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Thermodynamic Investigation of Copper Binding to the Amyloid-Beta (A[beta]) Peptide
(East Carolina University, 2010)
Alzheimer's disease is a fatal and neurodegenerative disease with as many as 5.3 million Americans living with the disease. One of the characteristic hallmarks of Alzheimer's is the amyloid plaques that build up around the ...
Identification of Damaged DNA Adducts from Exposure to Benzo[a]pyrene in the TP53 Gene
(2015)
Benzo[a]pyrene is a carcinogen associated with tobacco smoke that can damage DNA after it is metabolized into highly reactive forms. Identifying the resulting DNA adducts can give greater insight into the mutations that ...
Recognition of bacterial lipid headgroups by fluorescent crown ether-naphthalimides
(2015)
The increasing incidence of antibiotic- resistant bacterial strains is a significant threat to human health. New antimicrobial mechanisms that feature reduced resistance potential are necessary to slow down the rapid ...
Extraction of Salvia miltiorrhiza Using Subcritical Water
(2014)
Salvia miltiorrhiza, also known as Danshen, is an herb commonly used in Chinese medicine to treat cardiovascular and other diseases. As it has recently gained more recognition, this herb is currently being investigated for ...
Conservation of Archaeological Wood using Non-Reducing sugars
(2015)
In the conservation field there are many different thoughts on the best way to conserve waterlogged archaeological wood. The current method uses polyethylene glycol(PEG), a hydrophilic organic compound, to replace water ...
Insight Into the Location of DNA Xenobiotic Damage by Mass Spectrometry
(2014)
Damage to DNA by a bioactivated xenobiotic typically occurs at specific sites within the genome, called hotspots. An example of this is benzo[a]-pyrene (BP), a xenobiotic that enters the body via cigarette smoking. ...
The Duff Reaction: Researching A Modification
(2014)
Formylation reactions are used to synthesize aldehydes. The Duff reaction is a formylation reaction that uses phenol derivatives, hexamethylenetetramine, acetic acid, and acid to synthesis ortho substituted aromatic ...
Method Development and Validation for the Rapid Detection of Organophosphates in Blood Plasma from Obese, Obese-Diabetic, and Lean Patients from Eastern North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-13)
The incidence of diabetes and rate of obesity is on the rise, along with the use of organophosphorus insecticides in the United States. Organophosphates (OP), a specific class of pesticide that is biodegradable and readily ...
SYNTHESIS AND SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES OF BOC- PROTECTED FLUORESCENT ARGININE
(East Carolina University, 2017-08-21)
Small peptides capable of penetrating or spanning the hydrophobic core of lipid bilayers have many potential uses in medicine and in biochemical research. As the most basic of the amino acids that can comprise such peptides, ...
Fluorescent Derivatives of Prostamides: Tools for Studying Anti-Cancer Activity
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)
The endocannabinoid arachidonoyl ethanolamide (AEA) and prostaglandins derived from it selectively induce apoptosis in tumorigenic cell lines due to overexpression of COX-2. It is likely that a novel J-series prostamide, ...