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AMP-activated protein kinase; Larimichthys crocea; Western blotting; acetyl-CoA carboxylase; alanine transaminase; antioxidant activity; aquaculture; aspartate transaminase; beta oxidation; blood glucose; calcium; carnitine palmitoyltransferase; catalase; citrates; diacylglycerol acyltransferase; dietary supplements; droplet size; fatty acid transport proteins; fatty-acid synthase; fish; gene expression; glucokinase; glucose; growth performance; hepatosomatic index; hexokinase; high density lipoprotein cholesterol; high fat diet; interleukin-1beta; juveniles; lipemic effect; lipogenesis; liver; low density lipoprotein cholesterol; malate dehydrogenase; muscles; obesity; oxidation; phosphofructokinases; prostaglandin synthase; protein synthesis; pyruvate dehydrogenase (lipoamide); pyruvate kinase; pyruvic acid; succinate dehydrogenase (quinone); triacylglycerol lipase; triacylglycerols; weight gain
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... Calcium pyruvate (CP), known as an energetic aid, has been shown to enhance lipid utilization and prevent obesity in mammals. However, very few studies were conducted to evaluate the potential implications of CP for aquatic animals. This study examined the role of CP on fat deposition in large yellow croaker by feeding fish with high-fat diets containing four levels of dietary CP (0, 0.375%, 0.75% ...
... Single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (spICP-MS) has been explored for the determination of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) in air. Different extraction strategies (i.e., direct immersion, hard cap espresso, ultrasound-assisted and microwave-assisted extraction) and extracting solvents (i.e., citric acid, trisodium citrate, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, thiourea, disodium ...
... Malate, citrate, and quinate are the major organic acids in ripen peach fruit, the content of which undergoes considerable variations during fruit development and maturation. The molecular mechanisms underlying these variations remain largely unclear. In this study, weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) of two accessions in five developmental stages was performed to identify network ...
chelating agents; citrates; dewatering; iron; oxidation; particle size; polymers; polysaccharides; sludge; water content; China
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... Citrate (Ct) was chosen as a typical chelator used in the Fe²⁺−peroxydisulfate (PDS) process to improve sludge dewaterability. The PDS−Fe²⁺−Ct process exhibited better performance in sludge dewatering than PDS−Fe²⁺. Specifically, with a PDS dosage of 1.2mmol/g VS, the molar ratio of PDS/Fe²⁺ and Ct/Fe²⁺ were 4:5 and 1:4, respectively, the capillary suction time decreased from 155.8 to 24.8sec, and ...
ammonium; carbon; catalytic activity; citrates; electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; electron transfer; pH; soot; sulfamethoxazole; wastewater treatment
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... Recently, carbon materials have attracted much attention in activating persulfate (PS) for the removal of organic pollutants. Seeking a greener, lower-cost, and higher-performance carbon material has become an important aspect of research. In this study, candle soot was innovatively used as a nanocarbon material, and its performance for PS activation was improved by simple ammonium ferric citrate ...
... Clostridium sp. LQ25 was cultured in different forms of ferric (ferric citrate and ferric hydroxide) as electron acceptors to investigate growth, ferric reduction, hydrogen production, fermentation products and fermentation process. The growth of the strain LQ25 detected by protein was 82.8 ± 2.1 mg/L and 73.5 ± 1.7 mg/L using ferric citrate and ferric hydroxide as electron acceptors, which was 33 ...
... The growing evidences of resistant fungi stimulate fully understanding tebuconazole regarding its crystal structure on fungicidal activity. In this study, the crystal structures of six technical tebuconazoles (BX, HH, JP, QZ, SJ, and YT) were characterized by using high-resolution X-ray powder diffraction and three-dimensional crystal structure modeling. A structure-activity relationship of the te ...
... Health and longevity populations have distinct metabolic and nutrient intake profiles. However, the relationship between biomarkers of longevity-related metabolites and dietary nutrient intake profiles, as well as metabolic markers associated with longevity features, have not been fully elucidated. Therefore, ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H NMR)-based plasma metabolomics profiling was conducted ...
... An emerging hallmark of cancer is cellular metabolic reprogramming to adapt to varying cellular environments. Throughout the process of metastasis cancer cells gain anchorage independence which confers survival characteristics when detached from the extracellular matrix (ECM). Previous work demonstrates that the bioactive metabolite of vitamin D, 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25[OH]₂D), suppresses c ...
