Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2310: Association between Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Diseases and the Blood Concentration of Carotenoids among the General Population without Apparent Illness Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082310 Authors: Mai Matsumoto Naoko Waki Hiroyuki Suganuma Ippei Takahashi Sizuka Kurauchi Kahori Sawada Itoyo Tokuda Mina Misawa Masataka Ando Ken Itoh Kazushige Ihara Shigeyuki Nakaji Several studies have demonstrated that carotenoid-rich...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2308: Plasma Metabolites Related to Peripheral and Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity Are Not Directly Linked to Gut Microbiota Composition Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082308 Authors: Annefleur M. Koopen Nicolien C. de Clercq Moritz V. Warmbrunn Hilde Herrema Mark Davids Pieter F. de Groot Ruud S. Kootte Kristien E. C. Bouter Max Nieuwdorp Albert K. Groen Andrei Prodan Plasma metabolites affect a range of metabolic functions in humans,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2307: Effectiveness of Different Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labels among Italian Consumers: Results from an Online Randomized Controlled Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082307 Authors: Morgane Fialon Manon Egnell Zenobia Talati Pilar Galan Louise Dréano-Trécant Mathilde Touvier Simone Pettigrew Serge Hercberg Chantal Julia In Italy, discussions are currently ongoing to implement a front-of-pack nutrition label (FoPL) while a growing number...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2309: “It’s Important but, on What Level?”: Healthy Cooking Meanings and Barriers to Healthy Eating among University Students Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082309 Authors: Mercedes Vélez-Toral Carmen Rodríguez-Reinado Ana Ramallo-Espinosa Montserrat Andrés-Villas The negative impact of a sedentary lifestyle and poor diet on health is evident across the lifespan, but particularly during the university period. Usually, the diet of university students is...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2306: Inhibitory Effects of Quercetin and Its Main Methyl, Sulfate, and Glucuronic Acid Conjugates on Cytochrome P450 Enzymes, and on OATP, BCRP and MRP2 Transporters Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082306 Authors: Violetta Mohos Eszter Fliszár-Nyúl Orsolya Ungvári Katalin Kuffa Paul W. Needs Paul A. Kroon Ágnes Telbisz Csilla Özvegy-Laczka Miklós Poór Quercetin is a flavonoid, its glycosides and aglycone are found in significant amounts in...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2305: Dietary Patterns in Relation to Prospective Sleep Duration and Timing among Mexico City Adolescents Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082305 Authors: Erica C. Jansen Ana Baylin Alejandra Cantoral Martha María Téllez Rojo Helen J. Burgess Louise M. O'Brien Libni Torres Olascoaga Karen E. Peterson Adult studies show that healthy diet patterns relate to better sleep. However, evidence during adolescence, when sleep may change dramatically, is...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2304: Caregiver’s Self-Confidence in Food Resource Management Is Associated with Lower Risk of Household Food Insecurity among SNAP-Ed-Eligible Head Start Families Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082304 Authors: Lamis Jomaa Muzi Na Sally G. Eagleton Marwa Diab-El-Harake Jennifer S. Savage Food resource management (FRM) behaviors are key components within nutrition education programs designed to help food insecure households maximize their food dollars....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2302: Efficacy of Dietary Supplements to Reduce Liver Fat Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082302 Authors: Brittanie Kilchoer Anina Vils Beatrice Minder Taulant Muka Marija Glisic Lia Bally Liver fat accumulation is an important pathophysiological feature of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease that may be modulated by dietary supplements (DS). A systematic search of the literature was conducted for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) pertaining to the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2303: Impact of Heat-Killed Lactobacillus casei Strain IMAU60214 on the Immune Function of Macrophages in Malnourished Children Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082303 Authors: Luz María Rocha-Ramírez Beatriz Hernández-Ochoa Saúl Gómez-Manzo Jaime Marcial-Quino Noemí Cárdenas-Rodríguez Sara Centeno-Leija Mariano García-Garibay Malnutrition is commonly associated with immunological deregulation, increasing the risk of infectious illness and death....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2301: Attenuating Effect of Peruvian Cocoa Populations on the Acute Asthmatic Response in Brown Norway Rats Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082301 Authors: Marta Périz Francisco J. Pérez-Cano Trinitat Cambras Àngels Franch Ivan Best Santiago Pastor-Soplin Margarida Castell Malén Massot-Cladera Cocoa contains bioactive components, which vary according to genetic and environmental factors. The present study aimed to ascertain the anti-allergic...