Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 617: Composition and Predominance of Fusarium Species Causing Fusarium Head Blight in Winter Wheat Grain Depending on Cultivar Susceptibility and Meteorological Factors Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040617 Authors: Tim Birr Mario Hasler Joseph-Alexander Verreet Holger Klink Fusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the most important diseases of wheat, causing yield losses and mycotoxin contamination of harvested grain. A complex of different...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 619: Monitoring the Functionality and Stress Response of Yeast Cells Using Flow Cytometry Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040619 Authors: Stephan Sommer Throughout fermentation, yeast faces continuously changing medium conditions and reacts by adapting its metabolism. The adaptation is a critical process and is dependent on the accurate functioning of the cell. A stable membrane potential, which is, among other roles, responsible for protecting...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 618: Genetic Variation in Caenorhabditis elegans Responses to Pathogenic Microbiota Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040618 Authors: Yuqing Huang Jan E. Kammenga The bacterivorous nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is an important model species for understanding genetic variation of complex traits. So far, most studies involve axenic laboratory settings using Escherichia coli as the sole bacterial species. Over the past decade, however, investigations...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 615: Cytomegalovirus Strain TB40/E Restrictions and Adaptations to Growth in ARPE-19 Epithelial Cells Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040615 Authors: Mai Vo Alexis Aguiar Michael A. McVoy Laura Hertel Despite displaying broad tropism in vivo, human cytomegalovirus (CMV) contained in bodily fluids replicates inefficiently in most cultured cell types except fibroblasts. As propagation in fibroblasts leads to the accumulation of genomic...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 614: Microbial Resource Management for Ex Situ Biomethanation of Hydrogen at Alkaline pH Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040614 Authors: Washington Logroño Denny Popp Sabine Kleinsteuber Heike Sträuber Hauke Harms Marcell Nikolausz Biomethanation is a promising solution to convert H2 (produced from surplus electricity) and CO2 to CH4 by using hydrogenotrophic methanogens. In ex situ biomethanation with mixed cultures, homoacetogens...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 616: Recent Advances in Strategies for Activation and Discovery/Characterization of Cryptic Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Streptomyces Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040616 Authors: Chung Thanh Nguyen Dipesh Dhakal Van Thuy Thi Pham Hue Thi Nguyen Jae-Kyung Sohng Streptomyces spp. are prolific sources of valuable natural products (NPs) that are of great interest in pharmaceutical industries such as antibiotics, anticancer chemotherapeutics,...
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Molbank, Vol. 2020, Article M1126: 3,5-Dithiatricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]decan-4-one Molbank doi: 10.3390/M1126 Authors: R. Alan Aitken Neil S. Keddie Alexandra M. Z. Slawin The x-ray structure of the title compound has been determined and the structure shows an exo-configured planar dithiolanone ring. This is in contrast to the few previous dithiolanones to be characterised crystallographically, which are all twisted.
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Molbank, Vol. 2020, Article M1127: Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Fluorescent Properties of 4-Phenyl-1,8-naphthalimide Molbank doi: 10.3390/M1127 Authors: Frank Betancourt James Helmkay Hongbin Yan 4-Phenyl-1,8-naphthalimide was synthesized by imidation of commercially available 4-bromo-1,8-naphthalic anhydride, followed by Suzuki coupling with phenyl boronic acid, both under microwave heating. The microwave-assisted reactions were found to be faster and more efficient than reactions...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2024: Preclinical Incorporation Dosimetry of [18F]FACH—A Novel 18F-Labeled MCT1/MCT4 Lactate Transporter Inhibitor for Imaging Cancer Metabolism with PET Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092024 Authors: Bernhard Sattler Mathias Kranz Barbara Wenzel Nalin T. Jain Rareş-Petru Moldovan Magali Toussaint Winnie Deuther-Conrad Friedrich-Alexander Ludwig Rodrigo Teodoro Tatjana Sattler Masoud Sadeghzadeh Osama Sabri Peter Brust Overexpression...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2023: Biofilm Eradication Using Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092023 Authors: María Belén Estevez Sofía Raffaelli Scott G. Mitchell Ricardo Faccio Silvana Alborés Microorganisms offer an alternative green and scalable technology for the synthesis of value added products. Fungi secrete high quantities of bioactive substances, which play dual-functional roles as both reducing and stabilizing agents in the synthesis...