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Open AccessCatalytic properties of trivalent rare-earth oxides with intrinsic surface oxygen vacancy
Oxygen vacancy (Ov) is an anionic defect widely existed in metal oxide lattice, as exemplified by CeO2, TiO2, and ZnO. As Ov can modify the band structure of solid, it improves the physicochemical properties such...
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Bamboo polysaccharides elicit hypocrellin A biosynthesis of a bambusicolous fungus Shiraia sp. S9
Hypocrellin A (HA), a fungal perylenequinone from bambusicolous Shiraia species, is a newly developed photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy in cancer and other infectious diseases. The lower yield of HA is an ...
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Endophytes in Artemisia annua L.: new potential regulators for plant growth and artemisinin biosynthesis
The medicinal plant Artemisia annua L. is presently the sole plant source of artemisinin, the key ingredient of first-line antimalarial drug. As the content of artemisinin in the native plant is very low, the gro...
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Open AccessThe signaling role of extracellular ATP in co-culture of Shiraia sp. S9 and Pseudomonas fulva SB1 for enhancing hypocrellin A production
Adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) plays both a central role as an intracellular energy source, and a crucial extracellular signaling role in diverse physiological processes of animals and plants. However, there ...
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Open AccessUnique structure of active platinum-bismuth site for oxidation of carbon monoxide
As the technology development, the future advanced combustion engines must be designed to perform at a low temperature. Thus, it is a great challenge to synthesize high active and stable catalysts to resolve e...