We describe a spectrophotometric assay for fructose in seminal plasma. The method is based on reduction of fructose by a commercially available preparation of sorbitol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.14), with the concomitant oxidation of NADH. The initial rate of NADH oxidation, which is proportional to the fructose content of seminal plasma, can be measured either with a recording spectrophotometer o...

A phone survey was administered to 1,195 growers in six states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska, and North Carolina). The survey measured producers’ crop history, perception of glyphosate-resistant (GR) weeds, past and present weed pressure, tillage practices, and herbicide use as affected by the adoption of GR crops. This article describes the changes in tillage practice reporte...

To improve the androst-1,4-diene-3,17-dione (ADD) production from phytosterol by Mycobacterium neoaurum JC-12, fructose was firstly found favorable as the initial carbon source to increase the biomass and eliminate the lag phase of M. neoaurum JC-12 in the phytosterol transformation process. Based on this phenomenon, two-stage fermentation by using fructose as the initial carbon source and feed...

Fructose is utilized as a common sweetener in many food industries. Today, a large amount of HFCS (high fructose corn syrup, an equilibrium mixture of glucose and fructose) is produced by glucose isomerase, immobilized enzymes from corn starch. There are a lot of date palms in Iran. Date is a favorable source of carbohydrates, and a suitable source for HFDS (high fructose date syrup) production...

Background. Increased fructose consumption is linked to the development of metabolic syndrome (MS). Here we investigated the time course of development of MS features in high-fructose-fed Sprague Dawley rats along with circulatory testosterone and homocysteine levels. Methods. Rats were divided into control and experimental groups and fed with diets containing 54.5% starch and fructose, respect...

c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) is activated by a number of cellular stimuli including reactive oxygen species (ROS). Previous studies have demonstrated that fluid shear stress (flow) inhibits cytokine-induced JNK activation in endothelial cells (ECs). In the present study, we show JNK activation by ROS in ECs and hypothesized that flow inhibits ROS-induced JNK activation in ECs via modulation ...

There is a widespread interest in the commercial application of D-glucose-isomerase for the large-scale conversion of D-glucose into fructose-containing syrups[ ]. As such, there is a need for a rapid and reliable method for the routine analysis of glucose-isomerising activity in fermentation broths. The analytical methods currently in use include the incubation of the enzyme preparation with a...

Sodium butyrate (NaB) can regulate lipid metabolism and inhibit hepatic steatosis. This study aimed to investigate whether NaB alleviate fructose-induced steatosis via remodeling the gut microbiota evaluate anti-fatty liver mechanisms. The results showed that NaB-remodeled significantly alleviated increased plasma uric acid fructose levels. Furthermore, both abundance of Lactobacillus al...