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Rocky showed up at The Golden Globes -- and she won!

Rocky showed up at The Golden Globes -- and she won! Raja Sen sums up the 74th Golden Globes perfectly.




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Why is Sanjay Leela Bhansali being targeted?

'The film industry will remain soft targets and continue to be picked upon with no respite, with no choice but to give in due to personal safety and financial compulsions,' says director Suparn Verma.




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Trapped! A metaphor for Motwane's movies

'In Udaan and in Lootera, the initial sensations that drove Vikramaditya Motwane to make those pictures never quite travelled beyond the walls that contained them.''Here, in Trapped, this sensations-strangled-by-the-walls feeling becomes the movie's real tune,' says Sreehari Nair.













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Sacred Games: The Gangster as Mumbai

'What would a composite of Dawood, Rajan, and Arun Gawli be like?''What if an absconding mafia boss were to land in Mumbai tomorrow, tired from all the running, and tender his final apology to the city by narrating his story and narrating it with brutal honesty?'Sreehari Nair watches Sacred Games.




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Why Rajshri Deshpande went topless in Sacred Games

'Nawaz, who plays my husband, doesn't look at women when he has sex with them.''He never kisses them.''That moment when I am in front of him is decisive,' the New Wave actress tells Subhash K Jha.





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What makes Sacred Games different

'That only a certain Mumbai story -- look at Salaam Bombay and Slumdog Millionaire for other examples -- gets made when an international audience is as much a target as the desi viewer, should invoke questions of representation,' notes Vikram Johri.




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Why 'Goldfish' Katrina agreed to Bharat

It won't be easy for the half-British diva to step into the Desi Girl's sandals, feels Subhash K Jha.





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Why should patriotic Indians be embarrassed by Mulk?

'Mulk questions the very principle, of good-Muslim exceptionalism.''That, of course, we adore Abdul Hamid, A P J Abdul Kalam and Bismillah Khan and if only more Muslims were like them.''Anubhav Sinha sticks his neck out to say that these are no exceptions.''Most Muslims are like them. It is the terrorists who are exceptions,' says Shekhar Gupta.




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Fed up of Kangana's meddling, Sonu walks out of Manikarnika

'He took a lot of crap from a person who feels she knows how to direct a film.'




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Why Village Rockstars needs Aamir Khan

Politics, favouritism and poor taste in cinema have contributed to embarrassing choices for the Oscar race in the past.This little gem from India needs the love, emotional and financial support from the government as well as the Indian film industry, argues Aseem Chhabra.




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What are Priyanka's plans after her wedding?

Will Priyanka start a family? Or does she have some career aces up her sleeve?Longtime Rediff.com contributor Aseem Chhabra, author of <Priyanka Chopra: The Incredible Story Of A Global Bollywood Star, predicts PeeCee's next moves.





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Have we stopped responding to movies?

'If you can tell the quality of a movie-watching experience, only and only by referring to set standards, you *aren't really* going to the movies,' argues Sreehari Nair.




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Arjun Reddy is better than Kabir Singh

'The Telugu original with its brilliant rendering of the hero by Vijay Deverakonda works better than Kabir Singh.''It also has a sharper play of caste politics and raw authenticity of characters rooted in a local universe that gets lost in translation when it is remade for a pan-India audience,' argues Ritwik Sharma.




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The Life Force Called Shaukat Kaifi

'My mom is a riot! I thank her with all my heart.'





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'It feels like a close family member has passed away'

'Ever since I heard about his death this morning, I have not been able to control my tears,' says Patcy N who interviewed the actor often




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The World Turned Upside Down

The Fifes and Drums of Colonial Williamsburg carry forward the tradition of military music heard on the battlefields of Yorktown.




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In Freedom We're Born: Songs from the American Revolution

New lyrics set to familiar (or some not so familiar) English melodies, recorded using 18th-century instrumentation to recreate the ambience of a small tavern or public meeting place.





