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Musa balbisiana and Musa paradisiaca Starches Increase SCFA and Caspase-3 as well as Decrease β-glucuronidase and MDA of Mouse Model for Colon Cancer

Indonesian Biomedical Journal, 2021
BACKGROUND: Administration of resistant starch (RS) influences the diversity and the composition of microbiota as well as inhibits the growth of cancer cell. Banana as a potential source of RS has been reported.
Diana Nur Afifah, Fauzia Purnamasari, Luthfiatul Khusna, Noviasti Rahma Utami, Aida Fitri Nazillah, Syafira Noor Pratiwi, Fillah Fithra Dieny, Aryu Candra, Ayu Rahadiyanti, Rachma Purwanti, Enny Probosari, Martha Ardiaria, Nyoman Suci Widiastiti, Ferry Sandra   +13 more
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PP2C-like Promoter and Its Deletion Variants Are Induced by ABA but Not by MeJA and SA in Arabidopsis thaliana [PDF]

, 2016
Gene expression is mediated through interaction between cis regulatory elements and its cognate transcription factors. Cis regulatory elements are defined as non-coding DNA sequences that provide the binding sites for transcription factors and are ...
Anshu Alok, Chetna Sangwan, Purva Bhalothia, Rajesh Mehrotra, Sandhya Mehrotra   +4 more
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A Comprehensive Review on Nutrition, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Food Application Perspectives of Bioactive Rich Superfruits

Future Postharvest and Food, EarlyView.
The review critically evaluated and compared the selected superfruit phytochemistry, their bioactive composition and the key health benefits majorly emphasizing the antioxidant potential. It has highlighted the translational challenges in formulating functional foods by addressing the issues related to delivery system, bioavailability mechanism and the
Sharath Kumar Nagaraja, Javid Iqbal Mir, Mahendra Kumar Verma, Aamir Hussain Dar   +3 more
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Fecal microbial determinants of fecal and systemic estrogens and estrogen metabolites: a cross-sectional study

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2012
Background High systemic estrogen levels contribute to breast cancer risk for postmenopausal women, whereas low levels contribute to osteoporosis risk. Except for obesity, determinants of non-ovarian systemic estrogen levels are undefined.
Flores Roberto, Shi Jianxin, Fuhrman Barbara, Xu Xia, Veenstra Timothy D, Gail Mitchell H, Gajer Pawel, Ravel Jacques, Goedert James J   +8 more
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Probiotic fermented goat milk incorporated with blackberry (Rubus sp.): A novel functional food product

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND This study created functional fermented goat milk by adding blackberry pulp and probiotics (Lactobacillus acidophilus LA‐5 and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Bb‐12). The preparation involved two variations of fermented goat milk with blackberry (Rubus sp.), distinguished by the absence (fermented goat milk, FGM) or inclusion
Bibiana Bittencourt Bicca, Khadija Bezerra Massaut, Elisa dos Santos Pereira, Márcia Vizzotto Foster, Laura Martins Fonseca, Ângela Maria Fiorentini, Graciela Volz Lopes   +6 more
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High-throughput β-galactosidase and β-glucuronidase Assays Using Fluorogenic Substrates

Bio-Protocol, 2013
β-galactosidase and β-glucuronidase enzymes are commonly used as reporters for gene expression from gene promoter-lacZ or uidA fusions (respectively). The protocol described here is a high-throughput alternative to the commonly used Miller assay (Miller,
Josh Ramsay
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Presence of benznidazole conjugated metabolites in urine identified by β-glucuronidase treatment

Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020
Chagas disease is a serious public health problem in Latin America and, due to migration, in other non-endemic regions. Benznidazole (BNZ) is first choice drug in pediatric therapeutics. However, little is known regarding its metabolism in humans.
María Elena Marson, Facundo García Bournissen, Jaime Altcheh, Guillermo Moscatelli, Samantha Moroni, Guido Enrique Mastrantonio   +5 more
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Selection and characterization of promoters based on genomic approach for the molecular breeding of oleaginous fungus Mortierella alpina 1S-4. [PDF]

, 2014
To express a foreign gene effectively, a good expression system is required. In this study, we investigated various promoters as useful tools for gene manipulation in oleaginous fungus Mortierella alpina 1S-4.
Ando, Akinori, Kamada, Nozomu, Kikukawa, Hiroshi, Ochiai, Misa, Ogawa, Jun, Okuda, Tomoyo, Sakuradani, Eiji, Shima, Jun   +7 more
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Paraben Exposure in the General Taiwanese Population: Reference Values, Personal Care Products, and Cumulative Risk Assessment

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parabens (parahydroxybenzoates), which are frequently used as preservatives in pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, and personal care products, have recently attracted considerable attention due to their adverse health effects and endocrine‐disrupting properties.
Jung‐Wei Chang, Yen‐Hsuan Huang, Hsin‐Chang Chen, Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy, Wan‐Ting Chang, Po‐Chin Huang   +5 more
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Unique β-Glucuronidase Locus in Gut Microbiomes of Crohn's Disease Patients and Unaffected First-Degree Relatives.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Crohn's disease, an incurable chronic inflammatory bowel disease, has been attributed to both genetic predisposition and environmental factors. A dysbiosis of the gut microbiota, observed in numerous patients but also in at least one hundred unaffected ...
Karine Gloux, Jamila Anba-Mondoloni
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