NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2023
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Ming Gao,Chang Bian,Hongjie Zhao,Huili Wang,Xuedong Wang
p-aminophenol nitrophenol (p-AP) is widespread in various aquatic environments with teratogenic effects, nephrotoxicity, and genotoxicity. Hence, developing a quick, sensitive, and focused approach for p-AP detection is crucial. In this study, monodisperse, evenly dispersed fluorescent sulfur quantum dots (SQDs) with a 5 - 10 nm size were produced via the "assembly-fission" technique. Tyrosinase (Tyr) catalyzes the oxidation of p-AP to 4-amino-1, 2-benzoquinone, which efficiently quenches the fluorescence of SQDs through the internal filtering effect (IFE) between the oxidative product and SQDs. The quenching mechanism of the SQDs/Tyr/p-AP system is demonstrated by analyzing fluorescence, Zeta potential, and UV-Vis absorption spectrum overlap. When the concentration of p-AP is between 0.5 and 120 μM in the presence of Tyr, the fluorescence quenching efficiency of SQDs exhibits a strong linear relationship. The limit of detection is 0.15 μM, which is comparable to most other methods, and also shows a wider linear range with less matrix interference. With outstanding recoveries of 93.2 ~ 105.8% and relative standard deviations (RSDs) of 1.8 ~ 3.7% and 3.6 ~ 6.6%, respectively, the newly proposed approach has been effectively used to detect p-AP in a variety of waters. Overall, this proposed method is having high recoveries and low detection limits for the great potential application of actual determination of p-AP in different waters.
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Biomaterials Science
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2023
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Gao-Feng Qi,Xin Cui,Xue-Feng Gong,Xu Cui,Huan-Ge Xu,Qi-Lin Liang,Kuo Zhang,Xiao-Ling Sha,Litao Li,Gui-Yuan Wang,Hong-Wen Liang,Lei Wang
Fungal infections contribute substantially to human morbidity and mortality. Particular concern is the high rate of mortality associated with invasive fungal infections, which often exceeds 50.0% despite the availability of several antifungal drugs. Herein, we show a self-assembling antifungal peptide (AFP), which is able to bind to chitin on the fungal cell wall and in situ form AFP nanofibers, wrapping fungi. As a result, AFP limits the proliferation of fungi, slows the morphological transformation of biphasic fungi, inhibits the adhesion of fungi to host cells and the formation of biofilms. Compared to the broadspectrum antifungal fluconazole, AFP achieved the comparable inhibitory effect (MIC50 = 3.5 µM) on fungal proliferation. In addition, AFP significantly inhibits the formation of fungal biofilms with the inhibition rate of 69.6% at 1 µM, better than fluconazole (17.2% at 1 µM). In skin infection model of mice, it was demonstrated that AFP showed significantly superior efficacy than fluconazole. In systemic candidiasis mice model, AFP showed similar efficacy with first-line antifungal amphotericin B (AmpB) and anidulafungin (AFG). This study provides a promising wrapping strategy for the anti-fungal infection.
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JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
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2023
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Mengqi Shi,Tianshi Li,Yan Zhao,Zhongmei He,Ying Zong,Weijia Chen,Rui Du
Ethnopharmacological relevance Antler glue is a classic medicinal to enhance sexual function in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which was first recorded in Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shennong′s Classic of the Materia Medica) . Vinegar-processing is a classic method of processing traditional Chinese medicine. The method of preparing antler glue by boiling antlers in vinegar and then concentrating them is recorded in Lei Gong Pao Zhi Lun (Master Lei′s Discourse on Medicinal Processing) . In modern times, the typical processing method of antler glue is water extraction and concentration. However, it is not clear whether there is a difference in the effect of these two processing methods on the chemical composition and pharmacological activity of antler glue. Aim of the study The Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2020) records that the processing method of antler glue is water extraction and concentration. But Lei Gong Pao Zhi Lun differs in Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2020) , which records the processing method of vinegar extraction and concentration. The effect of the two processing methods on antler glue's chemical composition and pharmacological activity is unknown. So this study aimed to elucidate the difference between different processing methods on the chemical composition and the treatment effect on oligoasthenospermia of antler glue. Materials and methods So the automatic amino acid analyzer is used to determine the amino acid content of two different processing methods of antler glue. Proteomics was performed to detect the protein components of two different processing methods of antler