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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Lifibrol ; hypercholesterolaemia ; hypocholesterolaemic agent ; clinical study
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The efficacy and safety of lifibrol, a novel cholesterol-lowering drug, was investigated in a double-blind clinical study in 168 patients with primary hypercholesterolaemia. Placebo and four lifibrol dose groups (150, 300, 450 and 600 mg/day) were tested over a period of 4 weeks. The mean LDL-cholesterol changes were 5.7%, −11.1%, −27.7%, −34.5% and −35.0%, respectively, after 4 weeks of treatment. No major changes in HDL-cholesterol were seen after this period. With the present study design, a decrease in triglycerides (−28%) was significant in the highest dosage group only. Additionally, it was shown that further independent risk factors for coronary heart disease were favourably influenced. Fibrinogen decreased in all dosage groups with a maximal mean value of 18% and a tendency toward reduction in lipoprotein (a) was observed in patients with high baseline levels (〉30 mg·dl−1). Lifibrol was generally well tolerated in all dosage groups and no serious adverse events were reported. Laboratory parameters did not show any clinically relevant alterations.
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    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 161 (1989), S. 583-588 
    ISSN: 0006-291X
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Plant, cell & environment 27 (2004), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-3040
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Knowledge about the induced pathogen resistance of plants is rapidly increasing, but little information exists on its dependence on abiotic growing conditions. Arabidopsis thaliana plants that had been cultivated under different nitrogen regimes were treated with BION®, a chemical resistance elicitor. The activities of three enzyme classes functionally involved in resistance (chitinase, chitosanase and peroxidase) were quantified over 8 d following treatment as resistance markers. Constitutive levels of three markers and the induced level of peroxidase and chitinase activity were significantly lower under limiting nitrogen supply. Under such conditions the increase of chitosanase activity after resistance induction was severely delayed, although the induced maximum activity of chitosanase was not significantly affected. Total soluble protein content decreased during the first 12 h after resistance elicitation. Thereafter, the induced plants cultivated under high N conditions reached higher protein contents than controls, whereas N-limited induced plants continuously had reduced protein contents. A plant's investment in resistance-related compounds can be severely constrained under limiting nitrogen supply.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Plant, cell & environment 28 (2005), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-3040
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Fitness costs of resistance are among the most widely discussed explanations for the evolution of induced resistance, but studies on induced resistance to pathogens are scarce and contradictory. In the present study the influence of nitrogen supply, length of the growing period and competition on the seed production of Arabidopsis in response to treatment with the chemical resistance elicitor BION® was investigated. BION® treatment elicited resistance to the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae, and biochemical changes after BION® treatment were similar to those observed after bacterial infection. Induced plants grew more slowly during the first week after resistance induction, for which they then compensated by exhibiting faster growth than controls. Whether or not induced plants produced less seeds than controls depended on growing conditions. Costs, no costs and even higher seed production by induced plants were observed in experiments differently combining abiotic conditions. A higher seed production by induced plants arose particularly when the vegetation period was short, most probably a consequence of senescence-related processes that had been activated by resistance elicitation. Induced plants, however, produced less seeds when competing with controls and experiencing a full growing period. Studies controlling only some of the critical environmental factors can easily lead to apparently contradictory results, which in fact represent different outcomes of a complex interplay of factors.
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    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Journal of Steroid Biochemistry 28 (1987), S. 109 
    ISSN: 0022-4731
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
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    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Journal of Steroid Biochemistry 28 (1987), S. 108 
    ISSN: 0022-4731
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
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    Naturwissenschaften 87 (2000), S. 555-558 
    ISSN: 1432-1904
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Natural Sciences in General
    Notes: Abstract  We determined chitinase activity in leaves of four myrmecophytic and four non-myrmecophytic leguminous species at the plants' natural growing sites in Mexico. Myrmecophytic plants (or 'ant plants') have obligate mutualisms with ants protecting them against herbivores and pathogenic fungi. Plant chitinases can be considered a reliable measure of plant resistance to pathogenic fungi. The myrmecophytic Acacia species, which were colonised by mutualistic ants, exhibited at least six-fold lower levels of chitinase activity compared with the non-myrmecophytic Acacia farnesiana and three other non-myrmecophytes. Though belonging to different phylogenetic groups, the myrmecophytic Acacia species formed one distinct group in the data set, which was clearly separated from the non-myrmecophytic species. These findings allowed for comparison between two recent hypotheses that attempt to explain low chitinase activity in ant plants. Most probably, chitinases are reduced in myrmecophytic plant species because these are effectively defended indirectly due to their symbiosis with mutualistic ants.
