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Characterization of açaí (E. oleracea) fruits and its processing residues
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2010 The aim of this work was to study the source of the açaí residue for its possible commercial applications by characterizing the fruit (fresh and dry mass), and performing an anatomic study of the pericarp from which were identified the origin of the ...
José Dalton Cruz Pessoa +3 more
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Frontiers in Chemistry, 2019 In general, neurodegenerative disorders have a great deal of correlation with the misfolded as well as aggregated forms of protein-based macromolecules.
Anzar Abdul Mujeeb +8 more
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Dentistry Journal, 2023 Collagen is the building block for the extracellular matrix in bone, teeth and other fibrous tissues. Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), or brittle bone disease, is a heritable disorder that results from defective collagen synthesis or metabolism, resulting ...
Lubabah S. A. Gadi +2 more
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2022 Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia despite substantial efforts to understand the pathophysiology of the condition and develop improved treatments. Identifying the underlying causative mechanisms of AF in individual patients is difficult and the efficacy of current therapies is suboptimal. Consequently, the incidence of AF is
Bianca J. J. M. Brundel +5 more
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Cryo-EM structure of alpha-synuclein fibrils
eLife, 2018 Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neuropathological disorder that belongs to the class of synucleinopathies, in which the protein alpha-synuclein is found at abnormally high concentrations in affected neurons. Its hallmark are intracellular inclusions
Ricardo Guerrero-Ferreira +7 more
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SmartMat, 2021 Materials combining efficient thermal insulation and high mechanical properties are needed in many areas of technology. Various aerogels provide a convenient design framework for thermal insulators, but they are often brittle.
Jun Li +7 more
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Molecules, 2022 Amyloid fibrillation of α-synuclein is implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease and heavy metal ions such as Fe3+, Zn2+, and Cu2+ are known to be involved in the process.
Yan Li, Yang Yu, Gang Ma
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MoleculesGiven the widespread prevalence of viruses, there is an escalating demand for antimicrobial composites. Although the composite of dialdehyde cellulose and silver nanoparticles (DAC@Ag1) exhibits excellent antibacterial properties, its weak mechanical ...
Jinsong Zeng +7 more
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Two Novel Amyloid Proteins, RopA and RopB, from the Root Nodule Bacterium Rhizobium leguminosarum
Biomolecules, 2019 Amyloids represent protein fibrils with a highly ordered spatial structure, which not only cause dozens of incurable human and animal diseases but also play vital biological roles in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya.
Anastasiia O. Kosolapova +16 more
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