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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38497922/-in-vitro-study-of-the-blood-brain-barrier-transport-of-bioactives-from-mediterranean-foods
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marta Gallardo-Fernandez, Ana Rita Garcia, Ruth Hornedo-Ortega, Ana M Troncoso, M Carmen Garcia-Parrilla, M Alexandra Brito
The Mediterranean diet (MD), characterized by olive oil, olives, fruits, vegetables, and wine intake, is associated with a reduced risk of dementia. These foods are rich in bioactives with neuroprotective and antioxidant properties, including hydroxytyrosol (HT), tyrosol (TYRS), serotonin (SER) and protocatechuic acid (PCA), a phenolic acid metabolite of anthocyanins. It remains to be established if these molecules cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), a complex interface that strictly controls the entrance of molecules into the brain...
March 18, 2024: Food & Function
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38496846/flavonoids-a-treasure-house-of-prospective-pharmacological-potentials
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REVIEW
Hasin Hasnat, Suriya Akter Shompa, Md Mirazul Islam, Safaet Alam, Fahmida Tasnim Richi, Nazim Uddin Emon, Sania Ashrafi, Nazim Uddin Ahmed, Md Nafees Rahman Chowdhury, Nour Fatema, Md Sakhawat Hossain, Avoy Ghosh, Firoj Ahmed
Flavonoids are organic compounds characterized by a range of phenolic structures, which are abundantly present in various natural sources such as fruits, vegetables, cereals, bark, roots, stems, flowers, tea, and wine. The health advantages of these natural substances are renowned, and initiatives are being taken to extract the flavonoids. Apigenin, galangin, hesperetin, kaempferol, myricetin, naringenin, and quercetin are the seven most common compounds belonging to this class. A thorough analysis of bibliographic records from reliable sources including Google Scholar, Web of Science, PubMed, ScienceDirect, MEDLINE, and others was done to learn more about the biological activities of these flavonoids...
March 30, 2024: Heliyon
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38495767/stretch-your-snap-stakeholder-perspectives-of-a-novel-benefits-program-to-enhance-diet-quality
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Danyel I Smith, Kristina L Tatum, Lucie Lefbom, Bonnie Moore, Rick Barnard, Lisa Harnack, Brenda Foster, Melanie K Bean
OBJECTIVE: Families enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) report persistent barriers to purchasing nutritious foods. This mixed-methods study explored SNAP users' food and beverage purchasing patterns and perspectives regarding potential modifications to SNAP to inform the design of SNAP+, a healthy incentive program to increase fruit and vegetable (FV) and decrease sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) purchases. METHODS: Participants were recruited through a non-profit organizational network to participate in an online survey...
April 2024: Preventive Medicine Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38493871/comparing-the-impact-of-simple-and-educational-point-of-decision-messages-on-nutritional-choice-outcomes
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Henriette Gitungwa, Christopher R Gustafson, Devin J Rose
Emerging evidence suggests that point-of-decision messages may be an effective way to promote healthy food choices. Previous studies show improvements in overall nutritional quality, as well as increases in underconsumed food categories, such as fruits and vegetables, and underconsumed nutrients of public health concern, like dietary fiber. However, there have been multiple approaches used for delivering point-of-decision messages, including very brief messages that remind individuals to consider health during choice, as well as slightly longer messages providing educational information about health benefits...
March 15, 2024: Appetite
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38493134/indoxacarb-poisoning-causing-methemoglobinemia-treated-with-parenteral-vitamin-c-a-case-report
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lokesh Koumar Sivanandam, H Arunkumar, Pranay Marlecha, Varsha Madamanchi, Chanchal Maheshwari, Mohammed Quader Naseer, Vivek Sanker, Tirth Dave
INTRODUCTION: This case study reports on a suicide attempt involving indoxacarb and vitamin C. Indoxacarb is a neurotoxic insecticide used in agriculture and as a flea controller in pets. Cotton, vegetables, and fruits are treated with indoxacarb, an insecticide that can be applied both indoors and outdoors. It causes skin allergies, methemoglobinemia, and hemolytic anemia. It is also attributed to allergic reactions through ingestion, inhalation, physical contact, and translaminar action...
