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absorption; acetates; energy flow; glycogen; glyoxylate cycle; metabolism; microbial communities; phosphates; phosphorus; tricarboxylic acid cycle; wastewater treatment; China
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... Glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs) are closely related to the deterioration of enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems. However, the metabolic mechanisms that drive GAOs remain unclear. Here, the two-thirds supernatant of a reactor were decanted following the anaerobic period to enrich GAOs. Long-term monitoring demonstrated that the system was stable and exhibited typical characteristi ...
... Microbial electrosynthesis system (MES) is a promising method that can use carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, to produce methane which acts as an energy source, without using organic substances. However, this bioelectrical reduction reaction can proceed at a certain high applied voltage when coupled with water oxidation in the anode coated with metallic catalyst. When coupled with the oxid ...
Alpinia galanga; NAD(P)H oxidase (H2O2-forming); acetates; apoptosis; cytotoxicity; ginger; humans; mitogen-activated protein kinase; ovarian neoplasms; reactive oxygen species
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... The rhizomes of Alpinia galanga (Thai ginger) have been used extensively as a spice in Southeast Asian and Arabian cuisines and reported to possess a wide range of biological properties, such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, and antibacterial. However, the specific molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the anti-tumor effects induced by Thai ginger and its corresponding active compounds have b ...
... Methane is a potent but short-lived greenhouse gas targeted for short-term amelioration of climate change, with enteric methane emitted by ruminants being the most important anthropogenic source of methane. Ruminant production also releases nitrogen to the environment, resulting in groundwater pollution and emissions of greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. We hypothesized that inhibiting rumen methanogen ...
... Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the most common problems in older male dogs that often has a huge impact on their health and welfare. This article presents a comparison between osaterone acetate (Ypozane®; Virbac®)(OA) and deslorelin acetate (Suprelorin®; Virbac®)(DA), medications that are the main therapeutic alternative to castration in dogs with BPH. Forty dogs were divided into fo ...
José Felipe Orzuna-Orzuna; Griselda Dorantes-Iturbide; Alejandro Lara-Bueno; Luis Alberto Miranda-Romero; Germán David Mendoza-Martínez; Itzel Santiago-Figueroa
... The objective of this study was to see how dietary supplementation with essential oils (EOs) affected rumen fermentation, blood metabolites, growth performance and meat quality of beef cattle through a meta-analysis. In addition, a simulation analysis was conducted to evaluate the effects of EOs on the economic and environmental impact of beef production. Data were extracted from 34 peer-reviewed ...
Asteraceae; acetates; analgesics; chemical composition; enantioselectivity; essential oils; germacrene; metabolites; polyethylene glycol; Andes region
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... A previously uninvestigated essential oil (EO) was distilled from Gynoxys miniphylla Cuatrec. (Asteraceae) and submitted to chemical and enantioselective analyses. The qualitative and quantitative analyses were conducted by GC-MS and GC-FID, over two orthogonal columns (5%-phenyl-methylpolysiloxane and polyethylene glycol stationary phases). Major constituents (≥2%) were, on both columns, respecti ...
... 5,6-Benzoflavone (1), a new natural product, has been isolated from the EtOH extract of the flowers of Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br. (Apocynaceae), along with the known compound dicoumarol (2). Phytochemical studies on the fruits also provided bergenin (3), 9,19-cycloart-23-ene-3,25-diol (4), 11-oxo-α-amyrin acetate (5), and marsformoxide B (6). Compounds 2–6 have been isolated for the first time ...
... This study reports the simultaneous voltammetric determination of Cd and Pb by square wave voltammetry (SWV) using carbon paste electrode modified with bismuth film. For the ex situ film formation, the influence of Bi concentration, time and deposition potential was evaluated. Regarding the SWV parameters, frequency, amplitude, deposition time and deposition potential were evaluated. The ideal con ...
... Acetogenic bacteria produce acetate following the fixation of CO₂ via the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway. As such, they represent excellent process organisms for the production of novel chemicals and fuels from this waste greenhouse gas. Acetobacterium woodii is the model acetogen and numerous studies have been conducted investigating its biochemistry, gas consumption and use as a production chassis. Howe ...
