Safety Assessment of Foods and Drinks Consumed by People on a Gluten-Free Diet.

Naturally gluten-free foods and processed foods that do not contain information about the potential presence of gluten in them pose a hypothetical threat to people with food allergies and celiac disease. Patients who should follow a strict gluten-free diet do not always do so. Therefore, the aim of this research was to analyze certified "gluten-free" and naturally gluten-free products without labeled "may contain gluten" information in terms of their content of gluten proteins.

Cardiovascular Effects of Chocolate and Wine-Narrative Review.

The consumption of food for pleasure is mainly associated with adverse health effects. This review was carried out to verify recent reports on the impact of chocolate and wine consumption on cardiovascular health, with a particular focus on atherosclerosis. On one side, these products have proven adverse effects on the cardiovascular system, but on the other hand, if consumed in optimal amounts, they have cardiovascular benefits.

Determination of patulin in products containing dried fruits by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay technique Patulin in dried fruits.

The era of globalization causes that the export and import of food from different continents of the world are becoming more and more common, which may directly contribute to the increase in pollution in them. The presence of mycotoxin in food is an ubiquitous problem. There is very limited information on the possible influence of the composition of herbal mixtures on the presence of mycotoxins in them, which is an area where research can be expanded.

Recent Applications of Capillary Electrophoresis in the Determination of Active Compounds in Medicinal Plants and Pharmaceutical Formulations.

The present review summarizes scientific reports from between 2010 and 2019 on the use of capillary electrophoresis to quantify active constituents (i.e., phenolic compounds, coumarins, protoberberines, curcuminoids, iridoid glycosides, alkaloids, triterpene acids) in medicinal plants and herbal formulations.

Application of Capillary Electrophoresis to the Analysis of Bioactive Compounds in Herbal Raw Materials.

The article is a summary of scientific reports from the last 16 years (2005-2021) on the use of capillary electrophoresis to analyze polyphenolic compounds, coumarins, amino acids, and alkaloids in teas or different parts of plants used to prepare aqueous infusions, commonly known as "tea" or decoctions. This literature review is based on PRISMA guidelines and articles selected in base of criteria carried out using PICOS (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Study type). The analysis showed that over 60% of articles included in this manuscript comes from China.

Photoresponsiveness affects life history traits but not oxidative status in a seasonal rodent.

Background: Shortening photoperiod triggers seasonal adjustments like cessation of reproduction, molting and heterothermy. However there is a considerable among-individual variation in photoresponsiveness within one population. Although seasonal adjustments are considered beneficial to winter survival, and natural selection should favor the individuals responding to changes in photoperiod (responders), the phenotype non-responding to changes in day length is maintained in population.

Advantageous Extraction, Cleanup, and UHPLC-MS/MS Detection of Patulin Mycotoxin in Dietary Supplements and Herbal Blends Containing Hawberry from spp.

Patulin (PAT) is a highly genotoxic mycotoxin still found as the common contaminant of various kinds of spoiled fruits and related commodities which are often endorsed as the health-enhancing products. Thus, a fast and convenient liquid-solid extraction followed by a solid-phase cleanup with the MycoSep®228 AflaPat multifunctional column was used for the highly efficient isolation of PAT with an average recovery of 112.7% from commercial dietary supplements and herbal blends formulated with dried hawberry.

Specialist-generalist model of body temperature regulation can be applied at the intraspecific level.

According to theoretical predictions, endothermic homeotherms can be classified as either thermal specialists or thermal generalists. In high cost environments, thermal specialists are supposed to be more prone to using facultative heterothermy than generalists. We tested this hypothesis at the intraspecific level using male laboratory mice (C57BL/cmdb) fasted under different thermal conditions (20 and 10°C) and for different time periods (12-48 h).

[Human trichinellosis in Poland in 2002].

Total number of 42 cases of human trichinellosis were reported and registered in Poland in 2002. Comparable number of cases were occurred in podlaskie (15) and wielkopolskie (14) voivodeships, and relative lot (9 cases) in pomorskie voivodeship. Sources of infestation according to 25 cases were more than 3 boars, according to 15 cases--undetermined number of the pigs, according to 1 case--1 stag (suspected), and according to 1 case source and vehicle of the infestation were not discovered.

[Botulism in Poland in 2002].

A total of 85 foodborne botulism were registered in Poland in 2002, with corresponding incidence 0.22 per 100,000 population. In rural areas were registered 67% of cases and in urban areas--33% (adequately--incidence 0.

[Foodborne infections and intoxications in Poland in 2002].

A total of 26,734 bacterial foodborne infections and intoxications were registered in 2002 (incidence 69.9/100,000 population). S.

[Human trichinellosis in Poland in 2001].

Total number of 52 cases of human trichinellosis were reported and registered in Poland in 2001. Similarly as in the previous year, most of these cases (41) were occurred in wielkopolskie voivodeship. A large outbreak (40 cases) in this voivodeship resulted from consumption of the raw smoked sausage made from the boar.

[Poisoning caused by chemicals for plant protection in Poland in 2001].

A total number of 220 cases of poisoning caused by chemicals for plant protection were registered in Poland in 2001 (incidence 0.57 per 100,000 population). The large number of cases occurred in one outbreak (104 cases; 47.

[Botulism in Poland in 2001].

A total of 66 cases of botulism (foodborne) were registered in Poland in 2001, with corresponding incidence 0.17 per 100,000 population. The majority of cases (77.

[Foodborne infections and intoxications in Poland in 2001].

A total of 24,393 bacterial foodborne infections and intoxications were registered in 2001. The incidence was 63.1/100,000 population.

[Trichinellosis in Poland in 2000].

In the year 2000 thirty six cases of trichinellosis were reported and registered in Poland. Most of them (26 cases) were noted in western region of the country (wielkopolskie voivodeship). Consumption of meat from four pigs and six boars caused 32 infections.

[Human brucellosis in Poland in 2000].

Most of the cases of human brucellosis registered in 2000 in Poland constitute chronically ill professionals (17 cases) and of them--15 with a long time (more than 16 years) of professional activity. Six cases of acute brucellosis were registered in 2000. Among them four were imported from Spain, and two were acquired in Poland.

[Intoxications caused by chemicals for plant protection in Poland in 2000].

A total number of 107 cases of intoxications caused by chemicals for plant protection were registered in Poland in 2000 (incidence 0.28 per 100,000 population). The majority of intoxications (74.

[Botulism in Poland in 2000].

A total of 72 cases of botulism were registered in Poland in 2000, with corresponding incidence 0.19 per 100,000 population. In the rural areas 56 (incidence 0.

[Foodborne infections and intoxications in Poland in 2000].

The total number of 26,701 cases of bacterial foodborne infections and intoxications were registered in 2000. The incidence was 96.9/100,000 population.