Effects of Foods on Gastrointestinal, Metabolic and Immunological Function
View Published Articles →01About This Special Issue
The close relationship between food and health is well established. Recently, special attention has been paid on the positive and negative physiological effects of food on the gastrointestinal, metabolic and immunological disorders. However, the currently available evidences are not always so satisfactory in clarifying the mechanisms by which food can produce various changes in our health conditions. A special issue on the “Effects of foods on gastrointestinal, metabolic and immunological function” aims to establish basic and clinical evidences for the role of food in the fields of nutrition physiology, endocrinology, immunology, and neuroscience among others.We invite researchers to submit high-quality original or review papers on the food-health relationship. Potential topics include, but are not limited:
1. Digestive function and disorder
2. Metabolic studies
3. Appetite
4. Obesity
5. Eating disorders
6. Sensory component of foods
7. Taste and olfaction
8. Food chemistry
9. Nutrition and immunological disorder
10. Food allergies and intolerances
11. Stress and digestive function
12. Food and Emotion
02Meet the Guest Editors
Our distinguished editors bring deep subject-matter expertise to curate high-quality research and ensure a rigorous peer-review process.
Lead Guest Editor
Kazuo Toda
Integrative Sensory Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Guest Editor
Ioannis Nikitidis
General Hospital of Kastoria, Kastoria, Greece
Guest Editor
Mari Kimoto
Physiological Laboratories, Japan Women’s University, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
Guest Editor
Zenro Nihei
Section of Integrative Sensory Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Guest Editor
Masato S Ota
Laboratory of Biochemistry and Food function, Japan Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan
Guest Editor
Jorge L Zeredo
Graduate Program in Health Sciences and Technologies, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
03Published Articles
The following articles have been published in this special issue.
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Sansho Intake Modulates Ileum Activity in Stress-loaded Rats
Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3-1, May 2015Pages: 9-12Received: 25 June 2015Accepted: 27 June 2015Published: 3 July 2015Abstract: Sansho (Japanese pepper) is a common spice widely used in Japanese cuisine. In addition, it is also an important component in Kampo medicine, such as in Daiken Chuto, which stimulates gastrointestinal motility and improves postoperative ileus. On the other hand, we previously reported that gravity stress loading produce negative effects on ileal mo... Show More -
Ginger-induced Ileal Motility is Modified by Stress: Sex Differences in Rats
Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3-1, May 2015Pages: 5-8Received: 9 February 2015Accepted: 10 February 2015Published: 27 February 2015Abstract: Ginger is widely used as a spice and also an effective herbal medicine to treat gastrointestinal disorders. On the other hand, stress can induce various modulation of digestive motility. Here, we investigated ginger effects on stress-induced motility of the isolated ileum in male and female rats, in vitro. Rats (Wistar, SPF, 7-12 weeks of age, 148-... Show More -
Sex Differences in Ileal Somatostatin-Response after Stress Conditioning in Rats
Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3-1, May 2015Pages: 1-4Received: 15 December 2014Accepted: 16 December 2014Published: 27 February 2015Abstract: We investigated the effects of somatostatin on the ileal movements after gravity stress and compared these effects between male and female rats. Using an in vitro preparation, measurements of ileal movements evoked by somatostatin application were done at 1, 3, 15 and 30 days after 3G gravity loading-conditioning. Mixed phasic and tonic patterns we... Show More
