Two new fatty acid esters of triterpenoids (-) together with eleven known compounds (-) were obtained after investigation of the CHCl-MeOH (1:1) crude extract from the leaves of Harms. All these compounds (-) were isolated for the first time from this plant among which compounds , , and - were also isolated from the genus for the first time. The structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated by analyses of their spectroscopic data (1D and 2D NMR, and MS). The antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of crude extracts, fractions and compounds (, , , , and ) were investigated against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria strains as well as on human cervix carcinoma and colon adenocarcinoma cancer cell lines, respectively. They showed weak to significant activity towards the strains and malignant cells used.
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Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao
October 2024
College of Forestry, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding 071000, Hebei, China.
We elucidated the changes of soil microbial biomass and community structure in soil profiles under four typical land use types (farmland, grassland, secondary forest and plantation)and across five soil layers (0-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50 cm) in the northern mountainous region of Hebei Province. We measured soil microbial biomass by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) method, and investigated the effects of land use and soil depth on soil microbial biomass and community structure by variance analysis, correlation analysis and redundancy analysis. The results showed that soil water content, bulk density, and organic carbon content of farmland differed significantly from other land use types.
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December 2024
Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy.
Food leftovers can be used as alternative feed ingredients for monogastric to replace human-competing feedstuffs, such as cereals, recycle a waste product, reduce the feed-food competition and keep nutrients and energy in the feed-food chain. Among food leftovers, former food products (FFPs) are no more intended for human but still suitable for animal consumption. However, the metabolic impact of FFP has never been investigated.
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December 2024
Department of Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Katpadi, Vellore, India.
is a pathogenic bacterium that can infect humans and animals, yet the role of its outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) in mediating pathogenicity remains underexplored. This study evaluated the effects of linoleic acid (LA) and stearic acid (SA) on quorum sensing (QS)-mediated violacein production, biofilm formation, and OMV biogenesis in . Our findings revealed that 2 mM LA and 1 mM SA effectively quench QS, leading to a significant reduction in violacein production, biofilm formation, and OMV biogenesis.
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December 2024
National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Cardiology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Objective: To investigate the causal relationship between 233 newly reported metabolites and coronary atherosclerosis through Mendelian randomization analysis.
Methods: Five different methods were used to perform Mendelian randomization analysis on the 233 metabolites and coronary atherosclerosis, with inverse variance weighting as the primary result, supplemented by other methods.
Results: The analysis identified that certain metabolites increase the susceptibility risk of coronary atherosclerosis, including: Total fatty acids (OR = 1.
Front Cardiovasc Med
December 2024
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Background: Cardiovascular biomarkers are crucial for monitoring cancer therapy-related cardiac toxicity, but the effects on early stage are still inadequate. To screen biomarkers in patients with breast cancer who receive anthracycline-containing chemotherapy, we studied the behavior of six biomarkers during chemotherapy and their association with chemotherapy-related cardiac toxicity.
Methods: In a prospective cohort of 73 patients treated with anthracycline-containing chemotherapy, soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2), high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T, N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), myoglobin, creatine kinase isoenzyme MB, and heart-fatty acid binding protein were measured at baseline, during chemotherapy cycle (C1-C6).
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