MOLECULES
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2021
·Vol. 26
·期 13
·3870
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IF 4.412
Jingyang Li,Fei Liu,Hua Yu,Yuqi Li,Shiguang Zhou,Yuanhang Ai,Xinyu Zhou,Youmei Wang,Lingqiang Wang,Liangcai Peng,Yanting Wang
Banana is a major fruit crop throughout the world with abundant lignocellulose in the pseudostem and rachis residues for biofuel production. In this study, we collected a total of 11 pseudostems and rachis samples that were originally derived from different genetic types and ecological locations of banana crops and then examined largely varied edible carbohydrates (soluble sugars, starch) and lignocellulose compositions. By performing chemical (H2SO4, NaOH) and liquid hot water (LHW) pretreatments, we also found a remarkable variation in biomass enzymatic saccharification and bioethanol production among all banana samples examined. Consequently, this study identified a desirable banana (Refen1, subgroup Pisang Awak) crop containing large amounts of edible carbohydrates and completely digestible lignocellulose, which could be combined to achieve the highest bioethanol yields of 31–38% (% dry matter), compared with previously reported ones in other bioenergy crops. Chemical analysis further indicated that the cellulose CrI and lignin G-monomer should be two major recalcitrant factors affecting biomass enzymatic saccharification in banana pseudostems and rachis. Therefore, this study not only examined rich edible carbohydrates for food in the banana pseudostems but also detected digestible lignocellulose for bioethanol production in rachis tissue, providing a strategy applicable for genetic breeding and biomass processing in banana crops.Keywords:banana;pseudostem;rachis;biomass pretreatments;enzymatic saccharification;bioethanol fermentation;cellulose crystallinity
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MACROMOLECULES
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2021
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IF 5.985
Xiaodong Xu,Lujuan Li,Seyed Mohsen Seraji,Lei Liu,Zhen Jiang,Zhiguang Xu,Xin Li,Sheng Zhao,Hao Wang,Pingan Song
Spider silk-inspired hydrogen-bond (H-bond) cross-linking has recently been shown to enable polymers, e.g., poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), to achieve high strength in combination with large ductility and great toughness by adding small H-bond cross-linkers. Unfortunately, the correlation of H-bond cross-linking to the microstructure and mechanical performances of the resultant polymers remains unclear. Herein, we prepare strong and tough nanostructured PVA composites with inositol (IN) molecules as cross-linkers. The addition of 1.0 wt % of IN increases the yield strength (σy) of PVA up to 148 MPa (by ∼31%), in combination with appreciable increases in the break strain (by 250%) and toughness (by 3.6-fold) because of dynamic physical cross-linking and crystalline grain refinement. We show that there exists a close but simple correlation between the H-bond cross-linking density (ne) and σy, the chain movement (e.g., glass transition temperature (Tg), relaxation activation energy (Ea)) and the crystalline grain size (L), namely, σy ∝ ne, Tg, Ea, and 1/L. This work casts light on the governing effect of H-bonding cross-linking on the microstructure and mechanical properties of PVA and unveils its correlation to mechanical properties, chain dynamics, and crystallization for the first time. These exciting findings open up many new opportunities for creating strong, tough, and ductile polymeric materials.
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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
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2019
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Yue Su,Liang Li
The structural characterization and antioxidant activity of four Auricularia polysaccharides (A.cornea ACP)、A.auricula(AAP)、A.polytricha (APP) and M.fungus(MFP)) were studied in this paper. The results shown: polysaccharides of four Auricularia were mainly composed of mannose and galactose, all polysaccharides contained uronic acid and pyran ring structure with spectroscopy and NMR analysis. There was a significant difference in the total antioxidant capacity and APP was significantly higher than the other polysaccharides. The ability of APP to scavenge DPPH radicals and hydroxyl radicals was significantly higher than that of other polysaccharides, respectively. The molecular weight was significantly positively correlated with DPPH radicals, superoxide anion radicals and hydroxyl radicals. Total antioxidant capacity was significantly negatively correlated with fucose and galactose. The result indicated that fucose and galactose jointly determine total antioxidant capacity. The polysaccharide from four Auricularia had good oxidation resistance and could be used as natural antioxidants.
