Published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry
The cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria is a multilayered structure essential for bacterial viability; the peptidoglycan cell wall provides shape and osmotic protection to the cell, and the outer membrane serves as a permeability barrier against noxious compounds in the external environment. Assembling the envelope properly and maintaining its ...
Background: The relationship between lung function decline and eosinophils and neutrophils has important therapeutic implications among asthmatics, but it has rarely been studied in large cohort studies. Objective: The aim is to study the relationship between blood eosinophils and neutrophils and FEV1 decline in a long-term follow-up of a populatio...
Following the past TropiScat and AfriScat tower-based scatterometer experiments conducted as part of the European Space Agency (ESA) BIOMASS mission preparation activities, a follow-up experiment referred to as TropiScat-2 has been undertaken since March 2018 in French Guiana. The main objectives of this new campaign consist in extending the previo...
Published in Mechanics & Industry
Aerodynamic efficiency of an airplane wing can be improved either by increasing its lift generation tendency or by reducing the drag. Recently, Bio-inspired designs have been received greater attention for the geometric modifications of airplane wings. One of the bio-inspired designs contains sinusoidal Humpback Whale (HW) tubercles, i.e., protuber...
Luis Villoro suggested a way of overcoming the dialectics between traditional and modern societies through a new community in which individuals would accept the priority of general over particular interests. On the basis of his conceptual scheme, the article argues that despite that acceptance, individual autonomy, as critical ac- tivity, does not ...
This study aimed to understand the response of photosynthesis and growth to e-CO2 conditions (800 vs. 400 mu mol mol(-1)) of rice genotypes differing in source-sink relationships. A proxy trait called local C source-sink ratio was defined as the ratio of flag leaf area to the number of spikelets on the corresponding panicle, and five genotypes diff...
Published in Nutritional neuroscience
Introduction: Oxidative stress is known to contribute to the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders. An ethanolic turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) extract containing curcumin has been reported to produce antioxidant effects. Objective: The present study aims to investigate the possible neuroprotective effects of the ethanolic turmeric extract again...
Published in Natural product research
Lycium europaeum L. is a spiny shrub of the Solanaceae family, known in Algeria as 'Awsaj' and used as food and herbal remedy. The phytochemical investigation of the alkaloid extract of roots and leaves led to the isolation and characterisation of one alkaloid (harmine (3)) and four sesquiterpenes (C-1' epimer of (2 R,5S,10R)-2-(1',2'-dihydroxy-1'-...
Published in International journal of phytoremediation
Cadmium (Cd) contamination is the most extensive pollution in China farmland. A greenhouse pot trial was conducted to investigate the effects of cornstalk biochar on Cd accumulation by Phytolacca americana L. (pokeweed) in Cd-contaminated soil. The Cd concentration increased in leaves, shoots, and roots of plants amended with 5% biochar by 79%, 113...
Published in Natural product research
Polypodium vulgare L. (Polypodiaceae) is a fern used in traditional Polish medicine as an expectorant to treat cough and pertussis. Additionally, it was used as a diuretic in renal diseases, especially in chronic nephritis and pyelonephritis. In our study, a water extract was prepared from the rhizome of common polypody and subsequently fractionate...
