Flavonoids are important secondary metabolites found in Maxim., which is a precious reservoir of bioactive substances in China. To explore the antitumor actions of flavonoids (JMFs) from the waste branches of , the following optimized purification parameters of JMFs by macroporous resins were first obtained.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMushrooms with edible and medicinal potential have received widespread attention because of their diverse biological functions, nutritional value, and delicious taste, which are closely related to their rich active components. To date, many bioactive substances have been identified and purified from mushrooms, including proteins, carbohydrates, phenols, and vitamins. More importantly, molecules derived from mushrooms show great potential to alleviate the pathological manifestations of Alzheimer's disease (AD), which seriously affects the health of elderly people.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn our previous study, human fibroblast growth factor 1 was successfully fused with oleosomes, energy-storing organelles of seeds, which are considered to be excellent "expression carriers" for substances with a convenient purification process. The present work aimed to explore the beneficial effects of oleosomes fused with human fibroblast growth factor 1 (OLAF) on wound healing. The data showed marked improvements in terms of the angiogenesis, vascular integrity, collagen and inflammation on the wound sites of rats with a full-thickness skin defect.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUltrasonic-assisted extraction (UAE) of flavonoids (JMBF) from Maxim., an important industrial crop in China, was investigated in the present study. To improve the extraction efficiency of JMBF, suitable UAE was proposed after optimization using a hybrid response surface methodology-artificial neural network-genetic algorithm approach (RSM-ANN-GA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Oil body (OB), a subcellular organelle that stores oil in plant seeds, is considered a new transdermal drug delivery system. With the increasing understanding of the OB and its main protein (oleosin), numerous studies have been conducted on OB as "carrier" for the expression of exogenous proteins. In our previous study, oil body fused with aFGF (OLAF) was obtained using a plant oil body expression system that had been preliminarily proven to be effective in accelerating the healing of skin wounds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe use of Paecilomyces tenuipes (P. tenuipes), a Chinese medicinal fungus in scientific research, is limited due to its low adenosine content. To improve adenosine production, the present study investigated the gene network of adenosine biosynthesis in P.
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