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Energy Storage Materials
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2019
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Jing Tian,Xuejun Zhou,Qingping Wu,Chilin Li
Mg-based batteries modulated by Li-salt additive can bypass the sluggish Mg solid diffusion at cathode side by kinetically better Li intercalation. However for this dual-salt system the highly electroactive cathodes endowed with high intrinsic conductivity and multi-electron transfer are still lacking, especially under large-sized grains and their high loading. Here a rhodizonate organic salt pre-pillared by K-ions (K 2 C 6 O 6 ) is proposed as high-rate cathode for Li-salt mediated Mg batteries. Under a high loading of 70 wt%, well-crystallized K 2 C 6 O 6 composed of ultra-large micro-sized grains (up to 30 μm) shows a reversible capacity more than 300 mA h/g at 0.1 C (based on three electron transfer), and up to 200, 130 and 60 mA h/g at 2 C, 5 C and 10 C respectively. The high bulk electron/ion conductivity and low solubility are responsible for such a superior performance based on fast Li-K electrochemical exchange and highly reversible Li intercalation without the assistance of nano-sizing, as a consequence of optimization and stabilization of desired electron structure and open framework by K-ion pre-supporting (instead of Li/Na-pillaring) and Mg-ion trapping between C 6 O 6 2- layers. These large monoliths of K 2 C 6 O 6 do not undergo serious grain fracture after long-term cycling, and at that time the Mg anode still remains compact and dendrite-free.
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FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
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2019
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Yongyi Yu,Yajun Zhang,Cebin Hu,Xinyuan Zou,Yang Lin,Yangyuan Xia,Lijun You
An immunologically active polysaccharide named as UPP-2 (1035.52 kDa) was isolated from Undaria pinnatifida using traditional water extraction followed by DEAE Sepharose fast flow chromatography. UPP-2 was proven to be a low sulfated polysaccharide with relatively abundant uronic acid (13.08 ± 0.67%). UPP-2 mainly consisted of xylose (64.55%), glucose (23.81%), arabinose (5.90%) and mannose (4.26%), and its main glycosidic linkage types included →2)- α -D-Xylp-(1→, →4)- α -D-Glcp-(1→, α -D-Xylp-(1→ and →2,4)- β -D-Xylp-(1 → . Results indicated that UPP-2 significantly promoted the proliferation and pinocytic capacity of RAW264.7 cells, and upregulated the mRNA expressions of iNOS, TNF- α , IL-6 and IL-1 β at 100–600 μg/mL with a maximum of 195, 42, 768 and 539 times of those of the negative control, respectively. Moreover, UPP-2 significantly increased the secretions of nitric oxide , TNF- α and IL-6 at 100–600 μg/mL (8.0, 73.1 and 188.7 times compared to those of the negative control, respectively), as well as promoted the production of IL-1 β obviously at 600 μg/mL. Overall, UPP-2 could be served as a potential dietary supplement or functional food based on its immunostimulatory activity.
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PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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2019
·Vol. 101
·期 4
·389-401
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IF 3.928
Hu Huizhen,Zhang Ran,Tang Yiwei,Peng Chenglang,Wu Leiming,Feng Shengqiu,Chen Peng,Wang Yanting,Du Xuezhu,Peng Liangcai
Key message Overexpression of cotton cellulose synthase like D3 (GhCSLD3) gene partially rescued growth defect of atcesa6 mutant with restored cell elongation and cell wall integrity mainly by enhancing primary cellulose production. Abstract Among cellulose synthase like (CSL) family proteins, CSLDs share the highest sequence similarity to cellulose synthase (CESA) proteins. Although CSLD proteins have been implicated to participate in the synthesis of carbohydrate-based polymers (cellulose, pectins and hemicelluloses), and therefore plant cell wall formation, the exact biochemical function of CSLD proteins remains controversial and the function of the remaining CSLD genes in other species have not been determined. In this study, we attempted to illustrate the function of CSLD proteins by overexpressing Arabidopsis AtCSLD2 , - 3 , - 5 and cotton GhCSLD3 genes in the atcesa6 mutant, which has a background that is defective for primary cell wall cellulose synthesis in Arabidopsis . We found that GhCSLD3 overexpression partially rescued the growth defect of the atcesa6 mutant during early vegetative growth. Despite the atceas6 mutant having significantly reduced cellulose contents, the defected cell walls and lower dry mass, GhCSLD3 overexpression largely restored cell wall integrity (CWI) and improved the biomass yield. Our result suggests that overexpression of the GhCSLD protein enhances primary cell wall synthesis and compensates for the loss of CESAs , which is required for cellulose production, therefore rescuing defects in cell elongation and CWI.
