Search Results - "Crifò, Carlo"
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Diagnostic value of urinary orotic acid levels: applicable separation methods
Published in Journal of Chromatography B (05-12-2002)“…Urinary orotic acid determination is a useful tool for screening hereditary orotic aciduria and for differentiating the hyperammonemia disorders which cannot…”
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β-Carotene breakdown products may impair mitochondrial functions — potential side effects of high-dose β-carotene supplementation
Published in The Journal of nutritional biochemistry (01-07-2005)“…β-Carotene (BC) and other carotenoids are mainly considered as belonging to the group of micronutrients. As they are contained in fruit and vegetables and thus…”
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Metabolism of 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes
Published in Archives of biochemistry and biophysics (15-11-2010)“…► HNE degradation rate by human PMNL is very low, if compared with other cells. ► HNE degradation rate is even lower in the activated cells. ► GSH-HNE adduct…”
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Carotenoids and lung cancer: biochemical aspects
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β-Carotene cleavage products after oxidation mediated by hypochlorous acid—a model for neutrophil-derived degradation
Published in Free radical biology & medicine (01-12-2003)“…After β-carotene failed in certain clinical efficacy trials, there is evidence that the carotenoid might even be harmful, especially to smokers, when given in…”
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Beta-carotene degradation products - formation, toxicity and prevention of toxicity
Published in Forum of nutrition (01-01-2009)“…Carotenoids are widely used as important micronutrients in food. Furthermore, carotenoid supplementation has been used in the treatment of diseases associated…”
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Kinetics of conformational changes in melittin. A circular-dichroic stopped-flow study
Published in European journal of biochemistry (01-01-1984)“…The kinetics of the conformational changes undergone by melittin in aqueous solution upon interaction with ions and/or detergents were studied by following the…”
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Inhibition of NADPH oxidase-mediated superoxide radical formation in PMA-stimulated human neutrophils by 4-hydroxynonenal--binding to -SH and -NH2 groups
Published in Free radical research (01-01-1997)“…4-Hydroxynonenal (HNE), a major lipid peroxidation product, effectively inhibits the superoxide radical formation by NADPH oxidase of phorbol myristate acetate…”
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Carotenoid cleavage products modify respiratory burst and induce apoptosis of human neutrophils
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-09-2003)“…Carotenoid supplementation in the treatment of diseases associated with oxidative stress has been recently questioned because of the cell damage and the…”
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Failure of muscle energy metabolism in a patient with adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency: An in vivo study by phosphorus NMR spectroscopy
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease (24-05-1997)“…31P-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to investigate in vivo the energy metabolism of the calf muscle in a 10-year-old patient with…”
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Oxidation of meso‐Diaminosuccinic Acid, a Possible Natural Substrate for d‐Aspartate Oxidase
Published in European journal of biochemistry (01-07-1981)“…meso‐Diaminosuccinic acid, a natural antagonist of aspartic acid, is a good substrate for beef kidney d‐aspartate oxidase. The oxygen consumption and the…”
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Copper-catalyzed oxidation of thiomalic acid
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Succinylpurinemic autism: increased sensitivity of defective adenylosuccinate lyase towards 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (17-03-2000)“…We studied the effect of trans-4-hydroxy-2-nonenal on the wild-type human adenylosuccinate lyase and on the enzyme from a patient compound-heterozygous for two…”
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Identification of new mutations in the adenylosuccinate lyase gene associated with impaired enzyme activity in lymphocytes and red blood cells
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (27-02-1998)“…We determined the DNA sequence of the adenylosuccinate lyase (ASL) gene from a 13 year-old female, who showed a reduced ASL enzymatic activity in lymphocytes…”
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Failure of muscle energy metabolism in a patient with adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency
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Effects of calmodulin antagonists on calcium pump and cytosolic calcium level in human neutrophils
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (05-06-1997)“…The concentration of cytosolic free calcium was monitored in suspensions of intact human neutrophils in phosphate-buffered saline by means of the fluorescent…”
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Microassay of Adenylosuccinase by Capillary Electrophoresis
Published in Analytical biochemistry (10-04-1995)Get full text
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Polyene antibiotics inhibit superoxide-producing NADPH oxidase in a polymorphonuclear cell-free system
Published in Biochemical pharmacology (09-02-1993)“…We studied the effect of polyene macrolide antibiotics on the NADPH-dependent superoxide production induced by arachidonic acid in a cell-free system…”
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Effects of polyene antibiotics on the activation of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes
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Combined effects exerted by amphotericin B and lucensomycin on cation permeability in a unilamellar vesicle system
Published in Biochimie (01-01-1989)“…The permeability of artificial unilamellar vesicles and of plasma membrane vesicles from homogenized yeast in aqueous solutions of polyene antibiotics…”
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