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‘More Beastliness Than Beauty’: Gendering Pica in Seventeenth‐Century English Medicine and Culture

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Today, defined as the ‘persistent eating of non‐nutritive substances’, pica is a lesser‐known eating disorder with a long history. Defined in early modern England as the ‘desire to eat absurd things’, pica was explicitly gendered, associated with pregnant women and pubescent girls.
Helena C. Aeberli
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of Three Sympatric Desert Lizards: Digestive Tract Structure, Digestive Enzyme Activities, Gut Microbiota, and Metabolites

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We performed 16S rDNA sequencing and metabolite profiling for three sympatric lizard species—Teratoscincus roborowskii, Phrynocephalus axillaris, and Eremias roborowskii—and compared their goblet cell and enzyme activities in the digestive tract. Our study suggests that the dietary niche may promote divergence or convergence of microbiota across host ...
Yi Yang, Ziyi Wang, Ruichen Wu
wiley   +1 more source

Bioactive Polyphenols from Southern Chile Seaweed as Inhibitors of Enzymes for Starch Digestion. [PDF]

Mar Drugs, 2020
Pacheco LV, Parada J, Pérez-Correa JR, Mariotti-Celis MS, Erpel F, Zambrano A, Palacios M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Gut Microbiota of Gray Snub‐Nosed Monkeys: Adaptation to Seasonal Variations Through Energy Compensation and Thermogenesis

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Based on metagenome‐assembled genomes (MAGs), the gut microbiota of the gray snub‐nosed monkeys recovered 1229 non‐redundant MAGs. The gut microbiota showed an enhanced capacity to produce energy substrates with increased conversion activity of these substrates during winter.
Yue Sun, Mingyi Zhang, Xiaochen Wang, Xiaolong Huang, Yanze Yu, Huijuan Pan, Haibo Li, Lei Shi, Wei Yang, Chen Zhang, Bo Ding, Xun Liu, Jianfeng Li, Changjiang Qian, Boxing Cheng, Chao Zhang, Jingcheng Ran, Ming Li   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the effect of starch digestion characteristics on ileal brake activation in broiler chickens. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
Herwig E, Schwean-Lardner K, Van Kessel A, Savary RK, Classen HL.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Availability of a Keystone Plant Resource Reduces Niche Overlap and Drives Distinct Species‐Specific Changes in Niche Breadth Among Small Rodents

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We investigated how three rodent species respond to the seasonal availability of Araucaria angustifolia seeds. While Oligoryzomys spp. increased seed consumption and abundance during seed production, the more insectivorous Akodon paranaensis maintained a broader diet.
Adriana A. Perini, Emerson M. Vieira
wiley   +1 more source

Multi‐Omics Analysis Reveals Coordinated Adaptations in Genes, Metabolism, and Gut Microbiota Underpinning Herbivory in Lordiphosa Flies

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Multi‐omics analysis reveals that herbivorous adaptation in Lordiphosa flies arises from coordinated interactions across the genome, transcriptome, and gut microbiota: genomic expansions of detoxification (e.g., cytochrome P450s) and carbohydrate metabolism gene families, transcriptomic upregulation of energy pathways like lipid oxidation and ...
Run Guo, Jianjun Gao, Caixian Zhang, Zhiheng Chang, Yanbo Sun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of extrusion cooking on physicochemical properties and starch digestion kinetics of Sphenostylis stenocarpa, Cajanus cajan, and Vigna subterranean grains. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
Adeleye OO, Awodiran ST, Ajayi AO, Ogunmoyela TF.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Snake Gut Microbiota as a Source of Anti‐Inflammatory Probiotics: Isolation and Functional Characterization of Two Novel Strains

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study assessed the probiotic potential of intestinal microbiomes from five snake species using metagenomics and in vitro isolation, identifying two promising strains (Lactobacillus johnsonii DA0116 and Limosilactobacillus reuteri DA0218) through comprehensive screening.
Xuena Kang, Lan Hu, Jiarong Song, Zhenjie Zhang, Yi Li, Qingqing Zhang, Cuiling Luo, Yu Pang, Peng Guo, Bisong Yue, Ping Li, Zhenxin Fan   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Starch Digestion Enhances Bioaccessibility of Anti-Inflammatory Polyphenols from Borlotti Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). [PDF]

Nutrients, 2020
Perez-Hernandez LM, Nugraheni K, Benohoud M, Sun W, Hernández-Álvarez AJ, Morgan MRA, Boesch C, Orfila C.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source