Skin Lesions Associated with Nutritional Management of Maple Syrup Urine Disease by Jaraspong Uaariyapanichkul, Puthita Saengpanit, Ponghatai Damrongphol, Kanya Suphapeetiporn, Sirinuch Chomtho

“…Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is an inborn error of branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) metabolism. We report an infant with MSUD who developed 2 episodes of cutaneous lesions as a result of isoleucine deficiency and zinc deficiency, respectively. …”
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Impact of Power Ultrasound on Antihypertensive Activity, Functional Properties, and Thermal Stability of Rapeseed Protein Hydrolysates by Asif Wali, Haile Ma, Muhammad Shahnawaz, Khizar Hayat, Jian Xiaong, Li Jing

“…Compared to the hydrolysates obtained without sonication, the amino acid profile of ultrasound pretreated hydrolysates showed significant changes particularly in the proline content and hydrophobic amino acids with an increased rate of 2.47% and 6.31%, respectively. …”
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Higher Concentrations of BCAAs and 3-HIB Are Associated with Insulin Resistance in the Transition from Gestational Diabetes to Type 2 Diabetes by Ulrika Andersson-Hall, Carolina Gustavsson, Anders Pedersen, Daniel Malmodin, Louise Joelsson, Agneta Holmäng

“…NMR measurements revealed that levels of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) and the valine metabolite 3-hydroxyisobyturate were higher in T2DM and IGT groups and correlated with measures of insulin resistance and lipid metabolism. …”
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The Current Applications of Metabolomics in Understanding Endometriosis: A Systematic Review by Blake Collie, Jacopo Troisi, Martina Lombardi, Steven Symes, Sean Richards

“…Significant alterations of lipids, amino acids, as well as other compounds were present in human and animal models. …”
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The Phytochemical Screening and Antioxidants Potential of Schoenoplectus triqueter L. Palla by Amir Hassan, Zakaria Akmal, Nawaz Khan

“…Important types of phytochemicals found in this species are alkaloids, proteins, amino acids, flavonoids, phenols, terpenoids, tannins, saponins, and carbohydrates. …”
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Evaluating Metabolic Profiling of Human Milk Using Biocrates MxP^® QUANT 500 Assay by Daniela Hampel, Setareh Shahab-Ferdows, Gilberto Kac, Lindsay H. Allen

“…Higher concentrations at the later lactation stages were found predominantly for amino acids and related compounds. <b>Conclusions:</b> The MxP Quant^® 500 assay is a useful tool for HM metabolic profiling, minimizing analytical bias between matrices, and enhancing our ability to study milk as a biological system.…”
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Identification of a Gene Sharing a Promoter and Peroxisome Proliferator-Response Elements With Acyl-CoA Oxidase Gene by Mst. Hasina Akter, Md. Abdur Razzaque, Liu Yang, Toshio Fumoto, Kiyoto Motojima, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Fumiko Hirose, Takashi Osumi

“…GSPA encodes a protein of 161 amino acids that is enriched in 3T3-L1 cells. Even other gene pairs might be regulated through common sequence elements, and conversely it would be interesting how each gene is aptly regulated in clusters.…”
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Physiological, biochemical and genetic bases of amaranth (Amaranthus L.) breeding for food and feed purposes (a review) by A. B. Shcherban

“…It is characterized by a high content of protein saturated with essential amino acids, especially lysine, and a large number of bioactive compounds, such as vitamin C, amaranthine, rutin, carotenoids, etc. …”
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Modeling bacterial interactions uncovers the importance of outliers in the coastal lignin-degrading consortium by Qiannan Peng, Cheng Zhao, Xiaopeng Wang, Kelin Cheng, Congcong Wang, Xihui Xu, Lu Lin

“…Using genome-scale metabolic models, metabolic profiling and culture experiments, modeling of inter-species interactions between P. gergoviae, Vibrio alginolyticus, Aeromonas hydrophila and Shewanella putrefaciens, unravels cross-feeding of amino acids, organic acids and alcohols between the degrader and non-degraders. …”
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Metagenomic Insights into Pigeon Gut Microbiota Characteristics and Antibiotic-Resistant Genes by Wei Dai, Haicong Zhu, Junhong Chen, Hui Chen, Dingzhen Dai, Jian Wu

