Anti-Inflammatory therapeutic potential of Bungur (Lagerstroemia speciosa L.) leaves ethanolic extract against LPS-activated macrophage through TLR4/MD2 signaling: A computational... by Rosyadah Nuraini, Dwijayanti Dinia Rizqi, Annisa Yuslinda, Kamila Fairuz Sarah, Widyananda Muhammad Hermawan, Ulfa Siti Mariyah, Widodo Nashi

“…In silico studies identified luteolin, luteolin 7-sulfate, and quercetin as the three best compounds, which acted as potent competitive inhibitors of TLR4 activation. …”
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Adhesive polyelectrolyte coating through UV-triggered polymerization on PLGA particles for enhanced drug delivery to inflammatory intestinal mucosa by Jie Zhang, Yi-jing Yin, Xing-wang Wang, Wei-qi Lu, Zhao-yang Chen, Chao-hui Yu, Ke-feng Ren, Cheng-fu Xu

“…Our findings reveal that, compared to the naked particles, the PAA-NHS coating increases the adhesion of particles to the inflammatory intestine. In a dextran sulfate sodium-induced acute colitis mouse model, the TAC/PLGA particles with PAA-NHS coating exhibits substantial retention of TAC within the inflammatory intestine, enhancing drug delivery efficiency and therapeutic effects. …”
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Mysterious air pollution in south China linked to volcanic emissions from the Philippines by Changqing Lin, Jian Zhen Yu, Eddie Lee, Pak-Wai Chan, Jackie Wai-Yin Ng, Ying-Wa Chan, Tianshu Zhang, Yiang Chen, Hanzhe Chen, Zijing Zhang, Samuel Ho-Kwong Chui, Jimmy C. H. Fung, Wenqing Liu, Alexis K. H. Lau

“…Unusually high levels of sulfate (reaching 75% of fine particulate matter) and phosphorus (up to 93 ng/m³) in Hong Kong supported this finding. …”
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Endometrial Regenerative Cell-Derived Conditioned Medium Alleviates Experimental Colitis by Chenglu Sun, Jingpeng Hao, Hong Qin, Yanglin Zhu, Xiang Li, Baoren Zhang, Yafei Qin, Guangming Li, Hongda Wang, Hao Wang

“…Acute colitis was induced by 3% dextran sodium sulfate (DSS), and ERC-CM was injected on days 4, 6, and 8, respectively, after induction. …”
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Separation, Purification, Structural Characterization and in Vitro Antioxidant Activity of Low Molecular Mass Fucoidans by YU Fan, GUO Yingying, LI Na, DAI Xinyue, ZHU Wenjia, YAO Lin, JIANG Yanhua, WANG Lianzhu

“…The results showed that F-1 and F-2 were primarily composed of fucose and galactose, with molecular mass of 2 790 and 23 510 Da, respectively. Their sulfate contents were (27.05 ± 0.95)% and (34.73 ± 0.08)%, and their uronic acid contents were (15.39 ± 0.33)% and (6.76 ± 0.38)%, respectively. …”
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Applications of Organic and Inorganic Amendments Induce Changes in the Mobility of Mercury and Macro- and Micronutrients of Soils by Mercedes García-Sánchez, Adéla Šípková, Jiřina Száková, Lukáš Kaplan, Pavla Ochecová, Pavel Tlustoš

“…The individual treatments were (i) digestate from the anaerobic fermentation of biowaste; (ii) fly ash from wood chip combustion; and (iii) ammonium sulfate, and every treatment was added with the same amount of S. …”
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Delayed Awareness of the History of Barium Examination: Perforated Barium Appendicitis by Susumu Saigusa, Masaki Ohi, Satoshi Oki, Takashi Ichikawa, Minako Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Inoue, Chikao Miki

“…The resected specimen demonstrated that the appendix contained a fecalith, and histopathological examination showed the crystal structure of barium sulfate in the lumen of the appendix. Unfortunately, we did not obtain the history of screening for gastric cancer using a barium examination one month prior to our appendectomy. …”
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Upregulation of TCPTP in Macrophages Is Involved in IL-35 Mediated Attenuation of Experimental Colitis by Baoren Zhang, Chenglu Sun, Yanglin Zhu, Hong Qin, Dejun Kong, Jingyi Zhang, Bo Shao, Xiang Li, Shaohua Ren, Hongda Wang, Jingpeng Hao, Hao Wang

“…After the successful construction of engineered bacteria expressing IL-35, a colitis model was successfully induced by giving BALB/c mice a solution containing 3% dextran sulfate sodium (DSS). Mice were treated with Pichia/IL-35, empty plasmid-transformed Pichia (Pichia/0), or PBS by gavage, respectively. …”
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Effects of Exposure to Physical Factors on Homeopathic Preparations as Determined by Ultraviolet Light Spectroscopy by Barbara Marschollek, Mathias Nelle, Martin Wolf, Stephan Baumgartner, Peter Heusser, Ursula Wolf

“…Homeopathic centesimal (c) dilutions, 1c to 30c, of copper sulfate (CuSO4), decimal dilutions of sulfur (S8), 1x to 30x, and controls (succussed potentization medium) were prepared, randomized, and blinded. …”
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Formulation of Ebastine Fast-Disintegrating Tablet Using Coprocessed Superdisintegrants and Evaluation of Quality Control Parameters by Bhawana Dhakal, Jaybir Kumar Thakur, Reema Kumari Mahato, Ishwori Rawat, D. C. Rabin, Rahul Rana Chhetri, Kedar Prasad Shah, Atul Adhikari, Jitendra Pandey

