Xu, Su Liu, Yuze Sun, Zhenchun Chen, Guangjing Ma, Fengwei Yang, Ni de Melo Virginio Filho, Elias Fisk, Ian D.
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Frontiers in Nutrition
Twenty agroforestry systems consisting of different management practices (conventional and organic) and shade types were set up for coffee plantations in 2,000 at the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), Turrialba, Costa Rica. The physical (density, bulk density, moisture content, and roasting loss) and chemical attri...
Li, Rutian Zeng, Shuisheng Shen, Kai Wang, Guichao Zhang, Jun
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Frontiers in Materials
Mechanical grinding is a facile method to get silica aerogels (SAs) with various particle sizes. However, the relationship between the grinding parameters and physicochemical properties is still unclear. In this study, we concentrated on the effects of grinding time and grinding speed on the physical and chemical properties of silica aerogels. The ...
Ospankulova, Gulnazym Khassanov, Vadim Kamanova, Svetlana Toimbayeva, Dana Saduakhasova, Saule Bulashev, Berdibek Aidarkhanova, Gulnar Yermekov, Yernaz Murat, Linara Shaimenova, Bakhyt
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Food science & nutrition
Potato virus Y (PVY), Potato virus S (PVS), and Potato virus M (PVM) infection of potato plants leads to decreased dry matter and starch content in tubers. Starch samples from potato tubers infected with PVY, PVS, and PVM had higher amylose content. Granules of starch isolated from potato tubers infected by PVS exhibit larger granules than starch g...
Yang, Jie Zhao, Zeyuan Hu, Yulin Abbey, Lord Cesarino, Ivana Goonetilleke, Ashantha He, Quan
Coffee is among the most widely consumed beverages worldwide, leading to the annual generation of substantial quantities of spent coffee grounds (SCGs). This study explored the influence of fabrication methods on the properties and potential applications of the resulting biocarbon materials. Dry methods (torrefaction at 270 °C and slow pyrolysis at...
Tumbarski, Yulian Todorova, Mina Topuzova, Mariyana Gineva, Gabriela Yanakieva, Velichka Ivanov, Ivan Petkova, Nadezhda
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Journal of Apicultural Science
Propolis (bee glue), a valuable biological mixture produced by European honey bees (Apis mellifera L.), is widely used as a remedy in traditional and alternative medicine, as an effective food biopreservative and as a nutritional value enhancer. The present study aimed to investigate eighty propolis samples collected from all twenty-eight districts...
Li, Kehu Zhang, Tongze Ren, Huanhuan Zhao, Wei Hong, Siqi Ge, Yongyi Li, Xiaoqiong Corke, Harold
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Frontiers in Nutrition
Introduction Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) starch is a non-mainstream, litter-researched starch, thus the starch characteristics remain largely unknown. Methods The structural and physicochemical properties of two bracken starches were systematically investigated, by use of various techniques that routinely applied in starch analysis. Results ...
Jia, Zhengyang Wignall, Anthony Delon, Ludivine Guo, Zhaobin Prestidge, Clive Thierry, Benjamin
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ACS biomaterials science & engineering
Nanoparticulate formulations are being developed toward enhancing the bioavailability of orally administrated biologics. However, the processes mediating particulate carriers' intestinal uptake and transport remains to be fully elucidated. Herein, an optical clearing-based whole tissue mount/imaging strategy was developed to enable high quality mic...
Kazemi, Seyedeh Alieh Ogunkunle, Samuel Akinlolu Allen, Oscar Wen, William Liew, Alan Wee-Chung Yin, Shiwei Wang, Yun
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Journal of Physics: Materials
Halogenated MXenes have been experimentally demonstrated to be promising two-dimensional materials for a wide range of applicability. However, their physicochemical properties are largely unknown at the atomic level. In this study, we applied density functional theory (DFT) to theoretically investigate the halogenation effects on the structural, el...
Rodríguez-Garraus, Adriana Passerino, Clara Vales, Gerard Carlin, Michela Suhonen, Satu Tubaro, Aurelia Gómez, Julio Pelin, Marco Catalán, Julia
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Nanotoxicology
The increasing use of graphene-based materials (GBM) requires their safety evaluation, especially in occupational settings. The same physico-chemical (PC) properties that confer GBM extraordinary functionalities may affect the potential toxic response. Most toxicity assessments mainly focus on graphene oxide and rarely investigate GBMs varying only...
Li, Kehu Zhang, Tongze Zhao, Wei Ren, Huanhuan Hong, Siqi Ge, Yongyi Corke, Harold
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Frontiers in Nutrition
Introduction Starch is major component in the big seeds of Cycas revoluta, however the characteristics of Cycas revoluta remain unknown. Methods In this study, the physicochemical and structural properties of two starch samples extracted from Cycad revoluta seeds were systematically investigated, using various techniques. Results The amylose conten...
