Biologically Active Hen Egg Components in Human Health and Disease

Hyperhomocysteinemia in Alzheimer's disease: the hen and the egg?

Hyperhomocysteinemia is associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The causality of this association is controversial. In this study we tested the effect of a hyperhomocysteinemia-inducing diet in the ArcAβ transgenic AD mouse model. At 14 months of age, the hyperhomocysteinemia-inducing diet yielded higher plasma homocysteine levels in ArcAβ mice compared with wild-type mice. Levels of plasma 5...

Effect of Cinnamon and its Biologically Active Compounds on the Components and Symptoms of Metabolic Syndrome

Background and purpose: Metabolic syndrome refers to a set of diseases including insulin resistance, high blood glucose levels, obesity, high blood pressure, and dyslipidemia. The cinnamon plant is a member of the Lauraceae family and is considered a universal medicinal plant. Traditional medicine studies reported the therapeutic effects of this plant in the reduction of blood glucose levels, b...

Flavonoids as components of biologically active cosmeceuticals.

Flavonoids are multi-active components used in common cosmetics primarily for antioxidant and soothing actions. Despite this, their multi-active properties are far from being fully used. It is well known that many flavonoids provide protection from telangiectasias and petechias caused by ruptured blood vessels. Thus, the notion of a "strengthening" effect of these compounds on blood vessel wall...

Hen Egg - white Lysozyme Crystals

Proton tautomerism is a general phenomenon in organic molecules and plays a vital role in many fields of chemistry and biochemistry. The tautomerism of salicylideneanilines [eq(1)] has attracted a considerable attention because it is closely related to thermoand photochromism. Salicylideneanilines greatly favor the enol form over the cis-keto form in the gas phase. We demonstrate here that the ...

Expression of Biologically Active Recombinant B-Domain-Deleted Human Factor VIII in Mammalian Cells