Bimetallic Cage-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction with Enhanced Activity.

A cage-based metal-organic framework (Ni-NKU-101) with biphenyl-3,3',5,5'-tetracarboxylic acid was synthesized via solvothermal method. Ni-NKU-101 contains two types of cages based on trinuclear and octa-nuclear nickel-clusters that are connected with each other by the 4-connected ligands, to form a 3D framework with a new topology. A mixed-metal strategy was used to synthesize isostructural bimetallic MOFs of M Ni -NKU-101 (M=Mn, Co, Cu, Zn).

Isolation of individual isoflavone species from soybean by solvent extraction followed by the combination of macroporous resin and aluminium oxide separation.

Growing interest in the health benefits of soy isoflavones has led to research in the isolation of individual isoflavone species for further application. Herein, we develop a new strategy to isolate daidzein, genistein, daidzin and genistin in soybean. We investigated the impact of solvents used and the extraction time on the extracted isoflavone contents from soybean.

Phosphorylation of Isoflavones by Bacillus subtilis BCRC 80517 May Represent Xenobiotic Metabolism.

The soy isoflavones daidzein (DAI) and genistein (GEN) have beneficial effects on human health. However, their oral bioavailability is hampered by their low aqueous solubility. Our previous study revealed two water-soluble phosphorylated conjugates of isoflavones, daidzein 7-O-phosphate and genistein 7-O-phosphate, generated via biotransformation by Bacillus subtilis BCRC80517 cultivated with isoflavones.

Home-based mobile cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation consultant system.

Cardiovascular diseases are the most popular cause of death in the world recently. For postoperatives, cardiac rehabilitation is still asked to maintain at home (phase II) to improve cardiac function. However, only one third of outpatients do the exercise regularly, reflecting the difficulty for home-based healthcare: lacking of monitoring and motivation.