glue and analyze them. Cyclophosphamide-induced mice models of oligoasthenospermia were used to study the different pharmacological effects of antler glue in two different processing methods. An automatic sperm analyzer observed the quantity and quality of sperm in mice epididymis. Serum sex hormone testosterone (T), luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in mice were tested using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits. Hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining was used to analyze pathological alterations in mouse testicular tissue. The transcriptome has been used to reveal the potential mechanism of antler glue in treating oligoasthenospermia. Mitochondrial complex activity assay kits were used to assay the activity of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I–V in mouse testicular tissue. Western blot was used to determine the expression of related proteins in mouse testicular tissue. Results Vinegar-processing can increase the alanine , proline , and glycine content in antler glue, reduce the length of protein peptides in antler glue, and produce a variety of unique proteins. Vinegar-processed antler glue (VAG) increased sperm density, sperm survival, sperm viability, and serum sex hormone levels in oligozoospermic mice. It reversed testicular damage caused by cyclophosphamide, and the effects were differently superior to those of water-processed antler glue (WAG). In addition, transcriptomics and related experiments have shown that VAG can increase the expression of Ndufa2, Uqcr11, Cox6b1, and Atp5i genes and proteins in mouse testis, thus promoting adenosine diphosphate (ATP) synthesis by increasing the activity of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes I, III, IV and V. By promoting the oxidative phosphorylation process to produce more ATP, VAG can achieve the therapeutic effect of oligoasthenospermia. Conclusion Vinegar-processing method can increase the content of active ingredients in antler glue. VAG increases ATP levels in the testes by promoting the process of oxidative phosphorylation to treat oligozoospermia.
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
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2023
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Bo Chen,Tao Zhou,Chunlong Zhao,Tao Huang,Xiaomeng Geng,Yan Wang,Youcai Zhao
A simple, efficient and low energy-consuming process available to generate resultful radicals from PMS for organic pollutants removal had been employed in this study. Slag had been used as the activator for organic pollutants degradation under slag/PMS advanced oxidation process . In this work, effects of slag with or without pretreatment on pollutant removal were studied and radical species generated by slag were measured. Calcination pretreatment is one efficient method to enhance the degradation efficiency significantly. Due to Fe 3 O 4 and Fe 2 O 3 became the dominant phases after calcination, it was about 8.6-flods increasing after comparing the pollutant removal efficiency for different slag/PMS system with calcination pretreatment or not. Organic pollutant neither degraded in PMS system at 25 °C nor being absorbed by slag system for 60 min. On the contrary, up to 90% pollutant concentration reduction achieved in the slag/PMS process. During this process, both • OH and SO 4 •- had been detected once slag and PMS interaction in wastewater. Through the free radicals quenching tests, • OH should be the key free radical in this advanced oxidation process for the organic pollutant removal under this alkaline condition. In general, organic degradation rate was determined by the slag dosage, and the maximum degradation efficiency was mainly controlled by the PMS usage. This work is expected to broaden the high-value reutilization way for industrial solid waste.
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2023
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Yi Li,Xinze Wu,Hui Lyu,Huaixia Chen,Xueping Dang
A novel polyaniline (PANI) coating doped with Zn 5 (H 2 L n ) 6 (NO 3 ) 4 (Zn 5 , H 3 L n =(1,2-bis(benzimidazole-2-yl)-ethenol) cluster on a stainless-steel wire was prepared by the electrodeposition method for the headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) of nine volatile phenols. Scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry, energy dispersive spectrometry and thermogravimetry were employed to characterize the morphology, composition, structure and thermal stability of the Zn 5 /PANI composite coating. The extraction efficiency of the Zn 5 /PANI composite coating for nine phenols was nearly 2 times higher than that of pure PANI coating. After the extraction conditions were optimized, an HS-SPME-gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID) method was developed for the determination of nine phenols in water samples. The HS-SPME-GC-FID method had superior analytical performance with good linearities (0.05–50.0 μg/L) and low limits of detection (0.01–0.08 μg/L). Then, the proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of nine phenols in water samples with satisfactory recoveries (79.4–110.0%).
