Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 471: Pseudomonas PS01 Isolated from Maize Rhizosphere Alters Root System Architecture and Promotes Plant Growth Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040471 Authors: Chu Bui Hoang The objectives of this study were to evaluate the plant growth promoting effects on Arabidopsis by Pseudomonas sp. strains associated with rhizosphere of crop plants grown in Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Out of all the screened isolates, Pseudomonas PS01 isolated from maize...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 472: High-Throughput Screening of the ReFRAME Library Identifies Potential Drug Repurposing Candidates for Trypanosoma cruzi Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040472 Authors: Bernatchez Chen Hull McNamara McKerrow Siqueira-Neto Chagas disease, caused by the kinetoplastid parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects between 6 and 7 million people worldwide, with an estimated 300,000 to 1 million of these cases in the United States. In...
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Molbank, Vol. 2020, Article M1122: Unexpected Seven-Membered Ring Formation for Muraymycin-Type Nucleoside-Peptide Antibiotics Molbank doi: 10.3390/M1122 Authors: Kristin Leyerer Stefan Koppermann Christian Ducho Naturally occurring nucleoside-peptide antibiotics such as muraymycins or caprazamycins are of major interest for the development of novel antibacterial agents. However, the synthesis of new analogues of these natural products for structure–activity relationship...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1516: An Appraisal of Antidotes' Effectiveness: Evidence of the Use of Phyto-Antidotes and Biotechnological Advancements Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071516 Authors: Christiana Eleojo Aruwa Yusuf Ola Mukaila Abdulwakeel Ayokun-nun Ajao Saheed Sabiu Poisoning is the greatest source of avoidable death in the world and can result from industrial exhausts, incessant bush burning, drug overdose, accidental toxication or snake envenomation. Since the...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1517: Use of Thermal Black as Eco-Filler in Thermoplastic Composites and Hybrids for Injection Molding and 3D Printing Applications Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071517 Authors: Mihaela Mihai Karen Stoeffler Edward Norton Thermal black (TB) is one of the purest and cleanest forms of carbon black (CB) commercially available. TB is manufactured by the decomposition of natural gas in the absence of oxygen while the common furnace CB is derived from the...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1515: Quantification of an Antibody-Conjugated Drug in Fat Plasma by an Affinity Capture LC-MS/MS Method for a Novel Prenyl Transferase-Mediated Site-Specific Antibody–Drug Conjugate Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071515 Authors: Lee Park Byeon Shin Choi Park Park Chae Shin The novel prenyl transferase-mediated, site-specific, antibody–drug conjugate LCB14-0110 is comprised of a proprietary beta-glucuronide linker...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1514: Preparation of Isotopically Labelled Standards of Creatinine Via H/D Exchange and Their Application in Quantitative Analysis by LC-MS Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071514 Authors: Bąchor Konieczny Szewczuk Kidneys play a crucial role in maintaining metabolic homeostasis in a body. Serum creatinine concentration is a simple test used as an indicator of renal function. One of the known ways of quantifying creatinine concentration is the liquid...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1513: A New Class of Smart Gadolinium Contrast Agent for Tissue pH Probing Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071513 Authors: Mouffouk Serrai Bhaduri Achten Seyyedhamzeh Husain Alhendal Zourob : Detecting tissue pH in vivo is extremely vital for medical diagnosis and formulation of treatment decisions. To this end, many investigations have been carried out to develop an accurate and efficient method...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1511: Feedforward Artificial Neural Network-Based Model for Predicting the Removal of Phenolic Compounds from Water by Using Deep Eutectic Solvent-Functionalized CNTs Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071511 Authors: Ibrahim Fiyadh AlSaadi Hin Mohd Ibrahim Afan Fai Ahmed Elshafie In the recent decade, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have occupied a strategic place in green chemistry research. This paper discusses the application...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1510: Chair- and V-Shaped of H-bonded Supramolecular Complexes of Azophenyl Nicotinate Derivatives; Mesomorphic and DFT Molecular Geometry Aspects Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071510 Authors: Alhaddad Abu Al-Ola Hagar Ahmed New geometrical architectures of chair- and V-shaped supramolecular liquid crystalline complexes were molded through 1:1 intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions between 4-(4-(hexyloxy)phenylazo)methyl)phenyl nicotinate...