Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos: Recent submissions
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Systematics, taxonomy and domestication of alpaca and llama: new chromosomal and molecular evidence (2007)Four camelid species exist in South America: two wild, the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and the vicuna (Victigna vicugna), and two domestic, the alpaca (Lama pacos) and the llama (Lama glama). However, the origin of the domestic ...
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(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 ...
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(2007)The presence of acetic acid bacteria populations on grape surfaces from several Chilean valleys is reported. The bacteria were analysed at both the species and the strain level by molecular methods such as RFLP-PCR 16S ...
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(2007)The glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT-1 SD) (OMIM 606777) is an. inborn error of metabolism of brain. glucose transport. The characteristic clinical manifestations are seizures, hypotonia, developmental ...
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(2007)Background: While there is a large body of data on the effects of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation of infant formula on visual and cognitive maturation during infancy, longterm visual and cognitive ...
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(2007)Background In Chile between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 4.696 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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(ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD, 2005-03-01)Experiments were designed to evaluate and compare metallothionein (NIT), zinc and cadmium levels in human placentas of smoking and non-smoking women. Smoking was assessed by self-reported cigarette consumption and urine ...
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(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2005-11-21)Efforts have been made to develop a chemoprevention that selectively triggers apoptosis in malignant cancer cells. Here, we demonstrated that a mutated Ha-Ras activity is required in Anisomycin-induced apoptosis in transformed ...
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(CABI PUBLISHING, 2005-11)Nutrigenomics is the study of how constituents of the diet interact with genes, and their products, to alter phenotype and, conversely, how genes and their products metabolise these constituents into nutrients, antinutrients, ...
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(ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2003-12)In a double blind, 3 x 3 factorial (volume x dose) study, 70 adult females (18-60 years of age) at four different international sites (total pooled n = 269) were given 100, 150, or 200 ml of bottled drinking water with ...
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(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2005-09)Background: As a consequence of the epidemiological transition in Chile, the nutritional status of the population has changed notoriously. Aim. To study the changes in the nutritional status of six years-old Chilean children ...
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(BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD, 2005-02)Objective: To obtain information on the level of total fluoride intake from food, beverages and toothpaste by children at the age of 22-25 months of low and high socioeconomic status (SES) in major Colombian cities. Methods: ...
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(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2005-10-20)The distribution of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) inside thecal and granulosa-lutein cells of human corpus luteum 9 (CL) was assessed by immunoelectron microscopy. We found greater levels of StAR ...
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(BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD, 2005-06)Mild reduction in the protein content of the mother's diet from 25 to 8% casein, calorically compensated by carbohydrates, does not alter body and brain weights of rat pups at birth, but leads to significant enhancements ...
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(ELSEVIER IRELAND, 2005-06)Apolipoprotein E (apo E) modulates the metabolism of atherogenic lipoprotein particles and participates in the process of cellular incorporation of specific lipoproteins. Genetic polymorphism of apo E: has beets reported ...
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(ELSEVIER, 2005-06)Prebiotics increase intestinal levels of health-promoting bacteria implicated in decreasing pathogen colonization, stimulating immune functions and stabilizing gut barrier functions, parameters which are altered in burn ...
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(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2005-07)Background: Infantile obesity is associated with metabolic disturbances (hiperinsulinism, impaired glucose, dislipidemia) that determine a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and atherosclerotic vascular ...
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(AMER SOCIETY NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE, 2005-12)Cancer results from the interaction of genetic susceptibility and environmental exposures. The diagnosis of cancer is age related; there is a marked increase in cancer incidence after the reproductive years. Nutrient and ...
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(ELSEVIER, 2005-02)Objective: Folate depletion and hyperhomocysteinemia increase the risk for hepatic alcoholic damage and promote oxidative stress in animals. In addition, some investigators have reported an inverse association between serum ...
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(AMER SOC CLINICAL NUTRITION, 2005-05)Background: Whether infants regulate copper absorption and the potential effects of excess copper in early life remain poorly defined. Objective: The objective of the study was to assess copper retention, liver copper ...
