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22 Citations
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11 Pages

Bumetanide-Derived Aquaporin 1 Inhibitors, AqB013 and AqB050 Inhibit Tube Formation of Endothelial Cells through Induction of Apoptosis and Impaired Migration In Vitro

  • Yoko Tomita,
  • Helen M. Palethorpe,
  • Eric Smith,
  • Maryam Nakhjavani,
  • Amanda R. Townsend,
  • Timothy J. Price,
  • Andrea J. Yool and
  • Jennifer E. Hardingham

AqB013 and AqB050 compounds inhibit aquaporin 1 (AQP1), a dual water and ion channel implicated in tumour angiogenesis. We tested AqB013 and AqB050 either as monotherapy or in combination on tube formation of murine endothelial cells (2H-11 and 3B-11...

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1 Citations
2,579 Views
27 Pages

11 September 2023

Aquaporin (AQP) channels in endometrial cancer (EC) cells are of interest as pharmacological targets to reduce tumor progression. A panel of compounds, including AQP1 ion channel inhibitors (AqB011 and 5-(phenoxymethyl) furan-2-carbaldehyde, PMFC), w...

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  • Open Access
32 Citations
13,316 Views
20 Pages

Analytical Quality by Design (AQbD) Approach to the Development of Analytical Procedures for Medicinal Plants

  • Geonha Park,
  • Min Kyoung Kim,
  • Seung Hyeon Go,
  • Minsik Choi and
  • Young Pyo Jang

2 November 2022

Scientific regulatory systems with suitable analytical methods for monitoring quality, safety, and efficacy are essential in medicinal plant drug discovery. There have been only few attempts to adopt the analytical quality by design (AQbD) strategy i...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,923 Views
15 Pages

Development and Validation of a Stability-Indicating UPLC Method for the Determination of Hexoprenaline in Injectable Dosage Form Using AQbD Principles

  • Jesús Alberto Afonso Urich,
  • Viktoria Marko,
  • Katharina Boehm,
  • Raymar Andreína Lara García,
  • Dalibor Jeremic and
  • Amrit Paudel

31 October 2021

A novel and efficient stability-indicating, reverse phase ultra-performance liquid chromatographic (UPLC®) analytical method was developed and validated for the determination of hexoprenaline in an injectable dosage form. The development of the metho...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,337 Views
29 Pages

Assessment of a Multisensor ZPHS01B-Based Low-Cost Air Quality Monitoring System: Case Study

  • Eric Meneses-Albala,
  • Guillem Montalban-Faet,
  • Santiago Felici-Castell,
  • Juan J. Perez-Solano and
  • Rafael Fayos-Jordan

Air Quality (AQ) and the management of low-emission zones are critical issues in densely populated urban areas. In such environments, human activity significantly impacts AQ, prompting increased efforts to monitor it using a range of devices. Traditi...

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  • Open Access
915 Views
14 Pages

AQbD Approach Applied to NIR in a Complex Topical Formulation: Bifonazole as Case Study

  • Lucas Chiarentin,
  • Vera Moura,
  • Alberto A. C. C. Pais and
  • Carla Vitorino

Background: A key challenge in modern pharmaceutical research is developing predictive models for drug formulation behavior. Since permeability is closely linked to molecular properties, considering a broad of characteristics is essential for buildin...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,914 Views
19 Pages

Increasing Analytical Quality by Designing a Thin-Layer Chromatography Scanner Method for the Determination of the Radiochemical Purity of Radiopharmaceutical Sodium Iodide 131I Oral Solution

  • Miguel Vasquez-Huaman,
  • Américo Castro-Luna,
  • Norma Julia Ramos-Cevallos,
  • Donald Ramos-Perfecto,
  • Mario Alcarraz-Curi,
  • Jacqueline Segura-Vasquez and
  • Danny Cáceres-Antaurco

20 April 2024

The goal of this study was to apply the principles of analytical quality by design (AQbD) to the analytical method for determining the radiochemical purity (PQR) of the radiopharmaceutical sodium iodide 131I oral solution, utilizing thin-layer chroma...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,990 Views
24 Pages

Quality by Design (QbD) Based Method for Estimation of Xanthohumol in Bulk and Solid Lipid Nanoparticles and Validation

