J. Imaging, Vol. 5, Pages 84: The Future of Hyperspectral Imaging Journal of Imaging doi: 10.3390/jimaging5110084 Authors: Stefano Selci The Special Issue on hyperspectral imaging (HSI), entitled “The Future of Hyperspectral Imaging”, has published 12 papers. Nine papers are related to specific current research and three more are review contributions: In both cases, the request is to propose those methods or instruments so as to show the future trends of HSI. Some...
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Life, Vol. 9, Pages 81: Wheat Space Odyssey: “From Seed to Seed”. Kernel Morphology Life doi: 10.3390/life9040081 Authors: Baranova Levinskikh Gulevich The long-term autonomous existence of man in extraterrestrial conditions is associated with the need to cultivate plants—the only affordable and effective means for both providing oxygen and CO2 utilization, and providing one of the most habitual and energetically valuable products: plant food. In this study, we analyzed...
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Medical Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 102: Premature Ejaculation: Aetiology and Treatment Strategies Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci7110102 Authors: Nicholas Gillman Michael Gillman Premature ejaculation (PE) is a highly prevalent male sexual dysfunction that is often neglected, presenting a currently unmet therapeutic need. The classification of PE has historically been varied and at times ambiguous, contributing to inaccurate prevalence estimates. This review uses the International...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 714: Current Therapeutic Strategies in Diabetic Foot Ulcers Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55110714 Authors: Perez-Favila Martinez-Fierro Rodriguez-Lazalde Cid-Baez Zamudio-Osuna Martinez-Blanco Mollinedo-Montaño Rodriguez-Sanchez Castañeda-Miranda Garza-Veloz Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are the fastest growing chronic complication of diabetes mellitus, with more than 400 million people diagnosed globally, and the condition...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 489: Assembly and Analysis of the Genome Sequence of the Yeast Brettanomyces naardenensis CBS 7540 Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7110489 Authors: Ievgeniia A. Tiukova Huifeng Jiang Jacques Dainat Marc P. Hoeppner Henrik Lantz Jure Piskur Mats Sandgren Jens Nielsen Zhenglong Gu Volkmar Passoth Brettanomyces naardenensis is a spoilage yeast with potential for biotechnological applications for production of innovative...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 488: Top-Down Proteomic Identification of Shiga Toxin 1 and 2 from Pathogenic Escherichia coli Using MALDI-TOF-TOF Tandem Mass Spectrometry Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7110488 Authors: Clifton K. Fagerquist William J. Zaragoza Michelle Q. Carter Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are a burden on agriculture and a threat to public health. Rapid methods are needed to identify STEC strains and characterize the Shiga toxin (Stx)...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 487: Reanalysis of Lactobacillus paracasei Lbs2 Strain and Large-Scale Comparative Genomics Places Many Strains into Their Correct Taxonomic Position Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7110487 Authors: Samrat Ghosh Aditya Narayan Sarangi Mayuri Mukherjee Swati Bhowmick Sucheta Tripathy Lactobacillus paracasei are diverse Gram-positive bacteria that are very closely related to Lactobacillus casei, belonging to the Lactobacillus casei group....
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3864: Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Effectiveness of Ocimum gratissimum L. Essential Oil Against Multidrug-Resistant Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213864 Authors: Ramaiana Soares Melo Águida Maria Albuquerque Azevedo Antônio Mateus Gomes Pereira Renan Rhonalty Rocha Rafaela Mesquita Bastos Cavalcante Maria Nágila Carneiro Matos Pedro Henrique Ribeiro Lopes Geovany Amorim Gomes...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3865: 1,2-Benzenedithiol and Toluene-3,4-dithiol Arsenic(III) Complexes—Synthesis, Structure, Spectroscopic Characterization and Toxicological Studies Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213865 Authors: Monika Lyczko Krzysztof Lyczko Agnieszka Majkowska-Pilip Aleksander Bilewicz A new group of arsenic(III) complexes with bidentate S,S-donor ligands, 1,2-benzenedithiol (Ph(SH)2) and toluene-3,4-dithiol (MePh(SH)2), were synthesized. The use of arsenic(III)...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3863: Insights into Lignan Composition and Biosynthesis in Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica L.) Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213863 Authors: Xuan Xu Cédric Guignard Jenny Renaut Jean-Francois Hausman Edoardo Gatti Stefano Predieri Gea Guerriero Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.) has been used as herbal medicine to treat various ailments since ancient times. The biological activity of nettle is chiefly attributed to a large group of phenylpropanoid...