BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
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2020
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IF 7.539
Yong Huang,Shasha Liu,Jie Zhang,Syed Shatir A. Syed-Hassan,Xun Hu,Hongqi Sun,Xun Zhu,Jianbin Zhou,Shu Zhang,Hong Zhang
This study investigated the interactions between volatile and char during biomass pyrolysis at 400 °C, employing a β–5 lignin dimer and amino-modified graphitized carbon nanotube (CNT–NH 2 ) as their models, respectively. The results demonstrated that both –NH 2 and its carrier (CNT) facilitated the conversion of the β–5 dimer, which significantly increased from 9.7% (blank run), to 61.6% (with CNT), and to 96.6% (with CNT–NH 2 ). CNT mainly favored the breakage of C–O bond in the feedstock to produce dimers with a yield of 55.5%, while CNT–NH 2 promoted the cleavage of both C–O and C–C bonds to yield monomers with a yield up to 63.4%. Such significant changes in the pyrolysis behaviors of the β–5 lignin dimer after the introduction of CNT–NH 2 were considered to be mainly caused by hydrogen-bond formations between –NH 2 and the dimeric feedstock/products, in addition to the π–π stacking between CNT and aromatic rings.
研究领域:
能源与燃料化学
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生物质转化
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PubMed
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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
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2026
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IF 14.3
Gengmiao Xiao,Aijun Qian,Zhuo Gao,Tingting Dai,Hui Liang,Shuai Wang,Mulan Deng,Yunjing Yan,Xindan Zhang,Xuedi Zhang,Yunping Mu,Jiqiu Wang,Aibo Gao,Huijie Zhang,Fanghong Li,Allan Zijian Zhao
Aging commonly causes decline of testosterone or estrogen, leading to overaccumulation of fatness in males or females, respectively. Although such phenomenon can be readily explained by estrogen’s direct action on adipocytes in females, accumulative evidence does not support the direct action of testosterone in adipocyte lipid metabolism, suggesting that there is a missing intermediary link. Herein, we propose that glycoprotein hormone β5 (GPHB5) is the intermediary linkage between testosterone and the regulation of adiposity. In clinical samples, blood levels of GPHB5 were correlated negatively with men’s ages, and positively with circulating testosterone. Testosterone directly stimulated the expression of GPHB5 in cultured cells, pharmacological blockade of androgen receptor (AR) functions abrogated such effect. Knockout of AR led to not only development of obesity but also reduction of GPHB5 expression. Genetic ablation of GPHB5 in the males, but not in the females, lowered the browning of white adipose tissue, diminished energy expenditure and caused severe obesity. Importantly, elevated blood testosterone didn’t exert its catabolic actions in GPHB5 null mice, and yet, recombinant GPHB5 protein was able to stimulate energy expenditure and reduce adiposity. Taken together, these results provided the strong proof that GPHB5 is the “missing” intermediary hormone linking testosterone (and aging) and its well-known catabolic effect on adipose tissue.
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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
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2013
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IF 2.206
Yan-Chao Qu,Zhi Wang,Qiang Lu,Ying Zhang
4-Vinylphenol is an important chemical that can be used as the monomer for the production of poly(4-vinylphenol) (PVPh). Currently, 4-vinylphenol was prepared by the dehydrogenation of 4-ethylphenol over chromia/alumina catalyst at 600 °C. In this study, a low-cost process involving low-temperature fast pyrolysis of biomass without any catalyst was developed to selectively produce 4-vinylphenol. Pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py–GC/MS) was used for the fast pyrolysis of bagasse, cornstalk, bamboo, rice husk, rice straw, cotton straw, and poplar wood to investigate the effects of different materials on the selectivity of 4-vinylphenol. It was found that some of the herbaceous materials, such as bagasse, cornstalk, and bamboo, were suitable for the production of 4-vinylphenol, whereas woody materials were not applicable. The effects of temperature on 4-vinylphenol production were also investigated. 4-Vinylphenol contents of up to 7 and 20 wt % were achieved at 300 °C from bagasse and bagasse EMAL, respectively. For the first time, 4-vinylphenol was separated from the pyrolysis oil obtained by the fast pyrolysis of bagasse using a benchtop unit, and its structure was confirmed by various methods. Additionally, it was verified that 4-vinylphenol could be produced from compounds with a β-5 linkage, and a possible mechanism for the generation of 4-vinylphenol from a lignin model compound with a β-5 linkage is proposed.
研究领域:
生物化学
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可再生能源
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FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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IF 7.033
Xiangchen Kong,Chao Liu,Weicong Xu,Yue Han,Yuyang Fan,Ming Lei,Ming Li,Rui Xiao
Stubborn lignin (SL) is the thermochemically stable fragment generated from biomass utilization (e.g., pyrolysis , hydrolysis, fermentation, pulping), which is comparatively difficult to be further depolymerized into value-added bio-products. The cleavage of the stubborn linkages within the structure of SL, such as C C, α -O-4, and 4-O-5 linkages, is the key for its valorization. Herein, we investigated the depolymerization of SL through catalytic hydroprocessing in supercritical methanol with Cu/CuMgAlO x catalyst. The yield of monomers reached 37.76C% with 240 min at 300 °C. Cyclohexanols were identified as the major monomeric products, indicating the occurrence of hydrodeoxygenation and hydrogenation. GPC , quantitative 13 C NMR, HSQC NMR, and HMBC NMR analyses evidenced the depolymerization of SL and upgrading of its derivatives. Furthermore, the mechanistic studies were carried out to provide insights to the stubborn linkage cleavages. The degrees of difficulty to break up the three involved linkages obeyed the sequence of β -5 > 4-O-5 > α -O-4. The apparent activating energies ( E a ), chemisorption energies ( E c ), and bond dissociation energies (BDE) were determined computationally to support the experimental results from the perspectives of kinetics, chemisorption, and thermodynamics, respectively. This research provides a reliable way for the utilization of SL.
研究领域:
化学工程
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催化
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生物化学
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可再生能源
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高影响因子
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