Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1117: Structure and Antiparasitic Activity Relationship of Alkylphosphocholine Analogues against Leishmania donovani Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081117 Authors: Humera Ahmed Katharine C. Carter Roderick A.M. Williams Miltefosine (Milt) is the only oral treatment for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) but its use is associated with adverse effects, e.g., teratogenicity, vomiting, diarrhoea. Understanding how its chemical structure induces cytotoxicity,...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1113: Leprosy in Refugees and Migrants in Italy and a Literature Review of Cases Reported in Europe between 2009 and 2018 Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081113 Authors: Anna Beltrame Gianfranco Barabino Yiran Wei Andrea Clapasson Pierantonio Orza Francesca Perandin Chiara Piubelli Geraldo Badona Monteiro Silvia Stefania Longoni Paola Rodari Silvia Duranti Ronaldo Silva Veronica Andrea Fittipaldo Zeno Bisoffi ...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1111: Longitudinal Investigation of the Gut Microbiota in Goat Kids from Birth to Postweaning Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081111 Authors: Yimin Zhuang Jianmin Chai Kai Cui Yanliang Bi Qiyu Diao Wenqin Huang Hunter Usdrowski Naifeng Zhang Early microbial colonization in the gut impacts animal performance and lifelong health. However, research on gut microbial colonization and development in young ruminants, especially after...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1112: Anti-Mycobacterial Antibiotic Therapy Induces Remission in Active Paediatric Crohn’s Disease Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081112 Authors: Gaurav Agrawal Harrison Hamblin Annabel Clancy Thomas Borody Crohn’s disease is increasing in incidence and prevalence in younger people and is of a particularly aggressive nature. One emerging treatment targets Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP), an organism implicated in...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1115: Distribution and Control of Bacterial Community Composition in Marian Cove Surface Waters, King George Island, Antarctica during the Summer of 2018 Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081115 Authors: Soyeon Kim Ju-Hyoung Kim Jae-Hyun Lim Jin-Hyun Jeong Jang-Mu Heo Il-Nam Kim Marian Cove is experiencing some of the most rapid environmental changes in the Antarctic region; however, little is known about the response of bacterial...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1109: Enforced Mutualism Leads to Improved Cooperative Behavior between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lactobacillus plantarum Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081109 Authors: S. Christine du Toit Debra Rossouw Maret du Toit Florian F. Bauer Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lactobacillus plantarum are responsible for alcoholic and malolactic fermentation, respectively. Successful completion of both fermentations is essential for many styles...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1108: Diversity of Gut Microbiota and Bifidobacterial Community of Chinese Subjects of Different Ages and from Different Regions Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081108 Authors: Bo Yang Shuang Yan Yang Chen R. Paul Ross Catherine Stanton Jianxin Zhao Hao Zhang Wei Chen Gut microbiota composition and functionality are closely linked to host health. In this study, the fecal microbiota and bifidobacterial communities of 111 healthy...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1107: Subtyping Cryptosporidium ryanae: A Common Pathogen in Bovine Animals Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081107 Authors: Xin Yang Ni Huang Wen Jiang Xinrui Wang Na Li Yaqiong Guo Martin Kváč Yaoyu Feng Lihua Xiao Cryptosporidium ryanae is one of the most common species for cryptosporidiosis in cattle. However, little is known of the genetic characteristics of C. ryanae due to the lack of subtyping tools. In the present...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1106: Low Albumin Levels Are Associated with Poorer Outcomes in a Case Series of COVID-19 Patients in Spain: A Retrospective Cohort Study Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081106 Authors: Roberto de la Rica Marcio Borges Maria Aranda Alberto del Castillo Antonia Socias Antoni Payeras Gemma Rialp Lorenzo Socias Lluis Masmiquel Marta Gonzalez-Freire There is limited information available describing the clinical and epidemiological...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1110: Assessing the Immunochromatographic Test Strip for Serological Detection of Bovine Babesiosis in Uganda Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8081110 Authors: Dickson Stuart Tayebwa Amany Magdy Beshbishy Gaber El-Saber Batiha Mariam Komugisha Byaruhanga Joseph Patrick Vudriko Ramadan Yahia Luay Alkazmi Helal F. Hetta Naoaki Yokoyama Ikuo Igarashi In Uganda, bovine babesiosis continues to cause losses to the livestock...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3388: Evaluation of the Immunosafety of Cucurbit[n]uril on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells In Vitro Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153388 Authors: Ekaterina Pashkina Alina Aktanova Elena Blinova Irina Mirzaeva Ekaterina Kovalenko Nadezhda Knauer Aleksandr Ermakov Vladimir Kozlov Cucurbiturils (CB[n]s) are nanoscale macrocyclic compounds capable of encapsulating a molecule or part of a molecule by forming host–guest complexes....
