Modulation of inflammation and endothelial activation with spaceflight travel: tocotrienols as atheroprotective agents / Suhaila Abd Muid by Abd Muid, Suhaila

“…Culture medium and cells were collected and measured for the protein and gene expression of cytokines, adhesion molecules, NFkB and eNOS. The immediate post-spaceflight cells showed enhanced expression of cytokine (IL-6), adhesion molecules (ICAM-1 and VCAM-1) and NFkB compared to ground controls. …”
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Adsorption and corrosion inhibition accomplishment for thiosemicarbazone derivatives for mild steel in 1.0 M HCl medium: Electrochemical, XPS and DFT studies by Zaidon, Fazhrul Haqimee, Kassim, Karimah, Mohd Zaki, Hamizah, Embong, Zaidi, Anouar, El Hassane

“…The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) analysis revealed retardation of metal corrosion succeeded by cause of adsorption of the four thiosemicarbazone derivatives inhibitor molecules at the metal/solution interface. The adsorption of thiosemicarbazone molecules on the low carbon steel surface in 1.0 M HCl solution obeys Langmuir adsorption isotherm. …”
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1-[4-(Prop-2-en-1-yl­oxy)benz­yl]-2-[4-(prop-2-en-1-yl­oxy)phen­yl]-1H benzimidazole by Hegde, Gurumurthy, M. M., Yusoff, Lutfor, M. R., Huey, Chong Kwong, Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed Tahir

“…In the title compound, C26H24N2O2, the benzimidazole ring system is almost planar [maximum displacement = 0.025 (1) Å] and makes dihedral angles of 80.48 (5) and 41.57 (5)° with the benzene rings, which are inclined to one another by 65.33 (6)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked via C—H(...)π and weak π–π inter­actions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.8070 (7) Å and inter­planar distance = 3.6160 (5) Å].…”
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Natural Products R&D Leads from Nature by M. M., Yusoff

“…Natural products have taught researchers about the properties that make molecules adept at getting into cells and binding proteins and the many ways they can fail. …”

Fast Liquid Crystal Light Shutter by Hegde, Gurumurthy, Komitov, Lachezar, Kolev, Dimitar

“…By proper assembling and electronic driving of two parallel single nematic liquid crystal cells with planar and vertical alignment of the liquid crystal molecules, respectively, arranged in a double cell, fast switching between bright and dark states, back and forth, is achieved. …”
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Alignment and Alignment Transition of Bent Core Nematics by Hegde, Gurumurthy, Elamain, Omaima, Komitov, Lachezar

“…We report on the alignment of nematics consisting of bimesogen bent core molecules of chlorine substituent of benzene derivative and their binary mixture with rod like nematics. …”
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In situ synthesis of large-area single sub-10 nm nanoparticle arrays by polymer pen lithography by Liu, Yayuan, Cui, Chenlong, Zou, Binghua, Zhang, Weina, Xu, Hongbo, Duan, Hongwei, Tian, Danbi, Huang, Wei, Huo, Fengwei, Wu, Jin, Zan, Xiaoli, Li, Shaozhou

“…Herein, we utilize small molecules such as ethylene glycol (EG) or glycerol to facilitate the delivery of nanoparticle precursors to the substrates in the polymer pen lithography (PPL) process. …”
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Plasmonic toroidal excitation with engineering metamaterials by Wu, Pin Chieh, Hsiao, Hui-Hsin, Liao, Chun Yen, Chung, Tsung Lin, Wu, Pei Ru, Savinov, Vassili, Zheludev, Nikolay I., Tsai, Din Ping

“…Natural toroidal molecules, such as biomolecules and proteins, possess toroidal dipole moments that are hard to be detected, which leads to extensive studies of artificial toroidal materials. …”
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Anti-Mycobacterium abscessus activity of tuberculosis F-ATP synthase inhibitor GaMF1 by Ragunathan, Priya, Dick, Thomas, Grüber, Gerhard

