Research Library

The cells and logic for mammalian sour taste detection

Angela L. Huang, Xiaoke Chen, Mark A. Hoon +5

Nature

Increased prevalence of oxidant stress and inflammation in patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease

Bengt ÖBerg, Elizabeth McMenamin, F. Lee Lucas +4

Kidney International

Human milk is a source of lactic acid bacteria for the infant gut

Rocı́o Martı́n, Susana Langa, C. Reviriego +5

The Journal of Pediatrics

Polyunsaturated fatty acids, inflammation, and immunity

Philip C. Calder

Lipids

The fatty acid composition of inflammatory and immune cells is sensitive to change according to the fatty acid composition of the diet. In particular, the proportion of different types of...

Glutathione Is a Key Player in Metal-Induced Oxidative Stress Defenses

Marijke Jozefczak, Tony Remans, Jaco Vangronsveld +1

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Since the industrial revolution, the production, and consequently the emission of metals, has increased exponentially, overwhelming the natural cycles of metals in many ecosystems. Metals display a...

A Key Role for TRPM7 Channels in Anoxic Neuronal Death

Michelle Aarts, Koji Iihara, Wen-Li Wei +5

Cell

Antioxidant Activity and Total Phenolics in Selected Cereal Grains and Their Different Morphological Fractions

Henryk Zieliński, Hanna Kozłowska

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

The purpose of this study was to examine the antioxidant properties of water and 80% methanolic extracts of cereal grains and their different morphological fractions. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cv....

Therapeutic applications of selenium nanoparticles

Amit Khurana, Sravani Tekula, Mohd Aslam Saifi +2

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Nanoparticles (NPs) serve to reduce the toxicity, enhance bioactivity, improve targeting, and provide versatile means to control the release profile of the encapsulated moiety. Among different NPs,...

The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums

Alex Ezeh, Oyinlola Oyebode, David Satterthwaite +10

The Lancet

Enterococci as probiotics and their implications in food safety

Charles M. A. P. Franz, Melanie Huch, Hikmate Abriouel +2

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Assessment of requirements for selenium and adequacy of selenium status: a review

C.D. Thomson

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Market and marketing of functional food in Europe

Klaus Menrad

Journal of Food Engineering

The chicken gastrointestinal microbiome

Brian B. Oakley, Hyun S. Lillehoj, Michael H. Kogut +7

FEMS Microbiology Letters

The domestic chicken is a common model organism for human biological research and of course also forms the basis of a global protein industry. Recent methodological advances have spurred the...

Zinc and its role in immunity and inflammation

Paola Bonaventura, Giulia Benedetti, Francis Albarède +1

Autoimmunity Reviews

Apixaban versus enoxaparin for thromboprophylaxis after knee replacement (ADVANCE-2): a randomised double-blind trial

Michael R. Lassen, Gary E. Raskob, Alexander Gallus +3

The Lancet

Phase and Antigenic Variation in Bacteria

Marjan W. van der Woude, Andreas J. Bäumler

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Phase and antigenic variation result in a heterogenic phenotype of a clonal bacterial population, in which individual cells either express the phase-variable protein(s) or not, or express one of...

Hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia is caused by mutations in TRPM6, a new member of the TRPM gene family

Karl P. Schlingmann, Stefanie Weber, Melanie Peters +13

Nature Genetics

The Cause of the Predominantly Sinistral Occurrence of Thrombosis of the Pelvic Veins

R. May, J Thurner

Angiology

The Epidemiology of Venous Thromboembolism in the Community

John A. Heit

Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Protein Stabilization of Emulsions and Foams

Srinivasan Damodaran

Journal of Food Science

ABSTRACT: Proteins play an important role as macromolecular surfactants in foam and emulsion‐type food products. The functioning of proteins in these applications is determined by their structure and...

Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oils

Riccardo Amorati, Mario C. Foti, Luca Valgimigli

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Essential oils (EOs) are liquid mixtures of volatile compounds obtained from aromatic plants. Many EOs have antioxidant properties, and the use of EOs as natural antioxidants is a field of growing...

Consumer Food Handling in the Home: A Review of Food Safety Studies

Elizabeth C. Redmond, Christopher J. Griffith

Journal of Food Protection

Survival and therapeutic potential of probiotic organisms with reference to <i>Lactobacillus acidophilus</i> and <i>Bifidobacterium</i> spp.

Kaila Kailasapathy, James Chin

Immunology and Cell Biology

The present paper provides an overview on the use of probiotic organisms as live supplements, with particular emphasis on Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium spp. The therapeutic potential...

Revisiting maternal and child undernutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: variable progress towards an unfinished agenda

César G. Victora, Parul Christian, Luís Paulo Vidaletti +3

The Lancet

Antibacterial Activity of Terpenes and Terpenoids Present in Essential Oils

Aline Cristina Guimarães, Leandra Martins Meireles, Mayara Fumiere Lemos +4

Molecules

<b>Background:</b> The antimicrobial activity of essential oils has been reported in hundreds of studies, however, the great majority of these studies attribute the activity to the most prevalent...

