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Comprehensive Multiplexed Analysis Of Risky Drugs In Eggs Based On Magnetic Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks And Uhplc Q-Orbitrap Hrms, Wei Jia, Yuyang Liu, Xi Xu, Yanxi Zhang, Lin Shi 2021 Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, China

Comprehensive Multiplexed Analysis Of Risky Drugs In Eggs Based On Magnetic Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks And Uhplc Q-Orbitrap Hrms, Wei Jia, Yuyang Liu, Xi Xu, Yanxi Zhang, Lin Shi

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

A novel magnetic adsorbent solid-phase Fe3O4@ZIF-8 extraction method coupled with UHPLC Q-Orbitrap high resolution mass spectrometry for the sensitive and high efficiency detection of fluoroquinolones, tetracyclines, dyes and amphenicols in eggs is described. Under optimum conditions, CCβ and CCα of 0.62 to 26.97 μg.kg–1 and 0.36 to 16.37 μg.kg–1 was obtained, which is much better than that obtained by conventional methods. The accuracy, expressed as recovery, were achieved falling between 75% and 104%. The proposed strategy provides several advantages of simplicity and low energy consumption, thus retaining potential for the screening of …


An Extractive Nanoelectrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry Method For Chinese Herbal Medicine Authentication, Chia-Hsin Lee, Hui-Chi Huang, Mei-Chun Tseng, Chao-Jung Chen 2021 Department of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chinese Medicine Resources, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

An Extractive Nanoelectrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry Method For Chinese Herbal Medicine Authentication, Chia-Hsin Lee, Hui-Chi Huang, Mei-Chun Tseng, Chao-Jung Chen

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Herein, we describe a rapid, sensitive, and nondestructive method—extractive nanoelectrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (EnESI-MS)—for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) authentication. The mass-spectral fingerprints of volatile compounds released from various TCMs can be rapidly acquired using EnESI-MS without sample pretreatment. EnESI-MS was applied to successfully differentiate between two commonly used medicinal herbs, Schisandra Chinensis and Schisandra sphenanthera, which are morphologically similar but exhibit different therapeutic effects. Specific volatile compounds of each herb in a ten-component Chinese herbal product, Jia Wei Xiao Yao San, were also identified, and the method was applied to discriminate between the commercial product and a substandard version.


Mesonosides A-H, Primeverose Derivatives From Mesona Procumbens Suppress Adipogenesis By Downregulating Pparγ And C/Ebpa In 3t3-L1 Cells, Hung-Tse Huang, Chia-Ching Liaw, Chun-Tang Chiou, Kung-Ta Lee, Yao-Haur Kuo 2021 Division of Chinese Materia Medica Development, National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Mesonosides A-H, Primeverose Derivatives From Mesona Procumbens Suppress Adipogenesis By Downregulating Pparγ And C/Ebpa In 3t3-L1 Cells, Hung-Tse Huang, Chia-Ching Liaw, Chun-Tang Chiou, Kung-Ta Lee, Yao-Haur Kuo

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Obesity is becoming a worldwide epidemic, especially in industrialized countries. We hereby report a methanolic extract of Mesona procumbens (known as Hsian-tsao in Taiwan) significantly inhibits lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes, and eight new primeverose derivatives, mesonosides A-H (1-8), were isolated from the methanolic extract of M. procumbens. Structural elucidation of 1-8 was established by spectroscopic methods, especially 2D NMR techniques (1H-1H COSY, HSQC, HMBC, and NOESY) and HRESIMS. Anti-obesity evaluation revealed that isolates 1-5, 7, and 8 showed inhibitory effects on lipid accumulation and protein levels of adipogenic transcription factor, PPARγ and C/EBPa in 3T3-L1 …


Induction Of Mitochondrial-Dependent Apoptosis By Essential Oil Of Toona Sinensis Root Through Akt, Mtor And Nf-Κb Signalling Pathways In Human Renal Cell Carcinoma Cells, Yu-Chi Chen, Chiao-Ling Hsieh, Bu-Miin Huang, YungChia Chen 2021 Department of Urology, E-Da Cancer Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Induction Of Mitochondrial-Dependent Apoptosis By Essential Oil Of Toona Sinensis Root Through Akt, Mtor And Nf-Κb Signalling Pathways In Human Renal Cell Carcinoma Cells, Yu-Chi Chen, Chiao-Ling Hsieh, Bu-Miin Huang, Yungchia Chen

