Phytochemical and Biological Evaluation of Leaves, Stems, and Roots of Schinus weinmanniifolia Mart. Ex Engl. [PDF]
Chem BiodiversEthanolic extracts from leaves, stems, and roots of Schinus weinmanniifolia Mart. ex Engl. were evaluated for phytochemical composition and biological activities. The extracts exhibited antioxidant, photoprotective, and antimicrobial activity, without hemolytic effects or cytotoxicity at active concentrations. Syringic acid, epicatechin, and rutin were
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Status and future of seed conservation of threatened plants in the post‐2020 era
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Ambitious targets have been set to backup seeds of threatened plants by the global strategy for plant conservation (GSPC), but it is unclear in how far these targets have been met and how seed collection should be organized to meet future challenges. Here, we provide an overview of the status of 44 countries in achieving seed conservation targets.
Andreas Ensslin +130 more
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Sean Sayers' Concept of Immaterial Labor and the Information Economy [PDF]
, 2017 The concept “immaterial labor” is one of the most hotly debated topics in contemporary social theory. In his 2007 work The Concept of Labor: Marx and His Critics, Sean Sayers offered an extensive response to several critical
Kangal, Kaan
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Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.EGCG suppresses glioma progression by targeting integrin αvβ3/FAK/ERK signaling and inhibiting MMP‐2/MMP‐9‐mediated ECM degradation, thereby blocking proliferation, migration, invasion, and promoting apoptosis. ABSTRACT Epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate (EGCG), the most abundant and biologically active catechin in green tea, has been widely reported to ...
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In vitro and in vivo pharmacological activities of 14-o-phenylpropyloxymorphone, a potent mixed mu/delta/kappa-opioid receptor agonist with reduced constipation in mice [PDF]
, 2018 Pain, particularly chronic pain, is still an unsolved medical condition. Central goals in pain control are to provide analgesia of adequate efficacy and to reduce complications associated with the currently available drugs.
Lattanzi, Roberta +4 more
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Does vertical wind shear increase tropical cyclone rain?
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.A 26‐year modern precipitation dataset is used to systematically assess tropical cyclone (TC) rainfall responses to vertical wind shear (VWS). VWS enhances rainfall volume in TCs by up to 23%, despite reducing storm intensity, revealing a trade‐off where VWS mitigates wind damage but potentially amplifies flood risk.
King Heng Lau, Ralf Toumi
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The Multiplicities Within Capitalist Rule and the Articulation of Struggles
tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 2018 This contribution is part of a debate between Michael Hardt/Toni Negri and David Harvey on the occasion of Marx’s bicentenary (May 5, 2018). The discussion focuses on the question of what capitalism looks like today and how it can best be challenged. In
Michael Hardt, Toni Negri
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Neoliberalism and the Contradictions of Freedom: Ideology, Subjectivity, and Critical Pedagogy [PDF]
, 2015 The idea of freedom is a central figure in the ideology of neoliberalism. In the contemporary context, neoliberals argue that rolling back regulations and the marketization of social life create more choices and thus more freedom.
De Lissovoy, Noah
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Development of a mass spectrometric method to quantitate platelet activating factor in mouse urine.
Journal of Lipid Research, 1989 Platelet activating factor (PAF) is a lipid mediator of inflammation released by a variety of stimulated inflammatory cells. It may be involved in immune glomerulonephritis.
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Reassembling the political: the PKK and the project of radical democracy [PDF]
, 2013 One of the most important secular political movements in the Middle East, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) underwent a profound transformation in the 2000s.
Akkaya, Ahmet Hamdi, Jongerden, Joost
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