Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4409: Gas-Dynamic Kinetics of Vapour Sampling in the Detection of Explosives Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24234409 Authors: Vladimir M. Gruznov Alexander B. Vorozhtsov The dynamic sorption concentration of explosive vapours on concentrators made of a metal mesh, and the transportation of explosive vapours through the extended metal channels are considered. The efficiency of the concentration and transportation is determined by the breakthrough of the substance’s...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4395: The Amyloid as a Ribbon-Like Micelle in Contrast to Spherical Micelles Represented by Globular Proteins Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24234395 Authors: Mateusz Banach Leszek Konieczny Irena Roterman Selected amyloid structures available in the Protein Data Bank have been subjected to a comparative analysis. Classification is based on the distribution of hydrophobicity in amyloids that differ with respect to sequence, chain length, the distribution...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4407: Spectrophotometric and Smartphone-Assisted Determination of Phenolic Compounds Using Crude Eggplant Extract Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24234407 Authors: Morosanova Bashkatova Morosanova In order to develop a simple, reliable and low cost enzymatic method for the determination of phenolic compounds we studied polyphenol oxidase activity of crude eggplant (S. melongena) extract using 13 phenolic compounds. Catechol, caffeic and chlorogenic...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4406: Synthesis and Optoelectronic Characterization of Perylene Diimide-Quinoline Based Small Molecules Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24234406 Authors: Stefania Aivali Loukia Tsimpouki Charalampos Anastasopoulos Joannis K. Kallitsis Perylene diimide (PDI) is one of the most studied functional dyes due to their structural versatility and fine tuning of the materials properties. Core substituted PDIs are prominent n-type semiconductor materials that...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4408: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of BODIPY-PF-543 Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24234408 Authors: Shrestha Hwang Lee Kim Oh Kwon Hong Kim Moon Baek Park Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) regulates the proliferation of various cells and promotes the growth of cancer cells. Sphingosine kinase (SK), which transforms sphingosine into S1P, has two isotypes: SK1 and SK2. To date, both isotypes are known to be involved...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4405: Insights into the Discovery of Novel Neuroprotective Agents: A Comparative Study between Sulfanylcinnamic Acid Derivatives and Related Phenolic Analogues Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24234405 Authors: Chavarria Fernandes Aguiar Silva Garrido Remião Oliveira Uriarte Borges Exogenous antioxidants may be beneficial therapeutic tools to tackle the oxidative damage in neurodegenerative diseases by regulation of the redox...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4403: Heparanase as an Additional Tool for Detecting Structural Peculiarities of Heparin Oligosaccharides Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24234403 Authors: Alekseeva Urso Mazzini Naggi Due to the biological properties of heparin and low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH), continuous advances in elucidation of their microheterogeneous structure and discovery of novel structural peculiarities are crucial. Effective strategies for monitoring manufacturing...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4402: Radiation Induced One-Electron Oxidation of 2-Thiouracil in Aqueous Solutions Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24234402 Authors: Skotnicki Taras-Goslinska Janik Bobrowski Oxidative damage to 2-thiouracil (2-TU) by hydroxyl (•OH) and azide (N3) radicals produces various primary reactive intermediates. Their optical absorption spectra and kinetic characteristics were studied by pulse radiolysis with UV-vis spectrophotometric and conductivity...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4404: Microalgae Biomass as a Potential Feedstock for the Carboxylate Platform Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24234404 Authors: Magdalena González-Fernández Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are chemical building blocks for industries, and are mainly produced via the petrochemical pathway. However, the anaerobic fermentation (AF) process gives a potential alternative to produce these organic acids using renewable resources. For this purpose, waste streams, such...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4400: Simultaneous Use of Stimulatory Agents to Enhance the Production and Hypoglycaemic Activity of Polysaccharides from Inonotus obliquus by Submerged Fermentation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24234400 Authors: Mengya Wang Zhezhen Zhao Xia Zhou Jinrong Hu Jiao Xue Xiao Liu Jingsheng Zhang Ping Liu Shisheng Tong This study aimed to determine the effect of applying stimulatory agents to liquid cultured Inonotus obliquus on the simultaneous...