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2025: Identification of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 3 Antagonists from Achillea alpina L. and Separation by Liquid-Liquid-Refining Extraction and High-Speed Counter-Current Chromatography Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092025 Authors: Shi-Wei Sun Rong-Rong Wang Xiao-Ying Sun Jia-He Fan Hang Qi Yang Liu Guo-Qing Qin Wei Wang Bioassay-guided fractionation of the ethanol extract of whole herbs of Achillea alpina led to the isolation...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2021: Phytocomplex Characterization and Biological Evaluation of Powdered Fruits and Leaves from Elaeagnus angustifolia Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092021 Authors: Simone Carradori Francesco Cairone Stefania Garzoli Giancarlo Fabrizi Antonia Iazzetti Anna Maria Giusti Luigi Menghini Sengul Uysal Gunes Ak Gokhan Zengin Stefania Cesa Fully ripe fruits and mature leaves of Elaeagnus angustifolia were harvested and analyzed by...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2022: Phytochemical Profile and Biological Activity of Endemic Sideritis sipylea Boiss. in North Aegean Greek Islands Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092022 Authors: Axiotis Petrakis Halabalaki Mitakou Sideritis sipylea Boiss. is an endemic plant of the Mediterranean basin that is distributed in the Greek islands of the North Aegean Sea, i.e., Lesvos, Chios, Samos, and Ikaria, and in the West and Middle peninsula of Turkey. It is considered an...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2020: Preconditioning of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem-Like Cells with Eugenol Potentiates Their Migration and Proliferation In Vitro and Therapeutic Abilities in Rat Hepatic Fibrosis Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092020 Authors: Moustafa Fathy Motonori Okabe Eman M. Othman Heba M. Saad Eldien Toshiko Yoshida Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have considerable therapeutic abilities in various disorders, including hepatic fibrosis. They may be...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2018: A Simple Zinc-Mediated Method for Selenium Addition to Michael Acceptors Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092018 Authors: Francesca Giulia Nacca Bonifacio Monti Eder João Lenardão Paul Evans Claudio Santi In this work, we focused our attention on seleno-Michael type reactions. These were performed using zinc-selenolates generated in situ from diphenyl diselenide 1, 1,2-bis(3-phenylpropyl)diselenide 30, and protected selenocystine 31 via an...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2019: Simple Synthesis of 17-β-O-hemisuccinate of Stanozolol for Immunoanalytical Methods Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092019 Authors: Silvana Casati Roberta Ottria Pierangela Ciuffreda The use of doping in sports is a global problem that affects athletes around the world. Among the different methods developed to detect doping agents in biological samples, there are antibody-based methods that need an appropriate hapten design. Steroids with a hydroxyl...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2017: Self-Assembling Behavior of pH-Responsive Peptide A6K without End-Capping Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092017 Authors: Peng Zhang Fenghuan Wang Yuxuan Wang Shuangyang Li Sai Wen A short self-assembly peptide A6K (H2N−AAAAAAK−OH) with unmodified N− and C−terminus was designed, and the charge distribution model of this short peptide at different pH was established by computer simulation. The pH of...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2016: Current Trends in the Application of Nanomaterials for the Removal of Emerging Micropollutants and Pathogens from Water Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092016 Authors: Kokkinos Mantzavinos Venieri Water resources contamination has a worldwide impact and is a cause of global concern. The need for provision of clean water is becoming more and more demanding. Nanotechnology may support effective strategies for the treatment, use and reuse of water...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2015: Recent Progress of Cu-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Reactions (CuAAC) in Sustainable Solvents: Glycerol, Deep Eutectic Solvents, and Aqueous Media Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092015 Authors: Noel Nebra Joaquín García-Álvarez This mini-review presents a general overview of the progress achieved during the last decade on the amalgamation of CuAAC processes (copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition) with the employment of sustainable solvents...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2008: On the Enhanced Accuracy of Kinetic Curve Building in Supercritical Fluid Extraction from Aroma Plants Using a New 3D-Printed Extract Collection Device Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092008 Authors: Denis Prokopchuk Oleg Pokrovskiy Accurate collection of extracted material represents a technical problem in supercritical fluid extraction because trapping should be performed in severe conditions of rapidly moving and freezing expanded fluid. We have...