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The effect of cabbage juices on the activity and expression of GST isozymes in HepG2 cells
PublicationWcześniejsze badania pokazały zdolność soków z kapusty białej do indukowania aktywności enzymów detoksykacyjnych. Prezentowane wyniki potwierdziły zdolność fitokompleksu kapusty do stymulacji aktywności enzymów z grupy GST w komórkach HepG2 - modelu ludzkiej wątroby - w szczególności izoenzymów GST-alfa i GST-mi.
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Combretastatin A-4 (CA-4) and its analogues. Synthesis and biological activity
PublicationSpośród wielu związków przeciwnowotworowych otrzymanych w ostatnich dwóch dekadach, na szczególną uwagę zasługują te, które powodują reorganizację mikrotubul. Jedną z takich substancji jest opisana w artykule kombretastatyna A-4 (CA-4), związek który indukuje apoptozęproliferujących komórek śródbłonka naczyń guza nowotworowego. Hamuje on polimeryzację tubuliny, prowadząc do rozpadu mikrotubul. CA-4 wyizolowana została z kory wierzby...
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Antibacterial activity of the secondary metabolites from in vitro cultures of Drosera aliciae
PublicationRośliny owadożerne (D. aliciae) metabolity wtórne farmakologicznie czynne substancje. Na wzrost akumulacji tychże substancji w tkankach roślin owadożernych ma wpływ dodatek elicytora. Końcowego oznaczenia zawartości metabolitów w ekstraktach roślinnych dokonano techniką chromatografii cieczowej.
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The activity of fused-iron catalyst doped with lithium oxide for ammonia synthesis
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Effect of Cobalt on the Activity of CuO/CeO2 Catalyst for the Selective Oxidation of CO
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Noble metal-modified titania with visible-light activity for the decomposition of microorganisms
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Preliminary studies of the chemical composition and cytotoxic activity of Hottonia palustris herb
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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors: structure-activity relationship and kinetic studies on selected flavonoids
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Towards discovering human urban activity—tactics of human spatial behavior
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Evaluation of Receptor Affinity, Analgesic Activity and Cytotoxicity of a Hybrid Peptide, AWL3020
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The influence of cultivation conditions on the myrosinase activity and glucosinolate content in white cabbage
PublicationIn the process of biofumigation typically natural compounds present in Brassicaceae family are used to combat pests and protect crops. Glucosinolates, sulfur-containing secondary metabolites found in Brassica plants, are hydrolized by the enzyme myrosinase (β-thioglucosidase, EC 3.2.3.1) with the liberation of degradation products such as isothiocyanates, nitriles, thiocyanates and epithionitriles. Isothiocyanates are the most...
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Characterization and photocatalytic activity of rare earth metal-doped titanium dioxide
PublicationW publikacji została przedstawiona metoda otrzymywania fotokatalizatorów na bazie TiO2 modyfikowanego erbem i iterbem. Otrzymane nanocząstki zostały scharakteryzowane za pomocą powierzchni właściwej BET, objętości porów. Zostały przedstawione widma absorpcyjne UV-Vis oraz właściwości fluorescencyjne otrzymanych nanoproszków. Dokonano również przedstawienia wyników pomiaru aktywności fotokatalitycznej pod wpływem promieniowania...
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Professional activity and women entrepreneurship in Poland – Europe 2020 Strategy perspective
PublicationThe level of economic activity of women in Poland is the lowest among Baltic Sea Region countries. The analysis of Europe 2020 targets, shows that at least 3 of the 5 main objectives relate, more or less, to women (e.g. participation in labor market). The objective concerning social inclusion assumes the increase in the employment rate of men and women (aged 20-64) in Poland up to 71%. To achieve this goal, support programs to...
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Assestment of the anti-cancer activity of the copper complexes with imidazole and pivalato ligands
PublicationDespite the development of science and technology progress so far there have not been found effective drugs for cancer. Many coordination compounds were investigated due to their antitumor potential. The most known cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) is used as anti-cancer therapeutic agent. The copper complexes are the coordination compounds possessing anti-tumour properties. Their capability to kill cancer cells is mainly linked...
