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Unequal Impact Of Price Changes In Indonesia, Ruly Pratikno, Mohamad Ikhsan Dec 2015

Unequal Impact Of Price Changes In Indonesia, Ruly Pratikno, Mohamad Ikhsan

Economics and Finance in Indonesia

The main idea of this study is to determine the impact of relative inflation on poverty incidents and to investigate whether inflation inequality has occurred in Indonesia. Interesting results were found at regional level. Firstly, Jakarta had different poverty response with respect to price increases. Processed food and transportation inflation were more imperative for the poor in Jakarta. Secondly, the poor in province with low poverty figures were more prone to inflation. In general, the results show that food inflation has the major adverse impact on the poor. Moreover, we found that inflation in Indonesia has not been pro-poor.

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Recovery Of Oral Intake Function In Elderly Patients With First-Ever Acute Ischemic Stroke, Ya-Fang Hsu, Wen-Chih Lin, Ching-I Hu, Mei-Ju Ko, Chia-Yu Chang, Hing-Man Wu, Willy Chou Dec 2015

Recovery Of Oral Intake Function In Elderly Patients With First-Ever Acute Ischemic Stroke, Ya-Fang Hsu, Wen-Chih Lin, Ching-I Hu, Mei-Ju Ko, Chia-Yu Chang, Hing-Man Wu, Willy Chou

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Introduction and Objective: The effects of aging on swallowing are particularly evident in elderly adults who are ill. Previous studies have reported that prolonged nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding in patients who have had a stroke increases the risk of pneumonia and mortality. However, few studies have investigated the recovery of oral intake function and the factors regarding NGT removal in patients with poststroke dysphagia. In the present study, we investigated the differences in oral intake function between elderly (age: ≥65 y) and nonelderly patients with first-ever acute ischemic stroke. Methods: In this retrospective study, we reviewarticleed the medical charts of …

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An Analysis Of Fisher Practices And Attitudes Towards Marine Resource Management And Regulations In St. Kitts And Nevis /, Queeley Maritza Dec 2015

An Analysis Of Fisher Practices And Attitudes Towards Marine Resource Management And Regulations In St. Kitts And Nevis /, Queeley Maritza

World Maritime University Dissertations

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More Than A Zip Code: Addressing Home Factors Influencing Kindergarten Readiness Levels, Julie Baker Finck Ph. D., Allison Shea Dec 2015

More Than A Zip Code: Addressing Home Factors Influencing Kindergarten Readiness Levels, Julie Baker Finck Ph. D., Allison Shea

Journal of Family Strengths

Families and primary caregivers play an important role in developing essential emergent literacy skills of children from birth so that they are ready for kindergarten and have a strong foundation for future academic success. This article explores factors that influence the emergent literacy development process and offers strategies to boost school readiness levels and literacy rates among children.

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Promoting Health Literacy For People With Disabilities And Clinicians Through A Teamwork Model, David W. Hollar Jr., Jennifer Rowland Dec 2015

Promoting Health Literacy For People With Disabilities And Clinicians Through A Teamwork Model, David W. Hollar Jr., Jennifer Rowland

Journal of Family Strengths

Current health literacy programs for people with disabilities lack clear operational definitions, rely on inconsistent health literacy statistics, and tend to follow a medical model approach that often fallaciously assumes people with disabilities have limited health knowledge. The central issue in addressing and improving health literacy among people with disabilities is to focus on clear and effective health communication among health care team members, including people with disabilities, which can ultimately improve this population’s health outcomes. Our proposed teamwork model builds upon the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) biopsychosocial model, decision-making theory, and health …

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The Effects Of Aerobic Exercise Training On Blood Lipid Profiles, Fibrinolytic Activities, And Nitric Oxide Levels In High-Fat-Diet Induced Rats, Won-Mok Son, Do-Yeon Kim, Ki-Dong Sung, Yi Sub Kwak, Yeong Ho Baek, Song-Young Park Dec 2015

