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Porifera; alkaloids; cytotoxicity; human cell lines; imidazole; inhibitory concentration 50; liquid chromatography; neoplasm cells; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; spectral analysis
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... LC-DAD/MS-based dereplication of organic extract of a calcareous sponge Leucetta chagosensis afforded one new chiral aminoimidazole-containing alkaloid, (-)-calcaridine B (1), along with one achiral imidazole analog leucettamine E (2) as well as one known imidazole derivative (2E, 9E)-pyronaamidine-9-(N-methylimine) (3). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of NMR spectroscopic analyses, ...
... The interest in metabolomic studies has rapidly increased over the past few years. Changes of endogenous compounds are typically detected in plasma or urine. However, the use of hair allows for long-term monitoring of metabolomic changes and has recently started being applied to metabolomic studies. Within the proposed study, we aimed for a systematical investigation of different pre-analytical pa ...
Elenilson G. Alves Filho; Lorena Mara A. Silva; Paulo R.V. Ribeiro; Edy S. de Brito; Guilherme J. Zocolo; Patrícia C. Souza-Leão; Aline T.B. Marques; Amanda L. Quintela; Flemming H. Larsen; Kirley M. Canuto
... São Francisco River Valley (SFRV) is a wine-producing semi-arid region in Brazil. Therefore, we used a 1H NMR and UPLC-MS-based metabolomic approach coupled to chemometrics to evaluate the variability in Chenin Blanc and Syrah wines for two harvest seasons, two vine training system and six rootstocks. Overall, the secondary metabolites were influenced by the three factors studied, whereas the prim ...
Leng Wei Khoo; Audrey Siew Foong Kow; Maulidiani Maulidiani; May Yen Ang; Won Yin Chew; Ming Tatt Lee; Chin Ping Tan; Khozirah Shaari; Chau Ling Tham; Faridah Abas
Clinacanthus nutans; air drying; amino acids; anti-inflammatory activity; biosynthesis; chemical composition; flavones; glucosides; herbal medicines; inhibitory concentration 50; least squares; leaves; liquid chromatography; macrophages; metabolites; metabolomics; nitric oxide; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; phytosterols; protective effect; shrubs; solvents; sonication; sulfur; tandem mass spectrometry; triterpenoids
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... INTRODUCTION: Clinacanthus nutans, a small shrub that is native to Southeast Asia, is commonly used in traditional herbal medicine and as a food source. Its anti‐inflammation properties is influenced by the metabolites composition, which can be determined by different binary extraction solvent ratio and extraction methods used during plant post‐harvesting stage. OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the relationshi ...
blood circulation; blood sampling; blood serum; hairs; human diseases; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; steroid hormones; vitamin D; vitamin D deficiency; vitamin status
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... Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in numerous human diseases leading to an increased interest in assessing vitamin D status. Consequentially, the number of requests for vitamin D measurement keeps dramatically increasing year-on-year. Currently, the recognised best marker of vitamin D status is the concentration of the 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D3) in the blood circulation. Whil ...
... A 2D-liquid chromatographic fractionation method was combined with direct infusion electrospray ionization Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry to better resolve the high complexity of the organic material in atmospheric particles. The number of assigned molecular formulas increased by a factor of 2.3 for the fractionated sample (18 144) compared to a bulk sample analysis wi ...
... Low-molecular-weight (low-MW) compounds have many essential functions in biological processes, and the molecular imaging of as many low-MW compounds as possible is critical for understanding complex biological processes. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) is an emerging molecular-imaging technology that enables determination of the spatial distributio ...
... Stationary phases with precisely ordered morphology have the potential to drastically improve the performance of chromatographic operations, both in the analytical and in the preparative/industrial fields. The recent wave of additive manufacturing, aka 3D printing, gives the unprecedented ability to fabricate such stationary phases and to experimentally prove the theoretical principles of ordered ...
Cinchona; bioactive properties; blood serum; carboxylic acids; chemical species; colorectal neoplasms; detection limit; enantiomers; energy metabolism; humans; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; pathogenesis; patients; primary amines; signal transduction
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... Chiral carboxylic acids play important roles in energy metabolism and signal transduction in the human body. These enantiomers usually possess different bioactivities and are also associated with the development of some diseases. Therefore, simultaneous determination of multiple chiral carboxylic acids is vital for study of the pathogenesis of related diseases. However, it is still challenging to ...
... Progesterone prepares the endometrium for pregnancy. This requires down-regulation of progesterone receptors in the endometrial epithelium as a prerequisite for the expression of pregnancy-associated proteins. We investigated effects of modulated peripheral progestin concentration in early luteal phase mares on endometrial function on Day 14 of pregnancy. Genitally healthy oestrous mares (n=8; age ...
V. A. van der Weijden; A. R. Vegas; V. Milojevic; A. B. Rüegg; J. T. Bick; S. Bauersachs; G. J. Arnold; T. Fröhlich; P. Giesbertz; H. Daniel; B. Drews; S. E. Ulbrich
... The early developing embryo faces a continuously changing microenvironment to supports its growth. In the European roe deer, this environment accompanies embryonic diapause, a period of up to 4 months in which fertilization and subsequent implantation are decoupled. Diapause is characterised by a deceleration of embryonic growth. In most ruminants such as cattle and sheep, interferon tau (IFNt) pl ...
