A gluten-free diet is currently the only effective means of treating individuals with celiac disease. Such a diet enables celiac patients to control their symptoms and avoid various complications associated with thisc...A gluten-free diet is currently the only effective means of treating individuals with celiac disease. Such a diet enables celiac patients to control their symptoms and avoid various complications associated with thiscondition. However, while the quality of gluten-free foods has significantly improved during recent decades, maintenance of a gluten-free diet does not necessarily ensure adequate nutritional intake. Because oats are an important source of proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals, and fibre, their inclusion in a gluten-free diet might improve the nutritional status of a celiac patient. Although oats are included in the list of glutenfree ingredients specified in European regulations, their safety when consumed by celiac patients remains debatable. Some studies claim that pure oats are safe for most celiac people, and contamination with other cereal sources is the main problem facing people with this disease. However, it is necessary to consider that oats include many varieties, containing various amino acid sequences and showing different immunoreactivities associated with toxic prolamins. As a result, several studies have shown that the immunogenicity of oats varies depending on the cultivar consumed. Thus, it is essential to thoroughly study the variety of oats used in a food ingredient before including it in a gluten-free diet.展开更多
This research reported the effect of peeling naked oats with a peeling machine equipped with the flexible alloy blade.Results showed that the flexible alloy blade could achieve the same effect as traditional abrasive ...This research reported the effect of peeling naked oats with a peeling machine equipped with the flexible alloy blade.Results showed that the flexible alloy blade could achieve the same effect as traditional abrasive rolls. Furthermore, the new peeling method had hardly damage to the oat kernels. The result of scanning electron microscopy indicated the surface of peeled naked oats by the flexible alloy blade is homogeneous. The gap between the flexible alloy blade and the slotted screen could change the particle sizes of the flours obtained, which differed from traditional peeling machines. In addition, peeling for 15 seconds significantly reduced the microbial contaminants. The removal of outer layer decreased the lipase activity. The technological parameters were optimized by orthogonal L_9(3~4) test, the results showed a 30 s peeling time and 2% second-addition of water contributed to the peeling rate. The texture analysis demonstrate that the hardness of cooked groats decreases obviously after peeling treatments.展开更多
The availability of poor quality fodders for livestock feeding is a major hurdle for the dairy industry in South Asia. Thelow content of Zn in fodders, leads to its malnutrition in animals. In fodders, Zn facilitates ...The availability of poor quality fodders for livestock feeding is a major hurdle for the dairy industry in South Asia. Thelow content of Zn in fodders, leads to its malnutrition in animals. In fodders, Zn facilitates protein synthesis, gene expressions,energy production and involves in various metabolic activities of plants, animals and humans. To achieve these objectives,multi-location field trials were conducted on enrichment of oats fodder with Zn through bio-fortification. The experiment consists ofeight different treatment combinations for enrichment of oats fodder with Zn including control, soil and soil plus foliar application ofZn at different stages of plant growth. The results of the study reported that soil application of Zn at the rate of 25 kg/ha and soil +foliar application of Zn at 0.5% at 60 days after sowing (DAS) (jointing stage), 90 DAS (booting stage) and both 60 DAS and 90DAS showed improvement in plant growth parameters. The results further reported that foliar application of Zn at the rate of 0.5% at60 DAS, 90 DAS, both 60 DAS and 90 DAS reported significant increase in biomass yield and fodder quality. Integrated applicationof Zn at 25 kg/ha in soil along with foliar Zn at the rate of 0.5% at 60 DAS and 90 DAS showed maximum Zn enrichment, greenfodder yield, dry fodder yield, plant height, and Zn accumulation in oats fodder as compared to other treatments of Zn application.These treatments of Zn application through integrated mode also reported significant improvement in fodder quality with maximumcrude protein (CP) and crude protein yield (CPY) while neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), ash content andorganic matter showed a non-significant effect. Thus, the results of experimental study concluded that soil and foliar application ofZn at 25 kg/ha and 0.5% Zn, respectively, at 60 DAS and 90 DAS enhanced the growth, yield and quality of oats fodder which willcertainly improve livestock production through bio-fortification.展开更多
