flavonoid/necrosis

Since last December 2019, a syndrome of severe pneumonia associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. It is highly contagious and rapidly spread to many other parts of China and almost all countries all over the world, representing one of the most

Research Background and Rationale At the end of December 2019, pneumonia of unknown origin was detected in the hospitals of Wuhan city, China, and reported to the WHO country office for the first time [1-3]. After a few days, the Chinese government has confirmed the human-to-human transmission of

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a joint disorder caused by wear and tear on the joint over time; as a result, the protective cartilage of the bone in the joint gradually wears down. The lifetime risk of developing OA in the knee, with symptoms such as pain, aching, and stiffness, is 40% in men and 47% in

Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) is the major component of the Mediterranean diet. More than 200 different chemical compounds have been detected in olive oil, including fatty acids, sterols, carotenoids, terpenoids, flavonoids, tocopherols and olive polyphenols. Virgin olive oil contains a variety of

Childhood obesity is global health problem, due to the constant increase in its incidence and prevalence. Having this disease helps increase the costs of care for Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases. The increase in its prevalence since 1975 from 1% to 6% (girls) and 8% (boys) in 2016 between the

Participants will attend two test session days separated by a 7 day wash out period. The procedure on each day will be identical save for the intervention breakfast which will either be a walnut rich muesli containing 50g walnut and 50g mixed cereal ingredients (active intervention), or control

The study use a double blind, placebo-controlled design enrolling male and female subjects between 55-90 yo randomly assigned to consumption of a flavonoid rich mixture (flavonoids; F), alkalinized cocoa which eliminates flavonoid content (no flavonoids; NF) or placebo. All beverages had similar

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease underlying coronary artery disease, driven in part by the innate immune system, particularly macrophages. The adhesion of leukocytes to the vascular endothelium, mediated by endothelial cellular adhesion molecules including vascular adhesion

Our proposal is the first attempt to use flavonoids to treat endothelial dysfunction as a causative factor of nephropathy in a pediatric population with diabetes. The investigators plan to recruit 40 adolescents with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus and 40 healthy peers into a double-blind, randomized,

Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) include various chronic lung disorders such as sarcoidosis and idiopathic lung fibrosis (IPF). In the Netherlands the incidence of sarcoidosis is approximately 20-25 per 100.000 inhabitants whereas that of IPF is approximately 1000-1500 new cases each year. In short,