FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2024
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Ruge Lin,Yi Wang,Huan Cheng,Xingqian Ye,Shiguo Chen,Haibo Pan
In this study, we addressed the limited water solubility of curcumin by utilizing epigallocatechin-3-gallate to form nanoparticles through self-assembly. The resulting particles, ranging from 100 to 150 nm, exhibited a redshift in the UV–visible spectrum, from 425 nm to 435 nm, indicative of potential π-π stacking. Molecular docking experiments supported this finding. Curcumin loaded with epigallocatechin-3-gallate showed exceptional dispersibility in aqueous solutions, with 90.92 % remaining after 60 days. The electrostatic screening effect arises from the charge carried by epigallocatechin-3-gallate on the nanoparticles, leading to enhanced retention of curcumin under different pH, temperature, and ionic strength conditions. Furthermore, epigallocatechin-3-gallate can interact with other hydrophobic polyphenols, improving their dispersibility and stability in aqueous systems. Applying this principle, a palatable beverage was formulated by combining turmeric extract and green tea. The nanoparticles encapsulated with epigallocatechin-3-gallate show potential for improving the applicability of curcumin in aqueous food systems.
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Food Chemistry-X
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2024
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Jia Cheng Qian,Heng Peng Zhang,Yi Wang,Dan Liu
Cruciferous vegetables (CVs) are globally consumed with some health benefits believed to arise from indole-3-carbinol (I3C), a labile phytochemical liberated from indole glucosinolates, but few reports describe the effect of cooking on I3C reactions. Here, we present heat-promoted direct conversions of I3C in broccoli florets into indole derivatives, which are unique in the N -indolylmethylation and -hydroxymethylation of indole nuclei by 3-methyleneindole and formaldehyde formed in situ from the I3C dehydration and the dimerization of I3C to 3,3′-diindolylmethane (DIM), respectively. Such N -substituted indoles were found in a range of 0.4–4.6 μg per gram of steamed broccoli florets, with a novel compound N -(indol-3-ylmethyl)-3,3′-diindolylmethane (DIM-1) bio-evaluated to inhibit A375 cells with an IC 50 value of 1.87 μM. In aggregation, the investigation discloses the promoting effect of heating on the I3C transformation in CVs and identifies DIM-1 as an anti-cancer drug candidate, and thus updates the knowledge of I3C and bioactive derivatives thereof.
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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2024
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Lichun Guo,Mengqing Zhang,Ying Fei,Wei Zhao
This study examines the inhibitory effects of a range of sweeteners on α-glucosidase. Our findings revealed that only one natural sweetener, namely, glycyrrhetinic acid 3-O-mono-beta-d-glucuronide (GAMG), derived from licorice, exhibited a mixed-type inhibition against α-glucosidase with a IC50 value of 0.73 ± 0.05 mg/mL. The fluorescence intensity of α-glucosidase was quenched by GAMG in the formation of an α-glucosidase–GAMG complex. GAMG has been shown to induce conformational changes in α-glucosidase, likely through hydrogen bonding, van der Waals force, and alkyl–alkyl interactions with amino acid residues, including Arg 281, Leu 283, Trp 376, Asp 404, Asp 443, Trp 481, Asp 518, Phe 525, Ala 555, and Asp 616. Additional animal validation experiments demonstrated that GAMG slowed starch digestion, thereby attenuating the postprandial glycemic response. Taken together, these findings provide evidence that GAMG is a natural sweetener with potent inhibitory activity that selectively targets α-glucosidase. This study supports the use of GAMG as a natural sweetener, which holds a high biological value and may be beneficial for managing postprandial hyperglycemia.
