plant oils

Summary

Summary: Oils derived from plants or plant products.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Diet in relation to endometrial cancer risk: a case-control study in Greece
    Eleni Petridou
    Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Nutr Cancer 44:16-22. 2002
  2. ncbi Oil content of Arabidopsis seeds: the influence of seed anatomy, light and plant-to-plant variation
    Yonghua Li
    Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824-1312, USA
    Phytochemistry 67:904-15. 2006
  3. ncbi Chronic effects of a high-fat diet enriched with virgin olive oil and a low-fat diet enriched with alpha-linolenic acid on postprandial endothelial function in healthy men
    F Fuentes
    Lipid and Atherosclerosis Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Avenida Menendez Pidal s n, Cordoba 14004, Spain
    Br J Nutr 100:159-65. 2008
  4. ncbi Transcriptome analysis of the oil-rich seed of the bioenergy crop Jatropha curcas L
    Gustavo G L Costa
    Centre for Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
    BMC Genomics 11:462. 2010
  5. ncbi Anti-atherogenic effects of seabuckthorn (Hippophaea rhamnoides) seed oil
    M Basu
    Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi 110054, India
    Phytomedicine 14:770-7. 2007
  6. ncbi DGAT1 and PDAT1 acyltransferases have overlapping functions in Arabidopsis triacylglycerol biosynthesis and are essential for normal pollen and seed development
    Meng Zhang
    Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
    Plant Cell 21:3885-901. 2009
  7. ncbi WRINKLED1 encodes an AP2/EREB domain protein involved in the control of storage compound biosynthesis in Arabidopsis
    Alex Cernac
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 1319, USA
    Plant J 40:575-85. 2004
  8. ncbi Seed-specific over-expression of an Arabidopsis cDNA encoding a diacylglycerol acyltransferase enhances seed oil content and seed weight
    C Jako
    Seed Oil Biotechnology Group, National Research Council of Canada, Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W9, Canada
    Plant Physiol 126:861-74. 2001
  9. ncbi The effect of oil components on the physicochemical properties and drug delivery of emulsions: tocol emulsion versus lipid emulsion
    Chi Feng Hung
    School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan
    Int J Pharm 335:193-202. 2007
  10. ncbi Phenolic molecules in virgin olive oils: a survey of their sensory properties, health effects, antioxidant activity and analytical methods. An overview of the last decade
    Alessandra Bendini
    Department of Food Science, University of Bologna P zza Goidanich 60, I 47023 Cesena FC, Italy
    Molecules 12:1679-719. 2007

Research Grants

  1. DIETARY LIPIDS AND EXPERIMENTAL IGA NEPHROPATHY
    James Pestka; Fiscal Year: 2004
  2. ROLE OF IRON OXO CLUSTERS IN FATTY ACID DESATURATION
    Brian Fox; Fiscal Year: 2003
  3. Fatty Acids and Major Cardiovascular Outcomes
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2010
  4. Mercury, Selenium, and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Men
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2010
  5. Fatty Acids and Major Cardiovascular Outcomes
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2009
  6. Mercury, Selenium, and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Men
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2007
  7. Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Health
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2007
  8. Mercury, Selenium and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Men
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2009
  9. Fatty Acids and Major Cardiovascular Outcomes
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2007
  10. Impact of feeding on brain response to food stimuli in lean and obese subjects
    Marie Pierre St Onge; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications287 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Diet in relation to endometrial cancer risk: a case-control study in Greece
    Eleni Petridou
    Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Nutr Cancer 44:16-22. 2002
    ....
  2. ncbi Oil content of Arabidopsis seeds: the influence of seed anatomy, light and plant-to-plant variation
    Yonghua Li
    Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824-1312, USA
    Phytochemistry 67:904-15. 2006
    ....
  3. ncbi Chronic effects of a high-fat diet enriched with virgin olive oil and a low-fat diet enriched with alpha-linolenic acid on postprandial endothelial function in healthy men
    F Fuentes
    Lipid and Atherosclerosis Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Avenida Menendez Pidal s n, Cordoba 14004, Spain
    Br J Nutr 100:159-65. 2008
    ..027). We found no differences in the other parameters measured. Chronic ingestion of a Mediterranean diet avoids the postprandial deterioration of endothelial function associated with Westernised diets in healthy individuals...
  4. ncbi Transcriptome analysis of the oil-rich seed of the bioenergy crop Jatropha curcas L
    Gustavo G L Costa
    Centre for Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
    BMC Genomics 11:462. 2010
    ..As a non-food, drought-resistant and oil-rich crop, Jatropha curcas L. fulfils many of the requirements for biofuel production...
  5. ncbi Anti-atherogenic effects of seabuckthorn (Hippophaea rhamnoides) seed oil
    M Basu
    Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi 110054, India
    Phytomedicine 14:770-7. 2007
    ..These observations suggest that supercritical CO(2) extracted SBT seed oil has significant anti-atherogenic and cardioprotective activity...
  6. ncbi DGAT1 and PDAT1 acyltransferases have overlapping functions in Arabidopsis triacylglycerol biosynthesis and are essential for normal pollen and seed development
    Meng Zhang
    Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
    Plant Cell 21:3885-901. 2009
    ....
  7. ncbi WRINKLED1 encodes an AP2/EREB domain protein involved in the control of storage compound biosynthesis in Arabidopsis
    Alex Cernac
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 1319, USA
    Plant J 40:575-85. 2004
    ..This effect depended upon the presence of glucose in the growth medium or other sugars readily metabolized to glucose. Oil-accumulating seedlings showed aberrant development consistent with a prolonged embryonic state...
  8. ncbi Seed-specific over-expression of an Arabidopsis cDNA encoding a diacylglycerol acyltransferase enhances seed oil content and seed weight
    C Jako
    Seed Oil Biotechnology Group, National Research Council of Canada, Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W9, Canada
    Plant Physiol 126:861-74. 2001
    ..The DGAT activity in developing seed of transgenic lines was enhanced by 10% to 70%. Thus, the current study confirms the important role of DGAT in regulating the quantity of seed triacylglycerols and the sink size in developing seeds...
