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In vitro anti-inflammatory and skin protective properties of Virgin coconut oil

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2019
Virgin coconut oil (VCO) has been traditionally used as moisturizer since centuries by people in the tropical region. Clinical studies have revealed that VCO improves the symptoms of skin disorders by moisturizing and soothing the skin.
Sandeep R. Varma, Thiyagarajan O. Sivaprakasam, Ilavarasu Arumugam, N. Dilip, M. Raghuraman, K.B. Pavan, Mohammed Rafiq, Rangesh Paramesh   +7 more
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Including Small Fires in Global Historical Burned Area Products: Promising Results from a Landsat-Based Product

Fire
State-of-the-art historical global burned area (BA) products largely rely on MODIS data, offering long temporal coverage but limited spatial resolution.
Davide Fornacca, Yuhan Ye, Xiaokang Li, Wen Xiao   +3 more
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The Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdown on Human–Primate Coexistence: Insights and Recommendations

Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a series of human lockdowns. Studying human–animal linkages during these periods is essential in conserving global biodiversity, maintaining ecosystem integrity, and preventing zoonotic diseases ...
Junjie Li, Yihao Fang, Na Li, Canbin Huang, Yanpeng Li, Zhipang Huang, Ruliang Pan, Wen Xiao   +7 more
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Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) supercritical CO2 extract derived withanolides mitigates Bisphenol A induced mitochondrial toxicity in HepG2 cells

Toxicology Reports, 2014
Bisphenol A (BPA) safety aspects on human health are debated extensively for long time. In the present study, we have studied the toxicity induced by BPA at no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) using HepG2 cells.
Satyakumar Vidyashankar, O.S. Thiyagarajan, R.Sandeep Varma, L.M. Sharath Kumar, Uddagiri Venkanna Babu, Pralhad Sadashiv Patki   +5 more
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Intangible cultural heritage threatened-level categories and criteria

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a valuable cultural resource produced by human beings in the process of environmental adaptation. Its inheritance and protection play a vital role in sustainable social development and human well-being.
Na Li, Xiaokang Li, Wen Xiao
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Gymnemasylvestre derived compounds inhibit GSH depletion and increase cGMP and nitric oxide to attenuate advanced glycation end products induced hypertrophic growth in renal tubular epithelial cells

Toxicology Reports, 2014
The accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGE) plays significant role in developing tubular hypertrophy during diabetic nephropathy (DN). Reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide (NO) are directly involved in the progression of DN.
Satyakumar Vidyashankar, Uddagiri Venkanna Babu, Pralhad Sadashiv Patki   +2 more
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Multilocus Phylogeny and Characterization of Five Undescribed Aquatic Carnivorous Fungi (Orbiliomycetes)

Journal of Fungi
The diversity of nematode-trapping fungi (NTF) holds significant theoretical and practical implications in the study of adaptive evolution and the bio-control of harmful nematodes.
Fa Zhang, Yao-Quan Yang, Fa-Ping Zhou, Wen Xiao, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Xiao-Yan Yang   +5 more
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Decolonizing Methodologies: Ethics of Infrastructure Development in the Rural

İbn Haldun Çalışmaları Dergisi, 2019
The Prime Minister of India marked 28th April 2018 as a historic day in the journey of Indian development. Through a tweet, he claimed that on this day electricity has reached to each and every village in India.
Himalaya Ahuja
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Visual Field and Optical Coherence Tomography Parameters With and Without Positive Family History of Glaucoma

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
Background: To evaluate the Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer and Ganglion Cell Complex thickness using Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography with and without positive family history of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma and its relation to visual field ...
Sabitri Bhatta, Suresh Awasthi, Gyan Bahadur Basnet, Indra Man Maharjan   +3 more
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The first complete mitochondrial genome of Loimia arborea (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources
In order to understand the molecular insights within the Terebellida, the complete mitochondrial genome of Loimia arborea was sequenced. The mitochondrial genome is 16,023 bp, with 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 23 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, two ...
Xiong-hui Xu, Chao-yang Luo, Yuan Mu
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