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2012: Naked-Eye 3D Display Based on Microlens Array Using Combined Micro-Nano Imprint and UV Offset Printing Methods Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092012 Authors: Linyi Chen Guangxue Chen Liyu Liao Haozhi Chen An optical film integrating microlens array (MLAs) and 3D micro-graphics is an important way to achieve the naked-eye 3D display effect. The 3D micro-graphics is traditionally generated by the micro-nano imprint technology based on precision...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2013: Fluorescent Submicron-Sized Poly(heptafluoro-n-butyl methacrylate) Particles with Long-Term Stability Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092013 Authors: Maciej Jarzębski Przemysław Siejak Monika Przeor Jacek Gapiński Anna Woźniak Hanna Maria Baranowska Jarosław Pawlicz Elżbieta Baryła-Pankiewicz Anna Szwajca Fluorescent submicron particles of fluorinated methacrylate (HFMBA) with long-term stability have been synthesized and characterized...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2009: Silymarin and Cancer: A Dual Strategy in Both in Chemoprevention and Chemosensitivity Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092009 Authors: Dominique Delmas Jianbo Xiao Anne Vejux Virginie Aires Silymarin extracted from milk thistle consisting of flavonolignan silybin has shown chemopreventive and chemosensitizing activity against various cancers. The present review summarizes the current knowledge on the potential targets of silymarin against various...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2014: Trypanocidal Activity of Four Sesquiterpene Lactones Isolated from Asteraceae Species Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092014 Authors: Orlando G. Elso Augusto E. Bivona Andrés Sanchez Alberti Natacha Cerny Lucas Fabian Celina Morales César A. N. Catalán Emilio L. Malchiodi Silvia I. Cazorla Valeria P. Sülsen The sesquiterpene lactones eupatoriopicrin, estafietin, eupahakonenin B and minimolide have been isolated from Argentinean...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2007: Enhancement of A Cationic Surfactant by Capping Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Multiple Applications Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092007 Authors: A. Labena M. A. Hegazy W. M. Kamel Amr Elkelish Wael N. Hozzein There is scarce information on cationic surfactants’ biocidal and corrosion inhbibition effects on Slime-Forming Bacteria (SFB) isolated from oil field formation water. Therefore, this work focused on the...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2011: Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliot, Cornus mas L. and Chaenomeles superba Lindl. Leaf Extracts Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092011 Authors: Magdalena Efenberger-Szmechtyk Agnieszka Nowak Agata Czyżowska Alicja Z. Kucharska Izabela Fecka The purpose of this study was to investigate the composition of leaf extracts from Aronia melanocarpa, Chaenomeles superba, and Cornus mas, and their antimicrobial...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2010: High-Throughput Computational Search for Half-Metallic Oxides Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092010 Authors: Laalitha S. I. Liyanage Jagoda Sławińska Priya Gopal Stefano Curtarolo Marco Fornari Marco Buongiorno Nardelli Half metals are a peculiar class of ferromagnets that have a metallic density of states at the Fermi level in one spin channel and simultaneous semiconducting or insulating properties in the opposite one. Even though they...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2006: Plant In Vitro Systems as a Sustainable Source of Active Ingredients for Cosmeceutical Application Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092006 Authors: Andrey S. Marchev Milen I. Georgiev Cosmeceuticals are hybrids between cosmetics and pharmaceuticals which are being designed for a dual purpose: (1) To provide desired esthetical effects and (2) simultaneously treat dermatological conditions. The increased demand for natural remedies and the trends to...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2002: Discovery of Novel Pyridazine-Based Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors with a Promising Gastric Safety Profile Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25092002 Authors: Abida Khan Anupama Diwan Hamdy Kh. Thabet Mohd Imran Md. Afroz Bakht Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is implicated in the development of chronic inflammatory diseases. Recently, pyridazine derivatives have emerged as a novel prototype to develop COX-2 inhibitors. Accordingly, some pyridazine-based...