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Mutagenic and/or carcinogenic compounds in meat and meat products: Heterocyclic aromatic amines perspective
Meat and meat products, which have a very important place in terms of nutrition, can endanger human health if they are not properly prepared and preserved. Meat and meat products except for products such as sushi, which are deliberately consumed raw, are generally consumed immediately after cooking. Cooking done properly gives meat and meat products their unique taste and aroma, increases their digestibility and makes them microbiologically safe. However, some harmful food toxicants can occur during the cooking process. Heterocyclic aromatic amines can be formed during cooking of the proteinaceous foods such as meat and meat products. Epidemiological studies have proved that heterocyclic aromatic amines are mutagenic and/or carcinogenic compounds. Therefore, having sufficient knowledge about heterocyclic aromatic amines will help to reduce the health risk posed by these comΒ pounds. In this context, in the present study, basic information about heterocyclic aromatic amines that can be formed during the heat treatment of meat and meat products was reviewed.Meat and meat products, which have a very important place in terms of nutrition, can endanger human health if they are not properly prepared and preserved. Meat and meat products except for products such as sushi, which are deliberately consumed raw, are generally consumed immediately after cooking. Cooking done properly gives meat and meat products their unique taste and aroma, increases their digestibility and makes them microbiologically safe. However, some harmful food toxicants can occur during the cooking process. Heterocyclic aromatic amines can be formed during cooking of the proteinaceous foods such as meat and meat products. Epidemiological studies have proved that heterocyclic aromatic amines are mutagenic and/or carcinogenic compounds. Therefore, having sufficient knowledge about heterocyclic aromatic amines will help to reduce the health risk posed by these comΒ pounds. In this context, in the present study, basic information about heterocyclic aromatic amines that can be formed during the heat treatment of meat and meat products was reviewed.
Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds in meat and meat products
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds are persistent organic pollutants that received considerable attention in recent years due to their high potential toxicity, wide distribution and extreme stability. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) mainly occur in the environment as a result of several human activities including combustion, incineration and many other industrial activities, whereas polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) congeners were intentionally manufactured and widely used in various fields. Since dioxin and dioxin-like compounds are found in various environmental compartments (air, water, soil, sludge, sediment, food, feed, blood, animal and human tissues), humans could be exposed to them via inhalation, dermal contact or food ingestion. However, 90% of human exposure to dioxin is through food ingestion particularly foods from animals and foods that are rich in fat. In contrast, only low levels have been found in food items of plant origin. Exposure to dioxin compounds is associated with various adverse health problems. However, their toxicity varies dramatically according to the type of dioxin, species of exposed organism, as well as exposure frequency and duration. Dioxins are mainly determined by instrumental chromatographic methods such as GC-HRMS and GCβMS/MS. Many efforts have been made to remove, reduce and prevent these hazardous substances from the environment. However, the best method for reducing human exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like compounds is controlling and minimizing their production. In this article, structures, sources, exposure, toxicity and analysis methods of dioxin and dioxin-like compounds in meat and other foods were reviewed.Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds are persistent organic pollutants that received considerable attention in recent years due to their high potential toxicity, wide distribution and extreme stability. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) mainly occur in the environment as a result of several human activities including combustion, incineration and many other industrial activities, whereas polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) congeners were intentionally manufactured and widely used in various fields. Since dioxin and dioxin-like compounds are found in various environmental compartments (air, water, soil, sludge, sediment, food, feed, blood, animal and human tissues), humans could be exposed to them via inhalation, dermal contact or food ingestion. However, 90% of human exposure to dioxin is through food ingestion particularly foods from animals and foods that are rich in fat. In contrast, only low levels have been found in food items of plant origin. Exposure to dioxin compounds is associated with various adverse health problems. However, their toxicity varies dramatically according to the type of dioxin, species of exposed organism, as well as exposure frequency and duration. Dioxins are mainly determined by instrumental chromatographic methods such as GC-HRMS and GCβMS/MS. Many efforts have been made to remove, reduce and prevent these hazardous substances from the environment. However, the best method for reducing human exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like compounds is controlling and minimizing their production. In this article, structures, sources, exposure, toxicity and analysis methods of dioxin and dioxin-like compounds in meat and other foods were reviewed
Existential Anxiety in Diagnostic Process of Genital Cancer