  • Vancha Harish,
  • Waleed Hassan Almalki,
  • Ahmed Alshehri,
  • Abdulaziz Alzahrani,
  • Madan Mohan Gupta,
  • Sami I. Alzarea,
  • Imran Kazmi,
  • Monica Gulati,
  • Devesh Tewari and
  • Sachin Kumar Singh
  • + 2 authors

4 January 2023

The analytical quality by design (AQbD) approach is utilized for developing and validating the simple, sensitive, cost-effective reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatographic method for the estimation of xanthohumol (XH) in bulk and nanoformu...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,123 Views
20 Pages

Expediting Disulfiram Assays through a Systematic Analytical Quality by Design Approach

  • João Basso,
  • Maria Luísa Ramos,
  • Alberto Pais,
  • Rui Vitorino,
  • Ana Fortuna and
  • Carla Vitorino

An Analytical Quality by Design (AQbD) approach is presented, aiming at the development and validation of an HPLC method for the quantification of disulfiram and copper diethyldithiocarbamate in lipid nanoparticles. Following the definition of the an...

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28 Citations
9,873 Views
34 Pages

Analytical method validation ensures that a method provides trustworthy information about a particular sample when applied in accordance with the predefined protocol. According to regulatory standards, the rheological characteristics of topically app...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,924 Views
23 Pages

Implementation of QbD Approach to the Development of Chromatographic Methods for the Determination of Complete Impurity Profile of Substance on the Preclinical and Clinical Step of Drug Discovery Studies

  • Lidia Gurba-Bryśkiewicz,
  • Urszula Dawid,
  • Damian A. Smuga,
  • Wioleta Maruszak,
  • Monika Delis,
  • Krzysztof Szymczak,
  • Bartosz Stypik,
  • Aleksandra Moroz,
  • Aleksandra Błocka and
  • Maciej Wieczorek
  • + 2 authors

14 September 2022

The purpose of this work was to demonstrate the use of the AQbD with the DOE approach to the methodical step-by-step development of a UHPLC method for the quantitative determination of the impurity profile of new CPL409116 substance (JAK/ROCK inhibit...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,492 Views
12 Pages

The Effect of Aquaporin 1-Inhibition on Vasculogenic Mimicry in Malignant Mesothelioma

  • Emily Pulford,
  • James McEvoy,
  • Ashleigh Hocking,
  • Sarita Prabhakaran,
  • Kim Griggs and
  • Sonja Klebe

1 November 2017

Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is an aggressive malignancy of the serosal membranes, with poor overall survival and quality of life. Limited targeted treatment strategies exist due to restricted knowledge of pathogenic pathways. Vasculogenic mimicry (VM...

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2 Citations
2,113 Views
18 Pages

Risk management should run through the entire process of method development, utilization, and maintenance. Based on the analytical quality by design (AQbD) concept, various integrated risk management techniques were used in this study to develop an a...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,482 Views
16 Pages

22 September 2024

The Analytical Quality by Design (AQbD) concept was adopted to establish a quantitative analysis of multi-components with a single marker (QAMS) method for industrial lanolin alcohol, targeting cholesterol, lanosterol, and 24,25-dihydrolanosterol. Th...

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  • Open Access
24 Citations
8,026 Views
18 Pages

13 February 2020

This article presents the development of a reversed-phase (RP) high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for determination of process-related impurities in a celecoxib drug substance following Analytical Quality by Design (AQbD) principle...

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  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,308 Views
23 Pages

A key principle of developing a new medicine is that quality should be built in, with a thorough understanding of the product and the manufacturing process supported by appropriate process controls. Quality by design principles that have been establi...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,208 Views
19 Pages

AQbD-Based UPLC-ELSD Method for Quantifying Medium Chain Triglycerides in Labrafac™ WL 1349 for Nanoemulsion Applications

  • Alessio Gaggero,
  • Viktoria Marko,
  • Dalibor Jeremic,
  • Carolin Tetyczka,
  • Philippe Caisse and
  • Jesús Alberto Afonso Urich

22 January 2025

In response to recent regulatory guidelines, including ICH (International Council for Harmonisation) Q2 (R2) and Q14, we developed a UPLC-ELSD method to quantify Medium-Chain Triglycerides (MCTs) in Labrafac™ WL 1349 for nanoemulsion applicatio...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,098 Views
20 Pages

Pharmacological Inhibition of Membrane Signaling Mechanisms Reduces the Invasiveness of U87-MG and U251-MG Glioblastoma Cells In Vitro

  • Alanah Varricchio,
  • Sidra Khan,
  • Zoe K. Price,
  • Rohan A. Davis,
  • Sunita A. Ramesh and
  • Andrea J. Yool

6 February 2023

Impairing the motility of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cells is a compelling goal for new approaches to manage this highly invasive and rapidly lethal human brain cancer. Work here characterized an array of pharmacological inhibitors of membrane ion...