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2004: Synthetic Kavalactone Analogues with Increased Potency and Selective Anthelmintic Activity against Larvae of Haemonchus contortus In Vitro Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25082004 Authors: H.M.P. Dilrukshi Herath Aya C. Taki Nghi Nguyen José Garcia-Bustos Andreas Hofmann Tao Wang Guangxu Ma Bill C.H. Chang Abdul Jabbar Brad E. Sleebs Robin B. Gasser Kava extract, an aqueous rhizome emulsion of the plant Piper methysticum,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2005: Extraction of Protein from Four Different Seaweeds Using Three Different Physical Pre-Treatment Strategies Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25082005 Authors: Jack O’ Connor Steve Meaney Gwilym A. Williams Maria Hayes Seaweeds are a rich source of protein and can contain up to 47% on the dry weight basis. It is challenging to extract proteins from the raw biomass of seaweed due to resilient cell-wall complexes. Four species of macroalgae were used...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2003: Combretum quadrangulare Extract Attenuates Atopic Dermatitis-Like Skin Lesions through Modulation of MAPK Signaling in BALB/c Mice Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25082003 Authors: Ju-Hyoung Park Min Hee Hwang Young-Rak Cho Seong Su Hong Jae-Shin Kang Won Hee Kim Seung Hwan Yang Dong-Wan Seo Joa Sub Oh Eun-Kyung Ahn Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory disease. Combretum quadrangulare (C. quadrangulare) is used as...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2000: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC)-Based Neurodegenerative Disease Models for Phenotype Recapitulation and Drug Screening Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25082000 Authors: Chia-Yu Chang Hsiao-Chien Ting Ching-Ann Liu Hong-Lin Su Tzyy-Wen Chiou Shinn-Zong Lin Horng-Jyh Harn Tsung-Jung Ho Neurodegenerative diseases represent a significant unmet medical need in our aging society. There are no effective treatments for most of these diseases,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1999: Effect of Saturated Steam Heat Treatment on Physical and Chemical Properties of Bamboo Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25081999 Authors: Qiuyi Wang Xinwu Wu Chenglong Yuan Zhichao Lou Yanjun Li The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the heat treatment time and initial moisture content of bamboo on the corresponding chemical composition, crystallinity, and mechanical properties after saturated steam heat treatment at 180 °C....
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2001: Metallurgical Preparation of Nb–Al and W–Al Intermetallic Compounds and Characterization of Their Microstructure and Phase Transformations by DTA Technique Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25082001 Authors: Tomas Cegan Daniel Petlak Katerina Skotnicova Jan Jurica Bedrich Smetana Simona Zla The possibilities of metallurgical preparation of 40Nb-60Al and 15W-85Al intermetallic compounds (in at.%) by plasma arc melting (PAM) and vacuum induction...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1998: Antimicrobial Peptides as Probes in Biosensors Detecting Whole Bacteria: A Review Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25081998 Authors: Éric Pardoux Didier Boturyn Yoann Roupioz Bacterial resistance is becoming a global issue due to its rapid growth. Potential new drugs as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are considered for several decades as promising candidates to circumvent this threat. Nonetheless, AMPs have also been used more recently in other settings...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1996: Potential Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities of an Ethanol Extract from Bouea macrophylla Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25081996 Authors: Ngoc Hong Nguyen Thuy Trang Nguyen Phu Cuong Ma Qui Thanh Hoai Ta Thuc-Huy Duong Van Giau Vo Bouea macrophylla is a tree widely grown throughout South East Asia. It is used in folk medicine for the treatment of various illnesses. The present study aimed to identify the chemical constituents and...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1997: Viral Hepatitis and Iron Dysregulation: Molecular Pathways and the Role of Lactoferrin Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25081997 Authors: Romina Mancinelli Luigi Rosa Antimo Cutone Maria Stefania Lepanto Antonio Franchitto Paolo Onori Eugenio Gaudio Piera Valenti The liver is a frontline immune site specifically designed to check and detect potential pathogens from the bloodstream to maintain a general state of immune hyporesponsiveness....
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MTI, Vol. 4, Pages 14: Analysis of Upper-Limb and Trunk Kinematic Variability: Accuracy and Reliability of an RGB-D Sensor Multimodal Technologies and Interaction doi: 10.3390/mti4020014 Authors: Scano Mira Cerveri Tosatti Sacco In the field of motion analysis, the gold standard devices are marker-based tracking systems. Despite being very accurate, their cost, stringent working environments, and long preparation time make them unsuitable for small clinics as well as...
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