Nutritional Biochemistry - Science topic

The present study is a meta-analysis of the literature on nutritional biochemical efficiency in ruminants, based on publications between 2020 and 2024. The main objective was to evaluate how the digestion and absorption of nutrients, such as proteins, fibers and carbohydrates, impact the health and productivity of ruminants, including cattle, sheep...

Bisphenol A (BPA), commonly found in plastic containers and epoxy resins used for food products, presents substantial health risks, particularly in relation to hepatic toxicity. This study investigates BPA-induced liver damage and explores the mechanistic dose-dependent protective effects of P-coumaric acid (PCA). 50 male rats were divided into con...

Salinity is a major constraint in many areas of the world where citrus trees are cultivated. Understanding the role and physiological functions of the rootstock used could provide valuable information for understanding salinity tolerance. For this reason, Citrus volkameriana plants were grown under four levels of sodium chloride salinity (0, 40, 80...

For years, diabetes mellitus (especially type 2) has been a severe scourge for humanity. It is a socially significant disease. Several natural molecules can help slow down the absorption and increase the metabolism of glucose in the human body. These molecules generally work by affecting insulin sensitivity, slowing carbohydrate digestion, or enhan...

D AIRY CATTLE management assures the integration between nutrition, biochemistry, and microbiology. Close up and post parturient stages are stressful conditions manifested by several physiological changes including feed intake, body reserves mobilization, and nutritional requirements. Chromium (Cr.) and Propylene glycol (PG) have been reported to a...

Over time, human metabolism evolved to accommodate the challenges and benefits of plant foods that contain high amounts of carbohydrates and polyphenols. The latter are typically metabolized into small phenolic metabolites, including phenolic acids and their endogenous and microbial derivatives, that influence interconnected metabolic pathways invo...

D AIRY CATTLE management assures the integration between nutrition, biochemistry, and microbiology. Close up and post parturient stages are stressful conditions manifested by several physiological changes including feed intake, body reserves mobilization, and nutritional requirements. Chromium (Cr.) and Propylene glycol (PG) have been reported to a...

Nutritional biochemistry in veterinary medicine encompasses the study of how dietary nutrients are absorbed, transported, transformed, and utilized at the molecular level to support vital physiological functions in animals. This field is essential for understanding the intricate biochemical processes underlying nutrition and its impact on animal he...

Aim Nutritional requirements are increased in young people to support growth, and this is particularly critical when pregnancy occurs within young age groups. The aim was to describe nutritional intakes (with particular emphasis on iron and calcium) and selected pregnancy outcomes, in a young antenatal population aged 14–24 years. Method A retrosp...

Bonilla DA, Petro JL, Kreider RB, Cannataro R. Sports Medicine: Nutritional Sciences and Nutritional Biochemistry, Focusing on Nutritional Supplements from the FFNFO Framework to Contamination. Life. 2024; 14(11):1392. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14111392

This study evaluated the visibility, reach and impact of Food Science research publications from the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T) in Ibadan, Nigeria, over the period 1972-2023. Utilizing webometric analysis, data were collected from Google Scholar, Research Gate, and Scopus, focusing on citation metrics, article counts, a...

Introduction Inborn errors of immunity (IEI) are characterized by an inherited dysregulation or absence of immune system components that can manifest clinically in complications that predispose an individual to feeding difficulties or impaired swallowing, digestion, and absorption. Treatment side-effects or altered requirements may further impair n...

Hamish M. Munro was a pioneering figure in nutritional science, whose research significantly advanced the understanding of protein metabolism, malnutrition, and aging. His groundbreaking work on nitrogen balance and protein synthesis laid the foundation for modern dietary guidelines, influencing both clinical nutrition and global public health. Mun...

Este estudo aborda a importância dos aminoácidos essenciais na bioquímica nutricional, focando em suas funções fisiológicas e impactos no metabolismo, renovação proteica e susceptibilidade a doenças, através de uma ampla revisão bibliográfica. Os achados revelam o papel desses aminoácidos em diversas condições fisiológicas e patológicas, como o env...

The book is my inaugural lecture, a history of my life and activities, mainly a review of my academic history and achievements, administrative experience in various places, and other contributions, leading up to my appointment to the position of Professor of Food and Nutritional Biochemistry at Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Nigeria, and af...

