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https://read.qxmd.com/read/36949607/biomass-printed-hybrid-solar-evaporator-derived-from-bio-polluted-invasive-species-a-potential-step-toward-carbon-neutrality
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Naila Arshad, Gang Liu, Naveed Mushtaq, Arshad Ali Lashari, Wancheng Qin, Muhammad Sohail Asghar, Hongrong Li, Xianbao Wang
Biomass-based photothermal conversion is of great importance for solar energy utilization toward carbon neutrality. Herein, a hybrid solar evaporator is innovatively designed via UV-induced printing of pyrolyzed Kudzu biochar on hydrophilic cotton fabric (KB@CF) to integrate all parameters in a single evaporator, such as solar evaporation, salt collection, waste heat recovery for thermoelectricity, sieving oil emulsions, and water disinfection from microorganisms. The UV-induced printed fabric demonstrates stronger material adhesion as compared to the conventional dip-dry technique...
March 22, 2023: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36849021/two-different-anti-algal-control-mechanisms-in-microcystis-aeruginosa-induced-by-robinin-or-tannin-rich-plants
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chan Saem Gil, Seok Hyun Eom
Phytochemical is considered an alternative method for cyanobacterial bloom control in aquatic environments. When cyanobacteria are treated with anti-algal materials produced from plant tissues, they tend to exhibit growth inhibition or necrosis of cells. These different anti-algal responses have not been well discussed, and thus, the modes of anti-algal action in cyanobacteria remain obscure. In this study, transcriptomic and biochemical researches were conducted to understand the mechanisms of cyanobacterial growth inhibition and necrosis in harmful cyanobacterial cells exposed to allelopathic materials...
February 25, 2023: Chemosphere
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36704896/study-on-structural-characteristics-and-physicochemical-properties-of-starches-extracted-from-three-varieties-of-kudzu-root-pueraria-lobata-starch
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xuantong Duan, Yongmei Guan, Huanhuan Dong, Mei Yang, Lihua Chen, Hua Zhang, Abid Naeem, Weifeng Zhu
Kudzu root (Pueraria lobata) is well known for its traditional use as a medicinal food homologous plant in China. Three varieties of kudzu roots, such as Gange-1, Gange-2, and Gange-6, are commonly used. Nowadays, kudzu starch (KS) is commercially available as satiating foods or product ingredients. Differentiation and selection of the variety are important components of quality control for KS-based products. Thus, the present work was aimed at comparing the physicochemical properties, such as thermodynamic properties, pasting properties, solubility, swelling, as well as the structural characteristics of the starches extracted from the three varieties of kudzu roots...
January 27, 2023: Journal of Food Science
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36661963/direct-and-indirect-competitive-interactions-between-ooencyrtus-nezarae-and-paratelenomus-saccharalis-parasitizing-megacopta-cribraria-egg-patches
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sanower Warsi, Ana M Chicas-Mosier, Rammohan R Balusu, Alana L Jacobson, Henry Y Fadamiro
The present study investigated egg parasitoid interspecific interactions between a generalist, Ooencyrtus nezarae Ishii (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and a specialist, Paratelenomus saccharalis Dodd (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) in a laboratory setting using kudzu bug ( Megacopta cribraria Fabricius, (Hemiptera: Plataspidae)) eggs as their shared host. Three experiments were conducted to evaluate the emergence of wasps from parasitized hosts after the simultaneous and sequential release of wasps, monitor aggressive behavior of P...
December 30, 2022: Insects
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36655107/study-on-structural-characteristics-physicochemical-properties-and-in-vitro-digestibility-of-kudzu-resistant-starch-prepared-by-different-methods
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yongmei Guan, Meichen Wang, Xinqi Song, Shenghang Ye, Cheng Jiang, Huanhuan Dong, Weifeng Zhu
Three different methods, including autoclaving, autoclaving-debranching, and purification, were used to prepare Kudzu-resistant starch (KRS) from Kudzu starch (KS). The physicochemical properties, such as thermodynamic properties, pasting properties, solubility, swelling, and coagulability, as well as the in vitro digestive characteristics of the three kinds of KRS were studied. The results showed that the morphology of starch granules of KRS prepared by autoclave, autoclave enzymatic hydrolysis, and purification methods was changed and the relative crystallinity was significantly decreased compared with the original starch...
