Samuel A.J. Trammell, Mark S. Schmidt, Benjamin J. Weidemann, Philip Redpath et al.
Abstract Nicotinamide riboside (NR) is in wide use as an NAD + precursor vitamin. Here we determine the time and dose-dependent effects of NR on blood NAD + metabolism in humans. We report that human blood NAD + can rise as much as 2.7-fold with a single oral dose of NR in a pilot study of one indiv...
Md. Mahbubor Rahman, Md. Badrul Islam, Mohitosh Biswas, Aftab Alam
BACKGROUND: In humans, many diseases are associated with the accumulation of free radicals. Antioxidants can scavenge free radicals and minimize their impact. Therefore, the search for naturally occurring antioxidants of plant origin is imperative. Here, we aimed to investigate the antioxidant and f...
Mandeep Chadha, James A. Comer, Luis Lowe, Paul A. Rota et al.
During January and February 2001, an outbreak of febrile illness associated with altered sensorium was observed in Siliguri, West Bengal, India. Laboratory investigations at the time of the outbreak did not identify an infectious agent. Because Siliguri is in close proximity to Bangladesh, where out...
Hafiz Athar Hussain, Shengnan Men, Saddam Hussain, Yinglong Chen et al.
Abstract Maize is a sensitive crop to drought and heat stresses, particularly at the reproductive stages of development. The present study investigated the individual and interactive effects of drought (50% field capacity) and heat (38 °C/30 °C) stresses on morpho-physiological growth, yield, nutrie...
Md. Lutful Amin
P-glycoprotein (P-gp), an efflux membrane transporter, is widely distributed throughout the body and is responsible for limiting cellular uptake and the distribution of xenobiotics and toxic substances. Hundreds of structurally diverse therapeutic agents are substrates to it and it impedes the absor...
Joinal Abedin, Malcolm S. Cresser, Andy A. Meharg, Jörg Feldmann et al.
The use of arsenic (As) contaminated groundwater for irrigation of crops has resulted in elevated concentrations of arsenic in agricultural soils in Bangladesh, West Bengal (India), and elsewhere. Paddy rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the main agricultural crop grown in the arsenic-affected areas of Bangl...
Roberta L. Klatzky, Susan J. Lederman, Victoria A. Metzger
M. Khalid Hossain, Gazi Farhan Ishraque Toki, Abdul Kuddus, Mirza H. K. Rubel et al.
Abstract Cesium tin chloride (CsSnCl 3 ) is a potential and competitive absorber material for lead-free perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The full potential of CsSnCl 3 not yet been realized owing to the possible challenges of defect-free device fabrication, non-optimized alignment of the electron tran...
Ummay Mahfuza Shapla, Md. Solayman, Nadia Alam, Md. Ibrahim Khalil et al.
An organic compound known as 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is formed from reducing sugars in honey and various processed foods in acidic environments when they are heated through the Maillard reaction. In addition to processing, storage conditions affect the formation HMF, and HMF has become a suita...
G. Balakrish Nair, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Sujit Bhattacharya, Basabjit Dutta et al.
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is recognized as a cause of food-borne gastroenteritis, particularly in the Far East, where raw seafood consumption is high. An unusual increase in admissions of V. parahaemolyticus cases was observed at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Calcutta, a city in the northeastern...
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, M. H. M. Borhannuddin Bhuyan, Khursheda Parvin, Tasnim Farha Bhuiyan et al.
Various environmental stresses singly or in combination generate excess amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to oxidative stress and impaired redox homeostasis. Generation of ROS is the obvious outcome of abiotic stresses and is gaining importance not only for their ubiquitous generatio...
Paolo Zanoni, Sumeet A. Khetarpal, Daniel B. Larach, William Hancock‐Cerutti et al.
Scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) is the major receptor for high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (HDL-C). In humans, high amounts of HDL-C in plasma are associated with a lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Mice that have depleted Scarb1 (SR-BI knockout mice) have markedly elevated HDL-C l...
Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Naser A. Anjum, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Ritu Gill et al.
Abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought, clilling, heavy metal are the major limiting factors for crop productivity. These stresses induce the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which are highly reactive and toxic, which must be minimized to protect the cell from oxidative damage. Th...
Arpita Roy, Ariba Khan, Irfan Ahmad, Saad Alghamdi et al.
Plants generally secrete secondary metabolites in response to stress. These secondary metabolites are very useful for humankind as they possess a wide range of therapeutic activities. Secondary metabolites produced by plants include alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, and steroids. Flavonoids are one...
Shafiqul Alam Sarker, Shamima Sultana, Gloria Reuteler, D Moine et al.
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic resistance is rising in important bacterial pathogens. Phage therapy (PT), the use of bacterial viruses infecting the pathogen in a species-specific way, is a potential alternative. METHOD: T4-like coliphages or a commercial Russian coliphage product or placebo was orally give...