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Food Chemistry International, EarlyView.Composite sourdough breads were developed from blends of unripe plantain, tiger nut, and fenugreek flours. Optimized formulations improved pasting stability and enhanced texture, producing softer more elastic crumbs. The enriched breads contained higher dietary fiber and bioactive compounds, and significantly reduced serum cholesterol markers ...
Mary T. Ademosun +4 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2010 Background Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with hematological malignancies in the setting of profound neutropenia and/or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Khoo Kay-Leong +6 more
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Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.The dual‐thermal treatment enhanced the interaction between potato starch and gums, consequently reducing starch digestibility. Abstract Locust bean gum (LBG) and xanthan gum (XG) played regulatory roles in the digestibility of potato starch (PS) during thermal treatments.
Xiaopei Hu +6 more
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Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rationale Hemicelluloses are abundant carbohydrate components in plant cell walls. They play a crucial structural role in binding cellulose microfibrils, in addition to other biological functions. Their high structural variability directly influences their biological properties, making it important to establish a structure–function ...
Rania Benazza +3 more
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Journal of Pure and Applied MicrobiologyInvasive Aspergillosis (IA) is a severe and fatal infection, especially in immunocompromised patients. Galactomannan is a polysaccharide antigen present in the cell wall of Aspergillus species, which is secreted into the blood and other body fluids ...
Archana Keche +3 more
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Tracheal Aspirate Galactomannan Testing in COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 2022 Among critically ill patients, COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) is a challenging complication. The recommended diagnostic methods for this disease are bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) culture and galactomannan (GM) testing, which were not ...
Carla M. Román-Montes +11 more
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Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.In 53 lung transplant donor‐recipient pairs, community‐acquired respiratory viruses were incidentally detected by syndromic PCR in 13.2% of donor and 20.8% of recipient bronchoalveolar lavages, with exploratory, unadjusted signals towards longer hospitalization and chronic lung allograft dysfunction.
Andrea Lombardi +19 more
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Monaldi Archives for Chest DiseaseChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by permanent airflow obstruction due to abnormalities of the airways and alveoli. This study investigated the potential role of Aspergillus species in acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) and
Jayabharathi Palanivel +5 more
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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2018 Objective: To evaluate the antidiabetic effect of galactomannans extracted from Adenanthera pavonina's L. seeds (GAP) in streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic mice. Methods: The preliminary galactomannan yield from Adenanthera pavonina L.
Icaro Gusmão Pinto Vieira +7 more
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 Cluster bean popularly known as “guar” is a drought-tolerant, annual legume that has recently emerged as an economically important crop, owing to its high protein and gum content.
Vrantika Chaudhary +2 more
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