Spore exines increase vitamin D clinical bioavailability by mucoadhesion and bile triggered release (2022)
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Diego-Taboada, A., Sathyapalan, T., Courts, F., Lorch, M., Almutairi, F., Burke, B. P., …Mackenzie, G. (2022). Spore exines increase vitamin D clinical bioavailability by mucoadhesion and bile triggered release. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 350, 244-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.08.017

Sporopollenin exine capsules (SpECs) are microcapsules derived from the outer shells (exines) of plant spore and pollen grains. This work reports the first clinical study on healthy volunteers to show enhanced bioavailability of vitamin D encapsulate... Read More about Spore exines increase vitamin D clinical bioavailability by mucoadhesion and bile triggered release.

The role of whole genome sequencing in characterizing the mechanism of action of para-aminosalicylic acid and its resistance (2020)
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Satta, G., Witney, A. A., Begum, N., Ortiz Canseco, J., Boa, A. N., & McHugh, T. D. (2020). The role of whole genome sequencing in characterizing the mechanism of action of para-aminosalicylic acid and its resistance. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 64(9), Article e00675-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00675-20

Para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) remains one of the drugs of last resort for the treatment of tuberculosis, but its mechanism of action is not completely understood yet. The main aim of this project was to identify new potential mechanisms of action an... Read More about The role of whole genome sequencing in characterizing the mechanism of action of para-aminosalicylic acid and its resistance.

N-cinnamoylanthranilates as human TRPA1 modulators: Structure-activity relationships and channel binding sites (2019)
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Chandrabalan, A., McPhillie, M. J., Morice, A. H., Boa, A. N., & Sadofsky, L. R. (2019). N-cinnamoylanthranilates as human TRPA1 modulators: Structure-activity relationships and channel binding sites. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 170, 141-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.02.074

The transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) channel is a non-selective cation channel, which detects noxious stimuli leading to pain, itch and cough. However, the mechanism(s) of channel modulation by many of the known, non-reactive modulators... Read More about N-cinnamoylanthranilates as human TRPA1 modulators: Structure-activity relationships and channel binding sites.

Interconvertible geometric isomers of Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors exhibit multiple binding modes (2017)
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McConkey, G. A., Bedingfield, P. T., Burrell, D. R., Chambers, N. C., Cunningham, F., Prior, T. J., …Boa, A. N. (2017). Interconvertible geometric isomers of Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors exhibit multiple binding modes. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 27(16), 3878-3882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.06.052

Two new tricyclic β-aminoacrylate derivatives (2e and 3e) have been found to be inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (PfDHODH) with Ki 0.037 and 0.15 μM respectively. 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic data show that these compo... Read More about Interconvertible geometric isomers of Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors exhibit multiple binding modes.