A systematic study is presented of the effects of trehalose on the physical properties of extruded DPPC–cholesterol unilamellar vesicles. Particular emphasis is placed on examining how the interactions present in the ...

In this work, computer simulation methods were applied to investigate glucose-derived carbohydrates in solution at atomistic resolution. The carbohydrates considered were: trehalose and cyclodextrins. The disaccharide ...

The interaction of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) with cell membranes is believed to play a central role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. In particular, recent experimental evidence indicates that bilayer and monolayer ...

The water activity in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) decreases by 60% when the lipid is dehydrated in the presence of trehalose concentrations higher than 0.02 M. In contrast, sucrose in concentrations 10 times ...

Willow seeds are classified as orthodox, but they show some recalcitrant characteristics, as they lose viability in a few weeks at room temperature. The aim of this work was to improve the desiccation tolerance of willow ...

Cadmium (Cd2+) is a non-redox metal capable of generating free radicals by an indirect way, by depletion of antioxidant defenses and these way increased oxidative stress, particularly binding sulfhydryl groups, these groups ...

The physicochemical characterization of polymer liposome complexes (PLCs) prepared with lipids of lactic acid bacteria and poly(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) covalently bound to cholesterol (CHO-PDMAEMA) was carried ...

Samples of Brazilian royal jelly from Africanized Apis mellifera were analysed in order to determine the gross composition: crude moisture ranged from 67.80% to 69.40%, crude protein from 15.80% to 16.70%, crude lipid from ...