Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 777: Delivery of Heterologous Proteins, Enzymes, and Antigens via the Bacterial Type III Secretion System Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8050777 Authors: Pendergrass May The Type III Secretion System (T3SS) is a multimeric protein complex composed of over 20 different proteins, utilized by Gram-negative bacteria to infect eukaryotic host cells. The T3SS has been implicated as a virulence factor by which pathogens cause infection and has recently...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 774: Comparative Genomics of the Rhodococcus Genus Shows Wide Distribution of Biodegradation Traits Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8050774 Authors: Garrido-Sanz Redondo-Nieto Martín Rivilla The genus Rhodococcus exhibits great potential for bioremediation applications due to its huge metabolic diversity, including biotransformation of aromatic and aliphatic compounds. Comparative genomic studies of this genus are limited to a small...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 772: Microbial Consortiums of Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenic Mixed Cultures in Lab-Scale Ex-Situ Biogas Upgrading Systems under Different Conditions of Temperature, pH and CO Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8050772 Authors: Jun Xu Fan Bu Wenzhe Zhu Gang Luo Li Xie In this study, hydrogenotrophic methanogenic mixed cultures taken from 13 lab-scale ex-situ biogas upgrading systems under different temperature (20–70 °C),...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 776: Determination of Loline Alkaloids and Mycelial Biomass in Endophyte-Infected Schedonorus Pratensis by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8050776 Authors: Cagnano Vázquez-de-Aldana Asp Roulund Jensen Soto-Barajas Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is an accurate, fast and nondestructive technique whose use in predicting forage quality has become increasingly relevant in recent decades....
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 770: Detection of Canine Vector-Borne Filariasis and Their Wolbachia Endosymbionts in French Guiana Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8050770 Authors: Younes Laidoudi Jean-Lou MARIE Djamel Tahir Stéphanie Watier-Grillot Oleg Mediannikov Bernard Davoust In French Guiana, canine heartworm disease is well known, but the diversity of filarial parasites of dogs remains largely unknown. A total of 98 canine blood samples from Cayenne and...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2412: How Does Ginsenoside Rh2 Mitigate Adipogenesis in Cultured Cells and Obese Mice? Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102412 Authors: Longyun Zhang Carlos Virgous Hongwei Si Ginsenoside Rh2, an intermediate metabolite of ginseng, but not naturally occurring, has recently drawn attention because of its anticancer effect. However, it is not clear if and how Rh2 inhibits preadipocytes differentiation. In the present study, we hypothesized that ginsenoside...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2413: Deboronation-Induced Ratiometric Emission Variations of Terphenyl-Based Closo-o-Carboranyl Compounds: Applications to Fluoride-Sensing Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102413 Authors: Hyunhee So Min Sik Mun Mingi Kim Jea Ho Kim Ji Hye Lee Hyonseok Hwang Duk Keun An Kang Mun Lee Closo-o-carboranyl compounds bearing the ortho-type perfectly distorted or planar terphenyl rings (closo-DT and closo-PT, respectively) and their nido-derivatives...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2410: Effect of Mo Dispersion on the Catalytic Properties and Stability of Mo–Fe Catalysts for the Partial Oxidation of Methanol Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102410 Authors: Zhang Han Mo–Fe catalysts with different Mo dispersions were synthesized with fast (Cat-FS, 600 r·min−1) or slow stirring speed (Cat-SS, 30 r·min−1) by the coprecipitation method. Improving the stirring speed strengthened the...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2414: Application of High-Pressure Processing to Assure the Storage Stability of Unfiltered Lager Beer Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102414 Authors: Kateřina Štulíková Tomáš Bulíř Jakub Nešpor Lukáš Jelínek Marcel Karabín Pavel Dostálek Due to the increasing popularity of unfiltered beer, new methods for its preservation are needed. High-pressure processing (HPP) was applied as a final treatment of packed beer in order to assure storage stability...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2411: Sample Preparation Using Graphene-Oxide-Derived Nanomaterials for the Extraction of Metals Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102411 Authors: Natalia Manousi Erwin Rosenberg Eleni A. Deliyanni George A. Zachariadis Graphene oxide is a compound with a form similar to graphene, composed of carbon atoms in a sp2 single-atom layer of a hybrid connection. Due to its significant surface area and its good mechanical and thermal stability, graphene oxide...