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37 Citations
7,375 Views
22 Pages

Intratumoural Cytochrome P450 Expression in Breast Cancer: Impact on Standard of Care Treatment and New Efforts to Develop Tumour-Selective Therapies

  • Smarakan Sneha,
  • Simon C. Baker,
  • Andrew Green,
  • Sarah Storr,
  • Radhika Aiyappa,
  • Stewart Martin and
  • Klaus Pors

Despite significant advances in treatment strategies over the past decade, selective treatment of breast cancer with limited side-effects still remains a great challenge. The cytochrome P450 (CYP) family of enzymes contribute to cancer cell prolifera...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,426 Views
18 Pages

Analytical Quality by Design (AQbD) Approach to the Development of In Vitro Release Test for Topical Hydrogel

  • Réka Szoleczky,
  • Mária Budai-Szűcs,
  • Erzsébet Csányi,
  • Szilvia Berkó,
  • Péter Tonka-Nagy,
  • Ildikó Csóka and
  • Anita Kovács

The aim of our study was to adapt the analytical quality by design (AQbD) approach to design an effective in vitro release test method using USP apparatus IV with a semi-solid adapter (SSA) for diclofenac sodium hydrogel. The analytical target profil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,869 Views
22 Pages

Stability-Indicating UPLC-PDA-QDa Methodology for Carvedilol and Felodipine in Fixed-Dose Combinations Using AQbD Principles

  • Jesús Alberto Afonso Urich,
  • Viktoria Marko,
  • Katharina Boehm,
  • Raymar Andreina Lara Garcia,
  • Anna Fedorko,
  • Sharareh Salar-Behzadi and
  • Dalibor Jeremic

The development of analytical procedures, in line with the recent regulatory requirements ICH Q2 (R2) and ICH Q14, is progressing, and it must be able to manage the entire life cycle of the methodology. This is also applicable to and especially chall...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,255 Views
17 Pages

19 September 2020

The volatile amines trimethylamine (TMA) and dimethylamine (DMA) could be used as important spoilage indices for seafood products, assisting in the determination of the rejection period. In the present study, a systematic analytical duality-by-design...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,974 Views
17 Pages

Shrimp White Spot Viral Infections Are Attenuated by Organic Acids by Regulating the Expression of HO-1 Oxygenase and β-1,3-Glucan-Binding Protein

  • Ioan Pet,
  • Igori Balta,
  • Nicolae Corcionivoschi,
  • Tiberiu Iancu,
  • Ducu Stef,
  • Lavinia Stef and
  • Iuliana Cretescu

14 January 2025

The absence of efficient on-farm interventions against white spot syndrome viral (WSSV) infections can cause significant economic losses to shrimp farmers. With this exploratory study we aimed to test, both in vitro and in vivo, the efficacy of an or...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,457 Views
16 Pages

Enantioselective Interactions of Anti-Infective 8-Aminoquinoline Therapeutics with Human Monoamine Oxidases A and B

  • Narayan D. Chaurasiya,
  • Haining Liu,
  • Robert J. Doerksen,
  • N. P. Dhammika Nanayakkara,
  • Larry A. Walker and
  • Babu L. Tekwani

22 April 2021

8-Aminoquinolines (8-AQs) are an important class of anti-infective therapeutics. The monoamine oxidases (MAOs) play a key role in metabolism of 8-AQs. A major role for MAO-A in metabolism of primaquine (PQ), the prototypical 8-AQ antimalarial, has be...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,635 Views
13 Pages

Natural Antimicrobials Block the Host NF-κB Pathway and Reduce Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei Infection Both In Vitro and In Vivo

  • Iulia Adelina Bunduruș,
  • Igori Balta,
  • Eugenia Butucel,
  • Todd Callaway,
  • Cosmin Alin Popescu,
  • Tiberiu Iancu,
  • Ioan Pet,
  • Lavinia Stef and
  • Nicolae Corcionivoschi

