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University of the Algarve
Education•Faro, Portugal•
About: University of the Algarve is a education organization based out in Faro, Portugal. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Tourism. The organization has 3649 authors who have published 10303 publications receiving 233536 citations.
Topics: Population, Tourism, Context (language use), Gene, Fishing
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TL;DR: The antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory properties of methanolic extracts from four aromatic plants used in traditional medicine and food validate the usefulness of the studied plants as valuable sources of natural agents beneficial for human health.
Abstract: The antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory properties of methanolic extracts from four aromatic plants used in traditional medicine and food [Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi subsp. nepeta, Helichrysum italicum subsp. picardii Franco, Mentha spicata L. and Origanum vulgare subsp. virens (Hoffmanns. & Link) Bonnier & Layens] were evaluated. The extract from O. vulgare exhibited the strongest DPPH (IC50 of 4.65 ± 0.12 µg/ml) and ABTS (1479.56 ± 12.29 µmolTE/gextract) scavenging capacities, as well as the largest ferric reducing ability (1746.76 ± 45.11 µmolAAE/gextract). This extract also showed the highest total phenolic content (1597.20 ± 24.10 µmolGAE/gextract) and although HPLC–DAD analysis revealed rosmarinic acid as the main compound of the extract, other compounds seem to be involved in the antioxidant activity. Furthermore, the extract from H. italicum, which was found to be rich in caffeoylquinic and dicaffeoylquinic acids and in pinocembrin, showed the highest inhibitory potential against acetylcholinesterase, tyrosinase and α-glucosidase. Overall, the results obtained validate the usefulness of the studied plants as valuable sources of natural agents beneficial for human health.
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TL;DR: A proof-of-principle for the application of a photoinduced pH jump for delivery of the Hoechst 33258 drug by disassembly of its host-guest complex with cucurbit[7]uril is described.
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TL;DR: Analysis of several Saccharomyces cerevisiae ump mutants with defects in ubiquitin (Ub)‐mediated proteolysis yielded insights into the regulation of the polyubiquitin gene UBI4 and of proteasome genes, which are shown to operate via induction of RPN4 transcription.
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TL;DR: The relationships among the forty-one studied cultivars were basically consistent with the known lineage and geographic origins of the cultivars, and apparently they constitute an independent genetic pool, which could be of interest for apple plant breeders.
Abstract: Forty-one apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) cultivars were screened for RAPD (Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA) and AFLP(Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism) markers. RAPD analysis was performed with 35 arbitrary 10-mer primers, selected from 60 primers tested (kits A, C and E, Operon Technologies, Inc.). Of a total of 362bands observed, 208 (57.5%) were polymorphic. Three-hundred-and-eighty-one AFLP fragments were obtained with 8primer combinations, of which 218 (57.2%) were polymorphic. Cultivars differentiated through mutation were included in this study and showed identical patterns when analysed with both RAPD and AFLP analysis. The estimated genetic relationships were correlated (r = 73.7%) between the analysis with the two different markers. UPGMA analysis was performed and dendrograms were constructed using either the data apart from each(RAPD and AFLP) method or combined in a single joint matrix. The relationships among the forty-one studied cultivars were basically consistent with the known lineage and geographic origins of the cultivars. The four Portuguese cultivars included in this study clustered together and diverged from the other cultivars. Apparently they constitute an independent genetic pool, which could be of interest for apple plant breeders.
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TL;DR: A review of the available data on the effects of different polymer types of nanoplastics specific to marine biota is accounted for in this paper, where a review of available data is presented.
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Shuzhi Sam Ge | 97 | 883 | 40865 |
Martin Ingvar | 79 | 315 | 21363 |
Fernando Albericio | 76 | 965 | 26146 |
Paul Goldberg | 68 | 385 | 17238 |
Anders Björkman | 64 | 282 | 13174 |
José J. G. Moura | 63 | 465 | 15490 |
Karl Magnus Petersson | 63 | 185 | 14441 |
Paulo P. Freitas | 59 | 667 | 13777 |
Maria João Bebianno | 58 | 215 | 10445 |
Ester A. Serrão | 55 | 292 | 9751 |
Rui Filipe Oliveira | 54 | 239 | 10225 |
Deborah M. Power | 53 | 300 | 10130 |
Rui Santos | 52 | 357 | 9020 |
Adelino V.M. Canario | 52 | 289 | 9912 |
Martyn Pillinger | 51 | 257 | 8556 |