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1509: New Chlorinated 2,5-Diketopiperazines from Marine-Derived Bacteria Isolated from Sediments of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071509 Authors: Maria Harizani Eleni Katsini Panagiota Georgantea Vassilios Roussis Efstathia Ioannou From the organic extracts of five bacterial strains isolated from marine sediments collected in the East Mediterranean Sea, three new (15, 16, 31) and twenty-nine previously reported (1–14,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1508: Tumor Targeted Nanocarriers for Immunotherapy Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071508 Authors: Alejandro Baeza The paramount discovery of passive accumulation of nanoparticles in tumoral tissues triggered the development of a wide number of different nanoparticles capable of transporting therapeutic agents to tumoral tissues in a controlled and selective way. These nanocarriers have been endowed with important capacities such as stimuli-responsive properties,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1512: Binding Kinetics of Ruthenium Pyrithione Chemotherapeutic Candidates to Human Serum Proteins Studied by HPLC-ICP-MS Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071512 Authors: Katarina Marković Radmila Milačič Stefan Marković Jerneja Kladnik Iztok Turel Janez Ščančar The development of ruthenium-based complexes for cancer treatment requires a variety of pharmacological studies, one of them being a drug’s binding kinetics to serum proteins....
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1504: Clay Composites for Thermal Energy Storage: A Review Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071504 Authors: Denis V. Voronin Evgenii Ivanov Pavel Gushchin Rawil Fakhrullin Vladimir Vinokurov The development of novel materials and approaches for effective energy consumption and the employment of renewable energy sources is one of the current trends in modern material science. With this respect, the number of researches is focused on the effective...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1506: Sex-Related Differences of the Effect of Lipoproteins and Apolipoproteins on 10-Year Cardiovascular Disease Risk; Insights from the ATTICA Study (2002–2012) Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071506 Authors: Kouvari Panagiotakos Chrysohoou Georgousopoulou Tousoulis Pitsavos The sex-specific effect of lipid-related biomarkers on 10-year first fatal/non fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence was evaluated. ATTICA study was conducted...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1507: Estimation of the Chelating Ability of an Extract from Aronia melanocarpa L. Berries and Its Main Polyphenolic Ingredients Towards Ions of Zinc and Copper Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071507 Authors: Sylwia Borowska Michał Tomczyk Jakub W. Strawa Małgorzata M. Brzóska Previously, we have revealed that prolonged administration of a polyphenol-rich 0.1% extract from the berries of Aronia melanocarpa L. (chokeberries) alone and under chronic...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1505: Bacillus sp. FPF-1 Produced Keratinase with High Potential for Chicken Feather Degradation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071505 Authors: Nonso E. Nnolim Anthony I. Okoh Uchechukwu U. Nwodo Chicken feathers are predominantly composed of keratin; hence, valorizing the wastes becomes an imperative. In view of this, we isolated keratinase-producing bacteria and identified them through the 16S rDNA sequence. The process condition for keratinase activity...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1502: Enhanced Power Conversion Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Band Edge Shift of TiO2 Photoanode Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071502 Authors: Hye Kyeong Sung Yeonju Lee Wook Hyun Kim Sang-Ju Lee Shi-Joon Sung Dae-Hwan Kim Yoon Soo Han By simple soaking titanium dioxide (TiO2) films in an aqueous Na2S solution, we could prepare surface-modified photoanodes for application to dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). An improvement...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1503: (Pyrrole-2,5-Diyl)-Bis(Nitronyl Nitroxide) and-Bis(Iminonitroxide): Specific Features of the Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071503 Authors: Tretyakov Tkacheva Romanenko Bogomyakov Stass Maryasov Zueva Trofimov Ovcharenko In contrast to diradicals connected by alternant hydrocarbons, only a few studies have addressed diradicals connected by nonalternant hydrocarbons and their...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 609: Advances in Heterocatalysis by Nanomaterials Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040609 Authors: Yentekakis Chu Heterogeneous catalysis played, plays, and will continue to play a major key role in industrialprocesses for the large-scale synthesis of commodity chemicals of global importance [1,2] and incatalytic systems that possess a critical role in energy generation [3–8] and environmental protectionapproaches [9–13] [...]
