Histidine, a versatile proteinogenic amino acid, plays a broad range of roles in all living
organisms and behaves as a key mediator of the interactions of biomolecules with inorganic …

Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have been discovered to deliver chemical drugs, nucleic
acids, and macromolecules to permeate cell membranes, creating a novel route for …

Background: Dental caries is the most prevalent bacterial biofilm-induced disease. Current
clinical prevention and treatment agents often suffer from adverse effects on oral microbiota …

Anthocyanin, a unique natural polyphenol, is abundant in plants and widely utilized in
biomedicine, cosmetics, and the food industry due to its excellent antioxidant, anticancer …

Colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have proven to be ideal candidates for low
cost and high performance applications. From the past few decades, I-III-VI QDs have …

Silk sericin (SS) is a byproduct of the silk production process that consists of 18​ amino
acids and numerous polar groups. SS has a range of unique physical, chemical, and …

Generally, anthocyanin is extremely vulnerable when exposed to oxidants, alkaline, heat,
and metallic ions in the ambient environment. In this research, we use an amphiphilic …

Anthocyanins, a class of polyphenols possessing potent antioxidant properties, are limited in
their applicability in biomedical industries owing to their low stability. This study harnessed …

Head and neck cancer (HNC) has a high incidence and a poor prognosis. Epirubicin, a
topoisomerase inhibitor, is a potential anthracycline chemotherapeutic for HNC treatment …

We developed a pH-activatable cell-penetrating peptide dimer LH 2 with histidine residues,
which can penetrate cells, specifically in weak acidic conditions, even at few tens of …