March 17, 2024: Journal of Medical Case Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38492524/evaluation-of-a-new-automated-viral-rna-extraction-platform-for-hepatitis-a-virus-and-human-norovirus-in-testing-of-berries-lettuce-and-oysters
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mathilde Trudel-Ferland, Marie-Ève Collard, Valérie Goulet-Beaulieu, Eric Jubinville, Fabienne Hamon, Julie Jean
Fruits, vegetables, and shellfish are often associated with outbreaks of illness caused particularly by human norovirus (HuNoV) and hepatitis A virus (HAV), the leading causative agents of foodborne illness worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate a new automated nucleic acid extraction platform (EGENE-UP EASYPREP) for enteric viruses in several at-risk food matrices and to test its limit of detection in comparison to a semi-automated method (EGENE-UP) using Boom methodology for nucleic acid extraction as suggested in the reference method ISO 15216-2:2019...
March 7, 2024: International Journal of Food Microbiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38492237/a-tomato-b-box-protein-regulates-plant-development-and-fruit-quality-through-the-interaction-with-pif4-hy5-and-rin-transcription-factors
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lumi Shiose, Juliene Dos Reis Moreira, Bruno Silvestre Lira, Gabriel Ponciano, Gabriel Gomez Ocampo, Raquel Tsu Ay Wu, José Laurindo Dos Santos Júnior, Nikolaos Ntelkis, Elke Clicque, Maria José Oliveira, Greice Lubini, Eny Iochevet Segal Floh, Javier Francisco Botto, Marcelo José Pena Ferreira, Alain Goossens, Luciano Freschi, Magdalena Rossi
During the last decade, the knowledge about BBX proteins has abruptly increased. Genome-wide studies identified BBX gene family in several ornamental, industry and food crops; however, the reports regarding the role of these genes as regulators of agronomically important traits are scarce. Here, by phenotyping a knockout mutant, we performed a comprehensive functional characterization of the tomato locus Solyc12g089240, hereafter called SlBBX20. The data revealed the encoded protein as a positive regulator of light signaling affecting several physiological processes during plant lifespan...
March 16, 2024: Journal of Experimental Botany
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38492176/natural-pigments-based-two-component-white-light-emitting-systems
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kailash Devi, Vivek Anand, Yash Barot, Roli Mishra, Prashant Kumar, Vishal Mutreja
In this paper, a new class of two component white light emitting systems viz, JaB (java plum + beetroot) {I}, and CaB (carrot + beetroot) {II} were developed through resonance energy transfer (RET) phenomenon by using a fruit (java plum) and two vegetable (carrot and beetroot) extracts. In these white light emitting systems, java plum and carrot are the donors while beetroot is the acceptor. The primary fluorescent pigments present in the natural extracts (i.e., anthocyanin in java plum, β-carotene in carrot, and betanin in beetroot) were responsible for the white light emission...
March 16, 2024: Journal of Fluorescence
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38491133/early-exposure-to-sugar-sweetened-beverages-or-fruit-juice-differentially-influences-adult-adiposity
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
David Benton, Hayley A Young
OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between different types of sweet drinks consumed in early life and adult adiposity. DESIGN: The analysis involved the secondary analysis of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children which followed children from birth to 24 years. Adiposity was measured using Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry while food frequency questionnaires and diaries monitored diet. 'Early exposure' to sweet drinks was defined as giving a sugar-sweetened beverage or 100% fruit juice (FJ), before two years of age...
March 15, 2024: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490807/quercetin-limits-tumor-immune-escape-through-pdk1-cd47-axis-in-melanoma
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xin Li, Xue He, Bing Lin, Li Li, Qifeng Deng, Chengzhi Wang, Jing Zhang, Ying Chen, Jingyi Zhao, Xinrui Li, Yan Li, Qing Xi, Rongxin Zhang
Quercetin (3,3[Formula: see text],4[Formula: see text],5,7-pentahydroxyflavone) is a bioactive plant-derived flavonoid, abundant in fruits and vegetables, that can effectively inhibit the growth of many types of tumors without toxicity. Nevertheless, the effect of quercetin on melanoma immunology has yet to be determined. This study aimed to investigate the role and mechanism of the antitumor immunity action of quercetin in melanoma through both in vivo and in vitro methods. Our research revealed that quercetin has the ability to boost antitumor immunity by modulating the tumor immune microenvironment through increasing the percentages of M1 macrophages, CD8[Formula: see text] T lymphocytes, and CD4[Formula: see text] T lymphocytes and promoting the secretion of IL-2 and IFN-[Formula: see text] from CD8[Formula: see text] T cells, consequently suppressing the growth of melanoma...