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Natural products have long been considered as a kind of complementary medicine. In this study, we investigate the apoptotic effect of essential oils of Toona sinensis roots (TSR) on human clear cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCC). The sesquiterpene content of TSR essential oil was determined via GC/MS analysis. TSR decreased ccRCC cell viabilities, inducing ROS generation and reduction of the mitochondrial membrane potential. Moreover, TSR inhibited Bcl-2 and Hsp90 expression but increased PARP-1 cleavage and cytochrome c release. Akt, mTOR and NF-kB phosphorylation and HIF-a expression were all inhibited, which likely contributed to the anti-proliferative and anti-adhesive effects of TSR.


Comprehensive Detection Of 120 Additives In Food Using Nontargeted Ms Data Acquisition, Che-Lun Hsu, Mingchih Fang, Hui-Chun Tseng, Ya-Tze Lin, Su-Hsiang Tseng, Der-Yuan Wang, Deng-Fwu Hwang 2021 Department of Food Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung City, Taiwan

Comprehensive Detection Of 120 Additives In Food Using Nontargeted Ms Data Acquisition, Che-Lun Hsu, Mingchih Fang, Hui-Chun Tseng, Ya-Tze Lin, Su-Hsiang Tseng, Der-Yuan Wang, Deng-Fwu Hwang

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

The compliance assessment on the labeling of food additives is a hard job, because there are nearly thousand legal food additives can be used in food, and countless illegal additives must also deal with. This study developed a nontargeted data acquisition screening method based on liquid chromatography high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) in which a precursor ion and two product ions of each analyte are able to be recorded. The high throughput screening method worked as foodomics that characterized and identified every food components as long as they were ionized in terms of theory. The data acquisition method called data …


Transcriptome Analysis Of Lactobacillus Rhamnosus Gg Strain Treated With Prebiotic - Bovine Lactoferrin Under A Cold Environment, Zhen-Shu Liu, Chuen-Fu Lin, Po-Wen Chen 2021 Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Transcriptome Analysis Of Lactobacillus Rhamnosus Gg Strain Treated With Prebiotic - Bovine Lactoferrin Under A Cold Environment, Zhen-Shu Liu, Chuen-Fu Lin, Po-Wen Chen

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Lactoferrin (LF) is secreted by mammals and displays extensive biological effects. We previously reported that bovine LF (BLF) can boost the cold tolerance of a well-applied probiotic strain, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG), to grow robustly under a cold environment, but the molecular mechanism is not clear. Here, RNA-seq analysis was conducted to ascertain molecular pathways underlying cold tolerance exerted by BLF. LGG was cultured in a cold environment (22°C) in the presence or absence of BLF. Transcriptome analysis indicated that BLF significantly elicited 1.2 to 3.2 fold (log2 Fold change) higher expression levels of genes related to stress, defense, cell …


Polydopamine And Silica Nanoparticles Magnetic Solid Phase Extraction Coupled With Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry To Determine Phenolic Acids And Flavonoids In Fruit Wine, Hui-Ling Lee, Chih-Yuan Kang, Yen-Jung Kuo, Shan-Ni Tseng 2021 Department of Chemistry, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Polydopamine And Silica Nanoparticles Magnetic Solid Phase Extraction Coupled With Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry To Determine Phenolic Acids And Flavonoids In Fruit Wine, Hui-Ling Lee, Chih-Yuan Kang, Yen-Jung Kuo, Shan-Ni Tseng

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Magnetic solid phase extraction (MSPE) have been widely applied in a variety of sample preparation techniques. Herein, Fe3O4@pDA as the sorbents for MSPE, were developed for the determination of phenolic acids and flavonoids in fruit wine samples in combination with LC-MS/MS. The Fe3O4@pDA were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Superconducting Quantum Interference Device Magnetometer (SQUID) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in detail. In the present study, a new, rapid, and efficient MSPE by LC-MS/MS was established for the extraction and sensitive detection of phenolic acids and flavonoids. Under the optimized condition …


Comparative Analysis Of N95 Respirators Fit Testing With Commercially Available And In House Reagent, Erum Khan, Joveria Farooqi, Humaira Shafaq, Kaleem Ullah Khushik, Syed Shamim Raza, Sara Khan, Zohra Rafiq, Bushra Ahmed, Shazia Chisti, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Hasnain Zafar, Afia Zafar 2021 Aga Khan University

