Adamantylglycine as a high-affinity peptide label for membrane transport monitoring and regulation.

The non-canonical amino acid adamantylglycine (Ada) is introduced into peptides to allow high-affinity binding to cucurbit[7]uril (CB7). Introduction of Ada into a cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) sequence had minimal influence on the membrane transport, yet enabled up- and down-regulation of the membrane transport activity.

Sonochemical synthesis of amphoteric Cu-Nanoparticles using Hibiscus rosa-sinensis extract and their applications for degradation of 5-fluorouracil and lovastatin drugs.

Recent studies reported the detection of numerous emerging and active pharmaceutical constituents in the ground and surface water. To address these issues, the present study reported the ultrasound-assisted synthesis of zero-valent copper (Cu) nanoparticles using Hibiscus rosa-sinensis extract as reducing and stabilizing agent. The catalyst was characterized using XRD, SEM, EDX, PSA, BET, etc.