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12 Some intervention studies have shown that quercetin supplementation can regulate certain biomarkers, 13 but it is not clear how the doses given relate to dietary quercetin (e.g. from onion). We conducted a 14 two-period, two-sequence crossover study to compare the bioavailability of quercetin when 15 administered in the form of fresh red onion meal (naturally glycosylated quercetin) or dieta...

Observed weak or null associations between fruit and vegetable intake and breast cancer risk could be due to heterogeneity in endogenous antioxidant capabilities. The authors evaluated potential relations between a functional polymorphism in catalase, an antioxidant enzyme, and breast cancer risk, particularly in relation to fruit and vegetable intake and supplement use. Women (1,008 cases and ...

BACKGROUND Anemia in pregnancy is highly prevalent among antenatal clinic attendees in Enugu, Nigeria despite the practice of routine iron supplementation in pregnancy. The major problem with iron supplementation in pregnancy is compliance, and this may be a potential driver to the persistent high prevalence of anemia in this population. OBJECTIVES To find out the compliance rate and determin...

Introduction Application of enzymes to improve nutrients digestibility of plant-based feed ingredients for swine and poultry has now been studies for decades. Initially, the main focus was phytase to break down the phytate molecule and release the attached phosphorus molecules. In the last two decades, enzymes to assist digesting NSP were developed, tested, and commercialized. In the meantime, ...

Fabry disease is an X-linked recessive inheritance with defective activity of lysosomal enzyme, αgalactosidase A. Clinical diagnosis is sometimes difficult because of diverse manifestations. Confirmation of the disease is based on enzyme levels as well as on molecular biology. The prognosis is related to renal, cardiovascular and neurological complications. We report a family with Fabry disease...

Objective This study aims to evaluate the phytochemical composition, antioxidant, and antihyperglycemic (in vivo, in vitro, silico) activities acute toxicity of Crataegus monogyna Jacq ( C monogyna) aqueous extracts. Methods The analyzed extract through various methods such as screening, high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet (HPLC-UV)-visible analysis. was also tested for antioxida...

This supplement contains a detailed description of the array-picking algorithm and modified extended time multi-taper method that we used to obtain the constraints on lithospheric structure. Furthermore, it contains comparisons of the results obtained with and without the array-based picker, as well as those obtained using different subsets of data. Finally, it presents an analysis of uncertain...