  9. ncbi The effect of oil components on the physicochemical properties and drug delivery of emulsions: tocol emulsion versus lipid emulsion
    Chi Feng Hung
    School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan
    Int J Pharm 335:193-202. 2007
    ..The mean vesicle size of the tocol emulsion remained unchanged during 30 days at 37 degrees C. The lipid emulsion and aqueous micelle system, respectively, showed 11- and 16-fold increases in vesicle size after 30 days of storage...
  10. ncbi Phenolic molecules in virgin olive oils: a survey of their sensory properties, health effects, antioxidant activity and analytical methods. An overview of the last decade
    Alessandra Bendini
    Department of Food Science, University of Bologna P zza Goidanich 60, I 47023 Cesena FC, Italy
    Molecules 12:1679-719. 2007
    ..In particular, starting from the basic studies, the results of researches developed in the last ten years will be focused...
  11. ncbi Tailoring plant lipid composition: designer oilseeds come of age
    Johnathan A Napier
    Department of Biological Chemistry, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, UK
    Curr Opin Plant Biol 13:330-7. 2010
    ..There is also growing interest in using plant oils as a replacement for petrochemicals, either for fuel or as a chemical feedstock...
  12. ncbi Modulation of the transient receptor potential channel TRPA1 by phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate manipulators
    Yuji Karashima
    KU Leuven Department of Mol Cell Biology, Lab Ion Channel Research, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, Bus 802, B 3000, Leuven, Belgium
    Pflugers Arch 457:77-89. 2008
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  13. ncbi Plant triacylglycerols as feedstocks for the production of biofuels
    Timothy P Durrett
    Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
    Plant J 54:593-607. 2008
    ..Given their chemical similarities, plant oils represent a logical substitute for conventional diesel, a non-renewable energy source...
  14. ncbi Prevention of Candida albicans biofilm by plant oils
    Vishnu Agarwal
    Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
    Mycopathologia 165:13-9. 2008
    The inhibitory effect of 30 plant oils was evaluated against biofilm forming Candida albicans strain (CA I) isolated from clinical samples, which was sensitive to 4 microg/ml of fluconazole, used as a positive control...
  15. ncbi Daily supplementation of tocotrienol-rich fraction or alpha-tocopherol did not induce immunomodulatory changes in healthy human volunteers
    Ammu K Radhakrishnan
    Department of Pathology, International Medical University, 126, Jalan 19 155B, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Br J Nutr 101:810-5. 2009
    ..As these observations were made in the absence of any immunogenic challenge, we feel it would be of benefit to study if there would be any differences observed when an immunogenic challenge such as vaccination were introduced...
  16. ncbi Palm tocotrienol exerted better antioxidant activities in bone than alpha-tocopherol
    Sandra Maniam
    Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 103:55-60. 2008
    ..This study suggests that palm tocotrienol plays an important role in preventing imbalance in bone metabolism due to free radicals...
  17. ncbi Metabolic engineering of fatty acid biosynthesis in plants
    Jay J Thelen
    Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
    Metab Eng 4:12-21. 2002
    ..plant transformation technology, metabolic engineering of oilseed fatty acids has become possible and transgenic plant oils represent some of the first successes in design of modified plant products...
  18. ncbi An Arabidopsis family of six acyl-CoA-binding proteins has three cytosolic members
    Shi Xiao
    School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
    Plant Physiol Biochem 47:479-84. 2009
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  19. ncbi Nutritional benefit of olive oil: the biological effects of hydroxytyrosol and its arylating quinone adducts
    David G Cornwell
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
    J Agric Food Chem 56:8774-86. 2008
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  20. ncbi Chemosystematic value of the essential oil composition of Thuja species cultivated in Poland-antimicrobial activity
    Dimitroula Tsiri
    Division of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Athens 15771, Greece
    Molecules 14:4707-15. 2009
    ..The oils of the two T. plicata species exhibited significant antimicrobial activity, while the mixture of alpha- and beta-thujone showed very strong activity as well...
  21. ncbi Dietary virgin olive oil reduces oxidative stress and cellular damage in rat brain slices subjected to hypoxia-reoxygenation
    J A Gonzalez-Correa
    Laboratorio de Investigaciones Antitrombóticas e Isquemia Tisular LIAIT, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos s n, 29071, Malaga, Spain
    Lipids 42:921-9. 2007
    ..It reduced oxidative stress and modulated the inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthase, diminishing platelet aggregation and protecting the brain from the effects of hypoxia-reoxygenation...
  22. ncbi Effects of dietary palmitoleic acid on plasma lipoprotein profile and aortic cholesterol accumulation are similar to those of other unsaturated fatty acids in the F1B golden Syrian hamster
    Nirupa R Matthan
    Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    J Nutr 139:215-21. 2009
    ..These data suggest that an oil relatively high in palmitoleic acid does not adversely affect plasma lipoprotein profiles or aortic cholesterol accumulation and was similar to other unsaturated fatty acid-rich oils...
  23. ncbi Micronutrient-enriched rapeseed oils improve the brain oxidant/antioxidant system in rats fed a high-fat diet
    Serafina Salvati
    Department of Public Veterinary Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
    J Agric Food Chem 59:4483-8. 2011
    ..These results indicate that a regular intake of optimized rapeseed oils can prevent oxidative stress, providing evidence that optimized rapeseed oils could be a functional food with potentially important neuroprotective properties...
  24. ncbi The impact of olive oil consumption pattern on the risk of acute coronary syndromes: The CARDIO2000 case-control study
    Meropi D Kontogianni
    Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    Clin Cardiol 30:125-9. 2007
    ..The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between the pattern of edible oils and fats consumption and the prevalence of a first, nonfatal event of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in a Greek sample...
  25. ncbi Tyrosol, the major extra virgin olive oil compound, restored intracellular antioxidant defences in spite of its weak antioxidative effectiveness
    Roberta Di Benedetto
    National Centre for Food Quality and Risk Assessment, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
    Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 17:535-45. 2007
    ..This study compared the protective effects of tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol, two biophenols greatly different in antioxidant power, on J774 A.1-mediated oxidation of LDL...
