Potentially modifiable risk and protective factors affecting mental and emotional wellness in pregnancy
Front Hum Neurosci. 2024 Feb 20;18:1323297. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1323297. eCollection 2024. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Impaired mental and emotional wellness often co-occurs with prenatal substance use, and both...
Got the Munchies for an Egg Sandwich? The Effects of Cannabis on Bowel Motility and Beyond
J Nucl Med Technol. 2024 Mar 5;52(1):8-14. doi: 10.2967/jnmt.123.266816. ABSTRACT The use of medicinal cannabis has a long history dating back thousands of years. Recent...
Specific pharmacological and Gi/o protein responses of some native GPCRs in neurons
Nat Commun. 2024 Mar 5;15(1):1990. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46177-z. ABSTRACT G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute the largest family of membrane proteins and are important drug targets. The...
Intranasal delivery of herbal medicine for disease treatment: A systematic review
Phytomedicine. 2024 Feb 28;127:155484. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2024.155484. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Intranasal administration has been adopted in traditional medicine to facilitate access to the...
Perception of Risk of Harm from Cannabis Use Among Women of Reproductive Age with Disabilities
Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2024 Mar 5. doi: 10.1089/can.2023.0199. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Objectives: To examine perceived risk of harm from weekly cannabis use among...
Insights into the metabolism of CH-PIATA – a novel synthetic cannabinoid featuring an acetamide linker
J Anal Toxicol. 2024 Mar 5:bkae013. doi: 10.1093/jat/bkae013. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT The recent change from the popular carboxamide to an acetamide (ATA) linker...
Phospholipid-rich krill oil promotes intestinal health by strengthening beneficial gut microbial interactions in an infectious colitis model
Food Funct. 2024 Mar 4;15(5):2604-2615. doi: 10.1039/d3fo04980a. ABSTRACT Krill oil (KO) is rich in bioactive ingredients including phospholipids, omega-3 fatty acids, and astaxanthin. While health...
Exploring the characteristics of Burkholderia gladioli pathovar cocovenenans: Growth, bongkrekic acid production, and potential risks of food contamination in wet rice noodles and vermicelli
Food Microbiol. 2024 Jun;120:104449. doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2023.104449. Epub 2023 Dec 15. ABSTRACT This research investigated the presence of Burkholderia gladioli pathovar cocovenenans (BGC) in wet rice...
The Enrichment of Docosahexaenoic Acid from Microalgal Oil by Urea Complexation via Rotary-evaporation Crystallization
J Oleo Sci. 2024;73(3):311-319. doi: 10.5650/jos.ess23179. ABSTRACT Urea complexation is a widely used method for enriching polyunsaturated fatty acids, and cooling is the traditional approach...
Determination of the volatile chemical profile of Momordica charantia (bitter melon) leaf and fruit by GC-MS
Nat Prod Res. 2024 Mar 5:1-8. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2024.2325595. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT The plant Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae), popularly known as bitter melon, snake fruit,...
Aerobic Exercise and Endocannabinoids: A Narrative Review of Stress Regulation and Brain Reward Systems
Cureus. 2024 Mar 4;16(3):e55468. doi: 10.7759/cureus.55468. eCollection 2024 Mar. ABSTRACT Aerobic exercise is a widely adopted practice, not solely for enhancing fitness and reducing the...
Investigation of Rosa species by an optimized LC-QTOF-MS/MS method using targeted and non-targeted screening strategies combined with multivariate chemometrics
Phytochem Anal. 2024 Mar 4. doi: 10.1002/pca.3345. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Plants of the Rosa genus are renowned for their pronounced and pleasant...
Association between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and inflammatory biomarkers in patients with a first episode of psychosis
J Psychiatr Res. 2024 Feb 21;172:334-339. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.02.044. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been proposed as an emerging marker...
Toll-like receptor signalling as a cannabinoid target
Biochem Pharmacol. 2024 Mar 2:116082. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2024.116082. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have become a focus in biomedicine and biomedical research given...
Impact of Berberine or Berberine Combination Products on Lipoprotein, Triglyceride and Biological Safety Marker Concentrations in Patients with Hyperlipidemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
J Diet Suppl. 2024;21(2):242-259. doi: 10.1080/19390211.2023.2212762. Epub 2023 May 14. ABSTRACT Monoclonal antibody Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors reduce total cholesterol (TC), low...