scholarly journals Clinical features and amino acid profiles of dogs with hepatocutaneous syndrome or hepatocutaneous‐associated hepatopathy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Loftus ◽  
Sharon A. Center ◽  
Michael Astor ◽  
Adam J. Miller ◽  
Jeanine Peters‐Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Amino Acid Profiles

A comparative study of polyphenolic and amino acid profiles of commercial fruit beers

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 103921
Author(s):  
Diana K. Baigts-Allende ◽  
Alexa Pérez-Alva ◽  
Melissa A. Ramírez-Rodrigues ◽  
Adriana Palacios ◽  
Milena M. Ramírez-Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Amino Acid Profiles

scholarly journals Changes in Amino Acid Profiles and Bioactive Compounds of Thai Silk Cocoons as Affected by Water Extraction

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 2033
Author(s):  
Chuleeporn Bungthong ◽  
Sirithon Siriamornpun
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Radical Scavenging Activity ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Silk Protein ◽  
Extraction Time ◽  
Antioxidant Power ◽  
Silk Cocoon ◽  
Amino Acid Profiles

Silk proteins have many advantageous components including proteins and pigments. The proteins—sericin and fibroin—have been widely studied for medical applications due to their good physiochemical properties and biological activities. Various strains of cocoon display different compositions such as amino-acid profiles and levels of antioxidant activity. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to find a suitable silk protein extraction method to obtain products with chemical and biological properties suitable as functional foods in two strains of Bombyx mori silk cocoon (Nangsew strains; yellow cocoon) and Samia ricini silk cocoon (Eri strains; white cocoon) extracted by water at 100 °C for 2, 4, 6 and 8 h. The results showed that Nangsew strains extracted for 6 h contained the highest amounts of protein, amino acids, total phenolics (TPC) and total flavonoids (TFC), plus DPPH radical-scavenging activity, ABTS radical scavenging capacity, and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), anti-glycation, α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibition. The longer extraction time produced higher concentrations of amino acids, contributing to sweet and umami tastes in both silk strains. It seemed that the bitterness decreased as the extraction time increased, resulting in improvements in the sweetness and umami of silk-protein extracts.

scholarly journals Alteration of serum amino acid profiles by dietary adenine supplementation inhibits fatty liver development in rats

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroki Nishi ◽  
Daisuke Yamanaka ◽  
Masato Masuda ◽  
Yuki Goda ◽  
Koichi Ito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Fatty Liver ◽  
Causative Factor ◽  
Amino Acid Profile ◽  
Liver Development ◽  
Concentration Data ◽  
Amino Acid Profiles ◽  
Arginine Deficiency ◽  
Branched Chain ◽  
Tag Accumulation

AbstractStudies on animal models have demonstrated that feeding a low-arginine diet inhibits triacylglycerol (TAG) secretion from the liver, resulting in marked fatty liver development in rats. Here, we first showed that culturing hepatocytes in the medium mimicking the serum amino acid profile of low-arginine diet-fed rats induced TAG accumulation in the cells, indicating that the specific amino acid profile caused TAG accumulation in hepatocytes. Dietary adenine supplementation completely recovered hepatic TAG secretion and abolished hepatic TAG accumulation in rats. A comprehensive non-linear analysis revealed that inhibition of hepatic TAG accumulation by dietary adenine supplementation could be predicted using only serum amino acid concentration data. Comparison of serum amino acid concentrations indicated that histidine, methionine, and branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) concentrations were altered by adenine supplementation. Furthermore, when the serum amino acid profiles of low-arginine diet-fed rats were altered by modifying methionine or BCAA concentrations in their diets, their hepatic TAG accumulation was abolished. Altogether, these results suggest that an increase in methionine and BCAA levels in the serum in response to dietary arginine deficiency is a key causative factor for hepatic TAG accumulation, and dietary adenine supplementation could disrupt this phenomenon by altering serum amino acid profiles.

scholarly journals Quality Protein Maize Germplasm Characterized for Amino Acid Profiles and Endosperm Opacity

Crop Science ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 863-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam L. Mahan ◽  
Seth C. Murray ◽  
Kevin Crosby ◽  
M. Paul Scott
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Quality Protein Maize ◽  
Maize Germplasm ◽  
Amino Acid Profiles

scholarly journals Characterization of Trypsin Inhibitor in Florunner Peanut Seeds (Arachis hypogaea L.)1