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Journal of Water Process Engineering
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2024
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Yingying Liu,Wanjing Cui,Xiuge Chen,Ming Wang,Haifeng Zhang,Zhi Wang
Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane technology is applied widely on the water desalinization for relieving the challenge of freshwater scarcity. Polyamide (PA) membranes with superior water flux and rejection in the RO process are currently in high demand. In this study, a novel reactive additive N-(3-Aminopropyl)-imidazole (N-IM) was utilized to optimize the interfacial polymerization (IP) process and enhance PA-RO membrane performance. N-IM made the nascent film more porous and created an RO membrane with a thicker PA separation layer. The modified membrane exhibited a more hydrophilic surface, ascribing to more carboxylic acid groups. This membrane exhibited an improved water flux, increasing from 59.67 L/(m 2 ∙h) of original membrane to 82.76 L/(m 2 ∙h) of the modified membrane with the addition of 0.5 % w/v N-IM concentration, which was attributed to the enhanced hydrophilicity and increased water trapping capacity provided by the imidazole ring in N-IM. Additionally, the NaCl rejection increased from 98.75 % to 98.97 %, which can be attributed to the thicker separation layer and more carboxylic acid groups. In addition, the membrane showed excellent stability of performance and good pH stability. The study presents a novel approach to producing RO membranes with exceptional performance.
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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Xiuna Tian,Youfeng Wen,Hongjian Dou,Lingyuan Wu,Changjun Wang,Youzi Zhang
In the clinical diagnosis and treatment of diseases, there is an urgent need to find suitable materials for real-time temperature monitoring of biological tissues. The paper provides a detailed study of the effects of Nd 3+ doping concentration on the negative thermal expansion performance and NIR fluorescence properties of Sc 2 (MoO 4 ) 3 . The results obtained from Rietveld refinement of in-situ XRD data indicates that high concentration of Nd 3+ doping significantly influences the negative thermal expansion performance of the material, as well as alters the temperature-dependent changes in NIR fluorescence intensity and lifetime. In addition, a NIR fluorescence lifetime temperature probe doped with Nd 3+ /Yb 3+ /Er 3+ has been constructed. When the temperature increased from 303 K to 403 K, the fluorescence intensity of the probe at 1538 nm increased by a factor of 127.5. Furthermore, as the temperature rose from 323 K to 403 K, the fluorescence lifetime of the probe at 1538 nm extended from 41.93 μs to 204 μs. By utilizing the lifetime of Er 3+ for temperature sensing, a relative sensitivity of 6.03%K −1 was achieved at 323 K, indicating significant potential application value of this probe in the field of biological temperature measurement.
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CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS
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2024
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Long Zhang,Weibin Li,Xiaohui Chen,Dongmin Cao,Siyuan You,Fan Shi,Zhengqiong Luo,Hongyu Li,Xiangchen Zeng,Yabin Song,Na Li,Yoshie Akimoto,Gang Rui,Yu Chen,Zuoxing Wu,Ren Xu
Bone metastases caused by breast cancer pose a major challenge to the successful treatment of breast cancer patients. Many researchers have suggested that herbal medicines are extremely effective at preventing and treating cancer-associated osteolysis. Previous studies have revealed that Morusin (MOR) is cytotoxic to many cancer cells ex vivo . Nevertheless, how MOR contributes to osteolysis induced by breast cancer is still unknown, and the potential mechanism of action against osteolysis is worthy of further study. The protective effect and molecular mechanism of MOR in inhibiting breast cancer cell-induced osteolysis were verified by experiments and network pharmacology. Cell function was assessed by cell proliferation, osteoclast (OC) formation, bone resorption, and phalloidin staining. Tumour growth was examined by micro-CT scanning in vivo . To identify potential MOR treatments, the active ingredient–target pathway of breast cancer was screened using network pharmacology and molecular docking approaches. This study is the first to report that MOR can prevent osteolysis induced by breast cancer cells. Specifically, our results revealed that MOR inhibits RANKL-induced osteoclastogenesis and restrains the proliferation, invasion and migration of MDA-MB-231 breast cells through restraining the PI3K/AKT/MTOR signalling pathway. Notably, MOR prevented bone loss caused by breast cancer cell-induced osteolysis in vivo , indicating that MOR inhibited the development of OCs and the resorption of bone, which are essential for cancer cell-associated bone distraction. This study showed that MOR treatment inhibited osteolysis induced by breast cancer in vivo . MOR inhibited OC differentiation and bone resorption ex vivo and in vivo and might be a potential drug candidate for treating breast cancer-induced osteolysis.