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3861: HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS Analysis for Simultaneous Quantitation of Phenolics in Taiwan Elderberry and Its Anti-Glycation Activity Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213861 Authors: Ho-Shin Huang Hsu-Sheng Yu Chia-Hung Yen Ean-Tun Liaw Sambucus formosana is most commonly used as a traditional herb medicine in Taiwan. In this study, high performance liquid chromatography equipped with photodiode array detection-mass (HPLC–DAD-ESI-MS) method was...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3862: Can we make Chitosan by Enzymatic Deacetylation of Chitin? Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213862 Authors: Rianne A.G. Harmsen Tina R. Tuveng Simen G. Antonsen Vincent G.H. Eijsink Morten Sørlie Chitin, an insoluble linear polymer of β-1,4-N-acetyl-d-glucosamine (GlcNAc; A), can be converted to chitosan, a soluble heteropolymer of GlcNAc and d-glucosamine (GlcN; D) residues, by partial deacetylation. In nature, deacetylation of chitin...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3860: New Insights into the Reaction Paths of Hydroxyl Radicals with Purine Moieties in DNA and Double-Stranded Oligodeoxynucleotides Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213860 Authors: Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu Marios G. Krokidis Annalisa Masi Sebastian Barata-Vallejo Carla Ferreri Michael A. Terzidis Tomasz Szreder Krzysztof Bobrowski The reaction of hydroxyl radical (HO•) with DNA produces many primary reactive species and many...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3859: A Mechanistic Study on the Tautomerism of H-Phosphonates, H-Phosphinates and Secondary Phosphine Oxides Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213859 Authors: Daniella Vincze Péter Ábrányi-Balogh Péter Bagi György Keglevich H-phosphonates, H-phosphinates and secondary phosphine oxides may be preligands, and are important building blocks in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and P-ligands. The prototropic tautomerism influenced by substituent...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3857: Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure N-Boc-Protected 1,2,3-Triaminopropylphosphonates and 1,2-Diamino-3-Hydroxypropylphosphonates Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213857 Authors: Aleksandra Trocha Dorota G. Piotrowska Iwona E. Głowacka All possible isomers of 1,2,3-tri(N-tert-butoxycarbonylamino)propylphosphonate 6 were synthesized from the respective diethyl [N-(1-phenylethyl)]-1-benzylamino-2,3-epiiminopropylphosphonates 5 via opening the aziridine...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3856: Improving the Stability of Oil Body Emulsions from Diverse Plant Seeds Using Sodium Alginate Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213856 Authors: Zhang Yang Wang Huang Nishinari Fang In this study, peanut, sesame, and rapeseed oil bodies (OBs) were extracted by the aqueous medium method. The surface protein composition, microstructure, average particle size d4, 3, ζ-potential of the extracted OBs in aqueous emulsion were characterized....
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3855: On the Mechanical Properties of N-Functionalised Dipeptide Gels Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213855 Authors: Fuentes-Caparrós McAulay Rogers Dalgliesh Adams The properties of a hydrogel are controlled by the underlying network that immobilizes the solvent. For gels formed by the self-assembly of a small molecule, it is common to show the primary fibres that entangle to form the network by microscopy, but it is difficult to access...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3858: Photocuring of Epoxidized Cardanol for Biobased Composites with Microfibrillated Cellulose Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213858 Authors: Sara Dalle Vacche Alessandra Vitale Roberta Bongiovanni Cardanol is a natural alkylphenolic compound derived from Cashew NutShell Liquid (CNSL), a non-food annually renewable raw material extracted from cashew nutshells. In the quest for sustainable materials, the curing of biobased monomers and prepolymers...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3853: Novel Hit Compounds as Putative Antifungals: The Case of Aspergillus fumigatus Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213853 Authors: Eftichia Kritsi Minos-Timotheos Matsoukas Constantinos Potamitis Anastasia Detsi Marija Ivanov Marina Sokovic Panagiotis Zoumpoulakis The prevalence of invasive fungal infections has been dramatically increased as the size of the immunocompromised population worldwide has grown. Aspergillus fumigatus is characterized...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3852: Erratum: Hong, E., et al. Toll-Like Receptor-Mediated Recognition of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles (NANPs) in Human Primary Blood Cells. Molecules 2019, 24, 1094 Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213852 Authors: Enping Hong Justin R. Halman Ankit Shah Edward Cedrone Nguyen Truong Kirill A. Afonin Marina A. Dobrovolskaia The Molecules Editorial Office wishes to make the following erratum to this paper [...]