Comparative Analysis Of N95 Respirators Fit Testing With Commercially Available And In House Reagent, Erum Khan, Joveria Farooqi, Humaira Shafaq, Kaleem Ullah Khushik, Syed Shamim Raza, Sara Khan, Zohra Rafiq, Bushra Ahmed, Shazia Chisti, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Hasnain Zafar, Afia Zafar

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Background: Due to COVID-19, thousands of healthcare workers have been affected and have lost their lives in the line of duty. For the protection of healthcare workers, WHO and CDC have made standard guidelines and requirements for PPE use. N95 masks are amongst the most readily used PPE by healthcare professionals and it is highly recommended by OSHA that every make and model of N95 should go through a fit test at least once in a year.
Method: A total of 30 randomly selected healthcare professionals (who were a regular user of N95 respiratory masks) were subjected to assess in-house …


The Link Between Diabetes Mellitus And Tau Hyperphosphorylation: Implications For Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease, Amy L. Hobday, Mayur S. Parmar 2021 Nova Southeastern University

The Link Between Diabetes Mellitus And Tau Hyperphosphorylation: Implications For Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease, Amy L. Hobday, Mayur S. Parmar

HPD Articles

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is characterized by hyperglycemia caused by a lack of insulin, insulin resistance, or both. It is associated with the development of secondary complications resulting in several comorbidities. Recent studies have revealed an increased risk of developing cognitive dysfunction or dementia in diabetes patients. Diabetes mellitus is considered a risk factor for many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). There is increasing evidence to support a link between DM and AD. Studies have shown the dysfunction of insulin signaling in the brain, resulting in increased tau protein phosphorylation (hyperphosphorylation), a hallmark and biomarker of AD pathology, leading to …


Analysis Of Transplantable Photoreceptor Replacement Cell Chemotactic Mechanisms In Retinal Biomimetic Ligand Gradients, Onyekwere Onwumere 2021 CUNY Graduate Center

Analysis Of Transplantable Photoreceptor Replacement Cell Chemotactic Mechanisms In Retinal Biomimetic Ligand Gradients, Onyekwere Onwumere

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Disease or trauma induced loss of rod and cone photoreceptors is a major cause of vision loss worldwide. To replace lost photoreceptors and restore vision, laboratories around the world are investigating photoreceptor replacement strategies using subretinal injection of photoreceptor precursor cells (PPCs) and retinal progenitor cells (RPCs). A major obstacle in the field is that transplanted photoreceptor replacement cells exhibit extremely limited migration into host retina following injection into the subretinal space. In this work, we show that PPCs and host retinal interaction bioinformatics modeling can identify key pathways involved in photoreceptor replacement cell migration and invasion behaviors. In addition, …


Impact Of Sodium Dichloroacetate Alone And In Combination Therapies On Lung Tumor Growth And Metastasis, Aya Mudhafar A. Al-Azawi 2021 United Arab Emirates University

Impact Of Sodium Dichloroacetate Alone And In Combination Therapies On Lung Tumor Growth And Metastasis, Aya Mudhafar A. Al-Azawi

Theses

Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer with the highest mortality rate worldwide in 2020 despite the advances in targeted- and immuno-therapies. Metabolic reprogramming has been recognized as an essential emerging cancer hallmark in which altered metabolic pathways represent an attractive therapeutic target. Sodium Dichloroacetate (DCA), a pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) inhibitor, effect has been investigated in various tumors. Building on the already published data, this pre-clinical study aims to explore the anticancer potential of DCA in lung cancer alone and in combination with chemo- and targeted therapies using two non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines …


Exploring Fused Deposition Modeling (Fdm) Three-Dimensional Printing Tablet Design Options For Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms, Guluzar Gorkem Buyukgoz 2021 New Jersey Institute of Technology

Exploring Fused Deposition Modeling (Fdm) Three-Dimensional Printing Tablet Design Options For Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms, Guluzar Gorkem Buyukgoz