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Formation and disappearance of aldehydes during simulated gastrointestinal digestion of fried clams

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3483-3492
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO03021B, Paper
Zhong-Yuan Liu, Yuan-Yuan Hu, Man-Tong Zhao, Hong-Kai Xie, Xiao-Pei Hu, Xiao-Chi Ma, Jiang-Hua Zhang, Yan-Hong Bai, Da-Yong Zhou
The formation and disappearance of aldehydes during simulated gastrointestinal digestion (SD) of fried clams was investigated in order to shed light on the underlying mechanism.
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Fucoxanthin alleviates palmitate-induced inflammation in RAW 264.7 cells through improving lipid metabolism and attenuating mitochondrial dysfunction

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3361-3370
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00442A, Paper
Siyu Li, Xiaomeng Ren, Yuandong Wang, Jiangning Hu, Haitao Wu, Shuang Song, Chunhong Yan
Fucoxanthin mitigated palmitate-induced inflammation in macrophages through promoting fatty acid oxidation and ameliorating mitochondrial dysfunction.
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Vinegar extract ameliorates alcohol-induced liver damage associated with the modulation of gut microbiota in mice

Food Funct., 2020, 11,2898-2909
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO03015H, Paper
Ting Xia, Bo Zhang, Shaopeng Li, Bin Fang, Wenhui Duan, Jin Zhang, Jia Song, Min Wang
Vinegar extract inhibited alcohol-induced ROS generation and inflammation. Vinegar extract modulated gut microbiota and improved intestinal homeostasis, which could be used as a novel gut microbiota manipulator against alcohol-induced liver damage.
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Capsaicin—the major bioactive ingredient of chili peppers: bio-efficacy and delivery systems

Food Funct., 2020, 11,2848-2860
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00351D, Review Article
Muwen Lu, Chengyu Chen, Yaqi Lan, Jie Xiao, Run Li, Junqing Huang, Qingrong Huang, Yong Cao, Chi-Tang Ho
The mechanisms of bio-efficacy of capsaicin and delivery systems with enhanced bioavailability were reviewed.
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Seaweed Porphyra yezoensis polysaccharides with different molecular weights inhibit hydroxyapatite damage and osteoblast differentiation of A7R5 cells

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3393-3409
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO01732A, Paper
Ling-Hong Huang, Hong Liu, Jia-Yun Chen, Xin-Yuan Sun, Zhi-hui Yao, Jin Han, Jian-Ming Ouyang
Porphyra yezoensis polysaccharide could effectively reduce the cell damage and osteogenic transformation of vascular smooth muscle cells induced by hydroxyapatite crystals.
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Untargeted metabolomics revealed therapeutic mechanisms of icariin on low bone mineral density in older caged laying hens

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3201-3212
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02882J, Paper
Jie Huang, Yanping Hu, Xiaofeng Tong, Lei Zhang, Zhengwang Yu, Zhongxin Zhou
Untargeted metabolomics revealed the therapeutic effects and mechanisms of icariin on low bone mineral density in older caged laying hens.
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Tilapia head glycolipids reduce inflammation by regulating the gut microbiota in dextran sulphate sodium-induced colitis mice

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3245-3255
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00116C, Paper
Zhipeng Gu, Yujie Zhu, Shuaiming Jiang, Guanghua Xia, Chuan Li, Xueying Zhang, Jiachao Zhang, Xuanri Shen
Tilapia head glycolipids reduce inflammation by regulating the gut microbiota in dextran sulphate sodium-induced colitis mice.
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Girinimbine from curry leaves promotes gastro protection against ethanol induced peptic ulcers and improves healing via regulation of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant mechanisms

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3493-3505
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00053A, Paper
Syam Mohan, Yahya Hasan Hobani, Emad Shaheen, Alaa Sayed Abou-Elhamd, Aymen abdelhaleem, Hassan A. Alhazmi, Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab
Curry leaves (Murraya koenigii) are a leafy spice used in Indian cookery for its fragrant aroma.
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Purification, characterization and molecular cloning of a dicaffeoylquinic acid-hydrolyzing esterase from human-derived Lactobacillus fermentum LF-12

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3235-3244
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00029A, Paper
Yujin Liu, Minhao Xie, Peng Wan, Guijie Chen, Chunxu Chen, Dan Chen, Shijie Yu, Xiaoxiong Zeng, Yi Sun
Dicaffeoylquinic acids (DiCQAs), the main components of kudingcha made from the leaves of Ilex kudingcha, could be transformed by gut microbiota.
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Low-dose ethanol intake prevents high-fat diet-induced adverse cardiovascular events in mice

