The loss or dysfunction of the pancreatic endocrine β-cell results in diabetes. Recent innovative therapeutic approaches for diabetes aim to induce β-cell proliferation in vivo by pharmacological intervention. Based on the finding that overexpression of the transcription factor Nkx6.1 in islets in vitro increases β-cell proliferation while maintaining β-cell function, Nkx6.1 has been proposed a...

The endo-β-mannanase (MAN) family is represented in the Arabidopsis genome by eight members, all with canonical signal peptides and only half of them being expressed in germinating seeds. The transcripts of these genes were localized in the radicle and micropylar endosperm (ME) before radicle protrusion and this expression disappears as soon as the endosperm is broken by the emerging radicle ti...

The C-28 methyl ester of 2-cyano-3,12-dioxoolean-1,9-dien-28-oic acid (CDDO-Me), one of the synthetic triterpenoids, has been found to have potent anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties in vitro and in vivo. However, its usefulness in mitigating radiation-induced lung injury (RILI), including radiation-induced lung inflammation and fibrosis, has not been tested. The aim of this study was t...

Riv Psichiatr 2016; 51(4): 164-165 Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494) fu considerato da Giorgio Vasari, il celebre autore delle Vite, uno dei principali pittori della propria epoca data l’alta qualità e la moltitudine delle opere che concepì e realizzò. Oggi, nonostante il suo stile non corrisponda più alle aspettative del gusto, è impossibile negare quanto il maestro di Michelangelo abbia influi...

A petroleum ether extract (PEE) and a methanolic extract (ME) of aerial parts of Salvia bicolor Desf were prepared, and their chemical compositions and antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antimicrobial activities were evaluated. GC/MS analysis of the PEE revealed the presence of 20 compounds in the unsaponifiable matter, among which β-sitosterol and β-amyrin (constituting 24.75% and 1...

S-containing amino acids can lead to two types of local NH···S interactions which bridge backbone NH sites the side chain form either intra- or inter-residue H-bonds. The present work reports on conformational preferences S-methyl-l-cysteine, Cys(Me), using a variety investigating tools, ranging from quantum chemistry simulations, gas-phase UV and IR laser spectroscopy, solution state NMR spect...

The chiral β -diketimine ligand [(S)-Ph(Me)CH-N=C(Me)]CH2was prepared by condensation of acetylacetone with the commercially available chiral building block (S)-Ph(Me)CH-NH2. Reaction of bis(o-Me2N-α-Me3Si-benzyl)calcium with this β -diketimine led to double deprotonation. Reaction of bis(o-Me2N-α-Me3Si-benzyl)calcium with the commercially available chiral bis-oxazoline (S)-Ph-BOX gave diastere...

The objective of this research was to study the biological activities of various extracts and the chemical composition of the essential oil Trigonella monantha C. A. Mey. subsp. monantha by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS), from the compounds derived from the aerial parts. The overall results of T. monantha tests allow us to conclude various extracts [hex...