Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts
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2019
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Nitin Keshari,Muriel Gugger,Tao Zhu,Xuefeng Lu
Cyanobacteria are promising cell factories for producing high-value bioproducts . They accumulate low molecular mass organic molecules under salinity stress conditions, which are known as compatible solutes, e.g. sucrose , trehalose , and glucosylglycerol (GG). The physiological properties of compatible solutes sort them as the potential bioproducts for applications in the field of health, pharmacy, and cosmetic sectors. During last few decades, mostly model cyanobacterial strains (unicellular from freshwater and marine habitats) have been targeted for the biochemical and molecular characterization of compatible solutes accumulation, while, the study on other cyanobacteria from extreme/stressful habitats are scanty. The advantage for selecting multicellular cyanobacteria in the present study is their easier harvesting mode over unicellular strains which are one of the primary concerns for the cost-effective production of desired products at pilot scale. Therefore, five cyanobacterial strains with diverse morphotypes belonging to subsection I (Unicellular), II (Baeocytous), III (Filamentous), and V (Ramified) isolated from extreme/stressful habitats (sewage pond and hot spring including freshwater strain as a reference) were screened for salt tolerance , compatible solutes profiling, and sugar feedstock production. High GG, sucrose, and glycogen production were found in Leptolyngbya sp. PCC 8913, Chroogloeocystis siderophila NIES-1031 and Fischerella major NIES-592, respectively. Under salt stress, Leptolyngbya sp. PCC 8913 showed a GG production of 101 ± 12 mg/L/OD 730 , which is significantly higher than that of the model strain Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Fischerella major NIES-592 and Oscillatoria laetevirens NIES-31 were identified as novel trehalose-producing cyanobacteria. The key genes involved in production of compatible solutes among these cyanobacteria were also studied. Thus, the results not only displayed the potential cyanobacteria for production of GG, sucrose, trehalose and glycogen but also address the metabolic pathways for the compatible solutes biosynthesis in diversified cyanobacteria, which can be further targeted for the in-depth study to enhance the production using molecular approaches.
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MOLECULES
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2019
·Vol. 24
·期 16
·2973
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Haiming Chen,Zhen Hu,Dongli Liu,Congfa Li,Sixin Liu
The aim of this work was to compare the composition and physicochemical properties (SEM, XRD, solubility, swelling power, paste clarity, retrogradation, freeze–thaw stability, thermal property, and pasting property) of three Chinese yam (Dioscorea oppositaThunb.) starches (CYYS-1, CYYS-2, and CYYS-3) in Yunlong town, Haikou, Hainan Province, China. Our results show that all the CYYS gave a typical C-type X-ray diffraction pattern. The swelling power of CYYS varied from 10.79% to 30.34%, whereas solubility index was in the range of 7.84–4.55%. The freeze–thaw stability of each CYYS showed a contrary tendency with its amylose content. In addition, CYYS-3 showed the highestTo(81.1 °C),Tp(84.8 °C),Tc(91.2 °C), andΔH(14.1 J/g). The pasting temperature of CYYS-1 increased significantly with sucrose addition. NaCl could inhibit the swelling power of CYYS. There were significant decreases in pasting temperature and pasting time of CYYS when pH decreased.Keywords:Dioscorea oppositaplants;Chinese yam starch;pasting property;freeze–thaw stability
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JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
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2018
·Vol. 316
·期 1
·209-219
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Chang Shuquan,Chang Ling,Han Wei,Li Zheng,Dai Yaodong,Zhang Haiqian
Novel Prussian blue/natural porous framework nanocomposites (PB@Apple, PB@Corn stalk and PB@Pomelo peel) were successfully produced in aqueous solution via an in situ γ radiation method. They have layered porous structure with 70–100 nm irregular PB, regular polygonous porous structure with 50–70 nm cubic PB and hierarchical porous structure with 10–20 nm spherical PB, respectively. They exhibit good Cs + adsorption properties and have maximal Cs + adsorption capacities of 67.3, 62.1 and 83.8 mg g −1 , which can be used to treat radioactive wastewater. This production method is simple, efficient and environmental-friendly.