... The effects of a composite polyphenolic-rich extract (CPRE) on ruminal fermentation, nutrient utilisation, growth performance, excretion of nitrogen and phosphorus and methane emission were studied in growing buffaloes. Four herbal dry extracts prepared from Acacia arabica (babul; bark), Acacia catechu (cutch; bark), Punica granatum (pomegranate; peel) and Eugenia jambolana (Indian blackberry; see ...
... Anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigomycota) are promising lignocellulose-degrading microorganisms that can be exploited by the biofuel industry. While natural production of ethanol by these microorganisms is very low, there is a greater potential for their use in the biogas industry. More specifically, anaerobic fungi can contribute to biogas production by either releasing holocellulose or reducing su ...
... α-Hydroxy ketones are important building blocks in biological, pharmaceutical and synthetic chemistry. In this work, diverse α-hydroxy ketones were efficiently constructed through the CO₂-promoted hydration process of propargyl alcohols, which was catalyzed by a system consisted of economical CuSO₄·5H₂O and a green 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ionic liquid. Particularly, this catalytic syst ...
... Flexible wearable sensors based on conductive hydrogels are attracting increasing interest. To meet the urgent demands of sustainability and eco-friendliness, biopolymer-based physically crosslinked hydrogels have drawn great attention. Starch has a great potential due to its renewability, biocompatibility, nontoxicity and low cost. However, poor mechanical property, low conductivity and lack of v ...
Alzheimer disease; acetates; acetic acid; antineoplastic agents; brain; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; half life; liquid chromatography; methanol; mice; pH; pharmacokinetics; rapid methods; skin neoplasms; tandem mass spectrometry
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... Emerging evidence has suggested that bexarotene, a nearly 20-year-old skin cancer drug, may be a potential drug candidate to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative disorders. As described in this study, a highly sensitive and rapid method, using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) to determine bexarotene in mouse plasma and brain tissue, was established an ...
... In this study, the characterization and inhibition characteristic of α-class carbonic anhydrase from Chromohalobacter (ChCA) was documented for the first time. The carbonic anhydrase enzyme had 47.77% yield and 54.45-fold purity. The specific activity of the enzyme was determined as 318.52 U/mg proteins. Alternative substrate (4-nitrophenyl trifluoroacetate, 4-nitrophenyl phosphate, 4-nitrophenyl ...
... In the current study, DNA immobilization was performed on pencil graphite (PG) modified with a polypyrrole (PPy) and flower-like Pt/NiCo₂O₄ (FL-Pt/NiCo₂O₄) nanocomposite, as a new sensitive electrode to detect chlorambucil (CHB). Energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques were employed to characterize the synthesized FL-Pt/NiCo ...
... This research aimed to screen out safe and effective inhibitors of enzymatic browning from food-derived sulfur-containing compounds. Among eighteen candidate compounds, three were found to reduce the browning of fresh potato mashes. One of these compounds, S-furfuryl thioacetate (S-Ft) at only 0.04 and 0.07 mM inhibited the browning of fresh potato sticks, for over 10 d at 4 °C with an efficacy cl ...
... A novel approach for the enhancement of phosphorus (P) recovery from Fe bound P compounds (FePs)-bearing sludge by co-fermentation with protein-rich biomass (PRB) is reported. Four PRBs (silkworm chrysalis meal, fish meal, corn gluten meal, and soya bean meal) were used for co-fermentation. The results revealed that PRBs with strong surface hydrophobicity and loose structure favored the hydrolysis ...
Devonian period; Early Cretaceous epoch; Lycopodiaceae; Silurian period; acetates; fluorescence microscopy; fossils; micro-computed tomography; paleobotany; phylogeny; statistical analysis; China
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... Lycopodiaceae are one of three surviving families of lycopsids, a lineage of vascular plants with a fossil history dating to at least the Early Devonian or perhaps the Late Silurian (c. 415 Ma). Many fossils have been linked to crown Lycopodiaceae, but the lack of well‐preserved material has hindered definitive recognition of this group in the paleobotanical record. New, exceptionally well‐preserv ...
... BACKGROUND: The tea green leafhopper, Empoasca flavescens is the most important pest in Chinese tea plantations. For decades its control has been executed almost exclusively through pesticide applications. A semiochemical‐based ‘push–pull’ strategy was tested on the leafhopper in the study. RESULTS: The odors released from Tagetes erecta and Flemingia macrophylla significantly repelled and attract ...
