Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 552: A Simple in Syringe Low Density Solvent-Dispersive Liquid Liquid Microextraction for Enrichment of Some Metal Ions Prior to Their Determination by High Performance Liquid Chromatography in Food Samples Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25030552 Authors: Laosuwan Mukdasai Srijaranai A simple and highly sensitive method is developed for the simultaneous determination of Ni2+, Cr2O72−, Co2+, and Hg2+ by using in syringe low density solvent-dispersive...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 551: Bioassay-Guided Isolation and HPLC Quantification of Antiproliferative Metabolites from Stahlianthus Thorelii Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25030551 Authors: Nguyen Vo Lin Liaw Lin Chen Kuo In folk medicine, Stahlianthus thorelii Gagnep. has been used to treat diseases related to inflammation, ulcers, and cancer. There are no reports concerning the chemical components and bioactivities of S. thorelii; thus, this study aims to...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 549: Adropin as A Fat-Burning Hormone with Multiple Functions—Review of a Decade of Research Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25030549 Authors: Jasaszwili Billert Strowski Nowak Skrzypski Adropin is a unique hormone encoded by the energy homeostasis-associated (Enho) gene. Adropin is produced in the liver and brain, and also in peripheral tissues such as in the heart and gastrointestinal tract. Furthermore, adropin is present in the circulatory...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 550: Phytochemical Screening and Antiprotozoal Effects of the Methanolic Berberis vulgaris and Acetonic Rhus coriaria Extracts Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25030550 Authors: Batiha Magdy Beshbishy Adeyemi Nadwa Rashwan Alkazmi Elkelish Igarashi Berberis vulgaris (B. vulgaris) and Rhus coriaria (R. coriaria) have been documented to have various pharmacologic activities. The current study assessed the in vitro as well as in vivo...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 545: Fine Modulation of the Catalytic Properties of Rhizomucor miehei Lipase Driven by Different Immobilization Strategies for the Selective Hydrolysis of Fish Oil Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25030545 Authors: Yousefi Marciello Guisan Fernandez-Lorente Mohammadi Filice Functional properties of each enzyme strictly depend on immobilization protocol used for linking enzyme and carrier. Different strategies were applied to prepare the...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 544: Synthesis, Biological Assessment, and Structure Activity Relationship Studies of New Flavanones Embodying Chromene Moieties Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25030544 Authors: Assirey Alsaggaf Naqvi Moussa Okasha Afifi Abd-El-Aziz Novel flavanones that incorporate chromene motifs are synthesized via a one-step multicomponent reaction. The structures of the new chromenes are elucidated by using IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, 1H-1H COSY, HSQC,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 546: Novel Cationic Prodrug of Ubiquinol-10 Enhances Intestinal Absorption via Efficient Formation of Nanosized Mixed-Micelles with Bile Acid Anions Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25030546 Authors: Shuichi Setoguchi Ryoji Hidaka Nami Nagata-Akaho Daisuke Watase Mitsuhisa Koga Kazuhisa Matsunaga Yoshiharu Karube Jiro Takata The aim of this study was to develop a prodrug of ubiquinol-10 (UqH-10), the active form of ubiquinone-10 (Uq-10),...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 543: Photolysis of 5-Azido-3-Phenylisoxazole at Cryogenic Temperature: Formation and Direct Detection of a Nitrosoalkene Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25030543 Authors: Upasana Banerjee William L. Karney Bruce S. Ault Anna D. Gudmundsdottir To enhance the versatility of organic azides in organic synthesis, a better understanding of their photochemistry is required. Herein, the photoreactivity of azidoisoxazole 1 was characterized in cryogenic matrices...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 547: Analysis of Binding Interactions of Ramipril and Quercetin on Human Serum Albumin: A Novel Method in Affinity Evaluation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25030547 Authors: Vaneková Hubčík Toca-Herrera Furtműller Mučaji Nagy The aim of this study was to analyze the binding interactions between a common antihypertensive drug (ramipril, R) and the widely distributed plant flavonoid quercetin (Q), in the presence of human serum albumin...