... The volatile organic compounds produced by plants and microorganisms have been widely used for postharvest disease control due to their high antifungal capacity. In this research, a volatile product of citrate metabolism, 2,3-butanedione, was assayed against gray mold caused by Botrytis cinerea on postharvest fruit. 2,3-Butanedione treatment exhibited a distinct inhibitory effect on colony growth, ...
... Declines in mitochondrial functions are associated with aging. The combination of 5‐aminolevulinic acid (5‐ALA) and sodium ferrous citrate (SFC) improves mitochondrial functions in cultured cells. In this study, we investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with 5‐ALA and SFC (5‐ALA/SFC) on the healthspan and life span of Drosophila melanogaster. Adult Drosophila fruit flies were fed corn ...
... At a key branchpoint in wine oxidation, hydrogen peroxide reacts either with iron(II), leading to the Fenton oxidation of ethanol, or with sulfur dioxide, precluding oxidation. The fate of H₂O₂ was investigated in anoxic model wines with different pH and acid buffers. In the absence of SO₂, anoxic conditions allowed the stoichiometric production of acetaldehyde from H₂O₂ despite iron(II) being lim ...
... The interaction of soil organic matter (SOM) with Fe-containing minerals represents a key mechanism that promotes carbon (C) stabilisation in soil. The addition of Fe-rich industrial by-products to soil may therefore help accelerate C storage. Our understanding of the effects of exogenous Fe addition (Fe (oxy)hydroxide vs. Fe chloride) on SOM dynamics and C dynamics in agricultural soils, especial ...
... Nanoparticles of silver and gold have become widely researched as homogeneous catalysts for organic transformations. Silver systems have shown promising activity but are often hindered by their instability and difficulty in recycling. In this work we present nanoparticles of silver and gold, colloidally stabilized on aluminum oxide, and their performance as re-useable catalysts for the reduction o ...
... Among the functions exerted by eukaryotic lactate dehydrogenases, it is of importance the generation of lactate in muscles subjected to fatigue or to limited oxygen availability, with both these conditions triggering a decrease of cellular pH. However, the mutual dependence between lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) catalytic action and lactic acidosis is far from being fully understood. Here we show tha ...
... Sarcopenia is the age-related loss of muscle mass and function and no pharmacological medication has been approved for its treatment. We established an atrogin-1/MAFbx promoter assay to find drug candidates that inhibit myotube atrophy. Alverine citrate (AC) was identified using high-throughput screening of an existing drug library. AC is an established medicine for stomach and intestinal spasms. ...
... HMF (hydroxymethylfurfural), a compound that occurs naturally in food, is derived from the dehydration of monosaccharides (glucose and fructose) in products subjected to high-temperature treatments or to aging processes. HMF can be obtained by acid-catalyzed dehydration of lignocellulosic biomasses such as sugarcane bagasse and other agricultural residues. In this work, analytical quantification o ...
European Union; acetonitrile; acute exposure; bifenthrin; body weight; carbofuran; chronic exposure; citrates; human health; laboratory techniques; markets; nutrition risk assessment; okra; pollution; research; risk; secondary amines; thiamethoxam; triazophos; Pakistan
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... European Union Reference Laboratory method for Fruits and Vegetables (EURL-FV-2010-M1) for the quantification of pesticide residues was verified for the determination of multiple pesticide residues in okra. The targeted pesticides were extracted using acetonitrile with citrate buffer salts followed by cleanup with primary secondary amine (PSA) and analyzed on LC–MS/MS. The recoveries for all the t ...
... The soil-borne fungus Macrophomina phaseolina causes charcoal rot, which is one of the most damaging threats to the faba bean in Egypt. The goal of this work was to investigate the inhibitory effects of silver nanoparticles AgNPs on Modiolula phaseolina in vitro, as well as their effectiveness in reducing the incidence of charcoal rot in greenhouse settings. AgNPs were synthesized using a chemical ...
... Despite the beneficial health effects of fruit juices, the high content of organic acids and low pH of some of them limit their consumption. The aim of this work was to study the deacidification of fruit juices using electrodialysis (ED) with monopolar membranes. Aqueous solutions of citric acid were used in ED deacidification experiments following a factorial design with citric acid concentration ...
