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Agricultural by-products as important food sources of polyphenols
Yu, Jiaguo; Ahmedna, Mohamed; Bansode, Rishipal R. ( Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2014 , Book chapter)Polyphenols are secondary metabolites of plants. Dietary phenolics are not only classified as human nutrients, but play important roles in human health and are therefore called nutraceuticals. Both epidemiological studies ... -
Allergenicity of roasted peanuts treated with a non-human digestive protease
Yu, Jianmei; Hernandez, Michelle; Li, Hao; Goktepe, Ipek; Robinette, Carole; Auerbach, Amy; Peden, David; Ahmedna, Mohamed... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)Peanut allergy is a severe and lifelong type of food allergy triggered by allergenic proteins and peptides in peanuts. This study investigated the effects of ultrasound-assisted alcalase treatment on the concentrations of ... -
Arab female and male perceptions of factors facilitating and inhibiting their physical activity: Findings from a qualitative study in the Middle East
Donnelly, T.; Donnelly, Tam Truong; Mohammed Al-Thani, Al Anoud bint; Benjamin, Kathleen; Al-Khater, Al Hareth; Fung, Tak Shing; Ahmedna, Mohamed; Welch, Ailsa... more authors ... less authors ( Public Library of Science , 2018 , Article)© 2018 Donnelly et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the ... -
Bioactive Components from Ginger, Tea and Apple Prevent Protein Glycation by Trapping Methylglyoxal with Potential in Alleviation of Diabetic Complications
Sang, Shengmin; Zhu, Yingdong; Wang, Pei; Zhao, Yantao; Sampath, Chethan; Ahmedna, Mohamed... more authors ... less authors ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Diabetes is the fifth-deadliest disease in the United States. Most diabetes patients die from diabetic complications, such as renal failure, heart attack or stroke. However, diabetic complications are still neither preventable ... -
Bioactive compounds isolated from apple, tea, and ginger protect against dicarbonyl induced stress in cultured human retinal epithelial cells
Sampath, Chethan; Zhu, Yingdong; Sang, Shengmin; Ahmedna, Mohamed ( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)Abstract BackgroundMethylglyoxal (MGO) is known to be a major precursor of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) which are linked to diabetes and its related complications. Naturally occurring bioactive compounds could ... -
Bioavailability and hypolipidemic effects of peanut skin polyphenols
Bansode, Rishipal R.; Randolph, Priscilla; Ahmedna, Mohamed; Williams, Leonard L.; Yu, Jianmei ( Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. , 2015 , Article)Peanut skin is a rich source of polyphenols, such as proanthocyanidins. Peanut skin proanthocyanidins mainly consist of a subgroup called procyanidins. Peanut-based procyanidins contain oligomers of both type A and type ... -
Biochars From Solid Organic Municipal Wastes For Soil Quality Enhancement
Bansode, Rishipal; Hassan, Osman; Randolph, Priscilla; Rehrah, Djaafar; Ahmedna, Mohamed ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)The overall municipal organic waste in Qatar accounts for 57% of municipal waste generated annually. Organic solid wastes such as food, newspapers, packaging, furniture woods and wood from building demolition have traditionally ... -
Green tea epigallocatechin 3-gallate alleviates hyperglycemia and reduces advanced glycation end products via nrf2 pathway in mice with high fat diet-induced obesity
Sampath, Chethan; Rashid, Muhammed Raihan; Sang, Shengmin; Ahmedna, Mohamed ( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)Abstract Epigallocatechin 3-gallate (EGCG) from green tea may reduce plasma glucose and alleviate complications of diabetes by attenuating advanced glycation end products (AGEs) formation. We hypothesized that EGCG would ... -
Implementing 360 Quantified Self for childhood obesity: Feasibility study and experiences from a weight loss camp in Qatar
