Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021 Background and purpose: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is considered a common and serious liver disease, which develops into cirrhosis, fibrosis, and even hepatocellular carcinoma.
Zeinab Hamidi-zad +2 more
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Uric acid enhances longevity and endurance and protects the brain against ischemia [PDF]
, 2020 Among mammals, there is a positive correlation between serum uric acid (UA) levels and life span. Humans have high levels of UA because they lack a functional urate oxidase (UOX) enzyme that is present in shorter lived mammals.
Argüelles Castilla, Sandro +6 more
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Genes of different catabolic pathways are coordinately regulated by Dal81 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae [PDF]
, 2015 Yeast can use a wide variety of nitrogen compounds. However, the ability to synthesize enzymes and permeases for catabolism of poor nitrogen sources is limited in the presence of a rich one.
Bermudez Moretti, Mariana +2 more
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Biovalentia: Biological Research Journal, 2023 Allantoin is a compound contained in comfrey leaves. This research aims to obtain optimal condition parameters of ionic liquid-ultrasound-assisted extraction (IL-UAE) comfrey leaves to attract allantoin compounds. Comfrey leaves are extracted with eight
Andika Purnomo +2 more
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Gut Bacterial Species Distinctively Impact Host Purine Metabolites during Aging in Drosophila
iScience, 2020 Summary: Gut microbiota impacts the host metabolome and affects its health span. How bacterial species in the gut influence age-dependent metabolic alteration has not been elucidated. Here we show in Drosophila melanogaster that allantoin, an end product
Toshitaka Yamauchi +7 more
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Allantoin content in lichens depends on anthropopressure level
Ecological Indicators, 2021 Allantoin has been detected in several plant families but only few papers reported its presence in lichens. The 18 from 21 lichen species we tested contained detectable amount of allantoin with a range of 0.005–13.4 mg/g DW.
Sławomir Dresler +5 more
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Allantoin Crystal Formation in Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) Females. [PDF]
, 2017 Bagrada hilaris is a polyphagous herbivore reported as an invasive pest in the United States. During the course of dissecting Burmeister hilaris unique crystals were observed in both the midgut and oviducts.
Allen, Margaret L +5 more
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The identification and quantification of bioactive compounds from the aqueous extract of comfrey root by UHPLC-DAD-HESI-MS method and its microbial activity [PDF]
Hemijska Industrija, 2015 In this study the qualitative, quantitative and microbial determination of the aqueous extract of comfrey root was done. The qualitative and quantitative analyses were done by the UHPLC-DAD-HESI-MS method. As major bioactive compounds, allantoin,
Savić Vesna Lj. +6 more
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Crystal Structure Characterization of Natural Allantoin from Edible Lichen Umbilicaria esculenta
Crystals, 2011 In China, Korea, and Japan, Umbilicaria esculenta is considered as both food and medicinal resources from lichen. In the current study, a prismatic crystal was first isolated from edible lichen U. esculenta via solvent fractionation. The structure of the
Baojun Xu, Changkeun Sung, Byunghee Han
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Preclinical study of the efficacy and safety of wound healing gel containing chitosan, taurine and allantoin [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives: To develop gel containing chitosan, taurine, allantoin, and to experimentally investigate its wound healing properties in preclinical studies on laboratory ...
Buzlama, A. V. +4 more
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