Research Library

By-products from different citrus processes as a source of customized functional fibres

Francisco R. Marín, Cristina Soler‐Rivas, O. Benavente-García +2

Food Chemistry

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of iron homeostasis and toxicity in mammalian cells

Robert R. Crichton, Stéphanie Wilmet, Rachida Legssyer +1

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Starch characteristics of black bean, chick pea, lentil, navy bean and pinto bean cultivars grown in Canada

R. Hoover, Wajira S. Ratnayake

Food Chemistry

Probiotics as modulators of the gut flora

L.J. Fooks, G.R. Gibson

British Journal Of Nutrition

Probiotic ingestion can be recommended as a preventative approach to maintaining the balance of the intestinal microflora and thereby enhance 'well-being'. Research into the use of probiotic...

Effects of Sodium Restriction on Blood Pressure, Renin, Aldosterone, Catecholamines, Cholesterols, and Triglyceride

Niels Graudal, Anders Galløe, Peter Garred

JAMA

These results do not support a general recommendation to reduce sodium intake. Reduced sodium intake may be used as a supplementary treatment in hypertension. Further long-term studies of the effects...

International tables of glycemic index

Kaye Foster‐Powell, JB Miller

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

The transcription factor MTF-1 is essential for basal and heavy metal-induced metallothionein gene expression.

Rainer Heuchel, Freddy Radtke, Oleg Georgiev +3

The EMBO Journal

Adaptations of glucose and fatty acid metabolism during perinatal period and suckling-weaning transition

J. Girard, Pascal Ferré, J P Pégorier +1

Physiological Reviews

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A Possible Protective Effect of Nut Consumption on Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

Gary E. Fraser

Archives of Internal Medicine

<h3>bkground.—</h3> Although dietary factors are suspected to be important determinants of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, the direct evidence is relative-lse. <h3>Methods.—</h3> The Adventist...

Molecular Monitoring of Wine Fermentations Conducted by Active Dry Yeast Strains

Amparo Querol, Eladio Barrio, Tomás Huerta +1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

A simple and rapid method of yeast strain characterization based on mitochondrial DNA restriction analysis was applied to the control of wine fermentations conducted by active dry yeast strains. This...

Succinate-linked diphosphopyridine nucleotide reduction in submitochondrial particles

H. Löw, Ivar Vallin

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta

Peak Fitting Applied to Fourier Transform Infrared and Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Proteins

Azin Sadat, Iris J. Joye

Applied Sciences

FTIR and Raman spectroscopy are often used to investigate the secondary structure of proteins. Focus is then often laid on the different features that can be distinguished in the Amide I band...

The effect of palmitic acid on inflammatory response in macrophages: an overview of molecular mechanisms

Jan Korbecki, Karolina Bajdak-Rusinek

Inflammation Research

Palmitic acid is a saturated fatty acid whose blood concentration is elevated in obese patients. This causes inflammatory responses, where toll-like receptors (TLR), TLR2 and TLR4, play an important...

American Society of Hematology 2018 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: optimal management of anticoagulation therapy

Daniel M. Witt, Robby Nieuwlaat, Nathan P. Clark +14

Blood Advances

Strong recommendations included using patient self-management of international normalized ratio (INR) with home point-of-care INR monitoring for vitamin K antagonist therapy and against using...

Inulin, a flexible oligosaccharide I: Review of its physicochemical characteristics

Maarten A. Mensink, Henderik W. Frijlink, Kees van der Voort Maarschalk +1

Carbohydrate Polymers

Inulin, a fructan-type polysaccharide, consists of (2→1) linked β-d-fructosyl residues (n=2-60), usually with an (1↔2) α-d-glucose end group. The applications of inulin and its hydrolyzed form...

Effect of Not Monitoring Residual Gastric Volume on Risk of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Adults Receiving Mechanical Ventilation and Early Enteral Feeding

Jean Reignier

JAMA

clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01137487.