  26. ncbi Functional genomics reveals increases in cholesterol biosynthetic genes and highly unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis after dietary substitution of fish oil with vegetable oils in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
    Michael J Leaver
    Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
    BMC Genomics 9:299. 2008
    ..FO was replaced with VO, added to diets as rapeseed (RO), soybean (SO) or linseed (LO) oils...
  27. ncbi Effect of ω-3 and ω-9 fatty acid rich oils on lipoxygenases and cyclooxygenases enzymes and on the growth of a mammary adenocarcinoma model
    Andrea Comba
    Instituto de Biologia Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
    Lipids Health Dis 9:112. 2010
    ..We studied the effect of two diets enriched in 6% Walnut and Peanut oils that are rich in ω-3 and ω9 PUFAs respectively on a murine mammary gland adenocarcinoma as compared with the control (C) that received commercial diet...
  28. ncbi Olive oil and cardiovascular health
    Maria Isabel Covas
    Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group, Institut Municipal d Investigacio Medica IMIM, CIBER de Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutricion CIBEROBN, Barcelona, Spain
    J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 54:477-82. 2009
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  29. ncbi Mustard oils and cannabinoids excite sensory nerve fibres through the TRP channel ANKTM1
    Sven Eric Jordt
    Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology University of California, San Francisco, California 94143 2140, USA
    Nature 427:260-5. 2004
    ..These findings identify a cellular and molecular target for the pungent action of mustard oils and support an emerging role for TRP channels as ionotropic cannabinoid receptors...
  30. ncbi Acaricidal activity of constituents identified in Foeniculum vulgare fruit oil against Dermatophagoides spp. (Acari: Pyroglyphidae)
    Hoi Seon Lee
    Faculty of Biotechnology and Research Center for Industrial Development of Biofood Materials, Chonbuk National University, Chonju 561 756, Korea
    J Agric Food Chem 52:2887-9. 2004
    ..Fenchone was 20.3 times more abundant in the oil than p-anisaldehyde. (+)-Fenchone and p-anisaldehyde merit further study as potential house dust mite control agents or as lead compounds...
  31. ncbi Modeling lipid accumulation and degradation in Yarrowia lipolytica cultivated on industrial fats
    Seraphim Papanikolaou
    , , 13, rue du Bois de la Champelle, 54500, , France
    Curr Microbiol 46:398-402. 2003
    ..However, the fat-free biomass yield on storage lipids (g of fat-free biomass formed per g of storage lipids consumed) was higher than the one on the substrate (g of fat-free biomass formed per g of medium fat consumed)...
  32. ncbi Olive oil, diet and colorectal cancer: an ecological study and a hypothesis
    M Stoneham
    Unit of Health Care Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Oxford University, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford
    J Epidemiol Community Health 54:756-60. 2000
    ..The purpose of this study was to compare national levels of dietary factors, with particular reference to olive oil, with national differences in CRC incidence...
  33. ncbi Effects of sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides L.) seed and pulp oils on experimental models of gastric ulcer in rats
    Jianfeng Xing
    College of Pharmacy, Xi'an Medical University, 710061 Xi'an, PR China
    Fitoterapia 73:644-50. 2002
    ..01). The results suggested that the CO(2)-extracted sea buckthorn seed and pulp oils have both preventive and curative effects against experimental gastric ulcers in rats...
  34. ncbi Kinetic profile of the cellular lipid composition in an oleaginous Yarrowia lipolytica capable of producing a cocoa-butter substitute from industrial fats
    S Papanikolaou
    , CNRS-ENSIC/ENSAIA UPR 6811,
    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 80:215-24. 2001
    ..This permitted the synthesis of interesting lipid profiles with high percentages of stearic acid and non-negligible percentages of palmitic and oleic acid, with a composition resembling that of cocoa-butter...
  35. ncbi Cloning and characterization of an acyl-CoA-dependent diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) gene from Tropaeolum majus, and a study of the functional motifs of the DGAT protein using site-directed mutagenesis to modify enzyme activity and oil content
    Jingyu Xu
    National Research Council of Canada, Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, Canada
    Plant Biotechnol J 6:799-818. 2008
    ..Thus, alteration of this putative serine/threonine protein kinase site can be exploited to enhance DGAT1 activity, and expression of mutated DGAT1 can be used to enhance oil content...
  36. ncbi Oxidative stability measurement of high-stability oils by pressure differential scanning calorimeter (PDSC)
    Dharma R Kodali
    Cargill Inc, P O Box 5699, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440 5699, USA
    J Agric Food Chem 53:7649-53. 2005
    ..The development of this method into an approved method will benefit the fats/oils and food industry...
  37. ncbi Heated palm oil causes rise in blood pressure and cardiac changes in heart muscle in experimental rats
    Xin Fang Leong
    Department of Pharmacology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Arch Med Res 39:567-72. 2008
    ..The purpose of the study was to observe the effect of heated palm oil on blood pressure and observe the cardiac histological changes in rats...
  38. ncbi Metabolic control analysis is helpful for informed genetic manipulation of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) to increase seed oil content
    Randall J Weselake
    Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2P5
    J Exp Bot 59:3543-9. 2008
    ..The most effective lines had a seed oil increase of 14%. Moreover, overexpression of DGAT1 under drought conditions reduced this environmental penalty on seed oil content...
  39. ncbi Direct analysis of total antioxidant activity of olive oil and studies on the influence of heating
    N Pellegrini
    Institute of Hygiene, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
    J Agric Food Chem 49:2532-8. 2001
    ..Heating experiments suggest that polyphenols from EVOO are effective stabilizers of alpha-tocopherol during olive oil heating, thus contributing to the nutritional value of cooked foods...
  40. ncbi Proteomic analysis of early germs with high-oil and normal inbred lines in maize
    Zhanji Liu
    National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
    Mol Biol Rep 36:813-21. 2009
    ..This study represents the first proteomic analysis of high-oil maize and contributes to a better understanding of the molecular basis of oil accumulation in high-oil maize...