The Effects Of Aerobic Exercise Training On Blood Lipid Profiles, Fibrinolytic Activities, And Nitric Oxide Levels In High-Fat-Diet Induced Rats, Won-Mok Son, Do-Yeon Kim, Ki-Dong Sung, Yi Sub Kwak, Yeong Ho Baek, Song-Young Park

Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications

Although exercise training has been utilized to improve vascular function in animals and humans, the impact of moderate intensity exercise training on fibrinolytic activities and nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability has not been well documented. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to examine the impact of moderate intensity aerobic exercise training on fat mass, blood lipid profiles, fibrinolytic activity, and NO levels in high-fat-diet induced rats. The body weight, fat mass, blood lipid profiles, fibrinolytic activity, and nitrite/nitrate were measured pre- and postexercise (10 weeks) training. The body weight and fat mass reduced significantly in the exercise (EX) group …

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Authenticity In Marketing: A Response To Consumer Resistance?, Christine Marks, Melani Prinsloo Dec 2015

Authenticity In Marketing: A Response To Consumer Resistance?, Christine Marks, Melani Prinsloo

Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets

Prior research points out the emerging phenomenon of consumer resistance in terms of resistance towards the marketing discipline. At the same time, extant literature suggests the increasing importance of authenticity in marketing. This study investigates the research question whether and by which means authenticity in marketing can be a response to consumer resistance. The authors conducted qualitative research within which one part of the interviews was conducted with marketing-resistant participants, another one with non-resistant respondents. This permitted to elaborate on divergences between the two groups concerning the evaluation of authenticity. The results illustrate that resistant consumers showed a greater sensitivity …

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What Drives Households To Divert Loans? A Village Level Study, Tanmoyee Banerjee, Malabika Roy, Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Chandralekha Ghosh Dec 2015

What Drives Households To Divert Loans? A Village Level Study, Tanmoyee Banerjee, Malabika Roy, Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Chandralekha Ghosh

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

This paper is based on a study on the phenomenon of loan diversion. Based on a primary survey carried out in two districts of West Bengal, India, it identifies association between the socio- economic and demographic characteristics of the borrowers to the incidences of loan diversion (that is a permanent shifting of loans for purposes other than the stated one); and the extent of such loan diversion.The descriptive analysis reveals that loans mostly from microfinance institutions are diverted. Econometric analysis shows that probability of loan diversion is high for groups who openly reveal support for political parties, apparently pointing towards …

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Socioeconomic Disparities In Physical Activity Participation: An Exploratory Study Using Malay Sample, Yong Kang Cheah Dec 2015

Socioeconomic Disparities In Physical Activity Participation: An Exploratory Study Using Malay Sample, Yong Kang Cheah

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The objective of the present study is to examine the effects of socioeconomic factors on participation in physical activity among Malays in Malaysia. Drawing on a nationally representative sample that contains 17,515 respondents, a logit model is developed to estimate the likelihood of adopting a physically active lifestyle. The results of the present study show that income, age, sex, education, house locality, and employment status are significantly related to the levels of physical activity. In particular, there are negative relationships between higher-income earners, the elderly, females, the less-educated, urban dwellers, and the non-working adults, and the likelihood of being physically …

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Urinary Stone Distribution In Samawah: Current Status And Variation With Age And Sex A Cohort Study, Saad Hallawee Saad Dec 2015

Urinary Stone Distribution In Samawah: Current Status And Variation With Age And Sex A Cohort Study, Saad Hallawee Saad

Muthanna Medical Journal

The aim of the study was to describe the distribution of urinary stone. Age, sex, anatomical site and geographical correlations data were investigated. Cross-sectional and prospective data was made of three hundred and one (301) patients with stone were recorded in the consultation unit of Al-Hussien teaching hospital, Samawah city. The cohort study included 224 men (74%) and 77 women (26%) with a male to female ratio of 2.9:1 and a median age of 48 years (range 41-60 years). 181(60) patients have a single urinary stone and 120(40%) patients have multiple stone, 70(58%) live in rural area. The size of …