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2300: Celiac Dietary Adherence Test and Standardized Dietician Evaluation in Assessment of Adherence to a Gluten-Free Diet in Patients with Celiac Disease Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082300 Authors: Katarzyna Gładyś Jolanta Dardzińska Marek Guzek Krystian Adrych Sylwia Małgorzewicz Adherence to a gluten-free diet (GFD) is currently the mainstay of treatment strategy for celiac disease (CD). The aim of our study was measuring a GFD adherence in CD...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 631: Rickettsia africae an Agent of African Tick Bite Fever in Ticks Collected from Domestic Animals in Eastern Cape, South Africa Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080631 Authors: Iweriebor Nqoro Obi Background: Ticks transmit a plethora of pathogens of zoonotic implications. Their distribution, diversity and the pathogens they transmit differ from one ecological location to another. Rickettsia africae is the agent of African tick bite fever found in...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 630: Biofilm-Formation in Clonally Unrelated Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080630 Authors: Aisha M. Alamri Afnan A. Alsultan Mohammad A. Ansari Amani M. Alnimr This study analyzed the genotype, antibiotic resistance, and biofilm formation of Acinetobacter baumannii strains and assessed the correlation between biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance, and biofilm-related risk factors. A total of...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 628: Comparative Analysis of the Bacterial and Fungal Communities in the Gut and the Crop of Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes: A Preliminary Study Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080628 Authors: Morgane Guégan Edwige Martin Claire Valiente Moro The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is a major pathogen vector and one of the world’s most invasive species. In recent years, the study of mosquito-associated microbiota has received growing interest...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 629: Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Related to Groundwater in Costa Rica: Diagnostic Confirmation of Three Cases and Environmental Investigation Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080629 Authors: Lissette Retana Moreira Leidy Zamora Rojas Muriel Grijalba Murillo Silvia Elena Molina Castro Elizabeth Abrahams Sandí During the first trimester of 2020, the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica reported the first three cases of primary amebic meningoencephalitis...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 627: Objective Olfactory Findings in Hospitalized Severe COVID-19 Patients Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080627 Authors: Jerome R. Lechien Morgane Ducarme Sammy Place Carlos M. Chiesa-Estomba Mohamad Khalife Giacomo De Riu Luigi Angelo Vaira Christophe de Terwangne Shahram Machayekhi Arnaud Marchant Fabrice Journe Sven Saussez Objective: We investigate the prevalence of the self-reported and objective sudden loss of smell (SLS)...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 626: New Molecular Data on Filaria and its Wolbachia from Red Howler Monkeys (Alouatta macconnelli) in French Guiana—A Preliminary Study Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080626 Authors: Younes Laidoudi Hacène Medkour Anthony Levasseur Bernard Davoust Oleg Mediannikov Previous studies have reported filarial parasites of the genus Dipetalonema and Mansonella from French Guiana monkeys, based on morphological taxonomy. In this study, we screened blood...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 625: The Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Three Other Non-Viral Sexually Transmitted Infections among Pregnant Women in Pemba Island Tanzania Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080625 Authors: Naomi C.A. Juliana Saikat Deb Sander Ouburg Aishwarya Chauhan Jolein Pleijster Said M. Ali Servaas A. Morré Sunil Sazawal Elena Ambrosino Efforts to map the burden of infections globally have shown a high prevalence of genital infections, including...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 624: A Sensitive, One-Way Sequential Sieving Method to Isolate Helminths’ Eggs and Protozoal Oocysts from Lettuce for Genetic Identification Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080624 Authors: Annina R. Guggisberg Cristian A. Alvarez Rojas Philipp A. Kronenberg Nadia Miranda Peter Deplazes Different helminths and protozoa are transmitted to humans by oral uptake of environmentally resistant parasite stages after hand-to-mouth contact or by contaminated...