The Differential Growth Inhibition of Phytophthora spp. Caused by the Rare Sugar Tagatose Is Associated With Species-Specific Metabolic and Transcriptional Changes [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Tagatose is a rare sugar with no negative impacts on human health and selective inhibitory effects on plant-associated microorganisms. Tagatose inhibited mycelial growth and negatively affected mitochondrial processes in Phytophthora infestans, but not ...
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Rare sugar l-sorbose exerts antitumor activity by impairing glucose metabolism [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2023 The rare sugar L-sorbose is shown to decrease cell viability and increase apoptotic cells in culture and to enhance the effect of tumor chemotherapy in combination with sorafenib in mouse xenograft models.
Hui-Lin Xu +6 more
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A novel rare sugar inhibitor of murine herpes simplex keratitis [PDF]
Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2016 Purpose: To determine the therapeutic efficacy of a novel rare sugar, l-psicose, for the treatment of HSV-1 induced herpetic stromal keratitis (HSK) in a mouse eye model.
Syed Muniruzzaman +4 more
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The Amount of the Rare Sugar Tagatose on Tomato Leaves Decreases after Spray Application under Greenhouse Conditions [PDF]
Plants, 2022 Tagatose is a rare sugar that suppresses plant diseases, such as late blight of tomato, caused by Phytophthora infestans. Tagatose can be metabolized by some microorganisms and no information is available on its persistence on tomato leaves.
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Consumers Respond Positively to the Sensory, Health, and Sustainability Benefits of the Rare Sugar Allulose in Yogurt Formulations [PDF]
Foods, 2022 Increased added sugar consumption is associated with type II diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. Low and no-calorie alternative sweeteners have long been used as an aid in the reduction of added sugar.
Margaux R. Mora +3 more
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The Rare Sugar Tagatose Differentially Inhibits the Growth of Phytophthora infestans and Phytophthora cinnamomi by Interfering With Mitochondrial Processes [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Rare sugars are monosaccharides with limited availability in nature and their biological functions are largely unknown. Among them, tagatose was developed as a low-calorie sweetener and showed beneficial effects on human health.
Abdessalem Chahed +17 more
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“Sugar” tumor lung. Rare clinical case
Aktualʹnì Pitannâ Farmacevtičnoï ì Medičnoï Nauki ta Praktiki, 2018 Aim. Determination of the degree of malignancy and prognosis of the disease in patients with a “sugar” lung tumor. Material and methods. The case of a light-cell (“sugar”) lung tumor in a 76-year-old patient is described and analyzed. Results.
A. I. Shevchenko +3 more
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Transforming monosaccharides: Recent advances in rare sugar production and future exploration [PDF]
BBA AdvancesRare sugars are defined as monosaccharides and their derivatives that do not exist in nature at all or that exist in extremely limited amounts despite being theoretically possible.
Shin-ichi Nakakita, Jun Hirabayashi
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Chemical synthesis and cytotoxicity of neo-glycolipids; rare sugar-glycerol-lipid compounds [PDF]
Heliyon, 2018 Rare sugars are defined as monosaccharides and their derivatives, which rarely exist in nature and have various beneficial effects on organisms, biomaterials and foods.
Keisuke Hirata +4 more
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Identification of FGF21‐inducing rare sugars that reduces sugar appetite in male BL/6 mice [PDF]
Physiological ReportsDietary sugars induce the secretion of hepatic fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) and subsequently activate FGF21‐sensing oxytocin neurons to suppress sugar intake.
Oulan G. H. N. B. Efendi +3 more
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