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Nano Research
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2023
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Tang Jie,Sun Shengjun,He Xun,Zhang Hui,Yang Chaoxin,Zhang Min,Yue Meng,Wang Hefeng,Sun Yuntong,Luo Yonglan,Alfaifi Sulaiman,Farouk Asmaa,Hamdy Mohamed S.,Sun Xuping,Wang Huiqing,Ying Binwu
The development of highly efficient and durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts for seawater electrolysis is of great importance for applications. Here, an amorphous FeMoO 4 nanorod array on Ni foam is reported as a highly active OER electrocatalyst in alkaline seawater, requiring only overpotentials of 303 and 332 mV to achieve 100 and 300 mA·cm −2 , respectively. Moreover, it shows strong long-term electrochemical durability for at least 50 h.
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
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2023
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Tong Wei,Xin-Sheng Zhu,Qi-Xue Wang,Ke-Ke Xu,Fu-Kai Tang,Ming-Zhu Zhang,Shi-Wen Lv,Feng Ge
It is of great significance to develop the effective technique to treat phenol-containing wastewater. Herein, Fe-based prussian blue analogues-derived zero valent iron (ZVI) was successfully synthesized by one-step calcination method. Owing to high specific surface area and rich active sites, ZVI-2 possessed excellent performance in charge transfer. Notably, in comparison with conventional ZVI and Fe 2+ , ZVI-2 can effectively activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for achieving rapid degradation of phenol, and the highest removal efficiency of phenol reached 94.9% within 24 min. More importantly, developed ZVI-2/PMS oxidation system with good stability displayed strong anti-interference capability. Interestingly, Fe 0 loaded on the surface of ZVI-2 can efficiently break the O–O bond of PMS to generate reactive oxygen species (i.e., SO 4 •− , OH • , O 2 •− and 1 O 2 ). As main adsorption sites of PMS, the existence of oxygen vacancy promote the formation of high-valent transition metal complexes (namely ZVI-2≡Fe 4+ =O). Under the combined action of reactive oxygen species and ZVI-2≡Fe 4+ =O, phenol can be eventually degraded into CO 2 and H 2 O. The possible degradation pathways of phenol were also investigated. Furthermore, proposed ZVI-2/PMS oxidation system displayed great potential for application in the field of wastewater treatment . All in all, current work provided a valuable reference for design and application of Fe-based catalysts in PS-AOPs.
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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
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2023
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Yu-Huan Liu,Chang Liu,Xin-Hui Wang,Tong Li,Xing Zhang
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disrupting chemical and broadly used in plastics. The leakage of BPA in food and water cycles poses a significant risk to the environment and human health. Thus, monitoring the concentration of BPA to avoid its potential risk is highly important. In this work, a simple and efficient oxygen deficient molecularly imprinted TiO 2 electrochemical sensor was proposed for the detection of BPA. The introduction both oxygen vacancies and molecular imprinting evidently enhanced the electrochemical oxidation signal of BPA. The sensor had a good linear response ranging from 0.01 μM to 20 μM with a limit of detection of 3.6 nM. Additionally, the sensor showed remarkable stability, reproducibility and interference resistant ability. It also exhibits excellent recovery during the detection of real water. These findings suggested that the sensor has the potential to be developed as a simple, efficient and low-cost monitoring system for the monitoring of BPA in water.
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ChemPlusChem
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2023
·Vol. 88
·期 7
·e202300247
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Libao Han,Minghuo Wu,Yufeng Hu
Graphical A colorimetric detection method based on Fe 3 O 4 /SnS 2 composites was established for the detection and discrimination of ten phenols for the first time. The incorporation of the photo catalyst SnS 2 significantly improved the peroxidase-like activity of Fe 3 O 4 , leading to an enhancing efficiency of the colorimetric detection method. The developed method could rapidly determine the total phenols in real water samples. Phenols pose a great threat to human and environment due to their high toxicity and low bio-degradability. Therefore, the development of a rapid and sensitive detection method for multiple phenols is of great importance. Here, a colorimetric detection method based on Fe 3 O 4 /SnS 2 composites was established for the detection and discrimination of ten phenols for the first time. The results demonstrated that the incorporation of the photo catalyst SnS 2 significantly improved the peroxidase-like activity of Fe 3 O 4 , leading to an enhancing efficiency of the colorimetric detection method. The developed method was capable of detecting phenol within a concentration range of 0.5–2000 μM, with detection limit as low as 0.06 μM. This method was successfully applied to detect total phenols in samples obtained from two sewage treatment plants and seawater. Furthermore, by employing principal component analysis, the established colorimetric method enabled the simultaneous discrimination of all ten phenols. The performance was further evaluated by accurately identifying binary or ternary mixtures of phenols, and even identifying the type of phenol in 10 unknown samples containing one of the ten phenols. These findings highlight the potential of the Fe 3 O 4 /SnS 2 composite as a promising candidate for the simultaneous detection of multiple phenols in liquid samples.
