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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535983/nutritional-profiling-fiber-content-and-in-vitro-bioactivities-of-wheat-based-biscuits-formulated-with-novel-ingredients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marta Mesias, Francisco J Morales, Cristina Caleja, Tânia C S P Pires, Ricardo C Calhelha, Lillian Barros, Eliana Pereira
This study evaluated the nutritional profile and fiber content of innovative formulations of wheat-based biscuits enriched with chia seeds, carob flour and coconut sugar. The in vitro antioxidant, cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities were also investigated to understand the potential health advantages of the incorporation of these new ingredients. The novel biscuits demonstrated significant improvements in protein and mineral content, with increases of 50% and 100% in chia biscuits, and up to 20% and 40% in carob biscuits, respectively...
March 27, 2024: Food & Function
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535356/native-entomopathogenic-fungi-isolated-from-rhynchophorus-palmarum-linnaeus-1758-in-northeast-brazil
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Viviane Araujo Dalbon, Juan Pablo Molina Acevedo, Karlos Antônio Lisboa Ribeiro Junior, João Manoel da Silva, Mayra Machado de Medeiros Ferro, Aldomário Santo Negrisoli Júnior, Henrique Goulart Fonseca, Antônio Euzébio Goulart Santana, Francesco Porcelli
Both palm weevils, the South American ( Rhynchophorus palmarum ) (SAPW) and the red palm weevil ( R. ferrugineus , RPW), are present in South America, affecting commercial, ornamental, and native palms. These pests oviposit and thrive on selected Arecaceae. R. palmarum mainly infests coconut ( Cocos nucifera ), oil palms ( Elaeis guineensis ), and other ornamental and native palms in America, causing a significant social impact on growers. The weevils fulfill a significant ectosymbiotic macro- and microorganism role in the first period of larval development, worsening the damage which, during this period, is not yet apparent...
February 27, 2024: Insects
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534170/use-of-the-23s-rrna-gene-as-a-target-template-in-the-universal-loop-mediated-isothermal-amplification-lamp-of-genomic-dna-from-phytoplasmas
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mako Akahori, Akio Miyazaki, Hiroaki Koinuma, Ryosuke Tokuda, Nozomu Iwabuchi, Yugo Kitazawa, Kensaku Maejima, Shigetou Namba, Yasuyuki Yamaji
Plant-pathogenic bacteria cause numerous diseases in host plants and can result in serious damage. Timely and accurate diagnostic techniques are, therefore, crucial. While advances in molecular techniques have led to diagnostic systems able to distinguish known plant pathogens at the species or strain level, systems covering larger categories are mostly lacking. In this study, a specific and universal LAMP-based diagnostic system was developed for phytoplasmas, a large group of insect-borne plant-pathogenic bacteria that cause significant agricultural losses worldwide...
March 27, 2024: Microbiology Spectrum
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38531377/a-crossover-trial-evaluating-coconut-oil-as-an-alternative-to-commercial-ultrasound-gel-in-obstetrical-ultrasounds
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Claire Edelman, Caroline Rouse, Ziyi Yang, Myanna Cook, Joanne Daggy, Anthony Shanks
OBJECTIVE:  Our objective was to evaluate the quality of obstetrical ultrasound images obtained with coconut oil compared with commercial ultrasound gel and to assess patient acceptability. STUDY DESIGN:  This was a randomized two-period crossover study in which 40 pregnant patients had standard biometry images obtained with both coconut oil and commercial ultrasound gel during their growth or anatomy ultrasound. All images were then rated by two blinded maternal-fetal medicine physicians on quality, resolution, and detail using a 0 to 100 scale...
March 26, 2024: American Journal of Perinatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38528548/effectiveness-of-molecular-fingerprints-for-exploring-the-chemical-space-of-natural-products
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Davide Boldini, Davide Ballabio, Viviana Consonni, Roberto Todeschini, Francesca Grisoni, Stephan A Sieber
Natural products are a diverse class of compounds with promising biological properties, such as high potency and excellent selectivity. However, they have different structural motifs than typical drug-like compounds, e.g., a wider range of molecular weight, multiple stereocenters and higher fraction of sp3 -hybridized carbons. This makes the encoding of natural products via molecular fingerprints difficult, thus restricting their use in cheminformatics studies. To tackle this issue, we explored over 30 years of research to systematically evaluate which molecular fingerprint provides the best performance on the natural product chemical space...
