A chemically defined medium was developed that could support sporulation and growth of Clostridium perfringens strains ATCC 12916 and H9. This medium consisted of a modification of the basal medium of Boyd et al. plus 0.1% sodium thioglycolate and 0.5% monosodium glutamate. Five other strains grew, but did not sporulate, in this medium. With the addition of more vatamins into the medium, two mo...

In the past two decades, the world has seen a sustained increase in obesity, and the levels of overweight and obese persons worldwide have reached epidemic proportions. It is well established that obesity induces all major metabolic disorders, especially diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and fatty liver disease. Obesity is one of the urgent medical concerns that mainly associated ...

The protective effects of the fatty acid composition and membrane action of the acidification activity of two strains of Lactobacillus kept at 20 degrees C were studied. The addition of sorbitol, monosodium glutamate and glycerol during storage is causing the decline of acidification and increased concentrations of unsaturated fatty acids observed in both strains. The addition of sorbitol and m...

BACKGROUND Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a commonly used food additive and there is growing concern that this may play a critical role in the aethiopathogenesis of anovulatory infertility. OBJECTIVES The effect of monosodium glutamate (MSG) used as food additive on the ovaries of adult Wistar rat was investigated. METHODS Adult female Wistar rats (n=24) weighing between 182 to 186grams were...

The small intestine plays a role in obesity as well as in satiation. However, the effect of physical exercise on the morphology and function of the small intestine during obesity has not been reported to date. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of physical exercise on morphological aspects of the rat small intestine during hypothalamic monosodium glutamate (MSG)-induced obesity. The rats ...

Background: Glutamate mediated excitotoxicity is proved to be involved in neurodegenerative diseases like ischemia, trauma, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, seizures. Development of specific glutamate antagonists favors a better treatment opportunity of these neurodegenerative diseases. Hesperidin, a proven antioxidant and memantine a known NMDA antagonist were selected and evaluated for their n...

Abstract Background Monosodium glutamate is a widely used flavor enhancer/food additive in meat, fish, milk and cheese or vegetable origins. Our present study aimed to assess the effect of utilization monosodium on cardiac, splenic, hepatic renal organs mice. Thirty animals were divided into three groups: control group; 10 treated groups 15 group. The experimental period was two successive week...

Recent studies indicate that l-glutamate (l-Glu), abundant in many foods, is a stimulator of gastric vagal afferent nerves. The aim of the present study was to examine the possibility that l-Glu supplementation of a protein-rich liquid diet may prevent the incidence of diarrhoea during repetitive intra-gastric tube feeding. The gastric vagal afferent nerve recording of rats indicated that intra...