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Impact of metformin treatment on cobalamin status in persons with type 2 diabetes.
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Oxford University Press
, 2023 , Article)
Over the last decades, low vitamin B12 status has been reported in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Metformin, the first-line therapy for lowering blood glucose, is the main driving factor behind this ...
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of pediatricians in relation to breastfeeding support: A national survey in Lebanon
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PLOS Medicine
, 2023 , Article)
Background Rates of breastfeeding (BF) remain suboptimal despite overwhelming evidence for its benefits to the mother and child. Pediatricians play an important role in supporting breastfeeding (BF). In Lebanon, the rates ...
Effect of WeChat-based intervention on food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices among university students in Chongqing, China: a quasi-experimental study
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springer link
, 2023 , Article)
Background: Food safety is of global importance and has been of concern in university settings in recent years. However, effective methods to conduct food safety education are limited. This study aims to evaluate the effects ...
Major Phytochemicals: Recent Advances in Health Benefits and Extraction Method
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2023 , Article)
Recent scientific studies have established a relationship between the consumption of phytochemicals such as carotenoids, polyphenols, isoprenoids, phytosterols, saponins, dietary fibers, polysaccharides, etc., with health ...
Rice Intake Is Associated with Longer Reaction Time and Interacts with Blood Lipids and Hypertension among Qatari Adults
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2023 , Article)
We aimed to assess the association between rice intake and cognitive function among Qatari adults and test the interactions with health conditions. Data from 1000 adults aged ≥18 years old who attended the Qatar Biobank ...
Essential oils and their active components applied as: free, encapsulated and in hurdle technology to fight microbial contaminations. A review
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
Microbial contaminations are responsible for many chronic, healthcare, persistent microbial infections and illnesses in the food sector, therefore their control is an important public health challenge. Over the past few ...
Combined Effect of Drying Temperature and Varied Gelatin Concentration on Physicochemical and Antioxidant Properties of Ginger Oil Incorporated Chitosan Based Edible Films
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2023 , Article)
In the present work, ginger essential oil (GEO) loaded chitosan (CS) based films incorporated with varying concentrations of gelatin (GE) were fabricated and dried at different conditions (25 °C and 45 °C). The physio-chemical, ...
Pepsin and Trypsin Treatment Combined with Carvacrol: An Efficient Strategy to Fight Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis Biofilms
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2023 , Article)
Biofilms consist of microbial communities enclosed in a self-produced extracellular matrix which is mainly responsible of biofilm virulence. Targeting this matrix could be an effective strategy to control biofilms. In this ...
Serum Magnesium is Inversely Associated with Body Composition and Metabolic Syndrome
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Dove Medical Press
, 2023 , Article)
Purpose: Magnesium is vital to maintain normal physiological functions. We aimed to identify the association between serum magnesium and different measures of body adiposity among Qatari adults. We hypothesized that the ...
Food safety knowledge attitude and practices of oncology nurses, in Lebanese hospitals
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
BackgroundCancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment, have a higher risk to foodborne infections as compared to other populations. Oncology nurses, having a direct significant contact with these patients, could be ...