdenstein, Franklin D. Zoet +1

Food Hydrocolloids

Venous Thromboembolism According to Age

Paul D. Stein, Russell D. Hull, Fadi Kayali +3

Archives of Internal Medicine

Extensive use of diagnostic tests in elderly patients in the past decade has resulted in an increased diagnostic rate for DVT but not PE. The reason for this disparity is uncertain but may reflect...

Positive selection on the human genome

Eric J. Vallender

Human Molecular Genetics

Positive selection has undoubtedly played a critical role in the evolution of Homo sapiens. Of the many phenotypic traits that define our species--notably the enormous brain, advanced cognitive...

C-Terminal Domain of the Membrane Copper Transporter Ctr1 from<i> Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> Binds Four Cu(I) Ions as a Cuprous-Thiolate Polynuclear Cluster:  Sub-femtomolar Cu(I) Affinity of Three Proteins Involved in Copper Trafficking

Zhiguang Xiao, Fionna E. Loughlin, Graham N. George +2

Journal of the American Chemical Society

The cytosolic C-terminal domain of the membrane copper transporter Ctr1 from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Ctr1c, was expressed in E. coli as an oxygen-sensitive soluble protein with no...

Ascorbic acid dynamics in the seriously ill and injured

C.L. Long, K I Maull, Smrithi Krishnan R +6

Journal of Surgical Research

Representation of Umami Taste in the Human Brain

Ivan E. de Araújo, Morten L. Kringelbach, Edmund T. Rolls +1

Journal of Neurophysiology

Umami taste stimuli, of which an exemplar is monosodium glutamate (MSG) and which capture what is described as the taste of protein, were shown using functional MRI (fMRI) to activate similar...

Direct thrombin inhibitor melagatran followed by oral ximelagatran in comparison with enoxaparin for prevention of venous thromboembolism after total hip or knee replacement

Giancarlo Agnelli, Alexander T. Cohen, Ola E. Dahl +8

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

We evaluated whether a postoperative regimen with melagatran followed by oral ximelagatran, two new direct thrombin inhibitors, was an optimal regimen for thromboprophylaxis in major orthopaedic...

Probiotic Bacteria in the Management of Atopic Disease: Underscoring the Importance of Viability

Pirkka V. Kirjavainen, Seppo Salminen, Erika Isolauri

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Supplementation of infant formulas with viable but not heat-inactivated LGG is a potential approach for the management of atopic eczema and cow's milk allergy.

Cattle and sheep farms as reservoirs of<i>Campylobacter</i>

K. Stanley, Kevin C. Jones

Journal of Applied Microbiology

An understanding of the role of the dairy farm in the environmental cycle of Campylobacter is required in order to devise intervention strategies.

Polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory diseases

Ángel Gil

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Article

Yrjö H. Roos

Le Lait

Spray-drying is a rapid dehydration method allowing production of high quality dairy powders. In dehydration and subsequent powder handling and storage, however, both chemical and physical changes,...

Warfarin-Induced Artery Calcification Is Accelerated by Growth and Vitamin D

Paul A. Price, Samuel A. Faus, Matthew K. Williamson

Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

The present studies demonstrate that growth and vitamin D treatment enhance the extent of artery calcification in rats given sufficient doses of Warfarin to inhibit gamma-carboxylation of matrix Gla...

Microbial Biofilm Formation and Contamination of Dental-Unit Water Systems in General Dental Practice

James T. Walker, D. Bradshaw, Allan Bennett +3

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Dental-unit water systems (DUWS) harbor bacterial biofilms, which may serve as a haven for pathogens. The aim of this study was to investigate the microbial load of water from DUWS in general dental...

Multiresidue Method for the Determination of Residues of 251 Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence Detection

Julie Fillion, François Sauvé, Jennifer Selwyn

Journal of AOAC International

A method is described for the determination of 251 pesticide and degradation product residues in fruit and vegetable samples. Extraction of the sample with acetonitrile is followed by a salting-out...

IpaC induces actin polymerization and filopodia formation during Shigella entry into epithelial cells

Guy Tran Van Nhieu

The EMBO Journal

Evolutionary aspects of omega-3 fatty acids in the food supply

Artemis P. Simopoulos

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Darwinian Gastronomy: Why We Use Spices

Paul W. Sherman, Jennifer Billing

BioScience

Spices taste good because they are good

Aceruloplasminemia: an inherited neurodegenerative disease with impairment of iron homeostasis

Z. Leah Harris, LW Klomp, JD Gitlin

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Phylogenetic Analysis of<i>Escherichia coli</i>Strains Causing Neonatal Meningitis Suggests Horizontal Gene Transfer from a Predominant Pool of Highly Virulent B2 Group Strains

Édouard Bingen, Bertrand Picard, N. Brahimi +4

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Phylogenetic relationships of 69 neonatal meningitis Escherichia coli strains isolated worldwide were studied. Restriction fragment length polymorphism of rrn operons (rrn RFLP) in these isolates was...

The Role of Gulf Coast Oysters Harvested in Warmer Months in<i>Vibrio vulnificus</i>Infections in the United States, 1988–1996

Roger Shapiro, Sean F. Altekruse, Lori Hutwagner +8

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Vibrio vulnificus infections are highly lethal and associated with consumption of raw shellfish and exposure of wounds to seawater. V. vulnificus infections were reported to the Centers for Disease...

Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism Stratified According to Their Presenting Syndromes

Paul D. Stein, Jerald W. Henry

CHEST Journal

Hypertension in Blacks

Richard Cooper

American Journal of Hypertension

The excess of hypertension among blacks has been recognized since early in this century and explains a substantial portion of the black health disadvantage. In a cohort study begun in the 1970s,...

Adsorption of protein and the stability of emulsions

Douglas G. Dalgleish

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Identification and quantification of risk factors regarding Salmonella spp. on pork carcasses

B.R. Berends, F. van Knapen, J.M.A. Snijders +1

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Ascorbate Metabolism and Its Regulation in Animals

Gábor Bánhegyi, László Braun, Miklós Csala +2

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Modifications Occur at Different Structural Levels During the Heat Denaturation of β‐Lactoglobulin

Stefania Iametti, Beatrice De Gregori, Giuseppe Vecchio +1

European Journal of Biochemistry

Heat-induced modifications in the tertiary and quaternary structure of beta-lactoglobulin were followed at neutral pH for the protein at high temperature and for the protein that was heated and...

Isolation and characterization of pediocin L50, a new bacteriocin from Pediococcus acidilactici with a broad inhibitory spectrum

Luis M. Cintas, Juan M. Rodrı́guez, Marı́a F. Fernández +4

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Lactic acid bacteria were isolated from Spanish dry-fermented sausages and screened for bacteriocin production. About 10% of the isolates produced antimicrobial substances when grown on solid media,...

Depleted mucosal antioxidant defences in inflammatory bowel disease

Gary D. Buffinton, William F. Doe

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Entry into, and resuscitation from, the viable but nonculturable state by Vibrio vulnificus in an estuarine environment

J D Oliver, F Hite, Diane McDougald +2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Using plate counts, total cell counts, and direct viable counts, we examined the fate of cells of Vibrio vulnificus placed into natural estuarine waters during both winter and summer months. Cells...

Effect of resistant starch on colonic fermentation, bile acid metabolism, and mucosal proliferation

I P van Munster, Albert Tangerman, Fokko M. Nagengast

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Structure of Phaseolin at 2·2 Å Resolution

Michael C. Lawrence, Tina Izard, M. Beuchat +2

Journal of Molecular Biology

Growth and Viability of Bifidobacterium bifidum in Cheddar Cheese

P. Dinakar, V.V. Mistry

Journal of Dairy Science

Bifidobacterium bifidum (ATCC 15696) was grown in MRS broth containing cysteine.HCl at 37 degrees C, and the cells were harvested by centrifuging at 1300 x g for 15 min at 4 degrees C. Equal volumes...

Inhibition of adhesion of enteroinvasive pathogens to human intestinal Caco-2 cells by<i>Lactobacillus acidophilus</i>strain LB decreases bacterial invasion

Marie-Hélà ̈ne Coconnier, M F Bernet, Sophie Kernéis +3

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Salmonella typhimurium and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) were found to adhere to the brush border of differentiated human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells in culture, whereas Yersinia...

Physicochemical Properties of Wheat Proteins in Relation to Functionality

F. MacRitchie

Advances in food and nutrition research

Glutamine Preserves Liver Glutathione After Lethal Hepatic Injury

Rui-Li Hong, Jan D. Rounds, W. Scott Helton +2

Annals of Surgery

Glutathione (GSH) is a major antioxidant that protects tissues from free radical injury. Glutamine augments host defenses and may be important in GSH synthesis. Acetaminophen toxicity causes hepatic...

Protein-mediated adhesion of Lactobacillus acidophilus BG2FO4 on human enterocyte and mucus-secreting cell lines in culture

M H Coconnier, Todd R. Klaenhammer, Sophie Kernéis +2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The adhesion of Lactobacillus acidophilus BG2FO4, a human stool isolate, to two human enterocytelike cell lines (Caco-2 and HT-29) and to the mucus secreted by a subpopulation of mucus-secreting...

The effect of high temperature on kernel dimensions and the type and occurrence of kernel damage in rice

T Tashiro, IF Wardlaw

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Calrose) growing at 27/22¦C was either transferred to day/night temperatures ranging from 24/19 to 39/34¦C 7days after heading and held at these temperatures until maturity,...

Behaviour of <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> in meat and its control by a bacteriocin‐producing strain of <i>Lactobacillus sake</i>

Ulrich Schillinger, M. Kaya, Friedrich‐Karl Lücke

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

Lactobacillus sake Lb 706 can release a bacteriocin inhibitory to Listeria monocytogenes. In MRS broth, viable counts decreased rapidly when Lact. sake Lb 706 was added, whereas growth of the...

Detection of Vibrio cholerae O1 in the aquatic environment by fluorescent-monoclonal antibody and culture methods

A. Huq, Rita R. Colwell, R Rahman +5

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Vibrio cholerae O1 in plankton samples collected from ponds and rivers between February 1987 and January 1990 in Matlab, Bangladesh, was detected by the fluorescent-monoclonal antibody (FA)...