TALANTA
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2019
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Shengrui Xu,Qingqing Liu,Cuicui Wang,Li Xiao,Suling Feng,Ning Li,Chang-Po Chen
In this study, facile fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) pompon-like gold/zinc oxide (Au/ZnO) porous microspheres by hydrothermal procedure was investigated. These microspheres were utilized as solid phase microextraction (SPME) coating for determination of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) from foot odor coupling with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). SEM and TEM characterizations showed that as-prepared material was composed of 1D porous nanowires and presented a uniform coating on stainless-steel wire. The extraction of VFAs including propanoic acid, butyric acid , isobutanoic acid, isovaleric acid , hexanoic acid , and heptylic acid was carried out by headspace model after sampling from human foot using cotton wool strips. Following optimization of extraction parameters including extraction temperature and time and desorption temperature and time, the as-prepared SPME coating presented better extraction efficiency than commercial DVB/CAR/PDMS fiber towards all the VFAs due to its excellent properties. Under the optimized conditions, the method exhibited good linearity (0.5–200 ng) with regression coefficients (R 2 ) ranging from 0.9836 to 0.9981 for all the analytes. The limits of detection ranged from 0.017 to 0.098 ng. Single fiber repeatability varied from 6.5% to 11.2% and the fiber-to-fiber reproducibility ranged from 8.6% to 12.3%. The proposed method was successfully applied for extraction and determination of VFAs from foot odor after sampling using cotton wool strips.
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CHROMATOGRAPHIA
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2019
·Vol. 83
·期 2
·305-310
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Zhang Chaozheng,Fan Longxing,Zhao Hua
Abstract An increasing number of researchers are focusing on short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which are closely related to various aspects of the human body. This study presented a pretreatment method for mouse feces that combined acidification and extraction. Then, a direct injection process into gas chromatography was developed. The limits of detection using this method are 0.5–0.8 mg L −1 , and the corresponding sample contents are 0.015–0.024 mg g −1 . The limits of quantification are 0.8–1.0 mg L −1 , and the corresponding sample contents are 0.024–0.030 mg g −1 . The linear relationship of the calibration curve is good and has a correlation coefficient of > 0.999. The recovery rate of the spiked standard is 80–102%. This method had been successfully applied to analysing and determining SCFAs in biological samples. Graphic Abstract
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2019
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IF 8.355
Lihua Zhou,Yang He,Shaohua Gou,Qin Zhang,Ling Liu,Lan Tang,Xianzhi Zhou,Ming Duan
Currently, it remains a great challenge to maintain clay stability in water and prevent shear dispersion of the clay lamellae. Herein, a series of piperazine-based polyether Gemini quaternary ammonium salts (QAs) with different alkyl chains and linker groups were synthesized as the novel intercalator candidates. We established the correlations between their structures and inhibition swelling behavior of montmorillonite (MMT), a representatively hydratable and expansive clay. Upon loading saturated QAs, the lateral bilayer intercalation aligning parallelly to lamella surface was validated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), namely a monolayer adsorption on MMT platelets, agreeing well with Langmuir isotherm model. By combining Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and zeta potential, electrostatic attraction and hydrogen bonding were confirmed as the crucial multiple driving forces of adsorption and intercalation. The increased water contact angles (WCAs) demonstrated the formation of protective coating for hindering the entrance of water into the interlayers of MMT. XRD and field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) indicated that, when the carbon number of “tail” groups in QAs molecules was greater than 12, the platelets of organo-MMT (OMMT) were prone to be exfoliated and aggregated parallelly to sheet surface. This study provides a unique foundation for designing the molecular structure of clay modifier.
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
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2019
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Mei Huang,Yan Wang,Jinquan Wan,Yongwen Ma,Haiyuan Chi,Yanyan Xu,Shuying Qiu
Achieving large pore size, high catalytic performance with stable structure is critical for metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) to have more hopeful prospects in catalytic applications. Herein, we had reported a method to synthesize highly reactive yet stable defective iron-based Metal organic frameworks by using different monocarboxylic acids with varying lengths as a modulator. The physical−chemical characterization illustrating that modulators could improve the crystallinity , enlarge pore size and enhance catalytic performance and octanoic acid (OA) was screened to be the suitable choice. The catalytic performance of catalysts was detected through persulfate (PS) activation for degrading Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA). The study demonstrated that the highest degradation efficiency for 0.018 mmol L −1 TBBPA was that 97.79% in the conditions of the 1.0 g L −1 Fe(BDC)(DMF,F)-OA-30 dosage and TBBPA:PS = 200:1. In addition, there was observed that no obvious change of the crystal structure, little the leachable iron concentration in the solutions and no significant loss of catalytic activities of Fe(BDC)(DMF,F)-OA-30 after 5th cycles. The iron valence state of Fe(BDC)(DMF,F)-OA-30 before and after degradation and electrochemical properties reveal that the partial substitution of organic ligands by octanoic acid, when removing OA and forming defects by heat and vacuum treatment to generate coordinatively unsaturated metal sites and accelerate the original transmission of electronic, leading to enhance the activity of persulfate activation for efficient removal TBBPA.
