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Determination of Mercury in Fish Sauces by Thermal Decomposition Gold Amalgamation Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy after Preconcentration by Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films Technique
(MDPI, 2020-12-12)The analysis of mercury in food presents a challenge for analytical chemists. Sample pre-treatment and the preconcentration of mercury prior to measurement are required, even when highly sensitive analytical methods are ... -
Recent Advances in 3D Printing of Polyhydroxyalkanoates: A Review
(Sciendo, 2021-01-22)In the 21st century, additive manufacturing technologies have gained in popularity mainly due to benefits such as rapid prototyping, faster small production runs, flexibility and space for innovations, non-complexity of ... -
Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Polymerized 2-Ethyl-2-oxazoline Based Thin Films for Biomedical Purposes
(MDPI, 2020-11-13)Polyoxazoline thin coatings were deposited on glass substrates using atmospheric pressure plasma polymerization from 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline vapours. The plasma polymerization was performed in dielectric barrier discharge ... -
Revealing the Potential of Lipid and beta-Glucans Coproduction in Basidiomycetes Yeast
(MDPI, 2020-07-08)Beta (beta)-glucans are polysaccharides composed of D-glucose monomers. Nowadays, beta-glucans are gaining attention due to their attractive immunomodulatory biological activities, which can be utilized in pharmaceutical ... -
Synergistic Effect of Chitosan and Selenium Nanoparticles on Biodegradation and Antibacterial Properties of Collagenous Scaffolds Designed for Infected Burn Wounds
(MDPI, 2020-10-05)A highly porous scaffold is a desirable outcome in the field of tissue engineering. The porous structure mediates water-retaining properties that ensure good nutrient transportation as well as creates a suitable environment ... -
A Comparative Study of Some Procedures for Isolation of Fruit DNA of Sufficient Quality for PCR-Based Assays
(MDPI, 2020-09-25)Food fraud has been and still is a problem in the food industry. It is detectable by several approaches, such as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), chemometric assays, or DNA-based techniques, each with its own ... -
G-quadruplexes in the Archaea Domain
(MDPI, 2020-09-21)The importance of unusual DNA structures in the regulation of basic cellular processes is an emerging field of research. Amongst local non-B DNA structures, G-quadruplexes (G4s) have gained in popularity during the last ... -
Impact of Microwave Plasma Torch on the Yeast Candida glabrata
(MDPI, 2020-08-11)Recently, various cold plasma sources have been tested for their bactericidal and fungicidal effects with respect to their application in medicine and agriculture. The purpose of this work is to study the effects of a 2.45 ... -
Properties of scaffolds prepared by fused deposition modeling of poly(hydroxyalkanoates)
(Elsevier, 2020-10-15)Poly(hydroxyalkanoates) are biodegradable and biocompatible polymers suitable for tissue engineering. Fused depositon modeling (FDM) belongs to modern rapid prototyping techniques for the fabrication of scaffolds. In this ... -
In-depth Bioiformatic Analyses of Human SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and Other Nidovirales Suggest Important Roles of Noncanonical Nucleic Acid Structures in Their Lifecycles
(Frontiers, 2020-04-03)Noncanonical nucleic acid structures play important roles in the regulation of molecular processess. Considering the importance of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, we decided to evaluate genomes of all coronaviruses sequences ... -
Active biodegradable packaging films modified with grape seeds lignin
(The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020-08-07)Biodegradable packaging materials represent one possible solution for how to reduce the negative environmental impact of plastics. The main idea of this work was to investigate the possibility of utilizing grape seed lignin ... -
Biotechnological Production of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-4-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) Terpolymer by Cupriavidus sp. DSM 19379
(MDPI, 2019-08-26)The terpolymer of 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB), 3-hydroxyvalerate (3HV), and 4-hydroxybutyrate (4HB) was produced employing Cupriavidus sp. DSM 19379. Growth in the presence of -butyrolactone, -caprolactone, 1,4-butanediol, and ... -
Pilot-scale production of poly--hydroxybutyrate with the cyanobacterium Synechocytis sp. CCALA192 in a non-sterile tubular photobioreactor
(Elsevier, 2018-07-20)The biopolymer poly--hydroxybutyrate (PHB) can be used as a promising bioplastic. It has a broad range of applications and is degraded relatively rapidly by soil organisms. Like many prokaryotes, the cyanobacterium ... -
Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-Hydroxyvalerate) Scaffolds
(MDPI, 2020-07-05)Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are hydrolyzable bio-polyesters. The possibility of utilizing lignocellulosic waste by-products and grape pomace as carbon sources for PHA biosynthesis was investigated. PHAs were biosynthesized ... -
The use of fractionated Kraft lignin to improve the mechanical and biological properties of PVA-based scaffolds
(The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019-04-23)The mechanical properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-based scaffolds were successfully improved. The improvements in mechanical properties correlated with the amount of Kraft lignin in PVA matrices. The critical property ... -
Optimization of Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Waste Bread before Fermentation
(Mendel University Press, 2017-02-28)Finding of optimal hydrolysis conditions is important for increasing the yield of saccharides. The higher yield of saccharides is usable for increase of the following fermentation effectivity. In this study optimal conditions ... -
Introducing the Newly Isolated BacteriumAneurinibacillussp. H1 as an Auspicious Thermophilic Producer of Various Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) Copolymers-2. Material Study on the Produced Copolymers
(MDPI, 2020-06-05)Aneurinibacillussp. H1 is a promising, moderately thermophilic, novel Gram-positive bacterium capable of the biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) with tunable monomer composition. In particular, the strain is able ... -
Drug Release Kinetics of Electrospun PHB Meshes
(MDPI, 2019-06-14)Microbial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) has several advantages including its biocompatibility and ability to degrade in vivo and in vitro without toxic substances. This paper investigates the feasibility of electrospun PHB ... -
Use of Lignocellulosic Materials for PHA Production
(Croatian Society Of Chemical Engineers, 2015-07-27)Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are very promising materials that might serve as an environmentally friendly alternative to petrochemical plastics. The main obstacle preventing PHAs from entering the market massively is the ... -
Accumulation of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Helps Bacterial Cells to Survive Freezing
(PLoS, 2016-06-17)Accumulation of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) seems to be a common metabolic strategy adopted by many bacteria to cope with cold environments. This work aimed at evaluating and understanding the cryoprotective effect of PHB. ...
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