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Effects of Agave tequilana fructans with different degree of polymerization profiles on body weight, blood lipids and fecal Lactobacilli/Bifidobacteria in obese mice

Food Funct., 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60083A, Paper

Ana Laura Marquez-Aguirre, Rosa Maria Camacho-Ruiz, Myriam Arriaga-Alba, Eduardo Padilla-Camberos, Manuel Kirchmayr, Jose Luis Blasco, Marisela Gonzalez-Avila
Fructans are dietary fibers with beneficial effects on gastrointestinal physiology and offer a promising approach for the treatment of some metabolic disorders associated with obesity. In vitro and in vivo...
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Potential protective effect of oral administration of allicin on acrylamide-induced toxicity in male mice

Food Funct., 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60057B, Paper

Lulu Zhang, Enting Wang, Feng Chen, Haiyang Yan, Yuan Yuan
Acrylamide (AA) forms during the heating of starchy foods at high temperature, and is regarded as a potential genotoxic carcinogen. However, with 他the worldwide concern about the carcinogenicity of AA,...
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Beneficial effect of tagatose consumption on postprandial hyperglycemia in Koreans: double-blinded crossover designed study

Food Funct., 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO00006K, Paper

Jung Hyun Kwak, Min Sun Kim, Jin Hee Lee, Yoon Jung Yang, Ki Ho Lee, Jong Ho Lee, Oh Yoen Kim
The present study determined the effect of tagatose supplementation on postprandial hyperglycemia in normal (n=54) and hyperglycemic subjects [n=40, impaired fasting glucose (IFG), and newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes]. In...
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A holistic approach towards defined product attributes by Maillard-type food processing

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60080G, Paper

Tomas Davidek, Silke Illmann, Andreas Rytz, Imre Blank
A holistic approach based on an experimental design for rapid optimisation of different product attributes including flavour.
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Evaluation of a possible direct effect by casein phosphopeptides on paracellular and vitamin D controlled transcellular calcium transport mechanisms in intestinal human HT-29 and Caco2 cell lines

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60099H, Paper

Alessandra Colombini, Silvia Perego, Ilaria Ardoino, Emiliano Marasco, Giovanni Lombardi, Amelia Fiorilli, Elia Biganzoli, Guido Tettamanti, Anita Ferraretto
Intestinal cells are continuously exposed to food components able to modulate some of their physiological functions.
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Antioxidant effects of Lactobacillus plantarum via activation of transcription factor Nrf2

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30316K, Paper

Dawei Gao, Zhengrong Gao, Guanghua Zhu
L. plantarum FC225 has the hypolipidemic, antioxidant and regulating immune effects by stimulation of pathway of Nrf2 expression.
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Response surface methodology as optimization strategy for reduction of reactive carbonyl species in foods by means of phenolic chemistry

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60032G, Paper

Smaro Kokkinidou, Devin G. Peterson
Response surface methodology (RSM) was utilized to investigate the dose-response relationships of a phenolic mixture (catechin, genistein and daidzein) as a pre-thermal processing technique to reduce reactive carbonyl species (RCSs; glyoxal, methylglyoxal and 3-deoxyglucosone) in ultra-high temperature (UHT) bovine milk.
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Review of existing experimental approaches for the clinical evaluation of the benefits of plant food supplements on cardiovascular function

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30323C, Review Article

Paolo Meoni, Patrizia Restani, Dalu T. Mancama
We conducted a survey of the National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) PubMed database to identify methods most commonly used for the evaluation of the effect of plant food supplements on the cardiovascular system and their relevance to the regulatory status of these products.
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Comparison of postprandial phenolic acid excretions and glucose responses after ingestion of breads with bioprocessed or native rye bran

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60078E, Paper

Jenni Lappi, Anna-Marja Aura, Kati Katina, Emilia Nordlund, Marjukka Kolehmainen, Hannu Mykkanen, Kaisa Poutanen
Bioprocessing of rye bran increases absorption of ferulic acid from the small intestine, but does not improve postprandial glucose metabolism.
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Potent anti-cancer effects of citrus peel flavonoids in human prostate xenograft tumors

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60037H, Paper

Ching-Shu Lai, Shiming Li, Yutaka Miyauchi, Michiko Suzawa, Chi-Tang Ho, Min-Hsiung Pan
Both oral and intraperitoneal administration of GL exert therapeutic effects on prostate cancer in vivo.
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Comparative studies on the anti-tumor activities of high temperature- and pH-modified citrus pectins

