Life, Vol. 10, Pages 33: Large Scale Shrub Biomass Estimates for Multiple Purposes Life doi: 10.3390/life10040033 Authors: Teresa Enes José Lousada Teresa Fonseca Hélder Viana Ana Calvão José Aranha With the increase of forest fires in Portugal in recent decades, a significant part of woodlands is being converted into shrubland areas. Background: From an ecological point of view, woodlands and shrublands play an essential role, as they not only prevent soil erosion and...
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Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 131: Untargeted Metabolomics and Steroid Signatures in Urine of Male Pattern Baldness Patients after Finasteride Treatment for a Year Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10040131 Authors: Yu Ra Lee Eunju Im Haksoon Kim Bark Lynn Lew Woo-Young Sim Jeongae Lee Han Bin Oh Ki Jung Paeng Jongki Hong Bong Chul Chung Male pattern baldness (MPB) has been associated with dihydrotestosterone (DHT) expression. Finasteride treats MPB by inhibiting...
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Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 133: Proteobacteria Overgrowth and Butyrate-Producing Taxa Depletion in the Gut Microbiota of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 1 Patients Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10040133 Authors: Ceccarani Bassanini Montanari Casiraghi Ottaviano Morace Biasucci Paci Borghi Verduci A life-long dietary intervention can affect the substrates’ availability for gut fermentation in metabolic diseases such as the glycogen-storage...
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Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 132: Enhancing Glycolysis Protects against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Reducing ROS Production Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10040132 Authors: Beltran Pardo Bou-Teen Ruiz-Meana Villena Ferreira-González Barba After myocardial ischemia-reperfusion, fatty acid oxidation shows fast recovery while glucose oxidation rates remain depressed. A metabolic shift aimed at increasing glucose oxidation has shown to be beneficial in models of...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 492: Impact of a Multistrain Probiotic Formulation with High Bifidobacterial Content on the Fecal Bacterial Community and Short-Chain Fatty Acid Levels of Healthy Adults Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040492 Authors: Gargari Taverniti Koirala Gardana Guglielmetti The consumption of probiotic products is continually increasing, supported by growing scientific evidence of their efficacy. Considering that probiotics may primarily...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 491: Behavior and Mechanism of Cesium Biosorption from Aqueous Solution by Living Synechococcus PCC7002 Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040491 Authors: Yu Chai Yu Wu Liu Shen Li Ye Liu Ma Gao Zeng Many efforts have focused on the adsorption of metals from contaminated water by microbes. Synechococcus PCC7002, a major marine cyanobacteria, is widely applied to remove metals from the ocean’s...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 490: The Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis Heart Shunt Part I: The French Paradox, Heart Disease and the Microbiota Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040490 Authors: Mark Obrenovich Bushra Siddiqui Benjamin McCloskey V. Prakash Reddy It has been well established that a vegetarian and polyphenol-rich diet, including fruits, vegetables, teas, juices, wine, indigestible fiber and whole grains, provide health-promoting phytochemicals and phytonutrients...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 489: The Not so Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Differential Bacterial Adhesion and Invasion Mediated by Salmonella PagN Allelic Variants Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040489 Authors: Yanping Wu Qiaoyun Hu Ruchika Dehinwal Alexey V. Rakov Nicholas Grams Erin C. Clemens Jennifer Hofmann Iruka N. Okeke Dieter M. Schifferli While advances in genomic sequencing have highlighted significant strain variability between and within...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 487: Special Issue: Microbial Degradation of Xenobiotics Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040487 Authors: Yuji Nagata Xenobiotics are released into the environment by human activities, and they often cause problems such as environmental pollution, since most such compounds cannot be readily degraded, and have harmful effects on human beings and the natural ecosystem [...]