Fernandez-Luque, Luis; Singh, Meghna; Ofli, Ferd; Mejova, Yelena A; Weber, Ingmar; Aupetit, Michael; Jreige, Sahar Karim; Elmagarmid, Ahmed; Srivastava, Jaideep; Ahmedna, Mohamed... more authors ... less authors ( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2017 , Article)Background: The explosion of consumer electronics and social media are facilitating the rise of the Quantified Self (QS) movement where millions of users are tracking various aspects of their daily life using social media, ... -
In vitro and in vivo inhibition of aldose reductase and advanced glycation end products by phloretin, epigallocatechin 3-gallate and [6]-gingerol
Sampath, Chethan; Sang, Shengmin; Ahmedna, Mohamed ( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)Abstract Hyperglycemic stress activates polyol pathway and aldose reductase (AR) key enzyme responsible for generating secondary complications during diabetes. In this study the therapeutic potential of phloretin, ... -
The potential of papain and alcalase enzymes and process optimizations to reduce allergenic gliadins in wheat flour
Li, Ying; Yu, Jianmei; Goktepe, Ipek; Ahmedna, Mohamed ( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)The objectives of this study were to select effective enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of allergenic proteins, gliadins, in wheat flour and to optimize the enzymatic treatment conditions. Six proteases were tested. ... -
Specific Bioactive Compounds from Ginger, Tea, and Apple Prevent Diabetes-Related Cataract Via Inhibition of Aldose Reducatse
Ahmedna, Mohamed; Sampath, Chethan; Sang, Shengmin ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)North Carolina Research Campus, 500 Laureate Way, Kannapolis, NC 28081, United States Abstract Chronic hyperglycemia is an important risk factor involved in the onset and progression of secondary complications of diabetes. ... -
Specific bioactive compounds in ginger and apple alleviate hyperglycemia in mice with high fat diet-induced obesity via Nrf2 mediated pathway
Sampath, Chethan; Rashid, Muhammed; Sang, Shengmin; Ahmedna, Mohamed ( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)Prolonged hyperglycemia activates the formation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs). Major dicarbonyl compounds such as methylglyoxal or glyoxal are found to be the main precursors of AGEs and N(e)-(carboxymethyl)lysine ... -
Tea flavanols block advanced glycation of lens crystallins induced by dehydroascorbic acid
Zhu, Yingdong; Zhao, Yantao; Wang, Pei; Ahmedna, Mohamed; Ho, Chi-Tang; Sang, Shengmin... more authors ... less authors ( American Chemical Society , 2015 , Article)Growing evidence has shown that ascorbic acid (ASA) can contribute to protein glycation and the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), especially in the lens. The mechanism by which ascorbic acid can cause ... -
Testing a multicomponent lifestyle intervention for combatting childhood obesity
Vlaev, Ivo; Taylor, Michael J.; Taylor, David; Gately, Paul; Gunn, Laura H.; Abeles, Aliza; Kerkadi, Abdelhamid; Lothian, Jackie; Jreige, Sahar Karim; Alsaadi, Aziza; Al-Kuwari, Mohamed G.; Ghuloum, Suhaila; Al-Kuwari, Hanan; Darzi, Ara; Ahmedna, Mohamed... more authors ... less authors ( BMC , 2021 , Article)Background: Childhood obesity is a major global health concern. Weight-management camps involving delivery of a program of physical activity, health education, and healthy eating are an effective treatment, although ... -
A weight-management camp followed by weekly after-school lifestyle education sessions as an obesity intervention for Qatari children: a prospective cohort study
Taylor, Michael James; Vlaev, Ivo; Taylor, David, 1958-; Gately, Gately; Ahmedna, Mohamed; Kerkadi, Abdelhamid; Lothian, Jackie; Alsaadi, Aziza; Al-Kuwari, Mohamed; Gholoum, Suhaila; Al-Kuwari, Hanan; Darzi, Ara... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2015 , Conference Paper)Background Weight-management camp interventions for obese children are eff ective for short-term weight loss. However, there is little evidence indicating how gains made with such interventions can be maintained in the ...