BACKGROUND Ghrelin, a 28 amino acid peptide, is effective in control of appetite and body weight. Acylated ghrelin peptide is the active form of this peptide which plays a major role in the body's energy balance. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the possible effect (s) of intensive resistance exercise on acylated ghrelin, growth hormone, glucose, insulin, and cortisol plasma levels....

The purpose of the present study was to investigate appetite-related hormonal responses and energy intake after a 20 km run in trained long distance runners. Twenty-three male long-distance runners completed two trials: either an exercise trial consisting of a 20 km outdoor run (EX) or a control trial with an identical period of rest (CON). Blood samples were collected to determine plasma acyla...

Resistance (muscle strengthening) exercise is a key component of exercise recommendations for weight control yet very little is known about the effects of resistance exercise on appetite. We investigated the effects of resistance and aerobic exercise on hunger and circulating levels of the gut hormones acylated ghrelin and peptide YY (PYY). Eleven healthy male students: age 21.1 ± 0.3 y, body m...

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) is a medicinal plant which is widely used for its pharmacological properties. In this study the phenolic composition of fenugreek crude seeds originating from Morocco has been investigated. Extraction was performed from defatted seeds by a hydromethanolic solution using an Accelerated Solvent Extractor. HPLC technique coupled to negative ion electrospray io...

Anthocyanins, the naturally occurring pigments responsible for most red to blue colours 12 of flowers, fruits and vegetables, have also attracted interests because of their potential health 13 effects. With the aim of contributing to major insights into their structure-activity relationship 14 (SAR), we have evaluated the radical scavenging and biological activities of selected purified 15 anth...

Covalent attachment of fatty acids to proteins is a common form of protein modification which has been shown to influence both structure and interaction with membranes. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is dually acylated by the fatty acids myristate and palmitate. We have synthesized four peptides corresponding to the first 28 amino acids of the N-terminal region of eNOS. Besides the no...

Abstract Acylated flavonoids are widely distributed natural dietary bioactives with several health attributes. A large diversity of acylated interesting biological potentialities were reported. Of these, 123 compounds potential antimicrobial, antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory, anti-nociceptive, analgesic and anti-complementary effects selected from databases. Based upon these data, the possible ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Due to risk of morbidity and mortality, various tests and scoring systems used in the assessment of the diagnosis and severity of acute pancreatitis disease are gaining more importance every day. Most of the current scoring systems, validated by various parameters, have a sophisticated and complex structure. Research is ongoing to establish a method to diagnose the disease and d...

3-Phenylbenzofuranone (l), when deprotonated with sodium hydride and treated with excess chloroformates, generally affords products arising from oxygen acylation (enol carbonates 4). Such molecules, when treated with a catalytic quantity of 4-(dimethy1amino)pyridine (DMAP, 6) in halogenated solvents, rearrange to the carbon-acylated isomers 3. These migrations are proposed to involve the interm...