Imipenem is a carbapenem antibiotic. However, Imipenem could not be marketed owing to its instability and nephrotoxicity until cilastatin, an inhibitor of renal dehydropeptidase-I(DHP-I),was developed. In present stud...Imipenem is a carbapenem antibiotic. However, Imipenem could not be marketed owing to its instability and nephrotoxicity until cilastatin, an inhibitor of renal dehydropeptidase-I(DHP-I),was developed. In present study, the potential roles of renal organic anion transporters(OATs) in alleviating the nephrotoxicity of imipenem by cilastatin were investigated in vitro and in rabbits. Our results indicated that imipenem and cilastatin were substrates of h OAT1 and h OAT3. Cilastatin inhibited h OAT1/3-mediated transport of imipenem with IC50 values comparable to the clinical concentration, suggesting the potential to cause a clinical drug–drug interaction(DDI). Moreover,imipenem exhibited h OAT1/3-dependent cytotoxicity, which was alleviated by cilastatin and probenecid. Furthermore, cilastatin and probenecid ameliorated imipenem-induced rabbit acute kidney injury, and reduced the renal secretion of imipenem. Cilastatin and probenecid inhibited intracellular accumulation of imipenem and sequentially decreased the nephrocyte toxicity in rabbit primary proximal tubule cells. Renal OATs, besides DHP-I, was also the target of interaction between imipenem and cilastatin, and contributed to the nephrotoxicity of imipenem. This therefore gives in part the explanation about the mechanism by which cilastatin protected against imipenem-induced nephrotoxicity. Thus, OATs can potentially be used as a therapeutic target to avoid the renal adverse reaction of imipenem in clinic.展开更多
Soy(Glycine max)and oats(Avena sativa)are plant sources used in milk-alternative beverages.However,protein and lipid constituents of these food matrices can undergo alterations during the storage.In this work,a commer...Soy(Glycine max)and oats(Avena sativa)are plant sources used in milk-alternative beverages.However,protein and lipid constituents of these food matrices can undergo alterations during the storage.In this work,a commercial formulation of soy and oat-based beverages were comparatively evaluated.During the 12 months of shelf life and two following months,their phenolic content,antioxidant capacity,lipid peroxidation,protein carbonyl formation and protein breakdown were assessed.Total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of soy and oat-based beverages were maintained during the entire period of 14 months.Both beverages did not show any increase in spontaneous lipid peroxidation beyond the basal level,however,due to the different content of unsaturated fats,when lipid peroxidation was stimulated,soy exhibited a major peroxidizability with respect to oat beverage.Oxidative alteration of proteins,estimated as carbonyl group formation,presented no increase with respect to the basal levels both in soy and oat beverages for all 14 months.Finally,soy proteins showed a gradual increase of proteolytic activity up until half of the shelf life,while oat did not show significant changes in protein fragmentation.In conclusion,both soy and oat beverages resulted oxidatively stable throughout their storage.We suggest that phytochemicals might guarantee the oxidative stability of the product,possibly in combination with antioxidant bioactive peptides,which already have well-known benefits on human health.展开更多
IN 1968, I, a middle school graduate, went to live and work as a farmer in Dongru, a small mountain village in north China. Later, I became a shop assistant in the county town. I spent nine years of my life there—fro...IN 1968, I, a middle school graduate, went to live and work as a farmer in Dongru, a small mountain village in north China. Later, I became a shop assistant in the county town. I spent nine years of my life there—from age 17 to 26. The memory of those years has begun to fade; only some words are left here as a reminder of my youth. In May, 1971, the county’s settlement office began transferring the urban educated youth from the countryside into the county-town.展开更多
Various medicinal ingredients with different tastes are combined according to the theory of compatibility in Chinese materia medica to achieve a better efficacy,while the mechanism was not very clear.Here,the authors ...Various medicinal ingredients with different tastes are combined according to the theory of compatibility in Chinese materia medica to achieve a better efficacy,while the mechanism was not very clear.Here,the authors studied the interaction between ingredients and human transporters such as the kidney transporters OAT1 and OAT3,the liver transporters OATP1 B1 and OATP1 B3,and the intestine transporter OATP2 B1 to discern the compatibility mechanism of ingredients with different tastes in the Yuanhuzhitong preparation(YHP)comprising Corydalis yanhusuo(CYH)and Angelica dahurica(AD),which could relieve pain by restraining the central system.The results show that tetrahydropalmatine(TDE),the major component of CYH,could be transported by OAT3 into kidney,OATP1 B1 and OATP1 B3 into liver,while imperatorin(IPT)and isoimperatorin(ISP),the two key components of AD,and AD extract showed strong inhibition to OAT1 and OAT3.What’s more,AD extract also exerted strongly inhibition to human transporters OATP1 B1 and OATP1 B3.It was also detected that IPT,ISP,and AD extract