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Tomatoes coated with edible coating significantly enhanced firmness up to 33%, decreased total mesophilic bacteria including Salmonella and Listeria, and reduced weight loss up to 3 fold lower than uncoated one. CYT387 research buy Sensory analysis revealed that the use of the edible coating increased the total acceptance scores of tomatoes.The cartilages of marine fish, such as sharks and sturgeon, are important resources of the bioactive chondroitin sulfate (CS). To explore glycosaminoglycans from marine fish, polysaccharides from the cartilage of the sturgeon, Acipenser schrenckii, were extracted. Using enzyme-assisted extraction and anion-exchange chromatography, an uronic acid-containing polysaccharide, YG-1, was isolated. YG-1 is composed of GlcN, GlcUA, GalN, and Gal, in the ratio of 1.4 3.4 3.7 1.0, and its molecular weight was determined to be 3.0 × 105 Da. YG-1 was confirmed to be chondroitin 4-sulfate (CS) composed of →4GlcAβ1→3GalNAc4Sβ1→ and minor →4GlcAβ1→3GalNAcβ1→, which was confirmed using IR spectroscopy, disaccharide composition analysis, and NMR. Bioactivity studies, including MTT assay and scratch-wound assays revealed that CS from Acipenser schrenckii had significant proliferation activity. The proliferation activity of the polysaccharide, YG-1, was related to Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2). GalNAc 4S of YG-1 could be the binding sites of FGF2 and FGFR.A novel exopolysaccharide, named WL gum, was obtained from the fermentation broth of Sphingomonas sp. WG. The effects of temperature and salinity on the rheological properties of WL gum solution and fermentation broth (WL-Fer) were systematically investigated and compared with another exopolysaccharide, welan gum (WG). The results showed that the network structures formed in WL solution were more compact than those of WG. WL solution and WL-Fer were not sensitive to high temperatures (80-120 °C) and only weakly affected by the cations (Na+, K+, and Ca2+). Moreover, Fe2+ and high temperature (100 °C) even enhanced the viscosity of WL-Fer. The results of flooding experiments demonstrated that the enhanced displacement efficiency of WL gum (14.55%) was similar to that of partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM, 13.36%) at 65 °C. And the enhanced displacement efficiency of WL-Fer was as high as 23.31%. It can be concluded that WL gum is a kind of potential and environmentally benign polymer that could be used in EOR, and the fermentation broth could be used directly after dilution.The absorption of BCS III drugs can be improved by inhibiting the P-glycoprotein (P-gp) efflux and by increasing the mucoadhesion of natural polymers. In the present study, an esterification of sodium alginate (SA) with thioglycolic acid (TGA) was applied for the preparation of thiolated sodium alginate (TSA). The Ellman's test was applied to quantify the thiol group and a di-sulphide bond test was performed to confirm any SS linkages. The FTIR, DSC, XRD, 1H NMR and charring point determinations were confirmed the thiol group of TSA. The gel like rheological properties with porcine mucous was confirmed by viscoelasticity properties and the mucoadhesion with the rabbit intestine was carried out after compression of 30 mg tablets of TSA. The content of thiol group was in the range of 320-730 μmoL/g of the polymer. The FTIR spectrum showed a characteristic peak of sulfhydryl group at 2557 cm-1 in TSA and the reduction of the charring point from 220 °C to 178 °C was confirmed the thiolation of TSA. A direct relationship of mucoadhesion and swelling was observed with the concentration of TGA and SA, respectively. The prepared microspheres were 2-7 μm in size, excellent rheological properties and non-fickian drug release behavior was observed.Sanghuang is a well-known edible and medicinal fungus consumed in Asia for centuries. In the present study, a novel exopolysaccharide named as mannan (SSEPS2) was isolated from the liquid culture broth of Sanghuangporus sanghuang by using ethanol precipitation, anion-exchange chromatography, and size-exclusion chromatography, which was exclusively composed of D-mannose with the molecular weight 9.43 × 104 g/mol. The structural analysis suggested that SSEPS2 consisted of 1,3-linked and 1,2-linked α-D-mannopyranose (Manp), with substitution at O-6 of 1,2-linked α-D-Manp by 1,6-linked α-D-Manp residues and terminal α-D-Manp residues. The exponent of α (0.58) indicated that SSEPS2 existed in a flexible chain conformation, with a coil-like structure in 0.1 M NaNO3 at 25 °C, which was further confirmed by the atomic force microscopy images and a three-dimensional molecular model. It exhibited potential antitumor activity against the growth of HepG2 (human hepatoma) and MCF-7 cell lines in vitro. The IC50 values for inhibiting HepG-2 cells and MCF-7 cells proliferation were 365 and 340 μg/mL, which showed its potential application in the development of anticancer therapeutics.In this work, lignin was grafted with acrylonitrile to control the molecular weights and molecular architecture of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/lignin copolymer. Lignin-acrylonitrile monomer (LA-AN) and its copolymers with AN were synthesized successfully. First, lignin was aminated (LA) and then grafted with 2-chloroacrylonitrile to prepare LA-AN. The copolymerization of LA-AN and AN was carried out using 2,2-azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) as initiator. The modification, grafting, and copolymerization were confirmed with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Contrary to the previous studies, gel permeation chromatography showed that the molecular weight of the copolymers was increased significantly due to the presence of lignin (up to 203,944). Viscosity analysis revealed that the addition of lignin reduces the viscosity of the copolymer solution. While thermogravimetric analysis showed improvement in the degradation temperature, and lowering of the melt temperature, as revealed by differential scanning calorimetry. These findings indicated that the attaching acrylonitrile on lignin molecules result in control of the molecular weight and molecular structure of PAN/Lignin copolymers which results in enhanced solubility, spinnability, and other properties associated with molecular weight.
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