BIOMATERIALS
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2021
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IF 12.479
Xiaoyu Xu,Zishan Zeng,Xin Ding,Ting Shan,Qiuxing Liu,Meixu Chen,Jie Chen,Meng Xia,Yuanfeng He,Zeqian Huang,Yanjuan Huang,Chunshun Zhao
Intratumoral upregulated reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been extensively exploited as exclusive stimulus to activate drug release for tumor-specific therapy. However, insufficient endogenous ROS and tumor heterogeneity severely restrict clinical translation of current ROS-responsive drug delivery systems. Herein, a tailored ROS-activatable self-amplifying supramolecular nanoprodrug was developed for reinforced ROS-responsiveness and highly selective antitumor therapy. A novel ROS-cleavable CA-based thioacetal linker CASOH was synthesized with ROS generator cinnamaldehyde (CA) incorporated into its molecular structure, to skillfully realize self-amplifying positive feedback loop of “ROS-activated CA release with CA-induced ROS regeneration”. CASOH was modified with a cytosine analogue gemcitabine (GEM) to obtain ROS-activatable self-immolative prodrug CAG, which could be selectively activated in tumor cells and further achieve self-boosting “snowballing” activation via ROS compensation, while keep inactive in normal cells. Through Watson-Crick nucleobase pairing (G≡C)-like hydrogen bonds , CAG efficiently crosslinked with a matched guanine-rich acyclovir-modified hyaluronic acid conjugate HA-ACV, to self-assemble into pH/ROS dual-responsive supramolecular nanoprodrug HCAG. With high stability, beneficial tumor targeting capacity and pH/ROS-responsiveness, HCAG nanoformulation exhibited remarkable in vivo antitumor efficacy with minimal systemic toxicity. Based on unique tumor-specific self-amplifying prodrug activation and Watson-Crick base pairing-inspired supramolecular self-assembly, this study provides an inspirational strategy of exploiting novel ROS-responsive nanoplatform with reinforced responsiveness and specificity for future clinical translation.
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MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
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2021
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IF 5.455
Yingqian Wang,Jihong Sun,Tallat Munir,Bingying Jia,Anadil Gul
Clinoptilolite (CP) with various morphologies, such as spherical, flower, cylindrical, and disc-shape, were successfully synthesized in the presence of alcohol solvents with different carbon chain lengths. The structural and textural properties of the resultant CPs were characterized via XRD, SEM, TG-DSC profiles, TEM, NMR, FT-IR spectra, and N 2 sorption isotherms. The effect of the additive amount of various alcohol solvents on the induction (nucleation) periods and growth stages of synthetic CPs were detailed investigated. Their activation energies of induction ( E n ) and growth ( E g ) periods during crystallization intervals were calculated according to the Arrhenius equation, where the former being larger than the latter, indicating that nucleation is the key step during the whole synthesis of CPs. Particularly, the E n value gradually increased as the increasing chain-length of the used alcohol, but smaller than that without additive alcohols. These demonstrations implied that the presence of alcohol solvents is beneficial to promote the nucleation process of synthetic CP. Furthermore, their CH 4 and N 2 adsorption capacity and selectivity were preliminary explored, showing the highest selective factor of 5.58 at 0 °C for CH 4 /N 2 separation using flower-like CP as an adsorbent. These results suggested a promising adsorbent for wide applications in gas separation.
