Research Library

The structure and properties of gluten: an elastic protein from wheat grain

P. R. Shewry, Nigel G. Halford, P. S. Belton +1

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

The wheat gluten proteins correspond to the major storage proteins that are deposited in the starchy endosperm cells of the developing grain. These form a continuous proteinaceous matrix in the cells...

An improved test of linearity in dominance hierarchies containing unknown or tied relationships

Han de Vries

Animal Behaviour

Laboratory investigation of hemorrhagic colitis outbreaks associated with a rare Escherichia coli serotype

J. G. Wells, B. R. Davis, I K Wachsmuth +4

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Two outbreaks of hemorrhagic colitis, a newly recognized syndrome characterized by bloody diarrhea, severe abdominal pain, and little or no fever, occurred in 1982. No previously recognized pathogens...

A review of the chemical modification techniques of starch

Nonhlanhla Precious Masina, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar +4

Carbohydrate Polymers

Pasting, paste, and gel properties of starch–hydrocolloid combinations

James N. BeMiller

Carbohydrate Polymers

Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial

Drahomir Aujesky, Pierre‐Marie Roy, Franck Verschuren +16

The Lancet

16S rRNA gene-based analysis of fecal microbiota from preterm infants with and without necrotizing enterocolitis

Yunwei Wang, Jeanette D Hoenig, Kathryn J. Malin +6

The ISME Journal

Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an inflammatory intestinal disorder affecting preterm infants. Intestinal bacteria have an important function; however no causative pathogen has been...

Does This Patient Have Deep Vein Thrombosis?

Philip S. Wells

JAMA

Diagnostic accuracy for DVT improves when clinical probability is estimated before diagnostic tests. Patients with low clinical probability on the predictive rule have prevalence of DVT of less than...

Resolvin E1, an endogenous lipid mediator derived from omega-3 eicosapentaenoic acid, protects against 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid-induced colitis

Makoto Arita, Masaru Yoshida, Song Hong +5

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Resolvin E1 (RvE1; 5S,12R,18R-trihydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid) is an antiinflammatory lipid mediator derived from omega-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). At the local site of inflammation,...

Antibacterial activity and composition of essential oils from Origanum, Thymbra and Satureja species with commercial importance in Turkey

Hasan Baydar, Osman Sağdıç, Gülcan Özkan +1

Food Control

Antimicrobial Screening of <i>Mentha piperita</i> Essential Oils

Gökalp İşcan, N. Kırımer, Mine Kürkçüoğlu +2

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Essential oils of peppermint Mentha piperita L. (Lamiaceae), which are used in flavors, fragrances, and pharmaceuticals, were investigated for their antimicrobial properties against 21 human and...

Oxidative damage to DNA: relation to species metabolic rate and life span.

Ronald D. Adelman, Robert L. Saul, B N Ames

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Oxidative damage to DNA is caused by reactive by-products of normal metabolism, as well as by radiation. Oxidized DNA bases excised by DNA repair enzymes and excreted in urine were measured in four...

Use of essential oils in active food packaging: Recent advances and future trends

Regiane Ribeiro‐Santos, Mariana Andrade, Nathália Ramos de Melo +1

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Time–Temperature Management Along the Food Cold Chain: A Review of Recent Developments

Samuel Mercier, Sébastien Villeneuve, Martin Mondor +1

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Abstract The cold chain is responsible for the preservation and transportation of perishable foods in the proper temperature range to slow biological decay processes and deliver safe and high‐quality...

Synergy between essential oil components and antibiotics: a review

Wendy T. Langeveld, Edwin J.A. Veldhuizen, Sara A. Burt

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

With the increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the lack of new antibiotics being brought onto the market, alternative strategies need to be found to cope with infections resulting from...

The<b>VGAM</b>Package for Categorical Data Analysis

Thomas W. Yee

Journal of Statistical Software

Classical categorical regression models such as the multinomial logit and proportional odds models are shown to be readily handled by the vector generalized linear and additive model (VGLM/VGAM)...

Interfacial structure and stability of food emulsions as affected by protein–polysaccharide interactions

Eric Dickinson

Soft Matter

The exploitation of protein-polysaccharide interactions offers opportunities for the design of new ingredients and interfacial structures with applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries....

Cytotoxicity suppression and cellular uptake enhancement of surface modified magnetic nanoparticles

Ajay Gupta, Mona Gupta

Biomaterials

Effect of sensory perception of foods on appetite and food intake: a review of studies on humans

Lone Brinkmann Sørensen, Per Møller, Anne Flint +2

International Journal of Obesity

Plants Secrete Substances That Mimic Bacterial <i>N</i>-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Signal Activities and Affect Population Density-Dependent Behaviors in Associated Bacteria

Max Teplitski, Jayne B. Robinson, Wolfgang Bauer

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

In gram-negative bacteria, many important changes in gene expression and behavior are regulated in a population density-dependent fashion by N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) signal molecules. Exudates...

Fructan: More Than a Reserve Carbohydrate?1

Irma Vijn, Sjef Smeekens

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Most plants store starch or Suc as reserve carbohydrates, but about 15% of all flowering plant species store fructans, which are linear and branched polymers of Fru. Among the plants that store...

Molecular and functional characterization of the Salmonella invasion gene invA: homology of InvA to members of a new protein family

Jorge E. Galán, Christine C. Ginocchio, Paul Costeas

Journal of Bacteriology

One of the earliest steps in the pathogenic cycle of the facultative intracellular pathogen Salmonella spp. is the invasion of the cells of the intestinal epithelium. We have previously identified a...

