Filamentous fungi of the Ascomycota phylum are known to contain a family of conserved conidiation regulating proteins with distinctive velvet domains. In Aspergilli, this velvet family includes four proteins, VeA, VelB, VelC and VosA, and is involved in conidiation and secondary metabolism along with a global regulator LaeA. In A. terreus, the overexpression of LaeA has been observed to increas...

It is well described that viral infections stimulate the emission of plant volatiles able to recruit vectors thereby promoting virus spread. In contrast, much less known on effects emitted may have metabolism healthy neighboring plants, which are potential targets for new through vector transmission. Watermelon mosaic (WMV) (genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae) an aphid-transmitted endemic in c...

In this work, the behavior of the polycyclic musks 6-acetyl-1,1,2,4,4,7-hexamethyltetraline (AHTN) and 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta-γ-2-benzopyran (HHCB) was investigated upon disinfection by using sodium hypochlorite as disinfectant in a model disinfection basin in order to find new disinfection by-products (DBP). In the case of AHTN, the carboxylic acid 3,5,5,6,8,8-h...

The essential oils from twenty-two plants grown in the highlands were isolated by hydrodistillation. with an oil yield above one percent, including Achillea millefolium, Asparagus plumosus, Matricaria chamomilla, Mentha piperita, pulegium, and Thymus vulgaris, tested for antibacterial activity total antioxidant capacity. Their activities against three most common foodborne pathogens opportunist...

We consider the Gamma limit of the Abelian Chern-Simons-Higgs energy

synthesis of some new monocyclic β-lactams containing a quaternary carbon center via a [2+2]cycloaddition reaction is described. the reaction of achiral diphenyl ketene with chiral aldimines derivedfrom chiral 2, 3, 4, 6-tetra-o-acetyl-β-d-galactopyranosylamine, 2, 3, 4, 6-tetra-o-acetyl-β-dglucopyranosylamine and different benzaldehydes resulted in the formation of β-lactams as singlediastereo...