Long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) play key roles in mammalian cells as sources of energy, structural components and signaling molecules. Given their importance in numerous physiological processes, the roles of LCFAs in health and disease have been extensively investigated. In the majority of studies...

ABSTRACTThe fatty acid profile of milk is a prevailing issue due to the potential negative or positive effects of different fatty acids to human health and nutrition. Mid-infrared spectroscopy can be used to obtain predictions of otherwise costly fatty acid phenotypes in a widespread and rapid m...

The alpha particle emitter Radium-223 dichloride (223RaCl2) has recently been approved for treatment of late-stage bone metastatic prostate cancer. There is considerable interest in studying this new agent outside of the clinical setting, however the supply of 223Ra is limited and expensive. We ...

Avola almond is part of the “Traditional Italian Agri-food Product” (PAT) list, as established by The Italian Ministry of agricultural food, forestry and tourism policies; this endorsement testifies its status as a high added-value product, and, consequently, it highlights the need of analytic...

Developing red fluorescence emitters with simple structures via convenient synthetic routes is highly desirable yet challenging. A novel simple AIE-active red emitter featured with intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) effect was designed by simply integrating common electron donor (D) and accept...

In the present work, Acid Red 1 (AR1) dye degradation by two heterogeneous Fenton catalysts, namely iron loaded rice husk biochar (Fe-RHB) and coir pith biochar (Fe-CPB) are studied. Biochar prepared from RHB and CPB were sonicated in the presence of ferric nitrate for the synthesis of Fe-RHB an...

BackgroundThe REDUCE-IT study demonstrated that 4 g/day of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) ethyl esters (icosapent ethyl, IPE) reduced risk for major cardiovascular events by 25% in statin-treated patients with residual hypertriglyceridemia. How this treatment affected red blood cell (RBC) EPA and d...

The analysis of noble gases in meteorites provides constraints on the early solar system and the pre-solar nebula. This requires a better characterization and understanding of the capture, production, and release of noble gases in meteorites. The knowledge of transfer properties of noble gases f...

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are a valuable tool to monitor changes in viral genomes and determine the genetic heterogeneity of viruses. In this study, NGS was applied to clinical poultry samples from Jordan to detect eleven H9N2 low pathogenic avian influenza viruses (LPAIV). A...

The strain Acinetobacter baumannii YNWH 226 was utilized to degrade Congo red (CR) under aerobic conditions. CR was employed as the sole carbon source to produce extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) used as potent bioflocculants in this strain. A total of 98.62% CR was removed during the 48-...

Cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) plays important roles in the metabolism of many planar and aromatic drugs and also contributes to the bioactivation of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in vivo. To date, the structural basis for CYP1A2′s preference to the planar substrates remains unclear. Herein, we investigate...

To recycle the waste and meet the demand for anode materials for Li-ion battery, α-Fe2O3/C for use as anode material is successfully prepared via a simple hydrothermal process using acid-pickled iron oxide red as raw material. The techniques of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, t...

KY-226 is a protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) inhibitor that protects neurons from cerebral ischemic injury. KY-226 restores Akt (protein kinase B) phosphorylation and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) reduction in transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO) damage. Howeve...

Orange contains phytochemicals effective in the prevention/treatment of chronic diseases. Although many orange peel phytochemicals have been identified, information on their distribution in flavedo and albedo is incomplete limiting the development of applications for orange byproducts including ...

The synthesis of polypyrrole nanotubes using methyl orange as a structure guiding agent is a popular method for obtaining electrically conductive material of nanostructured morphology. This work presents certain route of chemical synthesis, where the experimental conditions were optimized in ord...

Through solid-state fermentation, the endophytic fungus Diaporthe sp. biotransformed the compound R-(+)-limonene, a great quantity of which is present in orange waste. The fermented orange waste was evaluated to determine its antioxidant potential. Mass spectrometry identified several biotransfo...

Combinatorial peptide ligand library technology, coupled to mass spectrometry, has been applied to extensively map the proteome of orange pulp and peel and, via this fingerprinting, to detect its presence in commercial orange juices and drinks. The native and denaturing extraction protocols have...

The skin wounds cause serious burden to healthcare systems. The lack of sterility of the innate barrier function of the skin facilitates the development of microbial communities within the wound environment especially in biofilm form. Since biofilm is difficult to eradicate, new treatments have ...

The aim of this work was to study the effect of heat and moisture treatment (HMT) on carotenoids, phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of ground, orange maize. Total carotenoid content (TCC) of untreated sample (53.39 mg/kg) was 2.2 times higher than measured in treated orange maize f (24.6...

This study evaluated the impact of thermal treatment on the degradation of carotenoids, flavonoids and ascorbic acid in juice of orange cv. Cara Cara. A total of 42 carotenoids were detected in the Cara Cara juice and the simulated system, and the newly formed compounds were identified as isomer...