  41. ncbi Mechanisms of the hypoglycaemic and immunopotentiating effects of Nigella sativa L. oil in streptozotocin-induced diabetic hamsters
    K M Fararh
    Department of Physiology and Pathogenetic Veterinary Sciences, The United Graduate School, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, 501-1193 Gifu, Japan
    Res Vet Sci 77:123-9. 2004
    ..sativa oil is mediated through stimulation of macrophage phagocytic activity either directly or via activation of lymphocytes...
  42. ncbi Fatty acid composition of lipids in sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides L.) berries of different origins
    B Yang
    Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN 20014 Turku, Finland
    J Agric Food Chem 49:1939-47. 2001
    ..In the oil of whole berries, the proportion of palmitoleic acid correlated negatively with the proportions of linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids...
  43. ncbi Effect of Nigella sativa on glucose concentration, lipid peroxidation, anti-oxidant defence system and liver damage in experimentally-induced diabetic rabbits
    I Meral
    Department of Physiology, Veterinary Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey
    J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med 48:593-9. 2001
    ..It was concluded that N. sativa might be used in diabetic patients to prevent lipid peroxidation, increase anti-oxidant defence system activity and also prevent liver damage...
  44. ncbi Olive oil and walnut breakfasts reduce the postprandial inflammatory response in mononuclear cells compared with a butter breakfast in healthy men
    Yolanda Jimenez-Gomez
    The Lipids and Arteriosclerosis Unit, Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, CIBER de Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutricion CIBEROBN, Avenida Menendez Pidal s n, 14004 Cordoba, Spain
    Atherosclerosis 204:e70-6. 2009
    ..Inflammation is crucial in all stages of atherosclerosis, and few studies have investigated the effect of dietary fat on markers of inflammation related to this disease during the postprandial period...
  45. ncbi Effect of variation of trans-fatty acid in lactating rats' diet on lipoprotein lipase activity in mammary gland, liver, and adipose tissue
    Renata Pereira Assumpção
    Instituto de Nutricao Josue de Castro, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Nutrition 20:806-11. 2004
    ..We investigated the effects of different dietary contents of trans-fatty acid (TFA) on LPL activity in maternal tissues and fatty acid composition in milk...
  46. ncbi High-value oils from plants
    John M Dyer
    United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, US Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, AZ 85238, USA
    Plant J 54:640-55. 2008
    ..b>Plant oils can provide renewable sources of high-value fatty acids for both the chemical and health-related industries...
  47. ncbi Hepatoprotective effects of Nigella sativa L and Urtica dioica L on lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzyme systems and liver enzymes in carbon tetrachloride-treated rats
    Mehmet Kanter
    Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
    World J Gastroenterol 11:6684-8. 2005
    ..To investigate the effects of Nigella sativa L (NS) and Urtica dioica L (UD) on lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzyme systems and liver enzymes in CCl(4)-treated rats...
  48. ncbi Ablation of TrpV1 neurons reveals their selective role in thermal pain sensation
    Santosh K Mishra
    Molecular Genetics Unit, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, NIDCR, NIH Building 49, Room 1A16, 49 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Mol Cell Neurosci 43:157-63. 2010
    ..Thus, our data demonstrate that TrpV1 neurons are selectively tuned nociceptors that mediate responses to thermal but not mechanical pain and insinuate a labeled line model for somatosensory coding...
  49. ncbi Beneficial effects of virgin coconut oil on lipid parameters and in vitro LDL oxidation
    K G Nevin
    Department of Biochemistry, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India
    Clin Biochem 37:830-5. 2004
    ..This property of VCO may be attributed to the biologically active polyphenol components present in the oil...
  50. ncbi Mediterranean diet and stroke: objectives and design of the SUN project. Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra
    M A Martinez-Gonzalez
    Unidad de Epidemiologia y Salud Pública de la Universidad de Navarra, Irunlarrea, Pamplona, Spain
    Nutr Neurosci 5:65-73. 2002
    ..Thus, an epidemiological study in a Mediterranean country, such as Spain, focused on diet may offer new insights of the potential benefits of this nutritional pattern to prevent the onset of cerebrovascular diseases...
  51. ncbi Quantitative imaging of oil storage in developing crop seeds
    Thomas Neuberger
    Department of Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
    Plant Biotechnol J 6:31-45. 2008
    ..The method can be used to elucidate similar oil accumulation processes in different tissues/organs, as well as to follow the fate of storage lipids during deposition and subsequent mobilization...
  52. ncbi Development of a short dietary intake questionnaire for the quantitative estimation of adherence to a cardioprotective Mediterranean diet
    M A Martinez-Gonzalez
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Spain
    Eur J Clin Nutr 58:1550-2. 2004
    ..03-0.97; P=0.04) for those scoring 7-9 points when comparing them with those scoring 1-2 points. An increment of one point in the score was associated with an 18% reduction in the relative risk of myocardial infarction (P=0.05)...
  53. ncbi A review of the bioactivity and potential health benefits of peppermint tea (Mentha piperita L.)
    Diane L McKay
    USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    Phytother Res 20:619-33. 2006
    ..Adverse reactions to peppermint tea have not been reported, although caution has been urged for peppermint oil therapy in patients with GI reflux, hiatal hernia or kidney stones...
  54. ncbi Butter and walnuts, but not olive oil, elicit postprandial activation of nuclear transcription factor kappaB in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy men
    Cecilia Bellido
    Lipids and Arteriosclerosis Unit, , , Spain
    Am J Clin Nutr 80:1487-91. 2004
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Consumption of an olive oil-enriched meal does not activate NF-kappaB in monocytes as do butter and walnut-enriched meals. This effect could enhance the cardioprotective effect of olive oil-enriched diets...
  55. ncbi Different effects of 26-week dietary intake of rapeseed oil and soybean oil on plasma lipid levels, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity and cyclooxygenase-2 expression in spontaneously hypertensive rats
    Naoki Ohara
    Division of Toxicology, Hatano Research Institute, Food and Drug Safety Center, Ochiai 729 5, Hadano, Kanagawa 257 8523, Japan
    Food Chem Toxicol 46:2573-9. 2008
    ..The increased COX-2 expression indicates a role of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system activation in the increased vascular lesions, whereas the effects of oxidative stress remain unclear...
