Symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) improves plant nutrition in most land
plants, and its contribution to the colonization of land by plants has been hypothesized …

Conventional techniques for the determination of fatty acid composition of lipids require
solvent extraction, purification, hydrolysis, and derivatization procedures that are both …

Methods currently in use for the quantitative measurement of fatty acids by gas-liquid
chromatography after transesterification are usually lengthy and cumbersome. The …

Background: Biomarkers can provide a more accurate measure of long-term intake than can
dietary questionnaires. Objective: The objective was to identify which adipose tissue fatty …

Background: Although some evidence suggests that dietary fat intake is related to prostate
cancer, epidemiologic studies have been inconsistent. Purpose: Our purpose was to assess …

Biomarkers could provide a more accurate measure of long-term intake than questionnaires.
Adipose tissue is considered the best indicator of long-term essential fatty acid intake, but …

Background Preventing germline stem cell proliferation extends lifespan in nematodes and
flies. So far, studies on germline-longevity signaling have focused on daf-16/FOXO and daf …

Little is documented about the performance of the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) in US
minority groups and in populations in developing countries. The authors applied a novel …

The mechanisms underlying the protective effect of monounsaturated fatty acids (eg oleate)
against the lipotoxic action of saturated fatty acids (eg palmitate) in skeletal muscle cells …

Identifying how small molecules act to kill malaria parasites can lead to new “chemically
validated” targets. By pressuring Plasmodium falciparum asexual blood stage parasites with …