Protective Role of Bergamot Polyphenolic Fraction (BPF) against Deltamethrin Toxicity in Honeybees (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) by Roberto Bava, Fabio Castagna, Stefano Ruga, Rosamaria Caminiti, Saverio Nucera, Rosa Maria Bulotta, Clara Naccari, Domenico Britti, Vincenzo Mollace, Ernesto Palma

“…Comparing the honeybees of the groups in which the BPF-deltamethrin association was added to the normal diet (sugar solution) with those in which deltamethrin alone was added to the normal diet, the BPF group had a statistically significant reduction in the honeybee mortality rate (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.05) and a greater consumption of food. …”
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Ten-year results of a Screening Program during pregnancy for children’s dental caries prophylaxis by Sonia Merluzzi, Tiziano Basso, Nicola Bizzaro

“…Its presence in the plaque is not equal for all people and is closely related to sugar consumption (9). Its transmission can take place early in the life of the child through the mother’s saliva (2, 3, 4, 8).The early acquisition of this organism is associated with Early Childhood Caries (ECC) and then creates a primary colonization which is hardly removed (1, 7). …”
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Advances in Effects of Sound Waves on Plants by Reda HE Hassanien, Tian-zhen HOU, Yu-feng LI, Bao-ming LI

“…Sound waves stimulation could increase the plant plasma-membrane H+-ATPase activity, the contents of soluble sugar, soluble protein, and amylase activity of callus. …”
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Efficient continuous-flow separation and purification processes of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural by Tiprawee Tongtummachat, Kritsanalak Thongkan, Watsamon Chuphueak, Attasak Jaree, Nattee Akkarawatkhoosith

“…Subsequently, the solvent was removed through a one-stage distillation process. The sugar component in the solution was purified using activated carbon adsorption and could be recycled back into the production unit. …”
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GLP-1 Gene-Modified Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell Line Improves Blood Glucose Level in Type 2 Diabetic Mice by Ying Chang, Mingxin Dong, Yan Wang, Haotian Yu, Chengbiao Sun, Xin Jiang, Wei Chen, Xin Wang, Na Xu, Wensen Liu, Ningyi Jin

“…The results of this study indicate that the novel cell line can prolong the half-life of GLP-1 in vivo and effectively lower blood sugar, which is a feasible method to improve type 2 diabetes.…”
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Eco-Conscious Approach to Thermoresponsive Star-Comb and Mikto-Arm Polymers via Enzymatically Assisted Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Followed by Ring-Opening Polymerization by Tomasz Fronczyk, Anna Mielańczyk, Olesya Klymenko, Karol Erfurt, Dorota Neugebauer

“…The study elucidates advancements in the synthesis and utilization of hydrophilic sugar-based initiators for enzymatically assisted ATRP in an aqueous solution for obtaining complex star-comb polymers in a controlled manner.…”
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Nematicidal glycosylated resorcylic acid lactones from the fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia PC-170 and their key biosynthetic genes by Zeyu Li, Zeyu Li, Ning Luo, Wenwen Zhang, Raja Asad Ali Khan, Jian Ling, Jianlong Zhao, Yuhong Yang, Zhenchuan Mao, Bingyan Xie, Ligang Zhou, Yan Li

“…The planar structure of the new compound monocillin VI glycoside (1) was elucidated using HRESIMS and NMR data, and its monosaccharide configuration was further determined through sugar hydrolysis experiment and GC–MS analysis method. …”
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Comprehensive evaluation of the resistance to shoot shriveling before and after sprouting in different varieties of Ping’ou hybrid hazelnut by Haizhe Gao, Zhiguo Jia, Lirong Zhang, Zhang Li

“…The content of reducing sugars and starch in hazel buds generally increased and then decreased during the bud burst process, while α-amylase activity showed a decreasing trend followed by an increasing trend. …”
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The disappearance of IPO in myocardium of diabetes mellitus rats is associated with the increase of succinate dehydrogenase-flavin protein by Mengyuan Deng, Wei Chen, Haiying Wang, Yan Wang, Wenjing Zhou, Tian Yu

“…After DM rats were fed a high-fat and -sugar diet for 4 weeks, they were injected with Streptozotocin to establish the diabetic rat model. …”
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Non-communicable diseases among low income adults in rural coastal communities in Eastern Sabah, Malaysia by Hazriani Harris, Yasmin B. H. Ooi, Jau-Shya Lee, Patricia Matanjun

“…Adults from the hardcore poor economic status (household income ≤RM760/month (≈USD183/month) were the most represented in those who did not have a blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipids check in the 12 months preceding the study (Χ2, p < 0.01). …”
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Characterisation of recombinant pyranose oxidase from the cultivated mycorrhizal basidiomycete <it>Lyophyllum shimeji </it>(hon-shimeji) by Yamabhai Montarop, Spadiut Oliver, Stranzinger Barbara, Tsunashima Masako, Takakura Yoshimitsu, Salaheddin Clara, Peterbauer Clemens K, Haltrich Dietmar

