Efficacy and Safety of Cold Atmospheric Plasma-Assisted Therapy for Herpes Zoster: A Randomized, Parallel, Positive-Controlled, Non-inferiority Multicenter Clinical Trial.

Introduction: There is growing evidence that cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) can boost skin wound healing and inhibit various viruses. Here, we evaluated the effectiveness and safety of CAP as an adjunct treatment for herpes zoster (HZ). We hypothesized that CAP was similar to or better than the helium-neon (He-Ne) laser in promoting HZ wound and pain recovery.

Erratum: Corrigendum: Hu H et al. (2023) Taxonomic and phylogenetic characterisations of six species of Pleosporales (in Didymosphaeriaceae, Roussoellaceae and Nigrogranaceae) from China. MycoKeys 100: 123-151. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.100.109423.

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Taxonomic and phylogenetic characterisations of six species of Pleosporales (in Didymosphaeriaceae, Roussoellaceae and Nigrogranaceae) from China.

Pleosporales comprise a diverse group of fungi with a global distribution and significant ecological importance. A survey on Pleosporales (in Didymosphaeriaceae, Roussoellaceae and Nigrogranaceae) in Guizhou Province, China, was conducted. Specimens were identified, based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses using a dataset composed of ITS, LSU, SSU, 1 and 2 loci.

A 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase MrACCD from Metarhizium robertsii is associated with plant growth promotion for Metarhizium spp.

Besides killing insects, Metarhizium spp. have shown another ecological role as plant associates. Partial genra and groups of these entomopathogenic fungi act as plant growth promoters during root colonization.

Cordycepin and N6-(2-hydroxyethyl)-adenosine from Cordyceps pruinosa and their interaction with human serum albumin.

Cordyceps pruinosa (CP) is often used as Traditional Chinese Medicine, but the substance basis of its medicinal properties is unclear. In this study, two compounds were isolated from CP cultures by column chromatography, and identified as cordycepin and N6-(2-hydroxyethyl)-adenosine (HEA) by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. In order to understand the efficacy of these two substances as potential therapeutic agents, it is necessary to explore their binding with proteins.