Learning to have a cancer diagnosis is a concrete threat and a stressful life experience for individuals. Cancer is interpreted as fatal, painful, frightening and scary disease by the patients and makes them realize the presence of death and their own mortality. Facing the reality of death brings an existential questioning of self. This questioning is directly related to the interpretation and biopsychosocial characteristics of the individual and clearly influenced by the patientsβ previous experiences and type of cancer involved. The occurrence of a genital organ cancer would lead patient to evaluate the meaning of being human and review his life, his values and his routine habits. This process has significant effect upon the patientβs response and coping mechanisms with cancer. Nurses have a unique position among medical team members for helping such patients to find a meaning in their life by providing necessary support at every stage of the cancer
Microarray Analysis of Late Response to Boron Toxicity in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Leaves
DNA microarrays, being high-density and high-throughput, allow quantitative analyses of thousands of genes and their expression patterns in parallel. In this study, Barley1 GereChip was used to investigate transcriptome changes associated with boron (B) toxicity in a sensitive barley cultivar (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Hamidye). Eight-day-old aseptically grown seedlings were subjected to 5 or 10 mM boric acid (B(OH)(3)) treatments for 5 days and expression profiles were determined with DNA microarrays using total RNA from leaf tissues. Among the 22,840 transcripts - each represented with a probe set on the GeneChip - 19,424 probe sets showed intensity values greater than 20(th) percentile in at least one of the hybridizations. Compared to control (10 mu M B(OH)(3)), 5 mM B(OH)(3) treatment resulted in differential expression of 168 genes at least by twofold. Moreover, 10 mM B(OH)(3) treatment resulted in at least twofold induction or reduction in expression of 312 transcripts. Among these genes, 37 and 61 exhibited significantly (P <0.05) altered levels of expression under 5 and 10 mM B(OH)(3) treatments, respectively. Differentially expressed genes were characterized using expression-based clustering and HarvEST:Barley. Investigations of expression profiles revealed that B toxicity results in global changes in the barley transcriptome and networks of signaling or molecular responses. A noticeable feature of response to 8 was that it is highly interconnected with responses to various environmental stresses. Additionally, induction of jasmonic acid related genes was found to be an important late response to B toxicity. Determination of responsive genes will shed light on successive studies aiming to elucidate molecular mechanism of B toxicity or tolerance. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on global expression analysis of barley seedlings under B toxicity
From Industrial Food Waste to Bioactive Ingredients: A Review on the Sustainable Management and Transformation of Plant-Derived Food Waste
According to the United Nations, approximately one-third of the food produced for human consumption is wasted. The actual linear "Take-Make-Dispose" model is nowadays obsolete and uneconomical for societies and the environment, while circular thinking in production systems and its effective adoption offers new opportunities and benefits. Following the "Waste Framework Directive" (2008/98/CE), the European Green Deal, and the actual Circular Economy Action Plan, when prevention is not possible, recovering an unavoidable food waste as a by-product represents a most promising pathway. Using last year's by-products, which are rich in nutrients and bioactive compounds, such as dietary fiber, polyphenols, and peptides, offer a wake-up call to the nutraceutical and cosmetic industry to invest and develop value-added products generated from food waste ingredients
Breast cancer with diabetes insipidus
Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a rare clinical condition, which is usually caused by neurohypophyseal or pituitary stalk infiltration in cancer patients. Case report: we present a 62-year old metastatic breast cancer woman with DI. She admitted to the hospital because of nausea, vomiting, polyuria and polydipsia, while she was on no cytotoxic medication. She had no electrolyte imbalance except mild hypernatremia. The CT scan of the brain yielded a suspicious area in pituitary gland. A pituitary stalk metastasis was found on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of pituitary. Water deprivation test was compatible with DI. A clinical response to nasal vasopressin was achieved. Conclusions: Cancer patients who have symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, polyuria and polydipsia while they are not on chemotherapy should be evaluated for not only metabolic complications like hypercalcemia but also posterior pituitary or stalk metastasis MRI could be the choice of imaging for pituitary metastasis.ΠΠ΅ΡΠ°Ρ
Π°ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ Π΄ΠΈΠ°Π±Π΅Ρ (DI) β ΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΊΠΎΠ΅ ΠΊΠ»ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ΅ ΡΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠ΅, Π²ΡΠ·ΡΠ²Π°Π΅ΠΌΠΎΠ΅ ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ΅ΠΉ Π½Π΅ΠΉΡΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠΏΠΎΡΠΈΠ·Π°ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ Π½ΠΎΠΆΠΊΠΈ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ
Π½ΠΎΠΆΠΊΠΈ Π³ΠΈΠΏΠΎΡΠΈΠ·Π° Ρ ΠΎΠ½ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΡ
Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΡ
. ΠΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°Ρ: Π² ΠΈΡΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠΈ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΌΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π½ ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΠΉ Π²ΡΡΠ²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ DI Ρ 62-Π»Π΅ΡΠ½Π΅ΠΉ
ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½Ρ, Ρ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ Π±ΡΠ» Π²ΡΡΠ²Π»Π΅Π½ ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΠ΅Π»Π΅Π·Ρ Ρ Π½Π°Π»ΠΈΡΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ°Π·ΠΎΠ². ΠΠ½Π° ΠΏΠΎΡΡΡΠΏΠΈΠ»Π° Π² Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ½ΠΈΡΡ Ρ ΡΠΈΠΌΠΏΡΠΎΠΌΠ°ΠΌΠΈ
ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡ, ΡΠ²ΠΎΡΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΡΠΈΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΏΡΠΈΠΈ, Ρ
ΠΎΡΡ Π½Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΡ
ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ»Π° ΠΊΡΡΡΠ° Ρ
ΠΈΠΌΠΈΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ°ΠΏΠΈΠΈ. Π£ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ Π½Π΅ Π²ΡΡΠ²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΎ Π΄ΠΈΡΠ±Π°Π»Π°Π½ΡΠ°
ΡΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΡΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠΎΠ², ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅ Π½Π΅Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠΉ Π³ΠΈΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ½Π°ΡΡΠΈΠ΅ΠΌΠΈΠΈ. ΠΠΎΠΌΠΏΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ½Π°Ρ ΡΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡ ΠΌΠΎΠ·Π³Π° ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»Π° ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ·ΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΎΠ±Π»Π°ΡΡΡ
Π² ΠΌΠΎΠ·Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ΄Π°ΡΠΊΠ΅. ΠΠ° ΠΌΠ°Π³Π½ΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎ-ΡΠ΅Π·ΠΎΠ½Π°Π½ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ Π²ΡΡΠ²Π»Π΅Π½ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ°Π· Π² Π½ΠΎΠΆΠΊΠ΅ Π³ΠΈΠΏΠΎΡΠΈΠ·Π°. ΠΠ±Π΅Π·Π²ΠΎΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅
ΡΠΎΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°Π»ΠΎ Π΄ΠΈΠ°Π³Π½ΠΎΠ·Ρ DI. ΠΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½ ΠΊΠ»ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅Ρ Π½Π° Π½Π°Π·Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ Π²Π°Π·ΠΎΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠ½. ΠΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΄Ρ: ΠΎΠ½ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅
Ρ ΡΠΈΠΌΠΏΡΠΎΠΌΠ°ΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡ, ΡΠ²ΠΎΡΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΡΠΈΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΏΡΠΈΠΈ, Π½Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΡ
ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡΠΈΠ΅ ΠΊΡΡΡΠ° Ρ
ΠΈΠΌΠΈΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ°ΠΏΠΈΠΈ, Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ½Ρ Π±ΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Ρ
Π½Π΅ ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ Π½Π° ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΌΠ΅Ρ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΡ
ΠΎΡΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ, ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΈΡ
ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π³ΠΈΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΊΠ°Π»ΡΡΠΈΠ΅ΠΌΠΈΡ, Π½ΠΎ ΠΈ Π½Π° Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ Π½Π°Π»ΠΈΡΠΈΠ΅ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ°Π·ΠΎΠ²
Π² Π½ΠΎΠΆΠΊΠ΅ ΠΈ Π·Π°Π΄Π½Π΅ΠΉ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈ Π³ΠΈΠΏΠΎΡΠΈΠ·Π° Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΌΠ°Π³Π½ΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎ-ΡΠ΅Π·ΠΎΠ½Π°Π½ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ.
ΠΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π°: ΡΠ°ΠΊ, Π½Π΅ΡΠ°Ρ
Π°ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ Π΄ΠΈΠ°Π±Π΅Ρ, ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ°Π· Π² Π³ΠΈΠΏΠΎΡΠΈΠ·Π΅
Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds in meat and meat products
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds are persistent organic pollutants that received considerable attention in recent years due to their high potential toxicity, wide distribution and extreme stability. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) mainly occur in the environment as a result of several human activities including combustion, incineration and many other industrial activities, whereas polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) congeners were intentionally manufactured and widely used in various fields. Since dioxin and dioxin-like compounds are found in various environmental compartments (air, water, soil, sludge, sediment, food, feed, blood, animal and human tissues), humans could be exposed to them via inhalation, dermal contact or food ingestion. However, 90% of human exposure to dioxin is through food ingestion particularly foods from animals and foods that are rich in fat. In contrast, only low levels have been found in food items of plant origin. Exposure to dioxin compounds is associated with various adverse health problems. However, their toxicity varies dramatically according to the type of dioxin, species of exposed organism, as well as exposure frequency and duration. Dioxins are mainly determined by instrumental chromatographic methods such as GC-HRMS and GCβMS/MS. Many efforts have been made to remove, reduce and prevent these hazardous substances from the environment. However, the best method for reducing human exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like compounds is controlling and minimizing their production. In this article, structures, sources, exposure, toxicity and analysis methods of dioxin and dioxin-like compounds in meat and other foods were reviewed
Perturbative Computation of Glueball Superpotentials for SO(N) and USp(N)
We use the superspace method of hep-th/0211017 to prove the matrix model
conjecture for N=1 USp(N) and SO(N) gauge theories in four dimensions. We
derive the prescription to relate the matrix model to the field theory
computations. We perform an explicit calculation of glueball superpotentials.
The result is consistent with field theory expectations.Comment: 24 pages, 10 figure
Gravitational F-terms of N=1 Supersymmetric SU(N) Gauge Theories
We use the generalized Konishi anomaly equations and R-symmetry anomaly to
compute the exact perturbative and non-perturbative gravitational F-terms of
four-dimensional N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories. We formulate the general
procedure for computation and consider chiral and non-chiral SU(N) gauge
theories.Comment: 25 pages, v2: minor changes in section 4, references adde
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