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Sara Silva, Manuela Machado, Marta Coelho, Eduardo M. Costa and Manuela Pintado
Acorns, frequently left uncollected in the fields, have been a part of the traditional medicine of different cultures. Among the different properties associated with them, their antimicrobial potential is of particular importance. However, this character...
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Calin Jianu, Radu Moleriu, Daniela Stoin, Ileana Cocan, Gabriel Bujanca, Georgeta Pop, Alexandra Teodora Lukinich-Gruia, Delia Muntean, Laura-Cristina Rusu and Delia Ioana Horhat
This study was designed to evaluate, for the first time, the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Nepeta × faassenii essential oil (NEO). Twenty-six compounds were identified by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry analysis, of which 4a alpha,...
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Paula Borrajo, María López-Pedrouso, Daniel Franco, Mirian Pateiro and José M. Lorenzo
The growing interest in the development of functional foods, along with the control of food lipid oxidation and microbial spoilage, has led to the search for bioactive peptides from meat by-products. These valuable compounds could revalue these products,...
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Victor G. L. Souza, João R. A. Pires, Érica T. Vieira, Isabel M. Coelhoso, Maria P. Duarte and Ana L. Fernando
Active packaging incorporated with natural extracts is a promising technology to extend shelf life of perishable food. Therefore, this study aimed to produce a bionanocomposite based on chitosan reinforced with sodium montmorillonite (MMT) and incorporat...
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Ortansa Elisabeta Csutak, Nicoleta-Oana Nicula, Eduard-Marius Lungulescu, Virgil Marinescu and Viorica Maria Corbu
The yeast Yarrowia lipolytica degrades petroleum compounds, including alkanes, via the monoterminal oxidation pathway, the hydrophobic carbon substrate assimilation is mediated by biosurfactants, and extracellular amphiphilic molecules are produced by th...
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Catalina Tudora, Florin Nenciu, Adriana Muscalu, Floarea Burnichi, Florentina Gatea, Oana Alina Boiu-Sicuia and Florentina Israel-Roming
Essential oils (EOs) extracted from various medicinal plants offer a promising alternative to non-selective chemical substances commonly employed in conventional agriculture. Their chemical composition includes several classes of chemical compounds with ...
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Gabriela Aguilar-Hernández, Brandon A. López-Romero, Alejandro Pérez-Larios, José M. Ruvalcaba-Gómez, Inkar Castellanos-Huerta, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias, Victor M. Petrone-García, Luis M. Anaya-Esparza and Efigenia Montalvo-González
Currently, several biological activities are attributed to the acetogenins (ACGs) of Annonaceae (including Annona muricata); among these is antimicrobial activity. The main focus of this experiment was to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of the crude ex...
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Elzbieta Horszczaruk, Jaroslaw Strzalkowski, Anna Glowacka, Oliwia Paszkiewicz and Agata Markowska-Szczupak
The paper presents the results of testing the performance of lightweight structural concrete containing hemp shives as an aggregate. It has been analysed how the higher binder content and use of the Portland cement affect the thermal and microbiological ...
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Carla Condò, Igor Anfelli, Luca Forti, Carla Sabia, Patrizia Messi and Ramona Iseppi
Natural compound extracts from lichens were able to decrease and/or inhibit the growth of microorganisms of interest in human health, thus providing a good alternative alone or in combination with drugs for therapy.
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Judita Pui?o, Diana Adliene, Algimantas Pa?kevicius and Arturas Vailionis
Silver nanoparticles are produced using various physical, chemical or physicochemical methods. Simple low-cost nontoxic environmentally friendly, or ?green?, chemistry methods are important, especially for their invasive application in the medicine and f...
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Eleni Kakouri, Dimitra Daferera, Panayiotis Trigas, Despina Charalambous, Maria Pantelidou, Petros A. Tarantilis and Charalabos D. Kanakis
Hypericum perforatum is an herb whose use dates back centuries. Extracts of the plant are available as over-the-counter treatment options for depression. The genus consists of approximately 500 species, most of which have not yet been studied. Antimicrob...
