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A Rapid and Simple Method for the Determination of Esterified Fatty Acids and for Total Fatty Acids in Blood

I. Stern, B. Shapiro

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Carboxylic acid esters react with hydroxylamine in alkaline solution to form hydroxamic acids.These acids produce a red to violet reaction with ferric chloride which has been utilized by Feigl (1949)...

Prebiotics as functional foods: A review

Sadeq Hasan Al‐Sheraji, Amin Ismail, Mohd Yazid Abdul Manap +3

Journal of Functional Foods

Sweet Potato: A Review of its Past, Present, and Future Role in Human Nutrition

Adelia C. Bovell‐Benjamin

Advances in food and nutrition research

Risk factors for chemotherapy‐associated venous thromboembolism in a prospective observational study

Alok A. Khorana, Charles W. Francis, Eva Culakova +1

Cancer

Symptomatic VTE is a frequent complication of chemotherapy. The prechemotherapy platelet count is a unique risk factor and can help identify high-risk patients for future trials of thromboprophylaxis.

Fatty acid profile, tocopherol, squalene and phytosterol content of walnuts, almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts and the macadamia nut

Lindsay Maguire, Siobhán O’Sullivan, Karen Galvin +2

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Nuts are high in fat but have a fatty acid profile that may be beneficial in relation to risk of coronary heart disease. Nuts also contain other potentially cardioprotective constituents including...

Anti-inflammatory activity of linalool and linalyl acetate constituents of essential oils

Alessandra T. Peana, Paolo S. D’Aquila, Francesca Panin +3

Phytomedicine

The Hypercoagulable State of Malignancy: Pathogenesis and Current Debate

Graham J. Caine, Paul Stonelake, Gregory Y.H. Lip +1

Neoplasia

A hypercoagulable or prothrombotic state of malignancy occurs due to the ability of tumor cells to activate the coagulation system. It has been estimated that hypercoagulation accounts for a...

Relation between plasma ascorbic acid and mortality in men and women in EPIC-Norfolk prospective study: a prospective population study

Kay‐Tee Khaw, Sheila Bingham, Ailsa Welch +4

The Lancet

The World On a Plate

Ian Cook, Philip Crang

Journal of Material Culture

This article uses claims about the local globalization of culinary culture to stage an argument about the character of material cultural geographies and their spaces of identity practice. It...

Another explanation for the toxicity of fermentation acids at low pH: anion accumulation versus uncoupling

James B. Russell

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

Oral Anticoagulant Drugs

John A. Oates, Alastair J.J. Wood, Jack Hirsh

New England Journal of Medicine

The vitamin K-antagonist drugs were reviewed in the Journal in the early 1970s.1 , 2 Since then, there has been considerable progress in research at both a basic and an applied level. The mode of...

Antioxidant Therapy in Acute Central Nervous System Injury: Current State

Yossi Gilgun‐Sherki, Ziv Rosenbaum, Eldad Melamed +1

Pharmacological Reviews

Food and culture: A reader

Sara A. Quandt

American Journal of Human Biology

Prevention of Mucosal <i>Escherichia coli</i> Infection by FimH-Adhesin-Based Systemic Vaccination

Solomon Langermann, Susan Palaszynski, Michelle M. Barnhart +8

Science

Virtually all uropathogenic strains of Escherichia coli, the primary cause of cystitis, assemble adhesive surface organelles called type 1 pili that contain the FimH adhesin. Sera from animals...

Endotoxin and tumor necrosis factor challenges in dogs simulate the cardiovascular profile of human septic shock.

Charles Natanson, P. W. Eichenholz, Robert L. Danner +6

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Survivors of both human and animal bacterial shock develop a characteristic pattern of progressive changes in cardiovascular function over a period of 7-10 d. In this present study, we examined...

Increased binding of low density lipoprotein to liver membranes from rats treated with 17 alpha-ethinyl estradiol.

