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Role of the Gut in Multiple Organ Failure: Bacterial Translocation and Permeability Changes

G. Swank, Edwin A. Deitch

World Journal of Surgery

It is clear that increased gut permeability and bacterial translocation play a role in multiple organ failure (MOF). Failure of the gut barrier remains central to the hypothesis that toxins escaping...

Sorbitol-MacConkey medium for detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with hemorrhagic colitis

S B March, Samuel Ratnam

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 is a recently recognized human pathogen associated with hemorrhagic colitis. Unlike most E. coli strains, E. coli O157:H7 does not ferment sorbitol. Therefore, the...

The polymeric nature of wine pigments

T. C. Somers

Phytochemistry

Plant proteins as high-quality nutritional source for human diet

Amanda Gomes Almeida Sá, Yara María Franco Moreno, Bruno Augusto Mattar Carciofi

Trends in Food Science & Technology

Exopolysaccharides from probiotic bacteria and their health potential

J. Angelin, Murugan Kavitha

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Deep Sequencing Analysis of Small Noncoding RNA and mRNA Targets of the Global Post-Transcriptional Regulator, Hfq

Alexandra Sittka, Sacha Lucchini, Kai Papenfort +5

PLoS Genetics

Recent advances in high-throughput pyrosequencing (HTPS) technology now allow a thorough analysis of RNA bound to cellular proteins, and, therefore, of post-transcriptional regulons. We used HTPS to...

Review article: yeast as probiotics –<i>Saccharomyces boulardii</i>

Dorota Czerucka, T. Piche, Patrick Rampal

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Saccharomyces boulardii is a strain of yeast which has been extensively studied for its probiotic effects. The clinical activity of S. boulardii is especially relevant to antibiotic-associated...

Antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity of an aqueous extract of Coleus aromaticus

Alaganandam Kumaran, R. Karunakaran

Food Chemistry

The <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> chitin utilization program

Karin Lederballe Meibom, Xibing B. Li, Alex Toftgaard Nielsen +3

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Chitin, an insoluble polymer of GlcNAc, is an abundant source of carbon, nitrogen, and energy for marine microorganisms. Microarray expression profiling and mutational studies of Vibrio cholerae...

Starch synthesis in the cereal endosperm

Martha G. James, Kay Denyer, Alan M. Myers

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Antioxidant activity of extracts obtained by different isolation procedures from some aromatic herbs grown in Lithuania

Airidas Dapkevicius, R. Venskutonis, Teris A. van Beek +1

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

An increasing demand for natural additives has shifted the attention from synthetic to natural antioxidants. The present work examines the potential of some aromatic herbs grown in Lithuania as a...

Antibacterial activity of South African plants used for medicinal purposes

T. Rabe, Johannes van Staden

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

MT-III, a brain-specific member of the metallothionein gene family.

R D Palmiter, S D Findley, Theodore E. Whitmore +1

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A third member of the metallothionein (MT) gene family, designated MT-III, was cloned by virtue of its homology to a human protein that was shown previously to inhibit neuronal survival in culture...

The effect of high-sodium and low-sodium intakes on blood pressure and other related variables in human subjects with idiopathic hypertension

Terukazu Kawasaki, Catherine S. Delea, Frederic C. Bartter +1

The American Journal of Medicine

Heat-stable enterotoxin of Escherichia coli: in vitro effects on guanylate cyclase activity, cyclic GMP concentration, and ion transport in small intestine.

Michael Field, Liselotte Graf, W Laird +1

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A partially purified preparation of the heat-stable enterotoxin of Escherichia coli caused a rapid and persistent increase in electric potential difference and short-circuit current when added in...

Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate and Alteration of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Morphology: a Rapid, Sensitive In Vitro Assay for the Enterotoxins of <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> and <i>Escherichia coli</i>

Richard L. Guerrant, Laurence L. Brunton, Terry C. Schnaitman +2

Infection and Immunity

The major limitation to our understanding of the clinical importance of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in diarrheal illness has been the lack of a simple rapid assay for the enterotoxin produced by...

Human gut Bacteroidetes can utilize yeast mannan through a selfish mechanism

Fiona Cuskin, Elisabeth C. Lowe, Max J. Temple +27

Nature

The Estimated Amount, Value, and Calories of Postharvest Food Losses at the Retail and Consumer Levels in the United States

Jean C. Buzby, Hodan Farah-Wells, Jeffrey Hyman

SSRN Electronic Journal

Pomegranate peel and peel extracts: Chemistry and food features

Saeed Akhtar, Tariq Ismail, Daniele Fraternale +1

Food Chemistry

The economic rationale for investing in stunting reduction

John Hoddinott, Harold Alderman, Jere R. Behrman +2

Maternal and Child Nutrition

This paper outlines the economic rationale for investments that reduce stunting. We present a framework that illustrates the functional consequences of stunting in the 1000 days after conception...

Fatal and Nonfatal Outcomes, Incidence of Hypertension, and Blood Pressure Changes in Relation to Urinary Sodium Excretion

Katarzyna Stolarz‐Skrzypek

JAMA

In this population-based cohort, systolic blood pressure, but not diastolic pressure, changes over time aligned with change in sodium excretion, but this association did not translate into a higher...