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 606: Colorectal Cancer Study with Nanostructured Sensors: Tumor Marker Screening of Patient Biopsies Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040606 Authors: Astolfi Rispoli Anania Nevoso Artioli Landini Benedusi Melloni Secchiero Tisato Zonta Malagù Despite the great progress in screening techniques and medical treatments, colorectal cancer remains one of the most widespread cancers in both sexes, with a high death rate....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 607: Effect of Dispersion Solvent on the Deposition of PVP-Silver Nanoparticles onto DBD PlasmaTreated Polyamide 6,6 Fabric and Its Antimicrobial Efficiency Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040607 Authors: Ribeiro Modic Cvelbar Dinescu Mitu Nikiforov Leys Kuchakova De Vrieze Felgueiras Souto Zille Polyvinylpyrrolidone-coated silver nanoparticles (PVP-AgNPs) dispersed in ethanol, water and water/alginate were used...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 608: Two-Phase Equilibrium Conditions in Nanopores Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040608 Authors: Michael T. Rauter Olav Galteland Máté Erdős Othonas A. Moultos Thijs J. H. Vlugt Sondre K. Schnell Dick Bedeaux Signe Kjelstrup It is known that thermodynamic properties of a system change upon confinement. To know how, is important for modelling of porous media. We propose to use Hill’s systematic thermodynamic analysis of confined...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 603: Titania Nanofluids Based on Natural Ester: Cooling and Insulation Properties Assessment Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040603 Authors: Olmo Méndez Ortiz Delgado Ortiz The assessment of a TiO2 vegetal-based dielectric nanofluid has been carried out, and its characteristics and behavior have been tested and compared with a previously tested maghemite nanofluid. The results obtained reflect a similar affectation of the main properties,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 610: Evaluation of Ecotoxicology Assessment Methods of Nanomaterials and Their Effects Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040610 Authors: Boros Ostafe This paper describes the ecotoxicological effects of nanomaterials (NMs) as well as their testing methods. Standard ecotoxicity testing methods are applicable to nanomaterials as well but require some adaptation. We have taken into account methods that meet several conditions. They must be properly researched...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 911: A Cecal Slurry Mouse Model of Sepsis Leads to Acute Consumption of Vitamin C in the Brain Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040911 Authors: Consoli Jesse Klimo Tienda Putz Bastarache Harrison Vitamin C (ascorbate, ASC) is a critical antioxidant in the body with specific roles in the brain. Despite a recent interest in vitamin C therapies for critical care medicine, little is known about vitamin C regulation during acute inflammation and...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 908: Determination of the Popularity of Dietary Supplements Using Google Search Rankings Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040908 Authors: Kamiński Kręgielska-Narożna Bogdański The internet provides access to information about dietary supplements and allows their easy purchase. We aimed to rank the interest of Google users in dietary supplements and to determine the changes that occurred in their popularity from 2004 to 2019. We used Google Trends to generate...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 907: Estradiol Replacement Improves High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity by Suppressing the Action of Ghrelin in Ovariectomized Rats Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040907 Authors: Yokota-Nakagi Takahashi Kawakami Takamata Uchida Morimoto This study aims to investigate the effects of estradiol replacement on the orexigenic action of ghrelin in ovariectomized (OVX) obese rats fed with a high-fat diet (HFD). Four weeks after OVX at 9 weeks of age, Wistar...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 910: Glutamine Supplementation Prevents Chronic Stress-Induced Mild Cognitive Impairment Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040910 Authors: Baek Jung Son Kang Kim We recently reported that glutamine (Gln) supplementation protected glutamatergic neurotransmission from the harmful effects of chronic stress. Altered glutamatergic neurotransmission is one of the main causes of cognitive disorders. However, the cognitive enhancer function of Gln has not...