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 488: Pectin Degradation is an Important Determinant for Alfalfa Silage Fermentation through the Rescheduling of the Bacterial Community Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040488 Authors: Bing Wang Zhiqiang Sun Zhu Yu This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the four kinds of additives on the silage quality and the relevant bacterial community diversity by Illumina HiSeq 16S rRNA sequencing. The four kinds of additives were Lactobacillus...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1592: A New Family of Iron(II)-Cyclopentadienyl Compounds Shows Strong Activity Against Colorectal and Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071592 Authors: Pilon Brás Côrte-Real Avecilla Costa Preto Garcia Valente A family of compounds with the general formula [Fe(η5-C5H5)(CO)(PPh3)(NCR)]+ has been synthesized (NCR = benzonitrile (1); 4-hydroxybenzonitrile (2); 4-hydroxymethylbenzonitrile...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1593: Organic Eluates Derived from Intermediate Restorative Dental Materials Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071593 Authors: Vouzara Roussou Nikolaidis Tolidis Koulaouzidou A great number of different types of materials have been used in dentistry as intermediate restoratives. Among them, new resin-based bases have been released in the dental market. The present study focuses on the identification of the organic eluates released from such...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1591: The Role of Brassica Bioactives on Human Health: Are we Studying It the Right Way? Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071591 Authors: Quirante-Moya Garcia-Ibañez Quirante-Moya Villaño Moreno Brassica vegetables and their components, the glucosinolates, have been suggested as good candidates as dietary coadjutants to improve health in non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Different preclinical and clinical studies have been performed in the...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1590: A Simple Iron-Catalyst for Alkenylation of Ketones Using Primary Alcohols Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071590 Authors: Motahar Sk Ashish Kumar Jagadish Das Debasis Banerjee Herein, we developed a simple iron-catalyzed system for the α-alkenylation of ketones using primary alcohols. Such acceptor-less dehydrogenative coupling (ADC) of alcohols resulted in the synthesis of a series of important α,β-unsaturated functionalized...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1589: In Situ Assessment of Intrinsic Strength of X-I⋯OA-Type Halogen Bonds in Molecular Crystals with Periodic Local Vibrational Mode Theory Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071589 Authors: Yunwen Tao Yue Qiu Wenli Zou Sadisha Nanayakkara Seth Yannacone Elfi Kraka Periodic local vibrational modes were calculated with the rev-vdW-DF2 density functional to quantify the intrinsic strength of the X-I⋯OA-type halogen bonding (X = I or Cl; OA: carbonyl,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1587: Sedative Effects of Latexes Obtained from Some Lactuca L. Species Growing in Turkey Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071587 Authors: Ilgün Küpeli Akkol Ilhan Çiçek Polat Baldemir Kılıç Coşkun Sobarzo-Sánchez Lactuca L. species belong to the Asteraceae family and these plants are traditionally used for therapeutic purposes around the world. The dried milky latex of L. serriola is known as “lettuce oil” and is...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1586: Green Synthesis of an Activated Carbon-Supported Ag and ZnO Nanocomposite for Photocatalytic Degradation and Its Antibacterial Activities Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071586 Authors: Amel Taha Melek Ben Aissa Enshirah Da’na In this study Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs), ZnO nanoparticles (ZnONPs), and Ag/ZnO nanocomposites were greenly synthesized and loaded on activated carbon via three different routes: simple impregnation, successive precipitation,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1585: Electrocatalytic Assisted Performance Enhancement for the Na-S Battery in Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanospheres Loaded with Fe Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071585 Authors: Jianhui Zhu Amr Abdelkader Denisa Demko Libo Deng Peixin Zhang Tingshu He Yanyi Wang Licong Huang Room temperature sodium-sulfur batteries have been considered to be potential candidates for future energy storage devices because of their low cost, abundance, and...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1588: Systematically Exploring Molecular Aggregation and Its Impact on Surface Tension and Viscosity in High Concentration Solutions Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071588 Authors: Wang Kong Zheng Peng Cao Qi Fang Chen The aggregation structure of dye molecules has a great influence on the properties of dye solutions, especially in high concentration. Here, the dye molecular aggregation structures were investigated systemically...