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2024
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Lei Zhang,Jianzha Zheng,Cong Liu,Yifei Xie,Hanyu Lu,Qinrong Luo,Yulong Liu,Huidong Yang,Kai Shen,Yaohua Mai
Antimony selenosulfide (Sb 2 (S,Se) 3 ) is an emerging quasi-1D photovoltaic semiconductor with exceptional photoelectric properties. The low-symmetry chain structure contains complex defects and makes it difficult to improve electrical properties via doping method. This article reports a doping strategy to enhance the efficiency of Sb 2 (S,Se) 3 solar cells by using alkali halide (CsI) as the hydrothermal reaction precursor. It is found that the Cs and I ions are effectively doped and atomically coordinate with Sb ions and S/Se ions. The CsI-doping Sb 2 (S,Se) 3 absorbers exhibit enhanced grain morphologies and reduced trap densities. The consequential CsI-doping Sb 2 (S,Se) 3 based solar cells demonstrate favorable band alignment, suppressed carrier recombination, and improved device performance. An efficiency as high as 10.05% under standard AM1.5 illumination irradiance is achieved. This precursor-based alkali halide doping strategy provides a useful guidance for high-efficiency antimony selenosulfide solar cells.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL
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2024
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Jiaqi Miao
Through the utilization of smart materials and well-designed structures, functional surfaces have been developed to enable small-scale liquid/solid manipulation tasks, thereby facilitating crucial applications in the fields of microfluidics, soft robotics, and biomedical engineering . However, the design of functional systems with flexible, tunable, and multimodal liquid/solid manipulation capabilities remains a challenging endeavor. Here, inspired by asymmetric structural features in natural plants and metachrony in cross-scale biological systems, I report a magnetic-responsive functional surface that can achieve rich liquid operations under static magnetic fields , while also enabling the transportation of solids with multiple degrees of freedom (DOFs) under dynamic magnetic fields . The presence of curvature pillars on the surface, combined with their magnetic-driven tilt/gradient arrangement, imparts liquids with multi-directional spreading modes based on the asymmetry of Laplace pressure . I elucidate the mechanisms governing these liquid spreading modes and subsequently develop compelling liquid operations, such as adjustable anti-gravity climbing, spontaneous modal shifts in liquid transport, and liquid mixing. Furthermore, the dynamic metachronal motion of the magnetic pillars can be harnessed for solid object transportation. I illustrate the synchronous/asynchronous transport modes of the surface and propose a novel strategy for achieving 3-DOF solid transportation by coordinating the arrangement of objects and employing magnetic actuation strategies. This study presents a new design concept for application-oriented manipulation surfaces, which hold significant potential for extensive engineering applications .
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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Qing Zhu,Jinxin Wu,Wenhao Li,Xiuli Hu,Ningchen Tian,Liqing He,Yanwei Li
Na superionic conductor ( NASICON)-structured Na 4 MnCr(PO 4 ) 3 (NMCP) possessing unique three-electron transfer process renders admirable energy density for sodium ion batteries (SIBs). However, the current issues like its sluggish Na + diffusion kinetics, deficient intrinsic conductivity, and unsatisfactory structural stability, hinder its practical application. Herein, a selective replacement of O elements in PO 4 group by Cl anions in the NMCP system was developed to significantly enhance its electrochemical performance. The results affirm that the enhanced performance of Cl doped samples can be attributed to the enlargement of cell size, the creation of Na vacancies and the weakness of Na2 O bond after Cl doping. The as-prepared Na 3.85 □ 0.15 MnCr(PO 3.95 Cl 0.05 ) 3 /C (NMCPC − 15/C) cathode delivers a high capacity (128.0 mAh/g at 50 mA g −1 ) and excellent rate performance (73.0 mAh/g at 1000 mA g −1 ) in contrast to NMCP/C that merely provides 105.2 mAh/g at 50 mA g −1 and reduces to 47.4 mAh/g at 1000 mA g −1 . Meanwhile, NMCPC − 15/C shows a capacity retention of 60.7 % at 1000 mA g −1 after 500 cycles, while only 37.1 % for NMCP/C in the same test conditions. Moreover, the satisfactory performance and energy density of NMCPC − 15/C||hard carbon (HC) full cell confirm the potential practicality of NMCPC − 15. Therefore, chloride ions doping into NMCP has practical application prospects in the preparation of high-performance cathode materials and our work also offers new inspiration to apply anion doping strategies in promoting the performance of the other NASICON-structured cathodes for SIBs.