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4401: Some Properties of Electron Beam-Irradiated Sheep Wool Linked to Cr(III) Sorption Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24234401 Authors: Jana Braniša Angela Kleinová Klaudia Jomová Radka Malá Volodymyr Morgunov Mária Porubská We examined the characteristics of an electron beam irradiated wool with an absorbed dose of (21–410) kGy in comparison with natural wool with respect to the determination of the isoelectric point (IEP), zero charge...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4399: Relativistic Effects on NMR Parameters of Halogen-Bonded Complexes Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24234399 Authors: Ibon Alkorta José Elguero Manuel Yáñez Otilia Mó M. Merced Montero-Campillo Relativistic effects are found to be important for the estimation of NMR parameters in halogen-bonded complexes, mainly when they involve the heavier elements, iodine and astatine. A detailed study of 60 binary complexes formed between dihalogen molecules...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4398: 2-Unsubstituted Imidazole N-Oxides as Novel Precursors of Chiral 3-Alkoxyimidazol-2-ylidenes Derived from trans-1,2-Diaminocyclohexane and Other Chiral Amino Compounds Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24234398 Authors: Grzegorz Mlostoń Małgorzata Celeda Marcin Jasiński Katarzyna Urbaniak Przemysław J. Boratyński Peter R. Schreiner Heinz Heimgartner ‘Desymmetrization’ of trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane by treatment with...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1693: Preparation of pH Responsive Polystyrene and Polyvinyl Pyridine Nanospheres Stabilized by Mickering Microgel Emulsions Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121693 Authors: Atta Ezzat Al-Lohedan Tawfeek Alobaidi New pH-sensitive polystyrene, PS, and poly(4-vinylpyridine), P4-VP, nanospheres were prepared by using surfactant-free method based on soft microgels (Mickering emulsion). The formation of stable Mickering cyclohexane/water emulsions...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1720: Functional Magnetic Composites Based on Hexaferrites: Correlation of the Composition, Magnetic and High-Frequency Properties Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121720 Authors: Matzui Trukhanov Yakovenko Vovchenko Zagorodnii Oliynyk Borovoy Trukhanova Astapovich Karpinsky Trukhanov The paper describes preparation features of functional composites based on ferrites, such as “Ba(Fe1−xGax)12O19/epoxy,”...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1721: Reactive Mesoporous pH-Sensitive Amino-Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles for Efficient Removal of Coomassie Blue Dye Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121721 Authors: Sabeela Almutairi Al-Lohedan Ezzat Atta In this work, new smart mesoporous amine-functionalized silica nanoparticles were prepared from hydrolyzing microgels based on N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-vinyltrimethoxysilane microgels with tetraethoxysilicate and 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1719: A Comprehensive Review on the Synthesis, Characterization, and Biomedical Application of Platinum Nanoparticles Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121719 Authors: Muniyandi Jeyaraj Sangiliyandi Gurunathan Muhammad Qasim Min-Hee Kang Jin-Hoi Kim Platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) are noteworthy scientific tools that are being explored in various biotechnological, nanomedicinal, and pharmacological fields. They are unique because of their large surface...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1718: One-Step Synthesis of Self-Supported Ni3S2/NiS Composite Film on Ni Foam by Electrodeposition for High-Performance Supercapacitors Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121718 Authors: Haifu Huang Xiaoli Deng Liqing Yan Geng Wei Wenzheng Zhou Xianqing Liang Jin Guo Herein, a facile one-step electrodeposition route was presented for preparing Ni3S2/NiS composite film on Ni foam substrate (denoted as NiSx/NF). The NiSx granular film is composed...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1717: Non-Linear Optical Effects in Nanomaterials Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121717 Authors: Jaroslaw Mysliwiec Nonlinear optics is the domain of optics that studies the physical interaction between one or multiple optical beams of high intensity and an optical medium [...]
