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    • Bacteriophages in the control of pathogenic vibrios 
      Plaza, Nicolás; Castillo, Daniel; Pérez Reytor, Diliana; Higuera Guajardo, Gastón; García, Katherine; Bastias, Roberto (Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2018)
      Vibrios are common inhabitants of marine and estuarine environments. Some of them can be pathogenic to humans and/or marine animals using a broad repertory of virulence factors. Lately, several reports have indicated that ...
    • Bariatric surgery decreases carotid intima-media thickness in obese subjects 
      García, Gonzalo; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Mella, Javiera; Quiroga, Erik; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Cavada Chacón, Gabriel; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (Aula Medica Ediciones, 2013-07)
      Background: Obesity has long been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of substantial weight loss induced by bariatric surgery on carotid intima ...
    • Basil seeds as a novel food, source of nutrients and functional ingredients with beneficial properties: a review 
      Calderón Bravo, Héctor Matías; Vera Céspedes, Natalia; Zura Bravo, Liliana; Muñoz, Loreto A. (MDPI, 2021)
      Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is found worldwide and is used in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries; however, the nutritional and functional properties of the seeds are scarcely known. Basil seeds contain high ...
    • Beginning and maintain of the romantic relationships in chileans elderly 
      Aranguiz, Julieta; Fagerstrom, Cristhel; Lopez, Mauricio; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Wiley, 2017)
    • Behaviour change for better health: nutrition, hygiene and sustainability 
      Newson, Rachel S.; Lion, Rene; Crawford, Robert J.; Curtis, Valerie; Elmadfa, Ibrahim; Feunekes, Gerda; Hicks, Cheryl; Liere, Marti van; Lowe, C. Fergus; Meijer, Gert W.; Pradeep, B. V.; Reddy, K. Srinath; Sidibe, Myriam; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (BioMed Central, 2013)
      As the global population grows there is a clear challenge to address the needs of consumers, without depleting natural resources and whilst helping to improve nutrition and hygiene to reduce the growth of noncommunicabl ...
    • Besides sarcopenia, pre-sarcopenia also predicts all-cause mortality in older chileans 
      Lera Marqués, Lydia; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara Karen; Marquez Jara, Carlos; Saguez Mamani, Rodrigo Andrés; Albala Brevis, Cecilia Hortensia (Dove Medical, 2021)
      Purpose: Many studies have demonstrated that Sarcopenia causes a serious impact on health, including death in older adults. The objective of this study was to determine the association of sarcopenia and pre-sarcopenia with ...
    • beta -Hydroxybutyrate increases exercise capacity associated with changes in mitochondrial function in ... 
      Monsalves Álvarez, Matías; Morales Campos, Pablo; Castro Sepúlveda, Mauricio; Sepúlveda Guzmán, Carlos; Rodríguez Silva, Juan Manuel; Chiong Lay, Mario; Eisner, Verónica; Lavandero González, Sergio; Troncoso Cotal, Rodrigo (MDPI, 2020)
      beta-hydroxybutyrate is the main ketone body generated by the liver under starvation. Under these conditions, it can sustain ATP levels by its oxidation in mitochondria. As mitochondria can modify its shape and function ...
    • beta(2)-Adrenoceptor stimulation restores frontal cortex plasticity and improves visuospatial performance ... 
      Sáez Briones, Patricio; Soto Moyano, Rubén; Burgos, Héctor; Castillo, Amparo; Valladares Boasi, Luis; Morgan Sabat, Carlos; Pérez, Hernán; Barra, Rafael; Constandil, Luis; Laurido, Claudio; Hernández, Alejandro (Elsevier, 2015)
      Moderate reduction in dietary protein composition of pregnant rats from 25% to 8% casein, calorically compensated by carbohydrates, has been described as a ‘‘hidden malnutrition’’ because it does not alter body and brain ...
    • Beyond recommendations: Implementing food-based dietary guidelines for healthier populations 
      Smitasiri, Suttilak; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (2007)
      To reduce the increased burden of diet-related disease and promote human potential through food and nutrition globally, harmonization of efforts is urgently needed. This article examines the concept of food-based dietary ...
    • Bioactive Compounds as PPARs Ligands: Potential Health Effects 
      Reyna Gallegos, Sixto Leonardo; Echeverría González, Francisca (2019-03)
      Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are transcription factors whose isoforms (α, β/δ, and γ) have key and complementary roles in relation to energy metabolism, glucose and lipid homeostasis, regulation of ...