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Electrochemical Activity of Electrode Material Consisting of Porous Copper and Silica Aerogel
PublicationElectrochemically obtained copper was combined with silica aerogel (SiO2ag). Obtained composite (SiO2@Cu/CuxOy) was tested as an electrode in contact with LiPF6 in EC/DMC electrolyte. The electrochemical measurements showed the presence of complex redox couple activities of SiO2@Cu/CuxOy. This experiment was employed to help in understanding the carbon role used as an electric contact for silica in Li-Ion batteries and clarify...
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The Chemistry of Mycophenolic Acid-Synthesis and Modifictions Towards Desired Biological Activity
PublicationDokonano przeglądu literatury chemicznej na temat metod syntezy kwasu mykofenolowego oraz jego pochodnych, a także zależności pomiędzy ich strukturą i aktywnością biologiczną.
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Antifungal activity of thionated analogues of nva-fmdp and lys-nva-fmdp
Publicationotrzymano dwa peptydy w których wiązanie amidowe łączące aminokwasy zamieniono na tioamidowe w wyniku kilkunastoetapowej syntezy chemicznej. do reakcji tionowania zastosowano odczynnik lawessona. otrzymane związki poddano badaniom aktywności z wykorzystaniem pięciu szczepów candida , w tym szczepów opornych na flukonazol. stwierdzono, ze obecniość wiązania tioamidowego znacznie obniża aktywność przeciwgrzybową testowanych związków...
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Desmuramylopeptydy - struktura i aktywność biologiczna = Desmuramylpeptide - structure and biological activity
PublicationWśród fragmentów bakteryjnych ścian komórkowych, ktore wzbudzają duże zainteresowanie, są tak zwane desmuramylopeptydy. Są to cząsteczki nie zawierające reszty kwasu muraminowego. W niniejszym artykule opisano desmuramylopeptydy, które z uwagi na swoje właściwości farmakologiczne, takie jak stymulowanie niespecyficznej odporności przeciwbakteryjnej, aktywność przeciwwirusową i przeciwnowotworową oraz synergistyczne oddziaływanie...
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Dual-wavelength polarimeter application in investigations of the optical activity of a langasite crystal
PublicationA method of high accuracy polarimetry, which includes optical activity measurements systematic errors, was realized with dual-wavelength polarimeter for two wavelengths of 635 and 650 nm. Simultaneous measurements with neighboring wavelengths significantly improved the data processing, by increasing the amount of data to eliminate the systematic errors. For langasite crystal La3Ga5SiO14 we measured temperature dependence of the...
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Activating Public Space: How to Promote Physical Activity in Urban Environment
PublicationPhysical activity is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle. The quality and equipment of urban public space plays an important role in promoting physical activity among people (residents, tourists). In order for recreation and sports activities to be undertaken willingly, in a safe and comprehensive manner, certain spatial conditions and requirements must be met. The distinctive feature of contemporary large cities is the...
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Influence of the Addition of Selected Spices on Sensory Quality and Biological Activity of Honey
PublicationBee honey is nutritious and has numerous health benefits, but its taste is for many people too bland. Honey with addition of spices could be important to the food industry as a functional product with positive health image and interesting taste. Such product would definitely meet health-driven consumers’ expectations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of addition of selected spices on sensory, antimicrobial,...
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Investigations on the immunosuppressive activity of derivatives of mycophenolic acid in immature dendritic cell
PublicationThe main activity of mycophenolic acid (MPA) and its analogs is the inhibition of proliferation of T cells. Here, we hypothesized that MPA and its conjugates inhibits also the activity of antigen-presenting cells (APC) including dendritic cells (DCs). We tested the effect of novel amino acid derivatives of MPA and conjugates of MPA with acridines/acridones on DCs by flow cytometry, ELISA and MLR assay. Both acridines/acridone derivatives...
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Preparation, characterization and photocatalytic activity of TiO2 microspheres decorated by bimetallic nanoparticles
PublicationComposite photocatalysts that consist of TiO2and noble metal nanostructures have been considered tobe the promising and pivotal material for accessible enhancement of the efficiency in the photocatalyticprocess carried out in the aqueous and gas phases. In this work we fabricated porous TiO2microspheresthrough a hydrothermal process followed by photochemical reduction of noble metal nanoparticles atthe TiO2surface. The morphology...
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Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of new mycophenolic acid conjugates with adenosine derivatives
PublicationNew conjugates of mycophenolic acid (MPA) and adenosine derivatives were synthesized and assessed as potential immunosuppressants on Jurkat cell line and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from healthy donors. As compared to MPA, all compounds were found to be more active against Jurkat cell line. The antiproliferative activities were compared with MPA and adenosine, in both 2′,3′-O-isopropylidene protected and free hydroxyl...
