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Getting ready for the Baahubali juggernaut!

Prepping for the Baahubali juggernaut, remembering a toddler Vinod Khanna and making Deepika Padukone dance to Jennifer Lopez's tunes, Sukanya Verma's super filmi week was pretty eventful.





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I have to say: Justin Bieber, never, ever!

'Maybe for his fans, just to see him in the flesh was worth the ticket price.' 'Maybe they were satisfied with the gig, the whole deal.''For me, the night was a dreadful waste of time,' says Jahnavi Patel.




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Super Filmi Week: John Wick's Amar Akbar Anthony moment

John Wick's Amar Akbar Anthony connection, filmi fundas from Gabbar Singh and best Bollywood songs of 2017 so far, everything you need to know about Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.







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Just what is the hue and cry about S Durga and Nude?

Every time a filmmaker wishes to explore history or religion on his or her terms, self-appointed experts and limelight-seeking zealots swoop in to protest. Extreme prejudices are formed without even seeing the final product triggering a disturbingly destructive impulse, feels Sukanya Verma.




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Does Bhansali glorify jauhar?

'I am angry because this ever happened.' 'I am sad because it's painful to think what they must be going through.''I am glad we've fought hard to break through such cruel tradition.''But it burns my blood to think we're still holding on to regressive culture that is stemmed from preserving this so-called honour,' says Sukanya Verma.




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Bratty Sanju Baba to lovable Munna Bhai

'The most striking comment Yasser Usman makes -- not only about Sanjay Dutt, but also our contemporary society -- is about the transformation that he goes through: From being a man who claimed Muslim blood to one who is a devotee of Hindu gods,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta.




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Sanju: The Master Manipulator returns

'In Sanju, Rajkumar Hirani has essentially found a Rajkumar Hirani story buried inside Sanjay Dutt's life.''Now if you think that's scary, sample the alternative: Perhaps Sanjay Dutt had been living his life to suit the narrative of a Rajkumar Hirani film,' says Sreehari Nair.









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Diljit bags a Karan Johar film

Priyanka Chopra plays mum to an 18 year old!Bolly Gupshup with Subhash K Jha.




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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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Guess which legend wants to sing for Janhvi?

'I want to tell the singers of our country that they should not be another Rafi, Kishore, Lata, Asha or Mukesh,' Latajiji tells Subhash K Jha.'Be yourself. Learn dedication to the craft from us, but do not imitate us.'






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Why Kylie Jenner didn't respond to Diljit Dosanjh

'It started as a kind of joke. Now I think it has gone far enough.'




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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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Elton John's 'Me' is what a memoir should be

The long-awaited book is frank, funny, self-lacerating and full of gossip worthy anecdotes. What else could we ask of the Rocketman?





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Diamond Joe




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4th of July Concert

Lively dance tunes and spirited medleys are heard on the "The Fifes and Drums of Colonial Williamsburg 4th of July Concert." Performed live on Market Square July 4, 2005, the music also includes a salute to each of the 13 original colonies and concludes with "The Star Spangled Banner" and the sound of fireworks.




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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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cis 9, trans 11, but not trans 10, cis 12 CLA isomer, impairs intestinal epithelial barrier function in IPEC-J2 cells and mice through activation of GPR120-[Ca2+]i and the MLCK signaling pathway

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3657-3667
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00376J, Paper
Han Su, Weijie Zhao, Fenglin Zhang, Min Song, Fangfang Liu, Jisong Zheng, Mingfa Ling, Xiaohua Yang, Qiang Yang, Haiwen He, Lin Chen, Xumin Lai, Xiaotong Zhu, Lina Wang, Ping Gao, Gang Shu, Qingyan Jiang, Songbo Wang
In vitro and in vivo studies show that c9, t11-CLA, but not t10, c12-CLA isomer, impairs intestinal epithelial barrier function in IPEC-J2 cells and mice via activation of GPR120-[Ca2+]i and the MLCK pathway.
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Study of viability of high pressure extract from pomegranate peel to improve carrot juice characteristics

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3410-3419
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02922B, Paper
João P. Trigo, Elisabete M. C. Alexandre, Sara Silva, Eduardo Costa, Jorge A. Saraiva, Manuela Pintado
Extracts from fruit processing by-products usually present high amounts of bioactive compounds with several important activities such as antioxidant and antimicrobial capacities.
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Molecular mechanisms of selenium-biofortified soybean protein and polyphenol conjugates in protecting mouse skin damaged by UV-B

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3563-3573
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02560J, Paper
Xing Zhang, Hui He, Tao Hou
A new selenium-biofortified protein and polyphenol conjugate with high antioxidant activity and stability for the treatment of photooxidation-related diseases.
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Flavonoids isolated from loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) leaves inhibit oxidative stress and inflammation induced by cigarette smoke in COPD mice: the role of TRPV1 signaling pathways

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3516-3526
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02921D, Paper
Tunyu Jian, Jian Chen, Xiaoqin Ding, Han Lv, Jiawei Li, Yuexian Wu, Bingru Ren, Bei Tong, Yuanyuan Zuo, Kelei Su, Weilin Li
Total flavonoids isolated from loquat leaves inhibit inflammation and oxidative stress by regulating TRPV1 and the related pathway in cigarette smoke-induced COPD mice.
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Targets and Underlying Mechanisms for Sedative and Hypnotic Activities of Saponins from Semen Ziziphus jujube

