Meat and seafood chemical contaminants can be very dangerous for human health. The way in which food chemical contaminants are currently controlled is not optimal as the food cooking, processing and eating habits are generallynot considered by authorities. the current review discusses the available information related to toxicity of the most relevant meat and seafood chemical contaminants, their bioaccessibility after cookung or processing, and the implications for human health. In addition, the current invivo toxicity and alternative tests carried out for testing the effects of food chemical contaminants are illustrated, as well as new detection tools. The use of non-carcinogenic functional models, of alternative animal models like zebrafish embryos, and a toxicogenomic approach seem to be the most promising strategy for the toxicity assessment of food chemical contaminants.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3082540
The Old Vine from Lent is at least 400 years old and belongs to the varietal group ‘Modra kavčina’, syn. ‘Žametovka’, ‘Blauer Kölner’. The aim of the study was to determine the genetic relationships among different accessions of this varietal group and relations with other cultivars. ‘Žametovka’ represents a cultivar group which is completely different from other varietal groups. Genetically the closest appear to be the cultivar ‘Chasselas red’.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3206956
Patients on haemodialysis (HD) and patients with type 2 diabetes are at high-risk for coronary artery calcification (CAC). The coronary artery calciumscore (CACS), quantified by computed tomography, cannot be completely explained by traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors. CAC was measured in 45 non-diabetic chronic kidney disease patients on HD and in 45 matched type 2 diabetes patients without diabetic nephropathy. Serum calcium, phosphate, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), alkaline phosphatase, intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), fetuin-A, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), albumin, homocysteine, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides and femoral neck bone mineral density were also measured. No differences were observed in patient distribution across the CACS risk categories between the two groups. Significant differences were observed in serum calcium, phosphate, 25(OH)D, alkaline phosphatase, iPTH, fetuin-A, hsCRP, homocysteine and triglycerides between the two patient groups. Further research into the diverse, numerous and often interlinked factors that influence CAC in different groups of patients is warranted.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3995711