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Uab And Project Search Provide Internship Opportunities To High School Students With Disabilities, Adam Pope Dec 2015

Uab And Project Search Provide Internship Opportunities To High School Students With Disabilities, Adam Pope

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

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Vitamin E Conjugates, And Their Uses As Antioxidants And Prodrug Delivery Vehicles, Cristina M. Sabliov, Carlos E. Astete, David Spivak Dec 2015

Vitamin E Conjugates, And Their Uses As Antioxidants And Prodrug Delivery Vehicles, Cristina M. Sabliov, Carlos E. Astete, David Spivak

College of Engineering Patents

Tocopherol conjugates are disclosed that are useful as antioxidants or as pro-drug delivery vehicles. The conjugates are amphiphilic, and tend to localize at the interface between water domains and lipid domains. A prototype embodiment disclosed is an alpha tocopherol-linker-carnosine conjugate that has been designated VECAR.

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Tennessee Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2015, Tennessee. Department Of Finance & Administration. Dec 2015

Tennessee Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2015, Tennessee. Department Of Finance & Administration.

Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports

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Atp-Site Binding Inhibitor Effectively Targets Mtorc1 And Mtorc2 Complexes In Glioblastoma, Jayson Neil, Craig Shannon, Avinash Mohan, Dimitri Laurent, Raj Murali, Meena Jhanwar-Uniyal Dec 2015

Atp-Site Binding Inhibitor Effectively Targets Mtorc1 And Mtorc2 Complexes In Glioblastoma, Jayson Neil, Craig Shannon, Avinash Mohan, Dimitri Laurent, Raj Murali, Meena Jhanwar-Uniyal

NYMC Faculty Publications

The PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling axis is central to the transformed phenotype of glioblastoma (GBM) cells, due to frequent loss of tumor suppressor PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10). The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) kinase is present in two cellular multi-protein complexes, mTORC1 and mTORC2, which have distinct subunit composition, substrates and mechanisms of action. Targeting the mTOR protein is a promising strategy for GBM therapy. However, neither of these complexes is fully inhibited by the allosteric inhibitor of mTOR, rapamycin or its analogs. Herein, we provide evidence that the combined inhibition of mTORC1/2, using the ATP-competitive binding …

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Physical Properties Of Edible Composite Films Based On Chitosan And Whey Protein Isolate, Wang Yaosong, Zhao Liming, Wu Yanqing Dec 2015

Physical Properties Of Edible Composite Films Based On Chitosan And Whey Protein Isolate, Wang Yaosong, Zhao Liming, Wu Yanqing

Food and Machinery

The chitosan with different molecular weights (MW: 50 kDa, 250 kDa, 500 kDa and 1 000 kDa) were used to respectively combine whey proteins to form their composite films. It was expected that chitosan/whey proteins films endowed with versatile functionalities to meet practical requirement of food packaging applications. The equal volume of 3% (m/V) chitosan dissolved in 2% (m/V) acetic acid solutions and 12% (m/V) preheated (80 ℃ for 30 min) whey protein solutions was used to prepare resulting film-forming solutions after 2.4% (based on whey protein content, m/m) glycerol to make cast composite films. The functional propertied of the …

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Analysis Of Amino Acids Composition And Nutritional Value Evaluation Of Dried Osmund, Li Xueying, Lu Ning, Zhang Jing, Xu Hui, Guo Bingzheng Dec 2015

Analysis Of Amino Acids Composition And Nutritional Value Evaluation Of Dried Osmund, Li Xueying, Lu Ning, Zhang Jing, Xu Hui, Guo Bingzheng