    • Bioavailability of elemental iron powder in white wheat bread 
      Walter, Tomas; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Abrams, Steven A.; Boy, Erick (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2004-03)
      Objective: Iron fortification of wheat flour is widely used. In most cases, elemental iron powders are utilized as fortificants due to their lower cost and few, if any, sensory problems. However, their bioavailability is ...
    • Bioavailability of Stabilised Ferrous Gluconate with Glycine in Fresh Cheese Matrix: a Novel Iron Compound ... 
      Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Boccio, José; Salgueiro, María; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; Carmuega, Esteban; Weill, Ricardo; Marque, Sebastien; Frereux, Marine; Noirt, Florence (Springer, 2013)
      Iron fortification of foods continues to be one of the preferred ways of improving the iron status of the population. Dairy product is a common product in the diet; therefore, it is a plausible vehicle for iron ...
    • Biological Redox Impact of Tocopherol Isomers Is Mediated by Fast Cytosolic Calcium Increases in Living ... 
      Hidalgo, Miltha; Rodríguez, Vania; Kreindl, Christine; Porras Espinoza, Omar (MDPI, 2020)
      Most of the biological impacts of Vitamin E, including the redox effects, have been raised from studies with alpha-tocopherol only, despite the fact that tocopherol-containing foods carry mixed tocopherol isomers. Here, ...
    • Bioprospecting of plant growth-promoting traits of psdomonas sp. strain C3 Isolated from the Atacama Desert: ... 
      Gaete Silva, Alexis Ignacio; Andreani Gerard, Constanza María; Maldonado, Jonathan E.; Muñoz Torres, Patricio A.; Sepúlveda Chavera, Germán F.; González Canales, Mauricio Alejandro (MDPI, 2022)
      Soil microorganisms that inhabit extreme environments have unique metabolic capacities and/or physical structures that allow them to survive in oligotrophic conditions. The bioprospecting of unknown bacteria in the context ...
    • Body mass index, iron absorption and iron status in childbearing age women 
      Mujica Coopman, María; Brito, Alex; López de Romaña, Daniel; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel (Elsevier, 2015)
      Background: The prevalence of obesity has increased at an alarming rate worldwide. Some studies have observed an association between iron (Fe) deficiency (ID) and obesity, however more research is needed. Objective: To ...
    • Boldine and its antioxidant or health-promoting properties 
      O'Brien, Peter; Carrasco Pozo, Catalina; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán (ELSEVIER, 2006-01-05)
      The increasing recognition of the participation of free radical-mediated oxidative events in the initiation and/or progression of cardiovascular, tumoural, inflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders, has given rise to ...
    • BONE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX STIMULATES INVASIVENESS OF ESTROGEN-RESPONSIVE HUMAN MAMMARY MCF-7 CELLS 
      Martínez Winkler, Jorge; Fuentes, Mauricio; Cambiazo Ayala, Liliana; Santibáñez, J. Francisco (WILEY-LISS, DIV JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 1999-10-08)
      Bone is the most frequent site of metastasis in breast cancer. This causes destructive osteolytic lesions. To achieve metastasis to bone, breast cancer cells must proliferate in a new microenvironment, arrest on ...
    • Bone Mass Gain from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood in Chilean Birth Cohort: Association with Nutritional, ... 
      Burrows, Raquel; Correa Burrows, María Paulina; Guichapani, C. G.; Blanco, Estela; Gahagan, S. (Karger, 2016)
    • Bone metabolism in children with epidermolysis bullosa 
      Reyes, M. Loreto; Cattani, Andreína; Gajardo, Héctor; García, Cristián; McGrath, John A.; Palisson, Francis (Mosby Elsevier, 2002)
      We evaluated bone mineral density, vitamin D status, and biochemical markers of bone turnover in seven children with epidermolysis bullosa (EB). Four had osteopenia (Z score, -1.5) and four 25(OH) vitamin D <34 nmol/L ...
    • Bone mineralization in adolescents suffering from postnatal malnutrition 
      Muzzo Benavides, Juan Santiago; Leiva Balich, Laura; Lillo Ganter, Ricardo; Pumarino Carte, Hugo; Ernst, Renata; Burrows, Raquel (1995)
      Bone mineralization of adolescents that suffered of early postnatal u n d ern u tritio n . The bone mineralization o f 6 male and 18 female adolescents with a mean age o f 12 years and 11 months, who had suffered severe, ...