January 2023: Food Science & Nutrition
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36616348/predictive-modeling-of-kudzu-pueraria-montana-habitat-in-the-great-lakes-basin-of-the-united-states
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ashley M Kovach-Hammons, Jordan M Marshall
Kudzu ( Pueraria montana [Lour.] Merr. var. lobata [Willd.] Maesen & S.M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep) is an invasive woody vine widespread throughout much of the southeastern United States. New occurrences and recent studies using climatic parameters suggest that the Midwestern region of the United States is at the greatest risk of kudzu invasion. As there are already multiple reports of kudzu within the Great Lakes basin and no previous landscape models exist specifically for the basin, we developed probability models from existing spatial data (forest type, geology, land cover, precipitation, temperature, and known kudzu locations) by using maximum entropy methods at the national, regional, and basin scales...
January 3, 2023: Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36429183/enhanced-bioaccessibility-of-microencapsulated-puerarin-delivered-by-pickering-emulsions-stabilized-with-osa-modified-hydrolyzed-pueraria-montana-starch-in-vitro-release-storage-stability-and-physicochemical-properties
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zafarullah Muhammad, Rabia Ramzan, Ruifen Zhang, Dong Zhao, Nazia Khalid, Mei Deng, Lihong Dong, Mahwash Aziz, Rizwana Batool, Mingwei Zhang
Puerarin is a bioactive flavonoid isolated from Kudzu roots that possesses numerous health benefits. However, its poor bioavailability and existing complex delivery systems with safety issues are challenging tasks for its incorporation into functional foods. Preparing modified-starch-stabilized Pickering emulsions containing microencapsulated puerarin with improved bioaccessibility was the key objective of the present research work. Acid-hydrolyzed high-amylose Pueraria montana starch (PMS) was modified with octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) and evaluated as an emulsifier to prepare emulsions...
November 11, 2022: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36358493/pharmacological-activity-pharmacokinetics-and-clinical-research-progress-of-puerarin
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REVIEW
Di Wang, Tong Bu, Yangqian Li, Yueyue He, Fan Yang, Liang Zou
As a kind of medicine and food homologous plant, kudzu root ( Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi ) is called an "official medicine" in Chinese folk medicine. Puerarin is the main active component extracted from kudzu root, and its structural formula is 8-β-D-grapes pyranose-4, 7-dihydroxy isoflavone, with a white needle crystal; it is slightly soluble in water, and its aqueous solution is colorless or light yellow. Puerarin is a natural antioxidant with high health value and has a series of biological activities such as antioxidation, anti-inflammation, anti-tumor effects, immunity improvement, and cardio-cerebrovascular and nerve cell protection...
October 27, 2022: Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36353775/widely-targeted-metabolomics-analysis-of-different-parts-of-kudzu
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yun Xiong, Peijie Ma, Limei Huang, Yajiao Li, Xiaoli Wang
Pueraria lobata is a traditional medicinal and edible plant, its root is often used as a nutritional supplement, but its stems and leaves are often discarded. In this study, the types and contents of compounds in roots, stems and leaves of kudzu were studied by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-MS/MS). A total of 446 metabolites were identified, which were mainly divided into 8 categories, forty unique compounds were detected in roots. Multivariate statistical analysis showed that there were significant differences in the contents of metabolites in the roots, stems and leaves of kudzu, and the most significant differences were found in the roots and stems...
November 9, 2022: Biomedical Chromatography: BMC
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36346638/kudzu-bug-megacopta-cribraria-and-associated-egg-parasitoids-emergence-rates-in-alabama-are-predicted-by-weather-indices
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ana M Chicas-Mosier, Rammohan R Balusu, Olufemi S Ajayi, Basu D Kafle, Tolulope Morawo, Gamze Mertoglu, Chelsea M Smith, Sanower Warsi, Henry Y Fadamiro
The kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Plataspidae), is a major economic pest of soybean in the southeastern United States. With climate warming, this pest is expected to move northward and cause additional crop damage. Parasitoid biocontrol is a potential method of integrated pest management for kudzu bug. Two species of egg parasitoid wasps have been observed emerging from kudzu bug egg masses in the southeastern United States: Paratelenomus saccharalis (Dodd) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) and Ooencyrtus nezarae (Ishii) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)...