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30350K, Paper

Miao Hao, Xiaowen Yuan, Hairong Cheng, Huiting Xue, Tao Zhang, Yifa Zhou, Guihua Tai
High temperature and pH modification could produce functional pectins.
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Monascin improves diabetes and dyslipidemia by regulating PPAR[gamma] and inhibiting lipogenesis in fructose-rich diet-induced C57BL/6 mice

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60062A, Paper

Bao-Hong Lee, Wei-Hsuan Hsu, Tao Huang, Yu-Yin Chang, Ya-Wen Hsu, Tzu-Ming Pan
Monascin (MS) is a yellow compound isolated from Monascus-fermented products that has pancreatic protective, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, and hypolipidemic activity.
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Protective effect of apigenin on mouse acute liver injury induced by acetaminophen is associated with increment of hepatic glutathione reductase activity

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60071H, Paper

Juan Yang, Xiao-Yan Wang, Jie Xue, Zhen-Lun Gu, Mei-Lin Xie
Apigenin reduces acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury in mice by increasing hepatic glutathione reductase activity.
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Effects of dietary fibers and their mixtures on short chain fatty acids and microbiota in mice guts

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60052A, Paper

Xichun Peng, Shaoting Li, Jianming Luo, Xiyang Wu, Liu Liu
This is the first report about the impacts of different dietary fibers on gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acids when they are added as a mixture.
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Lack of release of bound anthocyanins and phenolic acids from carrot plant cell walls and model composites during simulated gastric and small intestinal digestion

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60091B, Paper

Anneline Padayachee, Gabriele Netzel, Michael Netzel, Li Day, Deirdre Mikkelsen, Michael J. Gidley
Anthocyanins and phenolic acids bind to plant cell walls and cellulose-based composites sufficiently strongly that they are not extracted under in vitro gastric and small intestinal conditions.
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Effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids on tight junctions in a model of the human intestinal epithelium under normal and inflammatory conditions

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60036J, Paper

Pauline Beguin, Abdelmounaim Errachid, Yvan Larondelle, Yves-Jacques Schneider
Accumulation of n-3 PUFA does not affect intestinal tight junctions while that of n-6 PUFA decreases the presence of occludin. DHA limits the effect of inflammatory stimulus on the epithelial barrier.
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Electron microscopy and composition of raw acorn starch in relation to in vivo starch digestibility

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60075K, Paper

Maria Grazia Cappai, Giuseppe Andrea Alesso, Giuseppa Nieddu, Marina Sanna, Walter Pinna
Acorn starch possesses ultramicroscopic features that render it a valuable and alternative source in the case of particular feeding regimes.
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The Positive Effect of Soybean Protein Hydrolysates-Calcium Complexes on Bone Mass of Rapidly Growing Rats

Food Funct., 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30284A, Paper

Ying Lv, He Liu, Jianhua Ren, Xin Li, Shuntang Guo
It was previously found that soybean protein hydrolysates (SPHs) can bind with calcium forming soluble complexes and promote calcium uptake by Caco-2 cells. However, the role of SPHs-calcium complexes on...
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Nepsilon-carboxymethyllysine (CML), a Maillard reaction product, stimulates the serotonin system release and activates the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) in SH-SY5Y cells

Food Funct., 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60097A, Paper

Ann-Katrin Holik, Barbara Rohm, Mark M. Somoza, Veronika Somoza
Maillard reaction products, which are formed in highly thermally treated foods, are commonly consumed with a Western diet. In this study, we investigated the impact of Nepsilon-carboxymethyllysine (CML), a well-characterized...
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Anti-inflammatory effects of phenolic compounds isolated from the flowers of Nymphaea mexicana Zucc.

Food Funct., 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60041F, Paper

Chin-Lin Hsu, Song-Chwan Fang, Gow-Chin Yen
Nymphaea mexicana Zucc. is a species of aquatic plant which belongs to the family Nymphaea and is commonly known as the yellow water lily. The aim of this work was...
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Furan fatty acids efficiently rescue brain cells from cell death induced by oxidative stress

Food Funct., 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60094G, Paper

Antoinette Teixeira, Ruud C. Cox, Maarten Robert Egmond
Treatment of rat brain C6 astroglioma cells with furan fatty acid F6 prior to exposure to hydrogen peroxide shows a strong protective effect of F6 against cell death resulting from...
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The impact of fruit maturation on bioactive microconstituents, inhibition of serum oxidation and inflammatory markers in stimulated PBMCs and sensory characteristics of Koroneiki virgin olive oils from Messinia, Greece

Food Funct., 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60027K, Paper

A. C. Kaliora, Anna Artemiou, Ioannis Giogios, Nick Kalogeropoulos
Olive fruits of the Koroneiki cultivar (Olea europaea L.) grown in Messinia, Greece, were hand-picked from the same trees in progressive maturity stages, covering three months, and processed identically with...
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Microencapsulation of tannic acid for oral administration to inhibit carbohydrate digestion in the gastrointestinal tract