1988 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Ahmed ◽  
J. A. Applewhite
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Aspartic Acid ◽  
Arachis Hypogaea ◽  
Trypsin Inhibitor ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Arachis Hypogaea L ◽  
Amino Acid Profiles ◽  
Low Levels

Abstract Florunner peanut seeds contained five trypsin isoinhibitors. Amino acid profiles of the trypsin inhibitors fraction showed high levels of aspartic acid, half-cystine and serine and low levels of histidine and tyrosine. The molecular weight of the inhibitor was 8.3 KDa. The presence of multiforms of this inhibitor, its low molecular weight and the high amount of half-cystine indicate that peanut trypsin inhibitor is of the Bowman-Birk type.

scholarly journals Serum Amino Acid Profiles in Childhood Predict Triglyceride Level in Adulthood: A 7-Year Longitudinal Study in Girls

2016 ◽  
Vol 101 (5) ◽  
pp. 2047-2055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petri Wiklund ◽  
Xiaobo Zhang ◽  
Xiao Tan ◽  
Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi ◽  
Markku Alen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Triglyceride Level ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Model Assessment ◽  
Pubertal Growth ◽  
Amino Acid Profiles

AbstractContext:Branched-chain and aromatic amino acids are associated with high risk of developing dyslipidemia and type II diabetes in adults.Objective:This study aimed to examine whether serum amino acid profiles associate with triglyceride concentrations during pubertal growth and predict hypertriglyceridemia in early adulthood.Design:This was a 7.5-year longitudinal study.Setting:The study was conducted at the Health Science Laboratory, University of Jyväskylä.Participants:A total of 396 nondiabetic Finnish girls aged 11.2 ± 0.8 years at the baseline participated in the study.Main Outcome Measures:Body composition was assessed by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry; serum concentrations of glucose, insulin, and triglyceride by enzymatic photometric methods; and amino acids by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.Results:Serum leucine and isoleucine correlated significantly with future triglyceride, independent of baseline triglyceride level (P < .05 for all). In early adulthood (at the age of 18 years), these amino acids were significantly associated with hypertriglyceridemia, whereas fat mass and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance were not. Leucine was the strongest determinant discriminating subjects with hypertriglyceridemia from those with normal triglyceride level (area under the curve, 0.822; 95% confidence interval, 0.740–0.903; P = .000001).Conclusions:Serum leucine and isoleucine were associated with future serum triglyceride levels in girls during pubertal growth and predicted hypertriglyceridemia in early adulthood. Therefore, these amino acid indices may serve as biomarkers to identify individuals at high risk for developing hypertriglyceridemia and cardiovascular disease later in life. Further studies are needed to elucidate the role these amino acids play in the lipid metabolism.

scholarly journals Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress, Nitric Oxide and Plasma Amino Acid Profile in Recreational Runners with Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Dietary Patterns

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josefine Nebl ◽  
Kathrin Drabert ◽  
Sven Haufe ◽  
Paulina Wasserfurth ◽  
Julian Eigendorf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Amino Acid Profile ◽  
Post Exercise ◽  
Stable Isotope Dilution ◽  
Amino Acid Profiles ◽  
Recreational Runners ◽  
Exercise Induced

This study investigated the exercise-induced changes in oxidative stress, nitric oxide (NO) metabolism and amino acid profile in plasma of omnivorous (OMN, n = 25), lacto-ovo-vegetarian (LOV, n = 25) and vegan (VEG, n = 23) recreational runners. Oxidative stress was measured as malondialdehyde (MDA), NO as nitrite and nitrate, and various amino acids, including homoarginine and guanidinoacetate, the precursor of creatine. All analytes were measured by validated stable-isotope dilution gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric methods. Pre-exercise, VEG had the highest MDA and nitrate concentrations, whereas nitrite concentration was highest in LOV. Amino acid profiles differed between the groups, with guanidinoacetate being highest in OMN. Upon acute exercise, MDA increased in the LOV and VEG group, whereas nitrate, nitrite and creatinine did not change. Amino acid profiles changed post-exercise in all groups, with the greatest changes being observed for alanine (+28% in OMN, +21% in LOV and +28% in VEG). Pre-exercise, OMN, LOV and VEG recreational runners differ with respect to oxidative stress, NO metabolism and amino acid profiles, in part due to their different dietary pattern. Exercise elicited different changes in oxidative stress with no changes in NO metabolism and closely comparable elevations in alanine. Guanidinoacetate seems to be differently utilized in OMN, LOV and VEG, pre- and post-exercise.

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