... A novel Escherichia coli efficient expression system had been constructed in our previous study. The system was based on the overexpression of endogenous genes prpD and malK to enhance the expression of exogenous genes. In this study, a general regulatory mechanism of prpD and malK was first revealed through transcriptome analysis and many experimental verifications. We surprisingly proved that ov ...
Lynne Bell; Adrian Whyte; Cindy Duysburgh; Massimo Marzorati; Pieter Van den Abbeele; Romain Le Cozannet; Pascale Fança-Berthon; Emilie Fromentin; Claire Williams
... PURPOSE: Cereboost®, an American ginseng extract, has shown improved short-term memory and attention/alertness in healthy young and middle-aged individuals, potentially via modulation of the gut microbiome and upregulation of neurotransmitters such as acetylcholine. Here, we explored the effects of Cereboost® on cognition and mood in the first 6 h post intervention (acute), after 2 weeks daily sup ...
... A simple and green procedure for quantifying the ethanol concentration based on the conductometric method and the uncatalyzed esterification reaction was demonstrated. The reaction progress between ethanol and acetic acid was followed by detecting the electrical conductivity, corresponding to the amount of hydrogen ion and acetate anion from acetic acid dissociation. By fixing the concentration of ...
Citrus; acetates; bromophos; chemical species; coordination polymers; fenitrothion; food chemistry; parathion-methyl; pummelos; solid phase extraction; sorbents; China
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... A simple, environmentally-friendly and reliable method was developed to simultaneously monitor the residue of methyl 1-naphthalene acetate, parathion-methyl, fenitrothion, bromophos and phenthoate in pomelo by using dispersive solid-phase extraction technique (d-SPE). In this method, these target analytes were captured by MIL-125-NH₂ and detected by GC–MS/MS. The key parameters of d-SPE were optim ...
... Volatile fatty acids (VFA), byproducts of anaerobic digestion of organic waste, have emerged as a platform molecule for the production of liquid fuels and chemicals. This study reports a co-production process that allows the conversion of VFAs into promising gasoline alternatives: acetic acid to ethanol (EtOH) via methyl acetate and butyric acid to butanol (BuOH) via methyl butyrate. The effect of ...
... New particle formation (NPF) is the major source of atmospheric aerosol particles. However, the chemical species involved and the exact mechanism are still unclear. Cycloaddition reaction of SO₃ to carboxylic acids bas been identified as a possible formation mechanism of carboxylic sulfuric anhydrides which may be involved in NPF. Herein, energy profiles for forming diaterpenylic acetate sulfuric ...
... An efficient Cu-catalyzed annulation reaction of ketone oxime acetates with ortho-trifluoroacetyl anilines has been disclosed. With the developed protocol, a series of 4-trifluoromethyl quinolines were obtained in good to excellent yields (58–99%) under redox-neutral conditions. The protocol also could be extended to ferrocene-based ketone oxime acetates for the construction of ferrocene-substitut ...
... Synthesis of highly strained fused substituted dihydrobenzopyran cyclopropyl lactones derived from coumarin carboxylates are reported. The substrate scope tolerates a variety of 6- and 8-substituents on the coumarin ring. Substitution at the 5- or 7-position is resistant to tricyclic lactone formation except with 7-methyl substitution. Benzamide-containing coumarins afford the tricyclic ketal. A p ...
... Microbial conversion of methane to electricity, fuels, and liquid chemicals has attracted much attention. However, due to the low solubility of methane, it is not considered a suitable substrate for microbial fuel cells (MFCs). In this study, a conductive fiber membrane (CFM) module was constructed as the bioanode of methane-driven MFCs, directly delivering methane. After biofilm formation on the ...
... 1.The role of acetate in lipogenesis of chickens remains largely unknown. This trial investigated the effect of sodium acetate (SA) on chicken fat metabolism via in vivo and in vitro experiments. 2.The results indicated that supplementation of SA (1.0 g/kg feed) showed marginal to moderate stimulation on the area of the abdominal fat cells and triglyceride (TG) content in liver and adipose tissues ...
