Research Library

Molecular disassembly of starch granules during gelatinization and its effect on starch digestibility: a review

Shujun Wang, Les Copeland

Food & Function

Starch is the most important glycemic carbohydrate in foods. The relationship between the rate and extent of starch digestion to produce glucose for absorption into the bloodstream and risk factors...

Pullulan: Microbial sources, production and applications

Ram Sarup Singh, Gaganpreet K. Saini, John F. Kennedy

Carbohydrate Polymers

Fatty acid profiles of 80 vegetable oils with regard to their nutritional potential

Virginie Dubois, Sylvie Breton, Michel Linder +2

European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology

Abstract The current concern for fat intake in western countries has raised the question of the individual fatty acid (FA) impact on health. This important issue has strengthened the awareness of...

Evidence in the Legionella pneumophila genome for exploitation of host cell functions and high genome plasticity

Christel Cazalet, Christophe Rusniok, Holger Brüggemann +11

Nature Genetics

Xylooligosaccharides: manufacture and applications

María José Domínguez Vázquez, José Luis Alonsó, Herminia Domı́nguez +1

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Dietary omega-3 fatty acid deficiency and visual loss in infant rhesus monkeys.

Martha Neuringer, W E Connor, C Van Petten +1

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Linolenic acid (18:3 omega 3) is a dietary precursor of docosahexaenoic acid (22:6 omega 3), the major fatty acid in the photoreceptor membranes of the retina. We hypothesized that rhesus monkeys...

Formation of a novel phagosome by the Legionnaires' disease bacterium (Legionella pneumophila) in human monocytes.

Marcus A. Horwitz

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Previous studies have shown that L. pneumophila multiplies intracellularly in human monocytes and alveolar macrophages within a membrane-bound cytoplasmic vacuole studded with ribosomes. In this...

High-Energy Electromagnetic Processes in Condensed Media

R. H. Ritchie

Nuclear Technology

"High-Energy Electromagnetic Processes in Condensed Media." Nuclear Technology, 18(3), pp. 312–313 Additional informationNotes on contributorsR. H. RitchieR. H. Ritchie is a physicist on the staff of...

Structure, Conformation, and Mechanism in the Formation of Polysaccharide Gels and Networks

Aled Rees

Advances in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry

Arachidonic acid: Physiological roles and potential health benefits – A review

Hatem Tallima, Rashika El Ridi

Journal of Advanced Research

It is time to shift the arachidonic acid (ARA) paradigm from a harm-generating molecule to its status of polyunsaturated fatty acid essential for normal health. ARA is an integral constituent of...

The immunomodulatory properties of probiotic microorganisms beyond their viability (ghost probiotics: proposal of paraprobiotic concept)

Valentina Taverniti, Simone Guglielmetti

Genes & Nutrition

Climate change and food safety: A review

Cristina Tirado, Renata Clarke, Lee‐Ann Jaykus +2

Food Research International

Effect of oil extracted from some medicinal plants on different mycotoxigenic fungi

Kawther Soliman, R.Ismail Badeaa

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Attitudes to Food and the Role of Food in Life in the U.S.A., Japan, Flemish Belgium and France: Possible Implications for the Diet–Health Debate

Paul Rozin, Claude Fischler, Sumio Imada +2

Appetite

Mackie and McCartney: Practical medical microbiology

Sydney Selwyn

Journal of Hospital Infection

Some simple, highly reactive, inorganic chlorine derivatives in aqueous solution. Their formation using pulses of radiation and their role in the mechanism of the Fricke dosimeter

G. G. Jayson, Barry J. Parsons, A. J. Swallow

Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 1 Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases

In aqueous solution OH radicals react with chloride ions to form initially ClOH–, the rate constant being 4.3 ± 0.4 × 109 l. mol–1 s–1. The rate constant for the dissociation of ClOH– back to OH...

Effects of ultrasound on the structure and physical properties of black bean protein isolates

Lianzhou Jiang, Jing Wang, Yang Li +7

Food Research International

ESPEN endorsed recommendations. Definition and classification of intestinal failure in adults

Loris Pironi, Jann Arends, J. Baxter +21

Clinical Nutrition

Off the hook – how bacteria survive protozoan grazing

Carsten Matz, Staffan Kjelleberg

Trends in Microbiology

Direct Thrombin Inhibitors

Marcello Di Nisio, Saskia Middeldorp, Harry R. Büller

New England Journal of Medicine

Direct thrombin inhibitors (DTIs) are a new class of anticoagulants that bind directly to thrombin and block its interaction with its substrates. Four parenteral DTIs have been approved by the FDA —...

An Association between Atherosclerosis and Venous Thrombosis

Paolo Prandoni, Franca Bilora, Antonio Marchiori +5

New England Journal of Medicine

There is an association between atherosclerotic disease and spontaneous venous thrombosis. Atherosclerosis may induce venous thrombosis, or the two conditions may share common risk factors.

Nutrition knowledge and food consumption: can nutrition knowledge change food behaviour?

Anthony Worsley

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

The status and explanatory role of nutrition knowledge is uncertain in public health nutrition. Much of the uncertainty about this area has been generated by conceptual confusion about the nature of...

Essential oils: A promising eco-friendly food preservative

Hanen Falleh, Mariem Ben Jemaa, Mariem Saada +1

Food Chemistry

Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Bacteriocins: Classification, Biosynthesis and Applications against Uropathogens: A Mini-Review

Mduduzi P. Mokoena

Molecules

Several lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolates from the Lactobacillus genera have been applied in food preservation, partly due to their antimicrobial properties. Their application in the control of...