The objective of this work was to investigate, for the first time, the antioxidant effect of a mixture of natural antimicrobials in an Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) shrimp-gut model of infection and the biological mechanisms involved in their way...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,155 Views
17 Pages

The Applicability of Chromatographic Retention Modeling on Chiral Stationary Phases in Reverse-Phase Mode: A Case Study for Ezetimibe and Its Impurities

  • Elek Ferencz,
  • Éva-Katalin Kelemen,
  • Mona Obreja,
  • Gergő Tóth,
  • Melinda Urkon,
  • Arnold Zöldhegyi,
  • Emese Sipos and
  • Zoltán-István Szabó

8 November 2023

Mechanistic modeling is useful for predicting and modulating selectivity even in early chromatographic method development. This approach is also in accordance with current analytical quality using design principles and is highly welcomed by the autho...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,560 Views
17 Pages

Dammarane-type saponins (DTSs) exist in various medicinal plants, which are a class of active ingredients with effects on improving myocardial ischemia and immunomodulation. In this study, a quantitative 1H NMR method of total DTSs in herbal medicine...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,479 Views
20 Pages

10 June 2020

This article presents the development of a reversed-phase ultra-high-performance liquid chromatographic method for determining process-related impurities in ropinirole hydrochloride drug substance applying the analytical quality by design approach. T...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,613 Views
17 Pages

Development of an ELISA Assay for the Determination of SARS-CoV-2 Protein Subunit Vaccine Antigen Content

  • Lu Han,
  • Chaoqiang An,
  • Dong Liu,
  • Zejun Wang,
  • Lianlian Bian,
  • Qian He,
  • Jianyang Liu,
  • Qian Wang,
  • Mingchen Liu and
  • Zhenglun Liang
  • + 5 authors

24 December 2022

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) protein subunit vaccine is one of the mainstream technology platforms for the development of COVID-19 vaccines, and most R&D units use the receptor-binding domain (RBD) or spike (S)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,598 Views
20 Pages

New Chromones from Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl with Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Activity

  • Yury Maritza Zapata Lopera,
  • Enrique Jiménez-Ferrer,
  • Maribel Herrera-Ruiz,
  • Alejandro Zamilpa,
  • Manasés González-Cortazar,
  • Gabriela Rosas-Salgado,
  • Mayra Alejandra Santillán-Urquiza,
  • Gabriela Trejo-Tapia and
  • Antonio Ruperto Jiménez-Aparicio

20 December 2022

The extract, fractions, and compounds of the Bouvardia ternifolia root were evaluated as an antiarthritic using a complete Freund’s adjuvant (CFA) model in mice and NF-κB inhibition in RAW 264.7 macrophages. Four active compounds, includi...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
771 Views
11 Pages

19 May 2025

This research focuses on Fe-18Mn-10Al-1C-5Ni lightweight steel and deeply explores the influences of three different cooling methods, namely, water quenching (WQ), air cooling (AQ), and furnace cooling (FQ), on the precipitation behavior of the B2 ph...

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5 Citations
4,363 Views
17 Pages

Bioprospecting of Mangrove Filamentous Fungi for the Biodegradation of Polyethylene Microplastics

  • Arthur Aguiar,
  • Letícia Gama,
  • Milene Fornari,
  • Almir Neto,
  • Rodrigo de Souza,
  • Rafael Perna,
  • Laura Castro,
  • Stella Kovacs,
  • Marta Filipa Simões and
  • Cristiane Ottoni
  • + 3 authors

12 September 2024

The accumulation of microplastics (MPs) in the environment has been a bottleneck for scientific society. Several approaches have been described as possibilities for reducing MPs in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems; however, most of them are not env...

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79 Citations
19,374 Views
14 Pages

Antioxidant Capacity and In Vitro Prevention of Dental Plaque Formation by Extracts and Condensed Tannins of Paullinia cupana

  • Elza Yamaguti-Sasaki,
  • Lia Akina Ito,
  • Vanessa Cristina Dias Canteli,
  • Tânia Mara Antonelli Ushirobira,
  • Tânia Ueda-Nakamura,
  • Benedito Prado Dias Filho,
  • Celso Vataru Nakamura and
  • João Carlos Palazzo de Mello

20 August 2007

Chemical evaluation of the semi-purified fraction from the seeds of guaraná, Paullinia cupana H.B.K. var. sorbilis (Mart.) Ducke, yielded the following compounds: caffeine, catechin, epicatechin, ent-epicatechin, and procyanidins B1, B2, B3, B4, A2,...