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Nilavukkarasi Mohandoss, Sangeetha Renganathan, Vijayakumar Subramaniyan, Punitha Nagarajan, Vidhya Elavarasan, Prathipkumar Subramaniyan and Sekar Vijayakumar
Capparis zeylanica leaf extract was employed in this work to create iron oxide nanoparticles (a-Fe2O3) using anhydrous ferric chloride. The UV spectrum, XRD, FT-IR, and FE-SEM with EDX methods were used to characterize the fabricated nanoparticles. The i...
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Ana Rita Ferraz, Cristina M. B. S. Pintado and Maria Luísa Serralheiro
Cynara cardunculus L. inflorescence infusion has been used for several centuries as curd in traditional cheese making, such as some highly prized Portuguese cheeses. To promote the sustainable use of all C. cardunculus plants, C. cardunculus extract leav...
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Lucio González-Montiel, Ana Cristina Figueira, Gabriela Medina-Pérez, Fabián Fernández-Luqueño, Gabriel Aguirre-Álvarez, Elizabeth Pérez-Soto, Sergio Pérez-Ríos and Rafael G. Campos-Montiel
The objective of this research was to determine the content of total phenols, total flavonoids, and the antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of the ethanolic extracts of propolis obtained by two methodologies during in vitro digestion. Ethanolic extrac...
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Adam IY Shama, YM Abd-Kreem, AA Fadowa, RM Samar, MK Sabahelkhier
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The aim of this study was evaluated the Antimicrobial Activity of extraction of Datura innoxia (Seeds, leaves and roots). Datura innoxia Seeds, leaves and roots were collected to examine their antimicrobial activity. Extracts of different parts of the pl...
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Luciana Costa, Helena M.A. Castro, Sr., Raphaela S. Franco, Sr., Roberta Trovão Santos, MsC, Ezaine C.C. Torquato, MsC, Mônica R.C. Marques, Dr.
In this work we report the development of a new strategy for the preparation of dithiocarbamate resins based on glycidyl methacrylate-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (GMA-EDGMA) copolymers. The methodology for introduction of the dithiocarbamate moieties ...
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Kirill D. Martinson, Anna D. Beliaeva, Daria D. Sakhno, Irina D. Beliaeva, Vladislav E. Belyak, Galina G. Nianikova, Igor B. Panteleev, Vyacheslav N. Naraev and Vadim I. Popkov
The active development of water purification functional materials based on multicomponent spinel ferrites makes it necessary to search for new efficient methods of obtaining initial nanostructured powders. In this study, a two-stage method for the synthe...
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Michal Otreba, Lukasz Marek, Natalia Tyczynska, Jerzy Stojko, Anna Kurek-Górecka, Michal Górecki, Pawel Olczyk and Anna Rzepecka-Stojko
The up-to-date records show that approximately 10% of people worldwide suffer from periodontal diseases and about 50% of adults have some sort of moderate oral cavity disease. Therefore, oral cavity diseases represent the group of the most common chronic...
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Xinduo Huang, Yeqing Han, Jing Du, Peifeng Guo, Yu Wang, Kaixuan Ma, Naisheng Li, Zhiguo Zhang, Yue Li and Jiao Pan
Nanhai No. 1, a shipwreck in the Southern Song Dynasty, China, has a history of more than 800 years. It was salvaged in 2007 and is now on display in the Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum. Due to the fact that the hull is a wooden cultural relic and ex...
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Maged S. Al-Fakeh, Roaa O. Alsaedi, Nesrine Amiri and Gadah A. Allazzam
Nano-sized manganese oxide and cadmium oxide were formed quantitatively via chemical routes, using calcination from an aqueous solution containing metal chloride as a precursor, to create polyvinyl alcohol and para-aminobenzoic acid complexes with the fo...
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