Exploration of plant products and phytochemicals against aflatoxin toxicity in broiler chicken production: Present status
Toxicon. 2021 Jul 3:S0041-0101(21)00187-2. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.06.017. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAflatoxins (AFs) are a class of mycotoxins produced by the toxigenic Aspergillus fungi and are common contaminants of foods and feeds. Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), the most potent aflatoxin, is well characterized to reduce productive performance and mortality in broilers. This exclusive review summarizes the efficacy of various plant products and phytochemicals to counteract AFB1 toxicity in broilers. The biochemical and molecular mode of action of AFB1 to induce liver damage, genotoxicity, immunosuppression and the protect...
Source: Toxicon - July 6, 2021 Category: Toxicology Authors: Umaya Suganthi R Y C Vijayalakshmi V Sejian Source Type: research
Unknown safety and efficacy of alcohol hangover treatments puts consumers at risk
Addict Behav. 2021 Jun 27;122:107029. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107029. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIt is important that hangover products are both safe and effective. The aims of the current study were to evaluate (a) the ingredients of currently marketed hangover treatments, (b) whether companies make disease modification claims for these products, and (c) the extent and quality of any independent scientific evidence on their efficacy and safety. Of eighty-two hangover products identified, the most common ingredients were vitamin B, vitamin C, milk thistle extract (silymarin), dihydromyricetin (DHM), and N-acetyl L-cy...
Source: Addictive Behaviors - July 5, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Joris C Verster Charmaine Ji van Rossum Andrew Scholey Source Type: research
Unknown safety and efficacy of alcohol hangover treatments puts consumers at risk
Addict Behav. 2021 Jun 27;122:107029. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107029. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIt is important that hangover products are both safe and effective. The aims of the current study were to evaluate (a) the ingredients of currently marketed hangover treatments, (b) whether companies make disease modification claims for these products, and (c) the extent and quality of any independent scientific evidence on their efficacy and safety. Of eighty-two hangover products identified, the most common ingredients were vitamin B, vitamin C, milk thistle extract (silymarin), dihydromyricetin (DHM), and N-acetyl L-cy...
Source: Addictive Behaviors - July 5, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Joris C Verster Charmaine Ji van Rossum Andrew Scholey Source Type: research
Interactive effects of zinc oxide nano particles and different light regimes on growth and silymarin biosynthesis in callus cultures of < em > Silybum marianum < /em > L
Artif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol. 2021 Dec;49(1):523-535. doi: 10.1080/21691401.2021.1946069.ABSTRACTSilybum marianum L. commonly known as milk thistle is a medicinally potent plant with a multitude of pharmacological applications. The present investigations demonstrated the effects of Zinc Oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) on callus growth and biosynthesis of silymarin in milk thistle under various light conditions. The callus cultures developed on Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal media containing ZnO NPs (0.15 mg/L), under the dark condition maintained for two weeks, followed by transference into normal light produced the maximu...
Source: Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology - June 30, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Muhammad Aamir Shehzad Mubarak Ali Khan Amir Ali Sher Mohammad Ahmed Noureldeen Hadeer Darwish Asif Ali Ayaz Ahmad Tariq Khan Raham Sher Khan Source Type: research
