Association of Physical Activity and Nutritional Intake with Muscle Quantity and Quality Changes in Acute Stroke Patients.

Objectives: To evaluate longitudinally the muscle properties of acute stroke patients and examine the association between physical activity and nutritional intake.

Materials And Methods: This study enrolled 21 stroke patients (72.7±10.

A clinical study of the efficacy of a single session of individual exercise for depressive patients, assessed by the change in saliva free cortisol level.

Background: The efficacy of physical exercise as an augmentation to pharmacotherapy with antidepressants for depressive patients has been documented. However, to clarify the effectiveness of exercise in the treatment of depression, it is necessary to distinguish the effect of the exercise itself from the effect of group dynamics. Furthermore, an objective measurement for estimation of the effect is needed.

A new equation to estimate basal energy expenditure of patients with diabetes.

Background & Aims: Predictive equations for basal energy expenditure (BEE) derived from Caucasians tend to overestimate BEE in non-Caucasians. The aim of this study was to develop a more suitable method to estimate BEE in Japanese patients with diabetes using indices readily measured in clinical practice.

Methods: BEE was measured by indirect calorimetry under a strict basal condition in 68 Japanese patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

Anti-Allergic Effects of Kakrol (Momordica dioica Roxb.) Flesh Extract.

We examined the inhibitory effect of the extract of kakrol extracted by 3 types of solvent (water, 50% and 100% ethanol) on histamine release in human basophilic KU812 cells. The water extract of kakrol flesh showed the strongest inhibitory effect on histamine release as compared with the other extracts. Therefore, we evaluated whether water extract of kakrol flesh had a suppressive effect on development of atopic dermatitis-like lesions in picryl chloride-treated NC/Nga mice.

Metabolomics-driven nutraceutical evaluation of diverse green tea cultivars.

Background: Green tea has various health promotion effects. Although there are numerous tea cultivars, little is known about the differences in their nutraceutical properties. Metabolic profiling techniques can provide information on the relationship between the metabolome and factors such as phenotype or quality.