Frontiers in Nutrition
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Feng Y,Gao S,Zhu T,Sun G,Zhang P,Huang Y,Qu S,Du X,Mou D
Context Hyperlipidemia is a highly prevalent risk factor for atherosclerosis and stroke. The currently available medications used to treat Hyperlipidemia cannot improve its oxidative stress damage. Consumption of hawthorn can regulate blood sugar and blood lipids, and its rich fruit acid is a natural antioxidant that can improve oxidative stress damage. Objective The present research aimed to investigate the protective effect of hawthorn fruit acid (HFA) on hyperlipidemia and to determine its potential molecular mechanism. Materials and methods Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) to induce hyperlipidemia and treated orally with hawthorn fruit acids (HFA). Serum and liver levels of total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), superoxide dismutase (SOD), hydrogen peroxide (CAT), and malondialdehyde (MDA) were measured. Human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines (HepG2) cells were treated with 0.1 mM oleic acid and HFA (0.125, 0.25 mg/mL), and intracellular TC, TG, HDL-C, SOD, CAT and MDA were measured. Changes in LDLR, HMGCR, Nrf2, HO-1, NQO1 protein and gene expression were analyzed by Western blot and qPCR. Results This study found that HFA treatment effectively reduced the level of triglyceride, cholesterol, and glucose, and attenuated hepatic steatosis in rats. Additionally, oxidative stress damage of rats was effectively reduced by treatment with HFA. Western blot and qPCR analysis indicated that HFA treatment inhibited fat accumulation in HepG2 cells by upregulating LDLR and downregulating HMGCR gene expression. HFA inhibits oleic acid (OA)-induced oxidative damage to HepG2 by activating the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway. Conclusion HFA administration can provide health benefits by counteracting the effects of hyperlipidemia caused by an HFD in the body, and the underlying mechanism of this event is closely related to the activation of the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway.
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2021
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Renji Zheng,Jing Li,Runliang Zhu,Ranhao Wang,Xuezhen Feng,Zhijie Chen,Wenfei Wei,Dazhong Yang,Hong Chen
Wastewater with complex compositions of both heavy metals and organic pollutants is of critical environmental and socioeconomic threat worldwide, which urgently requires feasible remediation technologies to target this challenge. In this study, natural chalcopyrite (CuFeS 2 , NCP), the most abundant copper-based mineral in the Earth's crust , has been discovered to be a heterogeneous catalyst that can activate peroxydisulfate (PDS) for the simultaneous degradation of organic pollutant Rhodamine B (RhB) and reduction of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)). Batch experimental results indicate that both RhB and Cr(VI) could be simultaneously removed under a near-neutral condition in NCP/PDS combined system. The radicals SO 4 •− and • OH generated from PDS activation are the main oxidative species detected by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. SO 4 •− acted as a predominant role in RhB degradation, while Cr(VI) reduction is mainly attributed to the oxidization of S 2− and S 2 2− species on NCP surface, as well as the photoreduction performance of NCP, which could be enhanced by the intermediates generated from RhB degradation. Density functional theory (DFT) calculation results disclose that Fe is the critical catalytic site for PDS activation. This work demonstrates a user-friendly strategy for remediation of complex wastewater containing both heavy metal and organic pollutants by combining photoreduction and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) with natural minerals. It paves a way for wastewater treatment by utilizing low-cost natural abundant minerals as catalysts.