March 25, 2024: Journal of Cheminformatics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38527894/comparative-evaluation-of-spe-methods-for-biotoxicity-assessment-of-water-and-wastewater-linkage-between-chemical-extracting-efficiency-and-biotoxicity-outcome
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jiawei Zhou, Shihao Wang, Xiwei He, Hongqiang Ren, Xu-Xiang Zhang
Biotoxicity assessment results of environmental waters largely depend on the sample extraction protocols that enrich pollutants to meet the effect-trigger thresholds of bioassays. However, more chemical mixture does not necessarily translate to higher combined biotoxicity. Thus, there is a need to establish the link between chemical extracting efficiency and biotoxicity outcome to standardize extraction methods for biotoxicity assessment of environmental waters. This study compares the performance of five different extraction phases in solid phase extraction (SPE), namely HLB, HLB+Coconut, C18 cartridge, C18 disk and Strata-X, and evaluated their chemical extracting efficiencies and biotoxicity outcomes...
August 2024: Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38524448/development-of-high-performance-coconut-oil-based-rigid-polyurethane-urea-foam-a-novel-sequential-amidation-and-prepolymerization-process
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Louell Nikki A Hipulan, Roger G Dingcong, Dave Joseph E Estrada, Gerard G Dumancas, John Christian S Bondaug, Arnold C Alguno, Hernando P Bacosa, Roberto M Malaluan, Arnold A Lubguban
The utilization of coconut diethanolamide ( p -CDEA) as a substitute polyol for petroleum-based polyol in fully biobased rigid polyurethane-urea foam (RPUAF) faces challenges due to its short chain and limited cross-linking capability. This leads to compromised cell wall resistance during foam expansion, resulting in significant ruptured cells and adverse effects on mechanical and thermal properties. To address this, a novel sequential amidation-prepolymerization route was employed on coconut oil, yielding a hydroxyl-terminated poly(urethane-urea) prepolymer polyol (COPUAP)...
March 19, 2024: ACS Omega
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38522705/coconut-husk-lignin-derived-carbon-dots-incorporated-carrageenan-based-functional-film-for-intelligent-food-packaging
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
U K Sangeetha, Nandhana Sudhakaran, P A Parvathy, Malini Abraham, Subrata Das, Sriparna De, Sushanta K Sahoo
Carbon dots (CDs) derived from sustainable natural feed-stocks like lignin have gained wide acceptance by virtue of their renewability and promising potential in intelligent sensing applications. The precursor lignin is isolated from agro-biomass waste, coconut husk through sodium hydroxide based extraction process. CDs are synthesised from amine functionalized lignin through solvothermal process and integrated into carrageenan biopolymer (1, 2 and 3 wt%) through solvent casting technique. The composite film with 2 wt% CDs (CARR2CD) showed optimum fluorescent emission intensity, excellent pH dependent fluorescent color change in the food pH range, reasonable tensile strength (46...
March 22, 2024: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38520904/the-effect-of-maturity-of-tea-leaves-and-processing-methods-on-the-formation-of-milky-flavor-in-white-tea-a-metabolomic-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jiao Feng, Jiayun Zhuang, Qianlian Chen, Hongzheng Lin, Qiang Chu, Ping Chen, Fang Wang, Bugui Yu, Zhilong Hao
Targeted metabolomics combined with chemometrics were applied to investigate the flavor profiles of 4 white tea samples, which were produced from different maturity fresh tea leaves with different withering methods. Mature leaves that underwent novel withering process at higher temperature (28-30℃) and humidity (75 ± 3 %) (MN) were characterized by intense milky flavor. The content of free amino acids, catechins, and soluble sugars in MN were significantly lower than that in the other 3 tea samples, resulting in a sweet and mellow taste with low bitterness...
March 20, 2024: Food Chemistry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38520653/the-mediterranean-diet-a-historical-perspective
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REVIEW
Antonio Capurso
The Mediterranean diet, which was born in the Mediterranean basin, was initially quite poor and simple, essentially based on the products that grew almost spontaneously along the shores of the Mediterranean, i.e., olives, grapes, and wheat, which were long cultivated in the Mediterranean region. The invasions of the Roman Empire by barbarian populations, between 400 and 800 AD, made the diet enriched with products from wild uncultivated areas, meat from game and pigs, and vegetables. With the arrival of the Arabs in southern Italy in the ninth century, the focus of the diet shifted to carbohydrates, particularly to dried pasta and to other new ingredients...