November 8, 2022: Environmental Entomology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36346261/fabrication-and-characterization-of-active-nanocomposite-films-loaded-with-cellulose-nanocrystals-stabilized-pickering-emulsion-of-clove-bud-oil
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sneh Punia Bangar, William Scott Whiteside, Kyle D Dunno, George Armstrong Cavender, Paul Dawson
There is a tremendous increase in the development of alternative food packaging materials which are functional, environment-friendly, and can improve the shelf-life of food products. One such possible approach is to develop biopolymer-based active films loaded with antimicrobial essential oils. In the present study, pearl millet starch (PMS) films reinforced with kudzu cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) stabilized Pickering emulsions of clove bud oil (CBO) were developed as active and sustainable packaging material...
October 28, 2022: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36330645/research-on-the-material-basis-and-mechanism-of-kudzu-root-in-preventing-and-treating-cerebral-ischemia-based-on-network-pharmacology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wei Yao, Xiaopeng Qiu, Bingtao Li, Feixia Yan, Song Wang, Xudong Zhu, Longhui Lu, Jingjing Wang, Na Zhu, Shuaikang Wang, Yongyan Xie, Ziwei Xu, Weifeng Zhu, Ronghua Liu, Liping Huang
BACKGROUND: It has been shown that Kudzu root has significant pharmacological effects such as improving microcirculation, dilating coronary arteries, and increasing cerebral and coronary blood flow, but its material basis and mechanism of action are not clear. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of action of Kudzu root in the prevention and treatment of cerebral ischemia (CI) through network pharmacology combined with animal experiments...
November 3, 2022: Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36326556/puerarin-alleviates-cadmium-induced-rat-neurocyte-injury-by-alleviating-nrf2-mediated-oxidative-stress-and-inhibiting-mitochondrial-unfolded-protein-response
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wenhua Zhang, Mingchang Xu, Shuangquan Wen, Li Wang, Kanglei Zhang, Chaofan Zhang, Hui Zou, Jianhong Gu, Xuezhong Liu, Jianchun Bian, Zongping Liu, Yan Yuan
Cadmium (Cd) is a highly neurotoxic environmental pollutant. Puerarin (Pur) is a natural antioxidant isolated from Kudzu root that exhibits a powerful neuroprotective effect. Herein, we illustrated the mechanism underlying the protective effect of Pur on Cd-induced rat neurocyte injury in an in vivo rat model as well as in vitro using PC12 cells and primary rat cerebral cortical neurons. First, the results showed that Pur alleviated Cd-induced cerebral cortical pathological damage and decreased the viability of neurocytes...
October 29, 2022: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36246248/mixed-infection-of-an-emaravirus-a-crinivirus-and-a-begomovirus-in-pueraria-lobata-willd-ohwi
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xiaofei Liang, Shiqiang Mei, Haodong Yu, Song Zhang, Jiaxing Wu, Mengji Cao
Pueraria lobata (Willd) ( Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep) is an important herbal medicine used in many countries. In P. lobata plants showing symptoms of mosaic, yellow spots, and mottling, mixed infection of new viruses provisionally named Pueraria lobata- associated emaravirus (PloAEV, genus Emaravirus ), Pueraria lobata- associated crinivirus (PloACV, genus Crinivirus ), and isolate CQ of the previously reported kudzu mosaic virus (KuMV-CQ, genus Begomovirus ) was confirmed through high-throughput sequencing...
2022: Frontiers in Microbiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36234764/isolation-of-mirificin-and-other-bioactive-isoflavone-glycosides-from-the-kudzu-root-lyophilisate-using-centrifugal-partition-and-flash-chromatographic-techniques
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Magdalena Maciejewska-Turska, Łukasz Pecio, Grażyna Zgórka
Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi is a legume taxon native to Southeast Asia and widely used in traditional medicine systems of that region. The therapeutic applications of the underground parts of this species (known as kudzu root) are related to its high content of isoflavones, mainly the characteristic C -glycoside derivatives. Within this group, the most explored compound both phytochemically and pharmacologically is puerarin. However, current scientific findings document important anti-biodegenerative effects for some of the minor isoflavones from kudzu roots...