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 548: Advances in Synthesis of π-Extended Benzosilole Derivatives and Their Analogs Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25030548 Authors: Tuan Thanh Dang Hue Minh Thi Nguyen Hien Nguyen Tran Ngoc Dung Minh Tho Nguyen Wim Dehaen Benzosiloles and their π-extended derivatives are present in many important advanced materials due to their excellent physical properties. Especially, they have found many potential applications in the development of...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 542: Yellow Emission Obtained by Combination of Broadband Emission and Multi-Peak Emission in Garnet Structure Na2YMg2V3O12: Dy3+ Phosphor Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25030542 Authors: Weiyi Zhang Can He Xiaowen Wu Ximing Huang Fankai Lin Yan’gai Liu Minghao Fang Xin Min Zhaohui Huang The fabrication and luminescent performance of novel phosphors Na2YMg2V3O12:Dy3+ were investigated by a conventional solid-state reaction method. Under...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 220: Dual-Functionalized Pesticide Nanocapsule Delivery System with Improved Spreading Behavior and Enhanced Bioactivity Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020220 Authors: Cui Sun Wang Wang Zhu Shen Li Zhao Cui Wang Gao Zeng Cui The prevention and control of pests and diseases are becoming increasingly difficult owing to extensive pesticide resistance. The synergistic use of pesticides for disease control is...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 219: Green-Synthesization of Silver Nanoparticles Using Endophytic Bacteria Isolated from Garlic and Its Antifungal Activity against Wheat Fusarium Head Blight Pathogen Fusarium Graminearum Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020219 Authors: Ezzeldin Ibrahim Muchen Zhang Yang Zhang Afsana Hossain Wen Qiu Yun Chen Yanli Wang Wenge Wu Guochang Sun Bin Li Nanoparticles are expected to play a vital role in the management of future plant...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 216: Directly Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers Incorporated with Mn3O4 Nanoparticles as Bending-Resistant Cathode for Flexible Al-Air Batteries Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020216 Authors: Yu Zuo Liu Wu Zhang Cao Zuo Al-air batteries are regarded as potential power source for flexible and wearable devices. However, the traditional cathodes of Al-air batteries are easy to be broken after continuous bending. This is why few Al-air...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 217: A Novel Approach to Enhance Mechanical and Thermal Properties of SLA 3D Printed Structure by Incorporation of Metal–Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020217 Authors: Mubarak Dhamodharan Kale Divakaran Senthil P Wu Wang Silver (Ag) ornamented TiO2 semiconducting nanoparticles were synthesized through the sol-gel process to be utilized as nanofillers with photo resin to enhance the mechanical and...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 218: Enhanced Stretchable and Sensitive Strain Sensor via Controlled Strain Distribution Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020218 Authors: Huamin Chen Longfeng Lv Jiushuang Zhang Shaochun Zhang Pengjun Xu Chuanchuan Li Zhicheng Zhang Yuliang Li Yun Xu Jun Wang Stretchable and wearable opto-electronics have attracted worldwide attention due to their broad prospects in health monitoring and epidermal applications. Resistive strain...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 215: Repeated vs. Acute Exposure of RAW264.7 Mouse Macrophages to Silica Nanoparticles: A Bioaccumulation and Functional Change Study Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020215 Authors: Torres Dalzon Collin-Faure Rabilloud Synthetic amorphous silica is used in various applications such as cosmetics, food, or rubber reinforcement. These broad uses increase human exposure, and thus the potential risk related to their short- and long-term toxicity...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 214: Design and Modeling of Light Emitting Nano-Pixel Structure (LENS) for High Resolution Display (HRD) in a Visible Range Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020214 Authors: Eisenfeld Karsenty LENS (Light Emitting Nano-pixel Structure), a new nano-metric device, was designed, simulated, and modeled for feasibility analysis, with the challenge of combining high resolution and high brightness for display, essentially adapted for Augmented Reality (AR)...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 337: Carrot Genotypes Contrasted by Root Color and Grown under Different Conditions Displayed Differential Pharmacological Profiles in Vascular and Metabolic Cells Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020337 Authors: Soleti Mallegol Hilairet Frifra Perrin Dubois-Laurent Huet Pignon Basset Geoffriau Andriantsitohaina Carrots’ genotype and growing conditions influence their potential properties to fight against cardiovascular...