Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Vol. 164 [electronic resource] /
Nilius, Bernd.editor.
Amara, Susan G.editor.
Lill, Roland.editor.
Offermanns, Stefan.editor.
Gudermann, Thomas.editor.
Petersen, Ole H.editor.
Jahn, Reinhard.editor.
T. Hara, I. Kimura, D. Inoue, A. Ichimura, and A. Hirasawa: Free fatty acid receptors and their role in regulation of energy metabolism. B. Nilius and G. Appendino. Spices: the savory and healthy science of pungency.
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""Contents""; ""Spices: The Savory and Beneficial Science of Pungency""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 A Historical Cultural Sojourn: The Role of Spices in History""; ""3 The Taste Machinery""; ""4 The Alien Taste Receptors""; ""5 The Chemesthetic System""; ""6 Spicy Plants""; ""6.1 The Case of TRPV1""; ""6.2 ``IrritantÂ?Â? Pungency: TRPA1 A New Player""; ""6.3 A Gustatory and Beneficial TRPM5 Connection""; ""7 Spices, TRPs and Health""; ""7.1 Spices and Obesity""; ""7.2 A Skeletal Muscle Connection""; ""7.3 Spices Against Pain""; ""7.4 Spices Against Cancer""
""7.5 A Cytoprotective and Anti-inflammatory Action of Spices""""7.6 Antimicrobic Action of Spices""; ""7.7 Spices in Gastro-intestinal Diseases""; ""7.8 Do Spices Go Cardio-vascular?""; ""7.9 TRPA1 and Cough""; ""7.10 A Spicy Pancreas Connection?""; ""7.11 An Action of Spicy Channel Activators in the Brain?""; ""7.12 A Bone Connection?""; ""7.12.1 Bioavailability: The Gray Side of Spices""; ""7.12.2 Spices as Double-Edged Swords: Do They Have a Toxic Dark Side?""; ""8 Concluding Remarks""; ""References""; ""Free Fatty Acid Receptors and Their Role in Regulation of Energy Metabolism""
""1 Introduction""""2 FFA2 (GPR43)""; ""2.1 Ligands""; ""2.2 Selective Compound""; ""2.3 Signal Transduction""; ""2.4 Expression and Physiological Functions""; ""2.4.1 Adipose Tissues""; ""2.4.2 Adipogenesis""; ""2.4.3 Lipolysis""; ""2.4.4 Leptin Secretion""; ""2.4.5 Intestine""; ""2.4.6 PYY Secretion""; ""2.4.7 GLP-1 Secretion""; ""2.4.8 Intestinal Motility""; ""3 FFA3 (GPR41)""; ""3.1 Ligands""; ""3.2 Signal Transduction""; ""3.3 Expression and Physiological Functions""; ""3.3.1 Adipose Tissue""; ""3.3.2 Intestine""; ""3.3.3 Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)""; ""4 FFA1 (GPR40)""
""4.1 Ligands""""4.2 Selective Ligands""; ""4.3 Signal Transduction""; ""4.4 Expression and Physiological Functions""; ""4.4.1 Pancreas""; ""4.4.2 Intestine""; ""4.4.3 Taste Buds""; ""4.4.4 Brain""; ""4.4.5 Mammary Gland""; ""4.5 Polymorphism""; ""4.6 Structure-Activity Relationships (SARs)""; ""4.7 Binding Assay""; ""4.8 Clinical Trials""; ""5 GPR84""; ""5.1 Ligands""; ""5.2 Signal Transduction""; ""5.3 Expression and Physiological Functions""; ""5.3.1 Immune System""; ""5.3.2 Adipose Tissue""; ""6 GPR120""; ""6.1 Ligands""; ""6.2 Signal Transduction""
""6.3 Expression and Physiological Functions""""6.3.1 Intestine""; ""6.3.2 Macrophages""; ""6.3.3 Adipocytes""; ""6.3.4 Taste Buds""; ""6.3.5 Lung""; ""6.4 Genetic Contribution to Type 2 Diabetes""; ""6.5 The Future""; ""References""
T. Hara, I. Kimura, D. Inoue, A. Ichimura, and A. Hirasawa: Free fatty acid receptors and their role in regulation of energy metabolism. B. Nilius and G. Appendino. Spices: the savory and healthy science of pungency.
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Metabolic Diseases.
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