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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
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2018
·Vol. 47
·期 12
·4315-4324
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Li Sun,Yuechao Yin,Fa Wang,Wenxian Su,Lixin Zhang
Au–Ag alloy nanoparticles (NPs) less than 10 nm in size were synthesized using sucrose as a reductant and surfactant. Au–Ag alloy NPs with a homogeneous composition were continuously obtained by changing the synthesis time from 2 to 40 min in one pot. Based on the UV-Vis, ICP, TEM, HR-TEM, EDX and SAED analyses, the synthesis mechanism of Au–Ag alloy NPs was deduced. Under hydrolysis conditions, sucrose showed a stronger reducibility compared with glucose, fructose and their mixture. And the as-prepared Au–Ag alloy NPs exhibited a superior photocatalytic activity and stability for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol due to the abundant hydroxyl groups of sucrose and the synergistic effect between Au and Ag elements. The rate constant of 4-nitrophenol reduction could be linearly controlled by the composition of Au–Ag alloy NPs or their synthesis time. It was indicated that the photocatalytic activity of Au–Ag alloy NPs could be predetermined as early as their synthesis process. The above methods of controlling the rate constant provide promising routes for other photocatalytic reactions using bimetallic NPs as photocatalysts.
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JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-MYSORE
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2018
·Vol. 55
·期 3
·964-976
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Zhang Guanfei,Chen Wenxue,Chen Weijun,Chen Haiming
Matured coconut water (MCW) is a by-product in the coconut milk industry that is usually discarded due to its unpleasant flavor. In this study, low-alcohol coconut water (LACW) was fermented with Saccharomyces cerevisiae to improve the quality of MCW. Volatile components and nonvolatile flavor-related elements were estimated to compare the qualities of the MCW and LACW. Besides measuring the kinetic changes, the levels of fructose, glucose, sucrose and ethanol contents were also determined. The results of the organic acid assays showed that tartaric, pyruvic and succinic acids were the primary organic acids present in LACW and increased significantly with fermentation. The resulting volatile composition assay indicated that esters, alcohols and fatty acids were significantly influenced by fermentation and yeast strains. Moreover, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2′-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS), cupric ion reducing antioxidant capacity and ferric reducing antioxidant power values increased significantly throughout the process, correlating with the enhancement of total phenolic content.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2018
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Hao-Hua Deng,Xiao-Qiong Shi,Hua-Ping Peng,Quan-Quan Zhuang,Yu Yang,Ai-Lin Liu,Xing-Hua Xia,Wei Chen
The development of simple yet powerful methods for monitoring enzyme activity is of great significance. Herein, a facile, convenient, cost-effective, and continuous fluorescent method for the detection of arginase and its inhibitor has been reported based on a host–guest interaction-controlled and enzymatic hydrolysis-controlled luminescent nanoswitch. The fluorescence intensity of 6-aza-2-thiothymine-stabilized gold nanoparticle (ATT-AuNP) is enhanced by l-arginine, owing to the formation of a supramolecular host–guest assembly between the guanidine group of l-arginine and ATT molecules capped on the AuNP surface. However, hydrolysis of l-arginine, catalyzed by arginase, leads to a decrease in the fluorescence intensity of l-arginine/ATT-AuNPs hybrids. Upon incorporation of the arginase inhibitor l-norvaline, the fluorescence of the ATT-AuNP-based detecting system is restored. The linear range of arginase activity determination is from 0.0625 to 1.15 U/mL and the limit of detection is 0.056 U/mL. The half-maximal inhibition value IC50 of l-norvaline is determined to be 5.6 mM. The practicability of this luminescent nanoswitch is validated by assaying the arginase activity in rat liver and monitoring the response of rat liver arginase to pharmacological agent. Compared to the existing fluorescent method of arginase activity assay, the approach demonstrated here does not involve any complicated technical manipulation, thereby greatly simplifying the detection steps. We propose that this AuNP-based luminescent nanoswitch would find wide applications in the field of life sciences and medicine.