March 16, 2024: American Journal of Chinese Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490745/isolation-of-azole-resistant-aspergillus-spp-from-food-products
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Satomi Uehara, Yumi Takahashi, Keiko Iwakoshi, Yukari Nishino, Kotono Wada, Asuka Ono, Daisuke Hagiwara, Takashi Chiba, Keiko Yokoyama, Kenji Sadamasu
The prevalence of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus is increasing worldwide and is speculated to be related to the use of azole pesticides. Aspergillus spp., the causative agent of aspergillosis, could be brought into domestic dwellings through food. However, studies on azole-resistant Aspergillus spp. in food products are limited. Therefore, we aimed to isolate Aspergillus spp. from processed foods and commercial agricultural products and performed drug susceptibility tests for azoles. Among 692 food samples, we isolated 99 strains of Aspergillus spp...
March 15, 2024: Medical Mycology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490629/vegetable-and-fruit-wastes-valuable-source-for-organic-fertilizer-for-effective-growth-of-short-term-crops-solanum-lycopersicum-and-capsicum-annum
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
R Kavitha, Rajesh Dhanraj, Vijayakumar Natesan, Ying Ma, Sami Al Obaid, Mathiyazhagan Narayanan
Agriculture plays a vital role in the food security and economies of Asian countries. Annually, numerous metric tons of vegetable and fruit wastes are disposed of. This research aimed to convert the food wastes encompassing the vegetable and fruit wastes into solid and liquid organic fertilizer and to evaluate their influence on the growth (germination, phytochemicals, and biomolecules) of Solanum lycopersicum and Capsicum annum. Solanum lycopersicum, known as tomato, and Capsicum annum, known as bell pepper or chili pepper, are globally significant crops valued for their medicinal properties and economic importance...
March 13, 2024: Environmental Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490515/the-role-of-dietary-acid-load-on-progression-of-estimated-glomerular-filtration-rate-among-individuals-diagnosed-with-chronic-kidney-disease
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REVIEW
Christina Nina Poyourow, Laura Byham-Gray, Kristin Leonberg, Mei Chung
INTRODUCTION: Individuals with CKD are at an increased risk for developing metabolic acidosis. Metabolic acidosis has been shown to worsen kidney function and exacerbate systemic inflammation. Diets high in protein foods can exacerbate metabolic acidosis as protein foods tend to be more acidic, while fruits and vegetables are more alkalotic. The main objective of this systematic review was to determine if higher consumption of fruits and vegetables in adults with CKD stages 1-5 reduces the rate of decline of eGFR...
March 13, 2024: Journal of Renal Nutrition
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489981/local-circular-economy-bsf-insect-rearing-in-the-italian-agri-food-industry
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Arianna Cattaneo, Marco Meneguz, Sihem Dabbou, Fulvia Tambone, Barbara Scaglia
With a growing population, both food and waste production will increase. There is an urgent need for innovative ways of valorizing waste. The black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) efficiently converts agri-food by-products (BPs) into high-quality materials; its rearing process yields larvae (BSFL) rich in fat and protein for feed purposes, with "frass" acting as organic fertilizer. While the insect rearing sector is expanding, few producers use BPs. Therefore, a case study approach was adopted to evaluate the potential for establishing an Italian BSFL production plant on BPs available on the territory...
March 14, 2024: Waste Management
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489213/influence-of-propiconazole-and-metconazole-formulations-on-bacillus-subtilis-vegetative-cell-growth-and-disease-control-of-fruit-crops
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Johanna Wesche, Guido Schnabel
Biological control agent (BCA) Bacillus subtilis formulated as Theia® is registered for control of fungal and bacterial diseases of fruit crops. Combinations of Theia® and strategic concentrations of two demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides were investigated to explore potential synergisms. Bacteria were cultured in nutrient broth and combined with technical grades and two formulations of propiconazole (EC and WP) and metconazole (EC and WDG) at 0, 10, 50, 100, and 150 µg/ml active ingredient...
