Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos: Recent submissions
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(2010)Background: There is a correlation between aging and the decrease of plasma levels of vitamin B-12. Aim: To determine the prevalence of vitamin B-12 and folate deficiency and its hematological impact among older adults ...
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(2010)Background: Cardiovascular risk factors are commonly present in obese children. Aim: To evaluate the association among radiological measurements of intra-abdominal adipose tissue, and cardiovascular risk factors, in ...
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(ELSEVIER, 2010)As a result of copper essentiality for life, plants and most other organisms have developed a conserved and complex network of proteins to handling Cu in order to prevent its deficit and to avoid its potentially toxic ...
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(2010-03)Osteoporosis is characterized by low bone mass, microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue leading to increased bone fragility, and a resulting susceptibility to fractures. Distinctive environmental bone marrow ...
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(2010)Background: In 2007, a preventive strategy for childhood obesity, that included food education and an increase in physical activity, was implemented in seven public schools located in Santiago. In four of these schools, a ...
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(2010)Background: There is a worldwide tendency towards an earlier appearance of puberal development among children, associated with an increase in weight and height. Aim: To study the trends in puberal development in Chilean ...
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(Society for Applied Microbiology and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2010)A clonal population of pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3 : K6 serovar has spread in coastal waters, causing outbreaks worldwide since 1996. Bacteriophage infection is one of the main factors affecting bacterial ...
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(Springer, 2010)Cu2? ions and reduced glutathione (GSH) swiftly interact to form the physiologically occurring Cu(I)–[GSH]2 complex. Prompted by the recently reported ability of this complex to generate superoxide radicals from molecular ...
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(2007)Background: In Chile between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 4.6% to 24% in prepuberal and from 2.3% to 17% in puberal children. Aim: To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a ...
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(Universidad de Chile - INTA, 2007)
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(2008)Woolliness is a physiological disorder of peaches and nectarines that becomes apparent when fruit are ripened after prolonged periods of cold storage. This disorder is of commercial importance since shipping of peaches ...
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(SPRINGER, 2008-02)Methylmalonic acidaemia (MMA) is a genetic disorder caused by defects in methylmalonyl-CoA mutase or in any of the different proteins involved in the synthesis of adenosylcobalamin. The aim of this work was to examine the ...
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(CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2008-04)Objective: To analyse the nutritional status component of the nutrition transition in Chile in relation to the evolution of obesity rates in all age groups until 2005, comparing these with the goals established by the ...
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(WILEY-LISS, DIV JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 2008-02-15)In this study, we demonstrated that tyrosine phosphorylation of EGFR and the autocrine expression of uPA and HB-EGF depend on the activity of c-jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) in human prostatic DU-145 cells. These cells ...
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(H E C PRESS, HEALTHY EATING CLUB PTY LTD, 2008)Probiotics have been proposed for the management and prevention of acute diarrhoea in infants. A double-blind, randomised, placebo controlled study was carried out in 224 Chinese infants 6 to 36 months of age with ...
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(MARY ANN LIEBERT INC, 2008-12)Background: Tissue accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) is associated with ageing, both in diabetics and nondiabetic subjects. Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess immunostaining for AGEs, ...
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(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-11)Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) has had a positive impact on co-morbidities associated with obesity. However, in the long-term it can induce micronutrient deficiencies. Aim: To perform a complete nutritional assessment ...
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(SERDI EDITION, 2008-03)
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(WALTER DE GRUYTER & CO, 2008)This paper reviews current knowledge on the role of the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n-3) and arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4n-6), in maternal and term infant nutrition as ...