Vitamin D plays a crucial role in the human body, influencing a wide range of physiological processes from bone health to immune function. The complex biochemical pathways involved in the synthesis, metabolism, and action of Vitamin D are explored, emphasizing its importance in nutrition and food technology. This review also investigates the regula...

■ Mousa Numan Ahmad is now a Full-time Senior Faculty Member at the University of Jordan/ Professor of Human Nutrition and Dietetics- Nutritional Biochemistry/ Clinical/ Cardiometabolism. ■ Obtained BSc from the University of Jordan, Jordan and MSc and PhD in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from King’s College London, University of London, UK. ■ Cur...

The disciplines of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics offer an in-depth knowledge for enhanced dietary counseling and recommendations to individuals, genetic subgroups, ethnic groups, and the general population as a whole. Thorough understanding of nutrition, biochemistry, genetics, Omic technologies has led to the application of preventative techniqu...

In recent years, the allure of zombie culture has found its way into innovative teaching of biology and medical courses. In this current example, we employ zombie imagery and context to facilitate an understanding of applied nutritional biochemistry. This novel approach is compared to teaching identical material using traditional examples and conte...

N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and probiotics have antidepressant-like effects, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. We hypothesized that n-3 PUFA combined with live and dead probiotics synergistically improves depression by modulating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and serotonergic pathways through the brain-gut axis....

Nutritional biochemistry involves a wide range of fields, and many studies on nutritional biochemistry have focused not only on uncovering the relationship between diet and disease but also on revealing the importance of nutritional intake in the development of cancer [...]

Moringa oleifera is an important source of antioxidants, tools in nutritional biochemistry that could be beneficial for human health. The leaves and flowers are used by the population with great nutritional importance. This work investigates the antioxidant activity of M. oleifera from three different dried leaves (shade drying, cabinet drying and...

Moringa oleifera is an important source of antioxidants, tools in nutritional biochemistry that could be beneficial for human health. The leaves and flowers are used by the population with great nutritional importance. This work investigates the antioxidant activity of M. oleifera from three different dried leaves (shade drying, cabinet drying and...

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L., family Umbelliferae/Apiaceae) is one of the most popular spices globally. Different parts of Coriandrum sativum are edible and widely used as a seasoning due to their unique flavor and aroma. Coriandrum sativum medical uses have been recognized since ancient times. Coriander leaves (cilantro) and coriander fruit (s...

Nutritional biochemistry is finally getting the attention it deserves, despite the fact that food and nutrition have been studied for centuries. In 1926, less than 100 years ago, the first vitamin was extracted and chemically characterized, leading to studies on single-nutrient deficiency diseases. Nutritional research on chronic diseases like card...

Prof. Massimo Cocchi, one of the most experienced scientists in nutritional biochemistry, past and honorary President of the Italian Society for Experimental Biology (Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale), passed away on May 19th, 2022, in his house in San Lazzaro di Savena (Bologna). He was a man of the highest value both from the scientific...

Remarkable therapeutic and nutritional profile of medical plant fenugreek and its particular chemical composition count valuable as food and medicine. Significant quantity of fiber, phospholipids, glycolipids, oleic, linolenic, and linoleic acids, choline, vitamins A, B1, B2, and C, nicotinic acid, and niacin are all present in fenugreek seeds. In...

This presentation is explaining detail sciences of Nutrition,food,diet,nutrient, fibers,glycemic index, glycemic load and more other

Fragmento. Lo que siempre caracterizó a Carlos Corredor Pereira fue su tenacidad, su empeño en promover la excelencia académica, su entusiasmo desbordante, jovialidad y buen humor. Y por supuesto, fiel a su estilo, luchó hasta el final. Si hablamos de un profesor y académico que haya impulsado la investigación y procesos educativos universitarios e...

Le cours vise à donner aux étudiants la capacité d'appréhender l'impact des aliments, des nutriments et des comportements alimentaires sur le métabolisme de l'homme, son bien-être et sa santé, grâce à une bonne connaissance de leurs effets sur les principales voies métaboliques, interrelations entre organes et fonctions physiologiques de l'organism...

Nutritional biochemistry examines the health benefits gained from eating healthy food. It specifically focusses on nutrient chemical components and how they function metabolically, physiologically, and biochemically. The biochemical study gives information about food metabolism and hormones and enzymes participating in this process and describes th...