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Environmental Science-Nano
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·Vol. 8
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Weirui Chen,Hengxi He,Ruini Zou,Yidan Chen,Xukai Li,Jing Wang,Yiming Tang,Laisheng Li
In this study, CeOx with different exposed facets was prepared to investigate their potential effect on activating the peroxone reaction (H2O2/O3) and breaking through the restriction of solution pH on peroxone. By controlling the concentration of hydroxide, cube CeOx with a (100) facet, rod CeOx with a (110) facet and octahedron CeOx with a (111) facet were prepared by the hydrothermal precipitation method, and they all promoted heterogeneous peroxone for oxalic acid (OA) under acidic conditions. The catalytic activity of CeOx was highly related to their surface oxygen vacancies (OVs) and the interfacial electron transfer process. Both experiments and theoretical calculations showed that CeOx with different exposed facets activated peroxone in different ways and (111) CeOx possessed better activity than (100) or (110) CeOx. The low efficiencies of (100) and (110) CeOx were due to their inefficient use of H2O2 to reduce surface Ce4+ and their large energy gap to generate surface peroxide (OVs-OOH). (111) CeOx was stable with surface-adsorbed H2O2, and the rich electrons at OVs could be donated to H2O2 and generate OVs-OOH, which then triggered O3 decomposition into hydroxyl radical (˙OH) and superoxide radical (˙O2−). These electron migration processes depended on the electron-donating ability of the OVs rather than solution pH, therefore, still greater amounts of reactive species were generated under acidic conditions. The flexibility of the (111) CeOx/H2O2/O3 process was further investigated for removing 20 kinds of pharmaceuticals. The synergy effect of (111) CeOx/O3 and H2O2 varied with the structure of the pharmaceuticals.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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Shahi Mulk,Muhammad Sajid,Lei Wang,Feng Liu,Gang Pan
5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is one of the promising chemicals, which can serve as a platform chemical to produce various energy chemicals. HMF can be produced from different lignocellulosic biomass derived sugars employing different catalytic processes. In this study, the synthesis of HMF was investigated from excessively available sucrose using environment friendly and cost-effective technology . Among the various solvents applied, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was found as an efficient organic solvent medium. The results elucidated the combination of p -toluenesulfonic acid ( p TSA) and chromium chloride (CrCl 3 .6H 2 O) as the best dehydrating catalyst. A relatively higher HMF yield of 55% was achieved at a lower temperature (120 ℃) while at 150 ℃ (higher temperature) oxalic acid with higher concentration of CrCl 3 .6H 2 O gave a maximum yield of 59.21%. The time, temperature, and concentrations affected the yields. The positive impact was found with a rise in temperature from 100 to 120 ℃ in p TSA while oxalic acid affected the yield until 150 ℃. HMF yields were reported in descending order as p TSA > oxalic acid > maleic acid > malonic acid > succinic acid > blank at 120 ℃. It was observed that the isomerization of glucose to fructose is the major barrier to achieve the high process yield. Therefore, more efforts should be made to achieve the high rate of isomerization of glucose (part of sucrose disaccharide) in order to improve the HMF selectivity by depressing the humin formation.
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Journal of Oleo Science
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Fang-Xiang Xu,Jing-Yu Zhang,Jing Jin,Zu-Guang Li,Yuan-Bin She,Maw-Rong Lee
In the past decade, natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs) as green and sustainable extraction solvents with great potential for the efficient extraction of bioactive compounds from the plants are emerging. In this study, a microwave-assisted technology is used to prepare natural deep eutectic solvents. And natural deep eutectic solvents as pretreatment solvents coupled with microwave-assisted hydrodistillation (MAHD) for isolating essential oil (EO) derived from turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is investigated. To improve the essential oil yield of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) as a target, various factors affecting extraction efficiency including the type and amount of natural deep eutectic solvents, pretreatment time, pretreatment temperature and hydrodistillation (HD) time are discussed and optimized through central composite design (CCD) of the response surface methodology (RSM). The optimal conditions are as follows: natural deep eutectic solvent composed of choline chloride and oxalic acid (molar ratio with 1:1) as a pretreatment solvent, an amount of 60 g, a pretreatment time of 5 min, a pretreatment temperature of 84 ºC, a hydrodistillation time of 76 min. Under the optimum conditions, the highest essential oil yield of 0.85% is achieved. Additionally, the essential oil is analyzed by using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), with a total of 49 compounds being identified. Through combining natural deep eutectic solvents with a microwave-assisted hydrodistillation technique, this work provides an eco-friendly extraction way of isolating essential oil, which boosts development in the monitoring other spice quality field.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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Zhen Chen,Shipeng Geng,Juan Xiao,Fengyue Zhao,Kun Wang,Yi Wang,Panagiotis Tsiakaras,Shuqin Song
