Assessing Pearl Quality Using Reflectance UV-Vis Spectroscopy: Does the Same Donor Produce Consistent Pearl Quality? by Paul C. Southgate, Snezana Agatonovic, Noldy Gustaf F. Mamangkey

“…Cream and gold colored pearls showed a wide absorption from 320 to about 460 nm, while there was just slight reflectance around 400 nm by the white pearl with a pink overtone. Cream and gold pearls reached a reflectance peak at 560 to 590 nm, while the white pearl with pink overtone showed slightly wider absorption in this region. …”
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On steadyness of stereotypes in conceptions on marine ecology of pacific salmons (Oncorhynchus spp.) by Vyacheslav P. Shuntov, Olga S. Temnykh, Oleg A. Ivanov

“…Some conceptions on marine ecology of pacific salmons (Oncorhynchus spp.), established in the second half of the last century, are discussed from critical position, as overemphasizing of the sea surface temperature influence on distribution of salmons and formation of their year-classes strength, deficiency of food (particularly in winter time) and fierce competition for food, pink salmon «suppression» over other salmon species and own adjacent generations, limited carrying capacity of the Subarctic zone for salmons, distortion of the epipelagic communities structure in the North Pacific by mass artificial reproduction of chum salmon, etc. …”
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Gourmet Table Salts: The Mineral Composition Showdown by Eleonora Di Salvo, Roberta Tardugno, Vincenzo Nava, Clara Naccari, Antonio Virga, Andrea Salvo, Filomena Corbo, Maria Lisa Clodoveo, Nicola Cicero

“…In this study, 12 mineral elements (Al, Ca, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, and Zn) in 10 different salts commercially available in southern Italy namely, Atlantic grey, Baule volante, Guerande, Hawaiian pink, Hawaiian black, Himalayan pink, Maldon, Mozia, Persian blue, and smoked salts were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and thermal decomposition amalgamation-atomic absorption spectrophotometry (TDA-AAS). …”
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Elevated α-synuclein levels inhibit mitophagic flux by Inge Kinnart, Liselot Manders, Thibaut Heyninck, Dorien Imberechts, Roman Praschberger, Nils Schoovaerts, Catherine Verfaillie, Patrik Verstreken, Wim Vandenberghe

“…Mitochondria have been proposed to be a major target of α-synuclein-induced damage. PINK1/parkin/DJ-1-mediated mitophagy is a defense strategy that allows cells to selectively eliminate severely damaged mitochondria. …”
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PROXIMATE, MINERALS AND PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF PERICARP AND SEED OF TERMINALIA CATAPPA FRUIT by A. R. Lawal, A. R. Lawal, B. U. Olayinka, K. A. Abdulkareem, L. B. Abdulra’uf, R. A. Murthadah, O. V. Kayode

“…Tropical almond fruit can exist in different colors but the yellow and red-pink varieties are most common. This variation however depends on how the mature fruit ripen, with the pink red ones considered very mature and ripe. …”
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miR-218-5p and doxorubicin combination enhances anticancer activity in breast cancer cells through Parkin-dependent mitophagy inhibition by Francesco Davide Naso, Krenare Bruqi, Valeria Manzini, Valerio Chiurchiù, Mara D’Onofrio, Ivan Arisi, Flavie Strappazzon

“…Through a microarray analysis, we identified a relationship between mitophagy gene expressions related to the canonical PINK1/Parkin-mediated pathway and DXR treatment in BC cells. …”
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Seasonal dynamics in abundance and species composition of nekton in the upper epipelagic layer of the western Bering Sea by Aleksey A. Somov

“…Three seasons are defined by the species structure: i) early summer from early June to middle July with dominance of pre-anadromous pink salmon O. gorbuscha and chum salmon ( O. keta ) and moderate species diversity (polydominance index 3.5-4.0); ii) summer from late July to middle September with absolute dominance of chum salmon (> 70 % of total nekton abundance) and low species diversity (1.5-2.0); and iii) autumn from late September to the end of October with dominance of chum salmon, sockeye salmon and boreopacific gonate squid in relatively equal proportion, mass appearance of pink salmon juveniles and high species diversity (4.5). …”
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Gambus Hadhramaut: The Malaysian Malay Lute Tuning Retrieval by Sinin Hamdan, Khairul Anwar Mohamad Said, Md. Rezaur Rahman, Marini Sawawi, Aaliyawani Ezzerin Sinin

“…The gambus was made from geronggang wood (Cratoxylum arborescens), a light Malaysian hardwood with pink sapwood, distinct from the heartwood with brick-red or deep pink. …”
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Physico-chemical analysis of pekmez products made from grape varieties grown in the conditions of Uzbekistan by Narkabulova Nargiza, Jabborov Zikrillo

“…The highest antioxidant activity (66-68 µmol TE g/1) was recorded in black grape varieties, this indicator of pekmez made from white varieties was slightly lower (54-59 µmol TE g/1), the antioxidant activity of pink grape varieties had an intermediate expression (57.55 µmol TE g/1).…”
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GENERAL AND SPECIFIC COMBINING ABILITY OF INITIAL PARENTAL FORMS IN TOMATO FOR COMPLEX OF ECONOMICALLY VALUABLE TRAITS TO DEVELOP HYBRIDS F1 OF CHERRY AND COCKTAIL TYPES by R. K. Rechets, M. D. Nikulaesh