Food Funct., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00098A, Paper
Chun-Yan Shen, Lin Wan, Jing-Jing Zhu, Jian-Guo Jiang
Semen Ziziphus jujube (SZJ) has been widely consumed as edible resources in China to treat insomnia disorders. However, the underlying mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets remained obscure. SZJ-I and SZJ-II...
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Tomato seed oil attenuates hyperlipidemia and modulates gut microbiota in C57BL/6J mice

Food Funct., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00133C, Paper
Wen-Sen He, Lingling Li, Jiaxin Rui, Junjie Li, Yuying Sun, Dandan Cui, Bin Xu
TSO can significantly improve fatty acid metabolism and cholesterol metabolism, thereby inhibiting obesity and hypercholesterolemia. TSO can favorably modulate the gut microbiota.
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Cytoprotective effects of a proprietary red maple leaf extract and its major polyphenol, ginnalin A, against hydrogen peroxide and methylglyoxal induced oxidative stress in human keratinocytes

Food Funct., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00359J, Paper
Chang Liu, Hao Guo, Joel A. Dain, Yinsheng Wan, Xing-Hua Gao, Hong-Duo Chen, Navindra P. Seeram, Hang Ma
Maplifa™ (a proprietary red maple leaves extract) and its major polyphenol, ginnalin A, exert skin protective effects against oxidative stress.
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Enzyme reaction-guided identification of active components from the flowers of Sophora japonica var. violacea

Food Funct., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00625D, Paper
Yunci Zhang, Dongyu Gu, Shuai He, Jing Meng, Jifeng Wang, Yunxiao Wang, Yi Wang, Jing Tian, Yi Yang
The flower of S. japonica is a favorite food and used as traditional medicine.
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Jiaogulan tea (Gpostemma pentaphyllum) potentiates the antidiabetic effect of white tea via the AMPK and PI3K pathways in C57BL/6 mice

Food Funct., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00395F, Paper
Xiaoyan Xia, Jing Xu, Xude Wang, Hua Wang, Zhenchuan Lin, Keping Shao, LinLin Fang, Chenning Zhang, Yuqing Zhao
The use of plant-based beverages to interfere with the onset of diabetes may be a promising approach towards type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
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Supplementation of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens AS385 culture broth powder containing 1-deoxynojirimycin in a high-fat diet altered the gene expressions related to lipid metabolism and insulin signaling in mice epididymal white adipose tissue

Food Funct., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00271B, Paper
Isabella Supardi Parida, Soo Takasu, Junya Ito, Ryoichi Ikeda, Kenji Yamagishi, Toshiyuki Kimura, Takahiro Eitsuka, Kiyotaka Nakagawa
Supplementation of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens AS385 culture broth powder in high-fat diet restored adiposity, glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in mice.
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Polysaccharides from Enteromorpha prolifera protect against carbon tetrachloride-induced acute liver injury in mice via activation of Nrf2/HO-1 signaling, and suppression of oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis

Food Funct., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00575D, Paper
Fuchuan Guo, Xinyun Zhuang, Mengyuan Han, Wenting Lin
EPP protected against hepatic injury induced by CCl4-derived reactive intermediates through the suppression of hepatic oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis.
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Adjunctive vitamin A and D during pulmonary tuberculosis treatment: a randomized controlled trial with a 2×2 factorial design

Food Funct., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02751C, Paper
Jinyu Wang, Ke Xiong, Qiuzhen Wang, Shanliang Zhao, Yufeng Liu, Aiguo Ma
Background and objective: Vitamin A and D have immunoregulatory effects and may improve the response to pulmonary tuberculosis treatment. The interaction of vitamin A and D on pulmonary tuberculosis treatment...
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Apple Names Jeff Williams Chief Operating Officer

Apple has announced that Jeff Williams has been named chief operating officer and Johny Srouji is joining Apple’s executive team as senior vice president for Hardware Technologies. Phil Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, will expand his role to include leadership of the App Store across all Apple platforms. Apple also announced that Tor Myhren will join Apple in the first calendar quarter of 2016 as vice president of Marketing Communications, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. “We are fortunate to have incredible depth and breadth of talent across Apple’s executive team. As we come to the end of the year, we’re recognizing the contributions already being made by two key executives,” said Cook. “Jeff is hands-down the best operations executive I’ve ever worked with, and Johny’s team delivers world-class silicon designs which enable new innovations in our products year after year.”






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The One Day: Justice Delivered Review

Slipshod direction and listless story produce a superfluous drama about how a judge turns into a murderer, notes Prasanna D Zore.





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The Judgementall Hai Kya Review

Judgementall Hai Kya is a wild move but works because of how assured its cast is before and its crew is behind the camera, feels Sukanya Verma.




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Send us your Judgementall Hai Kya reviews!

Or Arjun Patiala, if you liked that better!




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#ReadersSpeak: How to pout like KJo!

We asked you, dear readers, if you could do the KJo, and Preeti Sharma has proved that she certainly can!




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The Jabariya Jodi Review

Jabariya Jodi constantly confuses tacky as terrific, feels Sukanya Verma.




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Reader Review: John impresses in Batla House

What Reader Ahwaan thought of Batla House.