A Liver-Derived Secretory Protein, Selenoprotein P, Causes Insulin Resistance

Hirofumi Misu, Toshinari Takamura, Hiroaki Takayama +24

Cell Metabolism

Inflammatory Disease Processes and Interactions with Nutrition

Philip C. Calder, Ruud Albers, Jean‐Michel Antoine +18

British Journal Of Nutrition

Inflammation is a stereotypical physiological response to infections and tissue injury; it initiates pathogen killing as well as tissue repair processes and helps to restore homeostasis at infected...

Oat: unique among the cereals

Masood Sadiq Butt, Muhammad Tahir-Nadeem, Muhammad Kashif Iqbal Khan +2

European Journal of Nutrition

Nutritional and technological aspects of milk fat globule membrane material

Koen Dewettinck, Roeland Rombaut, Natacha Thienpont +3

International Dairy Journal

Computed Tomographic Pulmonary Angiography vs Ventilation-Perfusion Lung Scanning in Patients With Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

David R. Anderson, Susan R. Kahn, Marc Rodger +15

JAMA

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Structural and functional changes in ultrasonicated bovine serum albumin solutions

İbrahim Gülseren, Demet Güzey, Barry D. Bruce +1

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

Lactic acid starter and probiotic bacteria: a comparative “in vitro” study of probiotic characteristics and biological barrier resistance

C.G. Vinderola, Jorge Reinheimer

Food Research International

"We Gather Together": Consumption Rituals of Thanksgiving Day

Melanie Wallendorf, Eric J. Arnould

Journal of Consumer Research

Thanksgiving Day is a collective ritual that celebrates material abundance enacted through feasting. Thanksgiving Day both marks and proves to participants their ability to meet basic needs...

The refeeding syndrome: a review

SM Solomon, DF Kirby

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Refeeding syndrome has been used to describe those phenomena, such as severe hypophosphatemia and other metabolic complications, seen in malnourished patients receiving concentrated calories via...

Complex coacervation: Principles, mechanisms and applications in microencapsulation

Yakindra Prasad Timilsena, Taiwo O. Akanbi, Nauman Khalid +2

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Novel bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria (LAB): various structures and applications

Rodney Pérez, Takeshi Zendo, Kenji Sonomoto

Microbial Cell Factories

Bacteriocins are heat-stable ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides produced by various bacteria, including food-grade lactic acid bacteria (LAB). These antimicrobial peptides have huge...

Tit-for-Tat: Type VI Secretion System Counterattack during Bacterial Cell-Cell Interactions

Marek Basler, Brian T. Ho, John J. Mekalanos

Cell

Industrial Chocolate Manufacture and Use

Beckett, S. T. 1946-

Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Bitter Perception and Sweet Preferences

Julie A. Mennella, Marta Yanina Pepino, Danielle R. Reed

PEDIATRICS

Variations in a taste receptor gene accounted for a major portion of individual differences in PROP bitterness perception in both children and adults, as well as a portion of individual differences...

Contents of Phenolic Acids, Alkyl- and Alkenylresorcinols, and Avenanthramides in Commercial Grain Products

Pirjo Mattila, Juha‐Matti Pihlava, Jarkko Hellström

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

The contents of free and total phenolic acids and alk(en)ylresorcinols were analyzed in commercial products of eight grains: oat (Avena sativa), wheat (Triticum spp.), rye (Secale cerale), barley...

Primary and Secondary Production in the Arctic Seas

E. Sakshaug

Selenium in the Immune System

John R. Arthur, Roderick C. McKenzie, Geoffrey J. Beckett

Journal of Nutrition

Mutation of TRPM6 causes familial hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia

Roxanne Y. Walder, Daniel Landau, Peter Meyer +8

Nature Genetics

Pathogenicity Islands: Bacterial Evolution in Quantum Leaps

Eduardo A. Groisman, Howard Ochman

Cell

Iron-induced carcinogenesis: The role of redox regulation

Shinya Toyokuni

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

The aroma of grapes I. Extraction and determination of free and glycosidically bound fractions of some grape aroma components

Y.Z. Gunata, Claude Bayonove, Raymond Baumes +1

Journal of Chromatography A

The primary structure of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene for alcohol dehydrogenase.

Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, B. D. Hall

Journal of Biological Chemistry

The DNA sequence of the gene for the fermentative yeast alcohol dehydrogenase has been determined. The structural gene contains no introns. The amino acid sequence of the protein as determined from...

Carvacrol and human health: A comprehensive review

Mehdi Sharifi‐Rad, Elena Maria Varoni, Marcello Iriti +8

Phytotherapy Research

Carvacrol (CV) is a phenolic monoterpenoid found in essential oils of oregano (Origanum vulgare), thyme (Thymus vulgaris), pepperwort (Lepidium flavum), wild bergamot (Citrus aurantium bergamia), and...

Application of Bacteriocins and Protective Cultures in Dairy Food Preservation

C.C.G. Silva, Sofia P.M. Silva, Susana C. Ribeiro

Frontiers in Microbiology

In the last years, consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the human health risk posed by the use of chemical preservatives in foods. In contrast, the increasing demand by the dairy industry to...

A Test in Context: D-Dimer

Jeffrey I. Weitz, James C. Fredenburgh, John W. Eikelboom

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Moderate Pulmonary Embolism Treated With Thrombolysis (from the “MOPETT” Trial)

Mohsen Sharifi, R. Curtis Bay, Laura Skrocki +2

The American Journal of Cardiology