p-Hydroxycinnamic acids, such as sinapic, ferulic, p-coumaric and caffeic acids, are among the most abundant phenolic compounds found in plant biomass and agro-industrial by-products (e.g. cereal brans, sugar-beet and coffee pulps, oilseed meals).
Anne Lomascolo+3 more
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Insights into enzymatic halogenation from computational studies [PDF]
The halogenases are a group of enzymes that have only come to the fore over the last 10 years thanks to the discovery and characterization of several novel representatives.
Senn, Hans M.
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Characteristics of C-4 photosynthesis in stems and petioles of C-3 flowering plants [PDF]
Most plants are known as C-3 plants because the first product of photosynthetic CO2 fixation is a three-carbon compound. C-4 plants, which use an alternative pathway in which the first product is a four-carbon compound, have evolved independently many ...
A Ben Zioni+29 more
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Manganese oxide coated TiO2 nanotube-based electrode for efficient and selective electrocatalytic sulfide oxidation to colloidal sulfur [PDF]
Manganese oxide-coated TiO2 nanotube array (NTA) was synthesized and applied for the (electro)catalytic oxidation of sulfide. By setting the electrodeposition parameters and calcination temperature, the coating obtained was MnO2 or Mn2O3, with rod or needle like morphology. Excellent catalytic activity of the Ti/TiO2 NTA/MnxOy anodes resulted in robust
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BACE1 activity impairs neuronal glucose oxidation:rescue by beta-hydroxybutyrate and lipoic acid [PDF]
Glucose hypometabolism and impaired mitochondrial function in neurons have been suggested to play early and perhaps causative roles in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Activity of the aspartic acid protease, beta-site amyloid precursor protein (APP)
Arsenian+108 more
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In-situ measurements of the radiation stability of amino acids at 15-140 K [PDF]
We present new kinetics data on the radiolytic destruction of amino acids measured in situ with infrared spectroscopy. Samples were irradiated at 15, 100, and 140 K with 0.8-MeV protons, and amino-acid decay was followed at each temperature with and without H$_2$O present.
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Effects of point defects on oxidation of 3C-SiC [PDF]
The influence of implantation-induced point defects (PDs) on SiC oxidation is investigated via molecular dynamics simulations. PDs generally increase the oxidation rate of crystalline grains. Particularly, accelerations caused by Si antisites and vacancies are comparable, and followed by Si interstitials, which are higher than those by C antisites and ...
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Fragmentation of a dioxolanyl radical via nonstatistical reaction dynamics: characterization of the vinyloxy radical by ns time-resolved laser flash photolysis [PDF]
The photochemistry of two Barton esters, one derived from a dioxolane carboxylic acid and the other from pivalic acid, was investigated by product analysis and nanosecond laser flash photolysis (LFP).
Bucher, Götz+3 more
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Catalytic upgrading of hydrothermal liquefaction biocrudes: Different challenges for different feedstocks [PDF]
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) followed by catalytic hydrotreating of the produced biocrude is increasingly gaining ground as an effective technology for the conversion of biomass into liquid biofuels. A strong advantage of HTL resides in its great flexibility towards the feedstock, since it is able to treat a large number of different organic ...
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Tertiary Alcohols as Radical Precursors for the Introduction of Tertiary Substituents into Heteroarenes [PDF]
Despite many recent advances in the radical alkylation of electron-deficient heteroarenes since the seminal reports by Minisci and co-workers, methods for the direct incorporation of tertiary alkyl substituents into nitrogen heteroarenes are limited ...
Fishman, DA+3 more
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