Food Production, Processing and Nutrition, 2020 Glucolipotocixity induces IL-1 β secretion which impairs pancreatic β-cell insulin secretion. Ellagic acid and urolithin A have strong anti-inflammatory effect on cells. Muscadine and amla are very good sources of ellagic acid. The present study examined
Srikanth Earpina +5 more
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Novel multimetabolite prediction of walnut consumption by a urinary biomarker model in a free-living population: the PREDIMED Study [PDF]
, 2017 The beneficial impact of walnuts on human health has been attributed to their unique chemical composition. In order to characterize the dietary walnut fingerprinting, spot urine samples from two sets of 195 (training) and 186 (validation) individuals ...
Andrés Lacueva, Ma. Cristina +10 more
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Pomegranate ellagitannins inhibit α-glucosidase activity in vitro and reduce starch digestibility under simulated gastro-intestinal conditions [PDF]
, 2014 Pomegranate extract was tested for its ability to inhibit α-amylase and α-glucosidase activity. Pomegranate extract strongly inhibited rat intestinal α-glucosidase in vitro whereas it was a weak inhibitor of porcine α-amylase. The inhibitory activity was
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Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2018 An abnormality in the Lin28/let-7a axis is relevant to the progression of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-positive hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which could be a novel therapeutic target for this malignant tumor.
Zhenpeng Qiu +5 more
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Perspective: Metabotyping-A Potential Personalized Nutrition Strategy for Precision Prevention of Cardiometabolic Disease [PDF]
, 2019 Diet is an important, modifiable lifestyle factor of cardiometabolic disease risk, and an improved diet can delay or even prevent the onset of disease.
Agneta, Rostgaard-Hansen,, +15 more
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Journal of Chemical Research, 2023 Urolithins are the gut microbiota metabolites of ellagitannins which are found in natural plants such as pomegranate, strawberry, and raspberry, and in nuts.
Hecheng Wang +6 more
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Digestive Stability of Tannin-Enriched Fraction of Rubus chingii Hu Fruits and Its Regulatory Effect on the Intestinal Microflora [PDF]
Shipin Kexue, 2023 Tannin is the major active ingredient of the dried unripe fruits of Chinese raspberry (Rubus chingii Hu), Fupenzi in Chinese, and has the functions of lowering blood sugar, reducing blood lipid, resisting inflammation, delaying aging and preventing ...
JIA Xiaoyan, HU Pengpeng, WANG Peixin, DING Qiao, WANG Enhui, XIE Zuohua, TU Zongcai, ZHANG Lu
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Inhibitory effect of tannins from galls of Carpinus tschonoskii on the degranulation of RBL-2H3 Cells [PDF]
, 2012 In this study, the anti-allergy potency of thirteen tannins isolated from the galls on buds of Carpinus tschonoskii (including two tannin derivatives) was investigated.
Han Junkyu +7 more
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Maternal pomegranate juice intake and brain structure and function in infants with intrauterine growth restriction: A randomized controlled pilot study. [PDF]
, 2019 Polyphenol-rich pomegranate juice has been shown to have benefit as a neuroprotectant in animal models of neonatal hypoxic-ischemia. No published studies have investigated maternal polyphenol administration as a potential neuroprotectant in at-risk ...
Alexopoulos, Dimitrios +7 more
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A widely distributed metalloenzyme class enables gut microbial metabolism of host- and diet-derived catechols. [PDF]
, 2020 Catechol dehydroxylation is a central chemical transformation in the gut microbial metabolism of plant- and host-derived small molecules. However, the molecular basis for this transformation and its distribution among gut microorganisms are poorly ...
Balskus, Emily P +8 more
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