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Molecules, Volume 21, Issue 9

September 2016 - 160 articles

Cover Story: This study presents information about the chemical and bioactive properties of nine wild edible mushrooms from native Nothofagus spp. forests from Patagonia, Argentina. Macronutrients, sugars, fatty acids, tocopherols, organic acids, phenolic compounds and antioxidant properties were determined. This study constitutes the first report on the chemical composition and nutritional value of these edible fungi species, providing important information needed to characterize and define their use as gastronomic delicacies, functional foods and sources of bioactive compounds. View the paper
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Articles (160)

  • Review
  • Open Access
62 Citations
11,986 Views
32 Pages

Delivery of RNAi Therapeutics to the Airways—From Bench to Bedside

  • Yingshan Qiu,
  • Jenny K. W. Lam,
  • Susan W. S. Leung and
  • Wanling Liang

20 September 2016

RNA interference (RNAi) is a potent and specific post-transcriptional gene silencing process. Since its discovery, tremendous efforts have been made to translate RNAi technology into therapeutic applications for the treatment of different human disea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,498 Views
13 Pages

Effect of Phyllanthus amarus Extract on 5-Fluorouracil-Induced Perturbations in Ribonucleotide and Deoxyribonucleotide Pools in HepG2 Cell Line

  • Jian-Ru Guo,
  • Qian-Qian Chen,
  • Christopher Wai-Kei Lam,
  • Cai-Yun Wang,
  • Feng-Guo Xu,
  • Bu-Ming Liu and
  • Wei Zhang

20 September 2016

The aim of this study was to investigate the antitumor activities of Phyllanthus amarus (PHA) and its potential of herb–drug interactions with 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU). Cell viability, ribonucleotides (RNs) and deoxyribonucleotides (dRNs) levels, cell c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
7,637 Views
12 Pages

The Suppressive Effects of Cinnamomi Cortex and Its Phytocompound Coumarin on Oxaliplatin-Induced Neuropathic Cold Allodynia in Rats

  • Changmin Kim,
  • Ji Hwan Lee,
  • Woojin Kim,
  • Dongxing Li,
  • Yangseok Kim,
  • Kyungjin Lee and
  • Sun Kwang Kim

20 September 2016

Oxaliplatin, a chemotherapy drug, induces acute peripheral neuropathy characterized by cold allodynia, spinal glial activation and increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Herein, we determined whether Cinnamomi Cortex (C. Cortex), a widely us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,914 Views
7 Pages

Silver Nanocomposite Biosynthesis: Antibacterial Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii

  • Klebson Silva Santos,
  • Andriele Mendonça Barbosa,
  • Luiz Pereira da Costa,
  • Malone Santos Pinheiro,
  • Maria Beatriz Prior Pinto Oliveira and
  • Francine Ferreira Padilha

20 September 2016

Bacterial resistance is an emerging public health issue that is disseminated worldwide. Silver nanocomposite can be an alternative strategy to avoid Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria growth, including multidrug-resistant strains. In the presen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,509 Views
22 Pages

19 September 2016

11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1) is a potential target for the treatment of numerous human disorders, such as diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome. In this work, molecular modeling studies combining molecular docking, 3D-QSAR,...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,187 Views
8 Pages

Two New Clerodane Diterpenes from Tinospora sagittata

  • Guanhua Li,
  • Wenbing Ding,
  • Fanghao Wan and
  • Youzhi Li

19 September 2016

Two new clerodane-type diterpenes, tinosporins C (1) and tinosporins D (2) were isolated from the stems of Tinospora sagittata (Oliv.), together with three known ones, columbin (3), tinophylloloside (4), and tinospinoside D (5). The structures of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
170 Citations
10,927 Views
11 Pages

19 September 2016

The role of the 6″-OH (ω-OH) group in the antioxidant activity of flavonoid glycosides has been largely overlooked. Herein, we selected quercitrin (quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside) and isoquercitrin (quercetin-3-O-glucoside) as model compounds to investigat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,363 Views
11 Pages

On the Effect of Microwave Energy on Lipase-Catalyzed Polycondensation Reactions

  • Alessandro Pellis,
  • Georg M. Guebitz and
  • Thomas J. Farmer

19 September 2016

Microwave energy (MWe) is, nowadays, widely used as a clean synthesis tool to improve several chemical reactions, such as drug molecule synthesis, carbohydrate conversion and biomass pyrolysis. On the other hand, its exploitation in enzymatic reactio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
10,787 Views
14 Pages

Asiatic Acid Attenuates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury via Akt/GSK-3β/HIF-1α Signaling in Rat H9c2 Cardiomyocytes

  • Xiang Huang,
  • Li Zuo,
  • Yanni Lv,
  • Chuqiao Chen,
  • Yaqin Yang,
  • Hongbo Xin,
  • Yunman Li and
  • Yisong Qian

19 September 2016

Myocardial ischemic/reperfusion injury results from severe impairment of coronary blood supply and leads to irreversible cell death, with limited therapeutic possibilities. Asiatic acid is a pentacyclic triterpenoid derived from the tropical medicina...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,388 Views
15 Pages

19 September 2016

Flavonoids are a group of compounds that are commonly found in various plants, where they play important roles in many processes, including free radical scavenging and UV protection. These compounds can also act as chemical messengers, physiological...

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