Publications by authors named "A N Kravtsova"
One of the primary sources of trace elements in the environment is wastewater used for irrigation. However, the effects of untreated wastewater containing high concentrations of chromium and zinc on vegetables and the potential human health risks associated with their consumption are poorly understood. This pot experiment aimed to address this research gap.
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- * The results showed that these functionalized AgNPs tended to accumulate in the brain, liver, and testicles and cleared from the body after some time, with some mild immune responses and temporary liver stress noted.
- * Overall, the findings suggest that using Spirulina to coat silver nanoparticles improves their safety and effectiveness in medical applications, reducing toxicity while still allowing for therapeutic use.
Swarming locusts present a quintessential example of animal collective motion. Juvenile locusts march and hop across the ground in coordinated groups called hopper bands. Composed of up to millions of insects, hopper bands exhibit aligned motion and various collective structures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) and its modified version (CAVI0) are promising non-invasive markers of arterial stiffness, extensively evaluated primarily in the Japanese population. In this work, we performed a model-based analysis of the association between different population characteristics and CAVI or CAVI0 values in healthy Russian subjects and propose a tool for calculating the range of reference values for both types of indices.
Methods: The analysis was based on the data from 742 healthy volunteers (mean age 30.
In this work, we first improved the aqueous solubility of biologically active spiro[cyclopropane-1,3′-oxindoles] (SCOs) via their complexation with different β-cyclodextrins (β-CDs) and proposed a possible mechanism of the complex formation. β-CDs significantly increased the water solubility of SCOs (up to fourfold). Moreover, the nature of the substituents in the β-CDs influenced the solubility of the guest molecule (MβCD > SBEβCD > HPβCD).
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