Background Enhancing the ability to utilize fatty acids at rest and during exercise is a known important factor for weight loss and endurance performance outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the acute effect of a multiingredient supplement (Shred-Matrix), containing green tea extract, yerba mate, guarana seed extract, anhydrous caffeine, saw palmetto, fo-ti, eleuthero root, cayenne ...

Phytoconstituents have been used in medicine science since ancient times due to their various pharmacological actions. But most of them (like flavanoids, terpenoids) are low in lipid solubility and have large molecular size due to complex multiple ring structure, causing poor absorption and poor bioavailability via oral route. The phytosome system of drug delivery results in increased bioavaila...

biofiltration of triethylamine (tea) vapor used as a catalyst in casting operations was evaluated in this study. the unit consisted of a 6-l three-stage biofilter containing a mixture of compost and wood chips (40:60 v/v) as the filter medium. seed microbial population from municipal activated sludge was acclimated for a period of three weeks prior to the actual experimental runs. in the startu...

A new triterpenoid saponin, oleiferasaponin A₁, was isolated from tea seed pomace (Camellia oleifera Abel). The structure of oleiferasaponin A₁ was elucidated on the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence and was found to be 22-O-cis-2-hexenoyl-A₁-barrigenol 3-O-[β-D-galactopyranosyl(1→2)] [β-D-glucopyranosyl(1→2)-α-L-arabinopyranosyl(1→3)]-β-D-glucopyranosiduronic acid. PC12 cells inju...

OBJECTIVE Human milk (HM) has antioxidant constituents which protect newborns against oxidative damage. We aimed to evaluate whether maternal consumption of herbal tea containing fenugreek had any effects on global oxidant and antioxidant capacity of HM. METHODS Volunteer mothers 18-35 years of age without any antenatal or perinatal risk factors were randomly assigned to receive galactagogue ...

Using a two-country general equilibrium model, this paper analytically derives the possibility of positive welfare consequences of vehicle currency use in invoicing international trades. Such vehicle currency use is prominent in the data. The literature points out welfare loss under optimal monetary policy due to vehicle currency pricing relative to the flexible price equilibrium outcome, model...

Evidence of signatures associated with cryptographic modes of operation is established. Motivated by some analogies between cryptographic and dynamical systems, in particular with chaos theory, we propose an algorithm based on Lyapunov exponents of discrete dynamical systems to estimate the divergence among ciphertexts as the encryption algorithm is applied iteratively. The results allow to dis...