Insulin Resistance These data indicate that vinegar can significantly improve insulin sensitivity in insulin-resistant subjects. Acetic acid has been shown to suppress disaccharidase activity...
ATP-citrate lyase (ACL) and acetyl-CoA synthetase 1 (ACECS1) generate acetyl-CoA outside of mitochondria in mammalian cells, and this acetyl-CoA can be used for protein acetylation...
Glucose metabolism provides critical intermediates for cell growth Glycolytic intermediates provide the substrates for the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) that generates the ribose 5-phosphate that...
Sequentially happened activities during rice seed germination. Upon imbibition, rice seed germination process could be divided into three phases (Yang et al., 2007). Phase I...
Proanthocyanidins in foods The interest on proanthocyanidins, and their content in foods, has increased as a result of the discovery, due to clinical and laboratory...
Oat Avenanthramides Oats are one of the quintessential foods of the traditional Scottish diet. In terms of health benefits they are best known for their fibre content,...
Nettle and Ginger Stinging nettle and ginger are botanicals with a long history of human use. Both have been shown to possess significant anti-inflammatory activity.11,12...