Background: In the dental hygiene curriculum, efforts are being made to introduce an integrated curriculum based on the competency of a dental hygienist. Because there is a connection and overlap in learning contents between Dental Nutrition and Oral Biochemistry, which are basic dental hygiene subjects, it is possible to integrate these two subjec...

Background: The Temple University Fox Chase Cancer Center and Hunter College Cancer Health Disparity Partnership (TUFCCC/HC Cancer Partnership) is a collaborative effort to develop a regional comprehensive collaborative cancer health equity research infrastructure in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York City (PNN) Region and to establish rigorous...

Professor Mousa Numan Ahmad Profile Professor Mousa Numan Ahmad specializes in human nutrition and dietetics and is now a senior professor of clinical nutrition/ biochemistry/ cardio metabolism here in the Department of Nutrition, Food Technology, Division of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, the University of Jordan. He is one of the founding member...

Dietary flaxseed (FS) and its components including FS oil (FSO), secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG) and fiber, are processed by the gut microbiota. These data are in support of the article entitled “Discriminatory and cooperative effects within the mouse gut microbiota in response to flaxseed and its oil and lignan components”, Journal of Nutri...

Professor Mousa Numan Ahmad specializes in human nutrition and dietetics and is now a senior professor of clinical nutrition/ biochemistry/ cardio metabolism here in the Department of Nutrition, Food Technology, Division of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, the University of Jordan. He is one of the founding members of this department. Professor Mousa...

This chapter dwells on the commonly used medicinal plants and the active compounds (the phytochemicals) which are often the basis for their medicinal, pharmaceutical, and food applications. Modern and traditional trends in medicine now turn towards using the active compounds in these plants without using whole plants. These active compounds are mai...

This study aims to determine the effect of yellow sweet potato extract as a prebiotic source for fermentation kinetics L. paracasei. Bacteria L. paracasei , which is used here, is a collection of Laboratory Nutritional Biochemistry, Faculty of Animal Science UGM. Concentrations of yellow sweet potato extract used to determine the Km value L. paraca...

This research aims to determine the effect of purple sweet potato extract level as a carbohydrate source substrate on the kinetics of fermentation and lactic acid production by Lactobacillus paracasei. Research using L. paracasei , which is a lactic acid bacteria (LAB) collection of the Laboratory of Nutrition Biochemistry of the Faculty of Animal...

The information obtained in the Institute of Animal Science of Cuba about the effect of additives with viable yeasts for ruminants is presented. Institutions from Mexico, Colombia and Brazil helped to gather all this information. The document is structured as follows: 1) effect of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae L25/7/13 on ruminal fermentation...

My interest in biological chemistry proceeded from enzymology in vitro to the study of physiological chemistry in vivo Investigating biological redox reactions, I identified hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as a normal constituent of aerobic life in eukaryotic cells. This finding led to developments that recognized the essential role of H2O2 in metabolic r...

Goat’s milk in its natural form has high food value. It benefit humans by providing nutrients like calcium, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Trend research on publications of goat’s milk were studied. The objectives of this study are to analyze trends related to goat’s milk in existing research publications and to show the most...

Background: The department of Haematology and Oncology at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC) in Edinburgh have developed their own nutritional standards specific to paediatric cancer. We aimed to audit the current nutritional practice in anthropometry, nutritional biochemistry and malnutrition screening for paediatric cancer patients again...

Introduction: Evaluation is the process of examining a program or process to determine what's working, what's not, and why. It determines the value of learning and training programs and acts as blueprints for judgment and improvement. The goal of formative assessment is to gather feedback that can be used by the students to guide improvements in le...

It is becoming increasingly accepted that there is an epidemic of chronic non-communicable disease that is underpinned by oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, dysbiosis and derangement of nutritional biochemistry and detoxification. These core pathophysiologic mechanisms converge to alter cellular and whole-body metabolic pathways and result in...

There is a strong cerebrovascular component to brain aging, Alzheimer disease, and vascular dementia. Foods, common drugs, and the polyphenolic compounds contained in wine modulate health both directly and through the gut microbiota. This observation and novel findings centered on nutrition, biochemistry, and metabolism, as well as the newer insigh...

Abstract In phenylketonuria, casein glycomacropeptide (CGMP) requires modification with the addition of some essential and semi essential amino acids to ensure suitability as a protein substitute. The optimal amount and ratio of additional amino acids is undefined. Aim A longitudinal, parallel, controlled study over 12 months evaluating a CGMP (CGM...