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
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2018
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Xiangping Chen,Chunxiu Guo,Hongrui Ma,Jiazhu Li,Tao Zhou,Ling Cao,Duozhi Kang
It is significant to recover metal values from spent lithium ion batteries (LIBs) for the alleviation or prevention of potential risks towards environmental pollution and public health, as well as for the conservation of valuable metals. Herein a hydrometallurgical process was proposed to explore the possibility for the leaching of different metals from waste cathodic materials (LiCoO 2 ) of spent LIBs using organics as reductant in sulfuric acid medium. According to the leaching results, about 98% Co and 96% Li can be leached under the optimal experimental conditions of reaction temperature - 95 °C, reaction time - 120 min, reductive agent dosage - 0.4 g/g, slurry density - 25 g/L, concentration of sulfuric acid-3 mol/L in H 2 SO 4 + glucose leaching system. Similar results (96% Co and 100% Li) can be obtained in H 2 SO 4 + sucrose leaching system under optimized leaching conditions. Despite a complete leaching of Li (∼100%), only 54% Co can be dissolved in the H 2 SO 4 + cellulose leaching system under optimized leaching conditions. Finally, different characterization methods, including UV–Vis, FT-IR, SEM and XRD, were employed for the tentative exploration of reductive leaching reactions using organic as reductant in sulfuric acid medium. All the leaching and characterization results confirm that both glucose and sucrose are effective reductants during leaching, while cellulose should be further degraded to organics with low molecular weights to achieve a satisfactory leaching performance.
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TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY
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2018
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Lili Wu,Yulian Chen,Han Liu,Zhikun Zhan,Zhi Liang,Tao Zhang,Zheng Cai,Ling Ye,Menghua Liu,Jie Zhao,Shuwen Liu,Lan Tang
Aggravating effect of probenecid (a traditional anti-gout agent) on emodin-induced hepatotoxicity was evaluated in this study. 33.3% rats died in combination group, while no death was observed in rats treated with emodin alone or probenecid alone, indicating that emodin-induced (150 mg/kg) hepatotoxicity was exacerbated by probenecid (100 mg/kg). In toxicokinetics-toxicodynamics (TK-TD) study, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and systemic exposure (area under the serum concentration-time curve, AUC ) of emodin and its glucuronide were significantly increased in rats after co-administrated with emodin and probenecid for 28 consecutive days. Results showed that the increased AUC (increased by 85.9%) of emodin was mainly caused by the decreased enzyme activity of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs, decreased by 11.8%–58.1%). In addition, AUC of emodin glucuronide was increased 5-fold, which was attributed to the decrease of multidrug-resistant-protein 2 (MRP2) protein levels (decreased by 54.4%). Similarly, in vitro experiments proved that probenecid reduced the cell viability of emodin-treated HepG2 cells through inhibiting UGT1A9, UGT2B7 and MRP2. Our findings demonstrated that emodin-induced hepatoxicity was exacerbated by probenecid through inhibition of UGTs and MRP2 in vivo and in vitro , indicating that gout patients should avoid taking emodin-containing preparations in combination with probenecid for a long time.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2018
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Li Wang,Timin Shan,Bing Xie,Chen Ling,Shuang Shao,Peng Jin,Yonghua Zheng
Glycine betaine (GB) treatment is useful to reduce chilling injury (CI) of several kinds of fruits including peach. However, the regulatory mechanism remains unknown. In this study, peach fruit was treated with 10 mmol L −1 GB solution for 10 min. The effects of GB treatment on CI, phenolic and soluble sugar metabolism were investigated in this study. Moreover, phenylpropanoid and soluble sugar content, and enzyme activities associated with phenolic and sugar metabolisms were also measured. The results showed that GB reduced CI and maintained high levels of total phenolic and flavonoid content. The activities of phenylpropanoid metabolism-related enzymes were significantly enhanced by GB. Higher content of sucrose and lower contents of fructose and glucose were observed in GB-treated fruits. Therefore, our results showed that GB could enhance chilling tolerance of peach through regulating phenolic and sugar metabolisms, and maintaining high levels of individual phenolic and sucrose content.
