The efficiency of C30 stationary phases in the separation of carotenes and diverse hydroxycarotenoids has been the subject of several studies. However, little is known concerning their ability to resolve epoxycarotenoids isomers, whose study is of great importance due to the functions they serve and the information they can reveal concerning the processing of foods. We have concluded that C30 columns provide an excellent separation of structural, geometrical and optical isomers of epoxycarotenoids and that the presence of 5,8-epoxide groups leads to a better shape recognition, to the extent that over 10 geometrical-optical isomers of 5,8-epoxycarotenoids have been separated. Additionally, it was observed that these carotenoids elute later than their 5,6-epoxide counterparts, albeit the latter have a longer chromophore.
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Curr Org Synth
January 2025
Stem Cells Technology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Introduction: The development of efficient and sustainable catalytic methodolo-gies has garnered considerable attention in contemporary organic synthesis.
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Nano Lett
January 2025
National Key Laboratory of Uranium Resources Exploration-Mining and Nuclear Remote Sensing, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China.
Efficient sacrificial-agent-free photosynthesis of HO from air and water represents the greenest, lowest-cost, most real-time avenue for HO production but remains a challenging issue. Here, we show a general and effective approach through a structural design on covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with asymmetric dual-function hybrid linkages for boosting the HO photosynthesis of the COFs. Through such design we can equip a COF with not only a catalytic active center but also a special function for isolating the D-A motif, which consequently endows the COF (CI-COF) built on asymmetric dual-function hybrid linkages with a significantly enhanced efficiency in the generation, transmission, and separation of photogenerated carriers, relative to the COF (II-COF and CC-COF) built on symmetric single-function single linkages.
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January 2025
Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
Defining metabolic health is critical for the earlier reversing of metabolic dysfunction and disease, and fasting-based diagnosis may not adequately assess an individual's metabolic adaptivity under stress. We constructed a novel Health State Map (HSM) comprising a Health Phenotype Score (HPS) with fasting features alone and a Homeostatic Resilience Score (HRS) with five time-point features only ( = 30, 60, 90, 180, 240 min) following a standardized mixed macronutrient tolerance test (MMTT). Among 111 Chinese adults, when the same set of fasting and post-MMTT data as for the HSM was used, the mixed-score was highly correlated with the HPS.
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February 2023
Operative Unit of Medical Genetics Bianchi - Melacrino- Morelli Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Malan syndrome (MALNS) is an ultra-rare genetic disorder caused by heterozygous chromosomal microdeletions involving the 19p13.2 region or loss-of-function variants in the gene. It is characterized by specific phenotypical features, intellectual disability (ID), and limitations in adaptive functioning and behavioral problems.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Objectives: To describe a novel technique for dissecting cadaver brains without damaging medial brain structures and surfaces, ensuring preservation for neuroanatomical study and training.
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