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Long-term reproducibility of plasma alkylresorcinols as biomarkers of whole-grain wheat and rye intake within Northern Sweden Health and Disease Study Cohort

TOKU-E Announces Ultra-Pure Bio-Acrylamide for Electrophoresis and Other Life Science Applications

TOKU-E Company (www.toku-e.com) has announced availability of their newly developed, ultra-pure, bioconversion acrylamide. Two manufacturing processes, chemical sy...

Characterization of a novel swollenin from Penicillium oxalicum in facilitating enzymatic saccharification of cellulose

Background: Plant expansins and fungal swollenin that can disrupt crystalline cellulose have great potential for applications in conversion of biomass. Recent studies have been mainly focused on Trich...

With Seasonal Allergens Outside, It's Time To Build A Safe Haven Inside

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With the Spring thaw beginning to creep across the country, more than 35 million Americans will soon resume their annual allergy suffering brought on...

Dietary Alkylresorcinols and Lignans in the Spanish Diet: Development of the Alignia Database.

The intake of alkylresorcinols and lignans in Spain is unknown due to the lack of information on the content of these compounds in particular foods. This paper describes the development of the first a...

Pharmacokinetics of alkylresorcinol metabolites in human urine.

Wholegrain cereals are reported to promote beneficial health effects. Wholegrain wheat and rye are almost exclusive sources of alkylresorcinols, and intact alkylresorcinols together with their plasma...

Alkylresorcinol biosynthesis in plants: New insights from an ancient enzyme family?

Alkylresorcinols are members of an extensive family of bioactive compounds referred to as phenolic lipids, which occur primarily in plants, fungi and bacteria. In plants, alkylresorcinols and their de...

Effects of alkylresorcinols on volume and structure of yeast-leavened bread.

Alkylresorcinols (AR) are amphiphilic phenolic compounds found in high amounts in wheat, durum wheat and rye, with different homologue composition for each cereal. The effect of different amounts of a...

Rye bran alkylresorcinols suppress adipocyte lipolysis and hormone-sensitive lipase activity.

The effects of alkylresorcinols (ARs) isolated from rye bran on adipocyte lipolysis, hormone-sensitive lipase activity and phosphorylation and on phosphorylation of protein kinase A substrates were st...