  56. ncbi The antioxidant/anticancer potential of phenolic compounds isolated from olive oil
    R W Owen
    Division of Toxicology and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Centre, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
    Eur J Cancer 36:1235-47. 2000
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  57. ncbi Compounds from Sichuan and Melegueta peppers activate, covalently and non-covalently, TRPA1 and TRPV1 channels
    C E Riera
    Nestle Research Center, Vers chez les Blanc, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Br J Pharmacol 157:1398-409. 2009
    ..We assessed how transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) and TRP vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), two chemosensory ion channels, participate in these pungent sensations...
  58. ncbi Effect of citral, eugenol, nerolidol and alpha-terpineol on the ultrastructural changes of Trichophyton mentagrophytes
    M J Park
    Dept of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University, Gwanakgu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    Fitoterapia 80:290-6. 2009
    ..2 mg/ml citral. These suggested that four terpenes possess antifungal activity against T. mentagrophytes, and the activity might lead to irreversible cellular disruption...
  59. ncbi Palm oil-derived natural vitamin E alpha-tocotrienol in brain health and disease
    Chandan K Sen
    Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
    J Am Coll Nutr 29:314S-323S. 2010
    ..Despite such therapeutic potential, the scientific literature on tocotrienols accounts for roughly 1% of the total literature on vitamin E, thus warranting further investment and investigation...
  60. ncbi A new intravenous fat emulsion containing soybean oil, medium-chain triglycerides, olive oil, and fish oil: a single-center, double-blind randomized study on efficacy and safety in pediatric patients receiving home parenteral nutrition
    Olivier Goulet
    Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Hopital des Enfants Malades, University of Paris 5, René Descartes, France
    JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 34:485-95. 2010
    ..The aim was to assess the efficacy and safety of this new ILE in pediatric patients receiving home parenteral nutrition (HPN) compared with soybean oil emulsion (SOE)...
  61. ncbi Determination of trace element in Italian virgin olive oils and their characterization according to geographical origin by statistical analysis
    Cinzia Benincasa
    C R A Istituto Sperimentale per l Olivicoltura, via Li Rocchi 111, 87036 Rende CS, Italy
    Anal Chim Acta 585:366-70. 2007
    ..009-10.2 ng g(-1), for almost all the elements...
  62. ncbi Preparation and characterization of nanostructured lipid carriers loaded traditional Chinese medicine, zedoary turmeric oil
    Xiu li Zhao
    School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
    Drug Dev Ind Pharm 36:773-80. 2010
    ..The objective of this work was to study the preparation and characteristics of zedoary turmeric oil (ZTO), a traditional Chinese oily medicine, loaded with nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs)...
  63. ncbi Oleic acid content is responsible for the reduction in blood pressure induced by olive oil
    S Terés
    Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biomedicine, Department of Biology, Institut Universitari d Investigacions en Ciències de la Salut, University of the Balearic Islands, Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7 5, E 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:13811-6. 2008
    ..Similarly, soybean oil (with low OA content) did not reduce BP. This study demonstrates that olive oil induces its hypotensive effects through the action of OA...
  64. ncbi Effects of oleic acid rich oils on aorta lipids and lipoprotein lipase activity of spontaneously hypertensive rats
    Javier S Perona
    Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC, , 4, 41012, Seville, Spain
    J Agric Food Chem 53:7330-6. 2005
    ..Conversely, VOO reduced the LPL and non-LPL lipolytic activities, hence limiting the free fatty acids available for the synthesis of TG and CE in the vascular wall...
  65. ncbi Promoter analysis and differential expression of the Candida rugosa lipase gene family in response to culture conditions
    Keng Hao Hsu
    Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    J Agric Food Chem 56:1992-8. 2008
    ..Together, this suggests that the multiple lipase expression profiles may be due to differential transcriptional regulation of the LIP genes in response to environment or nutritional factors...
  66. ncbi Olive-oil consumption and health: the possible role of antioxidants
    R W Owen
    Division of Toxicology and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
    Lancet Oncol 1:107-12. 2000
    ....
  67. ncbi The combined impact of plant-derived dietary ingredients and acute stress on the intestinal arachidonic acid cascade in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
    Anthony Oxley
    Institute of Marine Research IMR, Matre Research Station, N 5984 Matredal, Norway
    Br J Nutr 103:851-61. 2010
    ..Results demonstrate that high replacements with plant-derived dietary ingredients can enhance COX-2 induction and synthesis of pro-inflammatory eicosanoids in the intestine of salmon in response to acute physiological stress...
  68. ncbi Fatty acid, triacylglycerol, phytosterol, and tocopherol variations in kernel oil of Malatya apricots from Turkey
    Semra Turan
    Food Engineering Department, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey
    J Agric Food Chem 55:10787-94. 2007
    ..So, in the present study, PCA was found to be a powerful tool for classification of the samples...
  69. ncbi Effects of dietary cold-pressed turnip rapeseed oil and butter on serum lipids, oxidized LDL and arterial elasticity in men with metabolic syndrome
    Ari Palomäki
    Kanta Hame Central Hospital, Ahvenistontie 20, FI 13530, Hameenlinna, Finland
    Lipids Health Dis 9:137. 2010
    ..The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of dietary intake of cold-pressed turnip rapeseed oil (CPTRO) and butter on serum lipids, oxidized LDL and arterial elasticity in men with metabolic syndrome...
  70. ncbi Antiatherogenicity of extra virgin olive oil and its enrichment with green tea polyphenols in the atherosclerotic apolipoprotein-E-deficient mice: enhanced macrophage cholesterol efflux
    Mira Rosenblat
    The Lipid Research Laboratory, Technion Faculty of Medicine, The Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa 31096, Israel
    J Nutr Biochem 19:514-23. 2008
    ..We thus conclude that EVOO possesses beneficial antiatherogenic effects, and its enrichment with GTPPs further improved these effects, leading to the attenuation of atherosclerosis development...
  71. ncbi Olive oil improved the impairment of in vitro insulin-stimulated glucose uptake by diaphragm in ovariectomized female Wistar rats
    Nermine K Saleh
    Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Physiology Department, Egypt
    Exp Gerontol 45:964-9. 2010
    ..This work was carried out to examine the impact of ovariectomy in female Wistar rats on in vitro basal and insulin-stimulated glucose uptake by diaphragm, and the possible beneficial effects of olive oil supplementation in these rats...
