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Protective Effects of Bee Venom (Apis mellifera) Against Cadmium‐Induced Hepatorenal Toxicity, Oxidative Stress, and Anxiety‐Like Behavior in Rats

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cadmium (Cd) is a persistent environmental heavy metal and a major public health concern because it persists in the body for long periods and gradually accumulates in vital organs, particularly the liver, kidneys, and brain. Chronic Cd exposure promotes the excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which ultimately leads to ...
Soumaya Ghodbane, Chedli Ellijimi, Rym Elfessi, Ranya Hezzi, Khemaies Ben Rhouma, Hafedh Abdelmelek, Najet Srairi‐Abid, Mohsen Sakly, Riadh Marrouchi   +8 more
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Sex Determination in the Honeybee [PDF]

Cell, 2003
Sex determination in honeybees involves a multi-allelic locus, such that homozygotes develop as males and heterozygotes as females. In this issue of Cell, report the cloning of the sex-determining gene, csd. It codes for an SR protein, and different alleles have very different amino-acid sequences. Inactivating csd leads to development as a male.
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Impact of Environmental Microparticles on Insect Olfaction

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Terrestrial insects underpin key ecosystem services, including pollination, herbivory regulation, decomposition, nutrient cycling, and disease control. These functions depend on chemical communication that guides insects to food, mates, hosts, shelters, and oviposition sites while helping them avoid threats.
Steve B. S. Baleba, Danube K. N. Wandji, Yves H. Tchiechoua, Komi Mensah Agboka, Iman B. Hassaballa, Victor O. Omondi, Beatrice T. Nganso, Saliou Niassy, Souleymane Diallo, Merid N. Getahun   +9 more
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Knockout of a single Pax6 gene (toy but not ey) leads to compound eye deficiency and small head in honeybees

Communications Biology
The compound eyes are crucial to honeybees, playing pivotal roles in color recognition, orientation, localization, and navigation processes. The development of compound eyes is primarily mastered by an evolutionarily conserved transcription factor Pax6 ...
Xiaofen Hu, Fuping Cheng, Zhixian Gong, Kaixin Qin, Tingting Shan, Wenwen Li, Lizhen Zhang, Weiyu Yan, Zhijiang Zeng, Zilong Wang   +9 more
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(−)-Gallocatechin Gallate: A Novel Chemical Marker to Distinguish Triadica cochinchinensis Honey

Foods
Triadica cochinchinensis honey (TCH) is collected from the nectar of the medicinal plant T. cochinchinensis and is considered the most important honey variety in southern China.
Huizhi Jiang, Zhen Li, Shiqing Zhong, Zhijiang Zeng   +3 more
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Route‐Dependent Toxicity and Ecological Selectivity of Melaleuca alternifolia Essential Oil in Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The intensification of agricultural practices has led to an increase in the use of insecticides, raising concerns about the exposure of non‐target organisms, particularly pollinators. In this context, plant‐derived essential oils have been proposed as environmentally friendlier alternatives due to their low persistence; however, their ...
Silvane Zancanaro de Oliveira, Elizabete Artus Berte, Juliana Marceli Hofma Lopes, Cristiane Lurdes Paloschi, Edgar de Souza Vismara, Vitória Alves Pereira, Fernanda Raulino Domanski, Natália Ramos Mertz, Fabiana Martins Costa, Everton Ricardi da Silva Lozano, Jhenneffer Tainara Zancanaro Ghizzi, Michele Potrich   +11 more
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Recent progress on the development of hydrogel‐based microneedles for transdermal drug delivery

VIEW, EarlyView.
This study provides a comprehensive and up‐to‐date analysis of recent progress in HMN technology, covering fundamental transdermal delivery mechanisms and design principles, biomaterials used in HMN fabrication, drug loading and release strategies, and emerging therapeutic applications.
Mohammad Muhtasim Ittisaf, Salman Farsi Taharat, Md. Sadek Miah, Hasan Tasnim Salehin, M. Azam Ali, Shoeb Ahmed   +5 more
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Optimization of Wind‐PV Co‐Generation Systems Using Artificial Bee Colony and Back‐to‐Back Voltage Source Converter

IET Smart Energy Systems, EarlyView.
The Graphical Abstract depicts the proposed Artificial Bee Colony algorithm‐based optimal tuning of PI controllers for back‐to‐back Voltage Source Converters in a hybrid wind–PV system. ABSTRACT This paper proposes a hybrid model‐based back‐to‐back voltage‐source converter (B2B‐VSC) system comprising a Photovoltaic (PV) array and a Permanent Magnet ...
Ch. Sreenu, G. Mallesham, T. Chandra Shekar, Surender Reddy Salkuti   +3 more
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Honey Bee Pollination of Camellia oleifera and Mitigation of Toxic Crop Nectar

Insects
Tea oil tree (Camellia oleifera), a woody oil crop native to Southern China, relies on insect pollination for fruit and seed production. However, its nectar is toxic to honey bees (Apis spp.) due to their inability to digest the oligosaccharide present ...
Feng Liu, Pingli Dai, Weiliang Zhou, Jinghua Hu, Fang Yuan, Xijian Xu, Wujun Jiang, Qun Luo, Huijun Huang, Ge Zhang, Wuguang Ye   +10 more
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No gain from pain: Lack of nociceptor activation suggests no adaptation for defence in the evolution of European viper venoms

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Snake venoms show variability in composition at all taxonomic levels, both within and between species, and the selective pressures underlying this variation have long been debated.
Bálint Üveges, Samuel D. Robinson, Vanessa Schendel, Edvárd Mizsei, Ana Ćuriċ, Maria Dimaki, Vincenzo Ferri, Silviu Petrovan, Andrea V. Pozzi, Tihomir Radonjiċ, Tibor Sos, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Alexandru Strugariu, Emina Šunje, Ștefan Zamfirescu, Oleksandr Zinenko, Irina Vetter, Wolfgang Wüster   +17 more
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