Amber (Succinite) Extract Enhances Glucose Uptake through the Up-Regulation of ATP and Down-Regulation of ROS in Mouse C2C12 Cells [PDF]
PharmaceuticalsTraditionally, amber (Succinite) has been used to alleviate all types of pain, skin allergies, and headaches. However, no studies have been conducted on its antidiabetic and antioxidant effects.
Mahmoud Ben Othman +4 more
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Hypergene alterations of succinite and its vulnerability under various environmental conditions [PDF]
Geo&Bio, 2021 The article describes the alteration of succinite under conditions of hypergenesis as a result of oxidation, including a change in colour, contraction of the outer surface and the appearance of microcracks, changes in the construction of the outer ...
U. Naumenko +3 more
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Map of fossil resins of Ukraine [PDF]
Мінеральні ресурси України, 2020 Finding out the conditions of the geological past under which tar secretions were fossilised and primary bio-sedimentary deposits of protoamber were accumulated and amber-succinite placers formed in the marine environment is an important link in ...
U. Z. Naumenko, V. M. Matsui
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The earliest Baltic amber in Western Europe [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 The occurrence of Baltic amber through Europe has traditionally been associated to the spread of the Bell Beaker culture during the 3rd millennium BC. In Iberia, this phenomenon is particularly noticeable in the southern half.
M. Murillo-Barroso +2 more
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A new pseudoscorpion genus (Garypinoidea: Garypinidae) from the Eocene supports extinction and range contraction in the European paleobiota [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 During the Paleogene, the Holarctic experienced drastic climatic oscillations, including periods of extensive glaciation. These changes had a severe impact on both the flora and fauna causing widespread extinction and range shifts with some taxa ...
Nova Stanczak +5 more
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Pinaceae Pine Resins (Black Pine, Shore Pine, Rosin, and Baltic Amber) as Natural Dielectrics for Low Operating Voltage, Hysteresis-Free, Organic Field Effect Transistors. [PDF]
Glob Chall, 2023 Four pinaceae pine natural resins are proven to be very good dielectric materials with outstanding film forming, high breakdown field, and low interface trap density. They are processed from the green solvent ethanol and implemented as dielectrics in organic field effect transistors operating at low voltage in the frame of sustainable electronics ...
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Identification of succinite of infrared absorption spectra [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 The solution of the problem of identification of amber (succinite) on the example of natural polymer material of organic origin on the basis of its infrared absorption spectra is proposed.
Verkhovskaia Iana +2 more
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Raman scattering spectra of amber [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 The Raman spectra of amber (succinite) of different transparency levels of the Palmniken Deposit of Kaliningrad of Russia were obtained using the Fourier Transform–Raman spectroscopy method, which allows obtaining real and elemental compositions.
Verkhovskaia Iana, Prokopenko Viktor
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The discovery of a fossil whitefly from Lower Lusatia (Germany) presents a challenge to current ideas about Baltic amber [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) are small sternorrhynchan insects, which have the potential to cause significant economic damage to agricultural crops.
Jowita Drohojowska +2 more
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The First Record of Whitefly (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) from Bitterfeld Amber [PDF]
InsectsA male specimen of whitefly Pudrica christianottoi Drohojowska et Szwedo, 2024, of subfamily Aleyrodinae, previously known from the sole female specimen from Lower Lusatia succinite, is here described, based on an inclusion from Bitterfeld amber.
Jowita Drohojowska +4 more
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