“…Besides the shared metabolic pathways and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, biosynthesis of amino acids was the most abundant Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) function in young pigeons, while microbial metabolism in diverse environments was abundant in older pigeons. …”
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Protein Quality of African Locust Bean—A High-Value Gathered Tree Food Contributing Protein and Palatability to Plant-Based Diets by Eliot T. Masters, Bokary Allaye Kelly

“…Proximate composition was determined, and amino acid profiles were compiled for 19 amino acids, with results compared by location and eco-climatic zone. …”
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Cloning, expression pattern analysis, and vector construction of the BvNAC40 gene in sugar beet by FAN Ziqi, SUN Yaqing, LI Ningning, ZHANG Shaoying, LI Guolong

“…[Results] The CDS of BvNAC40 was 1 182 bp long, encoding 393 amino acids, which was classified within the NAC transcription factor family, with a transmembrane domain at the C-terminus. …”
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An Overview of the Nutritional Requirements of Honey Bees (<i>Apis mellifera</i> Linnaeus, 1758) by Leticia S. Ansaloni, Janja Kristl, Caio E. C. Domingues, Aleš Gregorc

“…An adequate diet includes the consumption of sufficient amounts of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, water, and essential sterols, and a diet based on multi-floral pollen is desirable. …”
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Cliotide U1, a Novel Antimicrobial Peptide Isolated From Leaves by Mahnaz Nasre Taheri, Sima Sadat Seyedjavadi, Mehdi Goudarzi, Gholamhossein Ebrahimipour, Ali Hashemi

“…Findings: The purified peptide was composed of 35 amino acids with a hydrophobicity ratio of 63% and a net charge of + 5. …”
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Bioconversion of Airborne Methylamine by Immobilized Recombinant Amine Oxidase from the Thermotolerant Yeast Hansenula polymorpha by Sasi Sigawi, Marina Nisnevitch, Oksana Zakalska, Andriy Zakalskiy, Yeshayahu Nitzan, Mykhailo Gonchar

“…Aliphatic amines, including methylamine, are air-pollutants, due to their intensive use in industry and the natural degradation of proteins, amino acids, and other nitrogen-containing compounds in biological samples. …”
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CHANGING ASPECTS OF BAMBARA GROUNDNUT EXPLOITATION: 1. LIMITATIONS AND ALLEYWAYS FOR FUTURE EXPANSION by Elias Mjaika Ndifon, Magaret Chiv, Solomon Hemba Chia

“…Bambara groundnut seeds have a higher content of amino acids (80%) (i.e.; arginine, leucine, valine, methionine, and lysine), compared to cowpea, soybean, and groundnut (circa 64%, 74%, and 65% respectively). …”
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Engineering of L-Plastin Peptide-Loaded Biodegradable Nanoparticles for Sustained Delivery and Suppression of Osteoclast Function In Vitro by Sunipa Majumdar, Aniket S. Wadajkar, Hanan Aljohani, Mark A. Reynolds, Anthony J. Kim, Meenakshi Chellaiah

“…We have recently demonstrated that a small molecular weight amino-terminal peptide of L-plastin (10 amino acids; “MARGSVSDEE”) suppressed the phosphorylation of endogenous L-plastin. …”
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Synbiotics in caries prevention: A scoping review. by Mohammed Nadeem Bijle, Manikandan Ekambaram, Edward C M Lo, Cynthia Kar Yung Yiu

“…Future studies are needed to examine the combination of amino acids (esp. arginine) with probiotics as a potential synbiotic against cariogenic pathogens.…”
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Lowering the affinity of single-chain monovalent BBB shuttle scFc-scFv8D3 prolongs its half-life and increases brain concentration by Andrés de la Rosa, Nicole G. Metzendorf, Jonathan Efverström, Ana Godec, Dag Sehlin, Jamie Morrison, Greta Hultqvist

“…Initially, in silico protein-protein docking analysis was performed to identify amino acids (AAs) likely to contribute to 8D3s TfR binding affinity. …”
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A New Approach for the Utilization of Technical Egg Albumen Based on Acid–Thermal Coagulation by Plamen Saraliev, Desislav Balev, Desislava Vlahova-Vangelova, Nikolay Kolev, Stefan Dragoev

“…TA contains mainly water, fat, and protein, including all essential amino acids, all of the proteins of the egg white, and some of the yolk. …”
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