Water contamination by organic substances such as dyes is of great concern worldwide due to their utilization in many industrial processes and environmental concerns. To cater the needs for waste water treatment polluted with organic dyes, laser-induced photocatalytic process was investigated fo...

High value-added utilization of biomass-based platform chemicals has attracted increasing attention in recent years. The present study addresses the upgrading of levulinic acid (LA), an important biomass-based platform chemical, to methyl levulinate via a green and efficient enzymatic approach. ...

Three techniques of ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE), microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) and solvent extraction (SE) were used for enhancing the hydroxytyrosol (HT), maslinic acid (MA) and oleanolic acid (OA) extraction from olive pomace, being evaluated and compared through process paramet...

To extract pectin in food industry, HCl is generally used as the major extracting solvent for releasing the pectin from the plant tissues, however it has an environmental issue to use. In this study, food-grade tartaric-, malic, and citric acids were used to produce apple peel pectin as an eco-f...

Lowering of greening formed from oxidized chlorogenic acid (CGA) and amino groups, and favoured at alkaline pH, was investigated using acidic ingredients (sour cream, buttermilk, yoghurt, and honey) in sunflower butter cookies. Cookies with maple syrup added were used as a positive control. Chan...

This study was conducted to improve the quality characteristics of cured meat with natural nitrite. Control and treatment were conducted as follows: nitrite free, marinated with sodium nitrite and ascorbic acid, marinated with only fermented spinach (FS), and marinated with FS adding ascorbic ac...

The present study reported a novel Fe-Ag/GAC catalyst and investigated its catalytic activity for the degradation of Acid Red 73 by persulfate. The results of characterization of Fe-Ag/GAC showed that Nano-Ag was supported uniformly on GAC with high degree of crystallinity and Fe distributed mos...

Green diesel or bio-hydrogenated diesel can be produced from vegetable oils and their derivatives via a catalytic reaction. This work carried out the synthesis and characterization of nickel catalysts for the production of n-alkane from palmitic acid. A nickel (Ni) metal catalyst was studied bas...

SummaryStress granules (SGs) form during cellular stress and are implicated in neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (ALS/FTD). To yield insights into the role of SGs in pathophysiology, we performed a high-content screen to identify small m...

One interesting phenomenon of Chrysanthemum morifolium tea is its formation of green or dark green color after hours of brewing. We investigated the greening reaction and its bioactivities, including an analysis of the green compounds. Results showed that the green color was due to a decrease in...

It is confirmed that the dimerisation of methyl dialkoxycinnamates in acidic conditions yields trisubstituted indanes. When the reactions are carried out for 1.5 h/0°C in acidic conditions in the presence of DDQ then a variety of lignan types result, two of which represent new classes of lignans.

1.1. Analytical differential centrifugation of brown adipose tissue homogenates from cold-acclimated guinea pigs revealed a polydispersity of both mitochondria and peroxisomes, with at least two populations of each organelle. The estimated values were s̄H = 16 685 ±4220 S and s̄L = 4792±951 S ...

The benzidine congener 3,3′-dimethoxybenzidine (DMOB), and C.I. Direct Blue 15 (Blue 15), a prototypical compound of the DMOB-derived class of dyes, were evaluated in 13-week studies to characterize the toxicity and establish dose levels for subsequent chronic studies. Groups of 10 Fischer 344 ...

Although naturally produced macerated white wines are increasingly popular, their biological effects are rarely studied. As wines containing no preservatives, they are highly susceptible to oxidation after bottle opening. Our aims were therefore: (1) to compare the antioxidant and direct vasodil...

Non-enzymatic browning of vinegar soaked-soybean residual solution was investigated using a model solution. A glycine-fructose-gallic acid model system was proposed by analyzing reducing sugars, amino acids, total phenolics, and pH value of the vinegar soaked-soybean residual solution. Based on ...

In the storage of Radix Ophiopogonis, browning often happens to cause potential risk with regard to safety. Previously few reports investigate the browning of Radix Ophiopogonis. In this research, the causes and mechanisms of the browning of Radix Ophiopogonis were preliminarily elucidated. Cont...

The phytochemical content and antioxidant activity of eight varieties of brown rice (BR) are reported. The total phenolic contents of BR ranged from 72.45 to 120.13 mg of gallic acid equiv./100 g. The phenolics from bound fraction contributed 40.6–50.2% of the total phenolic content. The total ...

The phytochemical profiles and antioxidant activity of free, soluble-conjugated, and bound fractions of brown rice and its processed products (textured rice, cooked rice and rice noodle) were studied. Nineteen phenolic acids were identified. Trans-ferulic acid was the most abundant monomeric phe...

Germinated brown rice (GBR) flours were prepared by hammer milling and jet milling. The effect of the milling on the physicochemical and pasting properties of the resultant flours were investigated. The jet milling of GBR resulted in flour with different particle sizes, which were air-classified...

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) has been also considered as the main thermogenic organ responsible of maintenance body temperature through heat production. However, a new type of thermogenic fat has been characterized during the last years, the beige or brite fat, that is developed from white adipose...