Vibrio harveyi: a significant pathogen of marine vertebrates and invertebrates

Brian Austin, X-H. Zhang

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Vibrio harveyi, which now includes Vibrio carchariae as a junior synonym, is a serious pathogen of marine fish and invertebrates, particularly penaeid shrimp. In fish, the diseases include...

Tables of composition and nutritional value of feed materials

D. Sauvant, Jean-Marc Perez, Gilles Tran +4

Apixaban versus Enoxaparin for Thromboprophylaxis after Hip Replacement

Michael R. Lassen, Alexander Gallus, Gary E. Raskob +3

New England Journal of Medicine

Among patients undergoing hip replacement, thromboprophylaxis with apixaban, as compared with enoxaparin, was associated with lower rates of venous thromboembolism, without increased bleeding....

Bacterial metabolism and health-related effects of galacto-oligosaccharides and other prebiotics

G.T. Macfarlane, Helen Steed, Sandra Macfarlane

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Most studies involving prebiotic oligosaccharides have been carried out using inulin and its fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS) derivatives, together with various forms of galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS)....

Endemic selenium intoxication of humans in China

G.-H. Yang, S M Wang, Ruohua Zhou +1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Specific Binding of Nisin to the Peptidoglycan Precursor Lipid II Combines Pore Formation and Inhibition of Cell Wall Biosynthesis for Potent Antibiotic Activity

Imke Wiedemann, Eefjan Breukink, Cindy van Kraaij +4

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Unlike numerous pore-forming amphiphilic peptide antibiotics, the lantibiotic nisin is active in nanomolar concentrations, which results from its ability to use the lipid-bound cell wall precursor...

Quantification of Consumer Attitudes to Health and Hedonic Characteristics of Foods

Katariina Roininen, Liisa Lähteenmäki, Hely Tuorila

Appetite

Functions for fish mucus

Kerry Shephard

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

McCance and widdowson's the composition of foods

Jean A.T. Pennington

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Prospective Genomic Characterization of the German Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O104:H4 Outbreak by Rapid Next Generation Sequencing Technology

Alexander Mellmann, Dag Harmsen, Craig Cummings +17

PLoS ONE

An ongoing outbreak of exceptionally virulent Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 centered in Germany, has caused over 830 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and 46 deaths...

Gene networks driving bovine milk fat synthesis during the lactation cycle

Massimo Bionaz, Juan J. Loor

BMC Genomics

A network of genes participates in coordinating milk fat synthesis and secretion. Results challenge the proposal that SREBF1 is central for milk fat synthesis regulation and highlight a pivotal role...

Barley for food: Characteristics, improvement, and renewed interest

Byung‐Kee Baik, S. E. Ullrich

Journal of Cereal Science

Vibrio parahaemolyticus: A concern of seafood safety

Yi‐Cheng Su, Chengchu Liu

Food Microbiology

Effect of Weight Loss without Salt Restriction on the Reduction of Blood Pressure in Overweight Hypertensive Patients

Efrain Reisin, Rachel Abel, Michaela Modan +3

New England Journal of Medicine

Overweight patients with uncomplicated essential hypertension were followed up biweekly for six months: 24 not receiving antihypertensive-drug therapy (Group I) and 83 on regular but inadequate...

Reactive oxygen species in cardiovascular disease

Koichi Sugamura, John F. Keaney

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Dietary prebiotics: current status and new definition

Glenn R. Gibson, Karen P. Scott, Robert A. Rastall +15

Food Science & Technology Bulletin Functional Foods

In November 2008, a group of scientists met at the 6th Meeting of the International Scientific Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) in London, Ontario, Canada, to discuss the...

Encapsulation for preservation of functionality and targeted delivery of bioactive food components

Paul de Vos, Marijke M. Faas, M. Spasojević +1

International Dairy Journal

Biosynthesis of bacteriocins in lactic acid bacteria

Ingolf F. Nes, Dzung B. Diep, Leiv Sigve H�varstein +3

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Effects of the interaction of tannins with Co-existing substances. VI. Effects of tannins and related polyphenols on superoxide anion radical, and on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical.

Tsutomu Hatano, Rei Edamatsu, Midori Hiramatsu +5

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

The scavenging effects of twenty-five tannins including low-molecular polyphenols on the superoxide anion radical (O2-) generated in the hypoxanthine-xanthine oxidase system were estimated by...

Zinc Biochemistry: From a Single Zinc Enzyme to a Key Element of Life

Wolfgang Maret

Advances in Nutrition

Essential oils in poultry nutrition: Main effects and modes of action

A. Brenes, E. Roura

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Functional Amino Acids in Growth, Reproduction, and Health

Guoyao Wu

Advances in Nutrition

Wine Chemistry and Biochemistry

M. Victoria Moreno‐Arribas, M. Carmen Polo

Atravesando Fronteras/Border Crossings: A Critical Ethnographic Exploration of the Consumer Acculturation of Mexican Immigrants

Lisa Peñaloza

Journal of Consumer Research

This article critically examines the consumption experiences of Mexican immigrants in the United States. An empirical model of Mexican immigrant consumer acculturation is derived that consists of...

Leverage points for improving global food security and the environment

Paul West, James Gerber, Peder Engstrom +8

Science

Achieving sustainable global food security is one of humanity's contemporary challenges. Here we present an analysis identifying key "global leverage points" that offer the best opportunities to...