Nutritional and Anti-nutritional Levels of Some Local Vegetables(<i>Vernomia anydalira, Manihot esculenta, Teiferia occidentalis, Talinum triangulare, Amaranthus spinosus</i>) from... by PO Agbaire

“…Analyses were done using standard analytical methods. Crude protein, crude lipid, carbohydrate, moisture, ash, crude fiber and colorific values, had values 4.74%±1.48, 4.78% ± 0.62, 4.98% ± 1.79,80.84% ± 4.69,1.96% ± 0.19,2.00% ± 1.25,78.92 ± 21.94Kcal/100g respectively. …”
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Role of cytokines in myocardial ischemia and reperfusion by H. S. Sharma, D. K. Das

“…At the cellular level it has been shown that hypoxia causes a series of well documented changes in cardiomyocytes that includes loss of contractility, changes in lipid metabolism and subsequent irreversible cell membrane damage leading to cell death. …”
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Reproductive Cycle of Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815) (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) in the Lagoon of Tunis by Monia El Barhoumi, Patrick Scaps, Fathia Zghal

“…The cytoplasmic material of the mature oocytes (diameter superior to 200 μm) is asymmetrically distributed; large lipid droplets and large yolk spheres occupy the vegetal pole of the oocyte while smaller yolk spheres are situated in the animal hemisphere. …”
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Taurine Prevents Ibuprofen-Induced Gastric Mucosal Lesions and Influences Endogenous Antioxidant Status of Stomach in Rats by T. Balasubramanian, M. Somasundaram, A. John William Felix

“…In ibuprofen-treated rats, the lipid peroxidation measured as thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), a marker for free radicalinduced tissue damage, is also significantly decreased by taurine. …”
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Causes and Metabolic Consequences of Gynecomastia in Adult Patients by Ralitsa Robeva, Atanaska Elenkova, Sabina Zacharieva

“…The lower testosterone levels were associated with more unfavorable lipid profile in the GM patients. Conclusion. The development of GM in adults might be an important symptom of an underlying gonadal disease. …”
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1H NMR-Based Metabolic Profiling of Urine from Mice Fed Lentinula edodes-Derived Polysaccharides by Xu Xiaofei, Yang Jiguo, Ning Zhengxiang, Zhang Xuewu

“…Using principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares-discriminate analysis (PLS-DA), 22 potential biomarkers were found to be mainly involved in some metabolic pathways: amino acid metabolism, energy metabolism, lipid metabolism, tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, urea cycle and gut microbiota metabolism. …”
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The small GTPase MRAS is a broken switch by Gabriela Bernal Astrain, Regina Strakhova, Chang Hwa Jo, Emma Teszner, Ryan C. Killoran, Matthew J. Smith

“…We show here that MRAS does not function as a classical switch and is unable to exchange GDP-to-GTP in solution or when tethered to a lipid bilayer. The exchange defect is unaffected by inclusion of the GEF SOS1 and is conserved in a distal ortholog from nematodes. …”
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Palmitoylethanolamide, a Natural Retinoprotectant: Its Putative Relevance for the Treatment of Glaucoma and Diabetic Retinopathy by Jan M. Keppel Hesselink, Ciro Costagliola, Josiane Fakhry, David J. Kopsky

“…Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) is an endogenous cell protective lipid. Since its discovery in 1957 as a biologically active component in foods and in many living organisms, around 500 scientific papers have been published on PEA’s anti-inflammatory and neuron-protective properties. …”
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress: Its Role in Disease and Novel Prospects for Therapy by Axel H. Schönthal

“…The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a multifunctional organelle required for lipid biosynthesis, calcium storage, and protein folding and processing. …”
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Effects of perfluorolauric acid exposure on intestinal microbial community and physiological health indicators in mice by Jiaqiong Zhang, Lingli Min, Jiamin Chang, Siqi Ding, Yulang Chi, Shuhua Wang, Shouping Ji

“…In terms of physiological health, exposure to PFLA resulted in increased liver inflammation, lipid abnormalities, and caused histological changes in the colon, such as ulcerative colitis and damage to glandular structures. …”
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Body Composition and Metabolic Syndrome Components on Lipodystrophy Different Subtypes Associated with HIV by Livia Bertazzo Sacilotto, Paulo Câmara Marques Pereira, João Paulo Vieira Manechini, Sílvia Justina Papini

