2016 / Tetrahedron
We isolated 16 new xestoquinone derivatives, including two trimers, six dimers, and four monomers with containing thiomorpholine 1,1-dioxide and pyrrolidine-2,4-diol… Continue reading Petroquinones: trimeric and dimeric xestoquinone derivatives isolated from the marine sponge Petrosia alfiani
2016 / Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
Antimicrobial peptides have long been considered as promising compounds against drug-resistant pathogens. In this work, we studied the secondary structure… Continue reading Conformational study of melectin and antapin antimicrobial peptides in model membrane environments
2016 / Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
The thermodynamic study of the binding of sulphanilic acid with model transport protein bovine serum albumin is a promising approach… Continue reading Physicochemical aspects of the energetics of binding of sulphanilic acid with bovine serum albumin
2016 / Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
Two new homoisoflavonoids, dracaeconolide A (1) and dracaeconolide B (2), together with ten known compounds, namely (3R)-7,4′-dihydroxy-8-methoxyhomoisoflavane (3), (3R)-7-hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxybenzyl)chromane (4),… Continue reading Isolation and chatacterization of homoisoflavonoids from Dracaena cochinchinensis and their osteogenic activities in mouse mesenchymal stem cells
2016 / European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
We describe the synthesis, 3D-derived quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR), antiproliferative activity and DNA binding properties of a series of 2-amino,… Continue reading Amino substituted benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinolines: Antiproliferative potency, 3D QSAR study and DNA binding properties
2016 / Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
Copper(II) complex formation processes between the alloferon 1 (Allo1) (HGVSGHGQHGVHG) analogues where the tryptophan residue is introducing in the place… Continue reading High stability and biological activity of the copper(II) complexes of alloferon 1 analogues containing tryptophan
2016 / Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
Multidrug resistance protein AtMRPs belong to the ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter super family. ABC proteins are membrane proteins involved… Continue reading Arabidopsis thaliana MRP1 (AtABCC1) nucleotide binding domain contributes to arsenic stress tolerance with serine triad phosphorylation
2016 / Protein Expression and Purification
Human Hsp70-2 is a chaperone expressed mainly in the nervous system. Up to now, no study has reported on the… Continue reading Recombinant human Tat-Hsp70-2: A tool for neuroprotection
2016 / Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
The imbalance of the calcium homeostasis in the lenticular tissues of diabetic patients is an important risk factor for development… Continue reading The structural alteration and aggregation propensity of glycated lens crystallins in the presence of calcium; importance of lens calcium homeostasis in development of diabetic cataracts
2016 / Journal of Hazardous Materials
Interaction of the food colorant tartrazine with human hemoglobin was studied using multispectroscopic and microcalorimetric techniques to gain insights into… Continue reading Multispectroscopic and calorimetric studies on the binding of the food colorant tartrazine with human hemoglobin
2016 / Journal of Cereal Science
It was difficult to form nice nano-fibril structure from glycinin, but in this study, we found a new method to… Continue reading Inhibition or improvement for acidic subunits fibril aggregation formation from β-conglycinin, glycinin and basic subunits
2016 / Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
This work presents a 3D carbon composite electrode matrix, consisting of reduced graphene oxide (RGO), carbon nanotubes, and carbon fiber… Continue reading Three-dimensional graphene/carbon nanotubes hybrid composites for exploring interaction between glucose oxidase and carbon based electrodes
2016 / Dalton Transactions
The π-conjugated tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) annulated ligand was introduced into a dicyanometallate for the first time, leading to the synthesis of… Continue reading Chiral heterobimetallic chains from a dicyanideferrite building block including a π-conjugated TTF annulated ligand
2016 / Biomaterials Science
Biomineralization of the extracellular matrix (ECM) plays a crucial role in bone formation. Functional and structural biomimetic native bone ECM… Continue reading A glycosaminoglycan mimetic peptide nanofiber gel as an osteoinductive scaffold
2016 / LWT - Food Science and Technology
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of pretreatments of heat (HP), ultrasound (UP), and combinations of… Continue reading Heat and/or ultrasound pretreatments motivated enzymolysis of corn gluten meal: Hydrolysis kinetics and protein structure
2016 / Chemistry & Biodiversity
A new sesquilignan, euonymolin A (1), and six known lignans, (-)-de-O-methylmagnolin (2), (+)-de-O-methylepimagnolin A (3), (+)-syringaresinol (4), (+)-pinoresinol (5), (+)-medioresinol… Continue reading Lignans from the Twigs of Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Sieb. and their Biological Evaluation
2016 / Pharmaceutical Research
The freezing step in lyophilization is the most determinant for the quality of biopharmaceutics. Using insulin as model of therapeutic… Continue reading Effect of the Freezing Step in the Stability and Bioactivity of Protein-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles Upon Lyophilization
2016 / BMC Infectious Diseases
HIV is primarily transmitted by sexual intercourse and predominantly infects people in Third World countries. Here an important medical need… Continue reading Abolishing HIV-1 infectivity using a polypurine tract-specific G-quadruplex-forming oligonucleotide
2016 / Scientific Reports
Among all proteins localized in the Golgi apparatus, a two-PDZ (PSD95/DlgA/Zo-1) domain protein plays an important role in the assembly… Continue reading New structural insights into Golgi Reassembly and Stacking Protein (GRASP) in solution
2016 / Phytochemistry Letters
Three new alkaloids, oxoincartine, 3,11-O-diacetyl-9-O-demethylmaritidine and 11-O-acetyl-9-O-demethylmaritidine together with seven known compounds namely, incartine, galanthamine, galanthine, 9-O-methylpseudolycorine, N,O-dimethylnorbelladine, hordenine and vittatine… Continue reading Alkaloids from Galanthus fosteri
