Biography
Chien Hua Huang is a first year master student in the Food Science Department at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. She has a great passion for food science and has the expertise in cell and animal experiments and biochemical techniques such as Western blotting. Chien Hua Huang is studying the protective effect of Corbicula fluminea extracts in RGM 1 cell against indomethacin induced gastric mucosal injury. She has published four posters, one of which was presented at the ISNFF International Conference in 2016
Abstract
Tocotrienols and tocopherols, naturally occurring isoforms of vitamin E, are found abundantly in food such as palm oil, rice bran oil, corn, oats, barley, rye and wheat. Tocotrienols have four different isomers: α, β, γ and δforms. The present study was designed to evaluate the protective effect of tocotrienols against methylglyoxal (MG)induced cytotoxicity in human neuroblastoma SHSY5Y cells. In order to assess the protective effect of tocotrienols, αtocotrienol (αT3), γtocotrienol (γT3) and δtocotrienol (δT3) were administered to SHSY5Y cells for 2 hours prior to the induction of cytotoxicity by MG, and the cell viabilities of SHSY5Y cells were analyzed by MTT assay. The cell viability of SHSY5Y cells were reduced to 40% by 24 h treatment of 0.5 mM MG, and two hours pretreatment of αT3, γT3 and δT3 increased the cell viability to 75%, 53% and 82%, respectively. It is shown that T3 has protective effect on the neurotoxicity induction by MG. Among T3, δT3 has the best protective activity. The future work needs to be performed to elucidate the neuroprotective mechanism of T3.
Biography
Min Hyun Suk has her expertise in teaching and research in Community Health Nursing. Her main study involves figuring out the real health status and affecting factors, and developing strategies in health promotion among adolescents and elderly people.
Abstract
Backgrounds: Adolescence refers to the psychosocial, emotional, cognitive, and moral transition from childhood to young adulthood. Adolescence offer health care providers unique opportunities for health promotion and preventive services. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide basic data for strategies in maintenance of optimal body weight among adolescents. Methods: This study was a descriptive study based on a secondary analysis of raw data from the 9th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web based Survey completed in 2013. The survey has been conducted annually with a complex design to identify the current health status and health risk behaviors of Korean adolescents enrolled in middle and high schools. A total of 799 schools were participated in the survey, and, in total, 72435 students responded (response rate: 96.4%). The adolescents were divided into low weight, normal weight, overweight, and obesity groups according to body mass index (BMI). Differences in food intakes were analyzed. Results: In obesity group, breakfast skipping rate was highest (χ2=27.13, p<0.001). Fruits and vegetable intakes were lowest in low weight (χ2=177.79, p<0.001) and normal weight (χ2=26.43, p<0.001) groups, respectively. Low weight group significantly intakes more carbonated soft drink (χ2=42.24, p<0.001), fast food (χ2=40.59, p<0.001), ramen (χ2=314.29, p<0.001), and snacks (χ2=641.87, p<0.001) than other groups. Conclusions: It was expected that intake of fast food, carbonated soft drink, ramen, and snacks would be higher in overweight and obesity groups. However, the results of this study showed that the intakes of fast food, carbonated soft drink, ramen, and snacks were higher in low weight group in difference with usual expectation. Therefore in the development of programs or policies for maintenance of optimal body weight among adolescents, the real status of food intake should be carefully surveyed and considered.