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• Increase in cancers and fertility problems may be caused by household chemicals and pharmaceuticals

  Chemicals which disrupt the hormone system – also known as ‘endocrine disrupting chemicals’ (EDCs) – may be behind  significant increases in cancers, diabetes and obesity, falling fertility, and an increased number of neurological development problems in both humans and animals, according to a revie more

• Some chemicals could make you fat

  Could persistent pollutants like DDT and PCBs or chemicals found in plastics be making you fat or diabetic? The answer may depend on what sort of bacteria you have churning around in your gut, according to Cornell scientists.In a paper published in Environmental Health Perspectives, Suzanne Snedeker more

• What information do consumers need about food supplements?

  Herbal mixtures to combat obesity, protein powder to build muscle, vitamin C to strengthen the immune system - there is a very broad offering of pills, powders and capsules. Consumers generally tend to prescribe themselves vitamins, minerals and plant extracts without consulting a doctor. It is freq more

Publications Obesity

• Vitamin D: beyond bone

  In recent years, vitamin D has been received increased attention due to the resurgence of vitamin D deficiency and rickets in developed countries and the identification of extraskeletal effects of vitamin D, suggesting unexpected benefits of vitamin D in health and disease, beyond bone health. The more

• 4‐Hydroxyderricin and xanthoangelol from Ashitaba (Angelica keiskei) suppress differentiation of preadiopocytes to adipocytes via AMPK and MAPK pathways

  Scope Adipocytes differentiation is deeply involved in the onset of obesity. 4‐Hydroxyderricin (4HD) and xanthoangelol (XAG) are the chalcones that are derived from Ashitaba (Angelica keiskei). In this study, we demonstrated the inhibitory effects of these chalcones on adipocytes differentiation more

• IJMS, Vol. 14, Pages 10122-10142: TrkB Receptor Signalling: Implications in Neurodegenerative, Psychiatric and Proliferative Disorders

  The Trk family of receptors play a wide variety of roles in physiological and disease processes in both neuronal and non-neuronal tissues. Amongst these the TrkB receptor in particular has attracted major attention due to its critical role in signalling for brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), more

Market studies Obesity

• Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Market in the Americas to 2017 - Shift Towards Generics and Biosimilars as South and Central America Emerges as a Key Growth Region

  GBI Research’s report, “Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Market in the Americas to 2017 - Shift Towards Generics and Biosimilars as South and Central America Emerges as a Key Growth Region" provides detailed insight into the Americas API market. The research presents detailed analysis and for more

• Canada Agribusiness Report Q2 2010

  After a bleak season for most of 2009 whereby the prairie provinces in western Canada where hit by a severe drought and eastern Canada suffered through cool damp weather, a spell of warm, dry weather towards the end of 2009 looks to have marginally improved crop production totals for the 2009/10 sea more

• Malaysia Agribusiness Report Q2 2010

  As 2010 got underway, food prices were never far from the headlines in Malaysia. Prices for many commodities never really fell back after the customary pre-Ramadan rise in the middle of the year. With Chinese New Year in mid-February, worries over spikes in prices and hoarding returned. Meat prices more

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