“…The in vitro dissolution test was conducted according to Indian Pharmacopeia 2018, with the help of the rotating paddle method using 0.5% w/v sodium lauryl sulfate buffer in 0.1 N HCl. For the optimized batch (8th batch), all the physicochemical parameters like angle of repose (33.77°), Carr’s index (19.34%), Hausner’s ratio (1.24), weight variation (202.5 mg), hardness (4.3 kg/cm2), friability (0.44%), thickness (3.16 mm), dissolution (95.78%), and drug content (101.67%) were within the acceptable limit as per Indian Pharmacopeia 2018. …”
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Kinetic, Isotherm and Thermodynamic Studies on the Removal of Zn (II) From Aqueous Solution using Silica Adsorbent by Vivekanand Choudhary, Twinkle Keshari, Himanshu Shekhar

“…This paper detailed the kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamics of this process.Methods: A stock solution of zinc sulfate in distilled water was prepared. Silica oxide, with its high surface area, was used to remove zinc ions from solutions of 5, 10, 15, and 20 mg/L concentrations. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of 2-(Thiocyanomethylthio)-Benzothiazole Degradation Using Electro-Fenton and Anodic Oxidation on a Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode by Armando Vázquez, Lucía Alvarado, Isabel Lázaro, Roel Cruz, José Luis Nava, Israel Rodríguez-Torres

“…In this study, a comparison of direct anodic oxidation (AO) using a boron-doped diamond electrode (BDD) and electro-Fenton (EF) processes for TCMTB degradation in acidic chloride and sulfate media using a FM01-LC reactor was performed. …”
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REGAIN STUDY: Retrospective Study to Assess the Effectiveness, Tolerability, and Safety of Ferric Carboxymaltose in the Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women by Saleema Wani, Mariyam Noushad, Shabana Ashiq

“…Oral iron, either as iron sulfate or fumarate, with or without folic acid, is the most commonly used treatment for IDA in pregnancy. …”
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Inorganic Acid Anions in Distilled Alcoholic Beverages: Capillary Electrophoresis with Conductometric Detection by Nataliya V. Shelekhova, Irina M. Abramova, Tamara М. Shelekhova

“…The approach proved effective in determining chloride, nitrate, sulfate, fluoride, and phosphate ions in whiskey, rum, tequila, moonshine, grain, and rum distillates. …”
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Protective Effects of Sanyar Prebiotic on Immunity and Tissue Changes of Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Exposed to CuSO4 Stress by Ramezan Rajani, Mohammad Farhangi, Hojjatallah Jafaryan, Hossein Adineh, Maryam Alizadeh

“…The exposure of fish to copper sulfate leads to oxidative stress, suppression of the immune system, and destruction of vital body tissues. …”
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Smart Zinc-Based Coatings with Chitosan–Alginate Nanocontainers Loaded with ZnO and Caffeine for Corrosion Protection of Mild Steel by Kamelia Kamburova, Nelly Boshkova, Tsetska Radeva, Nikolai Boshkov

“…The nanocontainers thus obtained were incorporated into the matrices of ordinary zinc coatings via co-electrodeposition with zinc from zinc sulfate solution, aiming to improve the corrosion protection of steel in corrosive environments containing chloride ions. …”
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Enhanced precise therapy of ROS-sensitive dual-layer shell nanoparticles loading quercetin on DSS-induced ulcerative colitis mice by Yang Bai, Danling Jiang, Boda Wu, Jiao Peng, Ji Wang, Yuhui Chen, Xi Li

“…Furthermore, Que@Gel-DA NPs significantly alleviated the UC symptoms in a dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced UC mouse model. This was evidenced by a significant increase in body weight, a reduction in occult blood in the feces, and a recovery of the crypt structure. …”
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Impact of Bifidobacterium longum NSP001 on DSS-induced colitis in conventional and humanised mice by Menglin Chen, Hong Yao, Huizi Tan, Wenqi Huang, Quanyong Wu, Shaoping Nie

“…Most scientific investigations regarding inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) pathogenesis or therapeutic strategies use dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced models performed on mice. …”
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Effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals, blood metabolome, and epigenetics on breast cancer risk: A multi-dimensional mendelian randomization study by Ningning Song, Xinquan Xi, Kuan Yang, Chongzhe Pei, Lingzhou Zhao

“…Mediation analysis reveals that blood metabolites, such as caffeic acid sulfate and the caffeine-to-paraxanthine ratio, mediate the effect of n-BuP on Luminal A, while methylsuccinate mediate the effect of MiBP on TNBC. …”
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Regulation of S100A8/A9 (Calprotectin) Binding to Tumor Cells by Zinc Ion and Its Implication for Apoptosis-Inducing Activity by Yuichi Nakatani, Masatoshi Yamazaki, Walter J. Chazin, Satoru Yui

“…Although it has been reported that S100A8/A9 binds to heparan sulfate on cell membranes, the amount of S100A8/A9 bound to MM46 cells was not reduced by heparinase treatment, but was reduced by trypsin treatment. …”
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