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3854: Fruit Seeds as Sources of Bioactive Compounds: Sustainable Production of High Value-Added Ingredients from By-Products within Circular Economy Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213854 Authors: Fidelis Moura Kabbas Junior Pap Mattila Mäkinen Putnik Bursać Kovačević Tian Yang Granato The circular economy is an umbrella concept that applies different mechanisms aiming to minimize waste generation, thus decoupling economic...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3850: Antileukemic Activity of Twig Components of Caucasian Beech in Turkey Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213850 Authors: Wataru Shida Hiroshi Tateishi Yurika Tahara Mikako Fujita Doaa Husham Majeed Alsaadi Masato Watanabe Ryoko Koga Mohamed O. Radwan Halil I. Ciftci Sevgi Gezici Yuki Kurauchi Hiroshi Katsuki Masami Otsuka Koji Sugimura Mikiyo Wada Nazim Sekeroglu Takashi Watanabe Despite the development of...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3851: Essential Oil from Pinus Koraiensis Pinecones Inhibits Gastric Cancer Cells via the HIPPO/YAP Signaling Pathway Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213851 Authors: Yandong Zhang Chao Xin Junqiang Qiu Zhenyu Wang Pinecone is a traditional folk herb, which has been used in China for many years. In this paper, the essential oil from Pinus koraiensis pinecones (PEO) was obtained by hydrodistillation and 41 compounds were identified by gas chromatography–mass...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3849: A New Hyaluronan Modified with β-Cyclodextrin on Hydroxymethyl Groups Forms a Dynamic Supramolecular Network Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213849 Authors: Jelica Kovačević Zdeňka Prucková Tomáš Pospíšil Věra Kašpárková Michal Rouchal Robert Vícha A new hyaluronan derivative modified with β-cyclodextrin units (CD-HA) was prepared via the click reaction between propargylated hyaluronan and monoazido-cyclodextrin (CD) to achieve...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3848: (3β,16α)-3,16-Dihydroxypregn-5-en-20-one from the Twigs of Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Sieb. Exerts Anti-Inflammatory Effects in LPS-Stimulated RAW-264.7 Macrophages Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213848 Authors: Seulah Lee Dahae Lee Su Cheol Baek Mun Seok Jo Ki Sung Kang Ki Hyun Kim To discover new pharmacologically active natural products, here, we performed the phytochemical analysis of a Korean medicinal plant. Euonymus alatus (Thunb.)...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3847: Electrochemical Properties of Carbon Aerogel Electrodes: Dependence on Synthesis Temperature Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213847 Authors: Alena N. Malkova Nataliya A. Sipyagina Inna O. Gozhikova Yury A. Dobrovolsky Dmitry V. Konev Alexander E. Baranchikov Olga S. Ivanova Alexander E. Ukshe Sergey A. Lermontov A series of carbon aerogels (C-AGs) were prepared by the pyrolysis of resorcinol-formaldehyde aerogels at 700–1100...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3846: Catalyst-Free Synthesis of Polysubstituted 5-Acylamino-1,3-Thiazoles via Hantzsch Cyclization of α-Chloroglycinates Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213846 Authors: Mara Tomassetti Gabriele Lupidi Pamela Piermattei Federico V. Rossi Samuele Lillini Gianluca Bianchini Andrea Aramini Marco A. Ciufolini Enrico Marcantoni A catalyst-free heterocyclization reaction of α-chloroglycinates with thiobenzamides or thioureas leading...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3844: Improved Access to Chiral Tetranaphthoazepinium-Based Organocatalysts Using Aqueous Ammonia as Nitrogen Source Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213844 Authors: Auraya Manaprasertsak Sorachat Tharamak Christina Schedl Alexander Roller Michael Widhalm The class of 3,3′-diaryl substituted tetranaphthobisazepinium bromides has found wide application as highly efficient C2-symmetrical phase-transfer catalysts (PTCs, Maruoka type catalysts)....
