Umaña, Eduardo Solano, Godofredo Zamora, Gabriel Tamayo-Castillo, Giselle
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Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
The chemistry of Costa Rican propolis from Apis mellifera remains underexplored despite its potential applications. This study identified its chemical composition, linking chemotypes to antioxidant potential. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectra were obtained for 119 propolis extracts and analyzed using multivariate analyses. In paral...
Tomkiel, Aneta M Majewski, Adam D Siergiejczyk, Leszek Morzycki, Jacek W
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The reactions of sterols (androst-5-en-3β-ol-17-one, diosgenin, and cholesterol) and their tosylates with hydroquinone aimed at the synthesis of O,O-1,4-phenylene-linked steroid dimers were studied. The reaction course strongly depended on the conditions used. The study has shown that the major reaction products are the elimination products and unu...
Anjum, Varisha Bagale, Uday Kadi, Ammar Potoroko, Irina Sonawane, Shirish H Anjum, Areefa
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Natural products with curative properties are gaining immense popularity in scientific and food research, possessing no side effects in contrast to other drugs. Guduchi, or Tinospora cordifolia, belongs to the menispermaceae family of universal drugs used to treat various diseases in traditional Indian literature. It has received attention in recen...
Guo, Jia Zhu, Meixia Mo, Wenlong Wang, Yanxiong Yuan, Junrong Wu, Ronglan Niu, Junmin Ma, Kongjun Guo, Wencang Wei, Xianyong
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Easily soluble organic components in Santanghu long flame coal (SLFC) from Hami (Xinjiang, China) were separated by CS2 and acetone mixed solvent (v/v = 1:1) under ultrasonic condition, and the extract residue was stratified by carbon tetrachloride to obtain the light raffinate component (SLFC-L). The effect of solvent treatment on the composition ...
Ding, Nan Lei, Aihua Shi, Zhisheng Xiang, Lin Wei, Bo Wu, Yimou
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is an atypical bacterial pathogen responsible for community-acquired pneumonia primarily among school-aged children and young adults. Camellia oleifera (C. oleifera) has been used as a medicinal and edible plant in China for centuries, the constituents from which possessed various bioactivities. Notably, flavon...
Zhang, Xiaoyu Hu, Shuyang Huang, Lifei Chen, Xiyue Wang, Xin Fu, Ya-Nan Sun, Hui Li, Guofeng Wang, Xing
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Nanocarriers have been widely studied and applied in the field of cancer treatment. However, conventional nanocarriers still suffer from complicated preparation processes, low drug loading, and potential toxicity of carriers themselves. To tackle the hindrance, carrier-free nanodrugs with biological activity have received increasing attention in ca...
Zhang, Yongjun Zhao, Xiaoyu Mao, Deyuan Wen, Jiahong Gao, Renxian Wang, Yaxin
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Ag nanoparticles sputtered on silicon wafer are used as masks for the fabrication of silicon columns by ion etching, which induces the growth of the inclined Ag nanorod by inclined Ag sputtering. V-shaped and Z-shaped Ag nanorods can be obtained by varying incline angles and deposition times. SERS detection and FDTD simulation are used to compare a...
Li, Ying Liu, Wenhui Xu, Jing Guo, Yuanqiang
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Aimed at discovering small molecules as anticancer drugs or lead compounds from plants, a lindenane-type sesquiterpene dimer, chlorahololide D, was isolated from Chloranthus holostegius. The literature review showed that there were few reports on the antitumor effects and mechanisms of chlorahololide D. Our biological assay suggested that chlorahol...
Piekarska, Jolanta Madej, Jan P Gorczykowski, Michał Szczypka, Marianna
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The aim of the study was to determine the effect of iridoid-anthocyanin extract from honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea L.) (LC) berries on histopathological changes in the intestines and muscles during experimental trichinellosis in mice. The LC extract was administered to uninfected mice (LC group) and Trichinella-spiralis-infected mice (T+LC) orally...
Forte, Giuseppe La Mendola, Diego Satriano, Cristina
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In typical protein-nanoparticle surface interactions, the biomolecule surface binding and consequent conformational changes are intermingled with each other and are pivotal to the multiple functional properties of the resulting hybrid bioengineered nanomaterial. In this review, we focus on the peculiar properties of the layer formed when biomolecul...
