OBJECTIVE Determine the impact of dietary risk factors on patterns of infection by heat labile toxin-producing Escherichia coli (LT-ETEC). MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety-eight infants were followed from birth for one year in Guadalajara, Mexico, beginning in august of 1986. Stool and breast milk samples were collected weekly from infants and their mothers, respectively. Mothers were also interv...

Rytidophyllum tomentosum (L.) Mart. (search-me-heart) is an aromatic Jamaican endemic herb traditionally consumed as a general tonic and for its medicinal properties. This present study evaluates the nutraceutical potential of R. tomentosum as a functional herbal tea, through the assessment of elemental composition, phenolic contents and in vitro antioxidant potential of samples collected from ...

Sage (Salvia officinalis L.) is used as an herbal medicinal product, with the most typical form of application as infusion with boiling water (sage tea). The well-established traditional uses include symptomatic treatment of mild dyspeptic complaints, the treatment of inflammations in the mouth and the throat, and relief of excessive sweating and relief of minor skin inflammations. In this stud...

Associations of coffee, tea, and other caffeinated beverages with ovarian cancer risk remain uncertain. In a population-based study in Washington State, 781 women with epithelial ovarian cancer diagnosed in 2002 to 2005 and 1,263 controls completed selfadministered questionnaires detailing consumption of caffeinated and noncaffeinated coffee, teas, and colas and in-person interviews regarding r...

Associations of coffee, tea, and other caffeinated beverages with ovarian cancer risk remain uncertain. In a population-based study in Washington State, 781 women with epithelial ovarian cancer diagnosed in 2002 to 2005 and 1,263 controls completed self-administered questionnaires detailing consumption of caffeinated and noncaffeinated coffee, teas, and colas and in-person interviews regarding ...

Ginger rhizome powder is widely used as a food spice and an herbal medicine around the world. A sensitive and accurate High Performance thin layer chromatographic (HPTLC) method has been developed to determine the quantity of 10-gingerol in Zingiber officinale extract and ginger-containing dietary supplements, teas and commercial creams on aluminum-backed silica gel 60 F254 plates with n-hexane...