Anticancer Potential of Tocopherols-Containing Plants and Semi-Synthetic Tocopherols.

Tocopherols, potent bioactive compounds with anticancer properties, remain understudied in herbal medicinal plants, presenting a significant knowledge gap in the field of natural anticancer agents. This review evaluates tocopherol-containing plants for their anticancer potential, analyzing Scopus publications from 2016 to 2024. Fifteen herbal medicinal plants were identified as promising candidates, including Poelln, L.

Comment on Altaf et al. Non-Thermal Plasma Reduction of Ag Ions into Silver Nanoparticles in Open Atmosphere under Statistically Optimized Conditions for Biological and Photocatalytic Applications. 2022, , 3826.

Altaf et al. recently published in , 2022; 15(11), 3826, about the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using the non-thermal plasma reduction of AgNO salt and performed statistical optimization for the reaction conditions, i.e.

Comments on "Optimization of Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of phenolic compounds and anthocyanins from blueberry (Vaccinium ashei) wine pomace", Food Chemistry 204 (2016) 70-76, DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.02.094.

In this letter to editors, several comments are made to the paper by He and coworkers "Optimization of Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of phenolic compounds and anthocyanins from blueberry (Vaccinium ashei) wine pomace", Food Chemistry 204 (2016) 70-76, DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.

Modulation of biocompatibility on poly(vinylidene fluoride) and polysulfone by oxygen plasma treatment and dopamine coating.

Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and polysulfone (PSf) are two polymers with excellent mechanical properties but insufficient biocompatibility mainly due to their surface hydrophobicity. This study has applied oxygen plasma treatments and dopamine coating on the two polymers and investigated the changes of the surface properties and interactions with mammalian cells. All modification steps were verified by means of Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis and contact angle measurements.

The effect of tetrafluoromethane plasma post-treatment on the electrical property of tungsten oxide nanowires.

The effects of tetrafluoromethane (CF4) plasma on the surface morphology, chemical compositions, and electrical property of tungsten oxide (W18O49) nanowires are investigated. The nanostructured tungsten oxide nanowires with average length of 250-350 nm were self-catalytically grown on Si substrate. By post-treatment with CF4 plasma for 10 min, the W18O49 nanowires on the substrate showed the highest current response.