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2409: Selective Synthesis and Photoluminescence Study of Pyrazolopyridopyridazine Diones and N-Aminopyrazolopyrrolopyridine Diones Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102409 Authors: Ching-Chun Tseng Cheng-Yen Chung Shuo-En Tsai Hiroyuki Takayama Naoto Uramaru Chin-Yu Lin Fung Fuh Wong The newly designed luminol structures of pyrazolopyridopyridazine diones and N-aminopyrazolopyrrolopyridine diones were synthesized from versatile 1,3-diaryfuropyrazolopyridine-6,8-diones,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2408: Flame Retardant Paraffin-Based Shape-Stabilized Phase Change Material via Expandable Graphite-Based Flame-Retardant Coating Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102408 Authors: Ling Xu Xuan Liu Rui Yang Shape-stabilized phase change material (SSPCM) is a promising thermal energy storage material in energy-saving buildings. However, its flammability leads to a fire risk. The conventional bulk addition method has a limited flame-retardant effect. Herein,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2406: Trioxolone Methyl, a Novel Cyano Enone-Bearing 18βH-Glycyrrhetinic Acid Derivative, Ameliorates Dextran Sulphate Sodium-Induced Colitis in Mice Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102406 Authors: Markov Sen’kova Salomatina Logashenko Korchagina Salakhutdinov Zenkova Semi-synthetic triterpenoids, bearing cyano enone functionality in ring A, are considered to be novel promising therapeutic agents with complex inhibitory effects on...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2407: Zebrafish-Based Screening Models for the Identification of Anti-Metastatic Drugs Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102407 Authors: Joji Nakayama Hideki Makinoshima Metastasis, a leading contributor to the morbidity of cancer patients, occurs through a multi-step process: invasion, intravasation, extravasation, colonization, and metastatic tumor formation. Each process is not only promoted by cancer cells themselves but is also affected by their microenvironment....
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2403: Food and Drug Analysis Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102403 Authors: Ping-Chung Kuo Food can be regarded as functional if it beneficially affects one or more target functions in the body in a way that is relevant to either the state of well-being and health or to the reduction of the risk of a disease [...]
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2404: Structural Basis for Broad Substrate Selectivity of Alcohol Dehydrogenase YjgB from Escherichia coli Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102404 Authors: Giang Thu Nguyen Yeon-Gil Kim Jae-Woo Ahn Jeong Ho Chang In metabolic engineering and synthetic biology fields, there have been efforts to produce variable bioalcohol fuels, such as isobutanol and 2-phenylethanol, in order to meet industrial demands. YjgB is an aldehyde dehydrogenase from Escherichia...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2405: Synthesis of a Small Library of Nature-Inspired Xanthones and Study of Their Antimicrobial Activity Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102405 Authors: Resende Pereira-Terra Moreira Freitas-Silva Lemos Gales Pinto de Sousa da Costa Pinto A series of thirteen xanthones 3–15 was prepared based on substitutional (appendage) diversity reactions. The series was structurally characterized based on their spectral data...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2399: Selection of Optimal Operating Conditions for Extraction of Myrtus Communis L. Essential Oil by the Steam Distillation Method Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102399 Authors: Durmuş Alpaslan Kaya Mihaela Violeta Ghica Elena Dănilă Şevket Öztürk Musa Türkmen Mădălina Georgiana Albu Kaya Cristina-Elena Dinu-Pîrvu Myrtus communis L. is one of the important aromatic and medicinal species from the Mediterranean area. It is used in various...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2401: Antifungal Activity of Gentamicin B1 Against Systemic Plant Mycoses Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102401 Authors: Gaspar Banfalvi Background: Gentamicin is a broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic produced by Micromonospora purpurea bacteria, effective against Gram-negative bacterial infections. Major fractions of the gentamicin complex (C1, C1a, C2, C2a) possess weak antifungal activity and one of the minor components (A, A1–A4, B, B1,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2400: Composition, Seasonal Variation, and Biological Activities of Lantana camara Essential Oils from Côte d’Ivoire Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102400 Authors: Fatimata Nea Didjour Albert Kambiré Manon Genva Evelyne Amenan Tanoh Esse Leon Wognin Henri Martin Yves Brostaux Félix Tomi Georges C. Lognay Zanahi Félix Tonzibo Marie-Laure Fauconnier This work aims to study the variations in the composition of Lantana camara leaf,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2402: Antimicrobials from Venomous Animals: An Overview Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102402 Authors: Tania Yacoub Mohamad Rima Marc Karam Jean-Marc Sabatier and Ziad Fajloun The inappropriate or excessive use of antimicrobial agents caused an emerging public health problem due to the resulting resistance developed by microbes. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop effective antimicrobial strategies relying on natural agents with different...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2398: Development of Porous Pt Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102398 Authors: Marika Muto Mayumi Nagayama Kazunari Sasaki Akari Hayashi Porous Pt electrocatalysts have been developed as an example of carbon-free porous metal catalysts in anticipation of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells and PEM water electrolyzers through the assembly of the metal precursor and surfactant....