September 22, 2022: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36145460/susceptibility-of-different-life-stages-of-kudzu-bug-megacopta-cribraria-f-hemiptera-plataspidae-to-two-different-native-strains-of-beauveria-bassiana
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
James Paul Glover, Maribel Portilla, Katherine Parys, Clint Allen, Justin George, Gadi V P Reddy
This is the first study that examined and compared the survival, LC50 , and RR50 estimates of Megacopta   cribraria F. (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) nymphs and adults that were exposed to two native Beauveria   bassiana isolates (Previously codified as NI8 and KUDSC strains) at four concentrations. The greatest reduction in survival and mortality was observed primarily on or after 10 d post-exposure to B. bassiana isolates. Survival of early instars (2nd, 3rd) were not affected by either strains or concentration at 3 d and 5 d post-exposure...
September 9, 2022: Pathogens
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36091880/evaluation-of-pathways-to-the-c-glycosyl-isoflavone-puerarin-in-roots-of-kudzu-pueraria-montana-lobata
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Laci M Adolfo, David Burks, Xiaolan Rao, Anislay Alvarez-Hernandez, Richard A Dixon
Kudzu ( Pueraria montana lobata ) is used as a traditional medicine in China and Southeast Asia but is a noxious weed in the Southeastern United States. It produces both O - and C- glycosylated isoflavones, with puerarin ( C -glucosyl daidzein) as an important bioactive compound. Currently, the stage of the isoflavone pathway at which the C- glycosyl unit is added remains unclear, with a recent report of direct C- glycosylation of daidzein contradicting earlier labeling studies supporting C- glycosylation at the level of chalcone...
September 2022: Plant Direct
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36089399/pueraria-montana-kudzu-vine-ameliorate-the-inflammation-and-oxidative-stress-against-fe-nta-induced-renal-cancer
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fan Yang, Xiaoqiang Shi, Weidong Yang, Chao Gao, Zhenyu Cui, Wentao Wang
Renal tissue plays a crucial function in maintaining homeostasis, making it vulnerable to xenobiotic toxicity. Pueraria montana has more beneficial potential against the various diseases and has long history used as a traditional Chinese medicine. But its effect against the renal cancer not scrutinize. The goal of this study is to see if Pueraria montana can protect rats from developing kidney tumors caused by diethylnitrosamine (DEN) and ferric nitrite (Fe-NTA). Wistar rats was selected for the current study and DEN (use as an inducer) and Fe-NTA (promoter) for induction the renal cancer...
September 9, 2022: Journal of Oleo Science
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35916452/appressed-directed-and-silicified-trichomes-of-the-kudzu-climbing-vine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dahye Seo, Junhyung Park, Ki Woo Kim
Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) is becoming one of the most prevalent climbing vines in urban forests. Here, surface characteristics of kudzu leaves and stems were investigated using field emission scanning electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis. The leaf and stem surfaces were characterized by different types of trichomes. No adhesive pads, modified hooks, or tendrils were found on kudzu vines. Trichomes on the leaves and stems of kudzu could be categorized into: (i) complex bulbous glandular trichomes and (ii) needle-shaped nonglandular trichomes...
August 2, 2022: Microscopy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35911154/mechanisms-of-qing-gan-li-shui-formulation-in-ameliorating-primary-open-angle-glaucoma-an-analysis-based-on-network-pharmacology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lin Mu, Zhiguo Dong, Yinjian Zhang
Objective: In this study, we investigated the mechanism of Qing-Gan Li-Shui formulation (QGLSF) in treating primary open glaucoma (POAG) by network pharmacology and in vitro experiments. Methods: The active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) of GLQSF (prepared with Prunella vulgaris, Kudzu root, Plantago asiatica , and Lycium barbarum ) were obtained from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform (TCMSP) and Yet Another Traditional Chinese Medicine database (YATCM)...
2022: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: ECAM
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