  72. ncbi Effects of low concentration biodiesel blends application on modern passenger cars. Part 2: impact on carbonyl compound emissions
    Georgios Fontaras
    Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, PO Box 458, GR 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
    Environ Pollut 158:2496-503. 2010
    ..Biodiesels associated with increases were those derived from rapeseed oil (approx. 200%) and palm oil (approx. 180%), with the highest average increases observed at formaldehyde and acroleine/acetone...
  73. ncbi Components of the Mediterranean-type food pattern and serum inflammatory markers among patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease
    J Salas-Salvado
    Human Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Eur J Clin Nutr 62:651-9. 2008
    ..To evaluate associations between components of the Mediterranean diet and circulating markers of inflammation in a large cohort of asymptomatic subjects at high risk for cardiovascular disease...
  74. ncbi A randomised, assessor blind, parallel group comparative efficacy trial of three products for the treatment of head lice in children--melaleuca oil and lavender oil, pyrethrins and piperonyl butoxide, and a "suffocation" product
    Stephen C Barker
    Parasitology Section, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and UniQuest Pty, Ltd, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072 Australia
    BMC Dermatol 10:6. 2010
    ....
  75. ncbi Gene discovery from Jatropha curcas by sequencing of ESTs from normalized and full-length enriched cDNA library from developing seeds
    Purushothaman Natarajan
    Genomics Laboratory, Department of Genetic Engineering, SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 603 203, India
    BMC Genomics 11:606. 2010
    ..To overcome this hurdle, the current gene discovery project was initiated with an objective of isolating as many functional genes as possible from J. curcas by large scale sequencing of expressed sequence tags (ESTs)...
  76. ncbi Palm fruit chemistry and nutrition
    Kalyana Sundram
    Malaysian Palm Oil Board, P O Box 10620, 50720 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 12:355-62. 2003
    ..A further challenge would be to package all these palm ingredients into a single functional food for better nutrition and health...
  77. ncbi Investigation of the anti-obesity action of licorice flavonoid oil in diet-induced obese rats
    Hiroshi Kamisoyama
    Department of Bioresource Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 72:3225-31. 2008
    ..All our findings suggest that the anti-obesity action of LFO is controlled by regulation of the rate-limiting enzymes in the fatty acid synthetic and oxidative pathways in the liver...
  78. ncbi Consumption of animal products, olive oil and dietary fat and results from the Belgian case-control study on bladder cancer risk
    Maree T Brinkman
    Department of General Practice, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Comprehensive Cancer Institute Limburg, LIKAS, Leuven, Belgium
    Eur J Cancer 47:436-42. 2011
    ..Therefore, we investigated the effect of intake of animal products, olive oil and other major dietary fats on bladder cancer risk...
  79. ncbi 90-Day repeated-dose toxicity study of licorice flavonoid oil (LFO) in rats
    K Nakagawa
    Functional Food Ingredients Division, Healthcare Products Business Unit, Kaneka Corporation, 3 2 4, Nakanoshima, Kita ku, Osaka 530 8288, Japan
    Food Chem Toxicol 46:2349-57. 2008
    ..Based on these findings, it is concluded that the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) for the LFO concentrate solution is estimated to be 800 mg/kg/day for female rats, and approximately 400 mg/kg/day for male rats...
  80. ncbi Micronutrient-enriched rapeseed oils reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors in rats fed a high-fat diet
    Lucilla Attorri
    Department of Public Veterinary Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, V Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
    Atherosclerosis 213:422-8. 2010
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  81. ncbi Dietary factors and breast cancer risk: a case control study among a population in Southern France
    Faïza Bessaoud
    Laboratoire de Biostatistiques et d Epidémiologie Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique, Montpellier Cedex, France
    Nutr Cancer 60:177-87. 2008
    ..Studies using novel methodological techniques are needed to confirm the dietary threshold responsible for changes in breast cancer risk. New approaches that consist in analyzing dietary patterns rather than dietary food are necessary...
  82. ncbi Microbial inhibitory and radical scavenging activities of cold-pressed terpeneless Valencia orange (Citrus sinensis) oil in different dispersing agents
    Vesela I Chalova
    Center for Food Safety IFSE and Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72704, USA
    J Sci Food Agric 90:870-6. 2010
    ....
  83. ncbi Effect of micronutrient-enriched sunflower oils on plasma lipid profile and antioxidant status in high-fat-fed rats
    R Di Benedetto
    Department of Public Veterinary Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
    J Agric Food Chem 58:5328-33. 2010
    ..These results suggest that a regular intake of optimized sunflower oils can help to improve lipid status and reduce lipid peroxidation in plasma...
  84. ncbi Molecular mechanism of antioxidant synergism of tocotrienols and carotenoids in palm oil
    Maria T Schroeder
    Department of Food Science, Food Chemistry, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Rolighedsvej 30, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
    J Agric Food Chem 54:3445-53. 2006
    ..Regeneration of carotenes by the phenols also explains the synergism in liposomes. In the laser flash photolysis experiments, gamma-T3 was also found to be faster in regenerating carotenes than alpha-T3 and alpha-T...
  85. ncbi Replacing dietary fish oil by vegetable oils has little effect on lipogenesis, lipid transport and tissue lipid uptake in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
    Nadège Richard
    UMR Nutrition Aquaculture Génomique, INRA Pôle Hydrobiologie, 64310 Saint Pée sur Nivelle, France
    Br J Nutr 96:299-309. 2006
    ..Diets containing the blend of vegetable oils induced a decrease in plasma cholesterol and LDL. In trout fed the vegetable oils diet, expression of LDL receptor gene in the liver was down-regulated...
  86. ncbi Genotoxicity studies on licorice flavonoid oil (LFO)
    K Nakagawa
    Functional Food Ingredients Division, Healthcare Products Business Unit, Kaneka Corporation, 3 2 4, Nakanoshima, Kita ku, Osaka 530 8288, Japan
    Food Chem Toxicol 46:2525-32. 2008
    ..From the findings obtained from the genotoxicity assays performed in this study and the published pharmacokinetic studies of LFO, it appears unlikely that dietary consumption of LFO will present any genotoxic hazard to humans...