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2397: Extraction, Antioxidant Capacity, 5-Lipoxygenase Inhibition, and Phytochemical Composition of Propolis from Eastern Canada Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102397 Authors: Mariama Sambou Jacques Jean-François Fanta J. Ndongou Moutombi Jérémie A. Doiron Mathieu P.A. Hébert Andrew P. Joy Ngoc-Nu Mai-Thi David A. Barnett Marc E. Surette Luc H. Boudreau Mohamed Touaibia Soxhlet (SE), microwave-assisted (MAE) and ultrasound-assisted...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2395: Cornus macrophylla, the Antibacterial Activity of Organic Leaf Extracts and the Characterization of the More Lipophilic Components by GC/MS Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102395 Authors: Muhammad Akbar Usman Ali Tayyaba Khalil Muhammad Sajjad Iqbal Awais Amin Rehan Naeem Abdul Nazir Hafiz Muhammad Waqas Zohaib Aslam Faisal Iqbal Jafri Nazir Aslam Safeer Akbar Chohan In the present study, the antibacterial activity of...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2394: Antitumor Effects of N-Butylidenephthalide Encapsulated in Lipopolyplexs in Colorectal Cancer Cells Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102394 Authors: Kai-Fu Chang Jinghua Tsai Chang Xiao-Fan Huang Yu-Ling Lin Kuang-Wen Liao Chien-Wei Huang Nu-Man Tsai Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common type of cancer and the second most common cause of cancer-related death in the world. N-Butylidenephthalide (BP), a natural compound, inhibits...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2396: Pretreatment of Anthocyanin from the Fruit of Vitis coignetiae Pulliat Acts as a Potent Inhibitor of TNF-α Effect by Inhibiting NF-κB-Regulated Genes in Human Breast Cancer Cells Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102396 Authors: Anjugam Paramanantham Min Jeong Kim Eun Joo Jung Arulkumar Nagappan Jeong Won Yun Hye Jung Kim Sung Chul Shin Gon Sup Kim Won Sup Lee Vitis coignetiae Pulliat (Meoru in Korea) has been used in Korean folk...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2390: Antimicrobial Activity of Different Artemisia Essential Oil Formulations Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102390 Authors: Sourav Das Barbara Vörös-Horváth Tímea Bencsik Giuseppe Micalizzi Luigi Mondello Györgyi Horváth Tamás Kőszegi Aleksandar Széchenyi The extreme lipophilicity of essential oils (EOs) impedes the measurement of their biological actions in an aqueous environment. We formulated oil in water type Pickering Artemisia...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2393: Autofluorescence in Plants Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102393 Authors: Lloyd Donaldson Plants contain abundant autofluorescent molecules that can be used for biochemical, physiological, or imaging studies. The two most studied molecules are chlorophyll (orange/red fluorescence) and lignin (blue/green fluorescence). Chlorophyll fluorescence is used to measure the physiological state of plants using handheld devices that can measure photosynthesis,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2392: Evaluation of Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities, Cytotoxicity of Acacia seyal Del Bark Extracts and Isolated Compounds Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102392 Authors: Abdirahman Elmi Rosella Spina Arnaud Risler Stéphanie Philippot Fatouma Mohamed Abdoul-latif Ali Mérito Raphaël E. Duval Dominique Laurain-Mattar Water extract of Acacia seyal bark is used traditionally by the population in Djibouti for its anti-infectious activity....
