Impaired Hippocampal Glutamate and Glutamine Metabolism in the db/db Mouse Model of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Jens Velde Andersen, Jakob Dahl Nissen, Sofie Kjellerup Christensen, Kia Hjulmand Markussen, Helle Sønderby Waagepetersen

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the cerebral metabolism of the important amino acids glutamate and glutamine in the db/db mouse model of T2DM. …”
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Superfoods: exploring sustainability perspectives between nutrient synthesizers and accumulators by G. Santunione, G. Montevecchi, G. Montevecchi

“…“Superfoods” is a marketing term used to describe nutrient-dense foods claimed to have health benefits due to their high concentrations of essential amino acids, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other bioactive compounds. …”
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Marker-assisted identification of maize genotypes with improved protein quality by O. A. Orlovskaya, S. V. Kubrak, S. I. Vakula, L. V. Khotyleva, A. V. Kilchevsky

“…Deficiency of two essential amino acids (lysine and tryptophan) significantly reduces the nutritional quality of maize proteins. …”
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The Effects of Polyphenols on Texture and Flavor of Egg Yolk: A Molecular Docking Study by Tingting Tang, Ruyi Zhang, Cuihua Chang, Junhua Li, Luping Gu, Yanjun Yang, Yujie Su

“…As a result, exposure to free sulfhydryl groups, free amino acids and free fatty acids was minimized, thus reducing oxidation reactions.…”
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Ethanolic extract of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) larvae for wound healing in mice (Mus musculus L.) by Darman Agung Sandakila, Gracetia Devita Hadi, Riska Gultom, Seni Samalele, Rudy Agung Nugroho

“…The extract's efficacy is attributed to its high protein content, various amino acids, and minerals that play crucial roles in wound healing processes. …”
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Systematic Characterization of the Chemical Components of Canna edulis Ker-Gawl Based on UHPLC Q-Exactive Orbitrap MS Technology by Liqiao Lv, Chi Zhang, Jiahui Wu, Dachuan Zhang, Fangyuan Zhao, Lv Bu Aga, Nan Wang, Junling Li, Leimengyuan Tang, Baosheng Zhao, Chunguo Wang, Xueyong Wang

“…A total of 54 chemical constituents were identified from the methanol extract of the rhizome, including 36 organic acids (with six phenolic acids), three phenols, one sugar (and its derivatives), one coumarin, one triterpenoid, ten N-containing organic compounds (including seven amino acids), and two other compounds. Moreover, three compounds were quantitatively analyzed and a methodological study of the three components was carried out. …”
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Agrowaste bioconversion and microbial fortification have prospects for soil health, crop productivity, and eco-enterprising by Dhananjaya P. Singh, Ratna Prabha, Shukla Renu, Pramod Kumar Sahu, Vivek Singh

“…Additional enrichment of compost with botanicals, humic acid, amino acids, mineral nutrients, phytohormones etc. may also add value to the bioinput products. …”
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Upcycling of food industry side streams by basidiomycetes for production of a vegan protein source by Jenny Ahlborn, Alexander Stephan, Theresa Meckel, Garima Maheshwari, Martin Rühl, Holger Zorn

“…The dominating fatty and amino acids of Pleurotus sapidus grown on apple pomace were linoleic acid and glutamic acid/glutamine, respectively. …”
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Assessment of Antidiabetic Potential and Phytochemical Profiling of Viscum album, a Traditional Antidiabetic Plant by Manzoor Ullah, Sultan Mehmood, Rehmat Ali Khan, Maroof Ali, Fozia Fozia, Muhammad Waqas, Riaz Ullah, Amal Alotaibi, Mujeeb A. Sultan

“…The extracts revealed the presence of saponins, flavonoids, alkaloids, terpene, tannins, phenols, protein, amino acids, sterols, and glycosides. The extract has shown phenolic contents 421 ± 4.8 mg GAE/100 g d. w and flavonoids content 127 ± 1.4 mg equiv. …”
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Identification of fine antigenic epitopes of Tamdy virus glycoprotein Gn fragment and establishment of ELISA detection method by Yujiao Fu, Liping Liu, Beibei Zhang, Xiaoshan Chao, Junxia Jin, Ying Wang, Juntao Ding

“…Subsequently, the seven positive 16-peptide sequences with antigenicity were truncated to form 8-peptide sequences with an overlap of seven amino acids. After analysis with the same method, eight fine antigenic epitopes E1 (58VINSTLDH65), E2 (65HVGSWGMP72), E3 (68SWGMPVTT75), E4 (187IRNQPFKS194), E5 (195FNVEVQ200), E6 (226AVVEHH231), E7 (228VEHHGNKA235), and E8 (310RGGRR314) were identified, all of which were located on the three-dimensional surface of glycoprotein Gn and were highly conserved in different TAMV strains. …”
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Composition and Biological Properties of Agaricus bisporus Fruiting Bodies – a Review by Muszyńska Bożena, Kała Katarzyna, Rojowski Jacek, Grzywacz Agata, Opoka Włodzimierz