Petri T. Kovanen, M S Brown, J L Goldstein

Journal of Biological Chemistry

PLASMA LIPIDS AND LIPOPROTEINS IN GREENLANDIC WEST COAST ESKIMOS

H. O. Bang, Jørn Dyerberg

Acta Medica Scandinavica

Abstract The plasma lipid and lipoprotein pattern has been examined in 130 Greenlandic west coast Eskimos with a life pattern, and especially with dietary habits, rather close to those of original...

Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Immune Cells

Saray Gutiérrez, Sara L. Svahn, Maria E. Johansson

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Alterations on the immune system caused by omega-3 fatty acids have been described for 30 years. This family of polyunsaturated fatty acids exerts major alterations on the activation of cells from...

A Perspective on the Complexity of Dietary Fiber Structures and Their Potential Effect on the Gut Microbiota

Bruce R. Hamaker, Yunus E. Tuncil

Journal of Molecular Biology

n–3 Fatty Acids in Cardiovascular Disease

Raffaele De Caterina

New England Journal of Medicine

CVD is the leading cause of death worldwide; preventive approaches can have major public health implications. An increased dietary intake of n–3 fatty acids is one such approach. This review...

The Role of Food Tourism in Sustaining Regional Identity: A Case Study of Cornwall, South West England

Sally Everett, Cara Aitchison

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

This exploratory paper examines the role of food tourism in developing and sustaining regional identities within the context of rural regeneration, agricultural diversification and the creation of...

Probiotics during pregnancy and breast-feeding might confer immunomodulatory protection against atopic disease in the infant

Samuli Rautava, Marko Kalliomäki, Erika Isolauri

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Trans Fatty Acids and Coronary Heart Disease

Alberto Ascherio, Mira Katan, Peter L. Zock +2

New England Journal of Medicine

Trans unsaturated fatty acids are produced commercially in large quantities by heating vegetable oils in the presence of metal catalysts and hydrogen to form shortening and margarine.1 They are so...

Mechanisms of acid resistance in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Jyh-Shiun Lin, Michael P. Smith, Kimberle C. Chapin +3

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Enterohemorrhagic strains of Escherichia coli must pass through the acidic gastric barrier to cause gastrointestinal disease. Taking into account the apparent low infectious dose of enterohemorrhagic...

Effects of Fructooligosaccharides on Intestinal Flora and Human Health

Hidemasa Hidaka, Toshiaki Eida, Toshio Takizawa +2

Bifidobacteria and Microflora

A study was made of the effects of fructooligosaccharides, which exist widely inplants such as onion, edible burdock, wheat etc., on the human and animal intestinal flora. Fructooligosaccharides are...

Functionality of Ingredients and Additives in Plant-Based Meat Analogues

Konstantina Kyriakopoulou, Julia K. Keppler, Atze Jan van der Goot

Foods

Meat analogue research and development focuses on the production of sustainable products that recreate conventional meat in its physical sensations (texture, appearance, taste, etc.) and nutritional...

Sensory evaluation of food principles and practices

Patricia Stefanowicz

Journal of Wine Research

Sensory evaluation of food principles and practices (2nd ed.), by Harry Lawless and Hildegarde Heymann, New York, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010, 596 pp., £53.99 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-4...

Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion and Risk of Cardiovascular Events

Martin O’Donnell, Salim Yusuf, Andrew Mente +9

JAMA

The association between estimated sodium excretion and CV events was J-shaped. Compared with baseline sodium excretion of 4 to 5.99 g per day, sodium excretion of greater than 7 g per day was...

A Review of Thin Layer Drying of Foods: Theory, Modeling, and Experimental Results

Zafer Erbay, Fılız İçıer

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Drying is a complicated process with simultaneous heat and mass transfer, and food drying is especially very complex because of the differential structure of products. In practice, a food dryer is...