Selection of potential probiotic lactic acid bacteria from fermented olives by in vitro tests

Anthoula A. Argyri, Γεωργία Ζουμποπούλου, Kimon Andreas G. Karatzas +4

Food Microbiology

Vitamin C function in the brain: vital role of the ascorbate transporter SVCT2

Fiona E. Harrison, James M. May

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

The evolution of animal chemosensory receptor gene repertoires: roles of chance and necessity

Masatoshi Nei, Yoshihito Niimura, Masafumi Nozawa

Nature Reviews Genetics

FAO SPECIES IDENTIFICATION GUIDE FOR FISHERY PURPOSES. THE LIVING MARINE RESOURCES OF THE WESTERN CENTRAL PACIFIC

Carole C. Baldwin

Copeia

<i>Ichthyology & Herpetology</i> (formerly <i>Copeia</i>) publishes work on the biology of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, or work using those organisms as models for testing hypotheses of broad...

Guidelines on diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism

European Heart Journal

Anthology of Starch Granule Morphology by Scanning Electron Microscopy

Jay‐lin Jane, Tunyawat Kasemsuwan, Sharon Leas +2

Starch - Stärke

Abstract Scanning electron micrographs of the granules of 54 starches obtained from a wide variety of plant sources, consisting of roots and tubers, grains, maize, peas and beans, fruits and nuts,...

Toxic drug effects associated with oxygen metabolism: Redox cycling and lipid peroxidation

H. Kappus, Helmut Sies

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

HEIGHT AND WEIGHT STANDARDS FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

Jean‐Pierre Habicht, Charles Yarbrough, Reynaldo Martorell +2

The Lancet

&lt;em&gt;Saccharomyces cerevisiae&lt;/em&gt; and its industrial applications

Maria Parapouli, Anastasios Vasileiadi, Amalia-Sofia Afendra +2

AIMS Microbiology

<i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> is the best studied eukaryote and a valuable tool for most aspects of basic research on eukaryotic organisms. This is due to its unicellular nature, which often...

Antimicrobial activity of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) fruit peels

Najeeb S. Al-zoreky

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Validation of a Fast and Easy Method for the Determination of Residues from 229 Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables Using Gas and Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometric Detection

Steven J. Lehotay, A. Kok, Maurice Hiemstra +1

Journal of AOAC International

Validation experiments were conducted of a simple, fast, and inexpensive method for the determination of 229 pesticides fortified at 10-100 ng/g in lettuce and orange matrixes. The method is known as...

Prebiotic digestion and fermentation

John H. Cummings, G.T. Macfarlane, Hans N. Englyst

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Meta-analysis of low molecular weight heparin in the prevention of venous thromboembolism in general surgery

Patrick Mismetti, Silvy Laporte, J-Y Darmon +2

British journal of surgery

Asymptomatic DVT may be regarded as a reliable surrogate endpoint for clinical outcome in studies investigating thromboprophylaxis in general surgery. LMWH seems to be as effective and safe as UFH....

Dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid Normalizes Impaired Glucose Tolerance in the Zucker Diabetic Fattyfa/faRat

Karen L. Houseknecht, John P. Vanden Heuvel, Silvia Y. Moya-Camarena +4

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Genetic Decreases in Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Salt-Sensitive Hypertension

Simon W. M. John, John H. Krege, Paula M. Oliver +5

Science

To determine if defects in the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) system can cause hypertension, mice were generated with a disruption of the proANP gene. Homozygous mutants had no circulating or...

Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties of Essential Oil Components

Karl Knobloch, Alexander Pauli, B. Iberl +2

Journal of Essential Oil Research

ABSTRACT The solubility in water of essential oil constituents is directly related to their ability to penetrate the cell walls of a bacterium or fungus. The antimicrobial activity of essential oils...

Toward an ontology‐driven blockchain design for supply‐chain provenance

Henry Kim, Marek Laskowski

Intelligent systems in accounting, finance and management/Intelligent systems in accounting, finance & management

Summary An interesting research problem in our age of Big Data is that of determining provenance. Granular evaluation of provenance of physical goods (e.g., tracking ingredients of a pharmaceutical...

Organogels: An Alternative Edible Oil‐Structuring Method

Edmund Daniel Co, Alejandro G. Marangoni

Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society

Abstract Structuring liquid oils has become an active area of research in the past decade, mainly due to pressures to reduce saturated fat intake and eliminate trans fats from our diets. However,...

The Prokaryotes: a handbook on the biology of bacteria

Choice Reviews Online

Prevalence of Acute Pulmonary Embolism Among Patients in a General Hospital and at Autopsy

Paul D. Stein, Jerald W. Henry

CHEST Journal

International increase in <i>Salmonella enteritidis</i>: A new pandemic?

D C Rodrigue, Robert V. Tauxe, B. Rowe

Epidemiology and Infection

Over the past 5 years Salmonella enteritidis infections in humans have increased on both sides of the Atlantic ocean. The WHO salmonella surveillance data for 1979-87 were reviewed and show that S....

Which Foods May Be Addictive? The Roles of Processing, Fat Content, and Glycemic Load

Erica M. Schulte, Nicole M. Avena, Ashley N. Gearhardt

PLoS ONE

The current study provides preliminary evidence that not all foods are equally implicated in addictive-like eating behavior, and highly processed foods, which may share characteristics with drugs of...

Mechanisms of Cyclic-di-GMP Signaling in Bacteria

Urs Jenal, Jacob G. Malone

Annual Review of Genetics

Cyclic-di-GMP is a ubiquitous second messenger in bacteria. The recent discovery that c-di-GMP antagonistically controls motility and virulence of single, planktonic cells on one hand and cell...

Evolution, structure, and activation mechanism of family 3/C G-protein-coupled receptors

Jean‐Philippe Pin, Thierry Galvez, Laurent Prézeau

Pharmacology & Therapeutics