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Han Ziyi,Fu Jian,Gong Aiyan,Ren Wenkai
The gut microbiota plays key roles in host health by shaping the host immune responses through their metabolites, like indole derivatives from tryptophan. However, the direct role of these indole derivatives in macrophage fate decision and the underlying mechanism remains unknown. Here, we found that bacterial indole-3-propionic acid (IPA) downregulates interleukin-1beta (IL-1β) production in M1 macrophages through inhibition of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) signaling. Mechanistically, IPA binds specifically with methionine adenosyl-transferase 2A (MAT2A) to promote S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) synthesis, which facilitates the DNA methylation of ubiquitin-specific peptidase 16 (USP16, a deubiquitinase), and in turn promotes Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) ubiquitination and NF-κB inhibition. Furthermore, IPA administration attenuates sepsis in mouse models induced by lipopolysaccharides (LPS), showcasing its potential as a microbial-derived adjunct in alleviating inflammation. Collectively, our findings reveal a newly found microbial metabolite-immune system regulatory pathway mediated by IPA.
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POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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Ruiling Zhuo,Xiaokang Zhang,Yong Chen,Mengyang Xing,Shiping Tian,Boqiang Li
Penicillium expansum , a causal agent of blue mold rot, leads to substantial postharvest losses in the fruit industry. Due to environmental pollution and the emergence of fungicide-resistant strains, the use of synthetic chemical fungicides faces severe challenges. Natural antifungal compounds derived from plants are considered promising alternatives. In this study, the antifungal activities of coumarin and five hydroxylated derivatives against P. expansum and involved mechanisms were investigated. Among the six coumarins, 3-hydroxycoumarin (3-HC) demonstrated strong inhibitory effects on mycelial growth, germ tube elongation, conidiation, patulin production, and the best control effect on blue mold in apple and jujube fruit. Moreover, 3-HC increased the sensitivity of P. expansum to the cell wall, oxidative, and osmotic stresses . In silico analyses, including target fishing, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulations, revealed that the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family in P. expansum (Pempks), were the potential targets of 3-HC. Bio-layer interferometry and ATP competition assays found that 3-HC could directly bind to PempkB and PempkC , and inhibit the MAPK activity. Our results suggested that 3-HC may act as an ATP-competitive MAPK inhibitor to affect the MAPK signaling pathway and inhibit the development and pathogenicity of P. expansum .
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2017
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Chong He,Zhiquan Yang,Jie Ding,Yuancai Chen,Xiaowen Tong,Ying Li
In this study, 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane-functionalized graphene oxide (AS-GO) was synthesized by one-step refluxing of graphene oxide (GO) with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (AS). The properties of GO and AS-GO were characterized by scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), atomic force microscopy (AFM), Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Specific surface area and Zeta potential. Various factors, such as solution pH, initial Cr(VI) concentration, contact time, temperature and coexisting anions, were analyzed during the adsorption process. The results showed that the Cr(VI) adsorption onto AS-GO was highly pH dependent, and the maximum adsorption capacity reached up to 215.2 mg/g at 328 K. Experimental data, obtained from adsorption kinetics and adsorption isotherms studies, could be well fitted by Langmuir adsorption isotherm and pseudo-second-order model. The XPS, FT-IR, and EDS analysis revealed that Cr(VI) removal might be attributed to the Cr(VI) adsorption on surface functional groups (protonated amine groups and Si OH groups) and the reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III). These results demonstrated that AS-GO could be a promising adsorbent for Cr (VI) removal from wastewater.
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