Integrative analyses of the transcriptome and metabolome reveal comprehensive mechanisms of monolignol biosynthesis in response to bioclimatic factors in Magnolia officinalis.

Background: Magnolia officinalis (M. officinalis) thrives in temperate, elevated regions, and its desiccated bark comprises medicinal monolignol. Both abiotic and biotic factors can influence the pharmacodynamic compounds of M.

Effects of Desmodium caudatum on Gastrointestinal Hormones and Intestinal Flora in Rats with Gastritis.

In order to preliminarily explore the effects of Desmodium caudatum on gastritis and intestinal flora in rats, a chronic gastritis rat model was established using the classic sodium salicylate method. Eighteen SPF rats were divided into three groups: the control group (Group C), the model group (Group M), and the treatment group (Group T). Pathological sections of the gastric wall were taken from rats in each group.

Effects of Atractylodes lancea extracts on intestinal flora and serum metabolites in mice with intestinal dysbacteriosis.

Objective: This study aims to explore the effect of an extract of Atractylodes lancea (A. lancea) on antibiotics-induced intestinal tract disorder and the probable therapeutic mechanisms employed by this extract to ameliorate these disorders.

Methods: Three days after acclimatization, nine male and nine female specific-pathogen-free (SPF) mice were randomly assigned into three groups: Group C (normal saline), Group M (antibiotic: cefradine + gentamicin), and Group T (antibiotic + A.

Selective Adsorption toward Hg(II) and Inhibitory Effect on Bacterial Growth Occurring on Thiosemicarbazide-Functionalized Chitosan Microsphere Surface.

The work presented here aims to fabricate dual-purpose adsorbent with adsorption selectivity for Hg(II) and antibacterial activity. TSC-PGMA-MACS microspheres were first constructed via esterification of malic acid (MA) with chitosan (CS) and through successively grafting glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and thiosemicarbazide (TSC) onto MACS microsphere surfaces. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, elemental analysis, energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetry, differential thermogravimetry, scanning electron microscopy, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller results provided ample evidence that new mesoporous adsorbent, with 35.