Lactobacillus fermentum as a new inhibitor to control advanced glycation end-product formation during vinegar fermentation by Qin Li, Leibing Li, Hanjian Zhu, Fan Yang, Ke Xiao, Lin Zhang, Menglin Zhang, Yongsheng Peng, Chao Wang, Dongsheng Li, Qian Wu, Mengzhou Zhou

“…The selected LAB strains were separately co-cultivated with Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Acetobacter pasteurianus 1.41 in alcoholic and acetic acid fermentation, respectively. …”
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Rapid Multi-Well Evaluation of Assorted Materials for Hydrogel-Assisted Giant Unilamellar Vesicle Production: Empowering Bottom-Up Synthetic Biology by Cherng-Wen Darren Tan, Magdalena Schöller, Eva-Kathrin Ehmoser

“…To date, agarose, polyvinyl alcohol, cross-linked dextran-PEG, polyacrylamide, and starch hydrogels have been used to produce GUVs. …”
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Rules for investigation of patients with asymptomatic elevation of serum aminotransferase activity by M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. N. German

“…Screening markers and specifying diagnostic tests are necessary to diagnose correct the majority of liver diseases – viral hepatites, alcoholic (ALD) and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD), autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), Wilson diseases, primary hemochromatosis etc. …”
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Preparation of hyperbranched 4-dimethylaminopyridine catalyst for the efficient synthesis of vitamin E succinate by Li, Haining, Zhang, Tiantian, Tang, Kai, Li, Binglin, Zhang, Xiaoli, Zhao, Binxia, Wang, Jiao

“…Two crucial steps were systematically investigated during the preparation of hyperbranched loaded DMAP: the epoxy-alcohol addition and N-alkylation reactions. For the epoxy-alcohol addition reaction, the maximum hydroxyl content reached 8.89 mmol/g when the molar ratio of sorbitol to epoxide was 2.5:1, the reaction temperature was 55 °C, the stirring rate was 500 rpm, and the reaction time was 8 h. …”
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Comparative transcriptomics analysis of Zygosaccharomyces mellis under high-glucose stress by Gongliang Liu, Xinyu Bi, Changli Tao, Yongtao Fei, Sujuan Gao, Jinglong Liang, Weidong Bai

“…The high-glucose tolerance of yeast is the main factor determining the efficiency of high-density alcohol fermentation. Zygosaccharomyces mellis LGL-1 isolated from honey could survive under 700 g/L high-glucose stress and its tolerant characteristics were identified in our previous study. …”
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The Research and Mechanism of Extracting Vitamin B6 Using Aqueous Two-Phase Systems by Changyu Lu, Luning Gao, Aibing Chen, Duo Li, Yahong Zhou

“…Finally, we chose the best system (isopropyl alcohol + ethanol + Na2CO3 + H2O) to find out the extraction efficiency when dealing with vitamin B6. …”
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Toll-Like Receptor Signaling and Liver Fibrosis by Tomonori Aoyama, Yong-Han Paik, Ekihiro Seki

“…Liver fibrosis occurs as a wound-healing scar response following acute and chronic liver inflammation including alcoholic liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, hepatitis B and C, and autoimmune hepatitis. …”
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Predominant yeasts in Chinese Dong fermented pork (Nanx Wudl) and their aroma-producing properties in fermented sausage condition by Ruifang Mi, Xi Chen, Suyue Xiong, Biao Qi, Jiapeng Li, Xiaoling Qiao, Wenhua Chen, Chao Qu, Shouwei Wang

“…S. cerevisiae Y70 with its highest production of branched alcohols and esters could be a promising candidate as aroma enhancer in the manufacture of fermented sausages.…”
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Income level is associated with differences in primary and secondary stroke prevention in China by Huiming Ren, Junrong Ma, Xu Guo, Ruijie Zhang, Liyuan Pu, Tian Zhao, Fangfang Zeng, Chang Shu, Liyuan Han, Yunzhi Wang, Qiang Li, Xiaojie Wang

“…Conclusions Low-income individuals were less likely to control smoking and their diet and use preventive medications, while high-income individuals were less likely to control their alcohol consumption and blood pressure. Moreover, medication use was low for both primary and secondary prevention in high-income individuals.…”
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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Listeria monocytogenes Associated with Ascitic Fluid Lymphocytosis: A Case Report and Review of Current Empiric Therapy by Todd Yecies, Sanae Inagami

“…We describe a case of SBP caused by Listeria monocytogenes in a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis. This was associated with the unusual finding of ascitic fluid lymphocytosis, which previously had only been associated with tuberculoid or malignant ascites. …”
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Successful Conservative Treatment of an Elderly Patient with Corrosive Proctocolitis by Chalerm Eurboonyanun, Somchai Ruangwannasak, Kulyada Eurboonyanun, Anan Sripanuskul