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3387: Transport and Electrochemical Interface Properties of Ionomers in Low-Pt Loading Catalyst Layers: Effect of Ionomer Equivalent Weight and Relative Humidity Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153387 Authors: Poojary Islam Shrivastava Roberts Karan Catalyst layer (CL) ionomers control several transport and interfacial phenomena including long-range transport of protons, local transport of oxygen to Pt catalyst, effective utilization of Pt...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3386: Synthesis of DNA Origami Scaffolds: Current and Emerging Strategies Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153386 Authors: Joshua Bush Shrishti Singh Merlyn Vargas Esra Oktay Chih-Hsiang Hu Remi Veneziano DNA origami nanocarriers have emerged as a promising tool for many biomedical applications, such as biosensing, targeted drug delivery, and cancer immunotherapy. These highly programmable nanoarchitectures are assembled into any shape or size...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3384: Metabolomics Reveals the Alteration of Metabolic Pathway by Alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone in B16F10 Melanoma Cells Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153384 Authors: Seung-Ho Seo Jae Kwon Jo Eun-Ju Kim Seong-Eun Park Seo Yeon Shin Kyung Mok Park Hong-Seok Son The purpose of this study was to understand the changes of metabolic pathway induced by alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) in B16F10 melanoma cells in an...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3385: Effects of Foam Microbubbles on Electrical Resistivity and Capillary Pressure of Partially Saturated Porous Media Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153385 Authors: Abdulrauf R. Adebayo Abubakar Isah Mohammed Mahmoud Dhafer Al-Shehri Laboratory measurements of capillary pressure (Pc) and the electrical resistivity index (RI) of reservoir rocks are used to calibrate well logging tools and to determine reservoir fluid distribution. Significant studies...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3383: Combined MS/MS-NMR Annotation Guided Discovery of Iris lactea var. chinensis Seed as a Source of Viral Neuraminidase Inhibitory Polyphenols Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153383 Authors: Hyun Woo Kim Soo Sung Kim Kyo Bin Kang Byeol Ryu Eunjin Park Jungmoo Huh Won Kyung Jeon Hee-Sung Chae Won Keun Oh Jinwoong Kim Sang Hyun Sung Young-Won Chin In this study, the chemical diversity of polyphenols in Iris lactea var. chinensis...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3382: Anti-Inflammatory and Antibacterial Activity Constituents from the Stem of Cinnamomum validinerve Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153382 Authors: Chi-Lung Yang Ho-Cheng Wu Tsong-Long Hwang Chu-Hung Lin Yin-Hua Cheng Chia-Chi Wang Hung-Lin Kan Yueh-Hsiung Kuo Ih-Sheng Chen Hsun-Shuo Chang Ying-Chi Lin One new dibenzocycloheptene, validinol (1), and one butanolide firstly isolated from the natural source, validinolide (2),...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3381: Intracellular Hydrolysis of Small-Molecule O-Linked N-Acetylglucosamine Transferase Inhibitors Differs among Cells and Is Not Required for Its Inhibition Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153381 Authors: Elena Maria Loi Matjaž Weiss Stane Pajk Martina Gobec Tihomir Tomašič Roland J. Pieters Marko Anderluh O-GlcNAcylation is an essential post-translational modification that occurs on nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins, regulating their function...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3380: Impact of the Oxidant Type on the Efficiency of the Oxidation and Removal of Iron Compounds from Groundwater Containing Humic Substances Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153380 Authors: Izabela Krupińska Due to the coexistence of organic matter and iron in groundwater, a certain part of the iron is present as iron-organic complexes in the form of colloids and/or dissolved complexes. The study was conducted to evaluate the impact of the type of oxidizing...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3379: Design, Synthesis, and Acaricidal Activity of Phenyl Methoxyacrylates Containing 2-Alkenylthiopyrimidine Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153379 Authors: Shulin Hao Zengfei Cai Yangyang Cao Xiaohua Du A series of novel phenyl methoxyacrylate derivatives containing a 2-alkenylthiopyrimidine substructure were designed, synthesized, and evaluated in terms of acaricidal activity. The structures of the title compounds were identified by 1H NMR, 13C...