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FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
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2019
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Kai Huang,Wenwen Yu,Sen Li,Xiao Guan,Jing Liu,Hongdong Song,Dandan Liu,Ruiqian Duan
Embryo-remaining oat rice (EROR), as a newly developed oat product, is popular in China for its good taste, but little is known about its healthy functions. In this study, the effects of EROR on lipid metabolism regulation were investigated in in vitro and in vivo models. The results showed that the oat ethanol extracts significantly alleviated lipid accumulation, total cholesterol and triglyceride levels in HepG2 cells. EROR supplementation dramatically improved the lipid profile in the serum and liver and downregulated the expression levels of HMGCR, SREBP-1C and FAS, which are related to lipid metabolic disorder in high-fat diet (HFD) fed rats. A HFD decreases the production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in the cecum, which are related to intestinal microbiota dysbiosis. The intake of EROR significantly increased the total SCFAs, acetate and propionate and promoted the abundance of SCFA-producing bacteria. Furthermore, the intake of EROR led to abundant increases in Bifidobacterium and Akkermansia and decreases of Rombutsia , Fusicatenibacter , Holdemanella and Turicibacter , which were negatively and positively correlated with the lipid metabolism-related indices. These results provide evidence that EROR is a good functional food candidate to ameliorate lipid metabolic disorder and hyperlipidemia.
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Journal of Functional Foods
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2019
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Rui Han,Daorui Pang,Lingrong Wen,Lijun You,Riming Huang,Viktoryia Kulikouskaya
The study explored the changes of a sulfated polysaccharide (SP) from Gracilaria Lemaneiformis during simulated human digestive system. The results showed SP was scarcely degraded without significant difference. Moreover, the results of fermentation in vitro indicated 53.7% of SP were utilized by gut microbiota with the molecular weight decreasing by 59.41% at 48 h. Meanwhile, 50.07 ± 2.82 mM of short chain fatty acids were produced in culture medium. Besides, in contrast with the regulation of galacto-oligosaccharide sacrificing diversity and richness of community, SP could regulate the composition of microbiota in a mild way. What’s more, Proteobacteria and Firmicutes were the most sensitive phyla responding to changes of pH values in this study. And Sutterella, Phascolarctobacterium, Parabacteroides, Lachnospiraceae_UCG-004, Desulfovibrio and Bacteroides were dominant genera for degrading and utilizing SP. Furthermore, the metagenomic function characteristics of microbes might be changed by SP. Thus, SP could be a potential prebiotic.
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FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
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2019
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Han Su,Jinghao Chen,Song Miao,Kaibo Deng,Jiawen Liu,Shaoxiao Zeng,Baodong Zheng,Xu Lu
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of lotus seed oligosaccharides (formulation consisting of LSO2, LSO3-1, LSO3-2 and LSO4; relative ratios are 1.107:0.554:0.183:0.443, m/m/m/m) at dosages of 0.42, 0.83 g/d/kg bw and 2.49 g/d/kg bw on the microbiota composition and the propulsion of intestinal contents in the gut of mice. The results showed that fecal water content increased in treated mice; there was less gut microbiota diversity than in other groups; and there was a large number of fauna in the cecum of the mice. At the same time, the number of short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) bacterial producers increased after feeding with oligosaccharides; Lotus seed oligosaccharides (LOS) also enhanced the concentration of SCFAs in the intestine, which also increased the concentration of cytokines in the serum of mice. In conclusion, these findings suggest that LOS or combination with resistant starch has a better effect on relieving constipation.
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Food Science and Human Wellness
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2022
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Menglin Chen,Hong Yao,Huizi Tan,Wenqi Huang,Quanyong Wu,Shaoping Nie
Most scientific investigations regarding inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) pathogenesis or therapeutic strategies use dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced models performed on mice. However, differences between human and animal microbiota may confound the data reproducibility from rodent experiments to clinical trials. In this study, the intervention effects of Bifidobacterium longum NSP001 on DSS-induced colitis were investigated using mice colonized with either native or humanised microbiota. Disorders in disease activity index (DAI), morphology and histology of colon tissue, intestinal permeability, and secretion of MPO, TNF-α and IL-6 were ameliorated by daily intake of live B. longum NSP001 cells in both conventional and humanised colitis mice. But the abnormal thymus index, and colonic production of ZO-1 and iNOS were improved only in colitis mice treated with B. longum NSP001 and humanised microbiome. The accumulation of acetic acid and propionic acid in colon microbiome, and the optimization of primary bile acid biosynthesis and glycerophospholipid metabolism pathways in cecum commensals were likely to explain the beneficial effects of B. longum NSP001. These data revealed that intestinal microbiome baseline would possibly affect the manifestation features of interventions by probiotics or dietary components and highlighted the necessity to include humanised microbiome while investigating potential therapeutic strategies based on rodent models.
