Faculty of Science & Technology: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
The case for statins: Has it really been made?
(Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2004-10)Statin drugs are a modern success story. They are the medical treatment for coronary disease and the star of the pharmaceutical industry. Worldwide, sales of statins are running at about $19 billion a year and growing ... -
Survey of nutrition knowledge of Canadian physicians in nutrition, exercise and smoking
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Biochemical status of vitamin A in colorectal cancer
(Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, 1990-10)Serum vitamin A and its carrier proteins, retinol-binding protein and prealbumin, were measured in 41 colorectal cancer patients, 40 patients with benign colorectal disease, and 31 healthy subjects. Serum samples were ... -
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 ... -
Effect of Dietary Beta-Carotene on Hepatic Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes in Mice
(Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, 1987)The effects of dietary supplements of beta-carotene (20-500 mg per kg diet) on hepatic microsomal drug-metabolizing enzyme activities were studied in mice. Supplementation for 14 days resulted in marked reductions in ... -
Dietary intake of pregnant women and their infants in a poor black community in South Africa
(Curationis, 2005)The aimsof thisstudy were (i) to determine the dietary intake of women in a poor rural area during pregnancy and lactation, and (ii) to determine the nutritional status and dietary intake of their infants at age 6 months. ... -
Does Beta-Carotene Prevent Cancer? A Critical Appraisal
(Nutrition Research, 1988)The possible role of beta-carotene as a protective nutrient against cancer is reviewed. Human prospective and retrospective studies strongly indicate that beta-carotene protects against lung cancer and probably against ... -
Tribute to Denis Burkitt
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Polynomials: An Introduction
(2008-01-14)This is a tutorial introducting polynomials of one or several variables. It discusses their degrees, their terms and the factoring of these terms. -
Serum vitamins A and E, beta-carotene, and selenium in patients with breast cancer.
(Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 1989)A total of 89 subjects including 30 breast cancer patients' with distal metastases, 29 patients with benign breast disease, and 30 healthy subjects were studied. Serum samples from these subjects were obtained from ... -
International Survey Data
(Trends in Biochemistry Science, 1976) -
The epidemic of obesity in South Africa: a study in a disadvantaged community.
(Ethnicity Disease, 2001)Objective: The objective of this study was: 1) to determine the anthropometric profile of adults In Mamre, a small town In South Africa, which has a population of mixed ancestry ("colored" people of Afro-Euro-Malay-Khoisan ... -
Evidence from immunoblotting studies that brown adipose tissue is not present in the domestic pig.
(Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 1989)Evidence from immunoblotting studies on uncoupJing protein that brown adipose tissue is not present in the domestic pig. Can. S. Physio!. Pharmaco!. 67: 1480-1485. Adipose tissues and other tissues. of the pig have been ... -
Dietary fibre and the mouse colon: its influence on luminal pH, reducing activity, bile acid binding and cell proliferation.
(Cancer Letters, 1988)Female, Swiss mice were fed semi-synthetic diets for 33 days. The diets were fibre-free (FF) or supplemented with corn bran (CB) 12°~, wheat bran (WB) 12%, alfalfa (AL) 12oh, pectin (P) BOh, cellulose (CL) 6%, or lignin ... -
Dietary fats and coronary heart disease.
(Biomedicine Pharmacotherapy, 1996)The prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD) necessitates vigorous dietary intervention so as 10 lower the serum cho1eslero11evel by at least 6%. Greater decreases in serum cholesterol can bring about ... -
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 ... -
Investigations into the effects of cyclical rhythm and hormonal contraception on serum fat-mobilizing activity, glycerol, cholesterol and blood glucose.
(Acta Endocrinology, 1974)The effects were investigated of cyclical rhythm and hormonal contraception on serum fat-mobilizing activity, glycerol, cholesterol and whole blood glucose during 2 menstrual cycles in a group of normally menstruating young ... -
Protective effect of beta carotene against colon tumors in mice.
(Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1987)The effect of dietary beta carotene on colon carcinogenesis Induced by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine «DMH) CAS: 540-73-81 was studied in female inbred Swiss Webster (ICR) mice. At age 10 weeks and continuing throughout the ... -
High-Fat Diets and Fecal Level of Reductase and Colon Mucosal Level of Ornithine Decarboxylase, B-Glucuronidase, 5'-Nucleotidase, ATPase, and Esterase in Mice.
(Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1984)In one experiment Swiss mice were maintained on a 16 or 23% fat diet (laboratory chow with added fat, principally corn on) or on laboratory chow alone (5.5% fat), In another experiment CS7BU1 mice were given a 23% fat ...