• Pastes were developed with Colocasia spp. or Xanthosoma cormels flours. Cocoyam flours differed in chemical composition and physical properties. Gels structure starch gelatinization was dependent on cocoyam source. from led to enhanced nutrition sustained energy release. gels digested faster but lower extent than gels. The corms of cocoyams, specifically esculenta (L.) Schott sagittifolium ar...

In cerebral microvascular endothelial cells (CMVEC) of newborn pigs, glutamate at excitotoxic concentrations (mM) causes apoptosis mediated by reactive oxygen species (ROS). Carbon monoxide (CO) produced by CMVEC or delivered by a CO-releasing molecule, CORM-A1, has antioxidant properties. We tested the hypothesis that CORM-A1 prevents cerebrovascular endothelial barrier dysfunction caused by g...

The existence of monoecious and dioecious populations within plant species is rare. This limits opportunities to investigate the ecological mechanisms responsible for the evolution and maintenance of these contrasting sexual systems. In Sagittaria latifolia, an aquatic flowering plant, monoecious and dioecious populations exist in close geographic proximity but occupy distinct wetland habitats ...