American Chemical Society meets Aug. 19-23 in Boston
...d to food chemistry. On Aug. 20, reporters can sip wine and snack on clam chowder as Gerald DeMenna, Ph.D., discusses the chemistry of that Boston favorite. Gourmet coffee is on the breakfast menu Aug. 21 as experts discuss their research on how to protect the complex aromas of coffee. Boston beckons, as ...Negative effects of plastic's additive blocked by nutrient supplements
...findings that have suggested that one glass of red wine a day may be good for your cardiovascular system, ...may be true, but we certainly know a gallon of red wine a day is not good for you....American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- June 20, 2007
...icultural and Food Chemistry Both red and white wine may have previously unknown health benefits at the... out that previous studies suggested that moderate wine consumption has health benefits after reaching the stomach and digestion in protecting against hear...Vitamin extends life in yeast, Dartmouth Medical School researchers find
...erhaps the best known sirtuin activator is the red wine compound resveratrol. Overfed mice on high dose resveratrol have healthier livers, better endurance and possibly longer lifespan. While resveratrol and NR work through different mechanisms to increase sirtuin activity, Brenner said, the two compoun...New findings in smell and taste
... The richness of smells such as that of a good red wine seems to develop slowly over some seconds. We have visualized precisely timed and odor-specific patterns of neural activity in isolated mouse olfactory bulb neurons that may provide a mechanism for the slow changes in the perceived qualities of odor...Sleep enforces the temporal sequence in memory
...quence in such memories: did Paul spill a glass of wine before or after Mary left the party? Previous findings from a research group headed by Jan Born at the University of Lbeck have confirmed the widely held view that long-term memories are formed particularly during sleep, and that this process reli...Flies don't buzz about aimlessly!
...fly is able to locate and blissfully drown in your wine glass on a warm summer evening, especially since its flight path seems to be so erratic? Mark Frye at the University of California and Andy Reynolds at Rothamsted Research in the United Kingdom have been pondering this very question. Fruit flies e...Ladybugs may be cute, but watch out when they get near wine
...h he and his associates did not conduct any actual wine studies, recent studies by others have shown that an increase in ladybug toxins can significantly decrease the natural fruit and floral intensities in wine. While similar compounds have been detected by others in ladybugs, he says that his group ha...Lifting Chinese tiger trade ban a death sentence for wild tigers say WWF and TRAFFIC
...AFFIC survey documented 17 instances of tiger bone wine for sale on Chinese auction websites, with one seller offering a lot of 5,000 bottles. And demand for big cat skins as status symbol clothing, particularly in China's Tibetan Autonomous Region, is increasing, with about 3 percent of Tibetans in major...Finding the white wine difference
...es of grapes and ultimately new wines. While white wine has ancient origins residue of white wine was found in the tomb of the Egyptian king, Tutankhamun researchers know that the ancestors of mode...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Feb. 21, 2007
...e is higher than in other common beverages such as wine or orange juice," the study states. The findings mean that consumption of 1 cup (about 200 milliliters) of coffee per day represents a contribution of up to 1.8 grams of the recommended intake of 20-38 grams of this essential nutrient, the research...Grape expectations for healthier wine
...University of California, Davis, said that because wine growers don't store grapes for prolonged periods, ... tweaked to replace problematic sulphites added to wine during the liquification process, presenting the possibility of healthier more hypoallergenic wines....Cloudy apple juice four times healthier than clear
...Polyophenols are also found in dark chocolate, red wine and are widely reported to have anti-caner activity. The research published this month in the SCI's Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2707). Lucy Ede, Head of Products at the juice company Innocent, said they already ...Moderate drinking may help older women live longer
...ed health and survival may be ingredients found in wine or ethanol, the social and pleasurable benefits of drinking or the improved appetite and nutrition that often accompanies modest alcohol intake. The author notes that the study does not advocate non-drinkers to begin drinking. Changes in diet need to...Alcohol and health: Those 2 glasses a day that lengthen your life
...arly show that drinking in moderation (a couple of wine or beer glasses a day) has beneficial effects on h...g 2-4 doses maximum (a dose refers to one glass of wine or beer), women should be aware: for them, the protection guaranteed from alcohol consumption disapp...Agronomy, crop, soils research presented in Indianapolis
...on topics include: Agriculture--fertilizer use, wine production, water use, organic farming, gardening Health--essential nutrients, pathogens, antibiotics, world hunger Urban Ecosystems--urban planning, soil erosion, golf course management Environment--soil erosion, greenhouse gas, hazardous w...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Oct. 25, 2006
...duced as the body breaks down the alcohol in beer, wine and hard liquor. Now researchers in Japan have discovered direct molecular evidence supporting that link between acetaldehyde and alcohol-related cancers. In a report published in the current (October) issue of the monthly ACS journal Chemical Resea...Genomic comparison of lactic acid bacteria published
... and improve starter cultures for dairy, meat, and wine fermentations; probiotic cultures; and other industrial applications. The extensive bioinformatic analyses by world experts adds to the impact of the genomic data and provides new hypotheses on how microbial genomes evolve by mechanisms of genomic lo...'Failed' experiment yields a biocontrol agent that doesn't trigger antibiotic resistance
...one antimicrobial agent." Filutowicz and Burgess, wine enthusiasts who are as comfortable fermenting grapes as they are transforming bacterial plasmids, partnered with students from the Weinert Applied Ventures Program at the UW-Madison School of Business to develop a plan for ConjuGon. One of the stude...Cabernet sauvignon red wine reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease
...nai School of Medicine has found that moderate red wine consumption in a form of Cabernet Sauvignon may he...e first to report that moderate consumption of red wine in a form of Cabernet Sauvignon delivered in the drinking water for ~7 months significantly reduces ...