Nuclear technology can play an important role in innovating weapons capabilities and energy. With the use of the influence of radioisotopes, the agricultural sector has made tremendous progress. Fertilizers are used in agriculture to increase soil fe...
Industrial hemp, as a diverse plant, can be a revolutionary crop for a better future and for upcoming generations. It is an eco-friendly and worthwhile crop that complements a sustainable growth system. Industrial hemp farming has the potential to dr...
Once more under the auspices of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, two important fields of Chemistry are brought together into a single event, the 14th National Organic Chemistry Meeting and the 7th National Medicinal Chemistry Meeting. Thes...
Medicinal plant species contain a variety of chemical substances with high medical potential, making these plant species valuable as biomedical sources. This plant is a deciduous plant also known as “Yellow Shower”. The plant Cassia fistu...
Paper-based microfluidic technology is a relatively new field of research that provides low-cost platforms and sensors for point-of-care diagnostics. While the majority of research in this field has been for biomedical applications, more and more pap...
A phenolic compound in Foeniculum vulgare can improve human health. Foeniculum vulgar contains flavonoids, glycosides, and other constituents that are used for medicinal ailments. Trans-anethole, fenchone, and estragole essential oils are the main in...
Nowadays, anthocyanins have gained scientific and industrial attention due to their biological activities and coloring properties. In this regard, anthocyanins have been proposed for use in the development of new nutraceutical foods to replace synthe...
A transnational concern for the healthy development of human beings is antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The rising rates of microbial resistance present a serious issue for the development of human life and hence it is essential to find and create new...
The evolution of Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents (HDESs) has expanded the applications of the new generation of solvents, known as Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES), to include water-based operations. How stable they are in aqueous media qualifies them...
Black pod rot, caused by several species of Phytophthora, is responsible for greater losses than any other disease affecting cacao. Breeders use various approaches to screen material for resistance to Phytophthora spp., however, the method used to as...
Schiff bases have been important compounds ever since their discovery and are both found in nature and synthesized in the laboratory. They participate in a variety of synthetic processes and possess desirable biological activity, including antibacter...
Bis-heterocyclic compounds containing imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines (IMPs) are privileged heterocyclic drug scaffolds due to their potential applications. The Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction (GBBR) is a greener alternative to synthes...
The removal of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from gas streams with varying overall pressure and H2S concentrations is a long-standing challenge faced by the oil and gas industries. The present work focuses on H2S capture using metal–organic frameworks...
Ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) is a novel methodology, belonging to the so-called “Green Chemistry”, which has gained interest in recent years due to the potential to recover bioactive compounds, especially those from plant matrices...
Chitosan is a natural polysaccharide that is mainly obtained from the shell of marine crustaceans including crabs, lobsters, shrimps, etc. Chitosan has been widely used in biomedicine due to its special characteristics of low toxicity, biocompatibili...
Weeds are plants that compete for nutrients, space, and light and exert many harmful effects by reducing the quality and quantity of crops if the weed population is uncontrolled. The direct yield loss has been estimated to be within the range of 16&n...
An efficient and sustainable copper-catalyzed protocol has been developed for the preparation of amidines via nucleophilic addition of amines into nitriles. The reaction proceeded smoothly at 100 °C in the presence of CuCl, Cs2CO3, and 2,2/-bipyridin...
This study focuses on the polyphenol levels and antioxidant activity in the water kefir beverage after 72 and 96 h of fermentation. The exopolysaccharides (dextran) were extracted from water kefir granules and characterized using Fourier-transform in...
This study investigated photochemical investigation and extraction methods with polar and non-polar solvent which could be used to compare and see the effectiveness of each on the chromosomes. The FTIR spectrum shows the presence of acetogenins in th...
Aromatic ketones are important compounds because of their utility as synthetic intermediates and applications as light absorbing compounds and biological activities. Bifonazole (antifungal) and ketoprofen (anti-inflammatory) are commercial drugs with...
This study investigated the combined alkaline and enzymatic hydrolysis of eggshell membranes for obtaining ingredients for food and cosmetic applications. 1.25 N NaOH and Alcalase 2.4 L protease were used for eggshell membrane hydrolysis. The charact...
Hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents (HDESs) have found applications in water purification in recent years. The extent of their stability in aqueous media determines whether they are suitable materials for water purification or if they end up constitut...
Fertilizers with nitrogen (N), phosphate (P), and potassium (K) were formulated using a custom-made rotary pan granulator. The granules were characterized by analysis of their composition, specific surface and porosity (Brunauer–Emmett–Te...
One of the goals in eggplant breeding (Solanum melongena L.) is higher yield. This study included 20 different genotypes that are part of the collection of the Institute for Vegetable Crops Smederevska Palanka. Sixteen genotypes originated from Serbi...
This paper investigates the acidification of eggshells of different origins with acetic acid. The acidification process was investigated for conventional and organic eggshells generated from the production of liquid eggs in the food industry and hatc...
The goal of the present work was to evaluate the chemical reactivity of amino acids with polar uncharged side chains (serine, threonine, asparagine and glutamine) using density functional theory (DFT) and thermodynamics modeling by calculating a ser...
