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Adsorption of arsenic using chitosan magnetic graphene oxide nanocomposite

. . Sherlala AIA, Raman AAA, Bello MM, Buthiyappan A. . J Environ Manage. 2019 Sep 15;246:547-556. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.117. Epub 2019 Jun 12. Abstract Chitosan-magnetic-graphene oxide (CMGO) nanocomposite was prepared for arsenic adsorption. The nanocomposite was characterized through BET, FTIR, FESEM, EDX, and VSM analyses. These characterizations confirmed the formation of CMGO nanocomposites with high …

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Laminated chitosan-based composite sponges for transmucosal delivery of novel protamine-decorated tripterine phytosomes: Ex-vivo mucopenetration and in-vivo pharmacokinetic assessments

. . Freag MS, Saleh WM, Abdallah OY. . Carbohydr Polym. 2018 May 15;188:108-120. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.01.095. Epub 2018 Feb 3. Abstract In the current study, laminated chitosan (CS):hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) composite sponges were exploited as solid matrices for buccal delivery of tripterine phytosomes functionalized with novel mucopenetrating protamine layer (PRT-TRI-PHY). Tripterine (TRI) is a herbal …

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Prevalence of Selected Eye Diseases Using Data Harvested from Ophthalmic Checkup Examination of a Cohort of Two Thousand Middle Eastern and North African Subjects

. . Samy El Gendy NM, Abdel-Kader AA. . J Ophthalmol. 2018 Mar 4;2018:8049475. doi: 10.1155/2018/8049475. 2018. Abstract PURPOSE: To highlight the prevalence of selected ophthalmic diseases accidentally discovered at first-time screening of a large sample of patients from the Middle East and North Africa visiting a large referral university hospital checkup unit based in …

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Profiles of Glucosinolates, Their Hydrolysis Products, and Quinone Reductase Inducing Activity from 39 Arugula (Eruca sativa Mill.) Accessions

. . Ku KM, Kim MJ, Jeffery EH, Kang YH, Juvik JA. . J Agric Food Chem. 2016 Aug 31;64(34):6524-32. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b02750. Epub 2016 Aug 23. Abstract Glucosinolates, their hydrolysis product concentrations, and the quinone reductase (QR) inducing activity of extracts of leaf tissue were assayed from 39 arugula (Eruca sativa Mill.) accessions. Arugula accessions …

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Current situation, genetic relationship and control measures of infectious bronchitis virus variants circulating in African regions

. . Khataby K, Souiri A, Kasmi Y, Loutfi C, Ennaji MM. . J Basic Appl Zool. 2016 Aug;76:20-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jobaz.2016.08.002. Epub 2016 Nov 20. Abstract Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a major viral pathogen of commercial poultry, affecting chickens of all ages and causing major economic losses in poultry industry worldwide. Frequent points of …

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Tablet formulation of Famotidine-loaded P-gp inhibiting nanoparticles using PLA-g-PEG grafted polymer

. . Mokhtar M, Gosselin PM, François-Xavier L, Hildgen P. . Pharm Dev Technol. 2019 Feb;24(2):211-221. doi: 10.1080/10837450.2018.1455695. Epub 2018 Apr 4. Abstract Our work aimed at evaluating the use of permeability glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibiting nanoparticles (NPs) as a part of a suitable oral solid dosage to improve bioavailability. Famotidine (Pepcid(®)), a stomach acid production …

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PEG Induces High Expression of the Cell Cycle Checkpoint Gene WEE1 in Embryogenic Callus of Medicago truncatula: Potential Link between Cell Cycle Checkpoint Regulation and Osmotic Stress

. . Elmaghrabi AM, Rogers HJ, Francis D, Ochatt SJ. . Front Plant Sci. 2017 Sep 5;8:1479. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01479. 2017. Abstract Polyethylene glycol (PEG) can be used to mimic osmotic stress in plant tissue cultures to study mechanisms of tolerance. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effects of PEG (M.W. 6000) on …

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Levels of health awareness in diabetic patients during Ramadan 2015: Focus group discussion in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

. . Al Slail FY, Afridi HU, Fadl SM, Kheir OO. . J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2018 Mar;7 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S49-S54. doi: 10.1016/j.jegh.2018.04.004. Epub 2018 May 3. Abstract A qualitative study was carried out to explore the health status of people with diabetes during Ramadan. Fifteen patients participated in two focus group discussions. Most respondents …

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Antibacterial effects of natural tenderizing enzymes on different strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes on beef

. . Eshamah H, Han I, Naas H, Acton J, Dawson P. . Meat Sci. 2014 Apr;96(4):1494-500. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.12.010. Epub 2013 Dec 31. Abstract Nine aerobic cellulolytic bacterial cultures were obtained from the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Culture (DSMZ) and the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC). The objectives of this study …

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On the Performance of Variational Mode Decomposition-Based Radio Frequency Fingerprinting of Bluetooth Devices

. . Aghnaiya A, Dalveren Y, Kara A. . Sensors (Basel). 2020 Mar 19;20(6):1704. doi: 10.3390/s20061704. Abstract Radio frequency fingerprinting (RFF) is one of the communication network’s security techniques based on the identification of the unique features of RF transient signals. However, extracting these features could be burdensome, due to the nonstationary nature of transient …

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