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[ASAP] A Metastable Photoinduced Protein–Flavin Adduct in Choline Oxidase, an Enzyme Not Involved in Light-Dependent Processes

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c02633




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[ASAP] Quantitative Investigation of Ion Clusters in a Double Salt Ionic Liquid by Both Vibrational Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulation

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c01457




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[ASAP] Prediction of Amphiphilic Cell-Penetrating Peptide Building Blocks from Protein-Derived Amino Acid Sequences for Engineering of Drug Delivery Nanoassemblies

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c01618




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[ASAP] Targeted Delivery of Adamantylated Peptidoglycan Immunomodulators in Lipid Nanocarriers: NMR Shows That Cargo Fragments Are Available on the Surface

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c00029




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Coronavirus | It’s like 2nd innings of Test match, says Kumble on fight against COVID-19

Anil Kumble thanked all the health care workers and others who are going on with their work so that everyone else can stay safe at home.




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‘Republic of Religion – The Rise and Fall of Colonial Secularism in India’ review: Interplay of state and religion

Abhinav Chandrachud explores how India went from secularism under the British to a soft-colonial version after Independence to the present-day constitutional model




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New schedule of rates by Public Works Department increases wages of labourers

The revised schedule of rates has provided a nearly 15%-18% increase in the wages for about 300 types of labourers who work in various government projects




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Special cargo flight lifts 11 tonnes of vegetables, flowers from Tiruchi to Singapore

The flight, operated by SpiceJet, is the first exclusive freighter service from Tiruchi since the COVID-19 lockdown began




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COVID-19: Public art in Hyderabad to spread awareness

Md. Abdul Basith, with a team of 15 artists, spreads awareness on the lockdown through public art at various junctions in the city




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Delhi violence: CPI (M) leaders move HC for early hearing in plea to make public list of arrests

The main petition, which has sought that a list of those arrested be put up outside police control room and police stations in the district, should be updated on a case-by-case basis. It is listed for hearing on June 16




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‘Government’ responsible for tragedy in Aurangabad: Shiv Sena

The plight faced by migrant labourers was not restricted to Maharashtra but to the entire country, the Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said in an editorial




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Tiruvannamalai wholesale traders seek Collector’s nod to resume fruit and vegetable sales

Officer bearers say they are ready to adhere to protocols if permission is granted.




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JMC issues passes to 684 vegetable vendors




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Coronavirus update: India cases cross 52k; public transport may start soon

It's already May, and parts of the country hit 40 degrees Celsius a few days ago, making situations worse for people living in cramped quarters to stay indoors




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Trump administration shelves CDC guide to reopen public places: Report

The guidance contained detailed advice for making site-specific decisions related to reopening schools, restaurants, summer camps, churches, day care centers and other institutions




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WHO deeply troubled by increasing reports of domestic violence in Europe

Although data is scarce, member states are reporting up to a 60% increase in emergency calls by women subjected to violence, said Kludge




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World coronavirus dispatch: 20% of US workforce has sought jobless benefits

From WHO planning mission to find virus source in China, to Europe's richest man losing $30 billion, and the impact of coronavirus on indigenous people - read these and more in today's world dispatch




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China either made a terrible mistake or probably it was incompetence: Trump

Trump also described the allegations from the opposition Democratic party that Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential elections to help him win the polls as the "Russia hoax"




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Covid-19: US jobless rate spikes to 14.7%, highest since Great Depression

The figures are stark evidence of the damage the coronavirus has done to a now-shattered economy




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The irrepressible cuteness of Pooja Bhatt!

Pooja Bhatt's irrepressible cuteness, Rekha's amusing cartoon, Asha Bhosle's super songstress power, Akshay Kumar's sparkling white sneakers and shaved chest find a mention in Sukanya Verma's weekly column.





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The burning actor rushes to his bubble bath

The key to every Daniel Day-Lewis performance was a big theme and a thousand details.And in the final phase of his acting career, says Sreehari Nair, America became his big theme, and the details... well, he just popped them out like waffles.




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Par Ek Din: Flight of the Bumblebees

'The bumblebees in Par Ek Din may not be flying yet, but even as they dangle in mid-air, their stings hurt.' 'Effortlessly graceful, this is a work of passion that conveys what being passionate about something truly feels like,' says Sreehari Nair.