Dissertations

This dissertation examines the use of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) based three-dimensional (3D) printing approach for developing patient-specific dosage forms and addressing related technical challenges in such drug delivery systems. The first main objective is to explore pharmaceutical tablet design options using novel FDM 3D printing technology as the drug delivery platform such that drug form and tablet properties are tailored by considering patient age-specific formulations and dissolution control. Of the five different design options, two proposed options meet the main objective of providing similar drug release, whereas the popular option of fixed drug concentration but differing tablet size could …


In Vivo Antidiabetic Activities Of Polyherbal Extracts Against Streptozotocin-Nicotinamide Induced Type 2 Diabetic Mice Model, Pradnya Jagtap, Yashashri Nimbalkar, Vidya Patil, Ravindra Y. Patil 2021 PDEA’S Seth Govind Raghunath Sable College of Pharmacy, Saswad, Maharashtra, India

In Vivo Antidiabetic Activities Of Polyherbal Extracts Against Streptozotocin-Nicotinamide Induced Type 2 Diabetic Mice Model, Pradnya Jagtap, Yashashri Nimbalkar, Vidya Patil, Ravindra Y. Patil

Tanzania Journal of Science

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder and rapidly increasing cases of diabetes throughout the world are major concerns in both developed and developing countries. Currently available oral antidiabetic medicines have limitations in efficacy and safety, which in conjunction with the emergence of diabetes mellitus as a global epidemic have aided the popularity of alternative therapies to manage the disease safely and more efficiently. Herbal medicines are accepted as alternative therapies for blood sugar control. Gymnema sylvestre, Boerhavia diffusa, Tinospora cordifolia, and Argyreia nervosa are some potent herbs used for the management of diabetes. Mixing of these plants in different …


Prunus Africanus Herbal Extracts Reverse And Ameliorate The Histological And Histomorphometric Changes In Testosterone-Induced Benign Prostate Hyperplasia Rat Models, Felix P. William, Denis A. Russa 2021 Department of Anatomy and Histology, School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P. O. Box 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Prunus Africanus Herbal Extracts Reverse And Ameliorate The Histological And Histomorphometric Changes In Testosterone-Induced Benign Prostate Hyperplasia Rat Models, Felix P. William, Denis A. Russa

Tanzania Journal of Science

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the most common benign proliferative disease among men during aging. The herbal extract of P. africanus has been used for the treatment of BPH since time immemorial. However microstructural changes of this extract to the prostate of animal or human models are still elusive. Therefore, histological and histomorphometric changes in rats with testosterone-induced BPH due to P. africanus herbal extracts were investigated. Twenty-eight male Wistar rats (200 ± 50 g) were divided into four groups each with 7 rats. Group 1 (Negative control) was given 2 ml/day of olive oil subcutaneously and 2 ml/day of …


Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, And Clinical Manifestations Of Acute Esophageal Necrosis In Adults, Obaid Rehman, Urooj Jaferi, Inderbir Padda, Nimrat Khehra, Harshan Atwal, Mayur Parmar 2021 Hamilton Medical Center

Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, And Clinical Manifestations Of Acute Esophageal Necrosis In Adults, Obaid Rehman, Urooj Jaferi, Inderbir Padda, Nimrat Khehra, Harshan Atwal, Mayur Parmar

HPD Articles

Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN), also termed "black esophagus," is a unique and uncommon occurrence observed in severely sick patients. Other terminologies include acute necrotizing esophagitis and Gurvits syndrome. This condition is described as a darkened distal third of the esophagus observed on endoscopy and presents as an upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleed, difficulty swallowing, abdominal pain, fever, syncope, nausea, and vomiting. The etiology of AEN has been linked to several possibilities, such as excessive gastric acid reflux, hypoperfusion, and ischemia due to impaired vascular supply and hemodynamic instability. Risk factors include increased age, sex (male), heart disease, hemodynamic insufficiency, alcohol use, …


Genetic Testing For Antipsychotic Pharmacotherapy: Bench To Bedside, Mujeeb U. Shad 2021 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Genetic Testing For Antipsychotic Pharmacotherapy: Bench To Bedside, Mujeeb U. Shad

Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Faculty Research

There is growing research interest in learning the genetic basis of response and adverse effects with psychotropic medications, including antipsychotic drugs. However, the clinical utility of information from genetic studies is compromised by their controversial results, primarily due to relatively small effect and sample sizes. Clinical, demographic, and environmental differences in patient cohorts further explain the lack of consistent results from these genetic studies. Furthermore, the availability of psychopharmacological expertise in interpreting clinically meaningful results from genetic assays has been a challenge, one that often results in suboptimal use of genetic testing in clinical practice. These limitations explain the difficulties …


