mSphere, 2020 Dominance of Lactobacillus species in vaginal communities is a hallmark of healthy conditions in the female genital tract. Key nutrients for lactobacilli include sugars produced when glycogen is degraded by α-amylase in the vagina.
Kenetta L. Nunn +5 more
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Effect and mechanism of chlorogenic acid inhibition of starch enzymatic hydrolysis: Comparison of different processing methods [PDF]
Food Chemistry: XThe inhibitory mechanism of chlorogenic acid (CA) on starch enzymolysis was explored in terms of the effects of on amylases and starch. Molecular docking, circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy were used to study the interaction between CA and ...
Yushi Wang +9 more
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Analysis of Human Gut Microbiota Enzymes for Biotechnological and Food Industrial Applications [PDF]
FoodsThe human gut microbiota is a complex and dynamic ecosystem, recognized for its valuable and wide array of physiological functions. This study investigated the human gut microbiota as a source of enzymes for innovative applications in the biomedicine ...
Alfonso Torres-Sánchez +5 more
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Salivary Amylase as a Predictive Marker for Radiation-Induced Salivary Dysfunction in Head and Neck Cancer: A Pilot Study [PDF]
Middle East Journal of Cancer, 2023 Background: Reports correlating changes in salivary flow rate and amylase with radiation dose to parotid glands and development of salivary dysfunction for Head and Neck cancers (HNC) are lacking.
Arnadi R Shivashankara +5 more
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Amylase from Bacillus sp. Produced by Solid State Fermentation Using Cassava Bagasse as Starch Source. [PDF]
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2020 Amylases are enzymes involved in starch hydrolysis, generating the most diverse products, such as maltose, glucose and dextrins. This work aimed the study of the production of amylolytic enzymes via solid-state fermentation (SSF) using “crueira”, an ...
Ian Mateus Gois +2 more
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Catalytic properties of amylases produced by Cunninghamella echinulata and Rhizopus microsporus
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023 The present work aimed to characterize and compare the catalytic properties of amylases from Cunninghamella echinulata and Rhizopus microsporus. The highest production of amylase by C.
GABRIELA F. CAVALHEIRO +7 more
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Insect α-Amylases and Their Application in Pest Management
Molecules, 2023 Amylase is an indispensable hydrolase in insect growth and development. Its varied enzymatic parameters cause insects to have strong stress resistance. Amylase gene replication is a very common phenomenon in insects, and different copies of amylase genes
Beibei Wang +3 more
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Role of vitamin C and rectal indomethacin in preventing and alleviating post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis: a clinical study [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2023 Background/Aims This study aimed to determine whether vitamin C in addition to indomethacin decreases the occurrence and severity of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis (PEP) occurrence and severity.
Amir Sadeghi +4 more
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JGH Open, 2021 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a novel disorder caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2). Although it mainly affects the respiratory system, the pancreas could also become the virus' target.
Rabbinu R Pribadi, Marcellus Simadibrata
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Molecules, 2021 This study brings a detailed bioinformatics analysis of fungal and chloride-dependent α-amylases from the family GH13. Overall, 268 α-amylase sequences were retrieved from subfamilies GH13_1 (39 sequences), GH13_5 (35 sequences), GH13_15 (28 sequences ...
Zuzana Janíčková, Štefan Janeček
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