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Why The Godfather is the Bible of cinema

In March 1972, The Godfather was first screened in a New York theatre. The movies were never the same again. Forty six years later, longtime Rediff film critic Raja Sen talks about why that film means that much, and how it led him to a unique tribute.




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Bratty Sanju Baba to lovable Munna Bhai

'The most striking comment Yasser Usman makes -- not only about Sanjay Dutt, but also our contemporary society -- is about the transformation that he goes through: From being a man who claimed Muslim blood to one who is a devotee of Hindu gods,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta.





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Will Bollywood's walls of nepotism crumble?

'In the new Bollywood, where success can translate, like a chain reaction, into gains in related fields, mere appearance on the screen is no longer a guarantor of fame,' says Vikram Johri.




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A Numerous and Brilliant Assembly: A Colonial Williamsburg Musical Sampler

Selected performances from nine of Colonial Williamsburg's recordings, including fife and drum marches, chamber music, slave chants, and tavern songs.




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Supplementation of nano-bubble curcumin extract improves gut microbiota composition and exercise performance in mice

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3574-3584
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02487E, Paper
Yi-Ming Chen, Wan-Chun Chiu, Yen-Shuo Chiu, Tong Li, Hsin-Ching Sung, Chien-Yu Hsiao
NCE supplementation was able to modulate the gut microbiota increased the Lactobacillus genus.
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Seaweed Porphyra yezoensis polysaccharides with different molecular weights inhibit hydroxyapatite damage and osteoblast differentiation of A7R5 cells

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3393-3409
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO01732A, Paper
Ling-Hong Huang, Hong Liu, Jia-Yun Chen, Xin-Yuan Sun, Zhi-hui Yao, Jin Han, Jian-Ming Ouyang
Porphyra yezoensis polysaccharide could effectively reduce the cell damage and osteogenic transformation of vascular smooth muscle cells induced by hydroxyapatite crystals.
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Oleacein inhibits STAT3, activates the apoptotic machinery, and exerts anti-metastatic effects in the SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3271-3279
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00089B, Paper
Santa Cirmi, Marilena Celano, Giovanni Enrico Lombardo, Valentina Maggisano, Antonio Procopio, Diego Russo, Michele Navarra
The present findings demonstrate that oleacein, the main secoiridoid of extravirgin olive oil, acts against neuroblastoma cells, by reducing cell adhesion and migration, inducing apoptotic death and modulating STAT3-dependent pathway.
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Inducing secondary structural interplays between scallop muscle proteins and soy proteins to form soluble composites

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3351-3360
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO03106E, Paper
Chao Wu, Jiamei Wang, Xiaokang Na, Zhenyu Wang, Xianbing Xu, Tao Wang
Scallop muscle proteins and soya proteins were packed into a composite with tunable internal, molecular arrangements of the secondary structures.
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Impact of functional foods and nutraceuticals on high blood pressure with a special focus on meta-analysis: review from a public health perspective

Food Funct., 2020, 11,2792-2804
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00357C, Review Article
Kamesh Venkatakrishnan, Hui-Fang Chiu, Chin-Kun Wang
In recent times many researchers are expressing immense interest in nutraceuticals and functional foods for combating various diseases or abnormal conditions, especially against hypertension (HT).
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Black mulberry ethanol extract attenuates atherosclerosis-related inflammatory factors and downregulates PPARγ and CD36 genes in experimental atherosclerotic rats

Food Funct., 2020, 11,2997-3005
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02736J, Paper
Yun-Guo Liu, Jia-Li Yan, Yan-Qing Ji, Wen-Jing Nie, Yan Jiang
Atherosclerosis (AS) is the pathological basis of various vascular diseases and currently is seriously affecting human health.
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The impact of oligosaccharide content, glycosidic linkages and lactose content of galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) on the expression of mucus-related genes in goblet cells

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3506-3515
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00064G, Paper
Susana Figueroa-Lozano, Chengcheng Ren, Huifang Yin, Hien Pham, Sander van Leeuwen, Lubbert Dijkhuizen, Paul de Vos
Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) are molecules known to impact goblet cell function and mucus composition. Our results show that their molecular structure have a direct effect on goblet cells and impact mucus synthesis-related genes.
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Correction: Matrix-mediated distribution of 4-hydroxy-2-hexanal (nonenal) during deep-frying of chicken breast and potato sticks in vegetable oil