Herein, H 2 O 2 production activity via two-electron water oxidation reaction is identified on metal oxides (WO 3 , TiO 2 , and BiVO 4 ) in acidic SO 4 2− involving electrolyte, in which persulfate (PS) acts as an intermediate. A deep understanding of mechanism of PS production reaction on metal oxides has been realized based on rigorous crystal plane analysis of WO 3 and TiO 2 by combining density functional theory calculations and zeta potential measurements. It is found that the binding-energy of adsorbed hydroxyl groups on dominant exposed crystal plane of WO 3 is lower than that of TiO 2 , leading to more SO 4 2− adsorption sites at the surface of WO 3 . Consequently, the formation of PS on WO 3 surface is more favorable. Meanwhile, both SO 4 − · and OH· were detected in the electrolyte by electron paramagnetic resonance measurement, which play a crucial role in organic pollutants wastewater treatment, with a degradation efficiency of 96% in 90 min for a typical pollutant norfloxacin. This work can provide a novel insight for understanding the selectivity of water and SO 4 2− species oxidation on metal oxides, and open a new way for both on-site H 2 O 2 production and advanced oxidation processes application.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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Yan Guo,Huihui Wang,Zhenjia Chen,Xu Jing,Xiaowen Wang
A deep eutectic solvent (DES)-based extraction method is established to facilitate the determination of methomyl in grain via enzyme inhibition fluorescence. The environmentally-friendly DES was synthesized from proline and ethylene glycol and used as a green replacement for traditional extraction solvents that are generally toxic. The DES was added to grain samples and vortex extraction of methomyl, the supernatant was then collected for fluorescence detection. Biomass carbon quantum dots (CQDs) synthesized from millet were used as fluorescent probes. Acetylcholinesterase catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine iodide to thiocholine. The positively-charged thiocholine interacts electrostatically with the negatively-charged quantum dots resulting in the quenching of their fluorescent emission. The pesticide extract solution blocks the enzyme activity and thus recovers the fluorescent from the quantum dots. The fluorescence response was correlated with the amount of methomyl residue in the grain over the range 0.01 to 5 mg kg −1 . The limit of detection was found to be 0.003 mg kg −1 , and the limit of quantification 0.01 mg kg −1 . Recoveries of 86.5% to 107.8% were obtained using real samples, including millet, rice, wheat, and barley, with a relative standard deviation of less than 3.8%. The method is efficient and convenient and has good application prospects for extracting and detecting pesticides in grain samples.
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Science China-Technological Sciences
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·Vol. 64
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Miao Xiao,Liu Shuai,Wang Min,Ge Bo,Zhu ChangQing
It is an ideal way to produce clean water after sewage treatment, during which two problems need to be solved: (1) how to deal with water soluble pollutants and surface oil slick; (2) photothermal devices should float on water. This paper presents a multifunctional water treatment device that can produce clean water vapor under light after sewage treatment. The bismuth oxybromide catalyst degrades water-soluble pollutants under light irradiation. Superhydrophobic (SH) melamine sponge has two functions: selectively adsorb surface oil slick and ensure that photothermal devices float. The hydrophilic layer provides water for local heating of the photothermal layer to produce water vapor. The SH sponge remains stable and is easy to operate during wastewater treatment, and the efficiency of water vapor production through the photothermal device is increased by 7.2 times compared with that of pure water.
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Hyok-Chol Ri,Jishou Piao,Long Cai,Xuejun Jin,Xiangfan Piao,Xiangzi Jin,Chol-San Jon,Lu Liu,Jinhua Zhao,Hai-Bo Shang,Donghao Li
A reciprocating magnetic-field-assisted on-line solid-phase extraction (RMF-SPE) method coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) has been developed for continuous enrichment of trace chemicals in water samples. Under the assist of the reciprocating magnetic field, carboxyl-modified magnetic nanoparticles (CMNPs) were applied to prepare microcolumn with even dispersion by periodical motion, instead of traditional compaction as extraction sorbents . When water sample passed through the extraction region, dynamic sorbents generates an advantage of countless contacts between sorbents and targets without blocking for high efficient extraction. In this study, the on-line RMF-SPE method was established and evaluated by determination of tetracyclines (TCs) from water samples as analysis models, including oxytetracycline , tetracycline, demeclocycline , metacycline, chlortetracycline , and doxycycline . Experimental conditions have been investigated such as flow rate , reciprocating speed, elution time, and so on. The method showed high relative recovery (95.4–111.1%) and good repeatability with RSD from 2.9 to 11.8% for the 200 mL water sample. The linearity range, limits of detection (LODs), and limits of quantification (LOQs) were 0.5–200 μg L −1 (chlortetracycline) and 0.1–200 μg L −1 (other TCs), 12.0–74.1 ng L −1 , and 40.1–247 ng L −1 , respectively. More importantly, the high enrichment factors in a range of 204 (chlortetracycline) to 276 (demeclocycline) indicate that a small amount of dynamic sorbents (only 10 mg) give full play to extraction attributing to the reciprocating movement, especially for trace analysis and continuous extraction, which is significant for water samples from sea, river and domestic waste.