  87. ncbi The molecular mechanism underlying the reduction in abdominal fat accumulation by licorice flavonoid oil in high fat diet-induced obese rats
    Kazuhisa Honda
    Department of Bioresource Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan
    Anim Sci J 80:562-9. 2009
    ..Thus, we infer that the natural ingredient LFO is a promising candidate for use as a feed additive to reduce abdominal fat accumulation in domestic animals...
  88. ncbi New dressing materials derived from transgenic flax products to treat long-standing venous ulcers--a pilot study
    Katarzyna Skórkowska-Telichowska
    Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
    Wound Repair Regen 18:168-79. 2010
    ..Further study is required to determine any definitive effects of flax bandage on wound healing. This is the first pilot study report suggesting the benefits of a flax-based dressing on wound healing...
  89. ncbi Evaluation of the hydrolytic-acidogenic step of a two-stage mesophilic anaerobic digestion process of sunflower oil cake
    M A de la Rubia
    Instituto de la Grasa CSIC, Avda Padre Garcia Tejero 4, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
    Bioresour Technol 100:4133-8. 2009
    ..5-30.1%. In addition, the acidification degree of the substrate was mainly influenced by the OLR but not by the HRTs, the highest value (83.8%) being achieved for an HRT of 10 days and an OLR of 6 g VS L(-1) d(-1)...
  90. ncbi Production and purification of a solvent-resistant esterase from Bacillus licheniformis S-86
    Sebastian Torres
    Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos PROIMI, Tucuman, Argentina
    Appl Biochem Biotechnol 151:221-32. 2008
    ..4 micromol min(-1) mg(-1) for p-nitrophenyl acetate. Also, B. licheniformis S-86 type II esterase displayed activity in presence of water-miscible organic solvents at 50% concentration and stability after 1-h incubation...
  91. ncbi Dietary red palm oil supplementation reduces myocardial infarct size in an isolated perfused rat heart model
    Dirk J Bester
    Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Bellville, South Africa
    Lipids Health Dis 9:64. 2010
    ..The effects of dietary RPO supplementation on matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP2) activation and PKB/Akt phosphorylation were also investigated...
  92. ncbi The nutritional background of the host alters the disease course in a fish-myxosporean system
    Itziar Estensoro
    Fish Pathology Group, Department of Marine Species Biology, Culture and Pathology, Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal CSIC, 12595 Ribera de Cabanes, Castellon, Spain
    Vet Parasitol 175:141-50. 2011
    ..Parasite intensity of infection was negatively correlated with growth parameters and haematocrit in both groups, and with complement, lysozyme and hepatic total glutathione in 66VO fish...
  93. ncbi Omega-3 and depression research: hold the olive oil
    Alan C Logan
    Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 72:441. 2005
  94. ncbi Lipases for biotechnology
    Karl Erich Jaeger
    Institute for Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine Universitat Dusseldorf, Forschungszentrum Julich, D 52425, Julich, Germany
    Curr Opin Biotechnol 13:390-7. 2002
    ..Furthermore, novel biotechnological applications have been successfully established using lipases for the synthesis of biopolymers and biodiesel, the production of enantiopure pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and flavour compounds...
  95. ncbi Dietary red palm oil improves reperfusion cardiac function in the isolated perfused rat heart of animals fed a high cholesterol diet
    A J Esterhuyse
    Faculty of Applied Sciences, Cape Technikon, Cape Town, South Africa
    Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 72:153-61. 2005
    ..3+/-6.9% vs. control 19.9+/-7.7%, P<0.05). Our data suggest that dietary RPO-supplementation improved reperfusion AO through mechanisms that may include activation of the NO-cGMP and inhibition of the cAMP pathway...
  96. ncbi Tissue stores of individual monounsaturated fatty acids and breast cancer: the EURAMIC study. European Community Multicenter Study on Antioxidants, Myocardial Infarction, and Breast Cancer
    N R Simonsen
    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 68:134-41. 1998
    ..Alternatively, high olive oil intake may indicate some other protective aspect of the lifestyle of these women...
  97. ncbi Men who consume vegetable oils rich in monounsaturated fat: their dietary patterns and risk of prostate cancer (New Zealand)
    A E Norrish
    Department of Community Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand
    Cancer Causes Control 11:609-15. 2000
    ..To investigate (i) dietary patterns associated with consumption of vegetable oils rich in monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), and (ii) the risk of prostate cancer associated with consumption of these oils...
  98. ncbi The effect of vegetable oil-based cheese on serum total and lipoprotein lipids
    H M Karvonen
    Oy Foodfiles Ltd (Contract Research Organization, Kuopio, Finland
    Eur J Clin Nutr 56:1094-101. 2002
    ..SPONSORSHIP: Mildola Ltd, Tuusula, Finland and Kyrönmaan Juustomestarit Ltd, lsokyrö, Finland...
  99. ncbi Olive oil, seed oils and other added fats in relation to ovarian cancer (Italy)
    Cristina Bosetti
    Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
    Cancer Causes Control 13:465-70. 2002
    ..This study investigates the potential role of olive oil and other added fats used for seasoning or cooking on ovarian carcinogenesis...
  100. ncbi [GC-MS analysis of essential oil from nutmeg processed by different traditional methods]
    Xin Hang
    Department of Natural Medicines and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
    Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 32:1669-75. 2007
    ....
  101. ncbi The combined effects of garlic oil and fish oil on the hepatic antioxidant and drug-metabolizing enzymes of rats
    Haw-Wen Chen
    Department of Nutrition, School of Dentistry, and Institute of Biochemistry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
    Br J Nutr 89:189-200. 2003
    ..These present results indicate that co-administration of GO and FO modulates the antioxidant and drug-metabolizing capacity of animals and that the effect of GO and FO on drug-metabolizing enzymes is additive...

Research Grants96

  1. DIETARY LIPIDS AND EXPERIMENTAL IGA NEPHROPATHY
    James Pestka; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..will be to understand specific mechanisms by which dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) in marine and plant oils impair development and progression of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN)...
