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Disaccharides play a crucial role in protecting biological membranes from desiccation. Previous studies suggest that disaccharides with α,α-(1-1) glycosidic linkages, which adopt a clamshell ...

Disaccharides are well-known for their membrane protective ability. Interaction between sugars and multicomponent membranes, however, remains largely unexplored. Here, we combine molecular dynamics ...

Malabsorption: People with malabsorptive conditions, such as the inflammatory bowel disease Crohn's disease or who have had extensive bowel surgeries, may be at higher risk for kidney stones. However, ...

Background: Diets rich in lipid are used to provide energy density in treating children with severe malnutrition, but the extent to which their digestion and absorption can cope with the load ...

Purpose The diagnosis of metastatic pancreatic cancer (PC) carries a poor prognosis. PC is associated with weight loss and malabsorption in high rates secondary to pancreatic exocrine insufficiency.

The intellectual impact of lifelong intestinal malabsorption was examined in a consecutive series of 19 adults (mean age, 48 ± 11 years) with untreated coeliac disease. Using a comprehensive test ...

It was indeed recently shown that chondroitin sulfate disaccharides (which inhibit the growth of Proteobacteria) were likely butyrogenic substrates, and when added to mice diet, increased total ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) (collectively termed inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)) are complex disorders reflected by wide variation in clinical practice. These guidelines, ...