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POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
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2023
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Yanlu Sun,Zhengqi Wang,Dequn Wu,Xueli Wang,Jianyong Yu,Ruchao Yuan,Faxue Li
The absence of inherently flame-retardant polyamide 6 (FR-PA6) with enhanced anti-dripping and melt spinnability has significantly limited its further application in textiles. In this work, a binary reactive flame retardant composed of commercial 9,10-dihydro-10-[2,3- di ( hydroxycarbonyl ) propyl ]-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide (DDP) and synthesized polydiphenylsiloxane (PDPS) was employed to fabricate FR-PA6 through a facile synthetic route. The prepared FR-PA6 containing 5 wt% DDP and 5 wt% PDPS (FR-PA6-5-5) exhibited a UL94 V-0 rating with no melt-droplets during combustion, a 31.0% reduction in heat release rate and a 18.8% decrease in total heat release compared to pure PA6 in cone calorimetric tests. The improved fire safety of FR-PA6-5-5 was contributed to the gas-phase quenching and dilution effect and the condensed-phase barrier effect, which was enhanced by the synergistic charring effect achieved through the formation of P(= O )-O-Si. Additionally, FR-PA6-5-5 exhibited excellent melt spinnability as demonstrated by the successful preparation of filaments with a tensile strength of approximately 2.27 cN/dtex.
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CHEMOSPHERE
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2023
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Hao Li,Canyuan Lin,Ruhui Ma,Yuancai Chen
In this study, the selective adsorption of aromatic compounds on mesoporous MIL-53(Al) was investigated, and followed the order: Biphenyl (Biph) > Triclosan (TCS) > Bisphenol A (BPA) > Pyrogallol (Pyro) > Catechol (Cate) > Phenol (Phen), and exhibited high selectivity toward TCS in binary compounds. In addition to hydrophobicity and hydrogen bonding, π–π interaction/stacking predominated, and more evidently with double benzene rings. TCS-containing halogens could increase π interaction on the benzene rings via forming Cl–π stacking with MIL-53(Al). Moreover, site energy distribution confirmed that complementary adsorption mainly occurred in the Phen/TCS system, as evidenced by Δ Q pri (the decreased solid-phase TCS concentration of the primary adsorbate) < Q sec (the solid-phase concentrations of the competitor (Phen)) . In contrast , competitive sorption occurred in the BPA/TCS and Biph/TCS systems within 30 min due to Δ Q pri = Q sec , followed by substitution adsorption in the BPA/TCS system, but not for the Biph/TCS system, likely attributed to the magnitude of energy gaps (E g ) and bond energy of TCS (1.80 eV, 362 kJ/mol) fallen between BPA (1.74 eV, 332 kJ/mol) and Biph (1.99 eV, 518 kJ/mol) according to the density-functional theory of Gaussian models. Biph with a more stable electronic homeostasis than TCS lead to the occurrence of substitution adsorption in the TCS/BPA system, but not in the TCS/Biph system. This study provides insight into the mechanisms of different aromatic compounds on MIL-53(Al).
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npj Clean Water
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2023
·Vol. 6
·期 1
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Li Meng,Song Jiayu,Han Wei,Yeung King Lun,Zhou Shaoqi,Mo Ce-Hui
Although Fenton-like reactions have been extensively used to treat various organic contaminants in wastewaters (oily wastewaters, landfill leachate, denitrification with Fenton oxidized non-degradable large molecular organic pollutants, and removal of phosphorus, etc.), the difficulty in catalyst recovery and the instability of catalytic activity limit their practical application. Herein, iron atoms were inserted in a metal-organic framework (FeNC) with dual reaction sites as highly reactive and stable electro-Fenton-like catalysts for the catalytic oxidation of organic pollutants via the electro-Fenton-like activation reaction of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) with fractional leaching of metal ions. Experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that FeNC with FeN 4 and Fe–Fe active sites can rapidly deliver electrons for PMS dissociation. Further, an electrolysis reactor was constructed for the on-site generation of reactive oxygen species, which can stably and continuously purify various organic wastewaters. The combined use of an electrolysis reactor and magnetic catalyst in the current study provides a direction for the long-term remediation of organic pollutants on an industrial scale.
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