2022 / Nature communications
Covalent and non-covalent molecular binding are two strategies to tailor surface properties and functions. However, the lack of responsiveness and… Continue reading Polarization-controlled tunable directional spin-driven photocurrents in a magnetic metamaterial with threefold rotational symmetry
2022 / Scientific Reports
Radiography is non-destructive imaging for engineering, medical diagnostics, airport security checks, and decontamination activities in nuclear plants. Inorganic scintillators are… Continue reading High-throughput production of LuAG-based highly luminescent thick film scintillators for radiation detection and imaging
2022 / Scientific Reports
This study focuses on obtaining and characterizing novel chitosan-based biomaterials containing cannabis oil to potentially promote wound healing. The primary… Continue reading Chitosan-based films with cannabis oil as a base material for wound dressing application
2022 / Nature communications
Neuraminidase (NA) of human influenza H3N2 virus has evolved rapidly and been accumulating mutations for more than half-century. However, biophysical… Continue reading Prevalence and mechanisms of evolutionary contingency in human influenza H3N2 neuraminidase
2022 / Nature communications
TRP channels sense temperatures ranging from noxious cold to noxious heat. Whether specialized TRP thermosensor modules exist and how they… Continue reading The human TRPA1 intrinsic cold and heat sensitivity involves separate channel structures beyond the N-ARD domain
2022 / Light: Science & Applications
Upconversion materials (UCMs) have been developed to convert tissue-penetrating near-infrared (NIR) light into visible light. However, the low energy conversion… Continue reading Controlled afterglow luminescent particles for photochemical tissue bonding
2022 / Communications Chemistry
Protein lysine methyltransferases have important regulatory functions in cells, but mechanisms determining their activity and specificity are incompletely understood. Naturally,… Continue reading Mechanistic basis of the increased methylation activity of the SETD2 protein lysine methyltransferase towards a designed super-substrate peptide
2022 / FASEB
The polymerization/depolymerization dynamics of FtsZ play a pivotal role in cell division in the majority of the bacteria. Deinococcus radiodurans,… Continue reading FtsZ phosphorylation brings about growth arrest upon DNA damage in Deinococcus radiodurans
2022 / Nature Plants
Photosystem I (PSI) enables photo-electron transfer and regulates photosynthesis in the bioenergetic membranes of cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. Being a multi-subunit… Continue reading Algal photosystem I dimer and high-resolution model of PSI-plastocyanin complex
2022 / Scientific Reports
Plant extracts are rich in a wide variety of molecules with diverse biological activities. Chemical engineering of plant extracts has… Continue reading Synthesis of natural product hybrids by the Ugi reaction in complex media containing plant extracts
2022 / Nature Communications
Au catalysts have drawn broad attention for catalytic CO oxidation. However, a molecular-level understanding of the reaction mechanism on a… Continue reading A self-complementary macrocycle by a dual interaction system
2022 / Scientific Reports
Plant extracts are rich in a wide variety of molecules with diverse biological activities. Chemical engineering of plant extracts has… Continue reading Synthesis of natural product hybrids by the Ugi reaction in complex media containing plant extracts
2022 / Scientific Reports
A green spectrofluorimetric method was introduced for the determination of selected genotoxic impurities; 2-aminopyridine and 3-aminopyridine in different pharmaceutical raw… Continue reading Spectrofluorimetric determination of selected genotoxic impurities in pharmaceutical raw materials and final products
2018 / München, 6. März 2018
This thesis demonstrates how remotely sensed satellite acquisitions can be used to addresses some of the natural catastrophes resulting from… Continue reading Remote sensing data as a tool to monitor and mitigate natural catastrophes resulting from anthropogenic activities: Case studies over land and water
2021 / Part Fibre Toxicol 18, 35 (2021)
Background Today, cosmetic products are very popular with both men and women to improve their appearance and increase their social… Continue reading Prospects on the nano-plastic particles internalization and induction of cellular response in human keratinocytes
2021 / Idowu et al. Food Production, Processing and Nutrition (2021) 3:4
This work evaluated the functional properties of sesame protein fractions in order to determine their potential in food applications. Sesame… Continue reading Functional properties of sesame (Sesamum indicum Linn) seed protein fractions
2014 / Food Bioprocess Technol (2014) 7:1344–1353
High pressure (HP, 200, 400, and 600 MPa)- and heat (60, 80, and 100 °C)-induced gelation, aggregation, and structural conformations… Continue reading Effects of High Pressure and Heat Treatments on Physicochemical and Gelation Properties of Rapeseed Protein Isolate
2017 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Volume 101, August 2017, Pages 207-213
In this work, the inhibitory effects of potato patatin-derived peptides Trp-Gly (WG) and Pro-Arg-Tyr (PRY) on angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE)… Continue reading Enzyme inhibition kinetics and molecular interactions of patatin peptides with angiotensin I-converting enzyme and renin
2020 / International Journal of Food Properties, 23:1, 955-970
Isoelectric precipitation was used to produce protein isolates (>90% protein contents) from three edible vegetable leaves. Amaranth (ALI), eggplant (ELI)… Continue reading Comparative study of the structural and functional properties of protein isolates prepared from edible vegetable leaves
2018 / CyTA - Journal of Food, 16:1, 357-366
Pea protein isolate (PPI) prepared through isoelectric protein precipitation was heat-treated between 50°C and 100°C. The effect of heat treatment… Continue reading Modification of the structural, emulsifying, and foaming properties of an isolated pea protein by thermal pretreatment