Food Funct., 2020, 11,3750-3750
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO90018D, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Lukai Ma, Guoqin Liu, Weiwei Cheng, Xinqi Liu, Huifan Liu, Qin Wang
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Alleviating effects of noni fruit polysaccharide on hepatic oxidative stress and inflammation in rats under a high-fat diet and its possible mechanisms

Food Funct., 2020, 11,2953-2968
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00178C, Paper
Xiaobing Yang, Wenjing Mo, Chuanjin Zheng, Wenzhi Li, Jian Tang, Xiaoyong Wu
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with gut microbiota, oxidative stress, and inflammation.
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Bergaptol from blossoms of Citrus aurantium L. var. amara Engl inhibits LPS-induced inflammatory responses and ox-LDL-induced lipid deposition

Food Funct., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO00255C, Paper
Chun-Yan Shen, Tian-Xing Wang, Jian-Guo Jiang, Chun-Ling Huang, Wei Zhu
Aberrant activation of inflammation and excess accumulation of lipids play pivotal roles in atherosclerosis (AS) progression. Constituents from Citrus aurantium Linn variant amara Engl (CAVA) were effectively investigated for their...
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Tomato seed oil attenuates hyperlipidemia and modulates gut microbiota in C57BL/6J mice

Food Funct., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00133C, Paper
Wen-Sen He, Lingling Li, Jiaxin Rui, Junjie Li, Yuying Sun, Dandan Cui, Bin Xu
TSO can significantly improve fatty acid metabolism and cholesterol metabolism, thereby inhibiting obesity and hypercholesterolemia. TSO can favorably modulate the gut microbiota.
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The cognitive effects of an acute wild blueberry intervention on 7 – 10 year olds using extended memory and executive function task batteries.

Food Funct., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02284H, Paper
Adrian Robert Whyte, Daniel J Lamport, Graham Schafer, Claire M. Williams
Evidence for the health benefits of blueberries is well documented. In particular memory and executive function benefits have both been found for children aged 7 – 10 in the 6...
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Jiaogulan tea (Gpostemma pentaphyllum) potentiates the antidiabetic effect of white tea via the AMPK and PI3K pathways in C57BL/6 mice

Food Funct., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00395F, Paper
Xiaoyan Xia, Jing Xu, Xude Wang, Hua Wang, Zhenchuan Lin, Keping Shao, LinLin Fang, Chenning Zhang, Yuqing Zhao
The use of plant-based beverages to interfere with the onset of diabetes may be a promising approach towards type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
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Be flexible with your financial plan, don't make big commitment

Clearly, these are unusual times. So, things need to be done differently




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iOS 9 Available as a Free Update for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Users September 16

Apple announced that iOS 9 will be available on September 16 as a free update for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users. iOS 9 makes iOS devices more intelligent and proactive with powerful search and improved Siri features, all while protecting users’ privacy. The way you interact with iPad gets even better with iOS 9, thanks to new multitasking features that let users view and interact with two apps at once, side by side. “iOS 9 is packed with intelligence that makes every experience with iPhone and iPad even more powerful — Siri can do more than ever and new proactive assistance helps you get more done before you ask, all while protecting users’ privacy,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering.




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OS X El Capitan Available as Free Update Tomorrow

OS X El Capitan, the latest major release of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, will be available Wednesday, September 30, as a free update for Mac users. El Capitan builds on the groundbreaking features and beautiful design of OS X Yosemite. “People love using their Macs, and one of the biggest reasons is the power and ease of use of OS X,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “El Capitan refines the Mac experience and improves performance in a lot of little ways that make a very big difference. Feedback from our OS X beta program has been incredibly positive and we think customers are going to love their Macs even more with El Capitan.”





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The Bard of Blood Review

Bard of Blood works up several moments of intrigue and drama but falls short of culminating into a satisfying watch, says Sukanya Verma.




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Rise of street militancy is the real problem: Radha Kumar

Interview with Former interlocutor on Jammu and Kashmir




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The public wants me in the image I have: Mohammad Shahabuddin

Interview with Rashtriya Janata Dal vice-president




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Covid Chronicles | Part 3 – Women & Work: When the Invisible becomes Visible!

The dilemmas of women who pull in double shifts at home and work are being seen and felt at scale by male colleagues




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Indian-origin scientist identifies four possible drugs to treat Covid-19

Indian-origin scientist identifies four possible drugs to treat Covid-19