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3378: Hydrogels as Durable Anti-Icing Coatings Inhibit and Delay Ice Nucleation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153378 Authors: Beili Huang Shanshan Jiang Yunhe Diao Xuying Liu Wentao Liu Jinzhou Chen Huige Yang The accumulation of ice on surfaces brings dangerous and costly problems to our daily life. Thus, it would be desirable to design anti-icing coatings for various surfaces. We report a durable anti-icing coating based on mussel-inspired...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3377: Synthesis and Characterization of New Organic Dyes Containing the Indigo Core Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153377 Authors: Daniele Franchi Massimo Calamante Carmen Coppola Alessandro Mordini Gianna Reginato Adalgisa Sinicropi Lorenzo Zani A new series of symmetrical organic dyes containing an indigo central core decorated with different electron donor groups have been prepared, starting from Tyrian Purple and using the Pd-catalyzed...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3376: Five-Coordinated Geometries from Molecular Structures to Solutions in Copper(II) Complexes Generated from Polydentate-N-Donor Ligands and Pseudohalides Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153376 Authors: Franz A. Mautner Roland C. Fischer Ana Torvisco Maher M. Henary Febee R. Louka Salah S. Massoud Nahed M. H. Salem A novel series of mononuclear five-coordinated pseudohalido-Cu(II) complexes displaying distorted square bipyramidal: [Cu(L1)(NCS)2]...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3375: Dynamic Effects of Laser Action on Quasi-Two-Dimensional Dusty Plasma Systems of Charged Particles Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153375 Authors: Mikhail M. Vasiliev Oleg F. Petrov Anastasiya A. Alekseevskaya Alexander S. Ivanov Elena V. Vasilieva We present the results of an experimental study of the behavior of a colloidal plasma system formed by copper-coated and uncoated polymer particles under the action of laser irradiation. A comparative...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3374: Fatty Acid Allosteric Regulation of C-H Activation in Plant and Animal Lipoxygenases Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153374 Authors: Adam R. Offenbacher Theodore R. Holman Lipoxygenases (LOXs) catalyze the (per) oxidation of fatty acids that serve as important mediators for cell signaling and inflammation. These reactions are initiated by a C-H activation step that is allosterically regulated in plant and animal enzymes. LOXs from higher eukaryotes...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3373: DNA Electrochemical Biosensor Based on Iron Oxide/Nanocellulose Crystalline Composite Modified Screen-Printed Carbon Electrode for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153373 Authors: Mohd Hazani Mat Zaid Che Engku Noramalina Che-Engku-Chik Nor Azah Yusof Jaafar Abdullah Siti Sarah Othman Rahizan Issa Mohd Fairulnizal Md Noh Helmi Wasoh Death from tuberculosis has resulted in an increased need for...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3371: Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study of Methanol-Water Mixtures under External Electric Fields Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153371 Authors: Giuseppe Cassone Adriano Sofia Jiri Sponer A. Marco Saitta Franz Saija Intense electric fields applied on H-bonded systems are able to induce molecular dissociations, proton transfers, and complex chemical reactions. Nevertheless, the effects induced in heterogeneous molecular systems such as methanol-water...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3370: Analysis of the Stochastic Quarter-Five Spot Problem Using Polynomial Chaos Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153370 Authors: Hesham AbdelFattah Amnah Al-Johani Mohamed El-Beltagy Analysis of fluids in porous media is of great importance in many applications. There are many mathematical models that can be used in the analysis. More realistic models should account for the stochastic variations of the model parameters due to the nature of the porous...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3369: Electrospinning Ag-TiO2 Nanorod-Loaded Air Treatment Filters and Their Applications in Air Purification Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153369 Authors: Shan-Jiang Wang Xiao-Yang Zhang Dan Su Yun-Fan Wang Chun-Meng Qian Xin-Ru Zhou Yi-Zhi Li Tong Zhang The efficient treatment of the problem of air pollution is a practical issue related to human health. The development of multi-functional air treatment filters, which can remove various...