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2019
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IF 6.35
Libin Wan,Bin Lin,Ruiqin Zhu,Chuixiu Huang,Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard,Xiantao Shen
Isolation of substances by liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) or electromembrane extraction (EME) is becoming more and more important in analytical chemistry. However, the understanding of the mass transfer in LPME and EME is limited, especially for highly concentrated samples. In this work, the mass transfer in LPME and EME from aqueous samples (0.5–200 mg L–1) was studied in terms of recovery, equilibrium time, flux, and mass transfer capacity. In both EME and LPME, high recoveries were achieved at low analyte concentration, and the recoveries decreased at high analyte concentration. For EME, the loss in recovery was partly compensated by increasing the extraction voltage (from 50 to 200 V), while the LPME recovery at high analyte concentration was improved by increasing the extraction time (from 30 to 180 min). EME was superior in terms of equilibrium time and flux, while LPME provided much higher mass transfer capacity especially for highly concentrated samples. Moreover, the recovery was much more sensitive to high analyte concentrations in EME than in LPME, and the EME recovery decreased significantly above 50 mg L–1, indicating that LPME could be used to isolate analytes in a wider concentration range than EME. We believe that this fundamental study will be of great importance for the selection of a suitable membrane-based microextraction technique.
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JOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE
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2018
·Vol. 41
·期 15
·3121-3128
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IF 2.415
Yuan Huang,Xiaobing Huang,Liping Huang,Qicai Liu,Yun Lei,Lijuan Yang,Liying Huang
Sarcosine is a potential prostate cancer marker. In this study, we developed a method of three-phase solvent bar liquid-phase microextraction combined with high-performance liquid chromatography to determine sarcosine after derivatization with 4-dimethylarminoazobenzene-4-sulfonyl chloride from human urine. The effects of different extraction conditions on extraction efficiency were investigated and optimized. Under optimum experimental conditions, a calibration graph exhibited linearity over the range of 0.05–25 μmol/L with a correlation coefficient ( r 2 ) of 0.9990. The enrichment factor was 168, and the detection limit was 0.02 μmol/L. The method was successfully used to analyze sarcosine in human urine and non-invasive detection, and good spiked recoveries ranging from 90.5 to 93.6% were obtained. The proposed method exhibited high sensitivity, high enrichment factor, good precision, and a simple setup. It may contribute to the early accurate diagnosis and the progression monitoring of prostatic carcinoma.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2018
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IF 4.946
Dezhi Yang,Guixiang Li,Lan Wu,Yaling Yang
A novel liquid-phase microextraction based on the ferrofluid was successfully applied for the extraction and determination of four phenolic compounds (bisphenol-A, bisphenol-AF, tetrabromobisphenol-A and 4-tert-octylphenol) in milks and fruit juices. In this study, a range of alkyl (C 4 –C 10 ) alcohols as the carrier liquid were used for the preparation of ferrofluids. The study showed that an appropriate chain length of alkyl alcohol may improve the extraction efficiency and maintain the integrity of ferrofluids during extraction, so 1-heptanol (C 7 ) was selected as the optimal carrier liquid. Specifically, the effects of various parameters on the extraction of phenolic compounds were investigated and optimized. Under the optimized conditions, the limits of detection were between 0.35 and 0.66 μg L −1 . The intra-day and inter-day precision (RSD %) for the analytes at 10 and 50 μg L −1 were in the range of 3.2–6.7 % and 2.9–7.1%, respectively.
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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2018
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IF 3.412
Yu Zhang,Yuping Liu,Wenxi Yang,Jia Huang,Yingqiao Liu,Mingquan Huang,Baoguo Sun,Changlin Li
To characterize potent odor-active compounds in preserved egg yolk (PEY), volatile compounds were isolated by headspace solid-phase microextraction and solvent-assisted flavor evaporation. Gas chromatography–olfactometry (GC–O) and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) analyses identified a total of 53 odor-active compounds by comparing the odor characteristics, MS data, and retention indices with those of reference compounds. Twenty-seven odorants were detected in at least five isolates that were extracted and analyzed by the same method, and their flavor dilution (FD) factors, ranging from 1 to 2048, were measured by aroma extract dilution analysis (AEDA). To further determine their contribution to the overall aroma profile of PEY, 22 odorants with FD factors ≥16 and GC–MS responses were quantitated, and their odor activity values (OAVs) were calculated. According to the OAV results, 19 odorants with OAVs ≥ 1 are the potent odorants that greatly contribute to the characteristic aroma of PEY. Nine compounds were identified for the first time: (E,Z)-2,6-nonadienal, (E)-2-nonenal, 2-methylbutanal, dimethyl disulfide, trimethylamine, methional, dimethyl trisulfide, diisopropyl disulfide, and diethyl disulfide.
