Ethnopharmacological relevanceRadix pueraria (the root of pueraria lobata (Wild.) Ohwi.), which contains a class of isoflavonoids as the main active components, as well as cortex mori (the root bark of Morus alba L), which contains abundant active alkaloids, have been employed for the treatment ...

Ethnopharmacological relevanceTraditional Chinese medicine Radix Puerariae, the roots of Pueraria lobata (Wild.) Ohwi., has been widely used for the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in China for centuries. Isoflavonoids are believed the active components of this herb.

One new flavone hydrate named lobatflavate (1), one new chromone named lobatchrosin (2), and one new isoflavone named 3S,4R-tuberosin (3), along with four known isoflavone analogues (4–7), were isolated from the traditional Chinese medicinal plant of Pueraria lobata (Willd.) ohwi. Their structu...

Pueraria lobata root (PLR), well known as Kudzu root, has recently become commercially available in Western dietary supplements for menopausal symptoms. The scientific basis for its action has been attributed to the action of phytoestrogens. This study aimed to investigate the estrogen-like acti...

Enzymatic glycosylation catalyzed by glycosyltransferases has great potential for creating bioactive glycosylated small-molecule compounds. Here, we highlight the aglycon promiscuity of a new glycosyltransferase (PlGT7) from Pueraria lobata. PlGT7 exhibited the capability to glycosylate 26 struc...

Hairy root lines were established through the infection of Agrobacterium rhizogenes strain (A4) from shoot tips and leaves of Rehmannia elata N. E. Brown ex Prain (Orobanchaceae). Seven lines of hairy roots were selected on the basis of morphology and biomass increase in liquid Woody Plant Mediu...

The chemical structures of six isoflavones (1–6) isolated from the kudzu root (Pueraria lobata) were elucidated on the basis of the NMR and MS analyses to be four isoflavone C-glycosides as 6″-O-α-d-glucopyranosylpuerarin (1), puerarin (2), 3′-methoxypuerarin (3), 6″-O-α-d-apiofranosylpuer...

Pueraria lobata is one of the most important medicinal herbs used traditionally in China. According to Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Disease), it has been used traditionally to relieve body heat, eye soring, dry mouth, headache associated with high blood pressure, and stiff neck pr...

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were successfully fabricated from waste pueraria root residue after starch extraction via the phosphoric acid hydrolysis method by a series of chemical treatment processes including ultrasonic washing, pectin elimination, bleaching, alkali boiling, and phosphoric ac...

2-Hydroxyisobutyric acid (2-HIBA) is a biomarker of adiposity and associated metabolic diseases such as diabetes mellitus. It is also formed in the bacterial degradation pathway of the fuel oxygenate methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), requiring thioesterification with CoA prior to isomerization to ...

N,N,N-Trialkylammonioundecahydrododecaborates (1-), a novel class of compounds of interest for use as anions in ionic liquids, interact with DPPC liposomes. Increasing compound concentration causes an increasing negative ζ potential. Dissociation constants demonstrate that the binding capacity ...

A comprehensive ignition delay time database of 3.1 million points using detailed chemistry is generated. The database includes ignition delay times for pure methane, ethane, propane and hydrogen, as well as for gas blends comprising of the mentioned gases. The database covers a broad range of g...

The use of fuel blending is encouraged in order to achieve more flexibility in gas engines. In order to design such engines effectively, relevant information about the laminar flame speeds and laminar flame thickness are necessary. Hydrodynamic and thermo-diffusive instabilities at gas engine co...

BackgroundThe goals of this study were to evaluate mid-term outcome in endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) using a GORE C3 EXCLUDER and compare results between patients treated within and outside the instructions for use (IFU).

IntroductionC4d, an early product in the classical/lectin complement pathway has shown potential in the evaluation of C3 glomerulopathy where its absence would support an alternative pathway abnormality. As autoimmune/genetic complement testing is not readily available to most parts of the world...

Two-dimensional electrophoresis was used to compare dry-cured biceps femoris insoluble protein fraction according to genotype (PRKAG3Ile199Val and CASTLys249Arg/Ser638Arg) as well as salt and pastiness level. The PRKAG3 affected mainly muscle metabolic enzymes, indicating its possible influence ...

Phosphate blend can be used in salted cod processing to improve yields, water holding capacity and appearance of the final product. However, added phosphates are gradually degraded during processing and storage, leading to changes in functional properties of phosphates. The objective of the stud...

Acetate supplementation in rats increases plasma acetate and brain acetyl-CoA levels. Although acetate is used as a marker to study glial energy metabolism, the effect that acetate supplementation has on normal brain energy stores has not been quantified. To determine the effect(s) that an incre...

Phosphorylated proteins in ovine muscle induced by salt curing were well investigated. Ten topside muscles of crossbred sheep were ground, mixed and divided into two groups, which were cured for 16 h with 0% and 3% NaCl, respectively. Muscle proteins of two cured groups were analyzed by two-dime...

The effects of dibutyryl cyclic adenosine 3′ : 5′-monophosphate and ATP on isotope incorporation into phospholipids and the release of β-glucuronidase into the extracellular medium were studied in polymorphonuclear leukocytes from guinea pig peritoneal exudates. Exogenous dibutyryl cyclic ade...