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  • Carbon composite micro- and nano-tubes-based electrodes for detection of nucleic acids 

    Prášek, Jan; Húska, Dalibor; Trnková, Libuše; Adam, Vojtěch; Kizek, René; Hubálek, Jaromír (Springer, 2011-05-16)
    The first aim of this study was to fabricate vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). MWCNTs were successfully prepared by using plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition. Further, three carbon composite ...

  • Mathematical evaluation of the amino acid and polyphenol content and antioxidant activities of fruits from different apricot cultivars 

    Sochor, Jiří; Škutková, Helena; Babula, Petr; Zítka, Ondřej; Cernei, Natalia Vladimirovna; Rop, Otakar; Krška, Boris; Adam, Vojtěch; Provazník, Ivo; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2011-09-01)
    Functional foods are of interest because of their significant effects on human health, which can be connected with the presence of some biologically important compounds. In this study, we carried out complex analysis of ...

  • Bio-Sensing of Cadmium(II) Ions Using Staphylococcus aureus 

    Sochor, Jiří; Zítka, Ondřej; Hynek, David; Krejčová, Ludmila; Trnková, Libuše; Adam, Vojtěch; Hubálek, Jaromír; Kynický, Jindřich; Vrba, Radimír; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2011-11-08)
    Cadmium, as a hazardous pollutant commonly present in the living environment, represents an important risk to human health due to its undesirable effects (oxidative stress, changes in activities of many enzymes, interactions ...

  • Phenolic profile of edible honeysuckle berries (Genus Lonicera) and their biological effect 

    Juříková, Tunde; Rop, Otakar; Mlček, Jiří; Sochor, Jiří; Balla, Štefan; Szekeres, Ladislav; Hegedusová, A.; Hubálek, Jaromír; Adam, Vojtěch; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2012-01-01)
    The current status of research on polyphenolic compounds in the berries of edible honeysuckle and their biological effects, including recommended utilization, are reviewed. The major classes of phenolic compounds in the ...

  • Self-Ordered TiO2 Quantum Dot Array Prepared via Anodic Oxidation 

    Drbohlavová, Jana; Hrdý, Radim; Salyk, Ota; Kizek, René; Hubálek, Jaromír (SpringerOpen, 2012-02-14)
    The paper brings the important information about synthesis of titania quantum dots in the form of sensor array which is suitable for various biomolecules (DNA, proteins) sensing in vitro. The usage of this fluorescence ...

  • Automated assay of the potency of natural antioxidants using pipetting robot and spectrophotometry 

    Pohanka, Miroslav; Sochor, Jiří; Ruttkay-Nedecký, Branislav; Cernei, Natalia Vladimirovna; Adam, Vojtěch; Hubálek, Jaromír; Stiborová, Marie; Eckschlager, Tomáš; Kizek, René (University of South Bohemia, 2012-05-17)
    In the food industry, in the process of creating new agricultural plant products, and in the testing of anti-cancer drugs there is often a need to assay multiple samples of low molecular weight antioxidants, plant samples ...

  • Local Treatment of Hand-Foot Syndrome with Uridine/Thymidine:In Vitro Appraisal on a Human Keratinocyte Cell Line HaCaT 

    Hartinger, Jan; Veselý, Pavel; Matoušková, Eva; Argalacsová, Soňa; Petruželka, Luboš; Netíková, Irena (Hindawi, 2012-07-31)
    5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is one of the most commonly used antineoplastic drugs in the anticancer therapy. The hand-foot (HF) syndrome (palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia) is an adverse effect frequently related to long-term ...

  • Master Sintering Surface – A Practical Approach to Its Construction and Utilization for Spark Plasma Sintering Prediction 

    Pouchlý, Václav; Maca, Karel; Xiong, Yan; Shen, Zhijian (International Institute for the Science of Sintering, 2012-08-01)
    The sintering is a complex thermally activated process, thus any prediction of sintering behaviour is very welcome not only for industrial purposes. Presented paper shows the possibility of densification prediction based ...

  • Investigation into the Effect of Molds in Grasses on Their Content of Low Molecular Mass Thiols 

    Skládanka, Jiří; Adam, Vojtěch; Zítka, Ondřej; Kryštofová, Olga; Beklová, Miroslava; Kizek, René; Havlíček, Zdeněk; Sláma, Petr; Nawrath, adam (MDPI, 2012-10-24)
    The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of molds on levels of low molecular mass thiols in grasses. For this purpose, the three grass species Lolium perenne, Festulolium pabulare and Festulolium braunii were ...

  • Sharka: The Past, The Present and The Future 

    Sochor, Jiří; Babula, Petr; Adam, Vojtěch; Krška, Boris; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2012-11-01)
    Members the Potyviridae family belong to a group of plant viruses that are causing devastating plant diseases with a significant impact on agronomy and economics. Plum pox virus (PPV), as a causative agent of sharka disease, ...