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2018
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IF 6.578
Bin Lin,Libin Wan,Xiaojie Sun,Chuixiu Huang,Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard,Xiantao Shen
Numerous efficient extraction methods have been developed for material recovery. However, most of these methods lack selectivity. Recently, we reported electromembrane extraction (EME) as a green, efficient and selective technology for simultaneous extraction and purification of trace targets for sample preparation purpose. Accordingly, EME could be a promising technique on resource conservation, for example, selective recovery of templates with high purity in molecular imprinting. In this work, we first investigated the potential of EME with different configurations for selective recovery of targets at high level (≥ 1000 μg mL −1 ). A semi-dynamic EME system was applied for EME of a basic template (propranolol) from molecularly imprinted samples prepared by precipitation polymerization and bulk polymerization, and the recoveries were 61% and 55%, respectively. The selectivity of EME for template recovery from real samples was confirmed by UV–vis, HPLC-UV and MS measurements. Moreover, the universality of EME for template recovery was verified by efficient extraction of an acidic template (probenecid). Definitely, EME could be used to solve the historic issue of template recovery in molecular imprinting, and shows great potential for selective extraction of ionizable compounds from complex samples in a single step.
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Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society
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2018
·Vol. 15
·期 7
·1561-1568
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IF 1.593
Liu Chunbo,Liu Zhihua,Wang Meng,Yang Yaling
A novel and simple two-step micro-extraction technique combining surfactant-assisted dispersive liquid–liquid micro-extraction and magnetic solid-phase extraction prior to high-performance liquid chromatography was established for analysis of polyphenols including chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, and scopoletin in tobacco samples. In the developed system, Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles were synthesized by a one-step chemical co-precipitation method and used to remove hydrophobic substances in tobacco samples by physical adsorption. Low-density solvent (1-heptanol) and cationic surfactant cethyltrimethyl ammonium bromide were employed as extraction solvent and disperser agent, respectively. Under the optimized experimental conditions, a good linearity of the method was obtained over the concentration range from 0.1 to 1000 ng mL −1 for target analytes. The limits of detection ( S / N = 3) were 0.05 ng mL −1 for CGA, 0.10 ng mL −1 for CFA, and 0.12 ng mL −1 for SP, respectively. Finally, the applicability of the developed method was evaluated by extraction and determination of these three phenolic compounds in tobacco samples and satisfactory average recoveries of spiked samples were between 96.6 and 102.7%.