Fabio Correddu; Mariateresa Maldini; Roberta Addis; Giacomo Luigi Petretto; Michele Palomba; Gianni Battacone; Giuseppe Pulina; Anna Nudda; Giorgio Pintore
... The fatty acid (FA), polyphenol content and evaluation of the antioxidant capacity of exhausted Myrtus communis berries (EMB) resulting from the production of myrtle liqueur were assessed. All parts of the exhausted berries exhibited high concentrations of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and phenolic compounds. The lipid fraction contained a high amount of poly unsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), main ...
Manel Cheffi; Ali Chenari Bouket; Faizah N. Alenezi; Lenka Luptakova; Marta Belka; Armelle Vallat; Mostafa E. Rateb; Slim Tounsi; Mohamed Ali Triki; Lassaad Belbahri
... Oomycete and fungal pathogens, mainly Phytophthora and Fusarium species, are notorious causal agents of huge economic losses and environmental damages. For instance, Phytophthora ramorum, Phytophthora cryptogea, Phytophthora plurivora and Fusarium solani cause significant losses in nurseries and in forest ecosystems. Chemical treatments, while harmful to the environment and human health, have been ...
Rosa Pilolli; Agata Gadaleta; Luigia Di Stasio; Antonella Lamonaca; Elisabetta De Angelis; Domenica Nigro; Maria De Angelis; Gianfranco Mamone; Linda Monaci
Triticum turgidum; amino acid sequences; bioinformatics; celiac disease; computer software; digestible protein; durum wheat; epitopes; genetic variation; genotype; immunogenicity; in vitro digestion; liquid chromatography; patients; peptides; plant breeding; protein composition; proteinases; proteins; proteomics; risk assessment; tandem mass spectrometry; tetraploidy; toxicity
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... The wheat varietal selection undertaken by breeders in recent decades has been tailored mainly to improve technological and productivity-related traits; however, the latter has resulted in a considerable impoverishment of the genetic diversity of wheat-based products available on the market. This pitfall has encouraged researchers to revalue the natural diversity of cultivated and non-cultivated w ...
antioxidant activity; cooking fats and oils; liquid chromatography; lysine; malondialdehyde; mass spectrometry; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; oxidation; soybean oil; toxicity
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... Little is still known about both the effect of amino acids on the oxidation course of edible oils and the modifications that the former may undergo during this process. Bearing this in mind, the objective of this work was to study the evolution of a system consisting of soybean oil with 2% of l-lysine under heating at 70 °C and stirring conditions, analyzing how the co-oxidation of the oil and ...
blood serum; breast milk; chemical species; estrogens; exposure assessment; humans; liquid chromatography; neoplasms; pollution; tandem mass spectrometry; urine; xenoestrogens
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... We are constantly exposed to a variety of environmental contaminants and hormones, including those mimicking endogenous estrogens. These highly heterogeneous molecules are collectively referred to as xenoestrogens and hold the potential to affect and alter the delicate hormonal balance of the human body. To monitor exposure and investigate potential health implications, comprehensive analytical me ...
Food and Drug Administration; acetonitrile; ammonia; diabetes; drug formulations; drugs; guidelines; liquid chromatography; pharmacokinetics; rats; solid phase extraction; tandem mass spectrometry
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... Diabetes and its associated concerns constitute a major growing health issue in modern society. In the current work we report a highly sensitive, selective and specific LC-MS/MS method for the estimation of a novel anti-diabetic combination of saxagliptin (SAX) and dapagliflozin (DAP) in rat plasma. An Agilent Eclipse Plus C18 column (150 mm × 4.6 mm, 3.6 μm) with gradient elution using 0.01% ammo ...
... New psychoactive substances have been introduced into the market in the last years due to their unregulated status. Synthetic cathinones are one of their main representatives, and they have shown to produce neonatal complications. It is important to have objective tools to identify in utero exposure to drugs that have shown to produce neonatal complications. An analytical method was developed and ...
berberine; blood; cortex; ionization; liquid chromatography; liquid-liquid extraction; monitoring; oral administration; pharmacokinetics; rats; tandem mass spectrometry
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... A sensitive and rapid liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry method has been developed for simultaneous determination of berberine (I), jateorhizine (II), palmatine (III), tetrahydropalmatine (IV), phellodendrine (V), protopine (VI) and columbamine (VII) in rat plasma after oral administration of Phellodendri chinensis cortex extraction. The plasmas were extracted by liquid‐liquid ext ...
Mediterranean diet; alcohols; body mass index; ceramides; cross-sectional studies; energy intake; fish; fruits; legumes; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; nuts; physical activity; progeny; red meat; regression analysis; saturated fats; smoking (habit); vegetables; whole grain foods; women
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... A Mediterranean style diet may impact cardiometabolic health by modifying concentrations of circulating lipid species. Distinct circulating ceramide species are positively associated with cardiometabolic risk; whereas, ratios of very-long to long-chain ceramides demonstrate an inverse association. We evaluated the relation between consuming a Mediterranean-style diet with concentrations of three c ...