In cereals, nicotinic acid occurs mainly in a bound form, niacytin, which is nutritionally unavailable to certain bacteria and mammals (Kodicek & Wilson, 1960). Most published findings relating to nutritional availability have been on rats and pigs, and the results have been in agreement with microbiological assays (Braude, Kon, Mitchell & Kodicek, 1955 ; Kodicek, Braude, Kon & Mitchell, 1956, ...

Hajšlová J., Lancová K., Sehnalová M., Krplová A., Zachariášová M., Moravcová H., Nedělník J., Marková J., Ehrenbergerová J. (2007): Occurrence of trichothecene mycotoxins in cereals harvested in the Czech Republic. Czech J. Food. Sci., 25: 339–350. A large-scale survey of the natural occurrence of trichothecene mycotoxins in major cereals harvested in the Czech Republic was conducted during th...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was (1) to describe intakes of total grain and whole grain in the United States over the past 12 years and major dietary sources, and (2) to determine the relationship between whole grain intake and adiposity measures for children and adults. METHODS Cross-sectional dietary data from the continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-12 (...

BACKGROUNDS There is growing evidence from both observational and intervention studies that Whole Grain (WG) cereals exert beneficial effects on human health, especially on the metabolic profile. The aim of this study was to perform a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCT) to assess the acute and medium/long-term effect of WG foods on glycaemic control and insulin sensitivity in he...

Grains and the products obtained from them have a central importance in human nutrition, representing main source of food for humans [...]

Biological nitrogen fixation is the most important biochemical reaction for life on earth. Phosphorus and rhizobium inoculation increased N2-fixation by legumes. Legumes in rotation with cereals contribute to the total N pool in soil and improved cereals yield. In view of importance of grain legumes and the role they can play in maintaining soil productivity and succeeding cereal yield, rotatio...

KOPČEKOVÁ, J., ČEREŠŇÁKOVÁ, Z., FĽAK, P., MLYNEKOVÁ, Z.: Eff ect of mechanical processing of ce reals on rumen starch degradability. Acta univ. agric. et silvic. Mendel. Brun., 2010, LVIII, No. 2, pp. 139–146 Although starch in cereal grain is almost completely digested in the whole digestive tract, the rate and extent of ruminal degradation and fermentation vary widely with grain source and ce...

BACKGROUND Diet as one aspect of lifestyle is thought to be one of the modifiable risk factors for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Information is needed as to which components of the diet could be protective for this disease. OBJECTIVES To asses the effects of whole-grain foods for the prevention of T2DM. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and A...