Plants, 2020 Polyamines are small organic compounds found in all living organisms. According to the high degree of positive charge at physiological pH, they interact with negatively charged macromolecules, such as DNA, RNA, and proteins, and modulate their activities.
Taku Takahashi
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Decreased sensitivity to aspirin is associated with altered polyamine metabolism in human prostate cancer cells [PDF]
, 2015 Acknowledgments We thank NHS Grampian for financial support of this work.Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Cameron, Gary A. +2 more
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Identification of Trypanosoma cruzi Polyamine Transport Inhibitors by Computational Drug Repurposing [PDF]
, 2019 Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease, a parasitic infection endemic in Latin America. In T. cruzi the transport of polyamines is essential because this organism is unable to synthesize these compounds de novo.
Martínez Sayé, Melisa Soledad +5 more
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PLoS Pathogens, 2023 Metabolism is key to cellular processes that underlie the ability of a virus to productively infect. Polyamines are small metabolites vital for many host cell processes including proliferation, transcription, and translation.
Mason R Firpo +4 more
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A laser-scanning confocal microscopy study of carrageenan in red algae from seaweed farms near the Caribbean entrance of the Panama Canal [PDF]
, 2016 Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty ex P.C. Silva, a red macroalga, is a commercial source of carrageenan, a widely used polysaccharide compound important in the food and pharmaceutical industries, in nanotechnology, and in pharmacological applications ...
Anzalone, A +4 more
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Role of Polyamines in Asthma Pathophysiology
Medical Sciences, 2018 Asthma is a complex disease of airways, where the interactions of immune and structural cells result in disease outcomes with airway remodeling and airway hyper-responsiveness.
Vaibhav Jain
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Glutamate, Ornithine, Arginine, Proline, and Polyamine Metabolic Interactions: The Pathway Is Regulated at the Post-Transcriptional Level [PDF]
, 2016 The metabolism of glutamate into ornithine, arginine, proline, and polyamines is a major network of nitrogen-metabolizing pathways in plants, which also produces intermediates like nitric oxide, and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) that play critical roles in ...
Boubker eBarchi +7 more
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Effects of spermidine supplementation on cognition and biomarkers in older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SmartAge)—study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Given the global increase in the aging population and age-related diseases, the promotion of healthy aging is one of the most crucial public health issues.
Benson, Gloria +18 more
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Effect of Steaming and Boiling on the Antioxidant Properties and Biogenic Amines Content in Green Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Varieties of Different Colours [PDF]
, 2017 Effects of boiling and steaming cooking methods were studied on total polyphenols, antioxidant capacity, and biogenic amines of three green bean varieties, purple, yellow, and green.The vegetables gave good values both for antioxidant capacity and for ...
Preti, Raffaella +2 more
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Polyamines as redox homeostasis regulators during salt stress in plants
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2015 The balance between accumulation of stress-induced polyamines and reactive oxygen species (ROS) is arguably a critical factor in plant tolerance to salt stress.
Jayita eSaha +7 more
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