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Healthy Cooking Techniques
Published in Nicole M. Farmer, Andres Victor Ardisson Korat, Cooking for Health and Disease Prevention, 2022
Joel J. Schaefer, Mary Schaefer
Added sugar can also be listed on food labels as corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, dehydrated cane juice, and agave nectar just to name a few. It may be listed as the fifth ingredient in a product, so thought not to be bad. However, other sugars such as high-fructose corn syrup may also be listed as an ingredient in the same product, adding more sugar and making it not so good (Figure 10.2).
Fluorescence in Histochemical Reactions
Published in Victoria Vladimirovna Roshchina, Fluorescence of Living Plant Cells for Phytomedicine Preparations, 2020
Victoria Vladimirovna Roshchina
Among fluorescent histochemical methods, there are only a few real dyes for lipids that have been applied to plant tissues. Among these is auramine O, used for cut sections of leaves from medicinal Agave spp. as well as for Dianthus and Brassica spp. (Gahan 1984). The samples are stained in a 0.01% solution of the dye for10 min, after which unsaturated acidic waxes fluoresce in greenish-yellow under blue light excitation in a fluorescence microscope. In some cases, many fluorescent flavonoids and coumarins, contained in secretory cells enriched oils, serve as markers for lipids and lipophilic compounds in thin-layer chromatography (Wagner and Bladt 1996).
Interviews
Published in Gerald D. Redwine, Beyond Transformative Learning in African-American Adult Education, 2020
Finally, fear drove Nick to change his dietary habits from eating sweets. He also states: I was like I’m going to change my diet. When I go there [to the endocrinologist], these numbers are going to change. So, I went to the organics section looking at some things I can start eating, and there was a White lady that was there, and she picked up, she said, “have you ever tried this stuff?” I said, what is it? She said agave nectar. I said no, what is it for? She said I substitute it for sugar.
Consumption patterns of nonnutritive sweeteners among university students at a Caribbean institution
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2021
Marquitta C. Webb, Dana Chong, Sa’eed Bawa
Nonnutritive sweeteners (NNS) are substances that are incorporated into foods and beverages, as well as other products, such as oral health care products and some medications as an alternative to sugars or nutritive sweeteners, including sucrose, corn sirup, honey, agave nectar. The use of NNS has escalated worldwide due to an increased demand for lower calorie, sugar free, and reduced calorie food and beverage products.1–3 Over the last several years, the food and beverage industry has been assessing ways to decrease the levels of added/free sugars within their products to less than 10% of total energy to comply with guidelines and regulations outlined by the World Health Organization.4 A further reduction to below 5% or roughly 25 grams (6 teaspoons) per day would provide additional health benefits.4
Hecogenin and fluticasone combination attenuates TNBS-induced ulcerative colitis in rats via downregulation of pro-inflammatory mediators and oxidative stress
Published in Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology, 2021
Deepa K. Ingawale, Satish K. Mandlik, Snehal S. Patel
Hecogenin (HG) (Figure 1) is a steroidal sapogenin derived from the leaves of Agave genus species namely Agave sisalana, Agave cantala, Agave aurea [7]. HG has been reported to be successful against wide spectrum pharmacological activities like cardioactive, larvicidal [8] hypotensive, antifungal, anti-inflammatory [9], anti-proliferative action in human osteosarcoma cells [10] and anti-ulcer activity [11]. Also, its anti-inflammatory potential was observed in many pre-clinical studies [12,13]. To date, the effects of HG on ulcerative colitis in rats have not been reported. Fluticasone (FC) propionate is a topically active corticosteroid molecule [14]. Many physicians and health care providers had a problem with the long-term FC treatment because of their harmful consequences like metabolic disorders, diabetes, hypertension, gastrointestinal irritation, ulcers, glaucoma and bone marrow suppression associated with high doses [15].
Anti-inflammatory potential of hecogenin on atopic dermatitis and airway hyper-responsiveness by regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines
Published in Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology, 2019
Deepa K. Ingawale, Satish K. Mandlik, Snehal S. Patel
Hecogenin (HG) (Figure 1) is obtained from the leaves of species such as Agave genus, including A. cantala, A. sisalana, A. avellanidens, A. cerulata, A. cocui, A. goldmaniana, and A. aurea [10]. It is used as a principal raw material for the synthesis of steroidal drugs. The extracts obtained from above plants have been used for their cardioactive, larvicidal [11], hypotensive, antifungal [12], and anti-ulcer activity [13]. Cerqueira et al. have studied the effect of HG on lipid peroxidation, oxidative stress, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) an important biomarker of inflammation. Their protective effects have been confirmed by histopathological analysis and COX-2 immunohistochemistry studies of rat gastric mucosa [14]. The commonly used anti-dermatitis and anti-asthmatic therapy is glucocorticosteroids (GCs). However, these drugs are frequently linked to severe adverse effects [15,16]. Many physicians and health care providers have reported that long-term GC treatment leads to adverse effects and is dose dependent. The long-term use of low dose GCs can be a feasible therapeutic alternative for treatment of patients of inflammatory disorders [17,18].