Proximate, minerals, carotenoid and trypsin inhibitor composition in the exoskeletons of seafood gastropods and their potentials for sustainable circular utilisation [PDF]
Periwinkle shells of Tympanotonus fuscatus, Pachymelania aurita, and Thais coronata were analyzed for their proximate composition, nutritionally significant minerals, trypsin inhibitors, and carotenoids.
Isa Olalekan Elegbede +6 more
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The effect of titanium oxide nanoparticles on the gene expression involved in the secondary metabolite production of the medicinal plant periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) [PDF]
Objective Medicinal plant periwinkle with the scientific name Catharanthus roseus is an important source of anticancer and antihypertensive alkaloids. Due to the high price of these metabolites and their small content in periwinkle plant, tissue culture ...
Mohammad Abyari
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Computing an Optimal Pitching Strategy in a Baseball At-Bat
The field of quantitative analytics has transformed the worldof sports over the last decade. To date, these analytic ap-proaches are statistical at their core, characterizing what isand what was, while using this information to drive decisionsabout what ...
Connor Douglas +3 more
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Bidirectional mRNA transfer between Cuscuta australis and its hosts
The holoparasitic dodder (Cuscuta spp.) is able to transfer mRNA and certain plant pathogens (e.g., viruses and bacteria) from the host plant. “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus,” the phloem-limited causative agent of citrus Huanglongbing, can be ...
Tao Li +9 more
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This study explored the potential of periwinkle shells as precursor material for activated carbon preparation. The periwinkle shell was activated using the potassium hydroxide method. The periwinkle shell activated carbons prepared were characterized in
E. A. Oyedoh, U. U. Ekesiobi
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Concentration and Potential Human Health Hazards of Heavy Metals in Periwinkle (Tympanotonus fuscatus) Purchased from Major Markets in Calabar, Nigeria [PDF]
Background. As water flows through habitats associated with estuaries, such as mud flats, salt marshes, sea grass and mangrove forests, pollutants such as heavy metals are filtered.
Udiba Ugumanim Udiba +2 more
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Aspartame is an artificial sweetener in foods and beverages. Continuous use of aspartame will result in oxidative stress in the liver. So we need antioxidants from outside the body such as periwinkle leaves.This study aims to determine the effect of ...
Mahriani Mahriani +2 more
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Cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of Vinca L. Extracts on multiple myeloma cell lines [PDF]
Objective: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a systemic disease characterized by pathological plasma cells that cause the gathering of carcinogenic cells in the bone marrow.
E. Şimşek Sezer, T. Uysal
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INTEGRATED CONTROL OF Me/oidogyne incognita INFECTING PEACH BY CERTAIN ORGANIC AMENDMENTS MIXED WITH Serratia marcescens [PDF]
Integrated control of Meloidogyne incognita infecting 8alady peach (N. Meet- Ghamr was practiced using dried powder leaves of periwinkle, castor alone or combined with Serratia marcescens in comparison with Oxamyt under greenhouse conditions.
A. Nour EI-Deen +3 more
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Ethanolic periwinkle leaf extract reduces telomerase expression in T47D cancer cells [PDF]
BACKGROUND Cancer cells have a relatively high telomerase activity and a lower p53 protein expression than normal cells, so that cancer cells have the ability to continue to proliferate and do not undergo apoptosis.
Endang Purwaningsih +2 more
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