ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2022
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Guiyun Deng,Yang Wu,Zhiyong Song,Shuojun Li,Moqing Du,Jiamin Deng,Quan Xu,Liu Deng,Hagar Shendy Bahlol,Heyou Han
Infection with Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is one of the leading causes of stomach cancer. The ability to treat Hp infection is hampered by a lack of stomach gastric acid environment. This work introduces a nanoliposome that can rapidly adjust the gastric acid environment to ensure a drug’s optimal efficacy. We introduce CaCO3@Fe–TP@EggPC nanoliposomes (CTE NLs) that are composed of Fe3+ and tea polyphenols (TPs) forming complexes on the surface of internal CaCO3 and then with lecithin producing a phospholipid bilayer on the polyphenols’ outer surface. Through the action of iron–TP chelate, the phospholipid layer can fuse with the bacterial membrane to eliminate Hp. Furthermore, CaCO3 can promptly consume the excessive gastric acid, ensuring an ideal operating environment for the chelate. TPs, on the other hand, can improve the inflammation and gut microbes in the body. The experimental results show that CTE NLs can quickly consume protons in the stomach and reduce the bacterial burden by 1.2 orders of magnitude while reducing the inflammatory factors in the body. The biosafety evaluation revealed that nanoliposomes have good biocompatibility and provide a new strategy for treating Hp infection.
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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
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2022
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Xiang Li,Xiaofeng Lu,Xiaojing Liang,Yong Guo,Licheng Wang,Shuai Wang
A novel mosaic structured core-shell composite, Silica@C/Ni (Sil@C/Ni), has been prepared by embedding Ni nanoparticles on the surface of silica microspheres via coordination and carbonization reduction, and was used as magnetic solid-phase extraction sorbents in combination with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for the extraction and determination of four benzoylurea insecticides (BUs) in tea leaves. Based on the fact that hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions exist between the material and BUs, allowing BUs on the surface of the material can achieve rapid mass transfer and improved sorption performance, satisfactory extraction recoveries have been achieved in practical sample applications. Under the optimized experimental conditions, the linear ranges were 0.5–200 µg L −1 for diflubenzuron and triflumuron, 1.0–200 µg L −1 for teflubenzuron and 0.8–200 µg L −1 for flufenoxuron with the correlation coefficients R 2 ≥ 0.9991. The method has limits of detection and limits of quantification of 0.2–0.4 µg L −1 and 0.5–1.0 µg L −1 , respectively. The intra-day and inter-day relative standard deviations were less than 5%. The actual sample recoveries were 76.63–95.26%. In addition, Sil@C/Ni was used repeatedly for 15 times and still showed a relatively satisfactory recovery of the four BUs. Therefore, Sil@C/Ni has a high stability and can be used as an ideal magnetic solid phase extraction sorbent for the trace enrichment of BUs in tea-leaf samples.