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8 Citations
2,662 Views
16 Pages

Perspectives of Positively Charged Nanocrystals of Tedizolid Phosphate as a Topical Ocular Application in Rabbits

  • Abdullah Alshememry,
  • Musaed Alkholief,
  • Mohd Abul Kalam,
  • Mohammad Raish,
  • Raisuddin Ali,
  • Sulaiman S. Alhudaithi,
  • Muzaffar Iqbal and
  • Aws Alshamsan

20 July 2022

The aim of this study was the successful utilization of the positively charged nanocrystals (NCs) of Tedizolid Phosphate (TZP) (0.1% w/v) for topical ocular applications. TZP belongs to the 1, 3-oxazolidine-2-one class of antibiotics and has therapeu...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,978 Views
15 Pages

Molecular Determinants for OMF Selectivity in Tripartite RND Multidrug Efflux Systems

  • Esther Boyer,
  • Jean Dessolin,
  • Margaux Lustig,
  • Marion Decossas,
  • Gilles Phan,
  • Quentin Cece,
  • Grégory Durand,
  • Véronique Dubois,
  • Joris Sansen and
  • Olivier Lambert
  • + 3 authors

Tripartite multidrug RND efflux systems made of an inner membrane transporter, an outer membrane factor (OMF) and a periplasmic adaptor protein (PAP) form a canal to expel drugs across Gram-negative cell wall. Structures of MexA–MexB–OprM...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,971 Views
17 Pages

Synthesis, Characterization, and Antifungal Activity of Phenylpyrrole-Substituted Tetramic Acids Bearing Carbonates

  • Wen-Qin Xu,
  • Min Chen,
  • Kun-Yao Wang,
  • Zheng-Jiao Ren,
  • Ai-Min Lu and
  • Chun-Long Yang

For the aim of discovering new fungicide, a series of phenylpyrrole-substituted tetramic acid derivatives bearing carbonates 6a–q were designed and synthesized via 4-(2,4-dioxopyrrolidin-3-ylidene)-4-(phenylamino)butanoic acids 4a–k and the cyclized...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,665 Views
9 Pages

Food Waste and Qualitative Evaluation of Menus in Public University Canteens—Challenges and Opportunities

  • Cristina Aires,
  • Cristina Saraiva,
  • Maria Conceição Fontes,
  • Daniel Moreira,
  • Márcio Moura-Alves and
  • Carla Gonçalves

30 September 2021

Background: This study aims to evaluate food waste and menu quality in two canteens (A and B) from a Portuguese public university in order to identify challenges and opportunities to improve the food service. Methods: Food waste included the analysis...

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3 Citations
2,602 Views
13 Pages

6 February 2025

The Gibbs free energies of gallic acid (GA) and its anionic forms in aqueous solution were computed utilizing density functional theory (DFT) at the LSDA, M062X, B3LYP/QZVP levels, in conjunction with the SMD solvation model. The pKa values correspon...

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5 Citations
3,047 Views
21 Pages

Genome-Guided Identification of Surfactin-Producing Bacillus halotolerans AQ11M9 with Anti-Candida auris Potential

  • J. Francis Borgio,
  • Rahaf Alhujaily,
  • Aqeelah Salman Alfaraj,
  • Maryam Jawad Alabdullah,
  • Rawan Khalid Alaqeel,
  • Ayidah Kaabi,
  • Rahaf Alquwaie,
  • Norah F. Alhur,
  • Reem AlJindan and
  • Noor B. Almandil
  • + 5 authors

27 September 2024

The emergence of multidrug-resistant fungi Candida auris is a worldwide health crisis connected with high rates of mortality. There is a critical need to find novel and unique antifungal compounds for treating infections of multidrug-resistant fungi...

