Search Results - "Melo, Ricardo"
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Global shortage of technical agars: back to basics (resource management)
Published in Journal of applied phycology (01-08-2018)“…Bacteriological and technical agars are in short supply with potential consequences for research, public health, and clinical labs around the world. To…”
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Synergistic interactions between phenolic compounds identified in grape pomace extract with antibiotics of different classes against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli
Published in PloS one (24-02-2017)“…Synergy could be an effective strategy to potentiate and recover antibiotics nowadays useless in clinical treatments against multi-resistant bacteria. In this…”
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The orchestrated cellular and molecular responses of the kidney to endotoxin define a precise sepsis timeline
Published in eLife (15-01-2021)“…Sepsis is a dynamic state that progresses at variable rates and has life-threatening consequences. Staging patients along the sepsis timeline requires a…”
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Advances in Recombinant Lipases: Production, Engineering, Immobilization and Application in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Published in Catalysts (01-09-2020)“…Lipases are one of the most used enzymes in the pharmaceutical industry due to their efficiency in organic syntheses, mainly in the production of enantiopure…”
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New Heterofunctional Supports Based on Glutaraldehyde-Activation: A Tool for Enzyme Immobilization at Neutral pH
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (29-06-2017)“…Immobilization is an exciting alternative to improve the stability of enzymatic processes. However, part of the applied covalent strategies for immobilization…”
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Fatty Acids, Antioxidants and Physical Activity in Brain Aging
Published in Nutrients (20-11-2017)“…Polyunsaturated fatty acids and antioxidants are important mediators in the central nervous system. Lipid derivatives may control the production of…”
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In vitro and in vivo evaluation of the antioxidant and prooxidant activity of phenolic compounds obtained from grape (Vitis vinifera) pomace
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (16-12-2014)“…The antioxidant and/or prooxidant ability of extracts obtained from wine waste were analyzed using in vitro and in vivo assays. Cyclic voltammetry was used as…”
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Integration of spatial and single-cell transcriptomics localizes epithelial cell-immune cross-talk in kidney injury
Published in JCI insight (22-06-2021)“…Single-cell sequencing studies have characterized the transcriptomic signature of cell types within the kidney. However, the spatial distribution of acute…”
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Xyloglucan processing machinery in Xanthomonas pathogens and its role in the transcriptional activation of virulence factors
Published in Nature communications (30-06-2021)“…Xyloglucans are highly substituted and recalcitrant polysaccharides found in the primary cell walls of vascular plants, acting as a barrier against pathogens…”
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Removal of copper ions using sodium hexadecanoate by ionic flocculation
Published in Separation and purification technology (12-07-2018)“…•The anionic surfactant sodium hexadecanoate was used to remove copper ions by ionic flocculation.•The removal process is governed by the Kraft temperature of…”
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Ionic Dye Removal Using Solvent-Assisted Ionic Micellar Flocculation
Published in Journal of polymers and the environment (01-06-2022)“…The environmental impacts caused by dyes in industrial wastewater are incalculable, due to their adverse effects on the ecosystem and human life, especially…”
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El Niño Southern Oscillation and the accumulation of chilling hours for dormancy breaking in temperate fruit in Southern Brazil
Published in Ciência rural (2024)“…The number of chilling hours is responsible for maximizing budding and flowering in temperate climate fruit trees, and this number varies widely between years…”
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Long-Term Treatment with Cannabidiol-Enriched Cannabis Extract Induces Synaptic Changes in the Adolescent Rat Hippocampus
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (21-07-2023)“…The endocannabinoid system (eCS) is widely distributed in mammalian tissues and it is classically formed by cannabinoid receptors, endogenous bioactive lipids…”
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Transglutaminase from newly isolated Streptomyces sp. CBMAI 1617: Production optimization, characterization and evaluation in wheat protein and dough systems
Published in Food chemistry (15-02-2018)“…•A new high-yielding transglutaminase-producing strain was isolated.•The fermentation media was optimized to produce 6.074±0.019UmL−1 of the novel TG.•The…”
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A spatially anchored transcriptomic atlas of the human kidney papilla identifies significant immune injury in patients with stone disease
Published in Nature communications (19-07-2023)“…Kidney stone disease causes significant morbidity and increases health care utilization. In this work, we decipher the cellular and molecular niche of the…”
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Contribution of Müller Cells in the Diabetic Retinopathy Development: Focus on Oxidative Stress and Inflammation
Published in Antioxidants (23-03-2022)“…Diabetic retinopathy is a neurovascular complication of diabetes and the main cause of vision loss in adults. Glial cells have a key role in maintenance of…”
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Dimer-assisted mechanism of (un)saturated fatty acid decarboxylation for alkene production
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (30-05-2023)“…The enzymatic decarboxylation of fatty acids (FAs) represents an advance toward the development of biological routes to produce drop-in hydrocarbons. The…”
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A novel fungal metal-dependent α-l-arabinofuranosidase of family 54 glycoside hydrolase shows expanded substrate specificity
Published in Scientific reports (26-05-2021)“…Trichoderma genus fungi present great potential for the production of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZYmes), including glycoside hydrolase (GH) family members…”
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Dopamine signaling impairs ROS modulation by mitochondrial hexokinase in human neural progenitor cells
Published in Bioscience reports (22-12-2021)“…Dopamine signaling has numerous roles during brain development. In addition, alterations in dopamine signaling may be also involved in the pathophysiology of…”
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A Comparative Investigation of Axon-Blood Vessel Growth Interaction in the Regenerating Sciatic and Optic Nerves in Adult Mice
Published in Molecular neurobiology (01-04-2024)“…The vascular and the nervous systems share similarities in addition to their complex role in providing oxygen and nutrients to all cells. Both are highly…”
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