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The use of anthocyanins are limited by their chemical properties. Recent evidence suggests Cyanidin-3-O-glucoside (C3&nbsp;G) liposomes via the ethanol injection method exhibit improved stability. In the current study, the characterization and cell absorption of C3&nbsp;G liposomes were explored via transmission electron microscopy and flow cytometry. The internalization of the C3&nbsp;G liposomes across the gastric epithelial cell monolayer (GES-1 cells) were investigated. Results showed that the particle size and encapsulation efficiency were 234&nbsp;±&nbsp;9.35&nbsp;nm and 75.0% ± 0.001, respectively. The total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) and malondialdehyde (MDA) content were used to evaluate the antioxidant activity of C3&nbsp;G liposomes. The C3&nbsp;G liposomes can obviously increased T-AOC and decreased the MDA content.Collectively, C3&nbsp;G liposomes protected human GES-1 cells from gastric mucosal injury induced by H2O2 by activating the related antioxidant pathway. Our research could provide a new effective treatment strategy for the absorption of stomach drugs.Abbreviations C3G Cyanidin-3-O-glucoside; LP Liposome; GES-1 cells Human gastric epithelial cell lines; FBS Fetal Bovine Serum; PBS Phosphate-buffered saline; PC Phosphatidylcholine; CH Cholesterol; MDA Malondialdehyde; TEM Transmission electron microscope; FCM Flow cytometry; FITC Fluorescein isothiocyanate; DAPI 4', 6-diamidino-2phenylidole; FT-IR Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy; PFA Paraformaldehyde.Background Regular health screening provides opportunities for early detection and effective treatment of disease. The practice of health screening differs greatly between high-and-low-income countries. There is underutilisation of health services by migrants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, particularly refugees. This is accounted for by individual, sociocultural norms, practicality, and provider and health system factors.Aim The aim of this study was to explore the beliefs and understandings of health and healthcare among African refugee women living in Australia and ascertain their use of available health screening services.Design Qualitative secondary analysis.Method In this secondary analysis of oral narratives derived from two primary qualitative datasets collected from Sub-Saharan women in NSW Australia, we present the preventative health, screening, and practice of the refugee women. Twenty-two of the forty-two women were refugee status on migrating to Australia. We adapted the to clinical practice These findings provide information to assist policy makers and inform nurses and midwives who provide care to West African refugee migrant women.Impact statement This research provides insight into how West African refugee women engage with preventative health care and screening in Australia and the importance of socio-cultural factors and health literacy in the care of refugee women.In this work the hybridization kinetics of DNA fragments on underlayer has been studied, when besides single-stranded DNA molecules there are also ligands in the medium that are able to intercalate into DNA-duplexes. A system of differential equations was obtained that describes the correlative change of the number of DNA-duplexes on the underlayer and the change of the number of ligands intercalating into DNA-duplexes. It was shown that the rate of underlayer filling by DNA-duplexes increases along with the enhancement of both equilibrium constant of formation reaction of DNA-duplexes and the concentration of DNA targets in the solution. It was also shown that the intercalation kinetics of ligands into DNA-duplexes relevantly depends on relation of dissociation rate constant of DNA-duplex to dissociation rate of the ligand complex with DNA-duplex.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.The aim of this work was to perform in silico analysis of selected biomolecules from Terminalia arjuna (T. arjuna) by using virtual screening, molecular docking and pharmacophore modeling. Reported 30 biomolecules of T. arjuna were used as ligands. Grip-based docking was carried out to produce the target-specific complex model using vLife MDS 4.4 software. Docked conformations of the selected T. arjuna biomolecules resulted in eight potential biomolecules namely Casuarinin, Luteolin, Pelargonidin, Arjunin, Castalagin, Punicalagin, Kaempferol and Quercetin with major interactions and exhibited good affinity to the residues of protein targets. Developed pharmacophore models have suggested minimum pharmacophoric features required in the biomolecule so as to show standard like activity. Interestingly, Casuarinin showed multiple inhibitions on phosphodiesterase 5A and sodium-potassium pump whereas Pelargonidin on phosphodiesterase 5A and beta-adrenergic protein targets. Conclusively, this study provides a suitable platform for discovery of novel inhibitors from natural source for heart disorders.Leishmania donovani, causes leishmaniasis, a global health trouble with around 89 different countries and its population under its risk. Replication initiation events have been instrumental in regulating the DNA duplication and as the small subunit of L. donovani nuclear DNA primase (Ld-PriS) inherits the catalytic site, it plays a vital role in DNA replication. In this study we have aimed Ld-PriS for the first time as a prospective target for the application of drug against Leishmania parasite. [https://www.selleckchem.com/products/e7449.html Stenoparib chemical structure] 3-D structures of Ld-PriS were built and ligand-based virtual screening was performed using hybrid similarity recognition techniques. Ligands from the ZINC database were used for the screening purposes based on known DNA primase inhibitor Sphingosine as a query. Top 150 ligands were taken into consideration for molecular docking against the query protein (Ld-PriS) using PyRx and iGEMDOCK softwares. Top five compounds with the best docking score were selected for pharmacokinetic investigation and molecular dynamic simulation. These top five screened inhibitors showed very poor binding affinity toward the catalytic subunit of human primase indicating their safety toward the host normal replication mechanism. The top five compounds showed good pharmacokinetic profiles and ADMET predictions revealed good absorption, solubility, permeability, uniform distribution, proper metabolism, minimal toxicity and good bioavailability. Simulation studies upto 50 ns revealed the three leads ZINC000009219046, ZINC000025998119 and ZINC000004677901 bind with Ld-PriS throughout the simulation and there were no huge variations in their backbone suggesting that these three may play as potential lead compounds for developing new drug against leishmaniasis.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.