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BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
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2018
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IF 5.807
Shaozhe Cheng,Hua Yu,Meng Hu,Yue Wu,Liangliang Cheng,Qiuming Cai,Yuanyuan Tu,Tao Xia,Liangcai Peng
In this study, total eight distinct Miscanthus accessions were collected from the cadmium (Cd)-supplied soil pots, and mild alkali pretreatments (0.5%, 1% NaOH) were then performed to enhance biomass enzymatic saccharification. Due to large Cd accumulation, all Miscanthus accessions showed significantly reduced cellulose levels and features (CrI, DP) with much increased hemicellulose and pectin contents in the mature stems. Under mild alkali pretreatments, all Miscanthu s samples exhibited largely increased hexoses yields released from enzymatic hydrolysis, and one desirable accession had an almost complete biomass saccharification with the hexoses yield at 100% (% cellulose). Notably, the biomass residues remained from enzymatic hydrolysis upon 1% NaOH pretreatment could absorb 73–96% Cd (% of total), suggesting an applicable approach for Cd phyto-remediation. Hence, a hypothetic model was proposed to elucidate that the enhanced biomass saccharification should be mainly due to much reduced cellulose CrI and DP in the Cd-accumulated Miscanthus accessions.
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International Journal of Nanomedicine
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2018
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Jianwei Duan,Chao Liu,Xiaoyu Liang,Xuanling Li,Youlu Chen,Zuoguan Chen,Xiaoli Wang,Deling Kong,Yongjun Li,Jing Yang
Background To address the issue of delivery of proteins, a six-arm copolymer, six-arm poly (ε-caprolactone)–poly(ethylene glycol) (6S-PCL-PEG), was synthesized by a simple two-step reaction. Thereafter, the application of 6S-PCL-PEG as a protein carrier was evaluated. Materials and methods A six-arm copolymer, six-arm poly(ε-caprolactone) (6S-PCL), was synthesized by ring-opening polymerization, with stannous octoate as a catalyst and inositol as an initiator. Then, poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) was linked with 6S-PCL by oxalyl chloride to obtain 6S-PCL-PEG. Hydrogen-1 nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and gel-permeation chromatography were conducted to identify the structure of 6S-PCL-PEG. The biocompatibility of the 6S-PCL-PEG was evaluated by a cell counting kit-8 assay. Polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared by a water-in-oil-in-water double emulsion (W 1 /O/W 2 ) solvent evaporation method. The size distribution and zeta potential of NPs were determined by dynamic light scattering. Transmission electron microscopy was used to observe the morphology of NPs. Drug-loading capacity, encapsulation efficiency, and the release behavior of ovalbumin (OVA)-loading NPs were tested by the bicinchoninic acid assay kit. The stability and activity of OVA released from NPs were detected and the uptake of NPs was evaluated by NIH-3T3 cells. Results All results indicated the successful synthesis of amphiphilic copolymer 6S-PCL-PEG, which possessed excellent biocompatibility and could formulate NPs easily. High drug-loading capacity and encapsulation efficiency of protein NPs were observed. In vitro, OVA was released slowly and the bioactivity of OVA was maintained for over 28 days. Conclusion 6S-PCL-PEG NPs prepared in this study show promising potential for use as a protein carrier.
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ENERGY
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2018
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IF 4.968
Xue-Feng Shao,Chao Wang,Yong-Jian Yang,Biao Feng,Zi-Qin Zhu,Wu-Jun Wang,Yi Zeng,Li-Wu Fan
Towards latent heat storage in the low-to-medium temperature range (70–250 °C), screening of sugar alcohols and their binary eutectic mixtures as potential phase change materials was carried out by focusing on the non-isothermal melting and crystallization behaviors. A preliminary screening shortened the long list of isomers from common four-carbon to six-carbon sugar alcohols to only six affordable candidates, i.e., xylitol, d-sorbitol, erythritol, d-mannitol, d-dulcitol and inositol (ordered with increasing the melting point). Based on the six pre-screened sugar alcohols, a total of 15 binary eutectic mixtures were prepared to manipulate the melting points for more flexible match with real applications. Non-isothermal tests were then performed on a differential scanning calorimeter at various ramping/cooling rates up to 10 °C/min. In addition to determination of the melting point and latent heat of fusion, a special attention was paid to the crystallization behaviors by undertaking consecutive melting-crystallization cyclic tests. It was found that the two candidates with the lowest melting points (both below 100 °C), i.e., xylitol and d-sorbitol, as well as the nine binary eutectic mixtures containing at least one of them, are unable to crystallize from the melt during cool-down at any cooling rates tested (down to 0.5 °C/min). Four other binary eutectic mixtures, i.e., erythritol (84 mol%) + d-mannitol, erythritol (95 mol%) + d-dulcitol, erythritol (96 mol%) + inositol and d-dulcitol (69 mol%) + inositol, were also shown to be unable to crystallize upon cooling, with the crystallization occurring during the reheating process instead, referred to as cold crystallization. The rest four pure sugar alcohols with relatively high melting points (110–230 °C), i.e., erythritol, d-mannitol, d-dulcitol, inositol, and two mixtures, i.e., d-mannitol (70 mol%) + d-dulcitol and d-mannitol (82 mol%) +inositol, were found to be able to crystallize upon cooling, although they all suffer from severe supercooling (e.g., up to over 100 °C for erythritol). The affordable pure and mixture sugar alcohols were deemed to have desirably high latent heat storage density, especially for those with higher melting points. However, they all face specific issues associated with crystallization, which must be addressed before they can really be utilized in real applications. In addition, it may not worth making eutectic mixtures, although this is deemed to be an effective way of manipulating the melting points of sugar alcohols.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2018
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IF 3.909
Yirui Wang,Shaowei Han,Ruofei Li,Baosong Cui,Xianjie Ma,Xinzhu Qi,Qi Hou,Mingbao Lin,Jinye Bai,Shuai Li
Two water-soluble polysaccharides , BSP-1 and BSP-2, were extracted and purified from the tuber of Bletilla striata . The molecular weights of BSP-1 and BSP-2 were 83.54 kDa and 12.60 kDa, respectively. The composition and proportion of BSP-1 and BSP-2 were mannose and glucose in molar ratios of 4.0:1.0 and 3.0:1.0 respectively. The two polysaccharides had a linear backbone, consisting mainly of repeating β‑1,4‑linked d ‑mannosyl residues and β‑1,4‑linked d ‑glucosyl residues. BSP-1 exhibited immunomodulatory effects by increasing the thymus and spleen indices of immunocompromised model mice.
