1 Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, 2 College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, 3 Department of Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, 4 Institute for M...

1 Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Exercise, School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas, Limeira, Brazil, Department of Health Science, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Brazil, 3 School of Physical Education and Sport of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, 4 Laboratory of Nutritional Genomics, School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas, Limeir...

Nutrient dense instant porridge was prepared with flours from corn, whole wheat, malted finger millet, sprouted whole green gram, soy protein isolates, unsalted roasted peanuts, dairy whitener and dried papaya in different ratios to make the multi-nutrient mix. Processing parameters viz. Flour Concentration (FC):10-20%, Sugar Concentration (SC): 50-75% and Cooking Time (CT): 1-5 min were optimi...

A mino acids (AAs) 3 are organic compounds that contain amino and acid groups (1). Based on the configuration of glyceraldehyde (Lor D-isomers as introduced by Emil Fischer in 1908), AAs (except for Gly, taurine, b-alanine, and g-aminobutyrate, which have no asymmetric carbon) exist as either Lor D-AAs. L-AAs are much more abundant than D-AAs in nature and are the physiologic isomers in animal ...

L-Arginine (Arg) is the substrate for the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO), the endothelium-derived relaxing factor essential for regulating vascular tone and hemodynamics. NO stimulates angiogenesis, but inhibits endothelin-1 release, leukocyte adhesion, platelet aggregation, superoxide generation, the expression of vascular cell adhesion molecules and monocyte chemotactic peptides, and smooth m...

Nutrition is the major intrauterine environmental factor that alters expression of the fetal genome and may have lifelong consequences. This phenomenon, termed “fetal programming,” has led to the recent theory of “fetal origins of adult disease.” Namely, alterations in fetal nutrition and endocrine status may result in developmental adaptations that permanently change the structure, physiology,...

The way in which the quality of life related to health (HRQoL) is affected by the nutritional status of the patient is a subject of constant interest and permanent debate. The purpose of the present paper is to review those studies that relate HRQoL to nutritional status and examine the tools (questionnaires) that they use to investigate this relationship. A critical review of published studies...