Author: Swallow Bird Nest

jvir.org JO Roehm and JW Thomas Section of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Methodist Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. PURPOSE: To determine whether a twist technique can help reduce the occurrence of fine-wire prolapse proximal to the hooks of the Bird’s Nest filter in the inferior vena cava. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Abdominal […]

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Yu-Qin Y, Liang X, Hua W, Hui-Xing Z, Xin-Fang Z, Bu-Sen L. Shanghai Food Industry Research Institute, China. A specific gas chromatographic (GC) detection method for edible bird’s nest (EBN) based on identifying the composition of the oligosaccharide chain combined with glycoprotein in EBN is developed. Five monoses (D-mannitose, D-galactose, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, and N-acetyl […]

centerstage.net 2500 N. Southport Ave., Chicago Bird’s Nest is a hard bar to define. The crowd is classy, professional and yet young and out to have fun. There’s hints of sports (pool tables, TVs that seem so fond of sports broadcasting) but it’s not a pull-up-a-stool sports bar. It’s a clean, friendly little place where […]

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Goh DL, Chew FT, Chua KY, Chay OM, Lee BW. Department of Pediatrics, National University of Singapore, Singapore. The Chinese delicacy “bird’s nest” is the most common cause of food-induced anaphylaxis requiring hospitalization among Chinese children in Singapore. This investigation has established an immunoglobulin E-mediated cause and has characterized the major putative allergens. PMID: […]

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Goh DL, Chua KY, Chew FT, Liang RC, Seow TK, Ou KL, Yi FC, Lee BW. Department of Paediatrics, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, S(119074)Singapore. BACKGROUND: We have previously described anaphylaxis induced by edible bird’s nest (BN) and demonstrated that this condition is IgE mediated. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed at […]

.jvir.org MM Wojtowycz, T Stoehr, AB Crummy, JC McDermott and IA Sproat Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53792, USA. PURPOSE: To examine a large single-center experience with Bird’s Nest vena caval filters for indications, clinically evident recurrent thromboembolic disease, and other filter-related complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During a 6-year period, 308 patients underwent percutaneous […]

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Ou K, Seow TK, Liang RC, Lee BW, Goh DL, Chua KY, Chung MC. Bioprocessing Technology Center, Singapore National University of Singapore. btcoukl@nus.edu.sg For centuries, the edible nests of Collocalia spp. (“Bird’s Nests”) have been used as a Chinese delicacy that had been claimed to be an effective health-giving tonic. However, clinical studies indicated […]

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Guo CT, Takahashi T, Bukawa W, Takahashi N, Yagi H, Kato K, Hidari KI, Miyamoto D, Suzuki T, Suzuki Y. Department of Biochemistry, University of Shizuoka, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and COE Program in the 21st century, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan. Edible bird’s nest (EBN) is the nest of the swift that is made […]

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [Article in Chinese] Lin JR, Zhou H, Lai XP. Guangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510130, China. OBJECTIVE: To study the feasibility of using stereoscopy in identification on Edible Bird’s Nest (EBN). METHOD: Characteristics of white EBN pieces, red EBN, white fungus pieces and EBN painted with colloid were observed under stereoscopy. RESULTS: […]

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Nakagawa H, Hama Y, Sumi T, Li SC, Maskos K, Kalayanamitra K, Mizumoto S, Sugahara K, Li YT. Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112; Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan. Despite their wide occurrence, proteoglycans (PGs) have never been isolated from […]