Fabian Schälter; Michael Frech; Kerstin Dürholz; Sébastien Lucas; Kerstin Sarter; Luc Lebon; Julia Esser-von Bieren; Lalit K. Dubey; David Voehringer; Georg Schett; Nicola L. Harris; Mario M. Zaiss
... Approximately 2 billion people worldwide and a significant part of the domestic livestock are infected with soil-transmitted helminths, of which many establish chronic infections causing substantial economic and welfare burdens. Beside intensive research on helminth-triggered mucosal and systemic immune responses, the local mechanism that enables infective larvae to cross the intestinal epithelial ...
... Acetogens are of great interest on conversion of synthesis gas in that they can efficiently utilize CO-containing gases to produce C₂ and higher metabolic products. However, high concentration of CO is known to inhibit the reduction of CO₂ into formate, thereby diminishing an overall carbon fixation rate. We report that acetate supplementation can be a simple, effective approach to mitigating CO i ...
... To date, most bio-based products of industrial biotechnology stem from sugar-based carbon sources originating from food and feed competing resources. Exemplary for bioproducts converted from glucose, the potential C5 platform chemical itaconic acid is presently produced by the filamentous fungus Aspergillus terreus. Here, an engineered strain of the industrial platform organism Corynebacterium glu ...
... Acremonium terricola culture (ATC) has similar bioactive constituents to Cordyceps and is known for its nutrient and pharmacological value, indicating the potential of ATC as a new feed additive in dairy cow feeding. The primary aim of this experiment was to investigate the effects of increasing amounts of ATC in diets on milk performance, antioxidant capacity, and rumen fermentation, and the seco ...
... Supported noble metal-based catalysts have been extensively studied for catalytic benzene combustion during the past decade because of their high activity. Despite the enormous significance of noble metal-based materials as benzene combustion catalysts, the key properties of catalytic active sites and the plausible benzene combustion mechanism are a matter of debate. Herein, a well-defined model c ...
... Extracellular electron transfer material (EETM) has increasingly attracted attentions for the enhancing effect on multiple microbial reactions. Especially, EETM is known to be essential to activate the energy network in non-electroactive bacteria. It is motivated to find out an EETM which is natural-based, environmentally friendly, and easily produced at large-scale. In this study, Bombyx mori sil ...
... Friedel-Crafts acylation of phenolic compounds with carboxylic acids catalyzed by Brønsted-acid zeolites is an interesting reaction that could find application in the production of fuels and chemicals from renewable feedstocks. The mechanism of direct acylation of m-cresol with acetic acid over protonic zeolites and the role that the confining environment may have on reaction rate and product sele ...
... A step-by-step approach to easily adapt and use a GC-FID as an olfactometer, as well as a detailed description of acquisition and interpretation of olfactometric data by the OSME (from the Greek word for odor, ὀσμή) method. A Merlot wine was used to exemplifly this strategy and its volatiles were characterized, rendering 43 volatiles in 1D-GC/MS and 142 in GCxGC/MS. GC-O showed the presence of 24 ...
... Previously, Escherichia coli was engineered to produce isobutyl acetate (IBA). Titers greater than the toxicity threshold (3 g/L) were achieved by using layer-assisted production. To avoid this costly and complex method, adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) was applied to E. coli for improved IBA tolerance. Over 37 rounds of selective pressure, 22 IBA-tolerant mutants were isolated. Remarkably, the ...
Donielle Pannell; Brou Kouakou; Thomas H. Terrill; Ibukun M. Ogunade; Zaira M. Estrada-Reyes; Voris Bryant; Godstime Taiwo; Modoluwamu Idowu; Andres A. Pech-Cervantes
... We evaluated the effect of replacement of corn and soybean meal (SBM) with dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) in sericea lespedeza (SL; Lespedeza cuneata) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa)-based diets on ruminal fermentation and bacterial community of growing meat goats. Thirty-six male Spanish growing meat goats with an average body weight of 24 ± 1.8 kg were stratified by body weight and a ...
Autographa gamma; acetates; entomology; eugenol; females; flight; males; migratory behavior; moths; pests; phenylacetaldehyde; plant protection; sex pheromones; sex ratio
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... In field trapping tests the addition of 4‐oxoisophorone (2,6,6‐trimethylcyclohex‐2‐ene‐1,4‐dione) to the known ternary bisexual lure (consisting of phenylacetaldehyde + benzyl acetate + eugenol) significantly increased catches of the silver Y moth Autographa gamma, an important migratory noctuid pest. Both female and male moths were attracted, supposedly in the natural sex ratio of the local popul ...
