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Butyrate : food sources, functions and health benefits /
This is the first book specifically devoted to butyrate and its biological functions in the health of humans and animals. It is the result of the collective efforts of a group of international experts working on different aspects of butyrate. It has been recognized for a long time that the consumpti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Biochemistry research trends series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""BUTYRATE: FOOD SOURCES, FUNCTIONS AND HEALTH BENEFITS""; ""BUTYRATE: FOOD SOURCES, FUNCTIONS AND HEALTH BENEFITS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""Chapter 1: ENHANCING BUTYRATE BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE GUT FOR HEALTH BENEFITS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BUTYRATE BIOSYNTHESIS AND BUTYRATE-PRODUCING BACTERIA""; ""BUTYROGENIC SUBSTRATES AND PREBIOTICS""; ""ENHANCING GUT BUTYRATE CONCENTRATIONS USING PROBIOTICS AND SYNBIOTICS""; ""ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO INCREASE BUTYRATE BIOAVAILABILITY""; ""CONCLUSION""
- ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: BUTYRATE AND INTESTINAL FUNCTION""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS OF BUTYRATE""; ""EFFECT OF BUTYRATE IN INTESTINAL DISEASES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: LARGE BOWEL SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID PRODUCTION, IMMUNE STATUS AND IMMUNE CELL FUNCTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SCFA AND REGULATION OF COLONIC INFLAMMATION""; ""REGULATION OF SATIETY AND APPETITE""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF OBESITY, INFLAMMATION OF ADIPOSE TISSUE AND SCFA IN HUMAN STUDIES""
- ""FUTURE DIRECTIONS""""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4: BUTYRATE ACTIONS ON CARCINOGENESIS: FOCUS ON EPIGENETIC MECHANISMS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""EPIGENETIC""; ""EPIGENETIC ALTERATIONS IN CANCER""; ""BUTYRATE AND CANCER""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5: POTENTIAL BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF BUTYRATE AGAINST FOOD ALLERGY""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""THE CHANGING PATTERN OF FOOD ALLERGY""; ""FOOD ORAL TOLERANCE AND FOOD ALLERGY""; ""RECENT EVIDENCES IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF FOOD ALLERGY""; ""THE ROLE OF CLOSTRIDIA SPECIES IN THE PROTECTION AGAINST FOOD ALLERGY""
- ""BUTYRATE AS A PROTECTIVE FACTOR AGAINST FOOD ALLERGY""""CLINICAL FINDINGS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 6: SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS IN REGULATION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND TISSUE INFLAMMATION IN THE INTESTINE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. TRANSPORTERS AND RECEPTORS OF SCFAS""; ""3. REGULATION OF ECS AND THE INTESTINAL BARRIER FUNCTION BY SCFAS""; ""4. REGULATION OF INTESTINAL EC CYTOKINES AND CHEMOKINES BY SCFAS""; ""5. REGULATION OF INTESTINAL IMMUNE CELLS BY SCFAS""; ""6. REGULATION OF INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION BY SCFAS""; ""CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES""
- ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SODIUM BUTYRATE IN THE REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION ON ASTROCYTOMA CELL LINES AND IMPROVEMENT OF THERAPIES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION: SODIUM BUTYRATE: STRUCTURE, NATURAL BIOSYNTHESIS AND EFFECTS ON CELLS AND THE ORGANISM""; ""2. BUTYRATE AND ANALOGUES""; ""3. MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF NABU IN ASTROCYTOMA CELL LINES""; ""4. ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES INDUCED BY NABU IN CELLS""; ""5. EFFECTS OF SODIUM BUTYRATE AT THE LEVEL OF GENE EXPRESION IN ASTROCYTOMA CELLS""