Background: White sweet potato (WSP) has many potential beneficial effects on metabolic control and on diabetes-related insulin resistance. The antihyperglycemic effects of Tainung No. 10 (TNG10), a variety of WSP in Taiwan, warrant investigation.
Novel dummy magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers (dex-MMIPs) were prepared for highly selective recognition and fast enrichment of acrylamide (AA) in potato chips. Propionamide (PA) was used as dummy template molecule and the Fe3O4 nanoparticles modified with carboxymethyl
Mitochondria isolated from various plant tissues (leaves, etiolated shoots and hypocotyls, and stem tubers) oxidize exogenous NADPH with respiratory control values and ADP:O ratios similar to those obtained with exogenous NADH as substrate. In all the mitochondria investigated, the electron-transfer
The effects of added NAD on substrate oxidation by turnip (Brassica rapa L.) and beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) mitochondria were investigated. State 3 malate and 2-oxoglutarate oxidation rates with turnip mitochondria were stimulated 25 to 40% by external NAD. Following NAD-depletion this stimulation
An automated chromatographic detection system for the simultaneous determination of riboflavin phosphate, caffeine, nicotinamide and pyridoxine hydrochloride in a multivitamin pharmaceutical preparation was constructed. Hydrolytic pretreatment of riboflavin phosphate to riboflavin was carried out
In previous studies a metabolic activation system (MAS) composed of Aroclor 1254-induced rat liver microsomes led to an apparent reduction of potato glycoalkaloid developmental toxicity in the frog embryo teratogenesis assay-Xenopus (FETAX). The reasons for this reduction were investigated in this
An enzymatic method for the determination of sulfite in foods was collaboratively studied in Nordic industry and government laboratories. The sulfite in liquid foods or extracts of solid foods is analyzed according to the following principle: Sulfite ions are oxidized to sulfate ions by oxygen in
The morphological mutant "isovitexin" in Silene latifolia (the white campion) has small and up-curled petals and leaves. In this mutant the aglycone isovitexin is the only flavone present in the vacuole. In the present study it is shown that isovitexin has a strong toxic effect on mitochondria that
The effects of rotenone on the succinate-driven reduction of matrix nicotinamide nucleotides were investigated in Percoll-purified mitochondria from potato (Solanum tuberosum) tubers. Depending on the presence of ADP or ATP, rotenone caused an increase or a decrease in the level of reduction of the