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 336: Antiobesity Effects of Extract from Spergularia marina Griseb in Adipocytes and High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Rats Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020336 Authors: Park Lee Son Kim Byun Ha Obesity has recently risen and become a serious health concern in Korea according to the westernized diet and altered lifestyle. Hence, there is a growing interest in the supplementation of phytochemicals to find a safe and effective functional ingredient...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 335: Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Nutrigenetics: Findings from the 2018 Unified Forces Preventive Nutrition Conference (UFPN) Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020335 Authors: Kaufman-Shriqui Salem Boaz Birk Background: Nutrigenetics indicates that individual genetic variability results in altered health outcomes necessitating personalized nutrition adaptation. Registered dietitians are recognized as the clinical nutrition experts, but their knowledge...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 334: Defining a Healthy Diet: Evidence for The Role of Contemporary Dietary Patterns in Health and Disease Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020334 Authors: Cena Calder The definition of what constitutes a healthy diet is continually shifting to reflect the evolving understanding of the roles that different foods, essential nutrients, and other food components play in health and disease. A large and growing body of evidence supports that intake of certain types...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 83: The Circadian Clock, the Immune System, and Viral Infections: The Intricate Relationship Between Biological Time and Host-Virus Interaction Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020083 Authors: Mazzoccoli Vinciguerra Carbone Relógio Living beings spend their lives and carry out their daily activities interacting with environmental situations that present space-time variations and that involve contact with other life forms, which may behave as commensals...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 82: Conservation of a Neutralization Epitope of Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) among Currently Endemic Clinical Isolates in Okinawa, Japan Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020082 Authors: Mizuguchi Takahashi Tanaka Fukushima Tanaka Approximately one-tenth of the 10 million individuals living with human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) worldwide live in Japan. Most of these infected individuals live in the southwest region of...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 101: 17β-Estradiol Delivered in Eye Drops: Evidence of Impact on Protein Networks and Associated Biological Processes in the Rat Retina through Quantitative Proteomics Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020101 Authors: Prokai Zaman Nguyen Prokai-Tatrai To facilitate the development of broad-spectrum retina neuroprotectants that can be delivered through topical dosage forms, this proteomics study focused on analyzing target engagements...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 100: Odorless Glutathione Microneedle Patches for Skin Whitening Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020100 Authors: Lee Kumar Kim Seong Lee Kim Jung Yang Glutathione is a natural anti-aging substance that prevents the oxidation of protein thiols from reactive oxygen species. In the pharmaceutical industry, reduced glutathione (GSH) has been widely used for skin whitening due to its ability to inhibit tyrosinase. However,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 158: Subcellular Targeting of Plant Sucrose Transporters Is Affected by Their Oligomeric State Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020158 Authors: Garg Hackel Kühn Post-translational regulation of sucrose transporters represents one possibility to adapt transporter activity in a very short time frame. This can occur either via phosphorylation/dephosphorylation, oligomerization, protein–protein interactions, endocytosis/exocytosis, or degradation. It is...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 157: Comparative Analysis of Actaea Chloroplast Genomes and Molecular Marker Development for the Identification of Authentic Cimicifugae Rhizoma Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020157 Authors: Park Song Yang Moon Actaea (Ranunculaceae; syn. Cimicifuga) is a controversial and complex genus. Dried rhizomes of Actaea species are used as Korean traditional herbal medicine. Although Actaea species are valuable, given their taxonomic classification and medicinal...
