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Stability of microbial lipase in alcoholysis of fish oil during repeated enzyme use

The applications of enzymatic alcoholysis of cod liver oil for preparing omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid was investigated. Lipase CES and lipase PS-10 from Pseudomonas sp. catalyzed the alcoholysis of fish oil...

Li zuyi, Owen P. Ward in Biotechnology Letters (1993)

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Competitive reactions of a ruthenium arene anticancer complex with histidine, cytochrome c and an oligonucleotide

The ruthenium arene anticancer complex [(η⁶-bip)Ru(en)Cl][PF₆] (1) (bip is biphenyl, en is ethylenediamine) reacted slowly with the amino acid L-histidine (L-His) in aqueous solution at 310 K. Two L-His adducts o...

Fuyi Wang, Juraj Bella, John A. Parkinson… in JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemi… (2005)

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In vitro study of alginate–chitosan microcapsules: an alternative to liver cell transplants for the treatment of liver failure

The application of alginate–chitosan (AC) microcapsules to liver cell transplantation has not been previously investigated. In the current in vitro study, we have investigated the potential of AC microcapsules fo...

Tasima Haque, Hongmei Chen, Wei Ouyang, Christopher Martoni… in Biotechnology Letters (2005)

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In vitro availability of some essential minerals in commonly eaten processed and unprocessed Caribbean tuber crops

The levels of three essential minerals Ca, Fe and Mg and the extent of their availability were assessed in four commonly eaten Caribbean tuber crops [dasheen (Xanthosoma spp.), Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum), s...

Lowell L. Dilworth, Felix O. Omoruyi, Helen N. Asemota in BioMetals (2007)

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Testing for the presence of magnetite in the upper-beak skin of homing pigeons

We carried out magnetic and nonmagnetic experiments on fresh, upper-beak skin tissue samples isolated from six pairs of homing pigeons to test whether the tissue contains magnetite particles. Results of (1) ro...

Lanxiang Tian, Bo **ao, Wei Lin, Shuyi Zhang, Rixiang Zhu, Yongxin Pan in BioMetals (2007)

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Bone and faecal minerals and scanning electron microscopic assessments of femur in rats fed phytic acid extract from sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Phytic acid was extracted from sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and fed to Wistar rats with or without zinc for 3 weeks. Animals were then sacrificed and bone and faecal minerals were assessed. The ultra-structure ...

Lowell Dilworth, Felix O. Omoruyi, Walton Reid, Helen N. Asemota in BioMetals (2008)

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Synthesis, characterization, and reaction pathways for the formation of a GMP adduct of a cytotoxic thiocyanato ruthenium arene complex

The organoruthenium complex [(η⁶-hmb)Ru(en)(Cl)][PF₆] (hmb is hexamethylbenzene, en is ethylenediamine) undergoes facile aquation and then reacts with KSCN in unbuffered solution to give the S-coordinated thiocya...

Fuyi Wang, Abraha Habtemariam… in JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemi… (2009)

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Mesotoga prima gen. nov., sp. nov., the first described mesophilic species of the Thermotogales

A novel mesophilic member of the Thermotogales, strain MesG1.Ag.4.2, was isolated from sediments from Baltimore Harbor, MD, USA. The strain grew optimally at 37 °C with a doubling time of 16.5 h on xylose. Car...

Camilla L. Nesbø, Danielle M. Bradnan, Abigail Adebusuyi, Marlena Dlutek… in Extremophiles (2012)

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Analysis of unculturable bacterial communities in tea orchard soils based on nested PCR-DGGE

The bacterial communities in the soils from tea orchards and their adjacent wasteland in Anhui Province, China were analysed by nested PCR-DGGE technique combined with sequencing. DGGE profiles revealed that t...

Juan Zhao, **aobing Wu, Chuanpeng Nie… in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechn… (2012)

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Real-time quantitative analysis of the influence of blue light on citrinin biosynthetic gene cluster expression in Monascus

When Monascus MX was grown under blue light instead of in the dark, citrinin production increased from 478 mg l⁻¹ to 698 mg l⁻¹. To explain this, the expression of the pksCT gene, which encodes citrinin polyketid...

Changlu Wang, Hua Yang, Mianhua Chen, Yurong Wang, Fengjuan Li… in Biotechnology Letters (2012)

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The diversity of nitric oxide function in plant responses to metal stress

Nitric oxide (NO) emerges as signalling molecule, which is involved in diverse physiological processes in plants. High mobility metal interferes with NO signaling. The exogenous NO alleviates metal stress, whe...

Huyi He, Longfei He, Minghua Gu in BioMetals (2014)

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Development of a SYBR-based real-time PCR to detect rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) and analyze its tissue distribution in experimentally infected rabbits

Wenkai Liu, Ruyi Dang, **nglong Wang in Virologica Sinica (2015)

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A systems biology approach to investigate the antimicrobial activity of oleuropein

Oleuropein and its hydrolysis products are olive phenolic compounds that have antimicrobial effects on a variety of pathogens, with the potential to be utilized in food and pharmaceutical products. While the e...

**anhua Li, Yanhong Liu, Qian Jia… in Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biote… (2016)

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Some nontoxic metal-based drugs for selected prevalent tropical pathogenic diseases

Metal coordination of bioorganic compounds from both natural and synthetic products is not only gaining recognition in drug design and medicinal inorganic chemistry research, also they are being considered in ...

Saliu A. Amolegbe, Caroline A. Akinremi… in JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemi… (2017)

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Visualization of metallodrugs in single cells by secondary ion mass spectrometry imaging

Secondary ion mass spectrometry, including nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS) and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF–SIMS), has emerged as a powerful tool for biological imag...

Kui Wu, Feifei Jia, Wei Zheng, Qun Luo… in JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemi… (2017)

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Isolation of a fungus Pencicillium sp. with zinc tolerance and its mechanism of resistance

A zinc (Zn)-tolerant fungus, designated BC109-2, was isolated from rhizosphere soil and was identified as Penicillium janthinellum BC109-2 based on ITS sequence analysis. To understand its Zn tolerance mechanisms...

Yue Teng, **anzheng Du, Tao Wang, Chenyu Mi, Hongyan Yu… in Archives of Microbiology (2018)

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Role of nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant aluminum tolerance

As gasotransmitter, nitric oxide (NO) and hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) are involved in the regulation of plant tolerance to abiotic stresses. Aluminum (Al) toxicity triggers synthesis of NO and H₂S and seriously affect...

Huyi He, Yingqiu Li, Long-Fei He in BioMetals (2019)

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Colorimetric detection of Hg²⁺ using gold nanoparticles synthesized by Trichosporon montevideense WIN

To investigate a simple, cost-effective and eco-friendly method for colorimetric detection of Hg²⁺ using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) synthesized by Trichosporon montevideense WIN.

Rouyi Wang, Henglin Zhang, **uhong Zhang, Zheng Li, Ying Yang… in Biotechnology Letters (2020)

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Recombination of T4-like Phages and Its Activity against Pathogenic Escherichia coli in Planktonic and Biofilm Forms

The increasing emergence of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) has become a global concern, primarily due to the limitation of antimicrobial treatment options. Phage therapy has been considered as a ...

Min Li, Donglin Shi, Yanxiu Li, Yuyi **ao, Mianmian Chen, Liang Chen… in Virologica Sinica (2020)