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Effects of preceding birth intervals on neonatal, infant and under‐five years mortality and nutritional status in developing countries: evidence from the demographic and health surveys

Shea O. Rutstein

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

Considering both the increased risk of mortality and undernutrition for a birth earlier than 36 months and the great number of births that occur with such short intervals, the author recommends that...

Parallel Quorum Sensing Systems Converge to Regulate Virulence in Vibrio cholerae

Melissa B. Miller, Karen Skorupski, Derrick H. Lenz +2

Cell

Review on polyphenols in Theobroma cacao: changes in composition during the manufacture of chocolate and methodology for identification and quantification

Jan Wollgast, Elke Anklam

Food Research International

Use of Antithrombotic Agents During Pregnancy

Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, Jack Hirsh

CHEST Journal

Advocacy for Improving Nutrition in the First 1000 Days to Support Childhood Development and Adult Health

Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, Michael Georgieff, Stephen R. Daniels +5

PEDIATRICS

Maternal prenatal nutrition and the child's nutrition in the first 2 years of life (1000 days) are crucial factors in a child's neurodevelopment and lifelong mental health. Child and adult health...

Iron-Export Ferroxidase Activity of β-Amyloid Precursor Protein Is Inhibited by Zinc in Alzheimer's Disease

James A. Duce, Andrew Tsatsanis, Michael A. Cater +18

Cell

Health effects of trans-fatty acids: experimental and observational evidence

Dariush Mozaffarian, A. Aro, Walter C. Willett

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Transduction of bitter and sweet taste by gustducin

Gwendolyn T. Wong, Kimberley S. Gannon, Robert F. Margolskee

Nature

Effects of the <i>in vitro</i> fermentation of oligofructose and inulin by bacteria growing in the human large intestine

X. Wang, Glenn R. Gibson

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

The in vitro fermentability of oligofructose and inulin was compared with a range of reference carbohydrates by measuring bacterial end-product formation in batch culture. Short chain fatty acid and...

Some Theory and Applications of Confirmatory Second-Order Factor Analysis

David Rindskopf, Tedd Rose

Multivariate Behavioral Research

This paper shows how confirmatory factor analysis can be used to test second- (and higher-) order factor models in the areas of the structure of abilities, allometry, and the separation of specific...

Missing Food, Missing Data? A Critical Review of Global Food Losses and Food Waste Data

Li Xue, Gang Liu, Julian Parfitt +6

Environmental Science & Technology

Food losses and food waste (FLW) have become a global concern in recent years and emerge as a priority in the global and national political agenda (e.g., with Target 12.3 in the new United Nations...

CuZnSOD deficiency leads to persistent and widespread oxidative damage and hepatocarcinogenesis later in life

Sailaja Elchuri, Terry D. Oberley, Wenbo Qi +5

Oncogene

Enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i> : more subversive elements

Gad Frankel, Alan D. Phillips, Ilan Rosenshine +3

Molecular Microbiology

Enteropathogenic (EPEC) and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) constitute a significant risk to human health worldwide. Both pathogens colonize the intestinal mucosa and, by subverting...

Identification of a pathogenicity island required for Salmonella survival in host cells.

H Ochman, Fernando C. Soncini, F Solomon +1

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

We have identified a region unique to the Salmonella typhimurium chromosome that is essential for virulence in mice. This region harbors at least three genes: two (spiA and spiB) encode products that...

Selection of Bacterial Virulence Genes That Are Specifically Induced in Host Tissues

Michael J. Mahan, James M. Slauch, John J. Mekalanos

Science

A genetic system was devised that positively selects for bacterial genes that are specifically induced when bacteria infect their host. With the pathogen Salmonella typhimurium, the genes identified...

THE ROUTE OF ENTERIC INFECTION IN NORMAL MICE

Philip B. Carter, Frank M. Collins

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

This study followed the early pathogenesis of orally induced murine typhoid fever. Intragastrically administered Salmonella enteritidis moves quickly through the normal undisturbed gut so that only a...

