Determination of Polyphenols, Capsaicinoids, and Vitamin C in New Hybrids of Chili Peppers by Zsuzsa Nagy, Hussein Daood, Zsuzsanna Ambrózy, Lajos Helyes

“…Seven capsaicinoids could be separated and determined; the major compounds were nordihydrocapsaicin, capsaicin, and dihydrocapsaicin, while homocapsaicin and homodihydrocapsaicin derivatives were detected as minor constituents. Capsaicin content ranged between 95.5 ± 4.15 and 1610.2 ± 91.46 μg/g FW, and the highest value was found in Bandai (C. frutescens) at the green ripening stage. …”
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Studies on Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Rudbeckia triloba by Zenovia Moldovan, Mihaela Buleandră, Eliza Oprea, Zamfirica Mînea

“…The main phytochemical constituents identified by GC-MS analysis were found to be α-pinene (in dried leaves (46.0%) and flowers (40.1%)) and β-phellandrene (in essential oil of dried inflorescences (26.09%)). …”
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Anticiper pour mieux planifier : quelle demande en eau pour quelle agriculture demain ? Éditorial by Sami BOUARFA, Delphine LEENHARDT, Pierre COMPÈRE, Dominique COURAULT, Gilles BELAUD, Salomé SCHNEIDER

“…L'adaptation au changement climatique et la promotion de pratiques agricoles durables, minimisant les besoins en eau d'irrigation, ont été au cœur des échanges et constituent le cœur de ce numéro spécial. …”
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Physical, Chemical, and Antioxidant Characterization of Nano-Pomegranate Peel and Its Impact on Lipid Oxidation of Refrigerated Meat Ball by Alaa E. ElBeltagy, Mahmoud Elsayed, Sabry Khalil, Yasser F. M. Kishk, Abdel Fattah A. Abdel Fattah, Salman S. Alharthi

“…Pomegranate peel (CPP), enriched with bioactive constituents, had potent antioxidant features. Therefore, it is worth finding out functional and antioxidant features of the nanoscale pomegranate peel. …”
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Phytochemical screening and phytotoxic activity of Pinus ponderosa (Dougl.) Lawson by Mouna Souihi, Marwa Khammassi, Habiba Kouki, Ismail Amri, Mohsen Hanana, Lamia Hamrouni, Yassine Mabrouk

“…Gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection (GC/MS) identified twenty-three constituents, constituting 93.87% of the total oil. The predominant components were oxygenated monoterpenes (64.66%), with α-pinene (37.78%), β-pinene (24.32%), and sesquiterpenes hydrocarbons, particularly germacrene-D (7.26%). …”
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High-Fiber Crackers Supplemented with Asparagus Hard-Stem: Impacts of Supplementation Ratios and Water Amounts in Cracker Recipe on the Product Quality by Thi Thu Tra Tran, Le Hong Ngoc Ngo, Nu Minh Nguyet Ton, Thi Hong Nhung Le, Thi Thuy Le, Van Viet Man Le

“…Wheat flour was partially replaced by asparagus hard-stem powder (AHP) in the cracker recipe and the AHP ratios were 0 (control), 5, 10, 15, 20% of the blend weight; the nutritional constituents, antioxidant capacities, physical attributes, and sensory overall acceptability of crackers were then evaluated. …”
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Aroma profile of two commercial truffle species from Yunnan and Sichuan, China: inter- and intraspecific variability and shared key compounds by Bin Lu, Jesús Perez-Moreno, Fengming Zhang, Andrea C. Rinaldi, Fuqiang Yu

“…Furthermore, truffles of different provenance had distinct proportions of volatile constituents, suggesting that, besides genetic factors, edaphic and microclimatic conditions influence the synthesis of VOCs in a complex manner.…”
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Chemical Characterization and Biological Activities of Essential Oil Obtained from Mint Timija Cultivated under Mineral and Biological Fertilizers by Ayoub Kasrati, Chaima Alaoui Jamali, Robert Spooner-Hart, Laurent Legendre, David Leach, Abdelaziz Abbad

“…Menthone (40.7–49.3%), pulegone (31.3–36.5%), and isomenthone (2.5–4.4%) were found to be the main constituents. Cultivation of mint timija with mineral fertilizer and VAM inoculation induced an increase in menthone content and a parallel decrease of pulegone. …”
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Vasorelaxant effects and its mechanisms of the rhizome of Acorus gramineus on isolated rat thoracic aorta by Jueon Lee, Sujin Shin, Junkyu Park, Ho-Young Choi, Kyungjin Lee

“…Therefore, this research aimed to delve deeper into the vasorelaxant effects and underlying mechanisms of AGR and its constituents (α-asarone and β-asarone). We assessed the vasorelaxant effect of a 50% ethanol extract of AGR (AGRE) using aortic rings from Sprague–Dawley rats pre-constricted with phenylephrine (PE) and potassium chloride (KCl). …”
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Plexiform Schwannoma of the Penis: A Rare Subtype of Genital Schwannoma by Chrysovalantis Gkekas, Vasileios Kalyvas, Evangelos N. Symeonidis, Apostolos Malioris, Michail Papathanasiou, Nikolaos Kalinderis, Kyriakos Moisidis, Konstantinos Hatzimouratidis

