Objective: To explore the structural characteristics of condensed tannins from Ziziphus jujuba leaves and their effect on tyrosinase and the inhibition mechanism for melanogenesis.Methods: The condensed tannins from Z.jujuba leaves were isolated and purified on the basis of Sephadex LH-20 gel column chromatography, and their structural features wer
Unavowed Abstention Can Overturn Poll Predictions
I revisit the 2017 French Presidential election which opposed the far right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen against the center candidate quest fryer Emmanuel Macron.While voting intentions for Le Pen stuck below 50% and polls kept predicting her failure, I warned on the emergence of a novel phenomenon I defined as unavowed abstention, which
Metatranscriptome analysis of the reef-buidling coral Orbicella faveolata indicates holobiont response to coral disease
White Plague Disease (WPD) is implicated in coral reef decline in the Caribbean and is characterized by microbial community shifts in coral mucus and tissue.Studies thus far have focused on assessing microbial communities or the identification of specific pathogens, yet few have addressed holobiont response across metaorganism compartments in coral