Queen Elizabeth College, Mauritius

About: Queen Elizabeth College, Mauritius is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Dielectric & Population. The organization has 1597 authors who have published 1817 publications receiving 48183 citations.

A role for brown adipose tissue in diet-induced thermogenesis

Abstract: Measurement of energy balance during voluntary overeating in rats unequivocally establishes the quantitative importance of diet-induced thermogenesis in energy balance. Like cold-induced thermogenesis, this form of heat production involves changes in the activity of the sympathetic nervous system and brown adipose tissue which suggest that this tissue may determine metabolic efficiency and resistance to obesity.

The Maintenance Energy of Bacteria in Growing Cultures

Abstract: The variation, with growth rate, of the yield of organism from the substrate used as energy source is attributed to consumption of energy at a constant rate for cell maintenance. From the laws of growth, a simple relation between the maintenance requirement, the growth yield and the growth rate is derived. The relation is shown to be in good agreement with the available data. A distinction is made between 'observed' yield and 'true' yield of organisms. Values for maintenance energies and 'true growth yields' have been calculated from the data.

Sugar and Disease

Abstract: Professor Yudkin discusses whether the intake of dietary sugar is linked with some diseases.

The mechanisim of fructosan metabolism in higher plants as exemplified in helianthus tuberosus

Abstract: Summary The physiological behaviour of the fructose polymers, which are the sole carbohydrate reserve in Jerusalem artichoke tubers, is briefly described. It is suggested that certain enzymes which have been isolated from this tissue can account for these changes, and a theory of their integrated action is put forward: this involves the trisaccharide IF-fructosylsucrose, widely found in fructosan-containing tissues, as a key intermediate, and the enzyme which produces it from sucrose as a controlling biochemical factor. Sucrose itself, both as a substrate and by its direct effect on the other enzymes, also acts as a major means of control. The hypothesis does not involve sugar phosphates or nucleotide sugars, and seems to be applicable to other plants which contain fructosans.

A role for brown adipose tissue in diet-induced thermogenesis

Abstract: Measurement of energy balance during voluntary overeating in rats unequivocally establishes the quantitative importance of diet-induced thermogenesis in energy balance. Like cold-induced thermogenesis, this form of heat production involves changes in the activity of the sympathetic nervous system and brown adipose tissue which suggest that this tissue may determine metabolic efficiency and resistance to obesity.