AICHE JOURNAL
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2022
·Vol. 68
·期 10
·e17827
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IF 4.167
Jinzhe Cao,Jiangwei Zhang,Shengyang Tao
5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-HMF) is a vital platform molecule from which a variety of high-value-added fine chemicals and polymerizable monomers can be prepared. The use of solid acids to catalyze the conversion of biomass into 5-HMF is environmentally friendly and economical. However, exploiting the high yield of 5-HMF in a highly concentrated reactant system is challenging. Herein, we present a laser-assisted method for preparing highly acidic monolithic acidic catalysts. A monolithic acidic catalyst based on metal Zr sheets was synthesized and used to catalytically convert 30 wt% fructose into 5-HMF (conversion rate: 96%; yield: 95%). The catalyst was immediately separated from the reaction solution by direct removal at the end of the reaction. Catalytic efficiency was largely unaffected after 10 cycles of use, and the same catalytic efficiency was observed after laser-regeneration, highlighting the potential industrial applicability of the developed catalyst.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2022
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IF 9.136
Lin Chen,Xia Jiang,Wenhua Chen,Zhongde Dai,Jianping Wu,Shenggui Ma,Wenju Jiang
N-doped mesoporous carbon has been used as an efficient metal-free catalyst for hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) removal. Traditional synthesis methods for mesopore usually are expensive, corrosive, not eco-friendly, and less N-functional groups remained, leading to the poor removal efficiency for H 2 S. This study provides a facile and green synthesis of N-doped interconnected mesoporous biochars (HNBCs) designed from waste biomass with the cross-linked lignin self-template removed by H 2 O 2 . Compared with those without H 2 O 2 (NPC), HNBCs exhibited higher mesopores volume and more basic sites, i.e., pyridinic N (PdN), pyrrolic N (PyN), -C O, and π-π*, which worked as the main active sites. As a result, adding H 2 O 2 increased the breakthrough sulfur capacity to 181 mg/g for HNBC prepared from cypress sawdust, which was about 5 times that without H 2 O 2 (37 mg/g). The desulfurization and regeneration performance were highly related to the cross-linked mesoporous structure and basic sites on the HNBC. This self-template removing method could easily extend to other waste biomass containing lignin and provide an insight into the advantages of efficient biomass self-structure utilization in the biochar designed properly.
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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2022
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IF 6.073
Yi Yan-ling,Li Yao,Guo Sheng,Yan Hui,Ma Xin-fei,Tao Wei-wei,Shang Er-xin,Niu Yang,Qian Da-wei,Duan Jin-ao
Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) fruit (JF) is widely consumed as food in Asian countries due to its potential effects for human health. As a traditional Chinese medicine, JF is often used to treat anorexia, fatigue and loose stools caused by spleen deficiency syndromes in China, but the mechanism underlying this effect has not been thoroughly elucidated. In this study, a rat model of spleen deficiency syndromes was adopted to investigate the therapeutic effect of JF extract and its possible mechanism by metabolomics analyses of plasma and urine as well as the intestinal flora analysis. The results showed that the changes in plasma and urine metabolites caused by spleen deficiency were reversed after administration of JF, and these changed endogenous metabolites were mainly involved in retinol metabolism, pentose and glucuronate interconversions, nicotinate and niacinamide metabolism pathways. The 16S rDNA sequencing results showed that JF could regulate intestinal flora imbalance caused by spleen deficiency. The covariance analysis of intestinal flora structure and metabolome indicated that Aerococcus may be a candidate strain for predicting and treating the metabolic pathways of spleen deficiency and related disorders. In summary, it can be revealed that spleen deficiency, which alters metabolic profiles and the intestinal flora, could be alleviated effectively by JF extract.
