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Antioxidant and protein anti-denaturation properties of an Algerian Opuntia ficus-indica aqueous extract: complementary in vitro and exploratory in silico analyses

Abstract Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. is a source of hydrophilic phenolic constituents with potential redox and protein-stabilising properties. The present study evaluated the antioxidant and protein anti-denaturation activities of a previously characterised aqueous extract an...

Quantifying the direct and indirect costs of reproduction

The energetic costs of reproduction remain incompletely resolved, despite being fundamental to life history theory. Recent work has drawn attention to indirect costs of reproduction and suggested that they may be underestimated in energy budget models. However, a challenge in the...