This article focuses on the medical, food, and nutritional biochemistry and uses of medicinal plants. Medicinal plants are used with the intention of health maintenance, to be administered for specific conditions, or both, whether in modern or in traditional medicines. Many phytochemicals with established or potential biological activity have been...

Objectives: Studies suggested that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with multiple dietary factors. Earlier studies addressed issues related to dietary allergens and toxicants. Recent attention has turned to nutrient imbalance resulted from unhealthy dietary habit. This study aims to investigate dietary and nutritional...

Objectives: Despite the epidemic of nutrition-related metabolic diseases, training in basic nutrition science is lacking for most healthcare professionals. To fill this training gap, Columbia University's Institute of Human Nutrition created an inter-professional executive program for practicing clinicians. The program consists of six courses that...

This study aims to investigate dietary and nutritional biochemistry profiles of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to explore their potential relationship by path analysis. We enrolled 216 children with ADHD and 216 age-, height- and gender-matched controls from 31 elementary schools in Taiwan. Dietary intake of the participants w...

Pomegranate a bioactive fruit being grown in tropical climatic conditions has various therapeutic benefits due to bioactive compounds in it. It is now being utilized in nutrition as well as medicinal industries due to its strong potential. It has potent nutritional values and immense health benefits. Pomegranate fruits, seeds and peels are intensiv...

This study aims to investigate dietary and nutritional biochemistry profiles of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to explore their potential relationship by path analysis. We enrolled 216 children with ADHD and 216 age-, height-and gender-matched controls from 31 elementary schools in Taiwan. Dietary intake of the participants was...

Regarding nutrition, the new trend of consumption includes vegetables and fruits in the diet and concludes that new preference is to natural foods. Red grape berries constitute a great candidate to this target because of their high phenolic content, including anthocyanins which play a major role in their nutraceutical properties. Anthocyanins are r...

Lycopene (LYC) has been correlated with reduction of certain cancer and chronic diseases. However, the existence of degraded/oxidized/biotransformed LYC products in vivo questioned to reveal their bio-functionality. Therefore, this study aimed to screen and elucidate the potential bioactive lycopene derived products in breast cancer and non-cancero...

Regarding nutrition, the new trend of consumption includes vegetables and fruits in the diet and concludes that new preference is to natural foods. Red grape berries constitute a great candidate to this target because of their high phenolic content, including anthocyanins which play a major role in their nutraceutical properties. Anthocyanins are r...

Prof. Dr. Mousa Numan Ahmad specializes in Human Nutrition and Dietetics is now Vice Dean of Scientific Research and a senior Professor of Clinical Nutrition- Cardiometabolism here at the Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, The University of Jordan. He is one of the founding members of this Department. Prof....

Chemical safety of treating chemical substances is key problems that unite the international community. Realization of the modern model of chemical safety provides the coordinated work of legal, economic, ecological-hygienic, prophylactic and educational components. A doctor of ХХІ century must have knowledge about modern approaches to classificati...

The epidemic of socially-rooted, lifestyle-driven non-communicable diseases (NCDs; also referred to as socially-transmitted conditions) has now overtaken infectious diseases as the leading cause of human mortality. Despite this reality, physician education, training and practice within industrialized nations is heavily slanted toward the biopharmac...

The aim of this research was to identify the influence of different types of muscle on the characteristics physical quality frozen meat of Simmental Ongole Crossbreed Male frozen meat. The research had been conducted at the Laboratory of Meat Technology and Processing and Laboratory of Nutritional Biochemistry, Faculty of Animal Science, University...

It is the great honor for us to edit proceedings of “4nd World Conference on Health Sciences (H-SCI 2017)” held on 28-30 April 2017, at the Grand Park Lara Convention Center, Lara, Antalya, Turkey. This privileged scientific event has contributed to the field of educational sciences and research for four years. As the guest editors of this issue, w...

The Human Metabolome Database or HMDB (www. hmdb.ca) is a web-enabled metabolomic database containing comprehensive information about human metabolites along with their biological roles, physiological concentrations, disease associations, chemical reactions, metabolic pathways, and reference spectra. First described in 2007, the HMDB is now conside...

Introduction: Evaluation is the process of examining a program or process to determine what's working, what's not, and why. It determines the value of learning and training programs and acts as blueprints for judgment and improvement. The goal of formative assessment is to gather feedback that can be used by the students to guide improvements in le...

