Brazilian honey: Metabolomic analysis and characterization by 1D- and 2D-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and chemometrics.

Honey is a complex matrix that contains a wide range of compounds. This rich composition is influenced by diverse environmental factors, including geographic and botanical origin. Honey has been among the most commonly tampered foods worldwide, with improvements in techniques to do it.

The Biflavonoid Agathisflavone Regulates Microglial and Astrocytic Inflammatory Profiles via Glucocorticoid Receptor.

Nuclear receptors such as glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) are transcription factors with prominent regulatory effects on neuroinflammation. Agathisflavone is a biflavonoid that demonstrates neurogenic, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and pro-myelinogenic effects in vitro. This study investigated whether the control of glial reactivity by agathisflavone is mediated by GRs.

Species turnover does not rescue biodiversity in fragmented landscapes.

Habitat fragmentation generally reduces biodiversity at the patch scale (α diversity). However, there is ongoing debate about whether such negative effects can be alleviated at the landscape scale (γ diversity) if among-patch diversity (β diversity) increases as a result of fragmentation. This controversial view has not been rigorously tested.

Structural insights of mechanochemically amorphised MIL-125-NH.

In this work, we investigated the response of the metal-organic framework MIL-125-NH to ball-milling. Both localised and bulk analyses revealed prolongued ball-milling results in a complete loss of long-range structural order. Investigation of this disorder revealed partial retention of the local bonding of the secondary building unit, suggesting structure collapse progressed primarily through metal-linker bond breakage.

Citizen Science to Raise Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness in the Community: The MicroMundo Project in Spain and Portugal.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global threat to human, animal and environmental health. Among the multidisciplinary tasks aimed at collectively tackling the AMR crisis, surveillance, research and education stand as major priorities. Based on a crowdsourcing research strategy, the MicroMundo project, a partner of the Tiny Earth initiative in Spain and Portugal, has been developed and consolidated with success in the academic environment.