Health Benefits of Polysaccharides in Red Algae: A Comprehensive Review
Food Frontiers, EarlyView.Graphical abstract showing the health benefits of red algal polysaccharides. ABSTRACT Humans have long consumed red algae (especially by the Asian community), and their polysaccharide extracts (carrageenan, agar) are extensively used in the food industry as gel thickeners.
Sammueal Jun Kai Ong +10 more
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Irisin, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), and Redox Balance in Geriatric Dynapenia. [PDF]
Antioxidants (Basel)Wojszel A +5 more
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Food Frontiers, EarlyView.This study highlights the memory‐enhancing effects of walnuts, almonds, and Torreya, with walnuts showing the strongest potential to improve cognitive function and delay brain aging. ABSTRACT This study explored the memory‐enhancing potential of seven commercially available nuts through nutritional profiling, metabolomics, network pharmacology, and ...
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Cognitive subgroups in bipolar disorder: associations with brain-derived neurotrophic factor and C-reactive protein. [PDF]
BJPsych OpenDemir AM +4 more
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Activation of microglial cells triggers a release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) inducing their proliferation in an adenosine A2A receptor-dependent manner: A2A receptor blockade prevents BDNF release and proliferation of microglia [PDF]
, 2013 Catarina A. Gomes +6 more
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Food Frontiers, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Medicago sativa L. (alfalfa) harbors a remarkably diverse reservoir of bioactive secondary metabolites. Flavonoids, isoflavones, and triterpenoid saponins dominate its bioactivity landscape, driving potent antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, antimicrobial, estrogenic, hypolipidemic, and cytotoxic actions through redox modulation, membrane ...
Parham Joolaei Ahranjani +3 more
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The effect of dietary interventions on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in adults: a systematic review of clinical trials. [PDF]
BMC NutrMohamadinarab M +6 more
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Measuring and Validating the Levels of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Human Serum [PDF]
, 2018 Yvonne Naegelin +5 more
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Food Frontiers, EarlyView.‐Pi infusion significantly improved locomotor activity and exploratory behavior in aging mice; its bioactive compounds may have direct effects on behavior, which may be accompanied by a putative indirect effect involving the gut microbiota. ‐Pi infusion consumption restored commensal Bacilli levels and caused a significant decrease in Clostridia levels
Yulia Kroupitski +7 more
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