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 909: Dietary Fructose Intake and Hippocampal Structure and Connectivity during Childhood Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040909 Authors: Clark Alves Jones Yunker Luo Cabeen Angelo Xiang Page In rodent literature, there is evidence that excessive fructose consumption during development has a detrimental impact on hippocampal structure and function. In this study of 103 children ages 7–11 years old, we investigated whether...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 906: Caregiver Perceptions and Acceptability of a Provitamin a Carotenoid, Iron and Zinc Rich Complementary Food Blend Prepared from Common Bean and Pumpkin in Rural Uganda Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040906 Authors: Buzigi Pillay Siwela Ugandan children are vulnerable to vitamin A deficiency (VAD), iron deficiency (ID) and zinc deficiency (ZnD) because they are fed on complementary foods (CFs) low in vitamin A, iron and zinc. This study developed a...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 905: Underhydration Is Associated with Obesity, Chronic Diseases, and Death Within 3 to 6 Years in the U.S. Population Aged 51–70 Years Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040905 Authors: Stookey Kavouras Suh Lang Nationally representative data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) indicate that over 65% of adults aged 51–70 years in the U.S. do not meet hydration criteria. They have hyponatremia (serum sodium <...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 902: Prospective Association between Whole Grain Consumption and Hypertension: The Furukawa Nutrition and Health Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040902 Authors: Kashino Eguchi Miki Kochi Nanri Kabe Mizoue Hypertension has become a major public health issue worldwide. Whole grains contain higher levels and a broader range of nutrients with potential health benefits and may decrease the risk of hypertension. However, no prospective studies...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 904: Maternal Diet During Pregnancy and Blood Cadmium Concentrations in an Observational Cohort of British Women Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040904 Authors: Taylor Doerner Northstone Kordas Few studies have investigated the extent to which diet predicts body Cd concentrations among women of reproductive age, and pregnant women in particular. The aim of this study was to examine diet as a predictor of blood Cd concentrations in pregnant women participating...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 903: An Extract of Olive Mill Wastewater Downregulates Growth, Adhesion and Invasion Pathways in Lung Cancer Cells: Involvement of CXCR4. Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040903 Authors: Gallazzi Festa Corradino Sansone Albini Noonan Several diet-derived compounds have been reported to exert antioxidant, anti-proliferative and anti-angiogenic effects in numerous cancers and could be beneficial in cancer prevention. Olive oil production involves...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 899: Human Milk and Lactation Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040899 Authors: Gianni Morniroli Bettinelli Mosca Human milk is uniquely tailored to meet infants’ specific nutritional requirements [1] [...]
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 900: Feeding Formula Eliminates the Necessity of Bacterial Dysbiosis and Induces Inflammation and Injury in the Paneth Cell Disruption Murine NEC Model in an Osmolality-Dependent Manner Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040900 Authors: Lueschow Kern Gong Grobe Segar Carlson McElroy Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. Formula feeding is a risk factor for NEC and osmolality,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 898: Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Pregnancy—The Case for a Target Omega-3 Index Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040898 Authors: von Schacky Scientific societies recommend increasing intake of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) by 200 mg/day during pregnancy. However, individually, clinical events correlate quite strongly with levels of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and DHA in blood, but these levels poorly correlate with amounts ingested. EPA and DHA in erythrocytes (Omega-3 Index)...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 901: Bifidobacteria-Fermented Red Ginseng and Its Constituents Ginsenoside Rd and Protopanaxatriol Alleviate Anxiety/Depression in Mice by the Amelioration of Gut Dysbiosis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040901 Authors: Han Joo Kim Jeung Kang Kim Gut dysbiosis is closely connected with the outbreak of psychiatric disorders with colitis. Bifidobacteria-fermented red ginseng (fRG) increases the absorption of ginsenoside Rd and protopanxatriol...
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