“…  ‘49/09’  х  L.354/11), pink (F1 combination ‘Rosovaya Kapelka’ х ‘L.354/11’), yellow (F1 combination ‘Ocharovaniye’ х  ‘Vishiya Zheltaya’), deep brown (F1 combination  ‘L.357/11’ х ‘L.354/11’).…”
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Innate and learnt color preferences in the common green-eyed white butterfly (Leptophobia aripa): experimental evidence by Deysi Muñoz-Galicia, Citlalli Castillo-Guevara, Carlos Lara

“…We faced naïve butterflies to artificial flowers of four colors (quadruple choice-test): yellow, pink, white, and red; their choices were assessed. …”
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Proanthocyanidins: Key for Resistance to Globisporangium (Formerly Pythium) Seed Rot of Pea by Elmer E. Ewing, Norman F. Weeden, Ivan Simko

“…The PAs in pea testas were predominantly prodelphinidins in seeds from purple-flowered plants (A B) and procyanidins from pink-flowered plants (A b). Compared with procyanidins, prodelphinidins have higher antioxidant activity but are more likely to sequester iron, a particular concern with dry pea. …”
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Sugar, Invertase Enzyme Activities and Invertase Gene Expression in Different Developmental Stages of Strawberry Fruits by Hayat Topcu, Ipek Degirmenci, Duygu Ayvaz Sonmez, Aibibula Paizila, Harun Karci, Salih Kafkas, Ebru Kafkas, Sezai Ercisli, Aishah Alatawi

“…The aim of this study is to identify the relationships between sucrose metabolism, invertase enzyme activity and gene expression in four different fruit development periods (red, pink, green and white) of two commercially important strawberry varieties ‘Rubygem’ and ‘Fortuna’. …”
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FT895 Impairs Mitochondrial Function in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Cells by Po-Yuan Huang, I-An Shih, Ying-Chih Liao, Huey-Ling You, Ming-Jen Lee

“…Immunostaining highlighted FT895’s role in promoting mitochondrial aggregation without triggering mitophagy, possibly due to reduced levels of XBP1, Parkin, and PINK1 proteins. Moreover, the study using CHIP-qPCR analysis revealed a significant reduction in the copy numbers of promoters of the MPV17L2, POLG, TFAM, PINK1, and Parkin genes. …”
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Mineral composition of different types of kitchen salts by Giovana Galiotto, Josiane Siviero, Catia Santos Branco, Elizete Maria Pesamosca Facco, Gabriela Chilanti

“…The results showed that the Himalayan pink salt had the highest levels of calcium, iron, magnesium, and sodium compared to other types of salts (p <0.05). …”
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Latin American Extractivism and (or after) the Left by Donald V. Kingsbury

“…ISBN: 9780190908959.   Latin America’s Pink Tide: Breakthroughs and Shortcomings. Edited by Steve Ellner. …”
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Nobiletin Ameliorates Aging of Chicken Ovarian Prehierarchical Follicles by Suppressing Oxidative Stress and Promoting Autophagy by Jingchun Bai, Xinyu Wang, Yiqiu Chen, Qiongyu Yuan, Zhaoyu Yang, Yuling Mi, Caiqiao Zhang

“…Furthermore, Nob promoted activation of PINK1 and Parkin pathways for mitophagy and alleviated mitochondrial edema. …”
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The Pathopharmacological Interplay between Vanadium and Iron in Parkinson’s Disease Models by Samuel Ohiomokhare, Francis Olaolorun, Amany Ladagu, Funmilayo Olopade, Melanie-Jayne R. Howes, Edward Okello, James Olopade, Paul L. Chazot

“…We found that undifferentiated CAD cells were more susceptible to vanadium exposure than differentiated cells, and this susceptibility was modulated by iron. In PINK−1 flies, the exposure to chronic low doses of vanadium exacerbated the existing motor deficits, reduced survival, and increased the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). …”
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l-Methioninase from some Streptomyces isolates I: Isolation, identification of best producers and some properties of the crude enzyme produced by M.H. Selim, H.H. Elshikh, D.E. El-Hadedy, M.M. Saad, E. Eliwa, M. Abdelraof

“…Qualitative rapid plate assay test shows the ability of 18 of these isolates to grow with a pink color surrounding their colonial growth, while 6 of these isolates could grow and utilize l-methionine without any pink color around their colonial growth. …”
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Transcription and Metabolic Profiling Analysis of Three Discolorations in a Day of <i>Hibiscus mutabilis</i> by Zhangshun Zhu, Xinmei Zeng, Xiaoqing Shi, Jiao Ma, Xiaoli Liu, Qiang Li

“…In this study, we used combined transcriptomics and metabolomics to analyze the <i>H. mutabilis</i> cultivar’s genetic and physiological mechanisms during three flower color transition periods (from white to pink, then from pink to red) within the span of one day. …”
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