Publications by authors named "Jeseka G Schirmann"

Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in men and women worldwide. Current treatments have limited efficacy, cause significant side effects, and cells can develop drug resistance. New therapeutic strategies are needed to discover alternative anticancer agents with high efficacy and low-toxicity.

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Available treatments for leishmaniasis have been widely used since the 1940s but come at a high cost, variable efficacy, high toxicity, and adverse side-effects. 3,3',5,5'-Tetramethoxy-biphenyl-4,4'-diol (TMBP) was synthesized through laccase-catalysis of 2,6-dimethoxyphenol and displayed antioxidant and anticancer activity, and is considered a potential drug candidate. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the anti-leishmanial effect of TMBP against promastigote and amastigote forms of Leishmania (L.

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The oxidation process of 2,6-dimethoxyphenol (2,6-DMP) by laccase from Botryosphaeria rhodina MAMB-05 and the corresponding enzyme-mediator systems was studied using cyclic voltammetry (CV). The enzyme was classified as a high oxidation potential laccase (> 0.70) V vs.

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Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. It has aggressive manifestation, high ability to promote metastasis and late diagnosis. In the present study, we investigated the cytotoxic effect of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethoxybiphenyl-4,4'diol (TMBP), against the A549 human non-small cell lung carcinoma lineage.

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Laccase was immobilized on a glassy carbon electrode layered with multi-walled carbon nanotubes using a film of botryosphaeran, a fungal (1 → 3)(1 → 6)-β-D-glucan. This novel biosensing platform was characterized by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, and applied for the determination of dopamine. Experimental variables such as enzyme concentration, pH value and operational parameters of the electroanalytical technique were optimized.

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