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Selected papers of the Seventh Meeting of the Italian Association for the Study of Trace Elements in the Living Organisms (AISETOV). September 2002, Chieti, Italy: Editorial Note
No full textThe study was addressed to evaluate the in vitro iron and zinc dialysability from the globulin fraction of six legumes. Five Legume species including white bean, mottled bean (Taylor bean), chickpea, Lentil, lupin, and a modified mottled bean variety, selected by back-crossing to obtain seeds with globulins composed by G1 fraction only, were used. Globulins (G1 + G2) were extracted from the seeds and analysed for their in vitro iron and zinc dialysability. The highest globulin concentration was detected in Lentil (89%). The percentage of globulins in the modified variety of Taylor bean (G1 only) was higher than that of the commercial variety (G1 + G2). The highest concentration of iron was found in Taylor bean globulins. The modified variety of Taylor bean contained 2.6-fold higher iron concentration than the whole seed, and the commercial variety had 1.8-fold higher iron only. The highest zinc concentration was found in Lentil globulins. Also iron dialysability from globulins was markedly higher than that of the respective whole seed. The highest value of iron dialysability was found in Lentil (10.8%). Zinc dialysability was generally high (above 20%), but no significant differences between whole seed and globulins were detected. The results showed that globulins enhanced iron but not zinc dialysability. Lupin and the modified variety of Taylor bean showed a different behaviour in terms of mineral dialysability compared to the other legumes. The amino acid composition of the digestion products of whole seeds and globulins failed to evidence any direct influence on iron and zinc availability
Report on the 6th international FESTEM symposium on “New horizons on trace elements and minerals role in human and animal health” (Catania, Sicily, Italy, May 26–28th, 2016)
No full textA nutrition survey of a group of athletes with particular reference to magnesium, zinc and copper intake, and to the relative intra- and extra-cellular levels
No full textThe aim of the present study was to evaluate the dietary habits in a group of athletes (footballers) compared with sedentary subjects matched for sex, age and body mass index. All subjects kept a record of food eaten for seven consecutive days using various models for portion sizes. Daily nutrient intake was then computed and was expressed as either total intake, or percent of the recommended daily dietary allowances (LARN). For each subject, a 20-ml blood sample and a 24h urine sample was collected for analysis of magnesium, zinc and copper. The three elements were measured both in plasma and in erythrocytes, monocytes and neutrophils. The athletes eat significantly more sheets than controls (22.5% of total kcal vs 15.2%, p less than 0.01) and significantly less cereals (22.5% vs 31.7%, p less than 0.01). Concerning the nutrient composition, in both groups the lipid intake was higher than that recommended and this trend was more pronounced in the athletes (+ 43.2% vs + 16.1% in the controls). In addition, the diet was particularly rich in animal fats with a mean intake of 21.0% of total kcal in the athletes and 20.9% in the sedentary group (recommended value was 12.5% and 14%, respectively). A parallel reduction in vegetal protein intake was observed in the trained group, and the difference was significant (4.3% of kcal in the athletes and 5.2% in the controls, p less than 0.01). Furthermore, in the athletes the soluble carbohydrate intake was higher than the recommended levels (+ 110%) and significantly higher than that eaten by the controls (21.0% vs 16.4% of kcal, p less than 0.01), with parallel decrease of polysaccharides intake.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS
Interazione tra selenio ed altri elementi in traccia nelle uova di gallina: confronto tra prodotti biofortificati e commerciali.
No full textOral magnesium supplementation improves fetal circulation.
No full textIt is well known that pregnancy is a condition in which plasma magnesium falls because of accumulation of the ion in the placenta and fetus. Magnesium (Mg) is therefore widely given as a supplement during pregnancy, particularly in cases of preterm labour. In our experience, the combination of oral Mg (magnesium pyrrolidone carboxylic acid) at a dose of 360 mg/day with conventional ritodrine treatment allows a reduction in ritodrine dosage, accompanied by a significant reduction in side effects. We therefore evaluated changes in fetal blood flow, using pulsed Doppler, in women submitted to combined magnesium and ritodrine treatment compared to those treated with ritodrine plus placebo. The Mg-treated group showed a decrease in vessel resistance both in the umbilical artery and in the fetal middle cerebral artery, indicating that fetal vasculature is sensitive to exogenous Mg. Measurement of plasma and mononuclear cell Mg showed an intracellular increase in the cation of about 10 per cent. We conclude that oral magnesium supplementation in pregnancy is safe and that it has a positive effect on the fetal circulation
Selenio in uova biofortificate: confronto con uova commerciali
No full textObiettivi. Il selenio, micronutriente essenziale per l’uomo, sembra svolgere un ruolo protettivo nei confronti dell’insorgenza di malattie cronico-degenerative, in particolare del cancro, grazie alla sua attività antiossidante. La sorgente naturale di selenio è rappresentata dalla dieta e la sua concentrazione nei cibi dipende dalle caratteristiche geobotaniche dell’area di provenienza degli alimenti. Nell’ambito di uno studio sull’arricchimento delle uova con acidi grassi w3 e microelementi essenziali (Se e I), il nostro obiettivo era quello di verificare se la supplementazione con Se potesse realmente arricchire l’uovo con questo elemento contribuendo ad un miglioramento della qualità nutrizionale dell’uovo. Per confronto sono state esaminate uova presenti normalmente sul mercato.
Metodi. La prova è stata condotta su sette gruppi di galline ovaiole, alimentate con un mangime di base solo o addizionato con I o Se o con entrambi i sali. Le uova commerciali sono state acquistate tenendo conto dei diversi sistemi di allevamento delle ovaiole.
Risultati. Il Se si accumula prevalentemente nel tuorlo delle uova sia commerciali (1,04±0,28 mg/g) che trattate (da 1,60±0,21 a 1,98±0,16 mg/g, secondo il trattamento). La supplementazione con Se e ancora di più quella con Se + I si associava ad una riduzione del contenuto di Cd , in misura inferiore di Pb, e favoriva l’accumulo di acidi grassi w3. Tuttavia si è osservato una tendenza al calo di Zn nei prodotti supplementati
Decrease of brain zinc in experimental hepatic encephalopathy
No full textSince zinc is an important factor in membrane stability, we assayed the levels of zinc in several brain areas during the development of hepatic encephalopathy due to d-galactosamine-HC1 in rat. We now report that zinc is significantly reduced in all tested brain areas. This finding seems to indicate an involvement of zinc in the changes of membrane properties that lead to alteration of GABA receptors in hepatic encephalopathy. © 1983
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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