CALHM1 ion channel mediates purinergic neurotransmission of sweet, bitter and umami tastes

Akiyuki Taruno, Valérie Vingtdeux, Makoto Ohmoto +16

Nature

Fucose sensing regulates bacterial intestinal colonization

Alline R. Pacheco, Meredith M. Curtis, Jennifer M. Ritchie +4

Nature

Physical and chemical stability of β-carotene-enriched nanoemulsions: Influence of pH, ionic strength, temperature, and emulsifier type

Cheng Qian, Eric A. Decker, Hang Xiao +1

Food Chemistry

Anti-Inflammatory and Proresolving Lipid Mediators

Charles N. Serhan, Stephanie Yacoubian, Rong Yang

Annual Review of Pathology Mechanisms of Disease

The popular view that all lipid mediators are pro-inflammatory arises largely from the finding that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs block the biosynthesis of prostaglandins. The resolution of...

The relationship between the fatty acid composition of immune cells and their function

Philip C. Calder

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Extracellular matrix mineralization is regulated locally; different roles of two gla-containing proteins

Monzur Murshed, Thorsten Schinke, Marc D. McKee +1

The Journal of Cell Biology

Extracellular matrix mineralization (ECMM) is a physiologic process in the skeleton and in teeth and a pathologic one in other organs. The molecular mechanisms controlling ECMM are poorly understood....

Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus by the commensal bacteria of human milk

Mari Heikkilä, Per E. J. Saris

Journal of Applied Microbiology

The strains inhibitory against the pathogen Staph. aureus have potential use as bacteriotherapeutic agents in preventing neonatal and maternal breast infections caused by this bacterium.

Identification and antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial isolates from probiotic products

Robin Temmerman, Bruno Pot, Geert Huys +1

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Thymol, a constituent of thyme essential oil, is a positive allosteric modulator of human GABA_A receptors and a homo‐oligomeric GABA receptor from <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>

Caroline M. Priestley, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Keith A. Wafford +1

British Journal of Pharmacology

The GABA-modulating and GABA-mimetic activities of the monoterpenoid thymol were explored on human GABAA and Drosophila melanogaster homomeric RDLac GABA receptors expressed in Xenopus laevis...

A Novel Member of a Zinc Transporter Family Is Defective in Acrodermatitis Enteropathica

Kun Wang, Bing Bing Zhou, Yien–Ming Kuo +2

The American Journal of Human Genetics

Performativity in practice: some recent work in cultural geography

Catherine Nash

Progress in Human Geography

Antiinflammatory and antinociceptive effects of 1,8-cineole a terpenoid oxide present in many plant essential oils

Flávia Almeida Santos, V. S. N. Rao

Phytotherapy Research

1,8-Cineole (cineole), a terpenoid oxide present in many plant essential oils displays an inhibitory effect on some types of experimental inflammation in rats, i.e. paw oedema induced by carrageenan...

Functional food properties of non-digestible oligosaccharides: a consensus report from the ENDO project (DGXII AIRII-CT94-1095)

Jan Van Loo, John H. Cummings, Nathalie M. Delzenne +10

British Journal Of Nutrition

This paper results from the final phase of the ENDO project (DGXII AIRII-CT94-1095), a European Commission-funded project on non-digestible oligosaccharides (NDO). All participants in the programme...

Vitamin C—Sources, Physiological Role, Kinetics, Deficiency, Use, Toxicity, and Determination

Martin Doseděl, Eduard Jirkovský, Kateřina Macáková +8

Nutrients

Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) has been known as an antioxidant for most people. However, its physiological role is much larger and encompasses very different processes ranging from facilitation of iron...

Guidance on the assessment of the safety of feed additives for the consumer

EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Guido Rychen, Gabriele Aquilina +23

EFSA Journal

This guidance document is intended to assist the applicant in the preparation and the presentation of an application, as foreseen in Article 7.6 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, for the authorisation...