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2925: Perceived Barriers to Fruit and Vegetable Gardens in Early Years Settings in England: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey of Nurseries Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122925 Authors: Sara E Benjamin-Neelon Amelie A Hecht Thomas Burgoine Jean Adams Garden-based interventions may increase child intake of fruits and vegetables and offset food costs, but few have been conducted in early care and education (ECE). This study assessed whether nurseries...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2926: Effect of a Euglena gracilis Fermentate on Immune Function in Healthy, Active Adults: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122926 Authors: Malkanthi Evans Paul H. Falcone David C. Crowley Abdul M. Sulley Marybelle Campbell Nisrine Zakaria Joanne A. Lasrado Emily Pankow Fritz Kelli A. Herrlinger Euglena gracilis produce high amounts of algal β-1,3-glucan, which evoke an immune response...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2924: Adherence to the American Cancer Society Guidelines for Cancer Survivors and Health-Related Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Survivors Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122924 Authors: Dahye Koh Sihan Song Sang-Eun Moon So-Youn Jung Eun Sook Lee Zisun Kim Hyun Jo Youn Jihyoung Cho Young Bum Yoo Se Kyung Lee Jeong Eon Lee Seok Jin Nam Jung Eun Lee The development and validation of guidelines for breast cancer survivors are...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2922: Low Serum B12 Concentrations Are Associated with Low B12 Dietary Intake But Not with Helicobacter pylori Infection or Abnormal Gastric Function in Rural Mexican Women Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122922 Authors: Anaya-Loyola Brito Vergara-Castañeda Sosa Rosado Allen Background: Gastric function, Helicobacter pylori infection, and vitamin B12 (B12) dietary intake were assessed as predictors of serum B12. Methods: H. pylori antibodies,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2923: The Effects of Calorie Restriction on Autophagy: Role on Aging Intervention Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122923 Authors: Chung Chung Autophagy is an important housekeeping process that maintains a proper cellular homeostasis under normal physiologic and/or pathologic conditions. It is responsible for the disposal and recycling of metabolic macromolecules and damaged organelles through broad lysosomal degradation processes. Under stress conditions, including...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2921: Effectiveness of Individual Nutrition Education Compared to Group Education, in Improving Anthropometric and Biochemical Indices among Hypertensive Adults with Excessive Body Weight: A Randomized Controlled Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122921 Authors: Gajewska Kucharska Kozak Wunderlich Niegowska Objective: The study aims to compare the effectiveness of individual and group nutrition education methods in improving key anthropometric...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2920: Gluten Detection Methods and their Critical Role in Assuring Safe Diets for Celiac Patients Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122920 Authors: Osorio Mejías Rustgi Celiac disease, wheat sensitivity, and allergy represent three different reactions, which may occur in genetically predisposed individuals on the ingestion of wheat and derived products with various manifestations. Improvements in the disease diagnostics and understanding of disease etiology...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2919: Rice Endosperm Protein Administration to Juvenile Mice Regulates Gut Microbiota and Suppresses the Development of High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity and Related Disorders in Adulthood Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122919 Authors: Higuchi Hosojima Kabasawa Kuwahara Goto Toba Kaseda Tanaka Kitamura Takihara Okuda Taniguchi Arao Narita Saito Obesity and related disorders, which are increasing in adults worldwide,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2917: Review of Mindfulness-Related Interventions to Modify Eating Behaviors in Adolescents Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122917 Authors: Omiwole Richardson Huniewicz Dettmer Paslakis There are few well-established treatments for adolescent eating disorders, and for those that do exist, remission rates are reported to be between 30 and 40%. There is a need for the development and implementation of novel treatment approaches. Mindfulness approaches...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2918: Vitamin B2 and Folate Concentrations are Associated with ARA, EPA and DHA Fatty Acids in Red Blood Cells of Brazilian Children and Adolescents Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122918 Authors: Ued Mathias Toffano Barros Almada Salomão Coelho-Landell Hillesheim Camarneiro Camelo-Junior Aragon Moco Kussmann Kaput Monteiro Vitamins B2, B6, B12, and folate are essential for methylation reactions and possibly...