Association between soy and green tea (Camellia sinensis) diminishes hypercholesterolemia and increases total plasma antioxidant potential in dyslipidemic subjects.

One hundred dyslipidemic individuals were allocated into four groups. The soy group ingested 50 g of soy (kinako) daily, and the green tea group ingested 3 g of green tea in 500 mL of water per day. A third group ingested 50 g of soy and 3 g of green tea daily, and the control group had a hypocholesterolemic diet. Evaluations were performed at baseline and after 45 and 90 d. Plasma levels of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and triacylglycerols were evaluated by automated methods. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol was calculated using the Friedewald equation. LDL was isolated by ultracentrifugation. Total plasma antioxidant capacity and plasma levels of total lipid hydroperoxides and those linked to LDL were evaluated by chemiluminescence. The results were expressed as median values and their 25th to 75th percentiles, with a 5% level of significance.Nome correto do segundo autor: MANDARINO, J. M. G

New preparation by sublimation at low pressure of glycine and physicochemical study

International audienceA physical sublimation process, generally used for the metals, has been applied to an amino acid, glycine. When this molecule is submitted by this physical process, it could acquire new chemical and physical properties so new therapeutic activities. We have studied the differences of the two glycine forms in solid state and in aqueous solution using the physical and chemical analysis. This study has been carried out with the following techniques: differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), thermogravimetric analyses (TG), thermostimulated current (TSC) and electrochemical impedance

121Sb Mössbauer spectroscopy of 10 mol% Sb2Te3 section of pseudo-ternary Sb2-Se3 - As2Se3 - Sb2Te3 glasses

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Covalently bonded infinite zigzag chain structure in a novel Zn(II) complex of 2.5-dihydroxy-1.6-benzenedicarboxylic acid

International audienceReaction of the disodium salt of 2,5-dihydroxy-1,6-benzenedicarboxylic acid (DHBDC) and zinc sulfate in aqueous solution at room temperature yields complex [Zn(H2O)2(DHBDC)]n. The coordination tetrahedron around Zn center exhibits a highly irregular geometry, two carboxylato oxygen atom and two water–ligand oxygen atoms occupying the coordination sites. Structural analyses of this complex reveal that the individual zero-dimensional units (0D) are covalently linked through their metal ends, forming infinite 1D zigzag chains. These chains, in turn, are engaged in 2D hydrogen bonding, resulting in a 3D supramolecular architecture