bioactive
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- bioactivity noun
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These compounds, along with vitamins C and E and other bioactive plant chemicals in kale, have been associated with stronger immunity, improved vision and lower risk of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.
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Teams at FCFRP-USP and partner institutions have long worked to clone and express bioactive molecules, including proteins from rattlesnake and scorpion venom.
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"When we looked deeper into how our bioactive nanomaterials were helping tissue repair, SerpinB3, a protein originally implicated in cancer, jumped at us as a key factor that correlated with nanomaterial-driven wound healing," Rege said.
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Rather than using nanoparticles as passive carriers, the researchers designed bioactive nanoparticles that function as "supramolecular drugs."
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"This is certainly an area that deserves more attention in the field of polyphenols and bioactive compounds in general," said Ottaviani.
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