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LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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2022
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Chun Yang,Jia-Hao Lu,Mei-Ting Xu,Xin-Chi Shi,Zhi-Wei Song,Tang-Min Chen,Daniela D. Herrera-Balandrano,Yun-Jiao Zhang,Pedro Laborda,Mahdi Shahriar,Su-Yan Wang
Strawberries are a widely consumed fruit that contains a variety of antioxidant metabolites. However, postharvest strawberries are highly perishable and susceptible to a variety of fungal pathogens. In this study, a chitosan-based coating containing turmeric (TU) and green tea (GT) extracts was developed and evaluated for the preservation of strawberries. Both TU and GT extracts contained high phenolic contents (>5.8 g kg −1 dry weight), but only TU extract showed strong antifungal activity. SEM observations revealed that high concentrations of extract (3–5% v/v ) caused the formation of agglomerates within the films, reduced elongation at break and increased tensile strength. The postharvest treatment of strawberries with chitosan coating containing TU extract inhibited the proliferation of Botrytis cinerea during 7 d of storage at 20 °C, whereas the coating containing GT extract extended the antioxidant properties of postharvest strawberries from 4 to 8 d at 20 °C. Sensory analysis indicated that the coatings did not significantly affect flavor and taste. Overall, TU extract was used for the first time for food packaging purposes and proved to be a great complement to the antioxidant properties of GT to extend the shelf-life of postharvest strawberries.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2022
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Huiyan Jia,Wenxuan Yuan,Zhengyu Ren,Jingming Ning,Yong-Quan Xu,Yujie Wang,Wei-Wei Deng
Herein, a new indicator-displacement array (IDA) sensor was developed for the quality evaluation of black tea fermentation. On the principle of the reversible covalent binding of phenylboronic acid and catechol, phenylboronic acids were selected as acceptors for targeted binding to polyphenols. Pyrocatechol violet and alizarin red S were used as indicators of the reaction. The IDA sensors have sensitive differential responses to fermented tea samples, achieving an assessment of the fermentation degree with accuracies of 80.39–88.00% by support vector machine (SVM). In addition, the key polyphenol components of the fermentation process were accurately predicted by the IDA and SVM regression with ratio of prediction to deviation values of 1.55–1.72, 2.03–2.21, and 2.03–2.08 for total polyphenols, total catechins, and epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate, respectively. In conclusion, the developed IDA sensor is capable of the in-situ quality monitoring of black tea fermentation, with the advantages being cost-effectiveness, sensitivity, and rapidity.
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MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS
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2021
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Xingtao Bao,Rui Yang,Shilong Jiang,Jinping Zhao,Delu Wang,Dongxue Li,Xian Wu,Baoan Song,Zhuo Chen
Diseases caused by fungi can affect the quality and yield of the leaves of tea [ Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze]. At present, the availability of highly effective and safe fungicides for controlling tea plants remains limited. The objectives of this study were to identify novel compounds with antifungal activities and to determine their molecular mechanisms. A series of sulfone compounds containing 1,3,4-oxadiazole were evaluated in China for their antifungal activities against several pathogens causing foliar diseases and high production losses. Transcriptomics and bioinformatics were used to analyze the differentially expressed genes of Lasiodiplodia theobromae treated with a representative compound, jiahuangxianjunzuo (JHXJZ). Moreover, the effects of JHXJZ on ergosterol content, membrane permeability, cell structure, and seven key genes involved in the ergosterol biosynthetic pathway were investigated. JHXJZ had a strong antifungal activity against L. theobromae in vitro, with an effective concentration giving 50% inhibition of 3.54 ± 0.55 μg/ml, and its curative efficacies on detached tea leaves reached 41.78% at 100 μg/ml. JHXJZ upregulated 899 genes ( P < 0.05) and downregulated 1,185 genes ( P < 0.05) in L. theobromae . These genes were found to be associated with carbohydrate metabolic processes, which are closely related to steroid biosynthesis in the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathways. Because JHXJZ regulates the key genes of sterol biosynthesis, it decreased the ergosterol content, increased cell-membrane permeability, changed the cellular structure, enhanced the roughness of the surface of the hyphae, and resulted in degradation of the hyphal nuclei and necrosis of the hyphal cytoplasm. Our study demonstrates that JHXJZ is a fungicide with a novel mechanism of action that differs from that of triazole fungicides. JHXJZ has potential for applications in controlling tea plant diseases.
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RSC Advances
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2021
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Yirong Xia,Xintong Wang,Hechen Sun,Ximing Huang
Tea wine is a Chinese traditional alcoholic drink made by cereal and tea leaves. It is rich in tea polyphenols, caffeine, amino acids, and protons and possesses various healthcare functions. In this work, electrochemical methods, as well as density functional theory (DFT) calculations, were adopted to reveal the proton-coupled electron-transfer process of catechin in tea wine. The electrochemical results showed that the catechin preferred hydrogen-bonding with ethanol and formed molecular clusters. Thus, the direct electron-transfer process of catechin changed to proton-coupled electron transfer. This procedure reduced the energy barrier of the redox reaction and enhanced the anti-oxidative capacity. Subsequently, DFT calculations were employed to explore the bond length, bond energy, and HOMO–LUMO energy gap of catechin, which confirmed the above-mentioned mechanism. Our work offers some positive value for the scientific promotion of traditional food and a greater understanding of the health mechanisms in terms of chemistry.