March 23, 2024: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38518613/plasma-activated-water-in-combination-with-coconut-exocarp-flavonoids-emerge-as-promising-preservation-technique-for-golden-pompano-impact-of-the-treatment-sequence
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chengyan Gao, Mantong Zhao, Xinwen Wang, Jiamei Wang, Chuan Li, Xiuping Dong, Zhongyuan Liu, Dayong Zhou
In the current study, the preservation effect of plasma-activated water (PAW), coconut exocarp flavonoids (CF) and their combination on golden pompano fillets during refrigerated storage was investigated with emphasize on the treating sequence. PAW effectively inactivated spoilage bacteria and inhibited total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N) increase, while boosted the TBARS and carbonyl values. PAW+CF exerted synergistic effect on extending the period before total bacterial count and TVB-N content reaching acceptance limit than PAW or CF alone (P < 0...
March 12, 2024: Food Chemistry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38507943/optimizing-medicinal-hemp-production-with-synergistic-light-enhanced-technologies-and-organic-biorefinery-approaches
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Phopgao Puttharak, Patthamaporn Wangnai, Jarucha Puttharak, Nuttakorn Baisaeng
This study explores the application of sustainable organic and biorefinery methods to increase the production of therapeutic hemp. Specifically, it focuses on Solodiol, Carmagnola, and Doctor Seedman strains. The study was carried out for 60 days in a highly controlled setting. It employed a unique combination of Murashige and Skoog (MS) media, supplemented with 2,4-D (0.5 mg/L) and kinetin (0.5 mg/L), and augmented with organic additions such as coconut water. This distinctive amalgamation facilitated extraordinary expansion across all varieties...
March 12, 2024: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. B, Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38503232/optimization-and-characterization-of-laccase-lcch-produced-by-hexagonia-hirta-msf2-in-solid-state-fermentation-using-coir-pith-wastes-cpw
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Devi Priya Arumugam, Sivakumar Uthandi
The accumulation of coir pith waste, a byproduct of coconut husk processing, poses environmental and logistical challenges. An innovative and sustainable solution involves using coir pith as a substrate for solid-state fermentation (SSF). In SSF, coir pith can be converted into valuable products, such as enzymes, organic acids, and bioactive compounds. The present study aimed to evaluate laccase production by Hexagonia hirta MSF2 through SSF using the coir pith waste as substrate. Physico-chemical parameters like moisture, pH, temperature, C source, N source, and CuSO4 concentrations were pre-optimized, and optimized through RSM...
March 18, 2024: Journal of Environmental Management
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38497998/salinity-driven-interface-self-assembly-of-a-biological-amphiphilic-emulsifier-to-form-stable-janus-core-shell-emulsion-for-enhancing-agrichemical-delivery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yanling Wu, Zhenping Bao, Songhao Zhang, Rui Liu, Yuan Ping, Min Ma, Yuxia Gao, Chengyi He, Tianyue Wu, Yongqiang Ma, Chenhui Zhang, Fengpei Du
Agrichemical losses are a severe threat to the ecological environment. Additionally, some agrichemical compounds contain abundant salt, which increases the instability of formulations, leading to a lower agrichemical utilization and soil hardening. Fortunately, the biological amphiphilic emulsifier sodium deoxycholate alleviates these problems by forming stable Janus core-shell emulsions through salinity-driven interfacial self-assembly. According to the interfacial behavior, dilational rheology, and molecular dynamics simulations, Janus-emulsion molecules are more closely arranged than traditional-emulsion molecules and generate an oil-water interfacial film that transforms into a gel film...
March 18, 2024: ACS Nano
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38496382/the-adjuvant-effect-of-oil-based-gastric-lavage-on-the-outcome-of-acute-aluminum-phosphide-poisoning-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
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REVIEW
Omar De Santi, Marcelo J Orellana, Cecilia A Di Niro, Heba I Lashin, Vanina Greco
INTRODUCTION: Aluminum Phosphide (AlP) poisoning constituted the most common cause of poisoning death in some low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oil-based gastric lavage (GL) compared with standard therapy for the treatment of AlP poisoning. Materials and methods. This systematic review complied with "Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses" (PRISMA) Protocols. A comprehensive search was carried out, identifying randomized controlled trials (RCTs), including anyone presenting within 6 h of exposure to AlP, and the administration of GL with oils, including liquid paraffin or coconut oil...