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 178: Resistance to Acetylsalicylic Acid in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Is the Result of Metabolic Activity of Platelets Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13080178 Authors: Yuriy I. Grinshtein Andrei A. Savchenko Aleksandra A. Kosinova Maxim D. Goncharov Sensitivity to acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is important in the treatment of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Patients were divided into...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 177: Adenosine Receptor Agonists Increase the Inhibition of Platelet Function by P2Y12 Antagonists in a cAMP- and Calcium-Dependent Manner Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13080177 Authors: Nina Wolska Hassan Kassassir Boguslawa Luzak Cezary Watala Marcin Rozalski We have shown previously that platelet activity can be lowered through the simultaneous inhibition of P2Y12 receptor and activation of adenosine receptors (AR). This work explores this...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 176: Automated GMP-Compliant Production of [68Ga]Ga-DO3A-Tuna-2 for PET Microdosing Studies of the Glucagon Receptor in Humans Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13080176 Authors: Wagner Doverfjord Tillner Antoni Haack Bossart Laitinen Johansson Pierrou Eriksson Velikyan Introduction: [68Ga]Ga-DO3A-VS-Cys40-Tuna-2 (previously published as [68Ga]Ga-DO3A-VS-Cys40-S01-GCG) has shown high-affinity specific binding to the...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 175: Ducrosia spp., Rare Plants with Promising Phytochemical and Pharmacological Characteristics: An Updated Review Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13080175 Authors: Javad Mottaghipisheh Anahita Boveiri Dehsheikh Mohammad Mahmoodi Sourestani Tivadar Kiss Judit Hohmann Dezső Csupor The rare genus Ducrosia (Apiaceae family) consists of six species, which are mainly native to Asia, specifically to Iran and Iraq. The aerial parts of D. anethifolia,...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 727: Copper (II) Metallodendrimers Combined with Pro-Apoptotic siRNAs as a Promising Strategy Against Breast Cancer Cells Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080727 Authors: Natalia Sanz del Olmo Marcin Holota Sylwia Michlewska Rafael Gómez Paula Ortega Maksim Ionov Francisco Javier de la Mata Maria Bryszewska Cancer treatment with small interfering RNA (siRNA) is one of the most promising new strategies; however, transfection...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 726: Assessment of Intracellular Delivery Potential of Novel Sustainable Poly(δ-decalactone)-Based Micelles Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080726 Authors: Kuldeep Kumar Bansal Ezgi Özliseli Gaurav Kumar Saraogi Jessica M. Rosenholm Biodegradable polymers from renewable resources have attracted much attention in recent years within the biomedical field. Lately, poly(δ-decalactone) based copolymer micelles have emerged as a potential...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 725: Ionically Crosslinked Complex Gels Loaded with Oleic Acid-Containing Vesicles for Transdermal Drug Delivery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080725 Authors: Wing-Fu Lai Ryan Tang Wing-Tak Wong Skin is an attractive site for drug administration partly because of its easy accessibility and favorable properties (e.g., less invasiveness and high patient compliance) over some other common routes of administration. Despite this, the efficiency...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 724: π-Donor/π-Acceptor Interactions for the Encapsulation of Neurotransmitters on Functionalized Polysilicon-Based Microparticles Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080724 Authors: Sandra Giraldo María E. Alea-Reyes David Limón Asensio González Marta Duch José A. Plaza David Ramos-López Joaquín de Lapuente Arántzazu González-Campo Lluïsa Pérez-García Bipyridinium salts, commonly known as viologens, are π-acceptor...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 721: Aerosol Delivery of Dornase Alfa Generated by Jet and Mesh Nebulizers Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080721 Authors: Kyung Hwa Chang Sang-Hyub Moon Sun Kook Yoo Bong Joo Park Ki Chang Nam Recent reports on mesh nebulizers suggest the possibility of stable nebulization of various therapeutic protein drugs. In this study, the in vitro performance and drug stability of jet and mesh nebulizers were examined for dornase alfa and compared...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 722: Schizonepeta Tenuifolia with Alpinia Oxyphylla Alleviates Atopic Dermatitis and Improves the Gut Microbiome in Nc/Nga Mice Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080722 Authors: Ting Zhang Jingyi Qiu Xuangao Wu Shaokai Huang Heng Yuan Sunmin Park Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that may be related to gut microbes. Schizonepeta Tenuifolia Briquet (STB) and Alpinia Oxyphylla Miquel (AOM) has traditionally...