... Hutai-8 grape (Vitis vinifera × Vitis labrusca) was fermented into rose wine with Saccharomyces cerevisiae to characterize the key aroma compounds by sensomics approach, and fermented with selected Pichia fermentans and S. cerevisiae for aroma enhancement. In total, 82 odorants were detected in single-fermentation Hutai-8 rose wine, 22 aroma active compounds, mainly varietal odorants and fruity es ...
... In gas fermentation, a range of chemolithoautotrophs fix single-carbon (C1) gases (CO₂ and CO) when H₂ or other reductants are available. Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) enables CO₂ reduction by generating H₂ or reducing equivalents with the sole input of renewable electricity. A combined approach as gas electro-fermentation is attractive for the sustainable production of biofuels and biochemical ...
Lewis acids; acetates; amination; carbonates; catalysts; organic chemistry
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... A Pd(OAc)₂/P(OPh)₃ combination catalyzed Tsuji–Trost-type allylic amination under aerobic conditions. Both aromatic and aliphatic secondary amines were transformed into the corresponding allylic amines with a tiny amount of the catalyst system (typically 0.02 mol % Pd), only when allylic phosphates were employed as electrophiles. Other typical electrophiles, such as allylic acetate and carbonate, ...
... Molecular oxygen is an ideal oxidant in various reaction because it is cheap, easily available, and environmentally friendly. However, it is hard to be activated under atmosphere condition within a short reaction time. In this study, the organic molecular catalyst N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) was loaded on the surface of petroleum coke-based porous carbon (PC) via impregnation. Using cobalt acetate ...
... Microalgae may prove to be a reliable feedstock for the production of commodity bioproducts if their production can be made economically viable. Such a goal is achievable by diversity in products and maximizing production yield. In the present study, the cumulative impact of trophic modes, organic carbon sources (acetate, glucose, and glycerol), and operation modes on the production of Chlorella s ...
acetates; carbon electrodes; electric potential difference; electron transfer; tetrabutylammonium compounds
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... All-inorganic CsPbI₃ perovskites have great potential in tandem cells in combination with other photovoltaic devices. However, CsPbI₃ perovskite solar cells (PSCs) still face a huge challenge, resulting in a low power conversion efficiency (PCE) relative to organic–inorganic PSCs. In this work, we introduced tetrabutylammonium acetate (TBAAc) as a buffer layer between the SnO₂ electron-transport l ...
Lewis acids; Methanosarcina; Syntrophomonas; acetates; ammonia; anaerobic digestion; bentonite; electron transfer; genes; methane production; methanogens; poultry manure
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... This study systematically evaluated the effects of bentonite as a possible additive to alleviate the “inhibited steady-state” induced by ammonia and acid accumulation during anaerobic digestion. Continuous stirred tank reactors fed with poultry manure were operated at 35±1 °C either with bentonite or not. The results demonstrate that bentonite amendment increased average specific methane productio ...
Michael T. Madigan; Jill N. Absher; Joseph E. Mayers; Marie Asao; Deborah O. Jung; Kelly S. Bender; Megan L. Kempher; Mackenzie K. Hayward; Sophia A. Sanguedolce; Abigail C. Brown; Shinichi Takaichi; Ken Kurokawa; Atsushi Toyoda; Hiroshi Mori; Yusuke Tsukatani; Zheng-Yu Wang-Otomo; David M. Ward; W. Matthew Sattley
Allochromatium vinosum; Thermochromatium tepidum; absorption; acetates; carotenoids; genes; hot springs; new species; photosynthesis; phylogeny; sulfides; sulfur; thiosulfates; New Zealand
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... We describe a new species of purple sulfur bacteria (Chromatiaceae, anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria) isolated from a microbial mat in the sulfidic geothermal outflow of a hot spring in Rotorua, New Zealand. This phototroph, designated as strain NZ, grew optimally near 45 °C but did not show an absorption maximum at 915 nm for the light-harvesting-reaction center core complex (LH1-RC) characterist ...