Escherichia coli Biofilms

Christophe Beloin, Alain Roux, Jean‐Marc Ghigo

Current topics in microbiology and immunology

Transition metal transport

Ute Krämer, Ina N. Talke, Marc Hanikenne

FEBS Letters

Transition metal transporters are of central importance in the plant metal homeostasis network which maintains internal metal concentrations within physiological limits. An overview is given of the...

Identification of genes subject to positive selection in uropathogenic strains of <i>Escherichia coli</i> : A comparative genomics approach

Swaine L. Chen, Chia‐Suei Hung, Jian Xu +15

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Escherichia coli is a model laboratory bacterium, a species that is widely distributed in the environment, as well as a mutualist and pathogen in its human hosts. As such, E. coli represents an...

SELENOPROTEIN P: An Extracellular Protein with Unique Physical Characteristics and a Role in Selenium Homeostasis

Raymond F. Burk, Kristina E. Hill

Annual Review of Nutrition

Selenoprotein P is an abundant extracellular glycoprotein that is rich in selenocysteine. It has two domains with respect to selenium content. The N-terminal domain of the rat protein contains one...

Comparative analysis of extreme acid survival in Salmonella typhimurium, Shigella flexneri, and Escherichia coli

Jyh-Shiun Lin, I S Lee, Joachim Frey +2

Journal of Bacteriology

Several members of the family Enterobacteriaceae were examined for differences in extreme acid survival strategies. A surprising degree of variety was found between three related genera. The minimum...

Environmental biology of agaves and cacti

Choice Reviews Online

Extraction of bioactive compounds from plant materials using combination of various novel methods: A review

Avinash Kumar Jha, Nandan Sit

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Apixaban and dalteparin in active malignancy‐associated venous thromboembolism: The ADAM VTE trial

Robert D. McBane, Waldemar E. Wysokiński, Jennifer Le‐Rademacher +14

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

A genomic overview of the population structure of Salmonella

Nabil-Fareed Alikhan, Zhemin Zhou, Martin J. Sergeant +1

PLoS Genetics

For many decades, Salmonella enterica has been subdivided by serological properties into serovars or further subdivided for epidemiological tracing by a variety of diagnostic tests with higher...

Shigellosis

Karen L. Kotloff, Mark S. Riddle, James A Platts-Mills +2

The Lancet

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: Indications, technique, complications and management

Ata A. Rahnemai‐Azar

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is the preferred route of feeding and nutritional support in patients with a functional gastrointestinal system who require long-term enteral nutrition....

Menthol: A simple monoterpene with remarkable biological properties

Guy Kamatou, Ilze Vermaak, Alvaro Viljoen +1

Phytochemistry

Rice Starch Diversity: Effects on Structural, Morphological, Thermal, and Physicochemical Properties—A Review

Ali Abas Wani, Preeti Singh, Manzoor Ahmad Shah +3

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Abstract: Rice starch is one of the major cereal starches with novel functional properties. Significant progress has been made in recent years on the characterization of rice starches separated from...

Structural and Emulsifying Properties of Soy Protein Isolate Subjected to Acid and Alkaline pH-Shifting Processes

Jiang Jiang, Jie Chen, Youling L. Xiong

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Structural unfolding of soy protein isolate (SPI) as induced by holding (0, 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 h) in acidic (pH 1.5-3.5) and alkaline (pH 10.0-12.0) pH solutions, followed by refolding (1 h) at pH 7.0,...

Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Hospitalized with Cancer

Paul D. Stein, Afzal Beemath, Frederick A. Meyers +3

The American Journal of Medicine

Identification of the conjugated linoleic acid isomer that inhibits milk fat synthesis

L.H. Baumgard, B.A. Corl, D.A. Dwyer +2

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) are octadecadienoic fatty acids that have profound effects on lipid metabolism. Our previous work showed that CLA (mixture of isomers) markedly reduced milk fat...

Formation and physical properties of acid milk gels: a review

J.A. Lucey, Harjinder Singh

Food Research International