Impact of starch gelatinization on digestibility and human health

X Qi, R Tester - Starch‐Stärke, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The availability of digestible energy from consumed starch depends on whether the starch is
in an amorphous/digestible or ordered/less digestible form. The capacity of man to digest …

Alterations of the gut microbiota in type 2 diabetics with or without subclinical hypothyroidism

Y Lv, R Liu, H Jia, X Sun, Y Gong, L Ma, W Qiu, X Wang - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Background Diabetes and thyroid dysfunction are two closely related endocrine diseases.
Increasing evidences show that gut microbiota plays an important role in both glucose …

The independent association between salivary alpha-amylase activity and arterial stiffness in Japanese men and women: the Toon Health Study

T Tajima, A Ikeda, A Steptoe, K Takahashi… - Hypertension …, 2022 - nature.com
Psychological stress is considered to be a potential contributor in the development of arterial
stiffness. However, an independent association between arterial stiffness and biological …

High plasma salivary α-amylase, but not high AMY1 copy number, associated with low obesity rate in Qatari adults: cross-sectional study

N Al-Akl, RI Thompson, A Arredouani - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The relationship between salivary α-amylase activity (psAAa) or AMY1 copy number and the
risk of obesity remains controversial. We aimed to assess this relationship in a cohort from …

Salivary α-amylase activity is associated with cardiometabolic and inflammatory biomarkers in overweight/obese, non-diabetic Qatari women

NS Al Akl, O Khalifa, M Habibullah… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Obesity, prevalent in approximately 80% of Qatar's adult population, increases
the risk of complications like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Predictive …

[HTML][HTML] Copy number variation of the salivary amylase gene and glucose metabolism in healthy young Japanese women

R Higuchi, T Iwane, A Iida… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Many studies have shown that low copy number variation (CNV) of the salivary
amylase gene (AMY1) and low serum amylase concentration are associated with impaired …

Association of Serum Amylase Activity and the Copy Number Variation of AMY1/2A/2B with Metabolic Syndrome in Chinese Adults

F Zhan, J Chen, H Yan, S Wang, M Zhao… - Diabetes, Metabolic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Low serum amylase activity and copy number (CN) variation (CNV) of the salivary
amylase gene (AMY1) are reportedly associated with obesity and abnormal glucose …

Salivary amylase gene copy number is associated with the obesity and inflammatory markers in children

V Selvaraju, CMK Venkatapoorna… - Diabetes, Metabolic …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: We have recently shown that the copy number of salivary amylase (AMY1)
gene was significantly decreased, and the obesity-related salivary biomarkers resistin, MCP …

Effect of AMY1 copy number variation and various doses of starch intake on glucose homeostasis: data from a cross-sectional observational study and a crossover …

M Farrell, S Ramne, P Gouinguenet, L Brunkwall… - Genes & Nutrition, 2021 - Springer
Background Copy number (CN) variation (CNV) of the salivary amylase gene (AMY1)
influences the ability to digest starch and may influence glucose homeostasis, obesity and …

Reduced odds of diabetes associated with high plasma salivary α-amylase activity in Qatari women: a cross-sectional study

NS Al-Akl, RI Thompson, A Arredouani - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The association of salivary α-amylase activity (SAA) activity or low copy number of its coding
gene AMY1 with diabetes remains controversial. We aimed to reinvestigate the association …