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30374H, Paper

Wei Zhao, Vidya Iyer, Floirendo P. Flores, Erik Donhowe, Fanbin Kong
Microencapsulation of tannic acid for oral administration to inhibit carbohydrate digestion in the gastrointestinal tract.
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Quercetin alleviates inflammation after short-term treatment in high-fat-fed mice

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30241E, Paper

Nilanjan Das, Kunal Sikder, Surajit Bhattacharjee, Suchandra Bhattacharya Majumdar, Santinath Ghosh, Subrata Majumdar, Sanjit Dey
Putative role of Moringa oleifera leaf extract (MoLE) and its major active component quercetin against high-fat diet (HFD)-induced inflammation.
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Modelling the human response to saltiness

Food Funct., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30106K, Paper

Benjamin J. D. Le Reverend, Ian T. Norton, Serafim Bakalis
Eating is a complex process with a range of phenomena occurring simultaneously, including fracture, temperature changes, mixing with saliva, flavour and aroma release.
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New biological properties of coffee melanoidins

Food Funct., 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60025D, Paper

Mariana Dimitrova Argirova, Iliyana Dimitrova Stefanova, Athanas Dimitrov Krustev
Water-soluble melanoidins isolated from roasted coffee induced ex vivo changes in the bioelectric and contractile activity of rat circular gastric smooth muscle tissues. They provoked a depolarization of smooth muscle...
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Rutin and quercetin, bioactive compounds from tartary buckwheat, prevent liver inflammatory injury

Food Funct., 2013, 4,794-802
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30389F, Paper

Chia-Chen Lee, Siou-Ru Shen, Ying-Jang Lai, She-Ching Wu
Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) is a healthy and nutritionally important food item.
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Influence of enzymatic hydrolysis and enzyme type on the nutritional and antioxidant properties of pumpkin meal hydrolysates

Food Funct., 2013, 4,811-820
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30347K, Paper

Muhamyankaka Venuste, Xiaoming Zhang, Charles F. Shoemaker, Eric Karangwa, Shabbar Abbas, Patrick Eugene Kamdem
Pumpkin protein meal was converted into food ingredients of improved nutritional and antioxidant properties by hydrolysis with four commercial enzymes.
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Controlling lipid oxidation of food by active packaging technologies

Food Funct., 2013, 4,669-680
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30360H, Review Article

Fang Tian, Eric A. Decker, Julie M. Goddard
This review surveys antioxidant active packaging technologies to improve food quality - both migratory (left) and non-migratory (right) approaches are considered.
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Almond protein hydrolysate fraction modulates the expression of proinflammatory cytokines and enzymes in activated macrophages

Food Funct., 2013, 4,777-783
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30327F, Paper

Chibuike C. Udenigwe, Jae-Young Je, Young-Sook Cho, Rickey Y. Yada
Almond protein hydrolysate fractions demonstrated modulatory effects on expression of inflammatory cytokines and enzymes in cultured activated murine macrophages.
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In vitro growth of four individual human gut bacteria on oligosaccharides produced by chemoenzymatic synthesis

Food Funct., 2013, 4,784-793
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30357H, Paper

Louise K. Vigsnaes, Hiroyuki Nakai, Lene Hemmingsen, Joakim M. Andersen, Sampo J. Lahtinen, Louise E. Rasmussen, Maher Abou Hachem, Bent O. Petersen, Jens O. Duus, Anne S. Meyer, Tine R. Licht, Birte Svensson
Chemoenzymatically synthesized oligosaccharides support growth of gastrointestinal probiotic bacteria while a commensal bacterium propagated less or essentially not at all. The oligosaccharides were synthesized using microbial enzymes.
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Citrus limonoids and curcumin additively inhibit human colon cancer cells

Food Funct., 2013, 4,803-810
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30325J, Paper

Kotamballi N. Chidambara Murthy, G. K. Jayaprakasha, Bhimanagouda S. Patil
In the current study, we examined the ability of limonoids and curcumin, to inhibit proliferation of human colon cancer (SW480) cells.
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Glucose enhancement of event-related potentials associated with episodic memory and attention

Food Funct., 2013, 4,770-776
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30243A, Paper

Louise A. Brown, Leigh M. Riby
Glucose consumption was associated with an enhanced left-parietal old/new effect related to recollection, but also modulated neural correlates of attention.
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Antioxidant effect of salidroside and its protective effect against furan-induced hepatocyte damage in mice

Food Funct., 2013, 4,763-769
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO00013C, Paper

