Acrylamide increases and furanoic compounds decrease in plant-based meat alternatives during pan-frying.

Plant-based meat alternatives are gaining popularity as protein sources. However, pan-frying may lead to the formation of potentially harmful food contaminants. We investigated the formation of acrylamide and furanoic compounds in four different plant-based meat alternatives and two meat burger patties during pan-frying at 160 and 200 °C.

Acute multifocal skin necrosis: synergism between invasive streptococcal infection and cocaine-induced tissue ischaemia?

A 30-year-old pregnant woman with full thickness skin necrosis following parenteral abuse of cocaine and heroine is described. Three lesions occurred simultaneously on the trunk and right knee subsequent to an abscess on the left thigh from which S. pyogenes group A and S.

Steroid analysis of human apocrine secretion.

Analysis of the secretion of the human apocrine gland has shown the presence of dehydroepiandrosterone and androsterone sulfates, two androgen steroids previously identified in axillary sweat. These steroid sulfates were characterized by the gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis of the odorous steroids formed on direct injection of the apocrine secretion into the host gas chromatographic injector. No spectral evidence was found for the presence of the delta16-androgen steroids which have axillary-like odors and have also been reported in axillary sweat.