April 2024: Toxicology Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38494529/influence-of-drying-temperature-on-coconut-fibers
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Flavia R Bianchi Martinelli, Marcos Gomes Pariz, Rodolfo de Andrade, Saulo Rocha Ferreira, Francisco A Marques, Sergio N Monteiro, Afonso R G de Azevedo
The use of natural fibers in cementitious composites has been gaining prominence in engineering. The natural lignocellulosic fibers (NLFs) used in these composites have advantages such as reduced density, reduced fragmentation and concrete cracking, thus improving flexural performance and durability. Coconut-fiber is one of those natural fibers and its use presents technical, ecological, social and economic benefits, as it is improperly disposed of, representing a large waste of natural resources, in addition to causing environmental pollution...
March 18, 2024: Scientific Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38488915/nitrogen-doped-metal-free-granular-activated-carbons-as-economical-and-easily-separable-catalysts-for-peroxymonosulfate-and-hydrogen-peroxide-activation-to-degrade-bisphenol-a
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tao Zhang, Songlin Zuo
The fabrication of low-cost, highly efficient, environmentally friendly, and easily separable metal-free heterogeneous catalysts for environmental remediation remains a challenge. In this study, granular nitrogen-doped highly developed porous carbons with a particle size of 0.25-0.30 mm were prepared by preoxidation and subsequent NH3 modification of a commercially available coconut-based activated carbon, and used to activate peroxymonosulphate (KHSO5 ) or hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) to degrade bisphenol A (BPA)...
March 15, 2024: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38484109/production-of-a-cheese-like-aroma-via-fermentation-of-plant-proteins-and-coconut-oil-with-the-basidiomycetes-cyclocybe-aegerita-and-trametes-versicolor
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tim Wagner, Helena Pfeifle, Gabriel Hildebrand, Yanyan Zhang
Cheese is one of the most common dairy products and is characterized by its complex aroma. However, in times of climate change and resource scarcity, the possibility to mimic the characteristic cheese-like aroma from plant-based sources is in demand to offer alternatives to cheese. Accordingly, the production of a natural cheese-like aroma via fermentation of four plant-based proteins and coconut oil with basidiomycetes has been addressed. Mixtures of soy and sunflower protein with coconut oil (15 g/L) have shown the formation of a cheese-like aroma after 72 and 56 h after fermentation with Cyclocybe aegerita and Trametes versicolor , respectively...
March 14, 2024: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38475510/coconut-cocos-nucifera-l-water-improves-glucose-uptake-with-concomitant-modulation-of-antioxidant-and-purinergic-activities-in-isolated-rat-psoas-muscles
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ochuko L Erukainure, Chika I Chukwuma
The present study investigated the effect of coconut water on glucose uptake and utilization, and metabolic activities linked to hyperglycemia in isolated rat psoas muscles. Coconut water was subjected to in vitro antioxidant and antidiabetic assays, which cover 2,2'-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activity, ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), and inhibition of α-glucosidase and α-amylase activities. Psoas muscles were isolated from male Sprague Dawley rats and incubated with coconut water in the presence of glucose...
February 28, 2024: Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38475430/-trichoderma-atroviride-enhances-impatiens-walleriana-hook-f-growth-and-flowering-in-different-growing-media
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Silvia Traversari, Mariateresa Cardarelli, Massimo Brambilla, Maurizio Cutini, Gianluca Burchi, Marco Fedrizzi, Daniele Massa, Alessandro Orlandini, Sonia Cacini
Trichoderma spp. are widely reported to regulate plant growth by improving nutrient uptake, photosynthesis, and abiotic stress tolerance. However, their possible application for bedding plants is little explored, especially when comparing different growing media. Considering that coconut coir dust is finding broader application in the ornamental plants sector as a peat substitute, this work was aimed to test the combination of Trichoderma atroviride AT10 and coconut coir dust on Impatiens walleriana plants...
February 21, 2024: Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
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