To a dried extract Containing hippuric acid (HA), 1.0 mL of acetic anhydride and 2.0 mL of 0.5% p-dlmethyiamlnobenzaldehyde (DAB) solution In pyridine were added, and the solution was kept at 40 O C for 1 h after thorough mlxing. The absorbance was then determlned at 458 nm agalnst a blank containing acetic anhydride, DAB, and pyridine. This method was in good agreement with Beer’s law within 1...

Much work has been done in an effort to understand the complex function of the liver and considerable information of value has been obtained. It is fair to say, however, that the estimation of functional capacity of the liver cannot as yet be made with any convincing accuracy. We have reason to believe that the liver has a very large factor of safety-that it can tolerate an extensive injury and...

The profile of high boiling point organic acids in urine samples from both normal subjects and patients suspected of having some form of metabolic disorder has been determined by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Fifteen different compounds eluting after hippuric acid have been identified, including two, cinnamoylglycine and acetyltributylcitrate, which have not been recognised pre...

Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common disease of the digestive system and probiotics have been reported to be effective in treatment functional gastrointestinal diseases. The aim this study was determine effect beverage containing Lactobacillus paracasei LC-37 (LC-37) its ability relieve symptoms FD by randomized clinical trial. Due mechanistic complexity underlying FD, intestinal microbiota st...

Bedouin goats were fed on wheat straw as a single-component diet under two watering regimens, drinking once daily or once every 4 d, in order to clarify whether lignin-degradation products were absorbed, metabolized and excreted in urine. Acid-soluble lignin accounted for 220 g/kg total lignin, its digestibility was the highest (0.87) and was unaffected by water deprivation. Acid-insoluble lign...