“…New drug targets and molecules with bactericidal activity are needed against the respiratory mycobacterial pathogen Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab). …”
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NHC-catalyzed [12+2] reaction of polycyclic arylaldehydes for access to indole derivatives by Ji, Hong, Zou, Juan, Mou, Chengli, Liu, Yonggui, Ren, Shi-Chao, Chi, Robin Yonggui

“…An N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyzed enantio- and diastereoselective [12+2] cycloaddition is disclosed to rapidly construct sophisticated molecules bearing a tricyclic core and morpholine moiety. …”
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Secondary structure predictor by Chieng, Anson Ke Ping

“…Written in Java, the predictor may be used to assign atoms from its PDB file format into molecules that are subsequently used for secondary structure prediction. …”
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Green technology : green glycosylation promoted by reusable biomass carbonaceous solid acid by Meigi, Soesanto

“…Glycosylation is the enzymatic process that attaches glycans to proteins, lipids or other organic molecules. It provides a unique platform to synthesize an array of carbohydrate-derived novel therapeutic agents1 and plays a significant role in food and cosmetic industries. …”
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(Z)-3-Hydrazinylidene-1-phenylindolin-2-one by Abdel-Aziz, H.A., Bari, A., Aboul-Fadl, T., Ng, S.W.

“…The amino -NH2 unit forms an intramolecular hydrogen bond with the carbonyl O atom. Molecules are connected by an intermolecular N-H center dot center dot center dot N hydrogen bond, generating a zigzag chain that runs along the short c axis of the unit cell.…”

2-Chloro-5-nitropyridine by Ng, S.W.

“…In the crystal, adjacent molecules feature a short Cl center dot center dot center dot O contact [3.068 (4) angstrom], forming a chain; these chains are consolidated into a layer structure by non-classical C-H center dot center dot center dot O interactions.…”

6-Bromo-1-[2-(2-oxo-1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl)ethyl]-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyri din-2(3H)-one by Bel-Ghacham, H., Rodi, Y.K., Saffon, N., Essassi, E.M., Ng, S.W.

“…In the crystal, pairs of molecules are linked by N-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds into centrosymmetric dimers.…”

Chlorido{4-chloro-2- (2-morpholinoethyl)iminomethyl phenolato-kappa N-3,N ',O}copper(II) by Hisham, N.A.I., Ng, S.W., Ali, Hapipah Mohd

“…In the crystal structure, adjacent molecules are linked by a Cu center dot center dot center dot Cl [3.011 (1) angstrom] bridge, generating a linear chain running along the b axis of the orthorhombic unit cell.…”
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N '-(2,5-Dihydroxybenzylidene)benzenesulfonohydrazide by Ali, Hapipah Mohd, Ng, S.W., Rizal, M.R., Yusnita, J.

“…In the crystal structure, molecules are linked by O-H center dot center dot center dot O-hydroxy and N-H center dot center dot center dot O-sulfonyl hydrogen bonds, forming a ribbon that propagates along the b axis; there is also an intramolecular O-H center dot center dot center dot N hydrogen bond.…”
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A novel molecular carrier from Newcastle Disease Virus. by Universiti Putra Malaysia, Research Management Centre

“…Various kinds of carrier molecules have been used to deliver nucleic acids, drugs. vaccines and other important compounds. …”
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Thermochemical measurement of the ligand field splitting energies for hexaaquo complexes of Mn (II), Ni (II) and Zn (II) ions in the Tutton's salts by Muhammad, Badri, Ibrahim, W., Crouse, Karen Anne

“…The discrepancies were explained in terms of the presence of ammonium ions in the lattice which may have reduced the electron density on the coordinated water molecules.…”
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4-Hexyloxybenzamide. by Kwong, Huey Chong, Ab. Rahman, Mohamad Zaki, Mohamed Tahir, Mohamed Ibrahim, Silong, Sidik

“…The benzene ring and the alkane carbon skeleton plane are twisted slightly with respect to each other [5.40 (5)°]. In the crystal, molecules are oriented with the amide groups head-to-head, forming N-H...O hydrogen-bonded dimers. …”
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