Food and Machinery

To systematically analyze and evaluate amino acids of dried osmund, 17 kinds of amino acids were derivatized with 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate and then were analyzed by ultra performance liquid chromatography. L-tryptophan was quantitatively analyzed by ultraviolet spectrophotometric. Nutritional value evaluation of dried osmund protein was synthetically studied by methods of ratio coefficient of amino acid and fuzzy discernment. The results showed that the sample had 18 kinds of amino acids. The content of the total amino acids was up to 697.93 mg/g protein.The proportion of essential amino acids in total amino acids was 0.45, and the proportion of essential amino acids …

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Determination On Salt Content Of Dry-Cured Meat By Rapid And Non-Invasion Impedance Technology, Chen Tianhao, Han Minyi, Wang Peng, Wei Ran, Xu Xinglian Dec 2015

Determination On Salt Content Of Dry-Cured Meat By Rapid And Non-Invasion Impedance Technology, Chen Tianhao, Han Minyi, Wang Peng, Wei Ran, Xu Xinglian

Food and Machinery

The experiment was conducted to establish a new method to determine the salt content in cured meat and treated the meat with different salt content as samples. Impedance, salt content and water content were measured in the experiment and the results showed that the method would be a good choice for the determination of the salt content. Result: And, there was strong relationship between the impedance and the salt content. It is possible to construct some linear model between these two parameters. It indicated that there is good correlation between the predicted salt content and impedance magnitude (R2=0.980 …

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Improvement In Methods For Activity Measurement Of Polyphenol Oxidase In Wheat, Zhou Xiaoling, Yang Daiming, Li Na Dec 2015

Improvement In Methods For Activity Measurement Of Polyphenol Oxidase In Wheat, Zhou Xiaoling, Yang Daiming, Li Na

Food and Machinery

Three wheat varieties were selected as experimental materials to measure the activity of polyphenol oxidase According to the method from Measurement of Polyohenol Oxidase Activity in Wheat Flour in national standard draft. And found it has three deficiencies: first, because of the lack of crude extcation of polyphenol oxidase, it led to the less quantity of polyohenol oxidase, and couldn’t reflect the real state of the activity of polyphenol oxidase; second, because of the unsuitable reaction temperature, it couldn’t help the enzyme reaction completely; third, adding catechol before centrifuge made a part of product intercepted by precipitation, thus it has …

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Effects Of Breaking Cell Wall On Rape Bee Pollen Treated With Pectinase Using Multi-Index Evaluation, Wang Kai, Ren Xiangnan, Dong Jie, Zhang Gensheng Dec 2015

Effects Of Breaking Cell Wall On Rape Bee Pollen Treated With Pectinase Using Multi-Index Evaluation, Wang Kai, Ren Xiangnan, Dong Jie, Zhang Gensheng

Food and Machinery

To improve wall-broken effects of bee pollen, rape bee pollen was selected as material and treated with pectinase in different pH and temperature. The effects of pectinase on rape bee pollen were evaluated by protein dispersion index, soluble sugar content, microscopic analysis and particle size distribution. The results demonstrated that pectinase hydrolysis could disintegrate the intine at the germinal apertures, the optimal conditions were pH 3.5 and temperature 50 ℃. Under optimal conditions, protein dispersion index was 0.684 6, and soluble sugar content was 24.86%. By microscopic analysis, some germinal apertures seemed apart and some little particles emerged. According to …

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Application Of Extrusion Technology For Preparing Defatted Black Soybean Meal Reconstituted Powder, Zhang Lin, Li Jianke, Ren Caixia, Sun Xuesi, Qin Lingxiang Dec 2015

Application Of Extrusion Technology For Preparing Defatted Black Soybean Meal Reconstituted Powder, Zhang Lin, Li Jianke, Ren Caixia, Sun Xuesi, Qin Lingxiang

Food and Machinery

The extruding and expanding experiment was studied with the black soybean meal as material, mixing corn starch by twin-screw extruder to make reconstituted powder, The best expanded technical parameters were determined, and studied the formula, the extrusion ratio, the reconstituability, the viscosity, the color of this powder flour. The optimal formula of the powder was as follows: black soybean meal 30%, corn starch 45%, sugar 15%, maltodextrin 10%, creamer 6%.

