Black Tea May Be a Prospective Adjunct for Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Early Menopausal Bone Loss in a Rat Model of Osteoporosis by Asankur Sekhar Das, Maitrayee Banerjee, Dolan Das, Sandip Mukherjee, Chandan Mitra

“…This was found associated with enhanced activities of two relevant intestinal mucosal enzymes alkaline phosphatase (P<0.01 for duodenum, jejunum, and ileum) and Ca2+ activated ATPase (P<0.01 for duodenum, jejunum, and ileum). …”
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Treatment of Extensive Plaque Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthropathy using Methotrexate in a Patient with High Serum Alkaline Phosphatase by Suad HH, Muna Mohammed El Amin, Gad Allah Modawe, Osman Elbasheer

“…Investigations showed high serum alkaline phosphatase and low serum albumen. Other liver enzymes, CBC, ultrasound abdomen were all unremarkable. …”
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DICER1: The Argonaute Endonuclease Family Member and Its Role in Pediatric and Youth Pathology by Consolato M. Sergi, Fabrizio Minervini

“…In 2001, two enzyme-encoding genes were recognized in the fruit fly <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>. …”
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Humic Acid Alleviates Low-Temperature Stress by Regulating Nitrogen Metabolism and Proline Synthesis in Melon (<i>Cucumis melo</i> L.) Seedlings by Libao Zhu, Haihe Liu, Yanping Zhang, Yanxia Cao, Yiwen Hu, Yalun Wang, Haiqiang Zheng, Mengze Liu

“…In summary, HA alleviated the damage caused by low-temperature stress by improving levels of antioxidant enzymes, nitrogen metabolism, and proline synthesis.…”
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Mining the Proteome of subsp. ATCC 25586 for Potential Therapeutics Discovery: An Approach by Abdul Musaweer Habib, Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Sohel, Md. Habibul Hasan Mazumder, Mohd. Omar Faruk Sikder, Shah Md. Shahik

“…Subsequent analysis of the identified pivotal proteins, using the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) Automated Annotation Server (KAAS) resulted in sorting 3 key enzymes of F. nucleatum that may be good candidates as potential drug targets, since they are unique for the bacterium and absent in humans. …”
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Progress on the Classification, Characteristics and Food Industry Application of Microbial Proteases and Lipases by Yao ZHANG, Jiaxin WANG, Chanchan WEN, Jiayun HU, Xiaofeng LIU, Yuanfeng WU

“…Proteases and lipases are two major kinds of industrial hydrolysis enzymes and widely used in various food industry (e.g., cheese making, soy sauce fermentation, liquor brewing, meat tenderization, etc.). …”
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Biosynthesis of the Essential Fatty Acid Oxidation Cofactor Carnitine Is Stimulated in Heart and Liver after a Single Bout of Exercise in Mice by Tom L. Broderick, Frank A. Cusimano, Chelsea Carlson, Jeganathan Ramesh Babu

“…Liver and heart were removed under the same conditions for measurement of carnitine biosynthesis enzymes (liver butyrobetaine hydroxylase, γ-BBH; heart trimethyllysine dioxygenase, TMLD), organic cation transporter-2 (OCTN2, carnitine transporter), and liver peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPARα, transcription factor for γ-BBH and OCTN2 synthesis). …”
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Proton Pump Inhibitor-Induced Galactorrhea in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: A Friend or Foe? by Marios Prikis, Julie MacDougall, Nina Narasimhadevara

“…In the setting of renal dysfunction, these metabolites will not be excreted from the body and will accumulate further causing kidney damage and inhibiting CYP enzymes to a greater extent. Abnormally high serum prolactin levels leading to galactorrhea may be the result of such an accumulation. …”
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Anaerobic Co-digestion of Palm Oil Sludge, Cassava Peels, Cow Dung and Ground Eggshells: Process Optimization and Biogas Generation by D. O. Olukanni, M. J. Kamlenga, C. N. Ojukwu and T. Mkandawire

“…Future research should focus on developing more efficient, cheaper microbial agents, such as enzymes for biological pre-treatment of palm oil sludge to reduce lignin, which negatively impacts biogas generation.…”
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Rational design, synthesis, in vitro, and in-silico studies of pyrazole‑phthalazine hybrids as new α‑glucosidase inhibitors by Mehrdad Roshan, Roghieh Mirzazadeh, Azadeh Tajmir-Riahi, Mohammad Sadegh Asgari

“…Abstract This paper describes the design, development, synthesis, in silico, and in vitro evaluation of fourteen novel heterocycle hybrids as inhibitors of the α-glucosidase enzyme. The primary aim of this study was to explore the potential of novel pyrazole-phthalazine hybrids as selective inhibitors of α-glucosidase, an enzyme involved in carbohydrate metabolism, which plays a key role in the management of type 2 diabetes. …”
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Influences of Mg Doping on the Electrochemical Performance of TiO2 Nanodots Based Biosensor Electrodes by M. S. H. Al-Furjan, Kui Cheng, Wenjian Weng

