INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
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2020
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IF 4.244
Wenxiu Jiang,Xuejun Yu,Yuan Hui,Bowei Shen,Zhang Farong,Zhiquan Pan,Hong Zhou
Diosgenin is an important intermediate of steroid hormone drugs, green production of diosgenin with high yield is a key research issue. In this study, a convenient, efficient, and eco-friendly approach was developed to produce diosgenin from saponins in D. zingiberensis C. H. Wright (Curcuma longa L) using a magnetic solid acid. Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 -Pr-S-SO 3 H is a heterogeneous catalyst and was obtained by loading 3-(mercaptopropyl) trimethoxysilane on the surface of Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 , followed by sulfonation with chlorosulfonic acid. The magnetic solid acid catalyst was fully characterized by Fourier Transform-Infrared (FT-IR) spectra, thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscope(SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), NH 3 -TPD, elemental mapping analysis. The effects of single factors, such as the solid acid mass, alcoholysis temperature, extraction time, and solvent volume on the diosgenin yield were analyzed. The extraction parameters for diosgenin were optimized by response surface methodology (RSM). The optimized values for the solid acid mass, solvent volume, extraction time, and temperature were 0.22 g, 7.8 mL, 7.4 h, and 100 °C, respectively. Under the optimized conditions, the maximum yield of diosgenin was 19.15 %. The solid acid reported in this work exhibited higher catalytic activity at a smaller dosage than traditional sulfuric acid and other solid acids. The alcoholysis products were identified by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS). Alcoholysis catalysed by an as-prepared magnetic solid acid is clearly superior in terms of catalytic activity, dosage, and reusability. It is a promising strategy for the green production of diosgenin.
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POLYMER
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2021
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IF 4.43
Wenze Li,Mengyao Wang,Huan Luo,Yanhua Niu,Yajiang Huang,Guangxian Li
A high molecular weight (H M w ) PLLA has been blended with a low molecular weight (L M w ) PDLA and its two types diblock copolymers (PEG- b -PDLA and PDMS- b -PDLA), respectively, to investigate the stereocomplex (sc) and homochiral (hc) crystallization behaviors . The miscible PEG and immiscible PDMS segments with comparable molecular weight were introduced into PDLA by bulk ring-opening polymerization method. Compared to PLLA/PDLA, the introduction of both sequences could inhibit the crystallization kinetics of sc and hc crystallites of the blends due to the dilution effect of L M w segments. The formation of sc crystallites is prior to its hc counterparts. The shorter induction period of hc crystallites of PLLA/PEG-b-PDLA blend indicates that the miscible PEG segments could promote the mobility of PLLA chains. Due to the involving of PEG chains, the spherulite exhibits coarsen and irregular texture and its lamellae show sparse string-like structure. The microphase separation between PLA and PDMS segments as evidenced by SAXS results in the increased sc nuclei and different growth mode of hc crystallites. The phase separated microdomains weakened the competition between sc and hc crystallites, and the former acts as a template for repeated assembly of the latter. X-ray analysis also reveal that sc crystallites possess much thicker lamellar thickness than hc crystallites in PLLA/PDLA and PLLA/PEG-b-PDLA blends.
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Nanoscale
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2020
·Vol. 12
·期 8
·4959-4967
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IF 6.895
Ye Lu,Min Wei,Chenchen Wang,Wei Wei,Yong Liu
Organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) are harmful to people's health and D-amino acids (D-AAs) in the human body are closely related to various diseases. So, detection of OPs in foods and D-AAs in serum is important for food safety and clinical diagnosis. Herein, a long-lasting chemiluminescence (CL) imaging sensor was constructed for the detection of OPs and D-AAs. The method was based on N-(4-aminobutyl)-N-ethylisoluminol/Co2+/chitosan (ABEI/Co2+/CS) hydrogels, where metal organic framework materials (MOF-Pt) were selected as catalysts to improve the sensitivity greatly. Under the catalysis of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and choline oxidase (CHO), H2O2 was produced by using acetylcholine chloride (ACh) as a substrate, which was sensitive to the proposed CL system. OPs inhibited the activity of AChE and decreased the production of H2O2, reducing CL intensity. The linear range of the method for chlorpyrifos was 0.5 ng mL−1–1.0 μg mL−1, with a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.21 ng mL−1. Seventeen kinds of OPs can be visually and simultaneously discerned by the CL imager. On the other hand, D-AAs were catalyzed and oxidized by D-α-amino oxidase (DAAO) to produce H2O2. Thus, D-Ala in serum was used as a model to be detected by the proposed method. The linear range for D-Ala was 1.0 μM–10 mM, with an LOD of 0.12 μM.
