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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Analgesia accompanying food consumption requires ingestion of hedonic foods.

12 Oct 2009 Animals eat rather than react to moderate pain. Here, we examined the behavioral, hedonic, and neural requirements for ingestion analgesia in ad libitum fed rats. Noxious heat-evoked withdrawals were similarly suppressed during self-initiated ... Read more...

Identification and characterization of a class III chitin synthase gene of Moniliophthora perniciosa, the fungus that causes witches' broom disease of cacao.

7 Sep 2009 Chitin synthase (CHS) is a glucosyltransferase that converts UDP-N-acetylglucosamine into chitin, one of the main components of fungal cell wall. Class III chitin synthases act directly in the formation of the cell wall. They catalyze the conversion ... Read more...

Chocolate consumption and mortality following a first acute myocardial infarction: the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES: To assess the long-term effects of chocolate consumption amongst patients with established coronary heart disease. DESIGN: In a population-based inception cohort study, we followed 1169 non-diabetic patients hospitalized with a confirmed ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Cacao'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Analgesia accompanying food consumption requires ingestion of hedonic foods. 12 Oct 2009
• Identification and characterization of a class III chitin synthase gene of Moniliophthora perniciosa, the fungus that causes witches' broom disease of cacao. 7 Sep 2009
• Chocolate consumption and mortality following a first acute myocardial infarction: the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program. 30 Aug 2009
• Carbon source-induced changes in the physiology of the cacao pathogen Moniliophthora perniciosa (Basidiomycetes) affect mycelial morphology and secretion of necrosis-inducing proteins. 23 Aug 2009
• Early development of Moniliophthora perniciosa basidiomata and developmentally regulated genes. 2 Aug 2009
• Mining of expressed sequence tag libraries of cacao for microsatellite markers using five computational tools. 30 Jul 2009
• Crude cacao Theobroma cacao extract reduces mutagenicity induced by benzo[a]pyrene through inhibition of CYP1A activity in vitro. 30 Jul 2009
• Antihypertensive effect of a polyphenol-rich cocoa powder industrially processed to preserve the original flavonoids of the cocoa beans. 20 Jul 2009
• Single nucleotide polymorphisms from Theobroma cacao expressed sequence tags associated with witches' broom disease in cacao. 12 Jul 2009
• dsRNA-induced gene silencing in Moniliophthora perniciosa, the causal agent of witches' broom disease of cacao. 10 Jul 2009
• Effect of fat content on the digestibility and bioaccessibility of cocoa polyphenol by an in vitro digestion model. 6 Jul 2009
• Screening antioxidants using LC-MS: case study with cocoa. 6 Jul 2009
• Dark chocolate or tomato extract for prehypertension: a randomised controlled trial. 6 Jul 2009
• Synergistic effect of high hydrostatic pressure and natural antimicrobials on inactivation kinetics of Bacillus cereus in a liquid whole egg and skim milk mixed beverage. 29 Jun 2009
• Development of a GC x GC-TOFMS method using SPME to determine volatile compounds in cacao beans. 29 Jun 2009
• Off-line comprehensive 2-dimensional hydrophilic interaction x reversed phase liquid chromatography analysis of procyanidins. 29 Jun 2009
• The beneficial endophyte Trichoderma hamatum isolate DIS 219b promotes growth and delays the onset of the drought response in Theobroma cacao. 27 Jun 2009
• Electricity generation using chocolate industry wastewater and its treatment in activated sludge based microbial fuel cell and analysis of developed microbial community in the anode chamber. 15 Jun 2009
• Use of an injection port for thermochemolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry: rapid profiling of biomaterials. 8 Jun 2009
• Separate signals for orthonasal vs. retronasal perception of food but not nonfood odors. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Cacao'

Definition: A tree of the family Sterculiaceae (or Byttneriaceae), usually Theobroma cacao, or its seeds, which after fermentation and roasting, yield cocoa and chocolate.

Descriptor UI: D002099

Alternative terms: Cacao; Theobroma cacao; Cocoa; Chocolate;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; anatomy & histology; classification; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; poisoning; radiation effects; toxicity; ultrastructure; chemistry; virology; economics; history; supply & distribution; standards;

Tree Number: B06.388.100.915.144;

Online Note: use CACAO to search CHOCOLATE & COCOA 1966-84

History Note: 91(86)63; was see under PLANTS, EDIBLE 1986-90; CHOCOLATE & COCOA were see under CACAO 1963-84

Technical Notes: as plant & as chocolate or cocoa; selected qualif from Cat B6 & Cat J2; coord IM with CANDY (IM) for chocolate candy or with BEVERAGES (IM) for chocolate drinks