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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2022
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IF 6.064
Wang Jing,Chen Qiaoyu,Wang Xin,Chen Kequan,Ouyang Pingkai
D-1,2,4-Butanetriol (BT) has attracted much attention for its various applications in energetic materials and the pharmaceutical industry. Here, a synthetic pathway for the biosynthesis of BT from d-arabinose was constructed and optimized in Escherichia coli. First, E. coli Trans1-T1 was selected for the synthesis of BT. Considering the different performance of the enzymes from different organisms when expressed in E. coli, the synthetic pathway was optimized. After screening two d-arabinose dehydrogenases (ARAs), two d-arabinonate dehydratases (ADs), four 2-keto acid decarboxylases (ADXs), and three aldehyde reductases (ALRs), ADG from Burkholderia sp., AraD from Sulfolobus solfataricus, KivD from Lactococcus lactis IFPL730, and AdhP from E. coli were selected for the bio-production of BT. After 48 h of catalysis, 0.88 g/L BT was produced by the recombinant strain BT5. Once the enzymes were selected for the pathway, metabolic engineering strategy was conducted for further improvement. The final strain BT5ΔyiaEΔycdWΔyagE produced 1.13 g/L BT after catalyzing for 48 h. Finally, the fermentation conditions and characteristics of BT5ΔyiaEΔycdWΔyagE were also evaluated, and then 2.24 g/L BT was obtained after 48 h of catalysis under the optimized conditions. Our work was the first report on the biosynthesis of BT from d-arabinose which provided a potential for the large-scale production of d-glucose-based BT.
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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
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2022
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IF 10.723
Zhuang Yue,Li-Li Sun,Shao-Ni Sun,Xue-Fei Cao,Jia-Long Wen,Ming-Qiang Zhu
The alkali-soluble hemicelluloses extracted with 10% KOH solution from corn bran were further isolated with different concentrations of aqueous ethanol solutions. Herein 92.2% of the original hemicelluloses can be obtained and the cellulase enzymatic hydrolysis rate of the alkali treated corn bran can reach to 97.2%. The corn bran hemicelluloses were mainly glucuronoarabinoxylan , in which xylose (48.4–53.8%) and arabinose (27.8–33.2%) were the main components. More linear hemicelluloses with high molecular weight tended to be precipitated in low concentration aqueous ethanol solutions. Furthermore, the relationship between the structural features of these alkali-soluble corn bran hemicelluloses and their furfural yield was investigated in MIBK (methyl isobutyl ketone)/H 2 O biphasic system. Results showed that the hemicelluloses with high xylose content are benefit to the furfural production, and the highest furfural yield of 67.7% was obtained.
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FUEL
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2022
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IF 8.035
Bin Hu,An-shuai Cheng,Wen-luan Xie,Ji Liu,Yao-bing Huang,Ling-jun Zhu,Bing Zhang,Ming-xiao Li,Li Zhao,Ti-peng Wang,Qiang Lu
Pyrolysis is a promising thermal conversion technique of biomass to tackle the energy crisis and environmental pollution. Furfural (FF) is an important pyrolysis product from biomass-based materials and a crucial platform compound for energy and fuels. In the present study, we developed a new and green approach to selectively produce FF through the oxalic acid-assisted fast pyrolysis (OAFP) of corncob (CC). The FF yield was up to 16.5 wt% (based on raw CC) through the fast pyrolysis of the solid mixture of CC and OA with a ratio of 1:4 (CC/OA) at 400 °C during the micro-pyrolysis coupled with online-detection experiments. The corresponding FF selectivity was 56.5% (based on raw CC). Under similar experimental parameters, a yield of 10.0 wt% (based on raw CC) was achieved with a lab-scale setup. Experiment and density functional theory (DFT) calculation results suggested that OA played a catalyst-like role in the selective formation of FF from hemicellulose (mainly xylose units) of CC and meanwhile decomposed during the pyrolysis process. The formic acid (FA) decomposed from OA had a similar but lighter effect than OA. With the assistance of OA, the energy barriers of the FF formation reactions decrease dramatically and the competitiveness of the pathways is also altered, which contributes a lot to the FF selective generation. FF is mainly generated in a chain propagation pattern from the acyclic reducing end and unsaturated (C4 C5 bond) non-reducing end of the xylan chain.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2022
