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Trace Elements in Soils and Vegetables from Market Gardens of Urban Areas in Marrakech City
The consumption of vegetables grown on soils polluted by trace elements can cause a serious threat for animal and human health and disturb the functioning of the ecosystem. The aim of this work is to determine...
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Mass-Spectrometry Based Characterisation of Infant Whole Saliva Peptidome
The objective of the study was to determine optimal conditions for sampling, sample processing and mass-spectrometry based analysis of infants’ salivary peptidome. Saliva was sampled in 3- and 6-month-old infa...
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Applying a mechanistic model to cadmium uptake by Zea mays and Thlaspi caerulescens: Consequences for the assessment of the soil quantity and capacity factors
The Barber-Cushman model was evaluated for its ability to predict Cd uptake by maize (Zea mays L.) and by the Viviez ecotype of the Cd-Zn hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens (J & C Presl), both cultivated on a ...
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Independent control of selected insulin-sensitive cell membrane and intracellular functions — the linkage of cell membrane and intracellular events controlled by insulin
Brief treatment of rat adipocytes with low concentration of trypsin activated both cell membrane and intracellular insulin-sensitive functions in marked contrast to H2O2 (1), increase in pH, and oxidized glutathi...
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Chemical mechanism of insulin action via proteolytic formation of mediator peptides