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2916: Sociocultural Influences on Dietary Practices and Physical Activity Behaviors of Rural Adolescents—A Qualitative Exploration Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122916 Authors: Islam Trenholm Rahman Pervin Ekström Rahman In the aftermath of nutrition transition and ever-increasing sedentarism, adolescents globally are exposed to negative health consequences. Diverse sociocultural influences play a critical role in their adoption of unhealthy...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2914: Nutrition Transition in the Post-Economic Crisis of Greece: Assessing the Nutritional Gap of Food-Insecure Individuals. A Cross-Sectional Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122914 Authors: Eleni Chatzivagia Aleks Pepa Antonis Vlassopoulos Olga Malisova Konstantina Filippou Maria Kapsokefalou Food insecurity has risen by 40% in Europe’s post-economic crisis, linked to the economic turmoil and austerity. Despite the intensification...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2915: The Potential for Plant-Based Diets to Promote Health Among Blacks Living in the United States Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122915 Authors: Samara R. Sterling Shelly-Ann Bowen Plant-based diets are associated with reduced risks of various chronic diseases in the general population. However, it is unclear how these benefits translate to Blacks living in the United States, who are disproportionately burdened with heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2913: Side Effects Associated with Probiotic Use in Adult Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122913 Authors: Maria Pina Dore Stefano Bibbò Gianni Fresi Gabrio Bassotti Giovanni Mario Pes Probiotics demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, the safety profile of probiotics is insufficiently explored....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2910: The Impact of Wealth Status on Food Intake Patterns in Filipino School-Aged Children and Adolescents Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122910 Authors: Imelda Angeles-Agdeppa Yvonne M. Lenighan Emma F. Jacquier Marvin B. Toledo Mario V. Capanzana Socio-economic status (SES) has an impact on food consumption in developing countries. However, the impact of SES on dietary patterns in Filipino school-aged children is currently unknown. The aim of this...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2907: Effects of Moringa oleifera on Glycaemia and Insulin Levels: A Review of Animal and Human Studies Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122907 Authors: Karina Vargas-Sánchez Edwin Garay-Jaramillo Rodrigo E. González-Reyes Diabetes and related neurological complications are serious worldwide public health problems. The increasing number of affected individuals make it necessary to implement novel nutritional and therapeutic interventions. The tree Moringa oleifera...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2911: A Randomised Trial to Optimise Gestational Weight Gain and Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes through Antenatal Dietary, Lifestyle and Exercise Advice: The OPTIMISE Randomised Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122911 Authors: Jodie M. Dodd Andrea R. Deussen Jennie Louise There are well-recognised associations between excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) and adverse pregnancy outcomes, including an increased risk of pre-eclampsia, gestational...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2909: Allicin Improves Metabolism in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice by Modulating the Gut Microbiota Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122909 Authors: Xin’e Shi Xiaomin Zhou Xinyi Chu Jie Wang Baocai Xie Jing Ge Yuan Guo Xiao Li Gongshe Yang Allicin, naturally present in the bulbs of the lily family, has anticancer, blood pressure lowering, blood fat lowering and diabetes improving effects. Recent studies have shown that allicin promotes the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2912: Apple Preload Halved the Postprandial Glycaemic Response of Rice Meal on in Healthy Subjects Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122912 Authors: Jiacan Lu Wenqi Zhao Linlin Wang Zhihong Fan Ruixin Zhu Yixue Wu Ying Zhou This study aimed to investigate the possible glycemic effect of apple preload on acute postprandial glycemic responses (GRs) of a following rice meal, comparing with its co-ingestion counterpart and an apple sugar solution preload,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2908: Hypertension Programmed by Perinatal High-Fat Diet: Effect of Maternal Gut Microbiota-Targeted Therapy Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11122908 Authors: Chien-Ning Hsu Chih-Yao Hou Julie Y.H. Chan Chien-Te Lee You-Lin Tain Hypertension can originate in early life caused by perinatal high-fat (HF) consumption. Gut microbiota and their metabolites short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), trimethylamine (TMA), and trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) are involved in...
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