“…It is popular not only because of its taste, but also due to its high level of nutrients: dietary fiber (chitin), essential, semi-essential amino acids, unsaturated fatty acids including linoleic and linolenic acids, easily digestible proteins, sterols, phenolic and indole compounds, and vitamins − especially provitamin D2 and B1, B2, B6, B7, and C. …”
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Chemical tools to define and manipulate interferon-inducible Ubl protease USP18 by Griffin J. Davis, Anthony O. Omole, Yejin Jung, Wioletta Rut, Ronald Holewinski, Kiall F. Suazo, Hong-Rae Kim, Mo Yang, Thorkell Andresson, Marcin Drag, Euna Yoo

“…Here, we report the design and synthesis of activity-based probes (ABPs) that incorporate unnatural amino acids into the C-terminal tail of ISG15, enabling the selective detection of USP18 activity over other ISG15 cross-reactive deubiquitinases (DUBs) such as USP5 and USP14. …”
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Physicochemical Characteristics and Flavor Quality Analysis of Fermented Jerky from Yanbian Beef Cattle by Xiao Yang, Changlei Liu, Qi Wang, Enying Cui, Hongjie Piao, Yuping Wen, Guanhao Li, Qing Jin

“…The results indicated that samples inoculated with the composite fermenter exhibited significant increases in ash content, hardness, total free amino acid concentration, and levels of specific flavor-enhancing amino acids compared to unfermented jerky (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Microalgae: A potential alternative to health supplementation for humans by Apurav Krishna Koyande, Kit Wayne Chew, Krishnamoorthy Rambabu, Yang Tao, Dinh-Toi Chu, Pau-Loke Show

“…Microalgal derived proteins have complete Essential Amino Acids (EAA) profiles and their protein content is higher than conventional sources such as meat, poultry and dairy products. …”
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Mechanism study on the enhancement of bile acid-binding capacity in corn by-product juice via Lactiplantibacillus plantarum HY127 fermentation by Huanyong Lv, Xiaohui Tang, Jian Zhang, Menghan Ma, Xinyi Li, Zhenjie Zheng, Yunhe Xu, Lili Zhang

“…Non-targeted metabolomics revealed upregulated amino acids, alkaloids, terpenoids, and other bioactive substances associated with BABC in the supernatant. …”
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Inhibition of STING-mediated type I IFN signaling by African swine fever virus DP71L by Lakmal Ranathunga, Sachini Abesinghe, Ji-Won Cha, Niranjan Dodantenna, Kiramage Chathuranga, Asela Weerawardhana, D. K. Haluwana, Nuwan Gamage, Jong-Soo Lee

“…The conserved phosphatase 1 (PP1) motif of DP71L specifically interact with the C-terminal tail (CTT) of STING and in particular, amino acids P371, L374, and R375 of STING were important for interaction with DP71L. …”
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Artificial Intelligence Transforming Post-Translational Modification Research by Doo Nam Kim, Tianzhixi Yin, Tong Zhang, Alexandria K. Im, John R. Cort, Jordan C. Rozum, David Pollock, Wei-Jun Qian, Song Feng

“…Post-Translational Modifications (PTMs) are covalent changes to amino acids that occur after protein synthesis, including covalent modifications on side chains and peptide backbones. …”
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Transcriptional Activity of PGC-1α and NT-PGC-1α Is Differentially Regulated by Twist-1 in Brown Fat Metabolism by Hee-Jin Jun, Thomas W. Gettys, Ji Suk Chang

“…PGC-1α consists of 797 amino acids, whereas alternative splicing of the PGC-1α gene produces a shorter protein called NT-PGC-1α (aa 1–270). …”
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Evaluation of the chemical composition, protein quality and digestibility of lupin (Lupinus albus and Lupinus angustifolius) by Márcia Regina Pereira Monteiro, Aline Bárbara Pereira Costa, Suellen Fabiane Campos, Mauro Ramalho Silva, Cassiano Oliveira da Silva, Hércia Stampini Duarte Martino, Marialice Pinto Coelho Silvestre

“…The in vivo digestibility value of casein was 95.81 ± 1.60, and the DV of L. albus and L. angustifolius were 90.89 ± 2.85 and 89.30 ± 2.01, respectively. Amino acid composition scores lower than one were found for almost all essential amino acids in lupin groups. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification of Genes Probably Relevant to the Uniqueness of Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) and Its Cultivars by Yan Wei, Wang Jing, Zhou Youxiang, Zhao Mingming, Gong Yan, Ding Hua, Peng Lijun, Hu Dingjin

“…Further investigation showed that nonsynonymous mutations may partially contribute to the differences between the two cultivars of C. sinensis, such as the chlorina and higher contents of amino acids in ZH2. Genes identified as candidates are probably relevant to the uniqueness of C. sinensis and its cultivars should be good candidates for subsequent functional analyses and marker-assisted breeding.…”
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