The acronym FAVA (Fibro-Adipose Vascular Anomaly) has been recently given to a distinct vascular entity that is characterized by fibrofatty infiltration of muscle, unusual phlebectasia with pain, and contracture of the affected extremity. We report a new case of FAVA in a 10-year-old girl with pain in her right lower leg and equinus contracture. As in our case, FAVA typically presents in young ...

G6PD deficiency is a common erythrocyte enzymatic disorder characterized by clinical, biochemical and molecular heterogeneity, being point mutations the most frequently detected genetic defect. Because the G6PD gene is located on the X chromosome, the clinical manifestations of the disease are usually confined to hemizygous men. However, female carriers might also have hemolytic anemia in relat...

This study investigated the antiobesity effect of an extract of the Fomitopsis pinicola Jeseng-containing formulation (FAVA), which is a combination of four natural components: Fomitopsis pinicola Jeseng; Acanthopanax senticosus; Viscum album coloratum; and Allium tuberosum. High-fat diet- (HFD-) fed male C57BL/6J mice were treated with FAVA (200 mg/kg/day) for 12 weeks to monitor the antiobesi...

The protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score (PDCAAS) has been recommended to be the most suitable method for routine evaluation of protein quality of foods by FAO/WHO. The PDCAAS method includes the use of young rats for predicting protein digestibility of foods for all ages including the elderly. To assess the usefulness of protein digestibility in old rats in the calculation of PDCAA...

The protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score (PDCAAS) has been recommended to be the most suitable method for routine evaluation of protein quality of foods by FAO/WHO. The PDCAAS method includes the use of young rats for predicting protein digestibility of foods for all ages including the elderly. To assess the usefulness of protein digestibility in old rats in the calculation of PDCAA...

backgrounds: g6pd deficiency is the most common enzymopathy of red blood cells. the clinical symptoms of favism are jaundice, hematuria and haemolytic anaemia that seem to affect liver and kidney in long term. thus we evaluate kidney and liver function of favism patients in an endemic area of the disease with a high rate of fava beans cultivation. methods: this study was performed on favism pat...

BIOCHEMISTRY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF G6PD DEFICIENCY G6PD is an enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway, a metabolic pathway that supplies reducing energy to cells, in particular erythrocytes, by maintaining the level of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH). NADPH in turn maintains the level of glutathione that helps protect erythrocytes against oxidative damage. In states of oxid...

.I T ORKERS IN ITALY,’ Israel”” and Americ&OU have shown that the V V gltmtathione ( GSH ) instability and decreased glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase ( C-6-PD ) activity, which are characteristic of primaquine sensitive imldividuals, are also present in persons who develop acute hemolytic anemia following ingestion of fava beans. The above authorsi ,:i, ii .12 have presented evidence that the ...

A dietary shift from resource-demanding animal protein to sustainable food sources, such as protein-rich beans, lowers the climate footprint of production. In this study, we examined nutrients and antinutrients in 15 fava bean varieties cultivated Sweden select with high nutritional value. On a dry weight basis, beans were analyzed for their content (range 26–33%), amino acids (leucine range: 5...