... Incineration of municipal sludge and agri-food by-products generates large quantities of ash that can be used in agriculture as phosphorus fertilizer. The fertilizing potential of sludge incineration ash (SIA) from 12 cities in Canada and the United States was tested in a greenhouse experiment against a synthetic fertilizer (TSP: triple superphosphate), a natural fertilizer (RP: rock phosphate), a ...
brackish water; citrates; cyanides; desalination; electric potential difference; electrochemistry; energy efficiency; environmental science; freshwater; infrastructure; power generation; solar energy
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... Electrochemical separation offers an energy-efficient means to desalinate brackish water, a relatively untapped but increasingly utilized water source for freshwater supply. Several electrochemical techniques are being developed to enable low-energy desalination combined with energy storage. We report a new approach that produced a peak power density of 6.0 mW cm–² from the energy stored in iron c ...
... Hydroxyapatite (HAP) is the major mineral phase in bone and teeth. The interaction of individual amino acids and citrate ions with different crystallographic HAP surfaces has remained uncertain for decades, creating a knowledge gap to rationally design interactions with peptides, proteins, and drugs. In this contribution, we quantify the binding mechanisms and binding free energies of the 20 end-c ...
... This study evaluated the diuretic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunological effects of a commercial diuretic (CD) (composed of ammonium chloride, potassium citrate, sodium chloride, ascorbic acid, biotin, halfa bar extract, and hexamine) on chickens with induced urolithiasis. A total of 100 one-day-old white Hy-Line chicks were fed a basal diet containing 20% crude protein (CP) and 1% Ca ...
Marinomonas; acetates; aquatic bacteria; carbon; citrates; ecosystems; experimental design; fructose; gene expression; glucose; growth curves; human health; maltose; mercury; mercury(II) reductase; models; pollution; remediation; research; seawater; Red Sea; Saudi Arabia
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... Mercury (Hg) pollution in water has been a problem for the ecosystem and human health, thus eco-friendly remediation methods are gaining traction around the world. In this study, a bacterial strain designated as RS3 isolated from the Red Sea (Saudi Arabia) has shown tolerance to more than 250 mg/L of Hg²⁺ on minimum inhibitory studies. The isolate RS3 was identified as Marinomonas sp., (Accession ...
... In this study, the emulsified castor oil (ECO) substrate was developed for a long‐term supplement of biodegradable carbon with pH buffering capacity to anaerobically bioremediate trichloroethylene (TCE)‐polluted groundwater. The ECO was produced by mixing castor oil, surfactants (sapindales and soya lecithin [SL]), vitamin complex, and a citrate/sodium phosphate dibasic buffer system together for ...
... India has still not eradicated filariasis, which is still endemic throughout the country. This study focuses on the breast as a non-typical but not uncommon site of breast disease characterized by nematodes causing obstruction of lymphatic vessels caused by filariasis. The case described herein involves a 26-year-old married female who presented with a subcutaneous nodule in her left breast. Clini ...
... OBJECTIVES: To improve the expression efficiency of recombinant hFIX, by enhancing its γ-carboxylation, which is inhibited by Calumenin (CALU), we used intronic artificial microRNAs (amiRNAs) for the CALU downregulation. METHODS: Two human CALU (hCALU)-specific amiRNAs were designed, validated and inserted within a truncated form of the hFIX intron 1, in either 3′- or 5′-untranslated regions of th ...
... OBJECTIVE: To describe the technique of centrifugal therapeutic plasma exchange (cTPE) in dogs diagnosed with immune‐mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) and summarize the outcome of the procedure. DESIGN: Retrospective review of cTPE performed at North Carolina State University from 2016 to 2018, through a search of the institutional database for cTPE and IMHA. SETTING: University teaching hospital. ...
... Betanin is a high-value bioactive ingredient, but its application in the food industry is limited by its easy degradability. Encapsulation can improve the stability of various ingredients and is widely used in the food industry. In this work, chitosan modified by zinc citrate chelates (CS@Zn-CQDs) were synthesized by one-pot synthesis and the surface of them was quaternary ammonium modified to get ...