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IF 9.231
Yangyi Zhang,Jiamin Xu,Ting Zhang,Lina Tao,Yinghua Nie,Xichang Wang,Jian Zhong
Herein, the effect of saccharide glycosylation by nine monosaccharides on bovine bone gelatin for the stabilization of fish oil-loaded emulsions was explored. The gelatin modification was analyzed and then the emulsifying properties of monosaccharide-modified gelatins were analyzed at pH 9.0 and 3.0. The results demonstrated that glycosylated gelatin structure, droplet stability, creaming stability, and liquid-gel transition time were dependent on monosaccharide carbon numbers, monosaccharide structures, and solution pH. Glycosylation modification of gelatins did not obviously change the emulsion droplet stability at pH 9.0, whereas it increased the emulsion droplet stability at pH 3.0. Glycosylation modification of gelatins did not obviously change the emulsion creaming index values (5.1%–8.4% at pH 9.0 and 25.8%–33.1% at pH 3.0). Three-carbon and four-carbon monosaccharides glycosylation significantly increased emulsion liquid-gel transition times. This work provided useful information to understand the effects of carbon numbers and structures of monosaccharides on the protein modification.
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY
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2022
·Vol. 34
·期 6
·2755-2767
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IF 3.404
Huo Shuhao,Wang Huiying,Chen Jing,Hu Xinjuan,Zan Xinyi,Zhang Cunsheng,Qian Jingya,Zhu Feifei,Ma Haile,Elshobary Mostafa
The total polysaccharide content of the sugar-rich filamentous microalga Tribonema minus (Xanthophyceae, Tribonematales) under 2% CO 2 was up to 50%. The optimal conditions for the extraction of polysaccharide by hot water extraction-ethanol deposition were as follows: A maximum polysaccharide yield of 27.25% was obtained under the optimized conditions of extraction temperature 80°C, extraction time of 2 h, pH 9, and liquid to raw material 0.5:1 mL mg −1 . The crude polysaccharides were mainly acidic polysaccharides containing sulfate groups and uronic acid, and the contents of which were 14.57% and 42.21 mg g −1 , respectively. The crude polysaccharide was mainly composed of rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, mannose, glucose, and galactose with a molar ratio of 0.31:0.26:0.40:0.42:1.00:0.47. In addition, the polysaccharide had a potential antioxidant activity in vitro. The scavenging effect and reducing power of polysaccharides increased with the increase of polysaccharide concentration. The scavenging effect was 56.11%, 75.6%, and 61.89% for 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl free radical (DPPH), superoxide, and hydroxyl radicals at a concentration of 2 mg L −1 , respectively. Hence, T. minus polysaccharides could be a source of natural antioxidants that might be used in foods or pharmaceuticals.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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2022
·Vol. 57
·期 6
·3385-3399
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IF 3.612
Yu Zhang,Kexin Li,Maobin Chen,Shangling Fang,Da Zhen,Jinghua Cao,Zhengqi Wu,Ke Zhang
Summary In this study, a novel chrysanthemum polysaccharide (CP) was obtained and investigated from Chrysanthemum morifolium tea in Hubei province, China. Molecular characterisation and emulsifying properties of the CP were elucidated. The effects of different factors, including storage time, metal ions, pH value and heat treatment, were studied on the stability of emulsion. Results showed that the mean particle diameter (MPD) ( d 32 ) varied from 5.54 to 0.49 μm with the polysaccharide concentration ranging from 0.5wt% to 3.0wt%. The MPD ( d 32 ) of emulsions stabilised by chrysanthemum tea polysaccharide (ECP) was smaller than that of GA at 2wt%, and the MPD ( d 32 ) of ECP remained stable with no stratification occurred at 25 °C for 10 days. ECP also showed good stability under acidic conditions (3.0–7.0). With increase of Na + and Ca 2+ concentration, MPD( d 32 ) and zeta potential values raised significantly, from 2.24 to 7.24 μm and from −40.52 to −35.35 mV respectively. After high-temperature heat treatment, MPD ( d 32 ) and zeta potential showed no significant change, indicating ECP presented good storage stability. In conclusion, CP helped stabilised emulsions that could be used as a natural emulsifier for future application.