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2391: Extraction of Phenolic Compounds from Tabernaemontana catharinensis Leaves and Their Effect on Oxidative Stress Markers in Diabetic Rats Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102391 Authors: Rafael Sari Paula Conterno Leticia Dangui da Silva Vanderlei Aparecido de Lima Tatiane Luiza Cadorin Oldoni Gustavo Roberto Thomé Solange Teresinha Carpes The aim of this study was to evaluate the most effective extraction condition (temperature, solvent...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2388: Comparing the Thermal and Electrochemical Stabilities of Two Structurally Similar Ionic Liquids Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102388 Authors: Faiz Ullah Shah Inayat Ali Khan Patrik Johansson Here we focus on the thermal and variable temperature electrochemical stabilities of two ionic liquids (ILs) having a common tributyloctyl phosphonium cation [P4,4,4,8]+ and two different orthoborate anions: bis(mandelato)borate [BMB]− and bis(salicylato)borate...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2389: A Highly Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst of Bimetal-Organic Frameworks for the Epoxidation of Olefin with H2O2 Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102389 Authors: Fei Wang Xiang-Guang Meng Yan-Yan Wu Hong Huang Jing Lv Wen-Wang Yu A series of bimetel organic framework MnxCu1−x-MOF were prepared. The MOFs was characterized and analyzed by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2386: Combined X-ray Crystallographic, IR/Raman Spectroscopic, and Periodic DFT Investigations of New Multicomponent Crystalline Forms of Anthelmintic Drugs: A Case Study of Carbendazim Maleate Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102386 Authors: Alexander P. Voronin Artem O. Surov Andrei V. Churakov Olga D. Parashchuk Alexey A. Rykounov Mikhail V. Vener Synthesis of multicomponent solid forms is an important method of modifying and fine-tuning the...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2385: Novel Insights into the Thioesterolytic Activity of N-Substituted Pyridinium-4-oximes Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102385 Authors: Blaženka Foretić Vladimir Damjanović Robert Vianello Igor Picek The pyridinium oximes are known esterolytic agents, usually classified in the literature as catalysts, which mimic the catalytic mode of hydrolases. Herein, we combined kinetic and computational studies of the pyridinium-4-oxime-mediated acetylthiocholine...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2387: Identification of Substituted Amino Acid Hydrazides as Novel Anti-Tubercular Agents, Using a Scaffold Hopping Approach Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25102387 Authors: Alistair K. Brown Ahmed K.B. Aljohani Fatimah M.A. Alsalem Joseph L. Broadhead Jason H. Gill Yucheng Lu Jonathan D. Sellars Discovery and development of new therapeutic options for the treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection, particularly drug-resistant...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 993: Bifunctional Tm3+,Yb3+:GdVO4@SiO2 Core-Shell Nanoparticles in HeLa Cells: Upconversion Luminescence Nanothermometry in the First Biological Window and Biolabelling in the Visible Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10050993 Authors: Savchuk Carvajal Marti Cascales Haro-Gonzalez Sanz-Rodríguez Aguilo Diaz The bifunctional possibilities of Tm,Yb:GdVO4@SiO2 core-shell nanoparticles for temperature sensing by using the near-infrared...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 988: (Ag)Pd-Fe3O4 Nanocomposites as Novel Catalysts for Methane Partial Oxidation at Low Temperature Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10050988 Authors: Martínez-Navarro Sanchis Asedegbega-Nieto Solsona Ivars-Barceló Nanostructured composite materials based on noble mono-(Pd) or bi-metallic (Ag/Pd) particles supported on mixed iron oxides (II/III) with bulk magnetite structure (Fe3O4) have been developed in order to assess their potential for...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 991: Engineering Core-Shell Structures of Magnetic Ferrite Nanoparticles for High Hyperthermia Performance Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10050991 Authors: Mohamed S. A. Darwish Hohyeon Kim Hwangjae Lee Chiseon Ryu Jae Young Lee Jungwon Yoon Magnetic ferrite nanoparticles (MFNs) with high heating efficiency are highly desirable for hyperthermia applications. As conventional MFNs usually show low heating efficiency with a lower specific loss...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 992: Nickel Nanoparticles Induce the Synthesis of a Tumor-Related Polypeptide in Human Epidermal Keratinocytes Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10050992 Authors: Javier Jiménez-Lamana Simon Godin Gerard Aragonès Cinta Bladé Joanna Szpunar Ryszard Łobinski Although nickel allergy and carcinogenicity are well known, their molecular mechanisms are still uncertain, thus demanding studies at the molecular level. The nickel carcinogenicity is known...
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