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Study Of Occurrence Of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Among Infertile Women, Hanaa Rahman Eleawi, Enas Talib Abdul-Karim, Anam Rasheed Al- Salihi Dec 2015

Study Of Occurrence Of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Among Infertile Women, Hanaa Rahman Eleawi, Enas Talib Abdul-Karim, Anam Rasheed Al- Salihi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Most women with polycystic ovary syndrome PCOS don’t even know that they have it ,and do not get a diagnosis until they begin trying to get pregnant. OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) among infertile women attending the Institute of Embryo Research and Infertility Treatment in AL-KadhymiaBaghdad, and to identify some of the common characteristics of infertile women with PCOS and others without PCOS . METHODOLOGY: A cross sectional study was conducted for about four months,during which a review of records of all the women attending the Institute during the year 2010 (six …

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Vitamin D Status In Hemodailysis Patients, A Single Center Study, Mohammed Hannon Al-Sodani, Adnan Abdhuladeem Mahdi, Suad Al-Windawi Dec 2015

Vitamin D Status In Hemodailysis Patients, A Single Center Study, Mohammed Hannon Al-Sodani, Adnan Abdhuladeem Mahdi, Suad Al-Windawi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are common in patients with End Stage Renal Disease(ESRD). Vitamin D has been found to have beneficial effects on bone, cardiovascular and immune functions. There are little data about vitamin D levels in Iraqi patients on hemodalysis.. OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to determine the vitamin D status of Iraqi patients with ESRD on hemodialysis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study is a cross sectional study conducted at The Dialysis Center/ Baghdad Teaching Hospital . An eighty four patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) on regular Hemodialysis (HD) enrolled in the study from …

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Maternal Serum Corticotrophin Releasing Hormone Level In Preterm Labour, Maha M. Al-Bayati, Susan Abbas Abdul Al-Ammer, Hadeel Kh.Nayef Dec 2015

Maternal Serum Corticotrophin Releasing Hormone Level In Preterm Labour, Maha M. Al-Bayati, Susan Abbas Abdul Al-Ammer, Hadeel Kh.Nayef

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACK GROUND: Preterm birth still remains a significant management problem and a large number of markers were investigated. OBJECTIVE: To assess the increasing of Corticotrophin Releasing Hormone(CRH) level in women diagnosed with preterm labour and are of medical value. Design: - Case control study .Al-Kadhymia Teaching Hospital. METHODS: Plasma samples of 80 women diagnosed with preterm labour were used in this study. Samples were divided into three groups ,according to week of gestation (24th-28th, 29th- 32nd, 33rd-37th). CRH values determined by ELISA . Twenty low risk women of control group were recruited near the end of 2nd trimester, all …

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Identification Of Some Annona Muricata L.(Soursop) Components And Their Antioxidant Effects In Rats, Mustafa Taha Mohammed, Sarah Isam Abbas, Rehab Abd Al-Mahdi Dec 2015

Identification Of Some Annona Muricata L.(Soursop) Components And Their Antioxidant Effects In Rats, Mustafa Taha Mohammed, Sarah Isam Abbas, Rehab Abd Al-Mahdi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Oxidative stress defines that, the level of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) exists in excess of antioxidant defenses. This imbalance in the redox milieu results in a switch from ROS-stimulated ambient signaling processes to ROS-mediated pathophysiological consequences. Oxidative stress has been implicated in the installation and progression of several degenerative diseases via DNA mutation, protein oxidation and lipid peroxidation. Therefore, possible use of soursop fruit extract to protect brain against the Lipid peroxidation. OBJECTIVE: The present study was undertaken to evaluate the potential of Soursop (Annona Muricata L.) against the DPPH Free Radical Scavenging System and Lipid peroxidation. METHODS: …

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Relationship Of Specialty Diets To The Severity Of Symptoms Associated With Autism, Rachele Lee Dec 2015