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Investigations of the optical activity of nonlinear crystals by means of dual-wavelength polarimeter
PublicationA dual-wavelength method in high accuracy polarimetry has been successfully tested and applied to measure optical activity (OA) of nonlinear crystals. In proposed polarimetric scheme two neighboring semiconductor laser wavelengths (635 and 650 nm) are used, which increases number of parameters measured simultaneously and improves the data processing. By neglecting dispersion of eigen wave ellipticity in crystals, more efficient...
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Electrical Stimulation Modulates High Gamma Activity and Human Memory Performance
PublicationDirect electrical stimulation of the brain has emerged as a powerful treatment for multiple neurological diseases, and as a potential technique to enhance human cognition. Despite its application in a range of brain disorders, it remains unclear how stimulation of discrete brain areas affects memory performance and the underlying electrophysiological activities. Here, we investigated the effect of direct electrical stimulation...
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Synthesis and Cholinesterase Inhibitory Activity of N-Phosphorylated /N-Tiophosphorylated Tacrine
PublicationNovel phosphorus and thiophosphorus tacrine derivatives were designed, synthesized and their biological activity and molecular modeling was investigated as a new potential anti-Alzheimer's disease (AD) agents. All new synthesized compound exhibited lower toxicity against neuroblastoma cell line (SH-SY5Y) in comparison with tacrine. Two analogues in the series, 7 and 9, demonstrated lack of cytotoxicity against hepatocellular cells...
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THE INFLUENCE OF INTERPERSONAL MOTIVATION ON POLISH CONSUMERS’ ONLINE BRAND-RELATED ACTIVITY
PublicationThe development of social media has a substantial impact on the surge of social engagement of Internet users. It is particularly prominent in the domain of content creation and content sharing. Such communication may contain various references to different products brands and companies. Internet users may refer to them explicitly or brands may be present in the background only. Therefore, it is pivotal for managers and researchers...
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Comparison of Acoustic and Visual Voice Activity Detection for Noisy Speech Recognition
PublicationThe problem of accurate differentiating between the speaker utterance and the noise parts in a speech signal is considered. The influence of utilizing a voice activity detection in speech signals on the accuracy of the automatic speech recognition (ASR) system is presented. The examined methods of voice activity detection are based on acoustic and visual modalities. The problem of detecting the voice activity in clean and noisy...
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The Relation Between Art and Physical Activity in the Public Space of the Contemporary City
PublicationArt has always been and still is a mirror in which human activity is reflected. One of the basic human activities is physical activity, thanks to which humans are able to satisfy their needs, improve health and also function in society. Therefore, there are different relationships between physical activity and art. Both of them are present in the public space of cities and this aspect of connection is addressed in the article. The...
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Method for Clustering of Brain Activity Data Derived from EEG Signals
PublicationA method for assessing separability of EEG signals associated with three classes of brain activity is proposed. The EEG signals are acquired from 23 subjects, gathered from a headset consisting of 14 electrodes. Data are processed by applying Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) for the signal analysis and an autoencoder neural network for the brain activity separation. Processing involves 74 wavelets from 3 DWT families: Coiflets,...
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Chemical Aspects of Biological Activity of Isothiocyanates and Indoles, the Products of Glucosinolate Decomposition
PublicationThere is growing evidence that cancer chemoprevention employing natural, bioactive compounds may halt or at least slow down the different stages of carcinogenesis. A particularly advantageous effect is attributed to derivatives of sulfur-organic phytochemicals, such as glucosinolates (GLs) synthesized mainly in Brassicaceae plant family. GLs are hydrolysed enzymatically to bioactive isothiocyanates (ITC) and indoles, which exhibit strong...
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Titania Nanofiber Scaffolds with Enhanced Biointegration Activity—Preliminary In Vitro Studies
PublicationThe increasing need for novel bone replacement materials has been driving numerous studies on modifying their surface to stimulate osteogenic cells expansion and to accelerate bone tissue regeneration. The goal of the presented study was to optimize the production of titania-based bioactive materials with high porosity and defined nanostructure, which supports the cell viability and growth. We have chosen to our experiments TiO2...
