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Yo Tanaka, Doudou Ma, Satoshi Amaya, Yusufu Aishan, Yigang Shen, Shun-ichi Funano, Tao Tang, Yoichiroh Hosokawa, Oleg Gusev, Takashi Okuda, Takahiro Kikawada, Yaxiaer Yalikun
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Hossam S. El-Beltagi, Sikandar Shah, Sami Ullah, Sulaiman, Abdallah Tageldein Mansour, Tarek A. Shalaby
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Flavia Sarti Bonora, Richard Andrew Hayes, Helen F. Nahrung, David John Lee
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M. Kazemi-Bonchenari, H. Khanaki, A. Jafari, M. Eghbali, M. Poorhamdollah, M. H. Ghaffari
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Nobuyuki Inomata, Manami Miyazaki, Mayu Noguchi, Masanobu Itoh
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Kai Lueersen, Tobias Joeckel, Dawn Chin, Tobias Demetrowitsch, Karin Schwarz, Gerald Rimbach
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Summary: The response to salt stress in three selected moss species was analyzed using quantitative and qualitative analyses. Non-halophytic moss species Physcomitrium patens and two halophytic moss species Entosthodon hungaricus and Hennediella heimii were exposed to salt stress under controlled in vitro conditions. The presence and role of phenolic compounds in oxidative stress caused by salt stress were studied, and it was found that phenolic p-coumaric acid played a common role in antioxidative response and salt-stress tolerance in all three species.
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Nina Kroencke, Rainer Benning
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Bailey E. Schacht, John Scarpa, Joe M. Fox, Robert R. Vega
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Nick Goelen, Pieter Janssen, Dina Ripken, Peter van Horssen, Kris Byloos, Stefan Ghysels, Guido Putzeys, Zandrie Hofman, Vincent Vandecaveye, Jan Tack
Summary: This study tested the impact of different protein compositions of enteral formulas on gastric content volume in healthy volunteers, mimicking the gastrointestinal conditions of critically ill patients. Results suggest that a certain protein blend (P4) may lead to faster gastric emptying compared to a casein-dominant formula (Cas), with less gastric accumulation.
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Rui Qu, Yingfeng Ji, Weiling Zhu
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Seema Ramniwas, Divya Singh, Aanchal Sharma
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Seema Ramniwas, Divya Singh
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