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42 Citations
6,165 Views
28 Pages

New Trends in the Quality Control of Enantiomeric Drugs: Quality by Design-Compliant Development of Chiral Capillary Electrophoresis Methods

  • Serena Orlandini,
  • Gabriel Hancu,
  • Zoltán-István Szabó,
  • Adriana Modroiu,
  • Lajos-Attila Papp,
  • Roberto Gotti and
  • Sandra Furlanetto

19 October 2022

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is a potent method for analyzing chiral substances and is commonly used in the enantioseparation and chiral purity control of pharmaceuticals from different matrices. The adoption of Quality by Design (QbD) concepts in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,231 Views
19 Pages

Development and Application of the SmartAQ High-Resolution Air Quality and Source Apportionment Forecasting System for European Urban Areas

  • Evangelia Siouti,
  • Ksakousti Skyllakou,
  • Ioannis Kioutsioukis,
  • David Patoulias,
  • George Fouskas and
  • Spyros N. Pandis

16 October 2022

Air pollution forecasting systems are useful tools for the reduction in human health risks and the eventual improvement of atmospheric quality on regional or urban scales. The SmartAQ (Smart Air Quality) forecasting system combines state-of-the-art m...

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  • Open Access
1,354 Views
13 Pages

21 February 2025

Akebia quinata seeds (AQSs) are used as an analgesic, antiphlogistic, and diuretic in traditional herbal medicine. We developed an ultra-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC–MS/MS) simultaneous component analysi...

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  • Open Access
3,130 Views
12 Pages

The Relationship Between Camouflaging and Lifetime Depression Among Adult Autistic Males and Females

  • Camilla Gesi,
  • Roberta Pisani,
  • Nicolò Tamburini and
  • Bernardo Dell’Osso

26 August 2025

Objective: We aimed to investigate the relationship between camouflaging and lifetime depression among autistic people, along with the role of sex in this relationship. Methods: Sixty-five autistic subjects with no intellectual or language disability...

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6 Citations
2,467 Views
12 Pages

5 January 2023

The aim of this study is to compare the marginal seal and tensile bond strength (TBS) of prostheses fixed to enamel-dentin using different adhesive systems. Resin-composite inlays directly fabricated from Class V cavities of extracted human molars/pr...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,759 Views
19 Pages

Here, we report a first comprehensive genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 variants circulating in North African countries, including Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia, with respect to genomic clades and mutational patterns. As of December...

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7 Citations
4,099 Views
20 Pages

Exogenous ganglioside GM1 has been reported to exert an immunomodulatory effect. We investigated the anti-inflammatory effect of GM1 ganglioside on endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) in rats and RAW 264.7 macrophages. Methods: EIU was induced in Lewis r...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,746 Views
18 Pages

Cyclic Hexapeptide from Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl. and Neuroprotective Effects of Root Extracts

  • Yury Maritza Zapata Lopera,
  • Gabriela Trejo-Tapia,
  • Manasés González-Cortazar,
  • Maribel Herrera-Ruiz,
  • Alejandro Zamilpa and
  • Enrique Jiménez-Ferrer

10 July 2023

Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl. is a shrub that belongs to the Rubiaceae family and is distributed throughout México; it has been used for its antioxidant, neuroprotective, and anti-inflammatory properties. This work aimed to evaluate the...

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15 Citations
4,751 Views
20 Pages

Statistical Optimisation of Phenol Degradation and Pathway Identification through Whole Genome Sequencing of the Cold-Adapted Antarctic Bacterium, Rhodococcus sp. Strain AQ5-07

  • Gillian Li Yin Lee,
  • Nur Nadhirah Zakaria,
  • Peter Convey,
  • Hiroyuki Futamata,
  • Azham Zulkharnain,
  • Kenshi Suzuki,
  • Khalilah Abdul Khalil,
  • Noor Azmi Shaharuddin,
  • Siti Aisyah Alias and
  • Siti Aqlima Ahmad
  • + 1 author

9 December 2020

Study of the potential of Antarctic microorganisms for use in bioremediation is of increasing interest due to their adaptations to harsh environmental conditions and their metabolic potential in removing a wide variety of organic pollutants at low te...

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  • Open Access
79 Citations
9,658 Views
11 Pages

Transparent Cellulose/Technical Lignin Composite Films for Advanced Packaging

  • Yujie Guo,
  • Dong Tian,
  • Fei Shen,
  • Gang Yang,
  • Lulu Long,
  • Jinsong He,
  • Chun Song,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Ying Zhu and
  • Shihuai Deng
  • + 1 author

5 September 2019

Although recent work has shown natural lignin products are promising to fabricate various polymer based functional composites, high-value applications were challenged by their structural complexity and inhomogeneity. This work specially assessed the...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,617 Views
20 Pages

Barbatic acid, a compound isolated from lichen, has demonstrated a variety of biological activities. In this study, a series of esters based on barbatic acid (6a–q′) were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their diuretic and litholy...

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