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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2021
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IF 5.279
Jilai Cui,Xiaoting Zhai,Danyang Guo,Wenkai Du,Ting Gao,Jie Zhou,Wilfried G. Schwab,Chuankui Song
Xinyang Maojian (XYMJ) green tea is a famous high-grade Chinese green tea, but the key odorants contributing to its aroma have been poorly understood. In this study, solid-phase microextraction and solvent-assisted flavor evaporation were used for sample preparation, and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and gas chromatography–olfactometry (GC–O) were used for both qualitative and quantitative analysis. A total of 50 volatile compounds of five chemical classes were identified in XYMJ tea infusion. Among them, nine odorants including nonanal, β-ionone, octanal, E-nerolidol, linalool, cis-3-hexenyl hexanoate, geraniol, decanal, and β-cyclocitral were identified as key odorants of XYMJ based on GC–O, odor activity values, and aroma combination experiments. Changes in the content of these aroma-active compounds during the manufacturing process of XYMJ (fresh leaves, fixing, rolling, shaping, and drying) were also determined. Most aroma-active compounds decreased after the fixation process, with the exception of cis-3-hexenyl hexanoate. This is the first study to investigate the key odorants in XYMJ using the sensomics approach. The findings of this study provide novel information on the aroma quality of XYMJ.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2021
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IF 7.514
Yu-Meng Zhu,Jun-Jie Dong,Jing Jin,Jin-Hua Liu,Xin-Qiang Zheng,Jian-Liang Lu,Yue-Rong Liang,Jian-Hui Ye
Roasting process impacts the chemical profile and aroma of roasted tea. To compare the impacts of far-infrared irradiation and drum roasting treatments (light, medium and heavy degrees), the corresponding roasted teas were prepared from steamed green tea for chemical analyses and quantitative descriptive analysis on aroma, and correlations between volatiles and aroma attributes were studied. There were 8 catechins, 13 flavonol glycosides and 105 volatiles quantified. Under heavy roasting treatments, most catechins and flavonol glycosides decreased, and aldehydes, ketones, furans, pyrroles/pyrazines, and miscellaneous greatly increased, while far-infrared irradiated teas had distinct nutty aroma compared with the roasty and burnt odor of drum roasted teas. The weighted correlation network analysis result showed that 56 volatiles were closely correlated with the aroma attributes of roasted teas. This study reveals the differential chemical and sensory changes of roasted teas caused by different roasting processes, and provides a novel way for flavor chemistry study.
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ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY
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2020
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Haisong Wang,Jinran Chen,Pengfei Ren,Yiwen Zhang,Stanley Omondi Onyango
In this study, the impact of ultrasound irradiation on the structural characteristics and antioxidant properties of yellow tea polysaccharides with different molecular weights (Mw) were investigated. Native yellow tea polysaccharide containing YTPS-3N, YTPS-5N and YTPS-7N were prepared through precipitation with ethanol at various concentrations of 30%, 50%, and 70%, respectively, and irradiated with high intensity ultrasound (20 kHz) for 55 min to yield yellow tea polysaccharide including YTPS-3U, YTPS-5U and YTPS-7U. The molecular weight (Mw) of YTPS-3N (from 37.7 to 15.1 kDa) and YTPS-5N (from 14.6 to 5.2 kDa) sharply decreased upon ultrasound irradiation, coincidentally particle size (Zavg) was also significantly reduced for YTPS-3N (40%), YTPS-5N (48%) and YTPS-7N (54%). The high-performance liquid chromatography and Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy analysis revealed a partial degradation of native yellow tea polysaccharide treated with ultrasound, though the monosaccharide composition was not altered. Furthermore, changes in morphology and the breakdown of native yellow tea polysaccharide upon irradiation was confirmed with the circular dichroism spectrum, atomic force and scanning electron microscopy. As a consequence, irradiation of yellow tea polysaccharide increased free radical scavenging activity with YTPS-7U exhibiting the highest levels of 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl free radical, superoxide and hydroxyl radicals scavenging activity. These results suggest that the alteration of the spatial structure of yellow tea polysaccharide can enhance its antioxidant activity which is an important property for functional foods or medicines.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2020