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3368: Achillea millefolium L. and Achillea biebersteinii Afan. Hydroglycolic Extracts–Bioactive Ingredients for Cosmetic Use Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153368 Authors: Gaweł-Bęben Strzępek-Gomółka Czop Sakipova Głowniak Kukula-Koch Studies on hydroglycolic (HG) extracts of Achillea biebersteinii (AB)—a less investigated representative of the genus—were performed to determine their potential for cosmetic applications...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3367: Detection of Beta-Glucan Contamination in Nanotechnology-Based Formulations Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153367 Authors: Neun Cedrone Potter Crist Dobrovolskaia Understanding the potential contamination of pharmaceutical products with innate immunity modulating impurities (IIMIs) is essential for establishing their safety profiles. IIMIs are a large family of molecules with diverse compositions and structures that contribute to the...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3372: A Pilot Study of Multi-Input Recurrent Neural Networks for Drug-Kinase Binding Prediction Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153372 Authors: Kristy Carpenter Alexander Pilozzi Xudong Huang The use of virtual drug screening can be beneficial to research teams, enabling them to narrow down potentially useful compounds for further study. A variety of virtual screening methods have been developed, typically with machine learning classifiers at the center...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3365: Bidirectional Modulation of the Voltage-Gated Sodium (Nav1.6) Channel by Rationally Designed Peptidomimetics Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153365 Authors: Dvorak Wadsworth Wang Chen Zhou Laezza Disruption of protein:protein interactions (PPIs) that regulate the function of voltage-gated Na+ (Nav) channels leads to neural circuitry aberrations that have been implicated in numerous channelopathies. One example of this pathophysiology...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3364: Overcoming Multidrug Resistance: Flavonoid and Terpenoid Nitrogen-Containing Derivatives as ABC Transporter Modulators Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153364 Authors: M. F. Gonçalves S. P. Cardoso U. Ferreira Multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer is one of the main limitations for chemotherapy success. Numerous mechanisms are behind the MDR phenomenon wherein the overexpression of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter proteins P-glycoprotein...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3366: Bioinformatics of Metalloproteins and Metalloproteomes Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153366 Authors: Zhang Zheng Trace metals are inorganic elements that are required for all organisms in very low quantities. They serve as cofactors and activators of metalloproteins involved in a variety of key cellular processes. While substantial effort has been made in experimental characterization of metalloproteins and their functions, the application of...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3363: Preclinical Evaluation of NHS-Activated Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized with Bombesin or Neurotensin-Like Peptides for Targeting Colon and Prostate Tumours Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153363 Authors: Chilug Niculae Leonte Nan Turcu Mustaciosu Serban Lavric Manda Recent advances and large-scale use of hybrid imaging modalities like PET-CT have led to the necessity of improving nano-drug carriers that can facilitate...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3362: Protein and Polysaccharide-Based Fiber Materials Generated from Ionic Liquids: A Review Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153362 Authors: Gough Rivera-Galletti Cowan Cruz Hu Natural biomacromolecules such as structural proteins and polysaccharides are composed of the basic building blocks of life: amino acids and carbohydrates. Understanding their molecular structure, self-assembly and interaction in solvents such as ionic liquids (ILs)...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3361: Antihyperglycemic Effects of Annona diversifolia Safford and Its Acyclic Terpenoids: α-Glucosidase and Selective SGLT1 Inhibitiors Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153361 Authors: Miguel Valdés Fernando Calzada Jessica Elena Mendieta-Wejebe Verenice Merlín-Lucas Claudia Velázquez Elizabeth Barbosa Annona diversifolia Safford and two acyclic terpenoids were evaluated to determine their antihyperglycemic activity as potential α-glucosidase...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3360: Antifungal Activity of Volatile Organic Compounds Produced by Bacillus methylotrophicus and Bacillus thuringiensis against Five Common Spoilage Fungi on Loquats Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25153360 Authors: Chao-Nan He Wan-Qiong Ye Ying-Ying Zhu Wen-Wen Zhou Loquat fruit is one of the most perishable fruits in China, and has a very limited shelf life because of mechanical injury and microbial decay. Due to an increasing concern about human...
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