2016 / Food and Function
Glucitol-core containing gallotannins (GCGs) are polyphenols containing galloyl groups attached to a 1,5-anhydro-D-glucitol core, which is uncommon among naturally occurring… Continue reading Glucitol-core containing gallotannins inhibit the formation of advanced glycation end-products mediated by their antioxidant potential
2016 / Helvetica Chimica Acta
Three new chalcones, 3′-carboxymethyl-4,2′-dihydroxy-4′-methoxychalcone (1), (±)-4,2′,4′-trihydroxy-3′-[(3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-6-methylenecyclohexyl)methyl]chalcone (2), and 2′′-hydroxyangelichalcone (3), were isolated from the aerial parts of Angelica keiskei(Umbelliferae) together with… Continue reading Three New Chalcones from the Aerial Parts of Angelica keiskei
2016 / Chemosphere
The wide application of rare earth elements (REEs) have led to their diffusion and accumulation in the environment. The activation… Continue reading Responses of plant calmodulin to endocytosis induced by rare earth elements
2016 / Materials Science and Engineering: C
Relatively electron-deficient perylenediimide (PDI) and relatively electron-rich porphyrin (Por) were introduced into the middle of 16-mer glycol nucleic acid (GNA),… Continue reading Role of electrostatic complementarity between perylenediimide and porphyrin in highly stabilized GNA
2016 / JACS
Enantiomeric forms of BTD-2, PG-1, and PM-1 were synthesized to delineate the structure and function of these β-sheet antimicrobial peptides.… Continue reading Mirror Images of Antimicrobial Peptides Provide Reflections on Their Functions and Amyloidogenic Properties
2016 / Phytochemistry Letters
Bioassay-guided isolation of an ethanolic extract of the aerial parts from Ainsliaea acerifolia using pancreatic lipase inhibitory assay led to the isolation… Continue reading Chemical constituents from Ainsliaea acerifolia as potential anti-obesity agents
2016 / Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
The binding of the anilido aminoacridine derivative amsacrine with the heme proteins, hemoglobin, and myoglobin, was characterized by various spectroscopic… Continue reading A Comparative Spectroscopic and Calorimetric Investigation of the Interaction of Amsacrine with Heme Proteins, Hemoglobin and Myoglobin
2016 / Scientific Reports
Flagellin has the capacity to activate both Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) and Nod-like receptor C4 (NLRC4)/neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein 5… Continue reading Carboxyl-terminal fusion of E7 into Flagellin shifts TLR5 activation to NLRC4/NAIP5 activation and induces TLR5-independent anti-tumor immunity
2016 / Fitoterapia
Phytochemical investigation of the fruiting bodies of Ganoderma capense led to isolation of eight aromatic meroterpenoids (1–8). Ganocapensins A and B (1, 2)… Continue reading Antioxidant farnesylated hydroquinones from Ganoderma capense
2016 / Journal of Molecular Structure
Based on enantiopure bis-bidentate N-donor ligands (−)/(+)-2,5-bis(4,5-pinene- 2-pyridyl)pyrazine (LR/LS), a new pair of NdIII enantiomers with the formula Nd(dbm)3LR/S·2H2O (R-1 and S-1 being the… Continue reading A NdIII enantiomeric pair: Synthesis, crystal structures and near-infrared luminescent properties
2016 / European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
The aim of this study was to gain fundamental insight into protein destabilization induced by supercritical CO2 spray drying processing parameters.… Continue reading Critical processing parameters of carbon dioxide spray drying for the production of dried protein formulations: A study with myoglobin
2016 / RSC Advances
NanoAg is almost the most widely used nanoparticle material, and the potential toxicity of nanoAg has aroused widespread concerns regarding… Continue reading Investigation of the effects of nanoAg on the enzyme lysozyme at the molecular level
2016 / Journal of Molecular Structure
Metformin is a biguanide class of drug used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. It is well known that serum… Continue reading Spectroscopic and molecular modelling studies of binding mechanism of metformin with bovine serum albumin
2016 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Small molecular weight Bacillus lipases are industrially attractive because of its alkaline optimum pH, broad substrate specificity and production in high yield… Continue reading Point mutation Gln121-Arg increased temperature optima ofBacillus lipase (1.4 subfamily) by fifteen degrees
2016 / The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
The interaction of human serum albumin (HSA) with amphiphilic block copolymer Pluronic F127 has been investigated by several physical methods.… Continue reading Interaction between Albumin and Pluronic F127 Block Copolymer Revealed by Global and Local Physicochemical Profiling
2016 / Fitoterapia
Six new cyanoglucosides, 2S-cardiospermin-5-benzoate (1), 2R-cardiospermin-5-p-hydroxybenzoate (2), 2S-cardiospermin-5-cis-p-coumarate (3), isocardiospermin-5-p-hydroxybenzoate (4), sutherlandin-5-p-hydroxybenzoate (5), and sutherlandin-5-cis-p-coumarate (6), together with 17 known… Continue reading Leucine-derived cyanoglucosides from the aerial parts of Sorbaria sorbifolia (L.) A. Braun
2016 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Interaction of surfactants with biomacromolecules is an essential subject of biophysical chemistry to address their diverse applications in industry, biomedical,… Continue reading Biophysical perspective of the binding of ester-functionalized gemini surfactants with catalase
2016 / Journal of Molecular Structure
Electrostatic interaction plays an important role in protein aggregation phenomenon. In this study, we have checked the effect of anionic… Continue reading Effect of surfactants on Ra-sHSPI – A small heat shock protein from the cattle tick Rhipicephalus annulatus
2016 / Structure
Positive phenol-degradative gene regulator (PoxR) is a σ54-dependent AAA+ ATPase transcription activator that regulates the catabolism of phenols. The PoxR… Continue reading Structural Analysis of the Phenol-Responsive Sensory Domain of the Transcription Activator PoxR
2016 / Journal of Chromatography A
Direct HPLC separation of enantiomers of Bicalutamide (BCT), a non-steroidal antiandrogen used for the treatment of prostate cancer, was performed… Continue reading Analytical and semipreparative high performance liquid chromatography enantioseparation of bicalutamide and its chiral impurities on an immobilized polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phase