significantly downregulated the expression of Oatplal,Oafp1 a4,and Oatp1 b2 of liver in mice.The in vivo results show that the concentration of TDE in liver and kidney significantly decreased,while the TDE concentration in blood and brain were both significantly enhanced in the presence of IPT,ISP,and AD extract.These results suggest that the ingredients in AD with pungent taste could enhance the exposure of TDE in blood and brain by inhibiting the uptake of TDE in liver and kidney.That is to say,TDE with bitter taste could"flood up"into the central nervous system to play its therapeutic effect by the cut-off of that into liver and kidney in the presence of ingredients within AD.This paper not only proves the meridian distribution of CYH in liver and kidney with the role of OAT3,OATP1 B1,and OATP1 B3,but also illustrates how to improve the efficacy of CYH by reasonable compatibility with AD.This study may offer a valuable clue to illustrate the mechanism of compatibility theory.展开更多
Soybean hulls, an abundant byproduct of soybean processing, contain rich phytochemicals, fibers, proteins, and minerals. Currently soybean hulls are primarily used as animal feeds. For value-added soybean hull utiliza...Soybean hulls, an abundant byproduct of soybean processing, contain rich phytochemicals, fibers, proteins, and minerals. Currently soybean hulls are primarily used as animal feeds. For value-added soybean hull utilization, 25% soybean hulls were substituted for amaranth or whole oat flour (WOF) in novel gluten-free cookies. Composition, nutritional values, water-holding capacities, correlation between properties, and pasting and rheological properties of soybean hulls, amaranth, and WOF were appraised in comparison to wheat flour. Water loss, cookie texture, and geometrical properties of the cookies were examined. The results disclosed that soybean hulls, amaranth and WOF contain higher protein content, minerals, fiber, special amino acids, and critical vitamins (C and K) than wheat flour. Considerably higher total amino acid content was found in soybean hulls (18.33%) than wheat flour (12.77%). Water-holding capacities increased by replacing amaranth and WOF with soybean hulls. Soybean hulls exhibited higher rheological elastic properties than amaranth, WOF and wheat flours. The soybean hulls utilized in amaranth or WOF cookies greatly improved their nutritional value, the water retention and moisture content along with acceptable physical properties when compared to wheat flour cookies. This study explored the feasibility and potential of utilizing soybean hulls with amaranth and WOF in gluten-free bakery products and other food applications.展开更多
文摘A gluten-free diet is currently the only effective means of treating individuals with celiac disease. Such a diet enables celiac patients to control their symptoms and avoid various complications associated with thiscondition. However, while the quality of gluten-free foods has significantly improved during recent decades, maintenance of a gluten-free diet does not necessarily ensure adequate nutritional intake. Because oats are an important source of proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals, and fibre, their inclusion in a gluten-free diet might improve the nutritional status of a celiac patient. Although oats are included in the list of glutenfree ingredients specified in European regulations, their safety when consumed by celiac patients remains debatable. Some studies claim that pure oats are safe for most celiac people, and contamination with other cereal sources is the main problem facing people with this disease. However, it is necessary to consider that oats include many varieties, containing various amino acid sequences and showing different immunoreactivities associated with toxic prolamins. As a result, several studies have shown that the immunogenicity of oats varies depending on the cultivar consumed. Thus, it is essential to thoroughly study the variety of oats used in a food ingredient before including it in a gluten-free diet.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31571873)National College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program Project(201710463002)
文摘This research reported the effect of peeling naked oats with a peeling machine equipped with the flexible alloy blade.Results showed that the flexible alloy blade could achieve the same effect as traditional abrasive rolls. Furthermore, the new peeling method had hardly damage to the oat kernels. The result of scanning electron microscopy indicated the surface of peeled naked oats by the flexible alloy blade is homogeneous. The gap between the flexible alloy blade and the slotted screen could change the particle sizes of the flours obtained, which differed from traditional peeling machines. In addition, peeling for 15 seconds significantly reduced the microbial contaminants. The removal of outer layer decreased the lipase activity. The technological parameters were optimized by orthogonal L_9(3~4) test, the results showed a 30 s peeling time and 2% second-addition of water contributed to the peeling rate. The texture analysis demonstrate that the hardness of cooked groats decreases obviously after peeling treatments.
