Casein makes up the majority of the proteins in cheese and quark. Although casein itself does not taste bitter, its digestion in the stomach also produces bitter-tasting protein fragments (peptides).

MANY functional interrelations between stomach and pancreas are familiar and have been studied in many species. The endocrine secretion of insulin by beta cells of the islands of Langerhans is well ...

The basis for these questions is the fact that levels of all 3 of these substances (hormones, vitamins, and elements) are in some way dependent on or related to gastric acid secretion. As such, any ...

Gallic acid is a secondary plant ingredient found in wine or green tea. An Austrian-German team of scientists led by Veronika Somoza, has now found evidence that gallic acid influences gastric acid ...

PROLONGED gastric intubation may be a factor in the development of peptic esophagitis and stricture in some patients, but whether acid reflux into the esophagus is the primary mechanism is uncertain.

Gastric cancer is one of the five most fatal types of cancer. According to the statistics of the World Health Organization about 750,000 patients die each year after developing the disease. The main ...

A previously unknown mechanism that suppresses satiety signals from the small intestine is the main finding of a new study. This may explain, first, satiety disorders in obesity and diabetes and, ...

Researchers sequenced genome of the cinereous vulture or the Eurasian black vulture and compared it to that of the closely-related bald eagle. Study found the cinereous vulture has variations in genes ...