Relationship Of Specialty Diets To The Severity Of Symptoms Associated With Autism, Rachele Lee

Nursing Capstones

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Analysis Of Amino Acid Composition And Nutritional Evaluation Of 22 Spirulina(Athrospira) Strains, Yan Chunyu, Wang Suying, Dong Shirui Dec 2015

Analysis Of Amino Acid Composition And Nutritional Evaluation Of 22 Spirulina(Athrospira) Strains, Yan Chunyu, Wang Suying, Dong Shirui

Food and Machinery

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Weight-Reducing Effect Of Onion Peel Extracts On Obese Rats, Liu Haoming, Pan Yannan, Cui Taihua, Wei Dan, Liang Chengyun, Li Guanhao Dec 2015

Weight-Reducing Effect Of Onion Peel Extracts On Obese Rats, Liu Haoming, Pan Yannan, Cui Taihua, Wei Dan, Liang Chengyun, Li Guanhao

Food and Machinery

Investigated the effects of onion peel extracts on weight reduction in obesity rats. The experiment adopted the nutritional obesity model, and selected the tea polyphenol (TP) as a positive control and fed with high-fat diet added 0.57% of tea polyphenol and 1.33% of onion peel extracts. Research studied the influence of onion peel extracts on body weights, Lee’s indexes, food intake and food utilization rate of the rats, and further evaluated weight-reducing capacity of onion peel extracts according to above parameters. The results showed that onion peel extracts could decrease the body weight significantly by restraining fat cell dilated and …

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Nutritional Benefits Of European Plums (Prunus Domestica L.), Liu Zhibin, Feng Jiangduo, Zhang Wen, Ni Li Dec 2015

Nutritional Benefits Of European Plums (Prunus Domestica L.), Liu Zhibin, Feng Jiangduo, Zhang Wen, Ni Li

Food and Machinery

European plum (Prunus domestica L.) and its dried products, commonly known as prune, are widely consumed in Unite States, European countries and worldwide. European plum, which is rich in polyphenols and other phytochemicals, possesses high nutritional values. This review summarizes the findings of published studies which examine the nutritional benefits, including antioxidant activity, the protection effect on cardiovascular system, anti colon cancer activity, relieving constipation effect and bone health improvement effect of European plum.

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Advances In Research Of Cftr Inhibitors Extracted From Foods And Herbal Plants, Luan Jian, Yang Hong Dec 2015

Advances In Research Of Cftr Inhibitors Extracted From Foods And Herbal Plants, Luan Jian, Yang Hong

Food and Machinery

CFTR chloride channel is the molecular drug target for the treatment of secretory diarrhea. Screening CFTR inhibitors is the most important and basic part of anti-diarrheal drug development. The natural products are diversified both in the structure and the biological activity. In the discovery of drugs and leading compounds, natural products play a key role and become the main source of drug development. Natural products from foods and herbal plants are usually safe for low or no toxicity and side-effect in clinic. CFTR inhibitors which source of foods and traditional Chinese medicines are important of study and treatment of CFTR …

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Progress On Functionality Of Blueberry And Extracting Technology For Its Active Ingredient, Li Bin, Lei Yue, Meng Xianjun, Jiao Xinyao, Zhang Jiacheng, Wang Weisheng, Xu Qiang, Gao Ningxuan Dec 2015

Progress On Functionality Of Blueberry And Extracting Technology For Its Active Ingredient, Li Bin, Lei Yue, Meng Xianjun, Jiao Xinyao, Zhang Jiacheng, Wang Weisheng, Xu Qiang, Gao Ningxuan

Food and Machinery

For the its unique flavor, rich nutrients and multifunctionality, blueberry is highly popular. The nutritional value of blueberry is summarized, especially its healthy function in protecting eyesight, antioxidation and enhancing memory ability. Also, the current development situation of extractive technique of active ingredient in blueberry is reviewed and the prospect of blueberry is presented, aiming to provide a reference for further development of blueberry.

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