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Hydrazinolysis Products of Selected Sugar Lactones—Crystal Structure and Microbiological Activity
PublicationCommercially available lactones, as well as those synthesized by us, turned out to be good substrates for the synthesis of sugar hydrazides. The exception was L-ascorbic acid, whose hydrazinolysis led to the formation of a hydrazinium salt, not the hydrazide as expected. The structure of all compounds was confirmed by NMR and X-ray analyses. The lower durability of hydrazinium L-ascorbate was additionally confirmed by thermogravimetric...
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Systematic review examining the evidence for impact of school policies on physical activity
PublicationBackground Epidemiological evidence has demonstrated that physical activity can have substantive health benefits for children and young people. The 'Policy Evaluation Network' is a multi-disciplinary research network across 7 European countries and New Zealand aimed at building capacity and evaluating the level of impact of policy interventions for promoting healthy lifestyles. The Toronto Charter identified 'whole-of-school' programmes...
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Synthesisand cytotoxic activity of conjugates of muramyl and normuramyl dipeptides with batracylin derivatives
PublicationOpisano syntezę analogów MDP oraz nor-MDP modyfikowanych w części peptydowej batracyliną i pochodnymi batracyliny. Opracowano udoskonaloną metodę syntezy batracyliny. Zaproponowana metoda pozwala na otrzymanie BAT w skali multi-gramowej. Zsyntetyzowane analogi nie wykazały aktywności cytotoksycznej w badaniach prowadzonych w NCI (Bethesda, USA). W testach in vitro przeprowadzonych w Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku dwa analogi redukowały...
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Synthesis and antitumor activity of conjugates of muramyldipeptide or normuramyldipeptide with hydroxyacridine/acridone derivatives
PublicationOpisano syntezę analogów MDP oraz nor-MDP modyfikowanych w części peptydowej pochodnymi hydroksyakrydyny/akrydonu i dwóch analogów modyfikowanych pochodnymi 1-nitro-9-hydroksyetylo(propylo)aminoakrydyny. Tylko związki zawierające pochodne 1-nitro-9-hydroksyetylo(propylo)aminoakrydyny wykazały wysoką aktywność cytotoksyczną badaną na 60 liniach ludzkich komórek nowotworowych, na nowotwór prostaty i AIDS-related lymphoma (ARL). Związek...
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Paenibacillus alvei MP1 as a Producer of the Proteinaceous Compound with Activity against Important Human Pathogens, Including Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes
PublicationAn emerging need for new classes of antibiotics is, on the one hand, evident as antimicrobial resistance continues to rise. On the other hand, the awareness of the pros and cons of chemically synthesized compounds’ extensive use leads to a search for new metabolites in already known reservoirs. Previous research showed that Paenibacillus strain (P. alvei MP1) recovered from a buckwheat honey sample presented a wide spectrum of...
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Photoelectrochemical activity of visible light-responsive BiVO4@La1-xSrxFeO3-δ (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4) heterojunction architectures – Optimizing activity by tuning Fe O bond in perovskites
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Empirical Versus Targeted Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infections in Southern Poland According to the Results of Local Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring
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Fine-tuning recA expression in Staphylococcus aureus for antimicrobial photoinactivation: importance of photo-induced DNA damage in the photoinactivation mechanism
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Characterization of Rosa canina Fruits Collected in Urban Areas of Slovakia. Genome Size, iPBS Profiles and Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities
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Intelligent and active furcellaran-gelatin films containing green or pu-erh tea extracts: Characterization, antioxidant and antimicrobial potential
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Extracellular biosynthesis of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles by Monascus purpureus and their antioxidant, anticancer and antimicrobial activities: Yield enhancement by gamma irradiation
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Gamma rays-assisted bacterial synthesis of bimetallic silver-selenium nanoparticles: powerful antimicrobial, antibiofilm, antioxidant, and photocatalytic activities
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Novel mycosynthesis of Co3O4, CuO, Fe3O4, NiO, and ZnO nanoparticles by the endophytic Aspergillus terreus and evaluation of their antioxidant and antimicrobial activities
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<p>Analysis of toxicity and anticancer activity of micelles of sodium alginate-curcumin</p>
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Impact of paint matrix composition and thickness of paint layer on the activity of photocatalytic paints
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Cinnamon powder: an in vitro and in vivo evaluation of antifungal and plant growth promoting activity
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Photocatalytic activity of anatase powders for oxidation of methylene blue in water and diluted NO gas
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