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Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 6: Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Robotics in 2019 Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9010006 Authors: Robotics Editorial Office The editorial team greatly appreciates the reviewers who have dedicated their considerable time andexpertise to the journal’s rigorous editorial process over the past 12 months, regardless of whetherthe papers are finally published or not [...]
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Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 13: Three Local Organizing Strategies to Implement Place-Based School Integration Initiatives in a Mixed-Income Community Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10010013 Authors: Jackson This paper explores two policy efforts to revitalize public housing communities: education reform and HOPE VI. Chicago underwent transformation of housing and schools from 2000 to 2014. I examine school integration planning efforts of three local actors in a Chicago neighborhood and ask...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 49: Electrotransfer of siRNA to Silence Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein in Tumor Mediated by a High Intensity Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010049 Authors: Kranjc Brezar Kranjc Čemažar Buček Serša Miklavčič The contactless high intensity pulsed electromagnetic field (HI-PEMF)-induced increase of cell membrane permeability is similar to conventional electroporation, with the important difference of inducing...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 48: Mechanisms of Mixed Th1/Th2 Responses in Mice Induced by Albizia julibrissin Saponin Active Fraction by in Silico Analysis Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010048 Authors: Du Jin Wang Sun The purified active fraction of Albizia julibrissin saponin (AJSAF) is an ideal adjuvant candidate that improves antigen-specific both cellular and humoral immune responses and elicits mixed Th1/Th2 responses, but its mechanisms remain unclear. The key features...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 14: Avian Pattern Recognition Receptor Sensing and Signaling Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7010014 Authors: Neerukonda Katneni Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) are a class of immune sensors that play a critical role in detecting and responding to several conserved patterns of microorganisms. As such, they play a major role in the maintenance of immune homeostasis and anti-microbial defense. Fundamental knowledge pertaining to the discovery...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 147: Entomological Assessment of the Status and Risk of Mosquito-borne Arboviral Transmission in Ghana Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020147 Authors: Amoa-Bosompem Kobayashi Murota Faizah Itokawa Fujita Osei Agbosu Pratt Kimura Kwofie Ohashi Bonney Dadzie Sasaki Ohta Isawa Sawabe Iwanaga Entomological surveillance is one of the tools used in monitoring and controlling vector-borne diseases. However,...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 148: Manipulation of Jasmonate Signaling by Plant Viruses and Their Insect Vectors Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020148 Authors: Wu Ye Plant viruses pose serious threats to stable crop yield. The majority of them are transmitted by insects, which cause secondary damage to the plant host from the herbivore-vector’s infestation. What is worse, a successful plant virus evolves multiple strategies to manipulate host defenses to promote the population of the...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 146: Impact of Mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana Metabolic Pathways on Polerovirus Accumulation, Aphid Performance, and Feeding Behavior Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020146 Authors: Bogaert Marmonier Pichon Boissinot Ziegler-Graff Chesnais Villeroy Drucker Brault During the process of virus acquisition by aphids, plants respond to both the virus and the aphids by mobilizing different metabolic pathways. It is conceivable that the plant...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 145: Phylodynamic Analysis Complements Partner Services by Identifying Acute and Unreported HIV Transmission Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020145 Authors: Campbell Patala Shankar Li Johnson Westheimer Gay Cohen Switzer Peters Tailoring public health responses to growing HIV transmission clusters depends on accurately mapping the risk network through which it spreads and identifying acute infections that represent the leading edge...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 351: A Study of Precipitation Patterns through Stochastic Ordering Water doi: 10.3390/w12020351 Authors: Nan Ni Hao Zhang The study of spatial and temporal changes in precipitation patterns is important to agriculture and natural ecosystems. These changes can be described by some climate change indices. Because these indices often have skewed probability distributions, some common statistical procedures become either inappropriate or less powerful when they are...
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