Background: FEV1 is used for the classification of disease severity and is a good predictor of COPD mortality. However, it is a poor predictor of clinical symptoms, exercise tolerance, and response to bronchodilators in COPD. Progressive reduction in inspiratory capacity (IC) during exercise reflects dynamic hyperinflation and is a [...]
This article is part 1 of a two-part review of inulin-type prebiotics. Prebiotics are a category of nutritional compounds grouped together by the ability to promote the growth of specific beneficial (probiotic) gut bacteria. Inulin-type prebiotics contain fructans of the inulin-type. Fructans are a category of nutritional compounds that [...]
Chapter 6 Cranberry Catherine C. Neto and Joe A. Vinson. 6.1 CRANBERRY: INTRODUCTION AND TRADITIONAL ORIGINS The name “cranberry” reportedly derives from the Pilgrim name for the fruit “craneberry,” because the small, pink blossoms that appear in the spring resemble the head and bill of a Sandhill crane. Cranberries [...]
Abdulwahab Barakat • Ranjita Shegokar • Michael Dittgen • Rainer H. Muller Received: 12 July 2013 / Accepted: 21 September 2013 / Published online: 4 October 2013 The Korean Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology 2013 Abstract Coenzyme Q10 (Q10) has a poor bioavailability due to its very low [...]
Rajendra Pavan, Sapna Jain, Shraddha, and Ajay Kumar Bromelain belongs to a group of protein digesting enzymes obtained commercially from the fruit or stem of pineapple. Fruit bromelain and stem bromelainare prepared differently and they contain different enzymatic composition. “Bromelain” refers usually to the “stem bromelain.” Bromelain is a [...]
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the use of oral cyanocobalamin therapy in the treatment of cobalamin (vitamin B12)–deficient anemia. DATA SOURCES: Primary and review articles were identified by MEDLINE search (1966–May 2000) and through secondary sources. DATA SYNTHESIS: Cobalamin-deficient anemia is among the most common diagnoses in older populations. Cobalamin-deficient anemia [...]
Η βιταμίνη Β12 (κοβαλαμίνη) διαδραματίζει ένα σημαντικό ρόλο στη σύνθεση του DNA και στη λειτουργία των νευρικού συστήματος. Η έλλειψή της μπορεί να οδηγήσει σε ένα ευρύ φάσμα αιματολογικών και νευροψυχιατρικών διαταραχών οι οποίες συχνά είναι αναστρέψιμες μετά από την ορθή διάγνωση και τη θεραπεία. Η αληθής επίπτωση αυτής [...]
ImportanceThe Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) formulation for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) contains vitamin C, vitamin E, beta carotene, and zinc with copper. The Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2) assessed the value of substituting lutein/zeaxanthin in the AREDS formulation because of the demonstrated risk for [...]
Abstract: L-5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) is the immediate precursor of serotonin. It is readily synthesized into serotonin without biochemical feedback. This nutrient has a large and strong following who advocate exaggerated and inaccurate claims relating to its effectiveness in the treatment of depression and a number of other serotonin-related diseases. These [...]