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    ISSN: 1436-6215
    Keywords: zinc ; availability ; casein ; whey protein ; gastrointestinal transit time
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Ziel der an 23 bis 25 Tage alten Ratten durchgeführten Untersuchungen war es, die Verfügbarkeit von Zink aus intragastral verabreichten Casein-(CasD-) bzw. Molkenprotein-(WpD-)Suspensionen zu vergleichen. Um den zeitabhängigen Verlauf des gastrointestinalen Durchgangs des Chymus (mit nichtresorbierbarem141Ce markiert) und des Zinks (als65Zn) zu ermitteln, wurden je 9 bis 12 Tiere 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 6, 12 und 24 Stunden nach dem Sonden getötet. Unmittelbar danach wurde der intragastrale pH-Wert sowie die Retention von Zink im Darmgewebe, Leber und Restkörper gemessen. 30 Minuten nach Intubation der Proteine war der pH-Wert im Magen der CasD-Gruppe signifikant niedriger als der der WpD-Gruppe. Die unterschiedliche intragastrale Präzipitation der beiden Proteine — kompaktes Präzipitat bei Casein, feinflockiges bei Molkenprotein — dürfte ausschlaggebend sein für das Entleerungsmuster aus dem Magen: der Chymus aus WpD wurde einer Exponentialfunktion entsprechend entleert, während der Chymus aus CasD den Magen in drei Phasen mit unterschiedlicher Geschwindigkeit verließ. Das Zink aus beiden Proteinsuspensionen wurde schneller aus dem Magen entleert als die Masse des Chymus, woraus auf eine zumindest partielle Loslösung des Zinks aus der Proteinbindung geschlossen werden kann. Das Zink aus der WpD wurde exponentiell, das Zink aus der CasD nach einem biphasischen Muster entleert. Als Folge der besonders langen Verweildauer des Zinks im Ileum erwies sich dieser Darmabschnitt als Hauptresorptionsort. Die Zink-Retention war 2 und 12 Stunden nach Verabreichung der Nahrungen signifikant höher aus der CasD als aus der WpD, nach 24 Stunden jedoch war aus der WpD signifikant mehr Zink retiniert worden als aus der CasD. Aus dieser Untersuchung ist zu folgern, daß zur Beurteilung der Zink-Verfügbarkeit aus unterschiedlichen Proteinen Kurzzeitversuche ungeeignet sind. Weiterhin muß angenommen werden, daß die präresorptiven Prozesse im Magen für die Zinkverfügbarkeit von wesentlicher Bedeutung sind.
    Notes: Summary The availability of zinc from isolated casein (CasD) was compared with that from whey protein (WpD) in 23–25 day old rats. The study was designed to show the course of the gastrointestinal transit time of either chyme (radiolabeled by141Ce as a non-absorbable marker) or zinc (as65Zn) in groups of 9 to 12 animals each. Animals were killed either 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 6, 12 or 24 hours after intragastric intubation of the protein suspensions. Immediately afterwards, intragastric pH was measured and the determination of zinc retention in intestinal tissues and liver as well as in the carcass was performed. 30 and 60 minutes after intubation the intragastric pH of the CasD group was significantly lower than that of the WpD group. The precipitation behaviour of the two protein fractions — compact curd formation by the CasD versus flocculent structure of the WpD — was determining for the pattern of gastric emptying. With the WpD the chyme was emptied according to an exponential function; while the CasD precipitate left the stomach in three distinct phases. With either protein suspension zinc left the stomach earlier than the bulk of the chyme, indicating a partial disintegration of the zinc-protein-complexes. With the WpD, zinc was emptied exponentially, whereas with the CasD a biphasic emptying pattern was found. Ileum was found to be the main zinc absorbing segment, mainly due to the long time of contact with zinc. After 2 and 12 hours zinc retention from the CasD was significantly higher than that from the WpD, however, after 24 hours retention was significantly better from the WpD. From the present study it can be concluded that, for comparison of zinc availability from diets containing different proteins, short-term experiments are not appropriate. Furthermore, it can be supposed that preabsorptive processes in the stomach are crucial for the availability of zinc.
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    Publication Date: 2009-08-28
    Print ISSN: 0027-8424
    Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General
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