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RSC Advances
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2018
·Vol. 8
·期 50
·28787-28796
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Dandan Peng,Zhenmin Ding,Yaokun Fu,Yu Wang,Jia Bi,Yuan Li,Shumin Han
Magnesium hydride is regarded as one of the most ideal candidates for hydrogen storage, but its relatively high operating temperatures and slow kinetics always hinder its commercial applications. Herein, we first fabricated hard-carbon-sphere-wrapped Ni (Ni/HCS) via a mild chemical method; subsequently, the as-prepared additive was introduced to fabricate an Mg–Ni/HCS composite by using hydriding combustion synthesis. Hard carbon spheres (HCS) effectively inhibited the agglomeration of hydride particles during hydrogen storage cycling; they could also provide active sites to promote the nucleation of Mg-based hydrides. During the hydriding combustion synthesis procedure, in situ-formed Mg2NiH4 could induce the absorption of MgH2, thus triggering its hydrogen properties. Remarkable enhancement in hydrogen absorption properties of the composite was found. The composite absorbed 6.0 wt% H2 within 5 min at 275 °C; moreover, even at 75 °C, it could still absorb 3.5 wt% H2. Furthermore, it delivered a high reversible hydrogen absorption capacity of 6.2 wt% and excellent rate capability at 350 °C. It was also demonstrated that the composite could release 6.2 wt% H2 at 350 °C within 5 min. A rather low activation energy value (65.9 kJ mol−1) for the dehydrogenation of MgH2 was calculated as compared to that for commercial MgH2 (133.5 kJ mol−1).
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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
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2018
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Songyue Lin,Wendou Feng,Xiaofei Miao,Xiangxin Zhang,Sujing Chen,Yuanqiang Chen,Wei Wang,Yining Zhang
Flexible and implantable glucose biosensors are emerging technologies for continuous monitoring of blood-glucose of diabetes. Developing a flexible conductive substrates with high active surface area is critical for advancing the technology. Here, we successfully fabricate a flexible and highly sensitive nonenzymatic glucose by using DVD-laser scribed graphene (LSG) as a flexible conductively substrate. Copper nanoparticles (Cu-NPs) are electrodeposited as the catalyst. The LSG/Cu-NPs sensor demonstrates excellent catalytic activity toward glucose oxidation and exhibits a linear glucose detection range from 1 μM to 4.54 mM with high sensitivity (1.518 mA mM −1 cm −2 ) and low limit of detection (0.35 μM). Moreover, the LSG/Cu-NPs sensor shows excellent reproducibility and long-term stability. It is also highly selective toward glucose oxidation under the presence of various interfering species. Excellent flexing stability is also demonstrated by the LSG/Cu-NPs sensor, which is capable of maintaining 83.9% of its initial current after being bent against a 4-mm diameter rod for 180 times. The LSG/Cu-NPs sensor shows great potential for practical application as a nonenzymatic glucose biosensor. Meanwhile, the LSG conductive substrate provides a platform for the developing next-generation flexible and potentially implantable bioelectronics and biosensors.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2018
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Shan Huang,Erli Yang,Yi Liu,Jiandong Yao,Wei Su,Qi Xiao
Heteroatom doping of carbon dots (CDs) can efficiently tune the structure of electronic energy levels and modulate the photochemical properties of CDs. However, the reported synthesis routes of heteroatom-doped CDs are complicated and rigorous. Herein, a simple and rapid low-temperature heating strategy was applied to synthesize fluorescent nitrogen and phosphorus dual-doped CDs (N,P-CDs) using sucrose as carbon source, and 1,2-ethylenediamine (EDA) and phosphoric acid as dopants, respectively. These N,P-CDs exhibit excellent fluorescent stability over wide pH range solutions (4–11), ultrahigh ion strength (3 M KCl), and longtime UV light irradiation (3 h continuously), which makes these N,P-QDs promising good candidates for fluorescent probes. These N,P-CDs showed excellent biocompatibility, multicolor cellular imaging, and non-cytotoxicity to human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells even at 500 μg/mL levels for 48 h incubation. These N,P-CDs exhibited a strong blue emission and a sensitive response to hemoglobin. The N,P-CDs based fluorescent probe was then applied to sensitively determine hemoglobin with a detection limit of 0.29 nM. Notably, it was also applied for label-free detection of hemoglobin in human urine samples and human blood samples, which indicated its potential applications in clinical diagnosis and other biologically related study.
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