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3549-3562
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02645B, Paper
Junhui Nie, Linel Darrel Ngokana, Jiayuan Kou, Yuchen Zhao, Jiajie Tu, Heng Ji, Peizhu Tan, Tingting Zhao, Yuwei Cao, Zhaojing Wu, Qi Wang, Shuangfeng Ren, Xiuchen Xuan, Hui Huang, Yanze Li, Huan Liang, Xu Gao, Lingyun Zhou
This study aimed to clarify whether low-dose ethanol intake could prevent high-fat diet-induced adverse effects on cardiomyocytes in mice.
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The prophylactic effects of different Lactobacilli on collagen-induced arthritis in rats

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3681-3694
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02556A, Paper
Zhexin Fan, Bo Yang, R. Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton, Jianxin Zhao, Hao Zhang, Wei Chen
The current study evaluated the prophylactic effects of different Lactobacillus species on arthritis induced by collagen.
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DHA substitution overcomes high-fat diet-induced disturbance in the circadian rhythm of lipid metabolism

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3621-3631
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02606A, Paper
Rulong Chen, Zhengyu Zuo, Qi Li, Hualin Wang, Na Li, Hongyu Zhang, Xiaoli Yu, Zhiguo Liu
DHA substitution overcomes high-fat diet-induced disturbance in the circadian rhythm of lipid metabolism via the core gene Clock/Bmal1 controlled circadian nuclear receptor pathway.
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Colonization and immunoregulation of Lactobacillus plantarum BF_15, a novel probiotic strain from the feces of breast-fed infants

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3156-3166
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02745A, Paper
Na Zhang, Chen Li, Zhihua Niu, Hongyan Kang, Miaoshu Wang, Bo Zhang, Hongtao Tian
Immunosuppression is a manifestation imbalance in the immune system, often during unhealthy states.
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Protocatechuic acid and quercetin glucosides in onions attenuate changes induced by high fat diet in rats

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3585-3597
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02633A, Paper
Katarzyna Grzelak-Błaszczyk, Joanna Milala, Krzysztof Kołodziejczyk, Michał Sójka, Andrzej Czarnecki, Monika Kosmala, Robert Klewicki, Bartosz Fotschki, Adam Jurgoński, Jerzy Juśkiewicz
Yellow onion waste from industrial peeling was used to obtain three pure preparations: protocatechuic acid (PA), quercetin diglycosides (QD) and quercetin monoglycosides (QM).
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Integrated anti-hyperlipidemic bioactivity of whole Citrus grandis [L.] osbeck fruits—multi-action mechanism evidenced using animal and cell models

Food Funct., 2020, 11,2978-2996
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02290B, Paper
Li-Yun Lin, Boa-Chan Huang, Kuan-Chou Chen, Robert Y. Peng
Multi- antihyperlipidemic mechanism revealed by the pomelo phytonutrients. Both the sterol synthesis and lipogenesis pathways are affected by the pomelo phytonutrients. Dotted line: from citation. Solid line: verified in this experiment.
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Ptaquiloside from bracken (Pteridium spp.) promotes oral carcinogenesis initiated by HPV16 in transgenic mice

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3298-3305
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00207K, Paper
Rui M. Gil da Costa, Tiago Neto, Diogo Estêvão, Magda Moutinho, Ana Félix, Rui Medeiros, Carlos Lopes, Margarida M. S. M. Bastos, Paula A. Oliveira
Bracken (Pteridium spp.) is a common weed that is consumed as food especially in Asia, and is suspected of promoting carcinogenesis induced by papillomaviruses in the digestive and urinary systems.
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Proteomic landscape of liver tissue in old male mice that are long-term treated with polysaccharides from Sargassum fusiforme

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3632-3644
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00187B, Paper
Peichao Chen, Ya Zhang, Man Xu, Hongjun Chen, Huixi Zou, Xu Zhang, Haibin Tong, Cuiping You, Mingjiang Wu
The polysaccharides extracted from Sargassum fusiforme delays the aging process via mitochondria-associated anti-oxidation.
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Chronic flavanol-rich cocoa powder supplementation reduces body fat mass in endurance athletes by modifying the follistatin/myostatin ratio and leptin levels

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3441-3450
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00246A, Paper
Jose Ángel García-Merino, Diego Moreno-Pérez, Beatriz de Lucas, Maria Gregoria Montalvo-Lominchar, Elsa Muñoz, Lara Sánchez, Fernando Naclerio, Karen Marlene Herrera-Rocha, Martha Rocío Moreno-Jiménez, Nuria Elisabeth Rocha-Guzmán, Mar Larrosa
Flavanols-rich cocoa reduced body fat composition in athletes through modulation of follistatin and leptin levels.
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