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Crosslinker-free Bovine Serum Albumin-loaded Chitosan/alginate Nanocomplex for pH-responsive Bursting Release of Oral-administered Protein
The application of protein-based drugs in oral delivery system is limited due to the harsh environment of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Herein, a pH-responsive nano-sized complex with chitosan (CH) and algi...
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Erratum to: Antibacterial Effects of Amino Acids-grafted Water-soluble Chitosan against Drug-resistant Bacteria
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Isoflavone-enriched whole soy milk powder stimulates osteoblast differentiation
Functional foods with high nutritive values and potential therapeutic potential is a prerequisite for today’s ailing world. Soybeans exert beneficial effects on human health. It contains plentiful polyunsatura...
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Erratum to: Antibacterial Effects of Amino Acids-grafted Water-soluble Chitosan against Drug-resistant Bacteria
In the 2016 issue of Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering (BBE), an error occurred in the research article: Jun-Ho Kim, Nam-Hong Kim, Eun-Ji Kim, Ji Ho Kim, Min-Young Lee, Yung-Hoon Park, Jung Ro Lee, Seon...
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Effects of curcumin-/boron-based compound complexation on antioxidant and antiproliferation activity
Simple and reproducible formulation strategies are needed to improve the bio-availability of curcumin. In this study, curcumin was successfully complexed with two boron-based compounds: 2-aminoethyl diphenyl b...
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Microbial synthesis of hydroxytyrosol and hydroxysalidroside
Plant-derived phenolic compounds, such as hydroxytyrosol and hydroxysalidroside, have a beneficial impact on human health owing to their antioxidant activity. In this study, we used Escherichia coli to synthesize...
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Mesoporous anodic tin oxide with two-dimensional macroporous network
Here, we report a single-step anodic oxidation process to form a micron-scale island array of mesoporous tin oxide without any template. The grain boundary of an electrodeposited tin metal layer proved to be d...
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Targeted doxorubicin delivery based on avidin-biotin technology in cervical tumor cells
Targeting antitumor drugs to specific tissues or cells has attracted considerable interest in the recent tumor therapy because it can reduce the side effects in the body and the treated drug dosage through hom...
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Enhanced of norfloxacin bioavailability using conjugation of isosorbide via enzymatic catalysis
Norfloxacin is a broad-spectrum synthetic antibacterial agent that has been used to treat complicated urinary tract infections. However, the poor water-solubility of norfloxacin limits its bioavailability. The...
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Antibacterial effects of amino acids-grafted water-soluble chitosan against drug-resistant bacteria
Chitosan is an available natural polysaccharide that is biocompatible, biodegradable, and non-toxic. In this study, to enhance the antibacterial activity of water-soluble chitosan (WSC), amino acids with hydro...
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Influence of ZnO precipitation on the cycling stability of rechargeable Zn–air batteries
In this work, the effect of ZnO precipitation on the electrochemical cycling stability of Zn–air batteries was systematically investigated. The results suggest that sustained electrical rechargeability can be ...
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A functional egg yolk powder containing an antibody against Niemann-Pick C1-like1 (NPC1L1) lowers cholesterol levels in high cholesterol diet induced hypercholesterolemic SD rats
Niemann-Pick C1-Like 1 (NPC1L1) plays an important role in intestinal cholesterol absorption, and is a promising therapeutic target for treatment of hypercholesterolemia. A functional egg yolk powder containin...
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Molecular imaging for In vivo tracking of stem cell fate
Stem cells have a potential to dramatically change the common modalities of treatment for many diseases. Despite their rapid transition from animal studies to clinical applications, a number of unanswered ques...
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Adipose tissue: A valuable resource of biomaterials for soft tissue engineering
Extracellular matrices (ECMs), isolated through decellularization of mammalian tissues, have been successfully used in a variety of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. The composition an...
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Discovery of parallel pathways of kanamycin biosynthesis allows antibiotic manipulation
Investigations into kanamycin biosynthesis and identification of new pathway intermediates surprisingly point to the substrate specificity of two glycosyltransferases as controlling flux into parallel pathways...
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Synthesis and characterization of transition metal oxide-pillared materials with mesoporosity from layered silicate ilerite
Metal oxide (Ti, Fe, Zr)-pillared porous materials with various surface areas have been synthesized by the intercalation of metal organic between the layers of layered silicate ilerite. The surface areas of me...