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Towards a new system of health: the challenge of western disease
(Journal of Community Health, 1993)Over the last three decades, the concept of Western disease has become well established. Medicine has approached this group of diseases by searching for new cures but has achieved relatively little success. We argue ... -
Toxicity of 1,2-dimethlyhydrazine in mice: effect of diet and development of tolerance
(Journal of Food Safety, 1985)The effect of diet on the lethality of 1, 2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) injections was investigated using Swiss mice. Mortality was highest when mice were fed a nutrient-dilutealfhigh-fat diet, was intermediate with a ... -
Tribute to Denis Burkitt
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Waist circumference predicts clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in older South Africans
(Cardiovascular Journal of Southern Africa, 2001)Objecti~'eand design. A cross-sectional analytical study to determine the cardiovascular risk factor profile of older residents of fishing villages on the West Coast of South Africa, and to det.ermine which anthropome ... -
The war on cancer: failure of therapy and research
(Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1991)A generally-held beliefby both the medical profession and the lay public is that therapeutic medicine greatly affects health. Providing more hospital beds, doctors and resources is viewed as the path to improve ... -
Water: a neglected nutrient in the young child? A South African perspective
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2007)Water is considered an essential nutrient because the body cannot produce enough water itself, by metabolism of food, to fulfil its need.When the quantity or quality of water is inadequate, health problems result, most ... -
Zonal rotor analysis of the subcellular localization of B-glycero-phosphate dehydrogenase, 1-naphthyl palmitate and 2-napthyl laurate hydrolases in the mucosa of the guinea-pig small intestine.
(Histochemistry Journal, 1976)Whole homogenate of guinea-pig small intestine mucosa was analysed by centrifugation in a zonal rotor. The results indicate that FAD-linked a-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase is localized in the mitochondria and that ... -
Zonal rotor study of the subcellular distribution of acyl-CoA synthetases, carnitine acyl transferases and phosphatidate phosphatase in the guinea-pig small intestine.
(European Journal of Cell Biology, 1979)Homogenates made from the mucosa of the guinea pig small intestine were fractionated in a zonal rotor by rate and isopycnic centrifugation in sucrose gradients. Density perturbation of endoplasmic reticulum vesicles was ...