50 research outputs found
Imagery and creative freedom: the case of phrasems in the names of bakeries and pastry shops in contemporary french
No full textFUNCTIONAL FOOD IN PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND OBESITY
No full textThe term “functional food” refers to modified food products that claim to provide an additional function besides basic nutrition needs. The consumption of functional food is known to exert a positive impact on health and to prevent the occurrence of pathological conditions, such as cardiovascular diseases, some types of cancer, and obesity. Functional food products should resemble conventional food in terms of appearance and taste. The goal is usually achieved by adding active ingredients to the traditional food products (e.g., phytosterols/stanols are added to margarine, dairy, and cereal products), removing or limiting the concentration of potentially harmful agents, or by agricultural and genetic modifications of already existing edible plants and animals (e.g., feeding hens on algae or fish in order to obtain n-3 PUFAs-enriched eggs, and inducing genetic and/or nutritional changes during animal production to obtain meat with lower cholesterol levels). Well-designed intervention trials are scarce in this field, and more effort should be directed toward conclusively proving the role of functional food in disease prevention and health improvement among the population. These associated benefits and the advances in food processing industry should stimulate the development of products that would match the requirements of a healthy diet, simultaneously reducing the risk of chronic diseases. The aim of the present review was to present the examples of functional foods that are essential for the prevention of obesity and cardiovascular disease, and thereby report on their putative mechanisms of action, health-promoting effects, and limitations by conducting various intervention studies
Effect of pregnancy and tobacco smoke on the antioxidant activity of rutin in an animal model
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Media lokalne i dziennikarstwo: aspekty współczesne i historyczne
No full textPraca recenzowana / peer-reviewed pape
Antitumor and immunomodulatory activity of Inonotus obliquus
No full textThe article presents the antitumor and immunomodulatory activity of compounds and extracts from Inonotus obliquus. Polysaccharides isolated from sclerotium have a direct antitumor effect due to protein synthesis inhibition in tumor cells. Polysaccharides derived from the mycelium function by activating the immune system. Due to the limited toxicity of these substances, both extracts as well as isolated and purified chemicals may be a good alternative to current chemotherapy and play a role in cancer prevention. In vitro experiments have shown the inhibition of inflammation with the influence of action of I. obliquus extracts; however, in vivo experiments on animals implanted with tumor cells of different types have shown the activation of the host immune system. This led to decrease in tumor mass and prolonged survival. The immunomodulatory mechanism of action is complex and it seems that stimulation of macrophages and induction of apoptosis in cancer cells is of great importance
Copyright © 2009 by Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences
No full textEffect of pregnancy and tobacco smoke on the antioxidant activity of rutin in an animal mode
Problemy zawodowe dziennikarzy w Polsce u progu nowego wieku na podstawie analizy branżowego miesięcznika „Press”
No full textArtykuł recenzowany / peer-reviewed articleThe Author has studies 12 issues of the monthly magazine from 2000. The aim of the
survey is to study actual issues that journalists were involved in and the generał path followed
by journalists in Poland as a professional group. The analysis focuses on the issue of
professionalism of the journalists’ circles. The outcome of the study is not entirely optimistic
for this professional group, however, in the author’s opinion a discussion and diagnosis of
the causes are necessary to build up solidarity in the group conceming important matters
On some wingy words by Henryk Sienkiewicz
No full textPrzedmiotem opisu w artykule są wybrane Sienkiewiczowskie skrzydlate wyrażenia, czyli upowszechnione w języku słowa i związki wyrazowe, których obecność w polszczyźnie zawdzięczamy autorytetowi i dziełom Henryka Sienkiewicza. Jak przekonują badania, niektóre z analizowanych przykładów to twory samego pisarza, inne po raz pierwszy użyte zostały przez kogoś innego, ale uskrzydliły się za sprawą dzieł autora Krzyżaków. Przykładem inwencji językowej Sienkiewicza jest użycie nieznanego w jego czasach w polszczyźnie literackiej wyrazu mocarny w znaczeniu ‘mocny, silny; potężny’. Z kolei związki wyrazowe typu Boże, ty to widzisz i nie grzmisz czy klękajcie narody mają wprawdzie innych twórców niż Sienkiewicz, ale uskrzydlenie się zawdzięczają jego tekstom, ich poczytności i popularności.The subject of description in this article are the selected wingy expressions by Henryk Sienkiewicz, i.e. the words and collocations, commonplace in the Polish language, which entered into usage due to the authority and works by Henryk Sienkiewicz. The results of the study have shown that some of the analysed examples were coined by the writer himself, whereas the other had been used for the first time by someone else, but became wingy owing to the works by the author of The Knights of the Cross. An example of Sienkiewicz’s linguistic invention is the use of the unknown at his time in the Polish literary language word mocarny in the sense of ‘strong’, ‘powerful’, ‘mighty’. The expressions of the type God, You can see this and don’t thunder or Kneel, the nations weren’t created by Sienkiewicz himself, but became wingy as a results of the wide circulation of his writings and their popularity with readers