文摘The availability of poor quality fodders for livestock feeding is a major hurdle for the dairy industry in South Asia. Thelow content of Zn in fodders, leads to its malnutrition in animals. In fodders, Zn facilitates protein synthesis, gene expressions,energy production and involves in various metabolic activities of plants, animals and humans. To achieve these objectives,multi-location field trials were conducted on enrichment of oats fodder with Zn through bio-fortification. The experiment consists ofeight different treatment combinations for enrichment of oats fodder with Zn including control, soil and soil plus foliar application ofZn at different stages of plant growth. The results of the study reported that soil application of Zn at the rate of 25 kg/ha and soil +foliar application of Zn at 0.5% at 60 days after sowing (DAS) (jointing stage), 90 DAS (booting stage) and both 60 DAS and 90DAS showed improvement in plant growth parameters. The results further reported that foliar application of Zn at the rate of 0.5% at60 DAS, 90 DAS, both 60 DAS and 90 DAS reported significant increase in biomass yield and fodder quality. Integrated applicationof Zn at 25 kg/ha in soil along with foliar Zn at the rate of 0.5% at 60 DAS and 90 DAS showed maximum Zn enrichment, greenfodder yield, dry fodder yield, plant height, and Zn accumulation in oats fodder as compared to other treatments of Zn application.These treatments of Zn application through integrated mode also reported significant improvement in fodder quality with maximumcrude protein (CP) and crude protein yield (CPY) while neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), ash content andorganic matter showed a non-significant effect. Thus, the results of experimental study concluded that soil and foliar application ofZn at 25 kg/ha and 0.5% Zn, respectively, at 60 DAS and 90 DAS enhanced the growth, yield and quality of oats fodder which willcertainly improve livestock production through bio-fortification.
基金supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China,China(Nos.81874324,81473280,and U1608283)Dalian Science and technology innovation found,China(No.2018J12SN065)
文摘Imipenem is a carbapenem antibiotic. However, Imipenem could not be marketed owing to its instability and nephrotoxicity until cilastatin, an inhibitor of renal dehydropeptidase-I(DHP-I),was developed. In present study, the potential roles of renal organic anion transporters(OATs) in alleviating the nephrotoxicity of imipenem by cilastatin were investigated in vitro and in rabbits. Our results indicated that imipenem and cilastatin were substrates of h OAT1 and h OAT3. Cilastatin inhibited h OAT1/3-mediated transport of imipenem with IC50 values comparable to the clinical concentration, suggesting the potential to cause a clinical drug–drug interaction(DDI). Moreover,imipenem exhibited h OAT1/3-dependent cytotoxicity, which was alleviated by cilastatin and probenecid. Furthermore, cilastatin and probenecid ameliorated imipenem-induced rabbit acute kidney injury, and reduced the renal secretion of imipenem. Cilastatin and probenecid inhibited intracellular accumulation of imipenem and sequentially decreased the nephrocyte toxicity in rabbit primary proximal tubule cells. Renal OATs, besides DHP-I, was also the target of interaction between imipenem and cilastatin, and contributed to the nephrotoxicity of imipenem. This therefore gives in part the explanation about the mechanism by which cilastatin protected against imipenem-induced nephrotoxicity. Thus, OATs can potentially be used as a therapeutic target to avoid the renal adverse reaction of imipenem in clinic.
基金This work was supported by the Regione del Veneto(Italy)with FSE project 2105-50-11-2018.
文摘Soy(Glycine max)and oats(Avena sativa)are plant sources used in milk-alternative beverages.However,protein and lipid constituents of these food matrices can undergo alterations during the storage.In this work,a commercial formulation of soy and oat-based beverages were comparatively evaluated.During the 12 months of shelf life and two following months,their phenolic content,antioxidant capacity,lipid peroxidation,protein carbonyl formation and protein breakdown were assessed.Total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of soy and oat-based beverages were maintained during the entire period of 14 months.Both beverages did not show any increase in spontaneous lipid peroxidation beyond the basal level,however,due to the different content of unsaturated fats,when lipid peroxidation was stimulated,soy exhibited a major peroxidizability with respect to oat beverage.Oxidative alteration of proteins,estimated as carbonyl group formation,presented no increase with respect to the basal levels both in soy and oat beverages for all 14 months.Finally,soy proteins showed a gradual increase of proteolytic activity up until half of the shelf life,while oat did not show significant changes in protein fragmentation.In conclusion,both soy and oat beverages resulted oxidatively stable throughout their storage.We suggest that phytochemicals might guarantee the oxidative stability of the product,possibly in combination with antioxidant bioactive peptides,which already have well-known benefits on human health.