A Study Of Trpa1 Activation Via Covalent Electrophilic Modification Of Cysteines, Thomas A. Parks 2021 University of South Florida

A Study Of Trpa1 Activation Via Covalent Electrophilic Modification Of Cysteines, Thomas A. Parks

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A subset of sensory nerves called nociceptors are stimulated by noxious stimuli and evoke nocifensive responses in different organ systems. Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) is a tetrameric, nonselective, cation channel that initiates the generator potential that evokes afferent signaling in nociceptive nerves. TRPA1 is activated many harmful irritants, such as food chemicals, environmental pollutants, reactive oxygen species and other endogenous mediators. Most TRPA1 agonists have electrophilic properties, which covalently modify cysteine residues on the cytosolic side of the channel. Biochemical studies in our lab have identified four cysteines (C273, C621, C665, C1085) that rapidly bound iodoacetamide (irreversible electrophile); …


Corrigendum To “Novel Uplc-Ms/Ms Method For Standardization Of Niazimicin Content In Edible Seeds And Leaves Of Moringa Oleifera Lam” [J Food Drug Anal 29 (2021) 128-143], 2021 Taiwan Food and Drug Administration

Corrigendum To “Novel Uplc-Ms/Ms Method For Standardization Of Niazimicin Content In Edible Seeds And Leaves Of Moringa Oleifera Lam” [J Food Drug Anal 29 (2021) 128-143]

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

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Corrigendum To “Determination Of Glycidyl Esters And 3-Mcpd Esters In Edible Oils By Sample Pretreatment With The Combination Of Lipase Hydrolysis And Modified Quechers For Gc-Ms Analysis” [J Food Drug Anal 29 (2021) 153-167], 2021 Taiwan Food and Drug Administration

Corrigendum To “Determination Of Glycidyl Esters And 3-Mcpd Esters In Edible Oils By Sample Pretreatment With The Combination Of Lipase Hydrolysis And Modified Quechers For Gc-Ms Analysis” [J Food Drug Anal 29 (2021) 153-167]

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

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Pepsin-Digested Chicken-Liver Hydrolysate Attenuates Hepatosteatosis By Relieving Hepatic And Peripheral Insulin Resistance In Long-Term High-Fat Dietary Habit, Yi-Hsieng Samuel Wu, Yi-Ling Lin, Wen-Yuan Yang, Sheng-Yao Wang, Yi-Chen Chen 2021 Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Pepsin-Digested Chicken-Liver Hydrolysate Attenuates Hepatosteatosis By Relieving Hepatic And Peripheral Insulin Resistance In Long-Term High-Fat Dietary Habit, Yi-Hsieng Samuel Wu, Yi-Ling Lin, Wen-Yuan Yang, Sheng-Yao Wang, Yi-Chen Chen

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

This study aims to clarify the effects of chicken liver hydrolysates (CLHs) on long-term high-fat diet (HFD)-induced insulin resistance (IR) and hepatosteatosis in mice. In vitro, the 400 mM oleic acid (OA)-added medium successfully stimulated the cellular steatosis on FL83B cells, and the cellular steatosis was attenuated ( p < 0.05) by supplementing with CLHs (4 mg/L). In vivo, the effects of CLHs on IR and hepatosteatosis development were tested in 20-week HFD-fed mice. HFD-induced increases in final body weight, but body weight gains of mice were decreased ( p < 0.05) by supplementing CLHs. Elevated ( p < 0.05) serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), free fatty acids (FFAs), triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), and fasted glucose values in HFD-fed mice decreased ( p < 0.05) by supplementing CLHs. Both results of hepatic steatosis and fibrotic scores also indicated the retardation ( p < 0.05) of the hepatosteatosis in cotreated groups. Moreover, the CLH supplementation sustained ( p < 0.05) hepatic and peripheral insulin signal sensitivity in HFD-fed mice. CLH supplementation could ameliorate hepatic lipid deposition, hepatic/peripheral IR in a long-term high-fat dietary habit, and also improve the universal glucose homeostasis by upregulating hepatic and peripheral insulin sensitivities.


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