A large number of insect species are potential sources of valuable nutrients for humans and animals. Inadequate information and advocacy on them seem to make this valuable source under-utilized in nutritional biochemistry. This study was conducted to determine the lipid composition profiles of processed larvae (palm grubs) of Rhynchophorus phoecini...

This study aims to determine the effect of lactic acid bacteria supplement from sewge force feeding fish to the LDL content of broiler chicken blood. The research samples are 40 of 1 day old broiler chicken from PT. Multi Breeder Adiram, which were divided into 4 treatments, were taken randomly and maintined for 42 days. Data were analyzed by analy...

The aim of this work was to develop and characterise a new probiotic fermented goat milk product (PFGM), obtained by acid coagulation of goat milk enriched with both functional nutrients and probiotics. PFGM was made by mixing predefined amounts of whole milk, skimmed milk and/or cream of milk, whey protein microparticulate, marine alga oil (Life’s...

Influence of plant polyphenol and oxazaphosphorine agents on human leukemia cells Kamil Blicharski1, Katarzyna Śladowska1, Małgorzata Opydo-Chanek1, Ulf Niemeyer2, Lidia Mazur1 1Department of Experimental Hematology, Jagiellonian Uniwersity in Krakow, Poland; 2NIOMECH, University of Bielefeld, Germany Chemotherapy is one of the basic tools in tr...

Combined action of plant polyphenols and oxazaphosphorine agent Kamil Blicharski1, Małgorzata Opydo-Chanek1, Ulf Niemeyer2, Lidia Mazur1 1 Department of Experimental Hematology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; 2NIOMECH, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany Polyphenols, as the plant origin compounds, are present in large quantitie...

Nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics, as well as diet and exercise, play an important role in the development and treatment of obesity and its comorbidities. If an individual’s susceptibility to becoming obese and their responsiveness to weight loss interventions are to be understood, then it needs to be addressed at a molecular and metabolic level, inc...

Background: Detailed nutritional intake data on children with organic acidaemias (OA) (propionic acidaemia (PA), vitamin B12 nonresponsive methylmalonic acidaemia (MMA) and isovaleric acidaemia (IVA)) remains unreported. Aim and subjects: A review of the longitudinal nutritional intake of 14 children with organic acidaemias (PA n = 8; MMA n = 5; I...

In clinical medicine, increasing attention is being directed towards the important areas of nutritional biochemistry and toxicant bioaccumulation as they relate to human health and chronic disease. Optimal nutritional status, including healthy levels of vitamin D and essential minerals, is requisite for proper physiological function; conversely, ac...

Eudrilus euginiae is one among the well studied species of earthworms involved in the conversion of organic waste resources into value added products (vermicompost). Efforts were taken to understand the impact of textile effluent on the population of earthworms mimicking the condition prevalent in textile belt of Tamil Nadu, India where effluents a...

Nutrition in crisis: Almost every day a new study shows that you are at risk for diabetes or cardiovascular disease or all-cause mortality brought on by a newly appreciated toxin which turns out to be something that you just had for lunch. Most of us no longer know what to eat or who to believe. " — Chapter 16 of The World Turned Upside Down The Wo...

In the academic programs of Nutrition, Biochemistry is one of the early disciplines, despite of that it is essential. This course includes practical classes in order to improve understanding and make more effective the teaching content, because it are based on direct observations which can elucidate the molecular reactions that teaching Biochemistr...

From an epistemological point of view, nutritional physiology has been developed, like other factual sciences such as physics, from a purely descriptive to a mechanismic-explanatory scientific discipline. Nowadays, nutritional physiology has entered the molecular stage. Based on this micro-reductionism, molecular targets (e.g., transcription factor...

Climate change challenges for food security: Strategic approach for sustainable aquaculture A. K. Pal and Sanal Ebeneezar Central Institute of Fisheries Education, (Deemed University, ICAR), Versova, Mumbai- 400061 In the present scenario, climate change is one of the most important issues of concern for the people to save the earth for the future...

Moringa oleifera (MO) is an important source of antioxidants, flavonoids and tools in nutritional biochemistry that could be beneficial for human health. The leaves and flowers are used by the population with great nutritional importance. MO has an impressive range of medicinal uses with high nutritional value. Different parts of this plant contain...

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Due to important role of nutrition research in understanding of relevant health subjects and lack of periodic situation analysis of nutrition articles in Iran, this study was conducted to assess nutrition publications in two time intervals of 2001-2005 and 2006-2010 in Farsi scientific journals. A title to title search was performed in all medical,...