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Materials Today Energy
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2021
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Qiushi Sun,Xiao Chen,Jian Xie,Changhai Shen,Yuan Jin,Cheng Huang,Xiongwen Xu,Jian Tu,Bo Wang,Tiejun Zhu,Xinbing Zhao,Jipeng Cheng
A solid-state lithium metal battery has been considered as a promising next-generation energy storage system for its high safety. Great challenges remain for the scale-up fabrication of solid-state Li batteries with the current manufacturing facility used for liquid Li-ion batteries. In this work, a scale-up route is employed to fabricate quasi-solid-state Li batteries by cathode-supported coating of a solid electrolyte combined with in-situ polymerization for interfacial modification. A Li 1.3 Al 0.3 Ti 1.7 (PO 4 ) 3 (LATP) layer with a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) binder is coated on the LiCoO 2 cathode as the solid electrolyte. A iquid electrolyte containing a poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether acrylate (PEGMEA) monomer is injected during the battery fabrication process followed by in-situ polymerization. The in-situ formed gel electrolyte acts as a soft interface to enhance the contact between the electrode and the solid electrolyte. A coin-type quasi-solid-state Li||LiCoO 2 battery delivers a high capacity of 122 mAh g −1 and retains 81% of its initial capacity after 100 cycles at 0.5 C and 60 °C. A pouch-type Li||LiCoO 2 battery is also fabricated using a commercial LiCoO 2 electrode and shows a satisfactory safety performance and stable cycling at 0.5 C.
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DYES AND PIGMENTS
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2021
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Shijun Lin,Shuwen Liu,Guofei Dai,Xiaojin Zhang,Fan Xia,Yu Dai
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), as one of the major tools of fluorescence-quenching sensors, have been widely used in biochemical analysis through fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) effect. With the development of chemistry and biochemistry, reaction-based fluorescent sensors have attracted increasing attention because of their unique selectivity, high sensitivity and rapid detection. Here we report a click-induced fluorescence-quenching sensor based on AuNPs for detection of copper ion (Cu 2+ ) and ascorbic acid (AA). A fluorescent dye Rhodamine B-(CH 2 CH 2 O) 4 -azide (RB-PEG 4 -N 3 ) is conjugated to the surface of AuNPs via Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) in the presence of Cu 2+ and AA, leading to the fluorescence quenching of Rhodamine B. The sensor responds quickly (within less than 3 min). The fluorescent intensity linearly correlates with the concentration of Cu 2+ in the range of 0–108 μM. The limit of detection (LOD) for Cu 2+ is 5.8 μM. The concentration range for detection of AA is 0–3 mM. The LOD for AA is 0.13 mM. In addition, the application of the sensor is verified by performing detection in real samples such as fresh orange, juice, VC tablet, and lake water. This work expands the application of AuNPs-based fluorescence-quenching sensors for multi-component detection.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2021
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Yue Wang,Bin-Bin Chen,Ya-Ting Gao,Lei Jiang,Jian Lv,Shuai Chang,Ruo-Can Qian,Da-Wei Li
Excellent photocatalysts are highly desirable for clean energy and pollutant treatment. Carbon dots (CDs)-based composite photocatalysts have been widely studied and utilized in catalytic fields. However, the preparation of the photocatalysts with high catalytic activity still faces a great challenge. Herein, white-light-driven CDs-based porous europium micro-networks (CDs@P-Eu-MNs) composite photocatalysts are prepared by a facile in-situ growth strategy. CDs can affect the morphology and produce a large number of porous structures of CDs@P-Eu-MNs. Importantly, the introduction of CDs not only increases the light absorption, but also promotes the separation of photogenerated charge carriers, and thus improve photocatalytic performance of CDs@P-Eu-MNs composites. CDs@P-Eu-MNs show the highest photocurrent density, which can be used for the highly-efficient photodegradation of rhodamine 6G dyes with almost 95% degradation rate under low power white light (20 W) without any radical generating agents such as H 2 O 2 . Therefore, this new and efficient CDs@P-Eu-MNs photocatalyst will have a great application prospect in water pollution treatment.
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