Molecular Nutrition: Vitamins presents the nutritional and molecular aspects of vitamins with a specific focus on vitamins A, B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B# (niacin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B6, (pyridoxine), B7 (biotin), B9 (folate), B12 (colbamin), C, D, E, and K. As part o…
Background: Plasma HDL cholesterol levels are inversely related to cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death worldwide. This study investigated the preventative effect of an algae infusion, ProAlgaZyme (PAZ) and its subfractions (F1, F2, F3, F4) on plasma HDL i…
Oxidative stress (OS) is associated with many chronic diseases including cancer, CVD and the normal process of aging. Curcumin, a dietary phytochemical has proven antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic activity. This study aims to utilize metabolomics to evaluate a…
A study was undertaken of plants used for treatment of diabetic symptoms by traditional healers of the Eeyou Istchee Cree (Canada), Lukomir Highlanders (Bosnia & Herzegovina), and Q'eqchi' Maya (Belize). All antidiabetic plants were ranked by syndromic importance value (SIV) bas…
Daphnia magna (a keystone species) is routinely used in understanding the toxicity of environmental contaminants. Traditional ecotoxicity methods use endpoints such as mortality to understand the toxicity of contaminants. To fully understand the impact of a stressor, the underly…
Metabolomics is the scientific study of the chemical processes in a living system, environment and nutrition. It is a relatively new omics science, but the potential applications are wide, including medicine, personalized medicine and intervention studies, food and nutrition, pl…