“…Schwannomas are benign, encapsulated neurogenic tumors which present in diverse histological subtypes despite the limited variety of their cellular constituents. These include the cellular, ancient, cystic, epithelioid, melanotic, psammomatous, schwannoma with pseudoglandular elements, and plexiform varieties. …”
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Implementation of flexible DEA structure in the management of business processes by Šegrt Slobodan, Tomić Radoljub, Anđelković Maja

“…The possibility of using DEA analysis in researching the efficiency of constituent units (branches; decision-making unit - DMU) of business systems should be taken into account in research concerning the functionality of business systems and their optimization in terms of productivity, efficiency and functionality. …”
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Bidirectional effects of neutrophils on Streptococcus oralis biofilms in vitro by Basmah M. Almaarik, Rizwan Ali, Paul R. Cooper, Michael R. Milward, Josefine Hirschfeld

“…One of the biofilm matrix constituents is bacterial extracellular DNA (eDNA). Neutrophils are innate immune cells that respond to biofilms, employing antimicrobial mechanisms such as neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) release. …”
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Chemokine Expression in Human Astrocytes in Response to Shiga Toxin 2 by Naomi Kioka, Koichi Minami, Akira Tamura, Norishige Yoshikawa

“…It has been suggested that Stx-induced damage to human brain endothelial cells, which are essential constituents of the blood-brain barrier, plays a crucial role in the development of the CNS complications. …”
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An Overview of Solar Orbiter Observations of Interplanetary Shocks in Solar Cycle 25 by Domenico Trotta, Andrew Dimmock, Heli Hietala, Xochitl Blanco-Cano, Timothy S. Horbury, Rami Vainio, Nina Dresing, Immanuel Christopher Jebaraj, Francisco Espinosa Lara, Raúl Gómez-Herrero, Javier Rodriguez-Pacheco, Yulia Kartavykh, David Lario, Jan Gieseler, Miho Janvier, Milan Maksimovic, Nasrin Talebpour Sheshvan, Christopher J. Owen, Emilia K. J. Kilpua, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber

“…Interplanetary (IP) shocks are fundamental constituents of the heliosphere, where they form as a result of solar activity. …”
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Input-Output Budget of Nitrogen and the Effect of Experimentally Changed Deposition in the Forest Ecosystems in Central Japan by Junko Shindo, Tamon Fumoto, Noriko Oura, Hideshige Toda, Hiroyuki Kawashima

“…Manipulation of N input was carried out. Ionic constituents were removed from throughfall with ion exchange resin at removal sites and ammonium nitrate containing twice the N of the throughfall was applied at N addition sites periodically. …”
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Antinociceptive and Antioxidant Activity of Zanthoxylum budrunga Wall (Rutaceae) Seeds by Md. Khirul Islam, Nripendra Nath Biswas, Sanjib Saha, Hemayet Hossain, Ismet Ara Jahan, Tanzir Ahmed Khan, Khalijah Awang, Jamil A. Shilpi

“…Present investigation supported the use of Zanthoxylum budrunga seed in traditional medicine for pain management. Constituents including caffeic acid and other phenolics might have some role in the observed activity.…”
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ALGORITHM OF PREPARATION OF THE TRAINING SAMPLE USING 3D-FACE MODELING by D. I. Samal, I. I. Frolov

“…The preparation and preliminary processing of images contains the following constituents like detection and localization of area of the person on the image, assessment of an angle of rotation and an inclination, extension of the range of brightness of pixels and an equalization of the histogram to smooth the brightness and contrast characteristics of the processed images, scaling of the localized and processed area of the person, creation of a vector of features of the scaled and processed image of the person by a Principal component analysis (algorithm NIPALS), training of the multiclass SVM-classifier.The provided algorithm of expansion of the training selection is oriented to be used in practice and allows to expand using 3D-models the processed range of 2D – photographs of persons that positively affects results of identification in system of face recognition. …”
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Une pierre à l’édifice ? La littérature mise au service des patrimoines by Mathilde Labbé, Marcela Scibiorska

“…Comment comprendre cependant les transferts de valeurs fondant ces échanges lorsque la littérature est mobilisée pour la défense d’objets relevant déjà d’un patrimoine constitué ou en cours de constitution ? Au-delà des dynamiques de légitimation, ce dossier vise à explorer les implications économiques, émotionnelles, commu­­nicationnelles, voire politiques de la mobilisation de la littérature par d’autres objets patrimoniaux comme les musées, les monuments et les paysages. …”
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ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REGIME OF THE NORTHERN DELIVERY AS A FACTOR OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTH AND THE ARCTIC ZONE OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION by Galina V. Goncharuk

“…With the country's transition to a market economy, the implementation of northern delivery activities was transferred to the level of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The decentralized model is characterized by disruptions in the supply of goods, their narrow range, low volume and inflated prices. …”
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