Potential biological activities

The objectives of the thesis: The objectives of this study are to investigate the main chemical compositions of Euphorbia hirta L. to search for chemical constituents in relation to biological activities, contributing to further studies to create products for application in the aquarculture industry in particular and for life in general.

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The objectives of this study are to investigate the main chemical compositions of Euphorbia hirta L. to search for chemical constituents in relation to biological activities, contributing to further studies to create products for application in the aquarculture industry in particular and for life in general.

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The objectives of the thesis: Study on chemical constituents of two species Markhamia stipulata var. canaense V.S. Dang and Stereospermum binhchaunesis V.S. Dang; evaluation of biological activities of isolated compounds to find potential compounds.

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The objectives of the thesis: Study on chemical constituents of three Antidesma species including A. acidum, A. ghaesembilla, and A. hainanensis growing in Vietnam; evaluation of biological activities of isolated metabolites to find potential compounds.

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The genus Litsea Lam. (Lauraceae) and Lepisanthes Blume (Sapindaceae) are wildly distributed in Vietnam, especially in the mountainous areas. The reports in the literatures indicated that these two genus contain many constituents with interesting structures and potential biological activities. In order to find interesting substances for development of new pharmaceutical ingredients or functional food products we would like to conduct the resarch thesis ‘‘Study on Chemical constituents and biological activities of Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) Rob. (Lauraceae) and Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.

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The aims of the dissertation are: Extracting and determining the structure of organic compounds of four plant species with potential for insecticide and fungal diseases. Isolating endogenous fungi from plant samples, extracting and determining the structure of component organic compounds. Testing of insecticidal and fungal activity of extracts and component organic compounds.

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In a previous study, the S100A8/A9 protein, a Ca2+- and arachidonic acid-binding protein, abundant in neutrophil cytosol, was found to potentiate the activation of the redox component of the O2– generating oxidase in neutrophils, namely the membrane-bound flavocytochrome b, by the cytosolic phox proteins p67phox, p47phox and Rac ` (Doussiere J., Bouzidi F. and Vignais P.V. (2001) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 285, 1317–1320). This led us to check by immunoprecipitation and protein fractionation whether the cytosolic phox proteins could bind to S100A8/A9.

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In the biosynthesis of the antiarrhythmic alkaloid ajmaline, polyneuridine aldehyde esterase (PNAE) catalyses a central reaction by transforming polyneuridine aldehyde into epivellosimine, which is the immediate precursor for the synthesis of the ajmalane skeleton. The PNAE cDNA was previously heterologously expressed in E. coli. Sequence alignments indicated that PNAE has a 43% identity to a hydroxynitrile lyase from Hevea brasiliensis, which is a member of the a/b hydrolase superfamily. The catalytic triad, which is typical for this family, is conserved.

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The aim of this study was to increase the stability of the thermolabile (ba)8-barrel enzyme indoleglycerol phosphate synthase from Escherichia coli by the introduction of disulfide bridges. For the design of such variants, we selected two out of 12 candidates, in which newly introduced cysteines potentially form optimal disulfide bonds. These variants avoid short-range connections, substitutions near catalytic residues, and crosslinks between the new and the three parental cysteines.

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Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (AS-ODNs) are frequently used for the down-regulation of protein expression.Because the majority of potential antisense sequences lacks effect-iveness, fast screening methods for the selection of effective AS-ODNs are needed.We describe a new cellular screening assay for the evaluationof the potency and specificityof new antisense sequences.

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Ina search for genes regulated in response to cAMPwe have identified a newprotein, p76 RBE , whosemRNAand protein expression is enhanced in thyrocytes following thyrotropin stimulation of the cAMP transduction cascade. This protein presents important similarities with Rhophilin and contains different protein–protein interactionmotifs. The presence of HR1 and PDZ motifs as well as a potential PDZ binding domain motif suggests that p76 RBE could be implicated in targeting or scaffolding processes....

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On chemokine stimulation, leucocytes produce and secrete proteolytic enzymes for innate immunedefencemechanisms. Some of these proteasesmodify the biological activity of the chemokines. For instance, neutrophils secrete gelatinase B (matrix metalloproteinase-9, MMP-9) and neutrophil col-lagenase (MMP-8) after stimulation with interleukin-8/ CXCL8 (IL-8). Gelatinase B cleaves and potentiates IL-8, generating a positive feedback.

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Human novel reductase 1 (NR1) is an NADPH dependent diflavin oxidoreductase related to cytochrome P450reduc-tase (CPR). The FAD/NADPH- and FMN-binding domains of NR1 have been expressed and purified and their redox properties studied by stopped-flow and steady-state kinetic methods, and by potentiometry.

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Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is one of the most potent inflammatory mediators. It is biosynthesized by either the de novobiosynthesis of glyceryl ether lipids or by remodeling ofmembranephospholipids. PAFis synthesizedandcatabo-lizedbyvarious renal cells andtissues andexerts awide range of biological activities on renal tissue suggesting a potential role during renal injury.

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ADH1 and ADH4 are the major alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) in ethanol and retinol oxidation. ADH activity and protein expression were investigated in rat gastrointestinal tissuehomogenates by enzymatic andWesternblot analyses. In addition, sections of adult rat gastrointestinal tract were examined byin situ hybridization and immunohistochem-istry.ADH1andADH4weredetectedalong thewhole tract, changing their localization and relative content as a function of the area studied.

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The toxicity of the pea albumin 1b (PA1b), a 37 amino-acid peptide extracted from pea seeds, for cereal weevils (Sito-philus oryzae, Sitophilus granariusandSitophilus zeamais) was recently discovered.The mechanism of action of this new entomotoxin is still unknown and potentially involves a target protein in the insect tissues.This work describes the characterization of a high-affinity binding site for PA1b in a microsomal fraction ofSitophilusspp.extracts.Purified PA1b was labeled to a high specific radioactivity (c.

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Most of the examples of protein translocation across a membrane (such as the import of classical secretory proteins into the endoplasmic reticulum, import of proteins into mitochondria and peroxisomes, as well as protein import into and export from the nucleus), are understood in great detail.

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Cytochrome P450 enzymes promote a number of oxidative biotransformations including the hydroxylation of unacti-vated hydrocarbons.

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Onconase, a member of the ribonuclease superfamily, is a potent cytotoxicagent that isundergoingphase II/IIIhuman clinical trials as an antitumor drug. Native onconase from Rana pipiensand its amphibian homologs have an N-ter-minal pyroglutamyl residue that is essential for obtaining fully active enzymes with their full potential as cytotoxins. When expressed cytosolically in bacteria, Onconase is isolated with an additional methionyl (Met1) residue and glutaminyl insteadof a pyroglutamyl residue at position 1 of the N-terminus and is consequently inactivated....

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Plastocyanin (Pc) is a soluble copper protein that transfers electrons from cytochromeb6 fto photosystem I (PSI), two protein complexes that are localized in the thylakoid mem-branes in chloroplasts. The surface electrostatic potential distributionof Pc plays akey role in complex formationwith the membrane-bound partners. It is practically identical for Pcs fromplants and green algae, but is quite different for Pc fromferns.

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