The severe side effects of chemosynthetic anti-diarrhea drugs have created an interest in low-toxic alternative plant-derived compounds. FengLiao consists of Polygonum hydropiper Linn. and Daphniphyllum calycinum Bench.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNecrotic enteritis (NE) causes huge economic losses to the poultry industry. Probiotics are used as potential alternatives to antibiotics to prevent NE. It is known that can act as a probiotic that can prevent infection.
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November 2018
Necrotic enteritis (NE) caused by is responsible for huge financial losses in the poultry industry annually. A diet highly supplemented with fishmeal is one factor predisposing chickens to the development of clinical NE. However, the effects of fishmeal-rich diets on the gut microbiota and immune response in chickens with challenge over the long-term are not well-understood.
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July 2011
In the present work, a combined study of kinetic analysis, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulations on indomethacin and its analogues is performed to better understand their inhibitory mechanisms towards human glyoxalase I (GLOI). A remarkable correlation (R(2)=0.974) was observed for six inhibitors including indomethacin between their experimental inhibitory affinities and predicted binding free energy parameter (ΔG(bind,pred)).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeveral recent developments suggest that the human glyoxalase I (GLO I) is a potential target for anti-tumor drug development. In present study, a series of curcumin derivatives with high inhibitory activity against human GLO I were discovered. Inhibition constant (K(i)) values of compounds 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13 to GLO I are 4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlyoxalase I (GLOI) is a key metalloenzyme in glycolytic pathway by detoxifying reactive alpha-ketoaldehydes such as methylglyoxal. Recent studies demonstrate that the nature product curcumin is an efficient inhibitor of GLOI, but its binding mechanism towards GLOI is still unclear. In the present study, molecular docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed to better understand the inhibitory mechanism of curcumin towards GLOI.
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