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 720: Comment on López-Yerena et al. “Absorption and Intestinal Metabolic Profile of Oleocanthal in Rats” Pharmaceutics 2020, 12, 134 Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080720 Authors: Amal Kaddoumi Khalid El Sayed This comment is intended to discuss errors observed in the title paper, doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics12020134. When this paper was published, the authors of this commentary were excited to read it. However, the more we read, the more pitfalls...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 723: Anti-Inflammatory Polymeric Nanoparticles Based on Ketoprofen and Dexamethasone Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080723 Authors: Eva Espinosa-Cano Maria Rosa Aguilar Yadileiny Portilla Domingo F. Barber Julio San Román Polymeric nanoparticles that combine dexamethasone and naproxen reduce inflammation and synergistically inhibit Interleukin-12b (Il12b) transcription in macrophages. This effect can be the result of a cyclooxygenase-dependent...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 719: Effects of Starch Incorporation on the Physicochemical Properties and Release Kinetics of Alginate-Based 3D Hydrogel Patches for Topical Delivery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080719 Authors: Sara Bom Catarina Santos Rita Barros Ana M. Martins Patrizia Paradiso Ricardo Cláudio Pedro Contreiras Pinto Helena M. Ribeiro Joana Marto The development of printable hydrogel inks for extrusion-based 3D printing is opening...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 136: How a State Measures Up: Ambulatory Care Pharmacists’ Perception of Practice Management Systems for Comprehensive Medication Management in Utah Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030136 Authors: Kyle Turner Alan Abbinanti Bradly Winter Benjamin Berrett Jeff Olson Nicholas Cox Comprehensive medication management (CMM) is a patient-centered standard of care that ensures a patient’s medications are optimized. The CMM Practice Management...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 135: Advancing Pharm. D. Training in Egypt through a Structured Preceptor Development Program Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030135 Authors: Patel Malhotra Saseen The Children’s Cancer Hospital of Egypt (CCHE) and the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SSPPS) collaborate to offer a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree to international pharmacists holding a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy. The...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 134: A Research Partnership to Enhance Postgraduate Pharmacy Residency Training Outcomes Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030134 Authors: Jennifer M. Bingham Armando Silva Almodovar Ann M. Taylor David R. Axon Milap C. Nahata Sandra Leal Terri Warholak Nicole Scovis Pharmacy residents must complete research as part of their program; however, challenges exist in providing experiences that result in successful research dissemination outcomes....
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 981: Hypoxic Treatment Decreases the Physiological Action of the Herbicide Imazamox on Pisum sativum Roots Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080981 Authors: Miriam Gil-Monreal Mercedes Royuela Ana Zabalza The inhibition of acetolactate synthase (ALS; EC 2.2.1.6), an enzyme located in the biosynthetic pathway of branched-chain amino acids, is the target site of the herbicide imazamox. One of the physiological effects triggered after ALS inhibition is the induction...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 980: Arsenic Uptake by Two Tolerant Grass Species: Holcus lanatus and Agrostis capillaris Growing in Soils Contaminated by Historical Mining Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080980 Authors: Agnieszka Dradrach Anna Karczewska Katarzyna Szopka The study focused on two grass species Holcus lanatus and Agrostis capillaris abundant in the sites of former As mining and processing in the Sudetes. Arsenic uptake from soils was examined to assess a risk associated with its...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 973: The First Genetic Map for a Psoraleoid Legume (Bituminaria bituminosa) Reveals Highly Conserved Synteny with Phaseoloid Legumes Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080973 Authors: Matthew N. Nelson Jafar S. Jabbari Rust Turakulov Aneeta Pradhan Maria Pazos-Navarro Jacob S. Stai Steven B. Cannon Daniel Real We present the first genetic map of tedera (Bituminaria bituminosa (L.) C.H. Stirton), a drought-tolerant forage legume from the Canary Islands...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 975: Microbial Consortium of PGPR, Rhizobia and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Makes Pea Mutant SGECdt Comparable with Indian Mustard in Cadmium Tolerance and Accumulation Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080975 Authors: Belimov Shaposhnikov Azarova Makarova Safronova Litvinskiy Nosikov Zavalin Tikhonovich Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most widespread and toxic soil pollutants that inhibits plant growth and microbial activity. Polluted soils...
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