Gelatinization and rheological properties of starch

Yongfeng Ai, Jay‐lin Jane

Starch - Stärke

Native and modified starches are important raw materials used in the industry. Gelatinization and rheological properties of starch are primary physicochemical properties to determine its...

Evaluation of functional properties of composite flours and sensorial attributes of composite flour biscuits

Suresh Chandra, Samsher Singh, Durvesh Kumari

Journal of Food Science and Technology

STARCH DEGRADATION

Alison M. Smith, Samuel C. Zeeman, Steven M. Smith

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Recent research reveals that starch degradation in Arabidopsis leaves at night is significantly different from the "textbook" version of this process. Although parts of the pathway are now...

Fermented functional foods based on probiotics and their biogenic metabolites

Catherine Stanton, R. Paul Ross, Gerald F. Fitzgerald +1

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Diagnostic Real-Time PCR for Detection of <i>Salmonella</i> in Food

Burkhard Malorny, Elisa Paccassoni, Patrick Fach +3

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

A robust 5' nuclease (TaqMan) real-time PCR was developed and validated in-house for the specific detection of Salmonella in food. The assay used specifically designed primers and a probe target...

Convective air drying characteristics of thin layer carrots

İ̇brahim Doymaz

Journal of Food Engineering

Bioconversion of vaccenic acid to conjugated linoleic acid in humans

Anu M. Turpeinen, Marja Mutanen, Antti Aro +4

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

A new recommended dietary allowance of vitamin C for healthy young women

Mark Levine, Yaohui Wang, Sebastian J. Padayatty +1

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The recently released Recommended Dietary Allowance of vitamin C for women, 75 mg daily, was based on data for men. We now report results of a depletion-repletion study with healthy young women...

Is malnutrition declining? An analysis of changes in levels of child malnutrition since 1980.

Mercedes de Onís, Edward A. Frongillo, Monika Blössner

PubMed

Nutritional status is the best global indicator of well-being in children. Although many surveys of children have been conducted since the 1970s, lack of comparability between them has made it...

Murine Salmonellosis Studied by Confocal Microscopy: <i>Salmonella typhimurium</i> Resides Intracellularly Inside Macrophages and Exerts a Cytotoxic Effect on Phagocytes In Vivo

Agneta Richter‐Dahlfors, A.M.J. Buchan, B. Brett Finlay

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Salmonella typhimurium is considered a facultative intracellular pathogen, but its intracellular location in vivo has not been demonstrated conclusively. Here we describe the development of a new...

Current use and clinical outcome of home parenteral and enteral nutrition therapies in the United States

Lyn Howard, Marvin Ament, C. Richard Fleming +2

Gastroenterology

Nutritional and medical importance of gamma-linolenic acid

D.F. Horrobin

Progress in Lipid Research

Environmental Heterogeneity and Plant Species Diversity: A Hypothesis

Robert E. Ricklefs

The American Naturalist

Progress in microencapsulation of probiotics: A review

Mingfei Yao, Jiaojiao Xie, Hengjun Du +3

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

The potential health benefits of probiotics may not be realized because of the substantial reduction in their viability during food storage and gastrointestinal transit. Microencapsulation can be...

Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis in COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Young Joo Suh, Hyunsook Hong, Mickaël Ohana +16

Radiology

Background The association of pulmonary embolism (PE) with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains unclear, and the diagnostic accuracy of D-dimer...

Immunomodulatory Effects of Probiotics on Cytokine Profiles

Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Manobendro Sarker, Dan Wan

BioMed Research International

Probiotics confer immunological protection to the host through the regulation, stimulation, and modulation of immune responses. Researchers have shifted their attention to better understand the...

Identifying critically-ill patients who will benefit most from nutritional therapy: Further validation of the “modified NUTRIC” nutritional risk assessment tool

Adam Rahman, Rana M. Hasan, Ravi Agarwala +3

Clinical Nutrition