Objective: To evaluate the anthropometric and biochemical status of children with nutritional deficiency. Methods: We have conducted a prospective study on 226 children admitted in Pediatric Clinic I, divided into two groups: one group of 49 children with nutritional deficiency (body-mass-index < -2SD) and one control group (177 children). We have...

This book is designed and formatted for an undergraduate student level and fits with the curriculum of biochemistry courses in all medical universities throughout the world. This book represents educational material which will provide students with a simple understanding of basic concepts of the macronutrient metabolism, biochemical events of macro...

This book is designed and formatted for an undergraduate student level and fits with the curriculum of biochemistry courses in all medical universities throughout the world. This book represents educational material which will provide students with a simple understanding of basic concepts of the macronutrient metabolism, biochemical events of macro...

omorrow's doctors need to be able to manage the growing burden of nutrition-related illness. Up to 40% of hospital inpatients are malnourished( 1 )and over half the Irish population is either overweight or obese. Whilst the importance of nutrition education in the medical curriculum is widely acknowledged( 2 , 3 ), current nutrition education for m...

Recent advances in nutritional biochemistry are providing better understanding of its nutritional value. The nutritive value of rice includes protein, fat, crude fiber, carbohydrates, ash, minerals viz. Ca, P, Fe, Na, K and Vitamins viz. Thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, tocopherol. Rice contains vitamin B in small quantities.

Problem statement: Human Nutrition, a necessary component of health-education, studies the food-depended growth/maintenance of the human body. To approach what nutritionists will need to apply in the 21st century, we searched the literature for new syllabus-fields. Approach: We detected fields likely to play a significant and innovative role in uni...

Background: The biphasic effect of soy isoflavones (genistein and daidzein) on oestrogen receptor (ER)α+ breast cancer cell proliferation is well documented, with concentrations of ≤10µM promoting proliferation1, and growth inhibitory and apoptotic effects seen at concentrations >10µM2. However genistein concentrations as low as 1nM inhibits the pr...

Objective: To check the serum retinol concentration and assess the nutritional status of postpartum women assisted at Januario Cicco Maternity School, Natal / RN in relation to vitamin A deficiency. Methods: We recruited 190 healthy postpartum women assisted at a Brazilian public hospital. Serum retinol concentration was analyzed by high performanc...

There is conflicting evidence on the effect of seat location on student performance and participation in the classroom. The two major hypotheses are (1) that seat location influences student behavior and (2) that seat preference and selection is associated with personality traits of students. This study evaluated both hypotheses within a 55 student...

Supervisor’s supporting comments Wahajuddin has shown strong enthusiasm with equal intensity of hard work in bioanalytical research since the day he joined as a scientist in this department. His intrinsic learning abilities made him acquire deep knowledge in the area of bioanalysis and he quickly became competent in conducting regulatory/explorator...

Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is the principle biochemical component of the spice turmeric and has been shown to possess potent anti-catabolic, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant, properties. In this chapter we provide a brief review of osteoarthritis (OA) and discuss the anti-inflammatory properties of curcumin in the context of its actions on arti...

Micronutrients influence multiple metabolic pathways including oxidative and inflammatory processes. Optimum micronutrient supply is important for the maintenance of homeostasis in metabolism and, ultimately, for maintaining good health. With advances in systems biology and genomics technologies, it is becoming feasible to assess the activity of si...

Since the discovery of leptin, great advances occurred in the characterization of hypothalamic mechanisms involved in the control of food intake and oxyntomodulin is currently recognized as a homeostasis energy regulator. This review discusses the most important interrelationships between the hormone oxyntomodulin and appetite, energy homeostasis a...

Since the discovery of leptin, great advances occurred in the characterization of hypothalamic mechanisms involved in the control of food intake and oxyntomodulin is currently recognized as a homeostasis energy regulator. This review discusses the most important interrelationships between the hormone oxyntomodulin and appetite, energy homeostasis a...

Las aflatoxinas causan una variedad de alteraciones en las aves, influyendo en la patología hepática (aflatoxicosis). Siendo el hígado el más afectado, al ser expendidos en mercados de alimentos, ponen en riesgo la salud del consumidor por los probables residuos de aflatoxinas. El objetivo de este estudio fue detectar la presencia de aflatoxinas en...