“…</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p><it>L. shimeji </it>P2Ox shows properties that are comparable to those of P2Ox from white-rot fungal origin, and is in general characterised by lower K_mand <it>k</it>_catvalues both for electron donor (sugar) as well as electron acceptor (ferrocenium ion, 1,4-benzoquinone, 2,6-dichloroindophenol). …”
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Comparative metabolomics of Phialemonium curvatum as an omnipotent fungus cultivated on crude palm oil versus glucose by Arief Izzairy Zamani, Susann Barig, Sarah Ibrahim, Hirzun Mohd. Yusof, Julia Ibrahim, Jaime Yoke Sum Low, Shwu Fun Kua, Syarul Nataqain Baharum, Klaus-Peter Stahmann, Chyan Leong Ng

“…Abstract Background Sugars and triglycerides are common carbon sources for microorganisms. …”
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Effects of Prebiotics and Probiotics on Honey Bees (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) Infected with the Microsporidian Parasite <i>Nosema ceranae</i> by Daniel Borges, Ernesto Guzman-Novoa, Paul H. Goodwin

“…Bees kept in cages were inoculated with <i>N. ceranae</i> spores and single-dose treatments were administered in sugar syrup. Acacia gum caused the greatest reduction in <i>N. ceranae</i> spore numbers (67%) but also significantly increased bee mortality (62.2%). …”
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Comparison of Volatile Organic Compounds, Quality, and Nutritional Parameters from Local Italian and International Apple Cultivars by Aurora Cirillo, Natasha D. Spadafora, Lily James-Knight, Richard A. Ludlow, Carsten T. Müller, Lucia De Luca, Raffaele Romano, Hilary J. Rogers, Claudio Di Vaio

“…‘Limoncella’ shows high sugar content, which may be acting as a cryoprotectant during storage, and high total phenolics in the flesh, which is of nutritional interest. …”
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Grafting Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells Into the Hippocampus of Juvenile, Irradiated Mice Normalizes Behavior Deficits by Yoshiaki Sato, Yoshiaki Sato, Noriko Shinjyo, Machiko Sato, Machiko Sato, Marie K. L. Nilsson, Kazuhiro Osato, Kazuhiro Osato, Changlian Zhu, Changlian Zhu, Marcela Pekna, Hans G. Kuhn, Klas Blomgren, Klas Blomgren, Klas Blomgren

“…Irradiation impaired novelty-induced exploration, place learning, reversal learning, and sugar preference, and it altered the movement pattern. …”
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Castor Plant Adaptation to Salinity Stress during Early Seedling Stage by Physiological and Transcriptomic Methods by Xiaoxia Deng, Yuwen Ma, Shuang Cheng, Zixuan Jin, Congcong Shi, Junyu Liu, Jixiang Lin, Xiufeng Yan

“…The results indicated that salt stress (150 mM NaCl, 6 d) increased malondialdehyde (MDA) and proline content, whereas it decreased dry weight (DW) and soluble sugar content. The Illumina Hiseq 2500 platform was used to analyze transcriptome profiles in the cotyledons and roots under salt stress conditions. …”
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Nutraceutical Value of Black Cherry Prunus serotina Ehrh. Fruits: Antioxidant and Antihypertensive Properties by Francisco J. Luna-Vázquez, César Ibarra-Alvarado, Alejandra Rojas-Molina, Juana I. Rojas-Molina, Elhadi M. Yahia, Dulce M. Rivera-Pastrana, Adriana Rojas-Molina, Ángel Miguel Zavala-Sánchez

“…Proximate analysis showed that black cherry fruits have high sugar, protein, and potassium contents. The results derived from this study indicate that black cherry fruits contain phenolic compounds which elicit significant antioxidant and antihypertensive effects. …”
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N-glycans released from glycoproteins using a commercial kit and comprehensively analyzed with a hypothetical database by Xue Sun, Lei Tao, Lin Yi, Yilan Ouyang, Naiyu Xu, Duxin Li, Robert J. Linhardt, Zhenqing Zhang

“…A hypothetical database, constructed using GlycResoft, provides all compositional possibilities of N-glycans based on the common sugar residues found in N-glycans. In the initial version this database contains >8,700 N-glycans, and is compatible with MS instrument software and expandable. …”
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Monitoring the fibrolytic potential of microbial ecosystems from domestic and wild ruminants browsing tanniferous forages by Nokwethemba Nqobile Philile Msimango, Fabian Nde Fon

“…Enzyme specific activities were defined as μg of reducing sugar/mg CPZ. In vitro fermentation study was done by transferring 33 mL of fresh faecal inoculum into 67 mL of salivary buffer containing 1 g Acacia sieberiana and incubating for 72 h at 38 °C. …”
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Exogenous betaine enhances salt tolerance of Glycyrrhiza uralensis through multiple pathways by Xinping Dong, Xiaomei Ma, Zhilong Zhao, Miao Ma

“…The 20 mM GB-addition treatment significantly increased content of osmoregulatory substances (the contents of soluble protein, soluble sugar and proline increased by 7.05%, 70.52% and 661.06% in roots, and also increased by 30.74%, 47.11% and 26.88% in leaves, respectively.). …”
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