Postbiotics-parabiotics: the new horizons in microbial biotherapy and functional foods

Basavaprabhu Haranahalli Nataraj, Syed Azmal Ali, Pradip V. Behare +1

Microbial Cell Factories

Probiotics have several health benefits by modulating gut microbiome; however, techno-functional limitations such as viability controls have hampered their full potential applications in the food and...

Bioinorganic Chemistry of Alzheimer’s Disease

Kasper P. Kepp

Chemical Reviews

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVReviewNEXTBioinorganic Chemistry of Alzheimer's DiseaseKasper P. Kepp*View Author Information DTU Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK 2800 Kongens Lyngby,...

Preparation and characterization of zein/chitosan complex for encapsulation of α-tocopherol, and its in vitro controlled release study

Yangchao Luo, Boce Zhang, Monica Whent +2

Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces

Antibacterial Effects of the Essential Oils of Commonly Consumed Medicinal Herbs Using an In Vitro Model

Marina Sokóvić, Jasmina Glamočlija, Petar D. Marin +2

Molecules

The chemical composition and antibacterial activity of essential oils from 10 commonly consumed herbs: Citrus aurantium, C. limon, Lavandula angustifolia, Matricaria chamomilla, Mentha piperita, M....

Viruses of Plant Pathogenic Fungi

Said A. Ghabrial, Nobuhiro Suzuki

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Mycoviruses are widespread in all major groups of plant pathogenic fungi. They are transmitted intracellularly during cell division, sporogenesis, and cell fusion, but apparently lack an...

Ascorbate in pharmacologic concentrations selectively generates ascorbate radical and hydrogen peroxide in extracellular fluid <i>in vivo</i>

Qi Chen, Michael Graham Espey, Andrew Y. Sun +8

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Ascorbate (ascorbic acid, vitamin C), in pharmacologic concentrations easily achieved in humans by i.v. administration, selectively kills some cancer cells but not normal cells. We proposed that...

Nano-emulsions: Formation by low-energy methods

Conxita Solans, Isabel Solé

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science

Deglycosylation by small intestinal epithelial cell ?-glucosidases is a critical step in the absorption and metabolism of dietary flavonoid glycosides in humans

Kitti N�meth, Geoff W. Plumb, Jean‐Guy Berrin +6

European Journal of Nutrition

Extracellular MUC3 mucin secretion follows adherence of <i>Lactobacillus</i> strains to intestinal epithelial cells in vitro

David R. Mack, Siv Ahrné, Leroy Hyde +2

Gut

Probiotic microbes induce MUC3 mucin transcription and translation with extracellular secretion of the MUC3 mucins. Epithelial cell adherence enhances the effects of probiotics on eukaryotic mucin...

Magnesium: nutrition and metabolism

Jürgen Vormann

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Effect of an Indo-Mediterranean diet on progression of coronary artery disease in high risk patients (Indo-Mediterranean Diet Heart Study): a randomised single-blind trial

Ram B. Singh, Gal Dubnov‐Raz, Mohammad A. Niaz +6

The Lancet

Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activities of <i>Origanum</i> Essential Oils

Afroditi Sivropoulou, Eleni Papanikolaou, Constantina Nikolaou +3

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Three Origanum essential oils, Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum, Origanum dictamnus, and a commercially available Origanum oil, were analyzed by gas chromatography−mass spectrometry (GC−MS) and showed a...

Biological Activities of a-Pinene and β-Pinene Enantiomers

Ana Cristina Rivas da Silva, Paula Monteiro Lopes, Mariana M. B. Azevedo +3

Molecules

The antimicrobial activities of the isomers and enantiomers of pinene were evaluated against bacterial and fungal cells. The agar diffusion test showed that only the positive enantiomers of the α-...

Hedonic Hot Spot in Nucleus Accumbens Shell: Where Do μ-Opioids Cause Increased Hedonic Impact of Sweetness?

