Lard is one of the main animal fats used as shortening and frying medium. Religious prohibitions and negative health perceptions regarding animal fats have caused concerns about the consumption of lard among communities living around the world. Various research efforts have been made in the past to formulate plant-based fats and shortenings as subs...
Published in Materials Research Express
Commercial hydrothermally synthesized BaTiO3 powder with a cubic structure was annealed in a temperature range of 650 °C–900 °C, and the cubic-tetragonal structure transition and microstructure evolution of the powder were investigated in relation to the annealing process. The BaTiO3 powder used had a cubic structure below an annealing temperature ...
Published in Drug delivery and translational research
Diclofenac sodium 0.1% is a commonly used NSAID with well-documented clinical efficacy in reducing postoperative inflammation; however, its corneal tolerability and ophthalmic tissue bioavailability require further improvement. Advanced micellar delivery systems composed of block-copolymers and chitosan showing fine balance between the mucoadhesion...
Published in The Journal of membrane biology
The antineoplastic drug Docetaxel is a second generation taxane which is used against a great variety of cancers. The drug is highly lipophilic and produces a great array of severe toxic effects that limit its therapeutic effectiveness. The study of the interaction between Docetaxel and membranes is very scarce, however, it is required in order to ...
Published in Frontiers in Oncology
Purpose We aimed to compare arterial spin labeling (ASL) with dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) enhanced perfusion MRI for the surveillance of primary and metastatic brain tumors at 3T, both in terms of lesion perfusion metrics and diagnostic accuracy. Methods In this retrospective study, we included 115 patients, who underwent both ASL and DSC...
This research focuses on the thermal characterization of 3D-printed parts obtained via fused filament fabrication (FFF) technology, which uses a poly(lactic acid) (PLA)-based filament filled with milled carbon fibers (MCF) from pyrolysis at different percentages by weight (10, 20, 30 wt%). Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermal conduct...
Controlling hyperglycemia and avoiding glucose reabsorption are significant goals in type 2 diabetes treatments. Among the numerous modes of medication administration, the oral route is the most common. Introduction: Dapagliflozin is an oral hypoglycemic agent and a powerful, competitive, reversible, highly selective, and orally active human SGLT2 ...
A methylcellulose (MC) is one of the materials representatives performing unique thermal-responsive properties. While reaching a critical temperature upon heating MC undergoes a physical sol-gel transition and consequently becomes a gel. The MC has been studied for many years and researchers agree that the MC gelation is related to the lower critic...
Molecular complexation with cyclodextrins (CDs) has long been a known process for modifying the physicochemical properties of problematic active pharmaceutical ingredients with poor water solubility. In current times, the focus has been on the solvent-free co-grinding process, which is an industrially feasible process qualifying as a green technolo...
Svetovna poraba lepil za les se vsako leto veča. Ker so najpogosteje uporabljana sintetična lepila, ki obremenjujejo okolje in so lahko zdravju škodljiva, je iskanje okoljsko primernejših alternativ predmet raziskav že nekaj desetletij. Tanini in lignini, kot najizdatnejši obnovljivi viri polifenolnih spojin, se nakazujejo kot najprimernejša altern...