... Rugose spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is an introduced phloem feeder of guava. Gut symbiotic bacteria alter the physiology of the host insect. The present study characterized the nine bacterial isolates from the second nymphal stage of rugose spiralling whitefly using seven different bacteria growth media viz., Nutrient Agar (NA), Luria Bertani aga ...
... A novel strain AS1 with heterotrophic nitrifying-aerobic denitrifying capacity in the species of Alcaligenes aquatilis was isolated from the aerobic activated sludge. It showed a great capability of ammonia removal, and the aerobic metabolic pathways to yield gaseous-nitrogen by hydroxylamine oxidation and nitrite denitrification were proposed. AS1 could efficiently remove ammonia under a wide ran ...
... Heterotrophic nitrification bacteria play a critical role in nitrogen cycling and pollution removal. However, the underlying nitrification mechanisms are diverse and have rarely been investigated at the genetic level. In this study, the new heterotrophic nitrifier Pseudomonas sp. strain JQ170 was isolated. Strain JQ170 can utilize ammonia (NH₄⁺-N), nitrite (NO₂⁻-N), or nitrate (NO₃⁻-N) as sole nit ...
... The yeasts involved in the ripening process of artisanal soft raw ewe milk Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) Torta del Casar and Queso de la Serena cheeses produced in Extremadura, Spain, were isolated throughout their ripening process, strain typed, and characterized for some important technological properties. A total of 508 yeast isolates were obtained and identified by inter-single sequenc ...
Citrus sinensis; alkalinization; citrates; electrolyte leakage; hydroponics; malates; malondialdehyde; oranges; pH; phenolic compounds; phytotoxicity; protein synthesis; temperature
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... Copper (Cu) excess is often observed in old Citrus orchards. Little information is available on the characterization of Cu-induced-release of root exudates and their possible roles in plant Cu-tolerance. Using sweet orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck cv. Xuegan] seedlings as materials, we investigated the impacts of 0, 0.5, 25, 150, 350, 550, 1000, 2000 or 5000 μM CuCl₂ (pH 4.8) on Cu uptake, roo ...
... The electrokinetic properties of aqueous suspensions of two kaolins were studied using the acoustophoretic method by measuring the ultrasonic attenuation spectrum in a wide frequency range (1–20 MHz). Then, the zeta potential is calculated according to the size distribution of grains. A high state of crystallinity of the kaolinite platelets strongly influences the amplitude and the variation of ze ...
... This study investigates the valorization of the nettle leaves (Urtica dioica) as a novel source of a protease for clotting dromedary milk. The aim of this work is to study the effect of extracting pH on the enzymatic activity of nettle leaves extracts. The extraction was achieved in phosphate citrate buffer at different pH values (from 3 to 6.5) and the obtained extracts were used to coagulate dro ...
bioplastics; carbon fibers; carcinogenicity; citrates; composite polymers; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; gel chromatography; liquids; molecular weight; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; polyethylene terephthalates; polyhydroxyalkanoates; pyrolysis; temperature; thermal stability; thermogravimetry
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... The aim of this study was to investigate the pyrolysis products of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), carbon fiber reinforced composite (CFRC), and block co-polymers (PS-b-P2VP and PS-b-P4VP). The studied PHA samples were produced at temperatures of 15 and 50 ᵒC (PHA15 and PHA50), and commercially obtained from GlasPort Bio (PHAc). Initially, PHA samples were analyzed ...
... When exposed to nitrosative stress, the redox status of Saccharomyces cerevisiae changes significantly in vivo. Under nitrosative stress, aconitase, which catalyzes the conversion of citrate to isocitrate in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, is known to be vulnerable. In this study, aconitase was completely repressed in the presence of 0.25 mM S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) as the nitrosative stres ...
Emanuele Catarina da Silva Oliveira; José Maria Rodrigues da Luz; Marina Gomes de Castro; Paulo Roberto Filgueiras; Rogério Carvalho Guarçoni; Eustáquio Vinicius Ribeiro de Castro; Marliane de Cássia Soares da Silva; Lucas Louzada Pereira
... Edaphoclimatic conditions, planting altitudes, soil, the microbiome of plants and fruits, genotypes, and postharvest processing are variables that contribute to the chemical and sensory quality of the coffee. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the impacts of planting altitude and fermentation of fruits on the chemical and sensory quality of the coffee using Nuclear Magnetic Resonanc ...