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Aging-US
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2019
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IF 5.515
Jin-Lan Huang,Chao Yu,Min Su,Si-Man Yang,Fan Zhang,Yuan-Yuan Chen,Jin-Yuan Liu,Yi-Fan Jiang,Zhen-Guo Zhong,Deng-Pan Wu
Oxidative stress plays a vital role in the initiation and progression of age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Ameliorating oxidative damage is therefore considered as a beneficial strategy for the treatment of age-related neurodegenerative disorders. Probucol (Prob), a lipid-lowering prototype agent, was reported to treat cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus. However, whether Prob has an effect on age-related neurodegenerative diseases remains unknown. In the study, it was found that Prob ameliorated D-galactose (D-gal) induced cognitive deficits and neuronal loss in the hippocampal CA1 region. Moreover, Prob alleviated ROS and MDA levels by elevating SOD, GSH-PX and HO-1 mRNA and protein expressions, and improving plasmic and cerebral SOD and GSH-PX activities in D-gal treated mice. Furthermore, Prob promoted the dissociation of Keap1/Nrf2 complex leading to the accumulation of Nrf2 in nucleus, implying that the improved anti-oxidant property of Prob is mediated by Keap1/Nrf2 pathway. The study firstly demonstrates the favorable effects of Prob against cognitive impairments in a senescent mouse model, rendering this compound a promising agent for the treatment or prevention of age-related neurodegenerative disease.
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2026
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Yaxin Zheng,Zexiu An,Weihua Liu,Minghua Wang,Yichun Ren,Dongchen Yang,Wei Gao,Ningzhao Shang,Jinlin Zhang,Chun Wang,Shutao Gao
Nitrogen vacancy incorporation into Co 4 N-600 upshifts the D-band center and facilitates the generation of Co IV =O. • The Co 4 N-600/PMS system yields a modified kinetic rate constant of 300.6 min⁻ 1 M⁻ 1 . • Rapid degradation of different types of pollutants within Co 4 N-600/PMS system. High‑valent cobalt-oxo species (Co IV =O) have been demonstrated to exhibit efficient degradation capability toward emerging contaminants (ECs). However, the 3d 7 electronic configuration of Co(II) sites in Co‑based catalysts severely restricts their binding affinity to the terminal oxygen of peroxymonosulfate (PMS), which is unfavorable for the generation of Co IV =O. Herein, we report a nitrogen vacancy (Nv)‑rich cobalt nitride nanozyme Co 4 N-600. The introduction of Nv markedly reduces the d‑electron occupancy of Co, upshifts the d‑band center, and promotes the formation efficiency of Co IV =O. Remarkably, employing 150 mg L −1 peroxymonosulfate (PMS) as the oxidant, the Co 4 N-600 nanozyme achieves complete degradation of 10 mg L −1 imidacloprid within 10 min at an ultralow catalyst loading of 1 mg L −1 , yielding an excellent modified kinetic rate constant of 300.6 min −1 M −1 . These findings establish d -band center engineering as an effective strategy for boosting the catalytic performance of nanozymes by promoting the generation of high-valent metal-oxo (HVMO) species. Download: Download high-res image (179KB) Download: Download full-size image
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Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
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2023
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Wanzhen Li,Yongqi Yang,Jun Wang,Ting Ge,Shuixia Wan,Lin Gui,Yugui Tao,Ping Song,Liangjun Yang,Fei Ge,Weiwei Zhang
At present, simple anti-tumor drugs are ineffective at targeting bone tissue and are not purposed to treat patients with bone metastasis. In this study, zoledronic acid (ZOL) demonstrated excellent bone-targeting properties as a bone-targeting ligand. The metal-organic framework (MOF) known as ZIF-90 was modified with ZOL to construct a bone-targeting-based drug delivery system. Chlorin e6 (Ce6) was loaded in the bone-targeted drug delivery system and combined with 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), which successfully treated bone tumors when enhanced photodynamic therapy was applied. The Ce6@ZIF-PEG-ZOL (Ce6@ZPZ) nanoparticles were observed to have uniform morphology, a particle size of approximately 210 nm, and a potential of approximately −30.4 mV. The results of the bone-targeting experiments showed that Ce6@ZPZ exhibited a superior bone-targeted effect when compared to Ce6@ZIF-90-PEG. The Ce6@ZPZ solution was subjected to 660 nm irradiation and the resulting production of reactive oxygen species increased over time, which could be further increased when Ce6@ZPZ was used in combination with 2-DG. Their combination had a stronger inhibitory capacity against tumor cells than either 2-DG or Ce6@ZPZ alone, increasing the rate of tumor cell apoptosis. The apoptosis rate caused by HGC-27 was 61.56% when 2-DG was combined with Ce6@ZPZ. In vivo results also showed that Ce6@ZPZ combined with 2-DG maximally inhibited tumor growth and prolonged mice survival compared to the other experimental groups. Therefore, the combination of PDT and glycolytic inhibitors serves as a potential option for the treatment of cancer.
