Comparison of Salivary Beta Glucuronidase Activity in Chronic Periodontitis Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to estimate the salivary beta glucuronidase (β) activity in patients with chronic periodontitis with and without diabetes mellitus and to evaluate the relationship between Beta Glucuronidase activity and ...
Jaiganesh Ramamurthy +2 more
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Gut microbial beta-glucuronidase and glycerol/diol dehydratase activity contribute to dietary heterocyclic amine biotransformation [PDF]
BMC Microbiology, 2019 Background Consuming red and processed meat has been associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), which is partly attributed to exposure to carcinogens such as heterocyclic amines (HCA) formed during cooking and preservation processes ...
Jianbo Zhang +6 more
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Gut microbial beta-glucuronidase: a vital regulator in female estrogen metabolism [PDF]
Gut Microbes, 2023 A growing amount of evidence has supported that gut microbiota plays a vital role in the reproductive endocrine system throughout a woman’s whole life, and gut microbial β-glucuronidase (gmGUS) is a key factor in regulating host estrogen metabolism ...
Shiwan Hu +5 more
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Impediments to enhancement of CPT-11 anticancer activity by E. coli directed beta-glucuronidase therapy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 CPT-11 is a camptothecin analog used for the clinical treatment of colorectal adenocarcinoma. CPT-11 is converted into the therapeutic anti-cancer agent SN-38 by liver enzymes and can be further metabolized to a non-toxic glucuronide SN-38G, resulting in
Yuan-Ting Hsieh +5 more
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Vancomycin relieves tacrolimus-induced hyperglycemia by eliminating gut bacterial beta-glucuronidase enzyme activity [PDF]
Gut MicrobesUp to 40% of transplant recipients treated long-term with tacrolimus (TAC) develop post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM). TAC is an important risk factor for PTDM, but is also essential for immunosuppression after transplantation.
Peixia Li +5 more
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Iminosugars of the Invasive Arboreal Amorpha fruticosa and Glycosidase Inhibition Potential [PDF]
PlantsAmorpha fruticosa L. (Fabaceae) originates from North America and has become an aggressive invasive plant in many parts of the world. It affects the local biodiversity in many negative ways. Our previous in vivo tests of purified extract of A.
Robert J. Nash +3 more
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Association of fecal microbial diversity and taxonomy with selected enzymatic functions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Few microbial functions have been compared to a comprehensive survey of the human fecal microbiome. We evaluated determinants of fecal microbial β-glucuronidase and β-glucosidase activities, focusing especially on associations with microbial alpha and ...
Roberto Flores +5 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 BackgroundThe incidence of irinotecan-induced diarrhea varies between 60-90%, by which the incidence of severe diarrhea is 20-40%. The objective of this phase III trial was to determine the effectiveness of the probiotic mixture containing ...
Michal Mego +19 more
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Expressão transiente do gene gus, sob regulação de quatro promotores, em diferentes tecidos de mamoeiro (Carica papaya L.) e videira (Vitis sp.) [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2002 O mamoeiro (Carica papaya L.) e a videira (Vitis vinifera L.) destacam-se entre as fruteiras produzidas no Brasil por serem plantadas em quase todo o território nacional e apresentarem importância econômica e social.
Adelar Almeida Pinto +3 more
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International Journal of Food Studies, 2021 Honey has long been used as a food and has been reported to have potential health benefits. In this work, total phenol content, colour and antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities of honey samples of different floral origins from the State of Hidalgo,
Alma Delia Hernández-Fuentes +6 more
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