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3843: Medical-Grade Silicone Coated with Rhamnolipid R89 Is Effective against Staphylococcus spp. Biofilms Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213843 Authors: Chiara Ceresa Francesco Tessarolo Devid Maniglio Erica Tambone Irene Carmagnola Emanuele Fedeli Iole Caola Giandomenico Nollo Valeria Chiono Gianna Allegrone Maurizio Rinaldi Letizia Fracchia Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis are considered two of the most...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3845: Development and Validation of a Reporter-Cell-Line-Based Bioassay for Therapeutic Soluble gp130-Fc Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213845 Authors: Lei Yu Chuncui Jia Wenrong Yao Dening Pei Xi Qin Chunming Rao Junzhi Wang Soluble glycoprotein 130 kDa (sgp130)-Fc fusion protein, an innovative therapeutic bio-macromolecular drug specifically targeting IL-6 trans-signaling, proved to have good potential for application in the treatment...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3841: Intracellular Environment Improvement of Mycobacterium neoaurum for Enhancing Androst-1,4-Diene-3,17-Dione Production by Manipulating NADH and Reactive Oxygen Species Levels Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213841 Authors: Minglong Shao Youxi Zhao Yu Liu Taowei Yang Meijuan Xu Xian Zhang Zhiming Rao As one of the most significant steroid hormone precursors, androst-1,4-diene-3,17-dione (ADD) could be used to synthesize many valuable...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3842: Inhibition of the Formation In Vitro of Putatively Carcinogenic Metabolites Derived from S. haematobium and O. viverrini by Combination of Drugs with Antioxidants Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213842 Authors: Maria João Gouveia Verónica Nogueira Bruno Araújo Fátima Gärtner Nuno Vale Infections caused by Schistosoma haematobium and Opisthorchis viverrini are classified as carcinogenic. Although carcinogenesis might be a multifactorial process,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1525: Reactivity and Chemical Sintering of Carey Lea Silver Nanoparticles Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111525 Authors: Sergey Vorobyev Elena Vishnyakova Maxim Likhatski Alexander Romanchenko Ivan Nemtsev Yuri Mikhlin Carey Lea silver hydrosol is a rare example of very concentrated colloidal solutions produced with citrate as only protective ligands, and prospective for a wide range of applications, whose properties have been insufficiently...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1526: A Sulfur Copolymers (SDIB)/Polybenzoxazines (PBz) Polymer Blend for Electrospinning of Nanofibers Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111526 Authors: Ronaldo P. Parreño Ying-Ling Liu Arnel B. Beltran This study demonstrated the processability of sulfur copolymers (SDIB) into polymer blend with polybenzoxazines (PBz) and their compatibility with the electrospinning process. Synthesis of SDIB was conducted via inverse vulcanization using elemental sulfur...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1523: Fabrication of Cellulose Nanocrystal/Silver/Alginate Bionanocomposite Films with Enhanced Mechanical and Barrier Properties for Food Packaging Application Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111523 Authors: Mithilesh Yadav Yu-Kuo Liu Fang-Chyou Chiu Eco-friendly cellulose nanocrystal/silver/alginate (CNC/Ag/Alg) bionanocomposite films were successfully prepared by blending of CNC with Ag/Alg solution. The CNC was fabricated from cellulose microcrystal...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1522: Synthesis of CaF2 Nanoparticles Coated by SiO2 for Improved Al2O3/TiC Self-Lubricating Ceramic Composites Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111522 Authors: Zhaoqiang Chen Niansheng Guo Lianggang Ji Chonghai Xu In order to reduce the influence of CaF2 addition on the mechanical properties of self-lubricating ceramic tools, we applied a silicon dioxide (SiO2) coating on calcium fluoride (CaF2) nanoparticles through hydrolysis and condensation reactions...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1524: Bouncing Dynamics of Impact Droplets on the Biomimetic Plane and Convex Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Dual-Level and Three-Level Structures Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111524 Authors: Zhongxu Lian Jinkai Xu Wanfei Ren Zuobin Wang Huadong Yu Reducing the contact time of a water droplet on non-wetting surfaces has great potential in the areas of self-cleaning and anti-icing, and gradually develops into a hot issue in the field of wettability...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1519: Gold Nanopost-Shell Arrays Fabricated by Nanoimprint Lithography as a Flexible Plasmonic Sensing Platform Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111519 Authors: Cosmin Farcau Daniel Marconi Alia Colniță Ioana Brezeștean Lucian Barbu-Tudoran Plasmonic noble metal nanostructured films have a huge potential for the development of efficient, tunable, miniaturized optical sensors. Herein, we report on the fabrication and characterization of gold-coated...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1520: Fabrication of Ag and Mn Co-Doped Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Film Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111520 Authors: Lei Qiu Jiaxiong Xu Xiao Tian Ag and Mn dopants were incorporated into Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film to reduce defects in thin film and improve thin film properties. Sol–gel and spin-coating techniques were employed to deposit Ag and Mn co-doped Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films. The structures, compositions, morphologies, and optical properties of the co-doped...
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