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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE
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2023
·Vol. 61
·期 19
·2303-2315
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IF 3.4
Yipeng Chen,Jiangang Zhang,Yuesheng Zhang,Wen Cao,Xiong Liu,Jianna Bao,Xianming Zhang,Wenxing Chen
Copolymerizing poly(lactide) with other materials to obtain better comprehensive performance is a effective way to expand its application range. In this work, the precursors of hydroxyl terminated (poly(L-lactide) [PLLA], poly(ε-caprolactone) [PCL], poly(D,L-lactide) [PDLLA]) were prepared, and PLLA-PCL-PDLLA copolymer were synthesized by chain extension. The effects of the proportion and molecular weight of each component and the amount of chain extender on crystallization, phase structures, mechanical properties and thermal stabilities of PLLA-PCL-PDLLA copolymer were studied in detail. Based on small-angle X-ray scattering results, the competition between crystallization and microphase separation was regulated by the composition and chain length of prepolymers. As the ratio of PLLA/PDLLA was 1:1, crystallization was prevailing and no obvious peak was observed in SAXS pattern. The tensile test results showed that as the ratio of PLLA/PDLLA increased from 1:1 to 1:5, the elongation at break of the copolymer changed from 1.8% to 343%. By using shorter length of PCL and PLLA segments in chain extension, improvement in strength and flexibility were obtained due to moderate degree of crystallization and microphase separation. This work used biodegradable materials to prepare extraordinary toughness copolymers without losing the biocompatibility, which may provide a feasible method for obtaining high toughness and biodegradable PLA-based materials. Graphical
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POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
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2023
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Nouman Ali Shah,Rui Hong,Xue Yang,Shi-Shu Huang,Rizwan M. Gul,Yuwei Liu,Lingli Li,Jia-Zhuang Xu,Ka Li,Zhong-Ming Li
Maintaining reliability remains a great challenge for ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) bearings due to oxidation in biological environments. This work aimed at inspecting the efficacy of the hybrid antioxidant strategy in stabilizing crosslinked UHMWPE under an in vitro clinically relevant accelerated aging condition. The hybrid antioxidant system was composed of vitamin E (VE) and D-sorbitol (DS) as primary and secondary antioxidants, respectively. The already established in vitro clinically relevant accelerated aging was performed via squalene absorption and subsequent thermal oxidation treatment. Compared to the use of VE alone, the combination of VE and DS significantly protracted the oxidation induction time of UHMWPE with no apparent oxidation after aging, showing a notable synergistic effect on the oxidative stability of UHMWPE. The crosslink density was higher for VE/DS/UHMWPE than VE/UHMWPE at each aging period. It revealed that the hybrid antioxidant strategy settled the longstanding contradiction between oxidation stability and crosslinking of UHMWPE. Attributed to improved oxidation stability, there was a positive reversal in the tensile property between VE/DS/UHMWPE and VE/UHMWPE after aging, where comparable ultimate tensile strength and higher elongation at break were observed. These findings underline the high potential of the hybrid antioxidant strategy for developing artificial joint materials with desired ability to resist oxidation and balanced performance.