  • Modern Micro and Nanoparticle-Based Imaging Techniques 

    Vaculovičová, Markéta; Pekárková, Jana; Drbohlavová, Jana; Kopel, Pavel; Babula, Petr; Hynek, David; Adam, Vojtěch; Eckschlager, Tomáš; Hubálek, Jaromír; Stiborová, Marie; Kaiser, Jozef; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2012-11-02)
    The requirements for early diagnostics as well as effective treatment of insidious diseases such as cancer constantly increase the pressure on development of efficient and reliable methods for targeted drug/gene delivery ...

  • Novel Electrochemical Biosensor for Simultaneous Detection of Adenine and Guanine Based on Cu2O Nanoparticles 

    Pekárková, Jana; Prášek, Jan; Majzlíková, Petra; Trnková, Libuše; Drbohlavová, Jana; Pekárek, Jan; Hrdý, Radim; Hubálek, Jaromír (Elsevier, 2012-11-02)
    In this paper Cu2O nanoparticles were prepared and used for the construction of novel electrochemical voltammetric biosensor for the simultaneous detection of adenine and guanine. Cu2O nanoparticles were synthesized via ...

  • Effect of Magnetic Nanoparticles on Tobacco BY-2 Cell Suspension Culture 

    Kryštofová, Olga; Sochor, Jiří; Zítka, Ondřej; Babula, Petr; Kudrle, Vít; Adam, Vojtěch; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2013-01-01)
    Nanomaterials are structures whose exceptionality is based on their large surface, which is closely connected with reactivity and modification possibilities. Due to these properties nanomaterials are used in textile industry ...

  • The Role of Metallothionein in Oxidative Stress 

    Ruttkay-Nedecký, Branislav; Nejdl, Lukáš; Gumulec, Jaromír; Zítka, Ondřej; Masařík, Michal; Eckschlager, Tomáš; Stiborová, Marie; Adam, Vojtěch; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2013-03-15)
    Volné radikály jsou chemické částice, které obsahují jeden nebo více nepárových elektronů, které mohou být součástí molekuly. Způsobují, že se molekula stává velmi reaktivní. Volné radikály jsou také známo, že hrají dvojí ...

  • Ion exchange chromatography and mass spectrometric methods for analysis of cadmium-phytochelatin (II) complexes 

    Merlos Rodrigo, Miguel Ángel; Cernei, Natalia Vladimirovna; Komínková, Markéta; Zítka, Ondřej; Beklová, Miroslava; Zehnálek, Josef; Kizek, René; Adam, Vojtěch (MDPI, 2013-03-28)
    In this study, in vitro formed Cd-phytochelatin (PC2) complexes were characterized using ion exchange chromatography (IEC) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. The ...

  • Comparison of Methods for the Measurement of Piezoelectric Coefficients 

    Fialka, Jiří; Beneš, Petr (IEEE, 2013-04-03)
    The charge constant of piezoelectric material is one of the crucial constant values. At the present time, the measurement of this value is mostly realized by means of three techniques: the frequency method, the laser ...

  • Serum metallothioneins in childhood tumours – A potential prognostic marker 

    Kruseová, Jarmila; Hynek, David; Adam, Vojtěch; Kizek, René; Průša, Richard; Hraběta, Jan; Eckschlager, Tomáš (MDPI, 2013-06-06)
    Metallothioneins (MT) are low molecular weight, cysteine-rich proteins maintaining metal ions homeostasis. They play a role in carcinogenesis and may also cause chemoresistance. The aim of the study was to explore the ...

  • Voltammetry as a Tool for Characterization of CdTe Quantum Dots 

    Adam, Pavlína; Vaculovičová, Markéta; Hubálek, Jaromír; Adam, Vojtěch; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2013-06-27)
    Electrochemical detection of quantum dots (QDs) has already been used in numerous applications. However, QDs have not been well characterized using voltammetry, with respect to their characterization and quantification. ...

  • Apoferritin modified magnetic particles as doxorubicin carriers for anticancer drug delivery 

    Blažková, Iva; Nguyen, Hoai Viet; Dostálová, Simona; Kopel, Pavel; Stanisavljevic, Maja; Vaculovičová, Markéta; Stiborová, Marie; Eckschlager, Tomáš; Kizek, René; Adam, Vojtěch (MDPI, 2013-06-27)
    Magnetic particle mediated transport in combination with nanomaterial based drug carrier has a great potential for targeted cancer therapy. In this study, doxorubicin encapsulation into the apoferritin and its conjugation ...

  • Complexes of silver(I) ions and silver phosphate nanoparticles with hyaluronic acid and/or chitosan as promising antimicrobial agents for vascular grafts 

    Hegerová, Dagmar; Nejdl, Lukáš; Gumulec, Jaromír; Kryštofová, Olga; Merlos Rodrigo, Miguel Ángel; Kynický, Jindřich; Ruttkay-Nedecký, Branislav; Kopel, Pavel; Babula, Petr; Adam, Vojtěch; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2013-06-28)
    Polymers are currently widely used to replace a variety of natural materials with respect to their favourable physical and chemical properties, and due to their economic advantage. One of the most important branches of ...