The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that mediates the biological action of many aromatic environmental pollutants. In this study, we investigated the activation of the AhR by some vegetable constituents using the AhR-based bioassay for dioxins, i.e., the chemical activated luciferase gene expression (CALUX) assay. Ninety-five vegetable constituents, in...

Twelve patients were administered a vegetable protein-rich diet, which was low in methionine and high in the branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) to aromatic amino acid (AAA) molar ratio, and an animal protein-rich diet, high in methionine and low in the BCAA/AAA molar ratio. These diets were administered successively for one week each. Actually ingested amounts of tyrosine and methionine were sign...

Background. The nervous system, in reaction to pain, restrains the range of motion in the affected limb, increasing the amplitude on the healthy side. Thus the asymmetry of a given motion can be used in the quantitative assessment of the impact of pain on the nervous system. The main aims of our study were: (1) to apply Lasegue's asymmetry coefficients, static and dynamic podoscopy, and the tes...

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The development by collaborative study of a standardised method for the determination of the stigmastadienes content in vegetable oils is described. The procedure involves the isolation of the unsaponifiable matter in the oil ands its fractioning on a silica gel column. The fraction containing the steroidal hydrocarbons is then analysed by capillary gas chromatography and the quantitative asses...

This paper discusses the application of the dynamic method to measure the solubility in pseudo-ternary systems formed by vegetable raw materials (cellulosic structure+solute) and CO2. For aromatic, medicinal, and spice plants, the soluble portion of the solid is formed of essential oils, oleoresins, pigments, and various substances from several other classes of organic compounds. The experiment...

The esterification of phenylpropanoid and hydrophenylpropanoid acids, catalyzed by candida antarctica lipase B (CAL-B), with several alcohols has demonstrated that the substitution pattern on the aromatic ring has a very significant influence on the reactivity of the carboxyl group due, mainly, to electronic effects, when compared to the unsaturated acids with the hydrogenated acids. It is also...