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1584: Can We Predict the Pressure Induced Phase Transition of Urea? Application of Quantum Molecular Dynamics Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071584 Authors: Mazurek Szeleszczuk Pisklak Crystalline urea undergoes polymorphic phase transition induced by high pressure. Form I, which is the most stable form at normal conditions and Form IV, which is the most stable form at 3.10 GPa, not only crystallize in various crystal systems but also differ significantly...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1583: Polydopamine-Lysophosphatidate-Functionalised Titanium: A Novel Hybrid Surface Finish for Bone Regenerative Applications Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071583 Authors: Fiona Baldwin Tim J. Craig Anna I. Shiel Timothy Cox Kyueui Lee Jason P. Mansell Aseptic loosening of total joint replacements (TJRs) continues to be the main cause of implant failures. The socioeconomic impact of surgical revisions is hugely significant; in the United...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1582: Proapoptotic Activity of Achillea membranacea Essential Oil and Its Major Constituent 1,8-Cineole against A2780 Ovarian Cancer Cells Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071582 Authors: Abdalla Shaheen Abdallah Flamini Bkhaitan Abdelhady Ascrizzi Bader Among the hundreds of reported Achillea species, A. membranacea (Labill.) DC. is one of the six that grow in Jordan. Many species of this genus are used in folk medicine to treat...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1581: Scaffold Hopping in Discovery of HIV-1 Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors: From CH(CN)-DABOs to CH(CN)-DAPYs Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071581 Authors: Ting-Ting Li Christophe Pannecouque Erik De Clercq Chun-Lin Zhuang Fen-Er Chen Scaffold hopping is a frequently-used strategy in the development of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Herein, CH(CN)-DAPYs were designed by hopping the cyano-methylene linker of...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1579: Galangin, a Flavonoid from Lesser Galangal, Induced Apoptosis via p53-Dependent Pathway in Ovarian Cancer Cells Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071579 Authors: Huang Chen Ye Guan Rankin Chen Among women worldwide, ovarian cancer is one of the most dangerous cancers. Patients undergoing platinum-based chemotherapy might get adverse side effects and develop resistance to drugs. In recent years, natural compounds have aroused growing...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1577: Antioxidant Potential of Antiviral Drug Umifenovir Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071577 Authors: Proskurnina Izmailov Sozarukova Zhuravleva Leneva Poromov Free radical reactions play an important role in biological functions of living systems. The balance between oxidants and antioxidants is necessary for the normal homeostasis of cells and organisms. Experimental works demonstrate the role of oxidative stress that is caused by...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1578: Norhierridin B, a New Hierridin B-Based Hydroquinone with Improved Antiproliferative Activity Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071578 Authors: Brandão Moreira Almeida Nazareth Sampaio-Dias Vasconcelos Martins Leão Pinto Saraíva Cidade Hierridin B (6), a methylated hydroquinone isolated from the marine picocyanobacterium Cyanobium sp. LEGE 06113, moderately inhibited the growth of colon adenocarcinoma HT-29 cells....
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1580: Modulation of the Autophagy-lysosomal Pathway in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Small Molecules Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071580 Authors: Lee Jeon Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accounts for approximately 90% of all cases of primary liver cancer; it is the third most frequent cause of cancer-related death worldwide. In early-stage disease, surgical resection and liver transplantation are considered curative treatments. However, the majority...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1576: Model Optimization for the Prediction of Red Wine Phenolic Compounds Using Ultraviolet–Visible Spectra Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071576 Authors: Chris Beaver Thomas S Collins James Harbertson The primary objective of this work was to optimize red wine phenolic prediction with models built from wine ultraviolet–visible absorbance spectra. Three major obstacles were addressed to achieve this, namely algorithm selection, spectral multicollinearity,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1575: Antagonism of Histamine H3 receptors Alleviates Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Kindling and Associated Memory Deficits by Mitigating Oxidative Stress, Central Neurotransmitters, and c-Fos Protein Expression in Rats Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071575 Authors: Alaa Alachkar Sheikh Azimullah Mohamed Lotfy Ernest Adeghate Shreesh K. Ojha Rami Beiram Dorota Łażewska Katarzyna Kieć-Kononowicz Bassem Sadek Histamine H3 receptors (H3Rs)...