Menthol, a cyclic monoterpene alcohol commonly derived from mint essential oils, is widely utilized across the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and personal care industries due to its cooling, analgesic, and aromatic properties. This study presents a compre...
Macroalgae are regarded as a healthy food due to their composition and nutritional properties. In this work, nutritional composition of two green (Ulva rigida, Codium tomentosum) and two red (Palmaria palmata, Porphyra purpurea) edible seaweed was st...
Shilajit, also known in the north of India as salajit, shilajatu, mimie, or mummiyo, is a blackish-brown powder or an exudate from high mountain rocks, especially in the Himalayans mountains between India and Nepal [...]
The conversion of CO2, captured from flue gases, into synthetic natural gas (SNG) aims to create a closed carbon cycle, where excess H2 produced from renewables is utilized to transform CO2 released from existing conventional power plants into a reli...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cognitive decline and memory impairment. Early and accurate detection of AD is crucial for timely intervention and effective treatment. Biomarkers such as amy...
Toxic metal pollution in soil and the associated health risk is a global problem, with the majority of cases occurring in developing nations. The current work focuses on a contaminated site in Mexico which is used for recreational purposes. The conta...
The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 created the biggest crisis to human health and has adversely affected economic growth worldwide. Several vaccines emerged from manufacturers to combat COVID-19. Unfortunately, no therapeutic medication has yet been approved...
A small library of 1,2,3-triazoles was synthesized from diverse alkynes and azides using catalytic amounts of an alkynylcopper (I) complex, which in turn was prepared from direct treatment of phenylacetylene with a Fehling reagent in the presence of...
Nipah henipavirus is an emerging RNA virus that poses a danger to world safety due to its high fatality rate. The Nipah virus has caused several illness epidemics in South and Southeast Asia. The matrix protein of Nipah henipavirus plays a crucial fu...
A water-soluble pentamethine cyanine dye was synthesized for further conjugation with peptides. The dye preparation was accomplished by solution-phase chemistry and the synthesized compounds were characterized by the usual techniques (nuclear magneti...
The formulation of polysaccharide-based beads encapsulating Trichoderma spp. represents an eco-friendly strategy for promoting sustainable and efficient agriculture. Trichoderma, a beneficial fungus, is well known for its ability to enhance plant gro...
Phthalate esters are used in colognes and other cosmetics and related products to maintain fragrance. Additionally, phthalates can dissolve and stabilize certain aroma ingredients and essential oils. The results of a five-year study (2016–2020)...
Highly sensitive electrochemical biosensors for biogenic amine (BA) detection were developed using commercial screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) modified with a nanomaterial based on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) and redox mediator, Prussian B...
With the emergence of technological advances, computational analysis in research has become promising by enabling the emergence of scientific production without the need for an experimental laboratory, and it has therefore begun to be used in various...
Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CSLM) is a powerful microscopic tool that gives valuable morphological and functional information within cells and tissues. CLSM is non-invasive, with high-contrast scanning, a simple and fast sample preparation pr...
Benedict’s Reagent is commonly used in identifying reducing sugars through a redox process where a Cu(I) species is generated. Despite the simplicity of this reaction, this has barely been investigated as a copper (I) source for catalytic proce...
The present study focused on the biological analysis of five plants: Achillea millefolium, Arnica montana, Calendula officinalis, Chamaemelum nobile and Taraxacum officinale. The results indicated that A. montana extracts showed the highest content o...
In hydroponic cultivation, monitoring and quantification of nutrients is of paramount importance. Precision agriculture has an urgent need for measuring fertilization and plant nutrient uptake. Reliable, robust and accurate sensors for measuring nitr...
Hedera helix L. is known for its therapeutic properties, such as analgesic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant activity. It is currently known that the characteristic therapeutic effects of ivy extracts are induced by phytocompunds, such as: saponins (he...
The polyaniline (PANI) and ZnO doped polyaniline composite (PANI/ZnO) films were synthesized by electrochemical polymerization on transparent ITO glass substrate using cyclic voltammetry for 10th cycle by potential sweep from −200 to 900 mV vs.SCE in...
Benzimidazole derivatives represent a class of heterocyclic compounds that exhibit a wide range of pharmaceutical properties. The present study aimed to investigate the in-vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of newly synthesized benzimidaz...
In present work we report our studies of the interaction of 1-phenyl-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione derivatives (N-arylmaleimides) and 3-bromodihydrofuran-2(3H)-one (α-bromo-γ-butyrolactone) as possible [C2]2+ synthons with 1,2,4-triazole-3(5)-thiole targeting...
In 1995, Noyori and co-workers made a breakthrough with their design of practical ruthenium-based catalysts, which combined the homochiral TsDPEN ligand with a Ru(II) arene [...]
Total white blood cells (WBC) count is an important indication for infection diagnosis, in both human and veterinary medicine. State-of-the-art WBC counts are performed by flow cytometry combined with light scattering or impedance measurements, in th...