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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
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2013
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IF 4.612
Zhuomin Zhang,Yunjian Ma,Qingtang Wang,An Chen,Zhuoyan Pan,Gongke Li
A novel alumina nanowire (ANW) solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber coating was prepared by a simple and rapid anodization-chemical etching method for ultra-selective determination of volatile esters and alcohols from complicated food samples. Preparation conditions for ANW SPME fiber coating including corrosion solution concentration and corrosion time were optimized in detail for better surface morphology and higher surface area based on scanning electron microscope (SEM). Under the optimum conditions, homogeneous alumina nanowire structure of ANW SPME fiber coating was achieved with the average thickness of 20 μm around. Compared with most of commercial SPME fiber coatings, ANW SPME fiber coatings achieved the higher extraction capacity and special selectivity for volatile esters and alcohols. Finally, an efficient gas sampling technique based on ANW SPME fiber coating as the core was established and successfully applied for the ultra-selective determination of trace volatile esters and alcohols from complicated banana and fermented glutinous rice samples coupled with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) detection. It was interesting that 25 esters and 2 alcohols among 30 banana volatile organic compounds (VOCs) identified and 4 esters and 7 alcohols among 13 identified VOCs of fermented glutinous rice were selectively sampled by ANW SPME fiber coatings. Furthermore, new analytical methods for the determination of some typical volatile esters and alcohols from banana and fermented glutinous rice samples at specific storage or brewing phases were developed and validated. Good recoveries for banana and fermented glutinous rice samples were achieved in range of 108–115% with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of 2.6–6.7% and 80.0–91.8% with RSDs of 0.3–1.3% ( n = 3), respectively. This work proposed a novel and efficient gas sampling technique of ANW SPME which was quite suitable for ultra-selectively sampling trace volatile esters and alcohols from complicated food samples.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B
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2014
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·期 4
·620-628
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IF 0
Xilun Weng,Zongbi Bao,Zhiguo Zhang,Baogen Su,Huabin Xing,Qiwei Yang,Yiwen Yang,Qilong Ren
Organic–inorganic hybrids incorporating cellulose tris(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) (CDMPC)-functionalized silica particles can exhibit a high loading capacity with high loadings of the chiral selector. These materials offer considerable potential for use in preparative chiral separations. However, the preparation of these hybrid particles with high surface areas and controlled organic/inorganic ratios is challenging. We have found that by controlling the pH of sol–gel step and regulating the ratio of the inorganic precursor over CDMPC, unique functional hybrid particles could be prepared with optimum pore structure, novel interfacial features and excellent mechanical strength. The morphological features of these hybrid particles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The organic content was determined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and pore structure determined by Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis. These new hybrid particles exhibit excellent solvent durability, which is crucial for preparative chromatography. HPLC analysis of columns, packed with this material, confirmed solvent tolerance such as for chloroform, giving potential applications for large scale chromatographic separations.
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ANALYST
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2015
·Vol. 140
·期 9
·3107-3112
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IF 4.107
Ye-Yu Wu,Cheng-Xiong Yang,Xiu-Ping Yan
The unique properties of metal–organic frameworks, such as diversity in structures and pore sizes, high surface area, shape selectivity and available to functionality make them as potential materials of the stationary phase for gas chromatography. Here we show an in situ growth approach to the fabrication of zeolite imidazolate framework-90 (ZIF-90) bonded capillary column for gas chromatography separation. ZIF-90 was directly grown onto the inner wall of the carboxyl modified capillary via the coordination between Zn(II) and carboxyl group. The fabricated ZIF-90 bonded capillary column acted as a weak polar stationary phase. It not only exhibits high capacity in the separation of linear molecules, but also offers excellent features for the separation of 2- and 3-substituted ketones.
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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
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2015
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IF 4.169
Zhentao Tang,Yong Liu,Yixiang Duan
In this work, a laboratory preparation method based on sol–gel technology was proposed to develop a new kind of SPME (solid phase microextraction) fibers. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) were selected as sol–gel active organic component. Stainless steel wires were used as the substrate of the fibers. Instead of traditional modification methods, microwave induced plasma was used to modify the stainless steel wire surface, resulting in a significant improvement in chemical adhesion of the fiber substrate and coating. The MWCNT coating exhibited several good properties. Acceptable fiber-to-fiber reproducibility (RSD ≤ 13%) and repeatability (RSD < 7%) were obtained. End-tidal breath of 10 normal humans were collected by Bio-VOC ® sampler and assayed by the optimized SPME-GC-MS method. The calibration curves were all linear ( R 2 ≥ 0.994) in the range from 0.03 to 403.3 ppbv for five alkanes. Detection limits (down to 0.001 ppbv) were about one order of magnitude better than those of commercial PDMS fibers. The recovery of the spiked alkanes in real breath sample at 1 ppbv ranged from 89.71 to 101.08% and the relative standard deviations were less than 8%. These results demonstrated the feasibility and practicality of the proposed preparation procedure. Applications of the in-house fabricated fibers for human breath analysis were successfully verified.
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