Susana Peciña, Kent Berridge

Journal of Neuroscience

Mu-opioid systems in the medial shell of the nucleus accumbens contribute to hedonic impact ("liking") for sweetness, food, and drug rewards. But does the entire medial shell generate reward hedonic...

The role of motility as a virulence factor in bacteria

Christine Josenhans, Sebastian Suerbaum

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Experimental Personality Designs: Analyzing Categorical by Continuous Variable Interactions

Stephen G. West, Leona S. Aiken, Jennifer L. Krull

Journal of Personality

Theories hypothesizing interactions between a categorical and one or more continuous variables are common in personality research. Traditionally, such hypotheses have been tested using nonoptimal...

A comparison of chemical, antioxidant and antimicrobial studies of cinnamon leaf and bark volatile oils, oleoresins and their constituents

Gurdip Singh, Sumitra Maurya, MP deLampasona +1

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Patterns of adherence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli to HEp-2 cells

James P. Nataro, James B. Kaper, Roy M. Robins‐Browne +3

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

A total of 516 Escherichia coli strains randomly isolated from coprocultures of 154 Chilean children with diarrhea and 66 controls were examined with DNA probes and tested for adherence to HEp-2...

Iron-binding Proteins in Milk and Resistance to Escherichia coli Infection in Infants

J. J. Bullen, H. J. Rogers, L. C. Leigh

BMJ

Human milk contains large quantities of iron-binding protein, of which the greater proportion is lactoferrin, though small amounts of transferrin are also present. Three samples of human milk with...

Wild food plant use in 21st century Europe: the disappearance of old traditions and the search for new cuisines involving wild edibles

Łukasz Łuczaj, Andréa Pieroni, Javier Tardío +4

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

The aim of this review is to present an overview of changes in the contemporary use of wild food plants in Europe, mainly using the examples of our home countries: Poland, Italy, Spain, Estonia and...

Biodegradable gelatin–chitosan films incorporated with essential oils as antimicrobial agents for fish preservation

Joaquín Gómez‐Estaca, António L. De Lacey, M.E. López‐Caballero +2

Food Microbiology

Food phenolics and lactic acid bacteria

Héctor Rodrı́guez, José Antonio Curiel, José María Landete +5

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Nano-emulsions: New applications and optimization of their preparation

José M. Gutiérrez, C. González, Alicia Maestro +3

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science

Oral Probiotics Reduce the Incidence and Severity of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Hung-Chih Lin, Bai‐Horng Su, An-Chyi Chen +4

PEDIATRICS

Infloran as probiotics fed enterally with breast milk reduces the incidence and severity of NEC in VLBW infants.

Food texture and viscosity—concept and measurement,

Béatrice Conde‐Petit

LWT

Two distinct defects in intracellular growth complemented by a single genetic locus in <i>Legionella pneumophila</i>

Karen H. Berger, Ralph R. Isberg

Molecular Microbiology

Legionella pneumophila mutants specifically defective for intracellular replication were isolated using an intracellular thymineless death enrichment strategy. Mutants belonging to two distinct...

The 2018 European Union report on pesticide residues in food

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Paula Medina‐Pastor, Giuseppe Antonio Triacchini

EFSA Journal

Under EU legislation (Article 32, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005), EFSA provides an annual report which analyses pesticide residue levels in foods on the European market. The analysis is based on data...

Natural Product Communications

Natural Product Communications

Effect of drying methods on the physical properties and microstructures of mango (Philippine ‘Carabao’ var.) powder

Ofero A. Caparino, Juming Tang, Caleb Nindo +3

Journal of Food Engineering

Dietary omega 3 fatty acids and the developing brain

Sheila M. Innis

Brain Research

Acrylamide in Foods:  Occurrence, Sources, and Modeling

Adam Becalski, Benjamin P.‐Y. Lau, David Lewis +1

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Acrylamide in food products-chiefly in commercially available potato chips, potato fries, cereals, and bread-was determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Samples were...