Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Endonuclease III (EndoIII), a key enzyme in the base excision repair (BER) pathway, ...

Background: Matrine, an alkaloid derived from the dried roots of Sophora flavescens Aiton, has been utilized for the treatment of liver diseases, but its potential hepatotoxicity raises concerns.

Every living organism falls into one of two groups: eukaryotes or prokaryotes, with cellular structure determining which group an organism belongs to. Prokaryotes are unicellular and lack a nucleus ...