“…The agents implicated for chemical colitis is 15% hydrochloric acid and 2% ethoxylated alcohol. We present a case of corrosive proctocolitis, present with anal pain and bloody diarrhea. …”
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Hepatitis: An Important Clinical Condition by Samuel W. French, Leslie B. Eidus, J. Freeman

“…The pathogenesis is discussed with emphasis on the common denominators shared by the various clinical conditions with which it is associated. The roles of alcohol, obesity and type II diabetes are stressed where inhibition of fatty acid oxidation by the liver is the basic defect in metabolism leading to fatty change, balloon degeneration and Mallory body formation. …”
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Ascites, a New Cause for Bilateral Hydronephrosis: Case Report by Deepika Jain, Smrita Dorairajan, Madhukar Misra

“…We present a case of a 57-year-old male with a history of alcoholic liver cirrhosis, who presented with tense ascites and acute renal failure. …”
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Risk factors of development of hepatocellular carcinoma by V. T. Ivashkin, M. A. Morozova, M. V. Mayevskaya, I. A. Sokolina, Ye. N. German, M. V. Bundina

“…High risk group for HCC include patients of male gender over 50 years old (for Caucasian patients) with liver cirrhosis, especially of viral etiology, smoking and consuming alcohol. Prophylaxis of HCC should include prevention of hepatites B and C viruses infection, elimination of hepatotoxic substances, hepatitis B virus vaccination, antiviral therapy for patients with hepatites B and С. …”
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Driving Mechanisms for Microbial Community Succession and Change of Volatile Flavor Compounds during the Solid-State Fermentation of Black High-Temperature Daqu by DENG Aling, TANG Jie, ZHU Chutian, HUANG Yongguang

“…For the bacterial community, Oceanobacillus, Virgibacillus and Kropentedtia positively contributed to the synthesis of various flavor compounds such as ethyl decanoate, 2-acrolein, benzyl alcohol, and benzyl alcohol. For the fungal community, Saccharomyces was positively correlated with various pyrazines. …”
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The Role of Early Maladaptive Schemas and Coping Strategies in Substance Dependency by Bikem Haciomeroglu, Mehmet Ak, Beyazit Garip, Alper Cinar, Emel Congologlu

“…In terms of coping strategies, the substance dependents scored significantly lower than the control group in Positive Reinterpretation and Growth, Seeking Social Support for Instrumental Reasons, Active Coping, and Seeking Social Support for Emotional Reasons, and significantly higher in Behavioral Disengagement and Alcohol-drug Disengagement subscales. Moreover, Alcohol-drug disengagement type of coping style was significantly predicted by schemas of Emotional deprivation, Emotional inhibition, Enmeshment/dependence, Entitlement/ insufficient self-control, Abandonment/instability, Punitiveness, Defectiveness/shame, Vulnerability to harm or illness, and Unrelenting standards/hypercriticalness. …”
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Optimism and Mortality in Older Men and Women: The Rancho Bernardo Study by Ericha G. Anthony, Donna Kritz-Silverstein, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor

“…Participants with the highest optimism were younger and reported less alcohol use and smoking and more exercise. Cox proportional hazard models showed that higher total LOT-R and optimism, but not pessimism scores, were associated with reduced odds of CHD mortality after adjusting for age, sex, alcohol, smoking, obesity, physical exercise, and medication (HR = 0.86, 95% CI = 0.75, 0.99; HR = 0.77, 95% CI = 0.61, 0.99, resp.). …”
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Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus using a Logistic Regression Model by Olivia Altamirano Guerrero, Ronelsys Martínez Martínez, Jhonny Alejandro Rodríguez Gutiérrez

“…Positive family history influenced the increased probability. Alcohol consumption was a positive risk factor and the coefficient of 0.790 indicated how much it contributed to the increased probability. …”
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New Information of the Anatomy and Phytochemical Screening of Pentaclethra macroloba (Willd.) Kuntze (Caesalpinioideae-Leguminosae) Seeds by Zelina Ataíde Correia, Ely Simone Cajueiro Gurgel, Olivia Ribeiro, Ana Cristina de Andrade Aguiar Dias, Ravendra Kumar, Luis Adriano Santos do Nascimento, Eloisa Helena de Aguiar Andrade, Mozaniel Santana de Oliveira

“…For the study in light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and histochemistry, seeds were sectioned in cross and longitudinal sections of the embryonic axis and fixed in formaldehyde, acetic acid, and 50% ethyl alcohol; neutral-buffered formalin; and formaldehyde and ferrous sulfate and stored in 70% ethyl alcohol. …”
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Diagnostic Challenge in a Patient with Severe Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis by Eugene M. Tan, Ejaaz Kalimullah, M. Rizwan Sohail, Kannan Ramar

“…Differential diagnoses include toxic alcohol ingestion, diabetic or starvation ketoacidosis, or 5-oxoproline acidosis. …”
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