ETHNOBOTANICAL, MICROGRAPHIC AND PHARMACOLOGICAL FEATURES OF PLANT-BASED WEIGHT-LOSS PRODUCTS SOLD IN NATURIST STORES IN MEXICO CITY: THE NEED FOR BETTER QUALITY CONTROL

Ethnobotanical, micrographic and pharmacological features of plant-based weight-loss products sold in naturist stores in Mexico City: the need for better quality control

The consumption of dietary supplements and herbal mixtures to promote weight loss Caster Accessories is a common practice in the West.This study was undertaken in Mexico City, surveying stores selling "natural products" at subway stations.The aims of this paper were as follows: to compile a record of plant products marketed as slimming aids and of

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Cyclic Enterobacterial Common Antigen Maintains the Outer Membrane Permeability Barrier of Escherichia coli in a Manner Controlled by YhdP

ABSTRACT Gram-negative bacteria have an outer membrane (OM) impermeable to many toxic compounds that can be further strengthened during stress.In Enterobacteriaceae, the envelope contains enterobacterial common antigen (ECA), a carbohydrate-derived moiety conserved throughout Enterobacteriaceae, the function of which is poorly understood.Previously

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Human lymphocytes mobilized with exercise have an anti-tumor transcriptomic profile and exert enhanced graft-versus-leukemia effects in xenogeneic mice

BackgroundEvery bout of exercise mobilizes and redistributes large numbers of effector lymphocytes with a cytotoxic and tissue migration phenotype.The frequent redistribution of these cells is purported to increase immune surveillance and play a mechanistic role in reducing cancer risk and slowing tumor progression in physically active cancer survi

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