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Jie He,Hongxia Li,Lulu Zhang,Xiao Zhi,Xin Li,Xin Wang,Zijian Feng,Guangxia Shen,Xianting Ding
Due to the excessive use of fungicides, pesticide residues have become a growing concern in recent years. Herein, we demonstrated an easy-prepared and low-cost surface enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) chip composed of 3D silver microspheres (AgMSs) pattern for the quantitative testing of carbendazim in Chinese tea. Compared with the common monolayer SERS substrate, the 3D patterns formed by self-assembly AgMSs with fine nanostructure can offer much more aggregation-induced hotspots and generate strong 3D synergetic effects. Furthermore, when the thickness of the 3D pattern exceeded 6 μm, we replaced the conductive supporting coatings using the glass slides to reduce the cost without any impact on SERS properties. The prepared 3D chips achieved the determination of carbendazim within the linear range of 0.1–10 mg/L and the detection limit of 0.01 mg/L. It is simple and sensitive enough for the detection of most pesticide residues or other harmful organic molecules in our food or environment.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2021
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IF 4.098
Xiaoyu Zhu,Wenjin Li,Ruimei Wu,Peng Liu,Xiao Hu,Lulu Xu,Zhengwu Xiong,Yangping Wen,Shirong Ai
Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy based on rapid pretreatment combined with Chemometrics was used to determine chlorpyrifos residue in tea. Au nanoparticles were used to as enhance substrate. Different dosages of PSA and NBC were investigated to eliminate the tea substrate influence. Competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS) was used to optimize the characteristic peaks, and compared to full spectra variables and the experiment selected variables. The results showed that PSA of 80 mg and NBC of 20 mg was an excellent approach for rapid detecting. CARS - PLS had better accuracy and stability using only 1.7% of full spectra variables. SVM model achieved better performance with R 2 p = 0.981, RMSEP = 1.42 and RPD = 6.78. Recoveries for five unknown concentration samples were 98.47 ~ 105.18% with RSD − 1.53% ~ 5.18%. T-test results showed that t value was 0.720, less than t 0.05,4 = 2.776, demonstrating that no clear difference between the real value and predicted value. The detection time of a single sample is completed within 15 min. This study demonstrated that SERS coupled with Chemometrics and QuEChERS may be employed to rapidly examine the chlorpyrifos residue in tea towards its quality and safety monitoring.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN
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2020
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Zexian Zhu,Dongqing Liu,Sizhou Cai,Yankun Tan,Jing Liao,Yuanjian Fang
Two multi-amine, metformin (MTM) and polyethyleneimine (PEI), were used to prepare separative layer of composite membrane through chemical deposition with tea polyphenols (Tph), an inexpensive mixture of nature polyphenols, on a hybrid polysulfone (Psf) membrane. The supporting layer was a blend membrane of Psf, coupling agent treated sepiolite and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). Sepiolite and the surfactant improved surface hydrophilicity of membrane. Pure water flux (PWF) of membranes was increased from 33.97 to 611.46 L m −2 h −1 bar −1 . The optimum mass ratio for MTM to Tph and PEI to Tph were 9.4:1 and 2.4:1 in chemical deposition reaction, respectively. MTM-Tph (MT) surface was negative charged while PEI-Tph (PT) was positive charged. Monomer reactivity determined the thickness of functional layer. Both composite membranes showed dyes rejection capacity at 1 bar. PT layer was thicker than MT, so did its rejection for dyes. The rejection of PT for 5 dyes were all higher than 98% and remained at 99.3% and 98.6% in 200 h for Congo red (CR) and neutral red (NR). PT membrane displayed the potential in textile waste water treatment.
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