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1574: Antimalarial Agents as Therapeutic Tools Against Toxoplasmosis—A Short Bridge between Two Distant Illnesses Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071574 Authors: Alina Secrieru Inês C. C. Costa Paul M. O'Neill Maria L. S. Cristiano Toxoplasmosis is an infectious disease with paramount impact worldwide, affecting many vulnerable populations and representing a significant matter of concern. Current therapies used against toxoplasmosis are based essentially...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1573: Beyond the Simple Copper(II) Coordination Chemistry with Quinaldinate and Secondary Amines Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071573 Authors: Barbara Modec Nina Podjed Nina Lah Copper(II) acetate has reacted in methanol with quinaldinic acid (quinoline-2-carboxylic acid) to form [Cu(quin)2(CH3OH)]∙CH3OH (1) (quin− = an anionic form of the acid) with quinaldinates bound in a bidentate chelating manner. In the air, complex 1 gives off methanol...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 645: Testing Novel Portland Cement Formulations with Carbon Nanotubes and Intrinsic Properties Revelation: Nanoindentation Analysis with Machine Learning on Microstructure Identification Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040645 Authors: Georgios Konstantopoulos Elias P. Koumoulos Costas A. Charitidis Nanoindentation was utilized as a non-destructive technique to identify Portland Cement hydration phases. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and semi-supervised...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 646: Preparation of Pt/γ-Bi2MoO6 Photocatalysts and Their Performance in α-Alkylation Reaction under Visible Light Irradiation Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040646 Authors: Li Yu Hao Zhang Wang Li Bi(NO3)3·5H2O and (NH4)6Mo7O24·4H2O were used as precursors to synthesize flaky γ-Bi2MoO6 samples by a hydrothermal method, and Pt/γ-Bi2MoO6 samples with different mass fractions were prepared by...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 643: Light-Activated Heterostructured Nanomaterials for Antibacterial Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040643 Authors: Chinmaya Mutalik Di-Yan Wang Dyah Ika Krisnawati Achmad Jazidie Sibidou Yougbare Tsung-Rong Kuo An outbreak of a bacterial contagion is a critical threat for human health worldwide. Recently, light-activated heterostructured nanomaterials (LAHNs) have shown potential as antibacterial agents, owing to their unique...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 644: Formation of Size and Density Controlled Nanostructures by Galvanic Displacement Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040644 Authors: Minh Tran Sougata Roy Steven Kmiec Alison Whale Steve Martin Sriram Sundararajan Sonal Padalkar Gold (Au) and copper (Cu)-based nanostructures are of great interest due to their applicability in various areas including catalysis, sensing and optoelectronics. Nanostructures synthesized by the galvanic displacement...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 641: Enhanced Storage Stability of Different Polymer Modified Asphalt Binders through Nano-montmorillonite Modification Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040641 Authors: Ren Zhu Wu Zhu Guo Yu Yu The storage stability concern, caused by phase separation for the density difference between polymers and asphalt fractions, has limited the widespread application of polymer modified asphalt (PMA). Therefore, this study aims to improve the...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 642: Efficiency of Differently Processed Membranes Based on Cellulose as Cationic Dye Adsorbents Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040642 Authors: Laura Maleš Darinka Fakin Matej Bračič Selestina Gorgieva In order to minimize the pollution caused by the reuse of textile dyes, technologies and materials have been developed that purify waste water in an efficient and cost-effective manner before it is discharged into a water body. In this context,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 963: Vitamin B12 is Low in Milk of Early Postpartum Women in Urban Tanzania, and was not Significantly Increased by High dose Supplementation Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040963 Authors: Omar N. Lweno Christopher R. Sudfeld Ellen Hertzmark Karim P. Manji Said Aboud Ramadhani A. Noor Honorati Masanja Nahya Salim Setareh Shahab-Ferdows Lindsay H. Allen Wafaie W. Fawzi The effect of maternal multivitamin supplementation on breast milk...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 962: Controversial Effects of Vitamin D and Related Genes on Viral Infections, Pathogenesis, and Treatment Outcomes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040962 Authors: Choongho Lee Vitamin D (VD) plays an essential role in mineral homeostasis and bone remodeling. A number of different VD-related genes (VDRG) are required for the metabolic activation of VD and the subsequent induction of its target genes. They include a set of genes that encode for VD-binding protein,...
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