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Bioavailability and hypolipidemic effects of peanut skin polyphenols
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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 ...
Allergenicity of roasted peanuts treated with a non-human digestive protease
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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 ...
Clinical Exome Sequencing unravels new disease-causing mutations in the myeloproliferative neoplasms: A pilot study in patients from the state of Qatar.
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
Clinical Exome Sequencing (CES) has increasingly become a popular diagnostic tool in patients suffering from genetic disorders that are clinically and genetically complicated. Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs) is an ...
Resting Energy Expenditure in a Controlled Group of Young Arab Females: Correlations with Body Composition and Agreement with Prediction Equations
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Scientific Research Publishing
, 2013 , Article)
Objectives: To assess correlates of body compositions measures and resting energy expenditure (REE) in young Arab females, and to compare measured REE values with values calculated from REE predictive equations. Methods: ...
Potential Nutrigenomic Approaches to Reduce the High Incidence of Obesity in Qatar
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OMICS International
, 2016 , Article)
Obesity prevalence has been growing exponentially over the last few decades, with a high impact in high-income countries, like Qatar. Several approaches are attempting to understand the causes of this phenomenon however ...
Glycemic index of selected carbohydrate-based foods consumed in Qatar
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Taylor & Francis
, 2010 , Article)
This study determined the glycemic index (GI) of selected carbohydrate-rich foods consumed in
Qatar. Recruited volunteers (n = 19) consumed two reference foods, glucose and white bread,
and 10 test foods. The foods tested ...
Dietary Pattern, Hypertension and Cognitive Function in an Older Population: 10-Year Longitudinal Survey.
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Frontiers Media
, 2018 , Article)
There is a paucity of studies that have explored the association between dietary pattern and cognitive function, and whether there is an interaction between dietary pattern and hypertension in relation to older people's ...
Neuropathy of type 1 diabetes in the Arab world: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Article)
Abstract AimsAlthough type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a common disease in the Arab nations, there is no data available on the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy (PN) among T1D subjects in Arab countries. The aim of this study ...
Bioactive compounds isolated from apple, tea, and ginger protect against dicarbonyl induced stress in cultured human retinal epithelial cells
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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 ...
Structural Analysis of G1691S Variant in the Human Filamin B Gene Responsible for Larsen Syndrome: A Comparative Computational Approach
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Wiley Periodicals, Inc
, 2017 , Article)
Larsen syndrome (LRS) is a rare genetic disease associated with variable manifestations including skeletal malformations, dislocations of the large joints, and notable changes in facial and limb features. Genetic variants ...