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Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Costa Rican children
(Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica, 2021)
Liposomes as vehicles for vitamins E and C: An alternative to fortify orange juice and offer vitamin C protection after heat treatment
(Elsevier Science, 2011-11)
Soy phosphatidylcholine-based liposomes were studied as vitamin transporters to be incorporated in orange juice, which is later subjected to pasteurization. These systems allowed the incorporation of vitamins E and C. ...
Interaction of vitamin D3 with beta-lactoglobulin at high vitamin/protein ratios: Characterization of size and surface charge of nanoparticles
(Elsevier, 2019-05)
Interaction between vitamin D3 with beta-lactoglobulin (β-LG) was studied by turbidimetric measurements covering vitamin concentrations up to 500 μM, within a wide range of vitamin concentration and at high vitamin/protein ...
Anti-parasitic effect of vitamin C alone and in combination with benznidazole against Trypanosoma cruzi
(Public Library of Science, 2018-09)
Background: Drugs currently used for the treatment of Chagas’ disease, nifurtimox and benznidazole, have a limited effectiveness and toxic side effects. With the aim of finding new therapeutic approaches, in vitro and in ...
The seasonality of tuberculosis, sunlight, vitamin D, and household crowding
(Oxford University Press, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Unlike other respiratory infections, tuberculosis diagnoses increase in summer. We performed an ecological analysis of this paradoxical seasonality in a Peruvian shantytown over 4 years. METHODS: Tuberculosis ...
Effects of maternal vitamin B12 deficiency from end of gestation to weaning on the growth and haematological and immunological parameters in mouse dams and offspring
(Taylor & Francis, 2008-03-04)
Vitamin B12-deficiency may induce specific symptoms as neurological alterations and unspecific symptoms such as anaemia and growth retardation. In this study, maternal vitamin B12 deficiency from end of gestation to weaning ...
B-Group vitamin production by lactic acid bacteria - current knowledge and potential applications
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2011-12)
Although most vitamins are present in a variety of foods, human vitamin deficiencies still occur in many countries, mainly because of malnutrition not only as a result of insufficient food intake but also because of ...
Elevated hepcidin serum level in response to inflammatory and iron signals in exercising athletes is independent of moderate supplementation with vitamin C and E
(Wiley, 2015)
Iron deficiency among endurance athletes is of major concern for coaches, physicians, and nutritionists. Recently, it has been observed that hepcidin, the master regulator of iron metabolism, was upregulated after exercise ...