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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,488 Views
11 Pages

Cadmium Accumulation and Regulation in the Freshwater Mussel Anodonta woodiana

  • Xiubao Chen,
  • Chao Song,
  • Jiazhen Jiang,
  • Tao Jiang,
  • Junren Xue,
  • Ibrahim Bah,
  • Mengying Gu,
  • Meiyi Wang and
  • Shunlong Meng

30 July 2025

Cadmium (Cd) pollution poses a serious threat to freshwater ecosystems. The freshwater mussel Anodonta woodiana is increasingly used as a bioindicator for monitoring Cd pollution in aquatic environments. However, the primary routes of Cd accumulation...

(This article belongs to the Section Metals and Radioactive Substances)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,572 Views
14 Pages

Investigating the Digestibility, Bioavailability and Utilization of Protein Blends in Older Adults Using a Dual Stable Isotope Tracer Technique

  • Jake Cox,
  • Bethan E. Phillips,
  • James Bunce,
  • Thomas Smart,
  • Joshua Wall,
  • Hannah Crossland,
  • Daniel J. Wilkinson,
  • Kenneth Smith and
  • Philip J. Atherton

23 October 2025

Objectives: The impact of combining animal and plant protein sources on digestibility is unclear, despite their increasing clinical use. Using a non-invasive dual stable isotope tracer approach, we assessed the digestibility, bioavailability and util...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Proteins and Amino Acids in Relation to Human Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,864 Views
9 Pages

Low Zinc Status and Absorption Exist in Infants with Jejunostomies or Ileostomies Which Persists after Intestinal Repair

  • Kimberly S. Balay,
  • Keli M. Hawthorne,
  • Penni D. Hicks,
  • Zhensheng Chen,
  • Ian J. Griffin and
  • Steven A. Abrams

12 September 2012

There is very little data regarding trace mineral nutrition in infants with small intestinal ostomies. Here we evaluated 14 infants with jejunal or ileal ostomies to measure their zinc absorption and retention and biochemical zinc and copper status....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Parenteral Nutrition)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
22,486 Views
20 Pages

Metabolic Responses to Carbohydrate Ingestion during Exercise: Associations between Carbohydrate Dose and Endurance Performance

  • Michael L. Newell,
  • Gareth A. Wallis,
  • Angus M. Hunter,
  • Kevin D. Tipton and
  • Stuart D. R. Galloway

3 January 2018

Carbohydrate (CHO) ingestion during exercise lasting less than three hours improves endurance exercise performance but there is still debate about the optimal dose. We utilised stable isotopes and blood metabolite profiles to further examine metaboli...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Carbohydrate Metabolism in Health and Disease)