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JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
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2022
·Vol. 103
·期 8
·3840-3849
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IF 4.125
Ying You,Haoran Song,Linlin Wang,Zhengqi Liu,Xiaoming Guo,Chunqing Ai,Shuang Song,Beiwei Zhu
BACKGROUND Caulerpa lentillifera has received extensive attention regarding expansion of its farming and increasing consumption. In our previous study, the structure of C. lentillifera polysaccharide (CLP) was elucidated. However, little information is available about its health effects. In this study, the anti-obesity effect of CLP was investigated by using a high-fat diet-induced obese mice model with two different supplementation methods. RESULTS In vitro simulated digestion results showed that CLP significantly decreased the lipid digestibility and induced the lipid droplets aggregation in the intestinal stage to inhibit the absorption of lipids. As revealed by 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing and non-targeted metabolomics, supplement of CLP by both pre-prandial gavage and free feeding patterns effectively prevented mice obesity via ameliorating intestinal flora disturbance and regulating bile acids circulation metabolism. Of note was that CLP administration had no effect on short-chain fatty acids production, suggesting the anti-obesity effect was uncorrelated with their production. Moreover, pre-prandial administration of CLP had a better anti-obesity effect in lowering body weight and serum lipid levels, but the free feeding resulted in a higher α -diversity of gut microbiota. CONCLUSION The findings of this study indicate that CLP could be a potential anti-obesity nutraceutical and that pre-prandial supplement of CLP may be a better intake method to exhibit its hypolipidemic effect. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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Food Bioscience
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Xiang Li,Yan Du,Zhaoxin Tu,Chengping Zhang,Li Wang
Highland barley (HB) possesses a series of properties such as regulating lipid metabolism and attenuating liver injury. Our study aimed to investigate the effect of HB, highland barley bran (HBB), whole grain highland barley (WGHB) on lipid metabolism, liver inflammation, gut microbiota and metabolite profiles in high-fat/cholesterol (HFCD) diet mice. 5 treatment groups were fed a normal control diet or a HFCD with or without HB supplementation for 10 weeks. The results showed that HB especially HBB significantly improved lipid parameters, liver function and injury and blood glucose indexes related to hyperlipidemia compared with HFCD group. In addition, HBB recovered the disorder of gut microbiota by increasing Bacteroidetes / Firmicutes ratio and Lactobacillus and Allobaculum abundances, and decreasing Proteobacteria abundance related to lipid metabolism bacteria. HBB enhanced the levels of 6 short chain fatty acids induced by HFCD. Fecal metabolomics analysis showed that the important differential metabolites between HBB group and HFCD group were deoxycholic acid , myclobutanil and cis -4-Hydroxy-D-proline, and the important differential metabolic pathways were arachidonic acid metabolism, tyrosine metabolism and bile secretion . Results suggested that HBB was an effective dietary intervention candidate to ameliorate hyperlipidemia.
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Advanced Healthcare Materials
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Shanan Chen,Kaiwen Wu,Mengzhuo Li,Yoav D. Livney,Xing Li,Wei Shang,Zhicheng Wei,Qiming Li,Rongmei Liu,Jie Xiao,Yuan Li
The in vivo functionality of oral probiotics is often compromised by their susceptibility to environmental and gastrointestinal stressors, coupled with limited mucosal retention. To overcome these challenges, we developed a smart, pH-responsive biomaterial platform based on shellac microgels (SCM), derived from a natural, biocompatible insect resin. Combining experimental characterization with finite element analysis, we verified that the densified molecular network of SCM functions as a potent physical barrier that effectively hinders the diffusion of O 2 , moisture, and UV radiation, as well as physiological assaults (H + and bile salts), protecting the viability of probiotics throughout storage and gastrointestinal transit. Crucially, the pK a -dependent phase transition of SCM enabled precise colon-targeted bio-interface, where its abundant functional groups facilitated strong mucosal anchoring via non-covalent interactions. In a DSS-induced colitis mouse model, this precision-release strategy significantly improved therapeutic outcomes by suppressing the inflammation, restoring gut homeostasis, and repairing the epithelial barrier. This study presents a sustainable, potent, and naturally derived biomaterial strategy for the controlled delivery of sensitive bacterial therapeutics.
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
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2014
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Yuxin Fang,Wenjing Zhong,Yue Wang,Tianrong Xun,Dongguo Lin,Wenjun Liu,Jingyu Wang,Lin Lv,Shuwen Liu,Jian He
Tryptophan and arginine rich antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) possess high potencies against both gram positive and gram negative bacteria , while lipopeptides represent another family of promising antimicrobial agents to combat invading pathogens. In the present study, we have synthesized a series of very short arginine, lysine and tryptophan containing lipopeptides and evaluated their antimicrobial activities against a panel of pathogenic microorganisms including Staphylococcus aureus , Escherichia coli , and Candida albicans . The results showed that most of these peptides were effective against tested strains with MIC values ranging from 3.9 to 62.5 μg/mL. In addition to the small size, potent bactericidal activity , low to moderate hemolytic toxicity and membrane disruption ability, several peptides such as C10-RIKWWK and C10-RKWWK apparently retarded the migration of DNA on agarose gel in the DNA-binding assay, which implied the multiple modes of action in their bacteria-killing mechanism. These peptides revealed a promising therapeutic potential to develop as new antimicrobial agents.
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