“…TiO2 has a good protein adsorption ability and facilitates having more enzyme adsorption and better electron transfer. In this work, Mg ions are introduced into TiO2 nanodots in order to further improve electrode performance because Mg ions are considered to have good affinity with proteins or enzymes. …”
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Preparation of Saccharomycopsis fibuligera Fuqu and Its Application in the Production of Xiaoqu Baijiu by LIU Xiao, HUANG Zhiguo, WEI Chunhui, REN Zhiqiang, XIE Jun, DENG Jie

“…In addition, PICRUSt2 functional prediction confirmed that the abundance of enzymes involved in the metabolism of acetic acid and ethyl acetate was higher in the experimental group than in the control group during the fermentation process. …”
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Chronic glomerulonephritis of the mixed type in patient with HBV-infection (<i>Clinical case</i>) by V. S. Adonyeva, A. B. Botchkarev, O. S. Saurina

“…On a background of glucocorticosteroid treatment elevation of cytolytic enzymes (alanine transaminase of 120 U/L, aspartate aminotransferase of 98 U/L) was registered for the first time. …”
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Antimalarial Efficacy and Antioxidant Activity of Lophira lanceolata Stem Bark Ethanol Extract Using Plasmodium berghei Induced-Malaria in Swiss Albino’s Mice by Mounvera Abdel Azizi, Noumedem Anangmo Christelle Nadia, Yamssi Cedric, Ngouyamsa Nsapkain Aboubakar Sidiki, Gamago Nkadeu Guy-Armand, Djeussi Doriane Esther, Tientcheu Noutong Jemimah Sandra, Tako Djimefo Alex Kevin, Vincent Khan Payne

“…The ethanol extract of L. lanceolata caused a reduction of tissue markers, such as hepatic oxidative stress, as it increased the enzymatic activity of antioxidant enzymes. Conclusion. The ethanol extract of L. lanceolata possesses both antimalarial and antioxidant activities. …”
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Targeting the 8-oxodG Base Excision Repair Pathway for Cancer Therapy by Anna Piscone, Francesca Gorini, Susanna Ambrosio, Anna Noviello, Giovanni Scala, Barbara Majello, Stefano Amente

“…Central to this pathway are enzymes like 8-oxoguanine glycosylase 1 (OGG1), which recognize and excise 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) lesions, thereby initiating a series of repair processes that restore DNA integrity. …”
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Interplay between Extracellular Matrix and Neutrophils in Diseases by Yanyan Zhu, Yumeng Huang, Qian Ji, Shengqiao Fu, Jia Gu, Ningzheng Tai, Xu Wang

“…Neutrophils can also mediate ECM remodeling by providing specific matrix-remodeling enzymes (such as neutrophil elastase and metalloproteinases), generating neutrophil extracellular traps, and releasing exosomes. …”
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Right-sided superior vena cava draining into the left atrium in a patient with persistent left-sided superior vena cava emptying into the right atrium: a case report by Lamia Jamjoom

“…Laboratory investigations revealed leukocytosis, hyperglycemia, severe acidosis, and elevated cardiac enzymes. Transthoracic echocardiogram was performed and was unremarkable. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory Effect of By-Products from Haliotis discus hannai in RAW 264.7 Cells by Ho-Seok Rho, Hyang Kim, Jung-Ae Kim, Fatih Karadeniz, Byul-Nim Ahn, Ki-Ho Nam, Youngwan Seo, Chang-Suk Kong

“…Results indicated that presence of H. discus hannai mucosubstance by-products (AM) significantly lowered the nitric oxide (NO) production along the expressional suppression of inflammatory mediators such as cytokines TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 and enzymes iNOS and COX-2. Also, AM was shown to increase expression of anti-inflammatory response mediator HO-1. …”
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Hydroxymethylfurfural in honey: a public health problem by Bruno Soares Toledo, Lévison da Costa Cipriano, Thais Regina de Castro Pereira, Sérgio Borges Mano, Adriano Gomes da Cruz, Erick Almeida Esmerino, Eliane Teixeira Mársico

“… Honey is a sweet and natural product of high nutritional value, produced by honey bees (Apis mellifera) composed mainly of water and carbohydrates, nitrogen compounds, enzymes, organic acids, amino acids, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, vitamins, minerals and other phytochemical substances. …”
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Proteomic Analysis of Saliva Identifies Potential Biomarkers for Orthodontic Tooth Movement by Mohd Faiz Ellias, Shahrul Hisham Zainal Ariffin, Saiful Anuar Karsani, Mariati Abdul Rahman, Shahidan Senafi, Rohaya Megat Abdul Wahab

“…These processes trigger the secretion of various proteins and enzymes into the saliva. This study aims to identify salivary proteins that change in expression during orthodontic tooth movement. …”
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