The natural polyphenol resveratrol (RES) has shown great potential as an antimicrobial, including against microbes associated with vaginal infections. To fully exploit the activities of RES, an all-natural ingredients formulation for RES delivery at vaginal site has been developed, namely liposomes loaded with RES, incorporated into a chitosan hydrogel as secondary vehicle. Although considered ...

Nanomedicine has been, to a certain degree, a success story in the development of superior anticancer therapies. However, there are tumors that remain a huge challenge for nanoformulations, for instance, brain tumors such as glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive brain tumor. To utilize the fact that such tumors are characterized by an acidic extracellular environment, we selected pH-responsive ...

Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) and chronic wounds are major challenges for the healthcare system worldwide. The additional rapid development of antibacterial resistance and lack of successful treatment strategies increase the chance for infected chronic wounds to be fatal for the patient. Therefore, there is a need for more efficient dermal antimicrobial therapies. A class of promising ...

γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS. GABA exerts its function on both ionotropic ligand-gated GABAA receptors and metabotropic GABAB G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Disruption in the GABAergic system has been associated with numerous neurological and psychiatric disorders in humans. These include developmental dysfunctions, epilepsy, sleep disorders, ...

Bakgrunn: Ettårig periodeprevalens for bruk av antibakterielle midler til barn i Norge er høyest før tre års alder. Forskriving av antibakterielle midler påvirkes av mange faktorer, og kartlegging av disse kan gi mulighet til å målrette intervensjoner for å redusere forskriving. Formål: De primære målene var å undersøke om fødselssesong predikerer alder ved første utlevering av antibakterielle midler, ...

In vitro lipolysis models are commonly used to assess the performance of lipid-based drug delivery systems (LbDDSs) in terms of their drug absorption potential; however, this in vitro approach has not always shown to correlate well with in vivo data. Several studies suggest that adding an absorption step to the in vitro lipolysis model would give a better estimation of absorption for drugs incorporated ...

Objectives: To determine the fitness effects of various mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis when newly acquired. We also tested the hypothesis that the biological cost of vancomycin resistance plasmids could be mitigated during continuous growth in the laboratory.<p> <p>Methods: Different MGEs, including two conjugative transposons (CTns) of the Tn916 ...

Arachidonic acid metabolism leads to the generation of key lipid mediators which play a fundamental role during inflammation. The inhibition of enzymes involved in arachidonic acid metabolism has been considered as a synergistic anti-inflammatory effect with enhanced spectrum of activity. A series of 1,3-diphenyl-2-propen-1-one derivatives were investigated for anti-inflammatory related activities ...

Objective To assess whether maternal use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) increases the risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn, and whether such an effect might differ between specific SSRIs.<p> <p>Design Population based cohort study using data from the national health registers.<p> <p>Setting Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, 1996-2007.<p> ...

Two species diatoms, Porosira glacialis and Coscinodicus radiatus were cultivated under red-, white- or blue light. The biomass from cultivation was extracted for lipids which were subsequently analyzed using UHPLC-MS and the software lipidsearch. The aim was to investigate omega-3 long chain fatty acid content differences in the different cultivations. Findings suggest that blue light cultivation ...