March 15, 2024: Phytopathology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38488041/chitosan-coated-biomass-waste-based-magnetic-hydrogel-beads-for-the-removal-of-methylene-blue
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Şerife Parlayıcı, Aslı Aras
Due to developing technology and increasing population, human needs have increased, and textile activities have gained momentum. Many synthetic dyestuffs are used to meet the needs in this field. In this study, a cheap, useful, innovative, environmentally friendly and sustainable adsorbent was developed for the removal of Methylene Blue(MB), which is one of the dyes that is harmful to the environment. In the cultivation of fruit trees, in addition to the product, very high amounts of by-products/waste (garbage, branches, bark, leaves, etc...
March 15, 2024: International Journal of Phytoremediation
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38487289/postharvest-handling-of-ethylene-with-oxidative-and-absorptive-means
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REVIEW
Sunil Kumar, Ramesh Kumar, Bhushan R Bibwe, Prerna Nath, Rajesh K Singh, Shiwani Mandhania, Ajay Pal, Ramesh Soni, Anuj Kumar
UNLABELLED: Fruit ripening is an unfolding of a series of genetically-programmed modifications and tend to be highly orchestrated irrevocable phenomenon mediated by ethylene. Phytohormone ethylene also leads to over-ripening, senescence, loss of texture, microbial attack, reduced post-harvest life and other associated problems during storage and transportation of fruits. Its harmful impacts on fresh fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals result in substantial product losses even up to 80%...
May 2024: Journal of Food Science and Technology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38487286/vegetable-substrates-as-an-alternative-for-the-inclusion-of-lactic-acid-bacteria-with-probiotic-potential-in-food-matrices
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REVIEW
Camila Bernal-Castro, Elpidia Espinosa-Poveda, Carolina Gutiérrez-Cortés, Consuelo Díaz-Moreno
Vegetable substrates are food matrices with micronutrients, antioxidants, and fiber content with a high potential for bioprocesses development. In addition, they have been recognized as essential sources of a wide range of phytochemicals that, individually or in combination, can act as bioactive compounds with potential benefits to health due to their antioxidant and antimicrobial activity and recently due to their status as prebiotics in the balance of the human intestinal microbiota. This systematic review explores the benefits of lactic fermentation of plant matrices such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, and cereals by bacteria with probiotic potential, guaranteeing cell viability (106 -107  CFU/mL) and generating bioactive metabolic products for modulation of the gut microbiome...
May 2024: Journal of Food Science and Technology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38486449/association-of-level-of-adherence-to-mediterranean-diet-with-cognitive-and-dementia-status-in-subjects-with-chronic-diseases-a-cross-sectional-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Abeer Al Hatab, Kishore Ganana Sam, Semira Abdi Beshir, Asim Ahmed Elnour, Nadia Al Mazrouei, Khalid Awad Al-Kubaisi, Maisoun Alkaabi, Abdulla Al Amoodi, Vineetha Menon, Abuelnor Mohammed, Sami Fatehi Abdalla
Background: The Mediterranean diet has been linked to brain neuroprotection. Evidence from meta-analyses showed reduced risk of dementia with greater intake of vegetables and fruits, fish, and the Mediterranean diet. The current study raises important questions about the association between low risk dementia and Mediterranean diet. Objective: The objective was to evaluate the association between levels of adherence to the Mediterranean diet and dementia and cognitive status in subjects 50 years of age and older...
March 14, 2024: Nutritional Neuroscience
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38486410/nutrient-intakes-and-gastrointestinal-symptoms-among-esophagogastric-cancer-survivors-up-to-5-years-post-surgery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
A E Bennett, L O'Neill, S L Doyle, E M Guinan, J O'Sullivan, J V Reynolds, J Hussey
A cross-sectional analysis explored nutritional intakes and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms among esophagogastric cancer survivors up to 12, 13-36, and 37+ months post-surgery. Participants were identified from the Upper GI Cancer Registry at St James' Hospital, Ireland. The Short Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire, European Prospective Investigation of Cancer Food Frequency Questionnaire, World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) Score, and Gastrointestinal Symptoms Rating Scale assessed malnutrition risk, nutritional intake, adherence to (secondary) cancer prevention recommendations, and GI symptoms, respectively...
March 14, 2024: Nutrition and Cancer
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