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Journal of Cleaner Production
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2021
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IF 9.297
Yuchao Shao,Menggang Bao,Weizhong Huo,Rong Ye,Yanqing Liu,Wenjing Lu
Humic substance is vital for soil fertility and has wide applications such as soil remediation agents, organic fertilizer and adsorbents. The results of pH effect on artificial humic acids (AHAs) production demonstrated that acid hydrothermal conditions are favorable for biomass waste dissolution and formation of AHA precursors such as saccharides, furans, organic acids and phenols; whereas alkaline hydrothermal conditions are suitable for AHAs production from these precursors. Enhanced humification from biomass waste with a combined acid - alkaline hydrothermal process was proposed. The solid product known as hydrochar was reduced to only 5 wt% after this process indicating the significant improvement of dissolution and transformation. The AHAs concentration of 28.28 ± 0.98 wt% obtained from corn stalk was the highest yield so far, 10 times higher than ever reported. The carbon flow analysis indicated that the selectivity of AHA-C was 43.2% of the initial carbon in corn stalk. Our study provides a new way of mass production of AHAs in short period, which has great potential for industry application.
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GREEN CHEMISTRY
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2021
·Vol. 24
·期 1
·315-324
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IF 10.182
Jialu Li,Richard Lee Smith,Siyu Xu,De Li,Jirui Yang,Keqiang Zhang,Feng Shen
MnOx catalysts were synthesized under hydrothermal conditions for conversion of glucose into formic acid (FA) in water with the objective to develop vanadium-free reaction systems. An FA yield of 81.1% was obtained with a MnOx catalyst and glucose substrate in water at 160 °C and is almost twice the value obtained with vanadium-based heterogeneous catalysts. MnOx materials prepared hydrothermally at 100 °C had higher Mn2+/Mn3+ ratios and adsorbed oxygen species than those prepared at higher temperatures and gave the highest FA yields among the catalysts evaluated. Mechanistic studies of glucose–MnOx–water reaction systems revealed that two parallel reactions existed with arabinose being the intermediate in the α-scission route and glyoxylic acid being the intermediate in the β-scission route where CO2 co-forms with FA. Small water-soluble carbohydrates (glucose, sucrose, cellobiose, maltose, xylose) afforded FA yields greater than 50%, while starch afforded FA yields greater than 20%, thus demonstrating the potential of MnOx catalysts for converting biomass into FA.
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JOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE
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2023
·Vol. 47
·期 1
·2300905
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IF 3.1
Min Yang,Haokun Mei,Yu Jiang,Feifang Zhang,Ziteng Yu,Bingcheng Yang
Simultaneous chromatographic separation of the anomers of saccharides was achieved by using a polymer zwitterionic stationary phase functionalized by acrylamide-type sulfobetaine. By optimization of separation parameters including column temperature, pH, and flow rate, the column operated in hydrophilic interaction chromatography mode exhibited excellent separation selectivity toward five monosaccharides and their anomers (including ribose, xylose, galactose, glucose, and arabinose) and two disaccharides (lactose and maltose). Baseline separation could be achieved at mild operation conditions such as 20–30°C of column temperature or typical mobile phase composition (85% acetrontrile–15% 20 mM ammonium formate [NH 4 FA]) with wide pH tolerance range of 2–8. This offers a rapid way to determine the configuration of α or β anomer of the saccharides.
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