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Full-Text Articles in Chemistry
Metabolomics Approaches To Decipher The Antibacterial Mechanisms Of Yerba Mate (Ilex Paraguariensis) Against Staphylococcus Aureus And Salmonella Enterica Serovar Typhimurium, Caroline Sue Rempe
Metabolomics Approaches To Decipher The Antibacterial Mechanisms Of Yerba Mate (Ilex Paraguariensis) Against Staphylococcus Aureus And Salmonella Enterica Serovar Typhimurium, Caroline Sue Rempe
Doctoral Dissertations
The increasing prevalence of drug-resistant pathogens is an urgent problem that requires novel methods of bacterial control. Plant extracts inhibit bacterial pathogens and could contain antibacterial compounds with novel mechanisms of action. Yerba mate, a common South American beverage made from Ilex paraguariensis, has antibiotic activity against a broad range of bacterial pathogens. In this work, an attempt was first made to characterize the antibacterial source of an aqueous yerba mate extract by generating a series of extract fractions, collecting GC-MS and antibacterial activity profiles, and then ranking the hundreds of compounds by their presence in fractions with high antibacterial …
Photolysis Of Triazenylbenzoic Acids For Click Chemistry, Adam Gann
Photolysis Of Triazenylbenzoic Acids For Click Chemistry, Adam Gann
Doctoral Dissertations
Copper catalyzed cycloaddition of terminal alkynes and azides has revolutionized the field of bioconjugate chemistry. Unfortunately, typical copper catalysts are known to disrupt relevant biological systems, so it has become necessary to develop new, copper-free methods that are less cytotoxic. particular interest are "click" probes which can be activated with an outside light source, giving the user spatial and temporal control over the system being investigated. We have developed a method in which an aryl diazonium salt is rapidly generated using photolysis of the triazene functional group, and subsequently coupled with an electron rich aromatic nucleophile to yield an azobenzene. …
Kinetic And Dynamic Insights Into The Substrate Interactions And Catalysis Of Factor Inhibiting Hif-1 (Fih-1), Cristina B. Martin
Kinetic And Dynamic Insights Into The Substrate Interactions And Catalysis Of Factor Inhibiting Hif-1 (Fih-1), Cristina B. Martin
Doctoral Dissertations
inhibiting HIF-1 (FIH-1) modulates the master regulator of hypoxia sensing, hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), by transcriptional repression making it an attractive potential target for treatment of hypoxia-related diseases. Given that similar enzymes are present within the cell and that they have other important physiological roles, defining the therapeutic window by which it can be selectively targeted becomes an issue. Consequently, it’s necessary to have a deeper understanding of the substrate interactions in FIH-1 that contributes to catalysis as this is one avenue that can be explored for future therapeutic investigations. The overall goal of this dissertation is to gain kinetic …
Mutlifunctional Platforms For Gene And Drug Delivery For Cancer Therapy, Jeffery J. Ambrose Jr.
Mutlifunctional Platforms For Gene And Drug Delivery For Cancer Therapy, Jeffery J. Ambrose Jr.
Doctoral Dissertations
The National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society estimate that 1.6 million new cancer incidences and over half a million cancer related deaths occur annually [1][2]. Cancer the second most common cause of death in the United States [1], [2]. Although the causes of cancer can vary depending on cell type, all or almost all instances of cancer arise from a mutation or from an abnormal activation of the cellular genes that control cell growth and mitosis [3].
Treatment of a given cancer type depends on the subtype, stage and progression of the cancer. Varieties of cancer therapy include …
Design Of Romp-Based Protein Mimics For Sirna Delivery, Brittany M. Deronde
Design Of Romp-Based Protein Mimics For Sirna Delivery, Brittany M. Deronde
Doctoral Dissertations
Designing delivery agents for therapeutics is an ongoing challenge. As treatments and desired cargoes become more complex, the need for improved delivery vehicles becomes critical. Excellent delivery vehicles must ensure the stability of the cargo, maintain the cargo’s solubility, and promote efficient delivery and release. In order to address these issues, many research groups have looked to nature for design inspiration. Proteins, such as HIV-1 TAT and Antennapedia homeodomain protein, are capable of crossing cellular membranes. However, due to the complexities of their structures, they are synthetically challenging to reproduce in the laboratory setting. Being able to incorporate the key …
The Application Of Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange And Covalent Labeling Coupled With Mass Spectrometry To Examine Protein Structure, Nicholas B. Borotto
The Application Of Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange And Covalent Labeling Coupled With Mass Spectrometry To Examine Protein Structure, Nicholas B. Borotto
Doctoral Dissertations
Thorough insight into a protein’s structure is necessary to understand how it functions and what goes wrong when it malfunctions. The structure of proteins, however, is not easily analyzed. The analysis must take place under a narrow range of conditions or risk perturbing the very structure being probed. Furthermore, the wide diversity in size and chemistry possible in proteins significantly complicates this analysis. Despite this numerous methods have been developed in order to analyze protein structure. In this work, we demonstrate that mass spectrometry (MS)-based techniques are capable of characterizing the structure of particularly challenging proteins. This is done through …
Bioactivity/Cytotoxicity Of Micro-/Nano-Materials And Novel Development Of Fiber-Optic Probes For Single Cell Monitoring, Qingbo Yang
Doctoral Dissertations
"Manufactured nano-/micro-materials (MNMs) have been widely used and their interactions with niche biological environment are highly concerned for both of their biohazardous and bioactive effects, whereas no available comprehensive evaluations or regulations have been provided yet. This dissertation thus focuses on three major aspects: 1) fundamental toxicity understandings of a typical MNMs (zinc oxide nanoparticles), 2) bioactivity evaluations of representative bioactive MNMs, and 3) development of novel micro-probes for high spatial resolution monitoring. Firstly, the NP's concentration, irradiation, hydrodynamic size, and the localized pH, ionic strength, NP zeta-potential as well as dissolved oxygen levels were found correlated with the production …