  2. ROLE OF IRON OXO CLUSTERS IN FATTY ACID DESATURATION
    Brian Fox; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..The proposed studies will also reveal the molecular details of reaction with non-natural trans fatty acids, which are increasingly found in human diet from the consumption of partially hydrogenated plant oils.
  3. Fatty Acids and Major Cardiovascular Outcomes
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  4. Mercury, Selenium, and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Men
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  5. Fatty Acids and Major Cardiovascular Outcomes
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ....
  6. Mercury, Selenium, and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Men
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  7. Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Health
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..End of Abstract) ..
  8. Mercury, Selenium and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Men
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ....
  9. Fatty Acids and Major Cardiovascular Outcomes
    Dariush Mozaffarian; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  10. Impact of feeding on brain response to food stimuli in lean and obese subjects
    Marie Pierre St Onge; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Results of this study will help create the foundation for the study of integrative responses to foods at the whole brain level in humans and will set the stage for a series of innovative experimental paradigms. ..
  11. Sleep deprivation and energy balance
    Marie Pierre St Onge; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..This study will examine how food intake and energy expenditure can be modified by sleep duration as a means of understanding a potential causal pathway. ..
  12. Prolactin Regulation of Trigeminal Nociceptors
    Armen N Akopian; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  13. Sleep deprivation and energy balance
    Marie Pierre St Onge; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..This study will examine how food intake and energy expenditure can be modified by sleep duration as a means of understanding a potential causal pathway. ..
  14. Mechanisms of Nociceptive Neuronal Plasticity
    ARMEN AKOPIAN; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..abstract_text> ..
  15. SYNTHESIS OF BIOACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS
    Amos B Smith; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Our experience with discodermolide gives us great confidence in this area. ..
  16. INTERACTIONS OF TRPV1 AND TRPA1 AND INFLAMMATORY PAIN
    Armen N Akopian; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..abstract_text> ..
  17. Anticancer Agents: Structure and Synthesis
    Amos B Smith; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..To this end, new synthetic chemistry will be developed that will have utility not only for this program, but also be of general value to the academic and pharmaceutical communities engaged in Cancer Biology. ..
  18. SYNTHESIS OF BIOACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS
    AMOS SMITH; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Our experience with discodermolide gives us great confidence in this area. ..
  19. Prolactin Regulation of Trigeminal Nociceptors
    ARMEN AKOPIAN; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  20. SYNTHESIS OF BIOACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS
    AMOS SMITH; Fiscal Year: 2001
    ..This philosophy of "unified synthetic strategies" will be further developed in this proposal. ..
  21. SYNTHESIS OF BIOACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS
    AMOS SMITH; Fiscal Year: 1991
    ..FK506 is therefore an important target for total synthesis, not only for its intrinsic synthetic challenge, but also due to its extrinsic worth to the field of medicine...
  22. The Wake Forest and Harvard Center for Botanical Lipids
    FLOYD CHILTON; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..These interactive and synergistic studies have a strong scientific basis and are likely to provide new understanding regarding the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis and asthma with botanical oils...
  23. Vitamin E Neuroprotection: Novel Molecular Mechanisms
    Chandan K Sen; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..NARRATIVE The project seeks to establish 1-tocotrienol, a natural vitamin E poorly present in American diet, as a dietary ingredient effective against stroke-related damage to the neural tissue. ..
  24. SYNTHESIS OF CYCLOPENTENOID ANTITUMOR AGENTS
    AMOS SMITH; Fiscal Year: 1980
    ..Once such features are identified the design of new and possibly more effective antitumor drugs should be feasible...
  25. Microchip to Detect Influenza Infection and Type in Nasopharyngeal Swabs
    Catherine M Klapperich; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  26. PRECISE ISOTOPE RATIO CHROMATOGRAPHY AND STABLE TRACERS
    JAMES BRENNA; Fiscal Year: 2000
    ..Finally, continued studies of fatty acid metabolism in humans, particularly transformations of fatty acids into other bioactive molecules, allows timely evaluation and refinement of developed instruments and methods. ..
  27. Massaging Preterm Infants Enhances Growth
    Tiffany Field; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..abstract_text> ..
  28. Vitamin E Neuroprotection: Novel Molecular Mechanisms
    Chandan Sen; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..This study will lay the foundation for a safe and efficient approach to prevent death and secure normal functioning of neurons under challenging conditions. ..
  29. PRECISE ISOTOPE RATIO CHROMATOGRAPHY AND STABLE TRACERS
    JAMES BRENNA; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..The successful accomplishment of these plans will yield new tools and experimental approaches for investigation of the impact of developmental factors and recent physiological history on development of chronic disease. ..
  30. Anti-Trypanosomal Agents from a Neotropical Cloudforest
    WILLIAM SETZER; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..The long-term benefit of this research project is the development of new medicines to treat patients with Chagas disease. ..
  31. MECHANISMS OF NGF-INDUCED COGNITIVE IMPROVEMENT IN AGING
    ANN CHARLOTTE GRANHOLM BENTLEY; Fiscal Year: 2001
    ..Finally, this work will evaluate the efficacy of a novel means of delivering NGF to the brain which has clear advantages over conventional techniques in terms of potential clinical application. ..
  32. NMR systems : 2 Bruker Avance 500 Consoles
    AMOS SMITH; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..The areas of public health research include, among others, cancer, infectious diseases, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, and heart and cardiovascular disease. ..
  33. Pilot-Scale Libraries for High-throughput Screening
    AMOS SMITH; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  34. Gas phase derivatization for lipidomic MS analysis
    JAMES BRENNA; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  35. Conference--Wound Healing : O2 and Emerging Therapeutics
    Chandan Sen; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..Oxygen Sensing Oxidant Signaling & Redox Regulated Gene Expression Oxygen Therapy of Wounds Potential and Limitations of Clinical Gene Therapy for Wound Care Wound Angiogenesis Inflammation and Bacterial Control Clinical Care ..
  36. Gestational Dietary Supplement Use on US-Mexico Border
    Bryan Bayles; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..These variables will be examined in the context of a broader socio-behavioral model of CAM use. ..