The geometry of the reactive site and of the peptide groups in trypsin, trypsinogen and its complexes with inhibitors

Markus Marquart, J. Walter, J. Deisenhofer +2

Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science

An iron-binding protein common to many external secretions

Pierre Masson, J.F. Heremans, Caroline Dive

Clinica Chimica Acta

Sources of positive and negative emotions in food experience

Pieter Desmet, Hendrik N.J. Schifferstein

Appetite

Dietary synbiotics reduce cancer risk factors in polypectomized and colon cancer patients

Joseph Rafter, Michael Bennett, Giovanna Caderni +15

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Effects of Dietary Nitrate on Blood Pressure in Healthy Volunteers

Filip J. Larsen, Björn Ekblom, Kent Sahlin +2

New England Journal of Medicine

To the Editor: Nitric oxide, generated by nitric oxide synthase, is a key regulator of vascular integrity. This system is dysfunctional in many cardiovascular disorders, including hypertension. A...

Food Emulsions

David Julian McClements

Food Emulsions: Principles, Practice, and Techniques, Second Edition introduces the fundamentals of emulsion science and demonstrates how this knowledge can be applied to better understand and...

Milk protein interfacial layers and the relationship to emulsion stability and rheology

Eric Dickinson

Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces

Microbiological Safety of Drinking Water

Ulrich Szewzyk, Regine Szewzyk, Werner Manz +1

Annual Review of Microbiology

Emerging pathogens in drinking water have become increasingly important during the decade. These include newly-recognized pathogens from fecal sources such as Cryptosporidium parvum, Campylobacter...

Hydrothermal Modifications of Granular Starch, with Retention of the Granular Structure:  A Review

Heidi I.L. Jacobs, Jan A. Delcour

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Annealing and heat−moisture treatment are two hydrothermal treatments that modify the physicochemical properties of starch, without destroying granular structure. They involve incubation of starch...

A Prospective Study of Risk Factors for Pulmonary Embolism in Women

Samuel Z. Goldhaber

JAMA

These prospective data indicate that obesity, cigarette smoking, and hypertension are associated with increased risk of pulmonary embolism in women. Control of these risk factors will decrease risks...

Guanylin: an endogenous activator of intestinal guanylate cyclase.

Mark G. Currie, Kam F. Fok, Jun Kato +4

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Intestinal guanylate cyclase mediates the action of the heat-stable enterotoxin to cause a decrease in intestinal fluid absorption and to increase chloride secretion, ultimately causing diarrhea. An...

The composition, extraction, functionality and applications of rice proteins: A review

Luca Amagliani, Jonathan O’Regan, Alan L. Kelly +1

Trends in Food Science & Technology

An overview of food waste management in developing countries: Current status and future perspective

Ngoc Bao Dung Thi, Gopalakrishnan Kumar, Chiu‐Yue Lin

Journal of Environmental Management

Systemic thrombolytic therapy for acute pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Christophe Marti, Gregor John, Stavros Konstantinides +5

European Heart Journal

Thrombolytic therapy reduces total mortality, PE recurrence, and PE-related mortality in patients with acute PE. The decrease in overall mortality is, however, not significant in haemodynamically...

Influence of particle size on lipid digestion and β-carotene bioaccessibility in emulsions and nanoemulsions

Laura Salvia‐Trujillo, Cheng Qian, Olga Martı́n-Belloso +1

Food Chemistry

Biogeographical patterns and determinants of invasion by forest pathogens in Europe

Alberto Santini, Luisa Ghelardini, C. De Pace +27

New Phytologist

A large database of invasive forest pathogens (IFPs) was developed to investigate the patterns and determinants of invasion in Europe. Detailed taxonomic and biological information on the invasive...

Epidemiology of Seafood-Associated Infections in the United States

Martha Iwamoto, Tracy Ayers, Barbara E. Mahon +1

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Seafood is part of a healthful diet, but seafood consumption is not risk-free. Seafood is responsible for an important proportion of food-borne illnesses and outbreaks in the United States....

<i>Salmonella</i> Nomenclature

Frances W. Brenner, Rodrigo Villar, Frederick J. Angulo +2

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Antioxidant activities of flavonoids as bioactive components of food

Catherine Rice‐Evans, Nicholas J. Miller

Biochemical Society Transactions

Conference Article| August 01 1996 Antioxidant activities of flavonoids as bioactive components of food C. A. Rice-Evans; C. A. Rice-Evans * *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Search for...

ORGANIZATION OF STARCH GRANULES

Dexter French

Elsevier eBooks

Is Embolic Risk Conditioned By Location of Deep Venous Thrombosis?

Kenneth Μ. Moser, JOHN R. LeMOINE

Annals of Internal Medicine

Sixty-eight patients clinically suspected of having (33), or at high risk for (35), deep venous thrombosis were studied with contrast venography, radiofibrinogen leg scanning, and impedance...

Lactic acid bacteria contribution to gut microbiota complexity: lights and shadows

Enrica Pessione

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) are ancient organisms that cannot biosynthesize functional cytochromes, and cannot get ATP from respiration. Besides sugar fermentation, they evolved electrogenic...

Disintegration of Solid Foods in Human Stomach

Fanbin Kong, R. Paul Singh

Journal of Food Science

Knowledge of the disintegration of solid foods in human stomach is essential to assess the bioavailability of nutrients in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. A comprehensive review of food gastric...

Type VI secretion: a beginner's guide

Lewis EH Bingle, Christopher M. Bailey, Mark J. Pallen

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation reduces adipose tissue by apoptosis and develops lipodystrophy in mice.

Nobuyo Tsuboyama-Kasaoka, Mayumí Takáhashi, K. Tanemura +6

Diabetes

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a naturally occurring group of dienoic derivatives of linoleic acid found in beef and dairy products. CLA has been reported to reduce body fat. To examine the...