文摘IN 1968, I, a middle school graduate, went to live and work as a farmer in Dongru, a small mountain village in north China. Later, I became a shop assistant in the county town. I spent nine years of my life there—from age 17 to 26. The memory of those years has begun to fade; only some words are left here as a reminder of my youth. In May, 1971, the county’s settlement office began transferring the urban educated youth from the countryside into the county-town.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant Nos.81430096 and 81503154)Tianjin Science and Technology Support Key Projects(grant No.17YFZCSY01170,China)Research Unit for Drug Metabolism,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences(grant No.2019RU009,China)
文摘Various medicinal ingredients with different tastes are combined according to the theory of compatibility in Chinese materia medica to achieve a better efficacy,while the mechanism was not very clear.Here,the authors studied the interaction between ingredients and human transporters such as the kidney transporters OAT1 and OAT3,the liver transporters OATP1 B1 and OATP1 B3,and the intestine transporter OATP2 B1 to discern the compatibility mechanism of ingredients with different tastes in the Yuanhuzhitong preparation(YHP)comprising Corydalis yanhusuo(CYH)and Angelica dahurica(AD),which could relieve pain by restraining the central system.The results show that tetrahydropalmatine(TDE),the major component of CYH,could be transported by OAT3 into kidney,OATP1 B1 and OATP1 B3 into liver,while imperatorin(IPT)and isoimperatorin(ISP),the two key components of AD,and AD extract showed strong inhibition to OAT1 and OAT3.What’s more,AD extract also exerted strongly inhibition to human transporters OATP1 B1 and OATP1 B3.It was also detected that IPT,ISP,and AD extract significantly downregulated the expression of Oatplal,Oafp1 a4,and Oatp1 b2 of liver in mice.The in vivo results show that the concentration of TDE in liver and kidney significantly decreased,while the TDE concentration in blood and brain were both significantly enhanced in the presence of IPT,ISP,and AD extract.These results suggest that the ingredients in AD with pungent taste could enhance the exposure of TDE in blood and brain by inhibiting the uptake of TDE in liver and kidney.That is to say,TDE with bitter taste could"flood up"into the central nervous system to play its therapeutic effect by the cut-off of that into liver and kidney in the presence of ingredients within AD.This paper not only proves the meridian distribution of CYH in liver and kidney with the role of OAT3,OATP1 B1,and OATP1 B3,but also illustrates how to improve the efficacy of CYH by reasonable compatibility with AD.This study may offer a valuable clue to illustrate the mechanism of compatibility theory.
文摘Soybean hulls, an abundant byproduct of soybean processing, contain rich phytochemicals, fibers, proteins, and minerals. Currently soybean hulls are primarily used as animal feeds. For value-added soybean hull utilization, 25% soybean hulls were substituted for amaranth or whole oat flour (WOF) in novel gluten-free cookies. Composition, nutritional values, water-holding capacities, correlation between properties, and pasting and rheological properties of soybean hulls, amaranth, and WOF were appraised in comparison to wheat flour. Water loss, cookie texture, and geometrical properties of the cookies were examined. The results disclosed that soybean hulls, amaranth and WOF contain higher protein content, minerals, fiber, special amino acids, and critical vitamins (C and K) than wheat flour. Considerably higher total amino acid content was found in soybean hulls (18.33%) than wheat flour (12.77%). Water-holding capacities increased by replacing amaranth and WOF with soybean hulls. Soybean hulls exhibited higher rheological elastic properties than amaranth, WOF and wheat flours. The soybean hulls utilized in amaranth or WOF cookies greatly improved their nutritional value, the water retention and moisture content along with acceptable physical properties when compared to wheat flour cookies. This study explored the feasibility and potential of utilizing soybean hulls with amaranth and WOF in gluten-free bakery products and other food applications.