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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
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2018
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Zheng Li,Haihua Feng,Yue Wang,Bingyu Shen,Ye Tian,Lin Wu,Qiaoling Zhang,Meiyu Jin,Guowen Liu
Rosmarinic acid (RA) has antioxidation, anticancer, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and various biological functions. In our study, we aim to evaluate effects of RA on acute liver injury caused by LPS and d -galactosamine ( d -GalN) and its underlying molecular mechanism in mice. Our findings showed that RA could protect C57BL/6 mice from LPS/ d -GalN-induced acute liver injury, which not only reflected on declining aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) of the serum, but also restrained the phosphorylation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB), extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2) and p38 protein expression and the content of tissue myeloperoxidase (MPO) elevation. Moreover, RA could enhance the level of glutathione-dependent peroxidase (GSH-PX). Furthermore, RA promoted that nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) transported into nucleus, and then up-regulated heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1), glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic (GCLC), glutamate cysteine ligase modifier (GCLM) and quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1). These results indicated that RA could protect the mice from acute liver injury induced by LPS/ d -GalN.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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2018
·Vol. 53
·期 8
·1992-2005
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IF 2.383
Huifan Liu,Fan Gong,Fashan Wei,Furao Lai,Xiaoyuan Zhang,Hui Wu
Summary Four types of carbohydrates, including Dendrobium officinale polysaccharide, Dendrobium aphyllum polysaccharide and β-glucans from yeast and barley, were examined, and their structures were found to mainly contain 1,4-linked-β- d -Glc p . Artificially simulated gastrointestinal digestion was conducted to characterise the changes of molecular weight, reducing sugars and released free monosaccharides by high-performance liquid chromatography, kits and the newly developed gas chromatography (GC)-mass spectrometry (MS)/MS analysis, which indicated that high molecular weight and complex spatial structures contributed to delayed monosaccharide release following exposure to digestive solution. The spatial structures of carbohydrates were changed during gastric digestion, but their primary structures were destroyed during intestinal digestion. Additionally, for the developed 7890A/7000 GC-TQ/MS-MS, the new analytical method was successfully used to analyse very low concentrations of monosaccharides in the simulated gastrointestinal digestive system.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2024
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Jinhong Gao,Lingli Zhang,Dongxin Zhao,Xin Lu,Qiang Sun,Heng Du,Hongyan Yang,Kui Lu
Aspergillus oryzae β-D-galactosidase (β-Gal) efficiently hydrolyzes sesaminol triglucoside into sesaminol, which has higher biological activity . However, β-Gal is difficult to be separate from the reaction mixture and limited by stability. To resolve these problems, β-Gal was immobilized on amino-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles mesoporous silica pre-activated with glutaraldehyde (Fe 3 O 4 @mSiO 2 -β-Gal), which was used for the first time to prepare sesaminol. Under the optimal conditions, the immobilization yield and recovered activity of β-Gal were 57.9 ± 0.3 % and 46.5 ± 0.9 %, and the enzymatic loading was 843 ± 21 U enzyme /g support . The construction of Fe 3 O 4 @mSiO 2 -β-Gal was confirmed by various characterization methods, and the results indicated it was suitable for heterogeneous enzyme-catalyzed reactions. Fe 3 O 4 @mSiO 2 -β-Gal was readily separable under magnetic action and displayed improved activity in extreme pH and temperature conditions. After 45 days of storage at 4 °C, the activity of Fe 3 O 4 @mSiO 2 -β-Gal remained at 92.3 ± 2.8 %, which was 1.29 times than that of free enzyme, and its activity remained above 85 % after 10 cycles. Fe 3 O 4 @mSiO 2 -β-Gal displayed higher affinity and catalytic efficiency. The half-life was 1.41 longer than free enzymes at 55.0 °C. Fe 3 O 4 @mSiO 2 -β-Gal was employed as a catalyst to prepare sesaminol, achieving a 96.7 % conversion yield of sesaminol. The excellent stability and catalytic efficiency provide broad benefits and potential for biocatalytic industry applications.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2024
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Shanpeng Li,Yuling Zhuo,Dong Liu,Hui Pan,Zhenbo Wang
Improving the Pt atoms utilization efficiency on self-supported electrodes is crucial for industrial seawater hydrogen production , but effective strategies are still lacking. Herein, we reported a novel strategy to anchor highly surface-exposed Pt single atoms on Ni 3 S 2 /Co 9 S 8 with abundant S vacancies (Pt–Ni 3 S 2 /Co 9 S 8 –Sv) as a self-supported electrode. Physical characterizations and theoretical calculations confirm that the strong Pt–S electron bridges with the coordinating role of surface S vacancies triggers the d -orbital electron rearrangements and regulates the local electron structures between the Co/Ni and Pt sites. Notably, the Pt–Ni 3 S 2 /Co 9 S 8 –Sv electrode displays an ultralow overpotential of 18 mV at 10 mA cm −2 in alkaline seawater . More importantly, our Pt–Ni 3 S 2 /Co 9 S 8 –Sv electrode assembled into an alkaline electrolysis cell can work continuously for 50 h under alkaline seawater @ 60 °C. This work provides a promising strategy for designing highly surface-exposed single-atomic catalyst for large-scale hydrogen evolution through seawater electrolysis.
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