“…The main findings were greater lipid profile alterations among women, while no metabolic profile differences were found between the HALS subtypes. …”
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Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease by Patrick Mathieu, Rihab Bouchareb, Marie-Chloé Boulanger

“…Different factors, including oxidized lipid species, activate the innate immune response through the Toll-like receptors. …”
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A very low carbohydrate diet improved metabolic profile in congenital generalized lipodystrophy type 4 by Sayantan Chakraborty, Subhankar Roy, Debaditya Das, Sayantani Chatterjee, Pranab Kumar Sahana, Satinath Mukhopadhyay

“…A switch to a very low carbohydrate (30% of total calorie) diet led to a remarkable improvement in glucose and lipid profiles (the daily insulin requirement came down by 50% and triglyceride level came down to 600 mg/dL from 950 mg/dL). …”
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Biochemical, physiological, and yield responses of lady’s finger (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) grown on varying ratios of municipal solid waste vermicompost by Vaibhav Srivastava, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Pooja Singh, Bhavisha Sharma, Rajeev Pratap Singh

“…Likewise, proline, peroxidase, and lipid peroxidation increased with increasing levels of MSWVC at both 45 and 65 DAG. …”
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Association between Circulating Ectodysplasin A and Diabetic Kidney Disease by Xia Deng, Chang Guo, Huijuan Qin, Li Zhao, Yanyan Li, Zhicong Zhao, Haoxiang Li, Ling Yang, Dong Wang, Guoyue Yuan

“…Plasma glucose, insulin, HbA1c, lipids, creatinine, BUN, and UACR were also measured. …”
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Dual antidiabetic and antihypertensive activity of fucoxanthin isolated from Sargassum wightii Greville in in vivo rat model by Vijayan Raji, Chitra Loganathan, Thiyagarajan Ramesh, Palvannan Thayumanavan

“…The level of glycogen, glycoprotein component and lipid profile were equivalent to control level by fucoxanthin administration in diabetes with hypertension rats. …”
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Study on effects and relevant mechanisms of Mudan granules on renal fibrosis in streptozotocin-induced diabetes rats by Mushuang Qi, Xiangka Hu, Wanjun Zhu, Ying Ren, Chunmei Dai

“…Blood glucose, blood lipids, and renal function-related indicators were detected, renal tissue morphological changes and fibrosis-related indicators were observed, and the expression of pathway-related proteins were examined.Results The general condition of diabetes rats was improved after the treatment of Mudan granules, the 24-h urinary protein and urinary albumin to creatinine ratio were reduced, and the renal function and lipid results were modified. …”
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Salicylic Acid Attenuates Gentamicin-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Rats by Pavle Randjelovic, Slavimir Veljkovic, Nenad Stojiljkovic, Ljubinka Jankovic-Velickovic, Dusan Sokolovic, Milan Stoiljkovic, Ivan Ilic

“…The results from our study indicate that SA supplement attenuates oxidative-stress associated renal injury by reducing oxygen free radicals and lipid peroxidation in gentamicin-treated rats.…”
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Imaging and MR Spectroscopy in Papillary Craniopharyngioma by Ashima Mahajan, Bheru Dan Charan, Sushant Agarwal, Vinay Goel, Leve Joseph Devarajan Sebastian, Vaishali Suri, Ashish Suri, Ajay Garg

“…In this context, we report three biopsy-proven cases of suprasellar papillary craniopharyngioma where the MRS spectra derived from the solid component exhibited noticeable lipid peaks alongside reduced levels of choline and NAA. …”
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Fasting Upregulates PPAR𝛼 Target Genes in Brain and Influences Pituitary Hormone Expression in a PPAR𝛼 Dependent Manner by Bettina König, Christine Rauer, Susann Rosenbaum, Corinna Brandsch, Klaus Eder, Gabriele I. Stangl

“…PPAR𝛼 is a lipid-activable transcription factor that mediates the adaptive response to fasting. …”
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