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Combinations of candidate biomarkers gave a better prediction of coffee consumption than individual biomarkers. The robustness of the combined biomarkers requires additional validation in cohort studies covering other populations.A copper-catalyzed cascade cyclization of dihydroisobenzofurans with indoles for the rapid construction of indoly benzo[b]carbazoles has been reported, providing the desired products in moderate to good yields under mild conditions along with a broad substrate scope and good functional group tolerance. The photoluminescence property of these indoly benzo[b]carbazoles has also been investigated.Coadministration of β-lactam and β-lactamase inhibitor (BLI) is one of the well-established therapeutic measures for bacterial infections caused by β-lactam-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, whereas we have only two options for orally active BLI, clavulanic acid and sulbactam. Furthermore, these BLIs are losing their clinical usefulness because of the spread of new β-lactamases, including extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) belonging to class A β-lactamases, class C and D β-lactamases, and carbapenemases, which are hardly or not inhibited by these classical BLIs. From the viewpoints of medical cost and burden of healthcare personnel, oral therapy offers many advantages. In our search for novel diazabicyclooctane (DBO) BLIs possessing a thio-functional group at the C2 position, we discovered a 2-sulfinyl-DBO derivative (2), which restores the antibacterial activities of an orally available third-generation cephalosporin, ceftibuten (CTB), against various serine β-lactamase-producing strains including carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). It can be orally absorbed via the ester prodrug modification and exhibits in vivo efficacy in a combination with CTB.Although buried titratable residues in protein cavities are often of major functional importance, it is generally challenging to understand their properties such as the ionization state and factors of stabilization based on experimental studies alone. A specific set of examples involve buried Glu-Lys pairs in a series of variants of Staphylococcal nuclease, for which recent structural and thermodynamic studies appeared to suggest that both the stability and the ionization state of the buried Glu-Lys pair are sensitive to its orientation (i.e., Glu23-Lys36 vs Lys23-Glu36). To further clarify the situation, especially ionization states of the buried Glu-Lys pairs, we have conducted extensive molecular dynamics simulations and free energy computations. Microsecond molecular dynamics simulations show that the hydration level of the cavity depends on the orientation of the buried ion-pair therein as well as its ionization state; free energy simulations recapitulate the relative stability of Glu23-Lys36 (EK) vs Lys23-Glu36 (KE) mutants measured experimentally, although the difference is similar in magnitude regardless of the ionization state of the Glu-Lys pair. A complementary set of free energy simulations strongly suggests that, in contrast to the original suggestion in the experimental analysis, the Glu and Lys residues prefer to adopt their charge-neutral rather than the ionized states. This result is consistent with the low dielectric constant computed for water in the cavity, which makes it difficult for the protein cavity to stabilize a pair of charged Glu-Lys residues, even with water penetration. The current study highlights the role of free energy simulations in understanding the ionization state of buried titratable residues and the relevant energetic contributions, forming the basis for the rational design of buried charge networks in proteins.The aroma of a wine is mostly driven by not only the factors in the vineyard, such as the grape variety and harvest time, but also the fermentation process. Icewine is a unique, intensely sweet wine made from late harvested grapes that have frozen naturally on the vine. Different from normal table wines, the grapes used in icewine naturally undergo a dehydration process and freeze-thaw cycles, and the must for icewine making has to be pressed from frozen grapes. Metabolism inhibitor This pressing process leaves water behind as ice crystals and allows the grape juice to be concentrated with more sugars, acids, and other dissolved solids, resulting in a slower than normal fermentation. These special procedures can lead to a unique aroma characteristic of icewine. This review delves into recent advances in chemical compounds related to icewine aroma characteristics and addresses how changes in these aroma characteristics and composition are influenced by environmental, viticultural, and oenological factors in the vineyard and winery. Deficiencies in previous studies and future trends related to the flavor science of icewine were also briefly addressed.Through the use of the Global Natural Product Social (GNPS) feature-based networking system, a series of newly identified steroidal saponins were discovered in oat. The structures of the three new major steroidal saponins, sativacosides A-C (1-3), were characterized by analyzing their high-resolution MS, 1D and 2D NMR spectra, and an additional eight new steroidal saponins were also tentatively identified (4-11) based on their tandem mass spectra and typical fragments. Using ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry techniques, a complete profile of the new sativacoside series was established, and the contents of sativacosides A-C were quantified in 18 different commercial oat products. The total levels of sativacosides A-C varied from 62.2 to 192.9 μg/g in these 18 products, in which oat bran (11 samples) and oatmeal (3 samples) had higher levels than cold oat cereal (4 samples).A set of fentanyl molecules when subjected to vacuum UV atmospheric pressure photoionization (VUV-APPI) in the presence of dopants (ammonia and anisole) shows two major bands in the ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) spectrum corresponding to (a) the protonated fentanyl, [M+H]+ and (b) a unique [M-74]+ ion. For the parent fentanyl, the [M-74]+ ion is at m/z 262 but, in the absence of ammonia, the product ion is shifted to m/z 245, corresponding to a difference of NH3. Collision-induced dissociations (CID) of the [M-74]+ ions for all the different fentanyls examined here show the same pattern of neutral losses, namely NH3 and HN=CH2, and the dominant product ion is at m/z 84 (shifted to m/z 98 for 3-methylfentanyl and m/z 142 and 231 for carfentanyl). Dissociation of the [M-74-NH3]+ ion derived from the fentanyls yields the same product ions as found in the electron impact (EI) ionization spectra of the fentanyls. The dissociation products of the [M-74-HN=CH2]+ ion are different, include the ion at m/z 84, and correspond to the fragmentation products of protonated norfentanyls.