Yuan Yuan, Si-Jia Wu, Xin Liu, Lu-Lu Zhang
Furan, a widely used industrial compound, has been found in many heat-treated foods, especially baby food.
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Bioavailability of dietary (poly)phenols: a study with ileostomists to discriminate between absorption in small and large intestine

Food Funct., 2013, 4,754-762
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60024F, Paper

Gina Borges, Michael E. J. Lean, Susan A. Roberts, Alan Crozier
A feeding study was carried out in which six healthy ileostomists ingested a juice drink containing a diversity of dietary (poly)phenols derived from green tea, apples, grapes and citrus fruit.
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Antioxidant capacity versus chemical safety of wheat bread enriched with pomegranate peel powder

Food Funct., 2013, 4,722-727
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30296B, Paper

Arzu Altunkaya, Rikke V. Hedegaard, Leon Brimer, Vural Gokmen, Leif H. Skibsted
Pomegranate peel powder increases the antioxidant capacity of wheat bread. Addition of 2.5% pomegranate peel powder to bread results in good color and texture, as well as aroma, taste and mouth feel of the bread. Also it moderately increases toxicity in the brine shrimp larvae test.
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Antiradical, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of commercial beetroot pomace

Food Funct., 2013, 4,713-721
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30315B, Paper

Jelena J. Vulic, Tatjana N. Cebovic, Vladimir M. Canadanovic, Gordana S. Cetkovic, Sonja M. Djilas, Jasna M. Canadanovic-Brunet, Aleksandra S. Velicanski, Dragoljub D. Cvetkovic, Vesna T. Tumbas
This study investigates the phytochemical profile, and the antiradical, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of industrial beetroot pomace extract (BPE).
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Gui-ling-gao, a traditional Chinese functional food, prevents oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in H9c2 cardiomyocytes

Food Funct., 2013, 4,745-753
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30182F, Paper

Fan Li, Jian-Hong Wu, Qing-Hua Wang, Yuan-Lan Shu, Chun-Wai Wan, Chi-On Chan, Daniel Kam-Wah Mok, Shun-Wan Chan
Functional foods have become an increasingly popular alternative to prevent diseases and maintain body health status.
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Milk protein hydrolysates activate 5-HT2C serotonin receptors: influence of the starting substrate and isolation of bioactive fractions

Food Funct., 2013, 4,728-737
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30309H, Paper

Alice B. Nongonierma, Harriet Schellekens, Timothy G. Dinan, John F. Cryan, Richard J. FitzGerald
Casein-derived peptides are serotonin 5TH_2C receptor agonists. These peptides may have functional food ingredient potential in the management of obesity.
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The hypocholesterolemic effect of capsaicinoids in ovariectomized rats fed with a cholesterol-free diet was mediated by inhibition of hepatic cholesterol synthesis

Food Funct., 2013, 4,738-744
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30321G, Paper

Lei Zhang, Guoshan Fang, Longhui Zheng, Zhongdao Chen, Xiong Liu
The present study suggests that capsaicinoids can prevent ovarian hormone deficiency-induced hypercholesterolemia by inhibiting the hepatic cholesterol synthesis.
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Inhibition of iron-induced lipid peroxidation by newly identified bacterial carotenoids in model gastric conditions: comparison with common carotenoids

Food Funct., 2013, 4,698-712
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30334A, Paper

Charlotte Sy, Catherine Caris-Veyrat, Claire Dufour, Malika Boutaleb, Patrick Borel, Olivier Dangles
Carotenoids from Bacillus indicus HU36 and Bacillus firmus GB1 are efficient inhibitors of postprandial oxidative stress in the stomach.
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Apple procyanidins affect several members of the ErbB receptor tyrosine kinase family in vitro

Food Funct., 2013, 4,689-697
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30166D, Paper

Nicole Teller, Matthias Roth, Melanie Esselen, Diana Fridrich, Ute Boettler, Volker Blust, Frank Will, Helmut Dietrich, Francis Raul, Wolfgang Hummer, Elke Richling, Peter Schreier, Doris Marko
Complex polyphenol-rich extracts from apples inhibit the activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in vitro.
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Chemopreventive effect of cactus (Opuntia humifusa) extracts: radical scavenging activity, pro-apoptosis, and anti-inflammatory effect in human colon (SW480) and breast cancer (MCF7) cells

Food Funct., 2013, 4,681-688
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO30287C, Paper

Jinhee Kim, Kwang Hyun Jho, Young Hee Choi, Sang-Yong Nam
Cactus (Opuntia spp) is widely cultivated as a vegetable, fruit, and forage crop and has been used in traditional medicine in American Indian, Mexican, and Korean cultures.
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