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2018
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IF 5.116
Lei Chen,Shenghong Liu,Yang Wang,Wenfeng Liu,Youzhong Dong,Quan Kuang,Yanming Zhao
Organic electrode materials with superiorities of low price, structural diversity, abundant resources and renewability have been regarded as the promising candidates for rechargeable batteries. However, the poor electronic conductivity and strong solubility in aprotic electrolytes limit the applications for energy storage systems. Here, the ortho- di-sodium salts of tetrahydroxyquinone ( o -Na 2 C 6 H 2 O 6 ) was successfully designed via a facile salinization process. Benefitted from the salt formation, the o -Na 2 C 6 H 2 O 6 electrode exhibits a potential electrochemical performance, when applied to lithium-ion batteries and potassium-ion batteries for the first time. For Li-ion batteries, it delivers a good reversible capacity of 141 mA h g −1 over 100 cycles at 25 mA g −1 , outstanding rate performance of 55.0 mA h g −1 at 5 A g −1 rate and the long cyclability with a capacity decay of 0.0075% per cycle at 5 A g −1 exceeding 2000 cycles. On the other hand, the o- Na 2 C 6 H 2 O 6 also exhibits a high reversible capacity of 168.1 mA h g −1 under the current density of 25 mA g −1 , good rate performance (26.7 mA h g −1 at 5 A g −1 rate) in the K-ion cells. This finding might offer an effective insight to develop other organic salt materials for lithium-ion and potassium-ion batteries.
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RSC Advances
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2018
·Vol. 8
·期 53
·30616-30623
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IF 2.936
Jing Chen,Ying Yuan,Xiaoku Ran,Na Guo,Deqiang Dou
Background: Panax ginseng Meyer which has been cultivated and grown naturally in mountainous forests is formally called “Lin-Xia-Shan-Shen” (LXSS), but when cultivated it is called garden ginseng (GG), according to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2015 edition). The medicinal value of LXSS is significantly higher than that of GG based on the clinical experience of TCM. This study aimed to evaluate the variety of chemical constituents in LXSS and GG. Methods: 18 LXSS and 6 GG samples were investigated using a UPLC-Q-TOF-MS technique. Results: the contents of 16 metabolites, mainly involved in the biosynthesis of rare ginsenosides (ginsenosides Rg3, -Rh1, -Rh2), galactose metabolism (myo-inositol), the citric cycle (citric acid and succinic acid), GABA shunt (GABA) and amino metabolism (alanine and aspartic acid), were higher in LXSS than in GG; while 14 metabolites, mainly involved in starch and sucrose metabolism (fructose and sucrose), amino metabolism (tryptophan, proline, dencichine and pyroglutamic acid) and campesterol biosynthesis (campesterol), were lower in LXSS than in GG. For LXSS with different growing years, 5 metabolites showed a tendency to increase dependent on the number of years, and these were related mainly to galactose metabolism (melibiose), the citric cycle (malic acid), fatty acid metabolism (2-hydroxy stearic acid); while 5 metabolites showed a tendency to decrease on ascending the grades, and these were related to sucrose metabolism (fructose and sucrose), fatty acid metabolism (2-hydroxy hexadecanoic acid) and campesterol biosynthesis (campesterol). Conclusion: this proposed analytical method coupled with multivariate analysis is fast, accurate, and reliable for discriminating GG and high cultivation ages of LXSS samples.
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