Valéria Maria Costa Teixeira; Roberta França Gomes da Silva; Odinei Hess Gonçalves; Carla Pereira; Lillian Barros; Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira; Evandro Bona; Fernanda Vitória Leimann
... Finding natural food coloring options from plant-based sources to substitute artificial dyes is a challenging task because natural dyes often present low water-solubility, not very vibrant hues, and instability due to interactions with food ingredients. Chemometric approaches can be used to evaluate color differences and patterns resulting from natural and synthetic dyes when applied to food syste ...
Ayesha Anwar; Muhammad Imran; Muhammad Ramzan; Farhan A. Khan; Nimra Ismail; Abdullah Ijaz Hussain; Syed Makhdoom Hussain; Walaa F. Alsanie; Hafiz M.N. Iqbal
... Chitosan (CS)/metal oxide (MO) nano-carriers have recently attracted attention due to their great integration into several biomedical applications. Herein, CS and dysprosium oxide based bio-nanocomposites (Dy₂O₃/CuFe₃O₄/CS) were prepared using a citrate sol-gel route for biomedical settings at large and drug delivery, in particular. The chemical structure, average crystallite size, and surface mor ...
... Among antibody-based biopharmaceuticals, immunoglobulin G (IgG) plays a central role. However, IgG is a protein and as such easily loses stability, thus compromising its use as an effective therapeutic. To overcome this drawback, in this work, we evaluated cholinium-based ionic liquids (ILs) as effective stabilizers of IgG. We have investigated four ILs in aqueous solution, namely, cholinium aceta ...
... It was documented that the presence of malignancy in an organism causes metabolomic alterations in blood plasma which applies also to breast cancer. Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease and there are only limited known relations of plasma metabolomic signatures with the tumour characteristics in early BC and knowing them would be of great advantage in noninvasive diagnostics. In this study, we ...
... We present a simple method for the determination of Sn²⁺ concentration using stannous-synthesised AgNPs as sensing probe at room temperature. The average particle size of stannous-synthesised AgNPs obtained from TEM analysis was about 14 nm with a symmetrical absorption band at 405 nm. The detection method was based on the formation of stable AgNPs using Sn²⁺ ion as reducing agent and trisodium ci ...
... Silicon (Si) deficiency and heavy metals (HMs) pollution are common for farmland soil because of long-term intensive farming. In this study, a novel citrate-modified biochar (C-BC) was introduced as a soil conditioner to simultaneously increase the amount of plant-available Si (PASi) and immobilize HMs. The maximum amount of PASi released was 33.00 mg⋅g⁻¹ from C-BC pre-treated with 0.1 mol⋅L⁻¹ cit ...
... Heat stress is a major abiotic stress for plants, which can generate a range of biochemical and genetic responses. In ‘Ponkan’ mandarin fruit, hot air treatment (HAT) accelerates the degradation of citric acid. However, the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms of citrate degradation in response to HAT remain to be elucidated. Here, 17 heat shock transcription factor sequences were isolated, and d ...
... The key enzymes of lipid biosynthesis in oleaginous filamentous fungi exist as metabolons. However, the existence of a similar organization in other groups of oleaginous microorganisms is still unknown. In this study, we confirmed the occurrence of two separate and distinct lipogenic metabolons in a thraustochytrid, Aurantiochytrium SW1. These involve the Type I Fatty Acid Synthase (FAS) pathway, ...
... A colloidal silver nanoparticle (AgNP)-based lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) was evaluated in terms of the rapid detection of profenofos (PEO) pesticide residue in vegetables. Colloidal AgNPs, of a diameter of approximately 20 nm, were surface-modified with trisodium citrate dehydrate (TSC) in order to improve their stability and dispersion. An anti-profenofos polyclonal antibody (pAb) was success ...
... Colorimetric indicator or freshness indicators hold great potential to reduce food waste. Films off açaí anthocyanins extract (AE) with different concentrations molars of two plasticizers glycerol (GLY) or triethyl citrate (TEC), for application fresh shrimp, real time were evaluated. The AE undergoes a visible pink/violet to green/yellowish color change in response to different pH's, which is an ...