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Kou X, Gao N, Xu X, Zhu J, Ke Q, Meng Q. Preparation, structural analysis of alcohol aroma compounds/β-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes and the application in strawberry preservation. Food Chem 2024; 457:140160. [PMID: 38917569 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.140160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2024] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
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The dynamic combination of aromas and cyclodextrins is an important means to achieve their stability and controllability, and accurately revealing their interaction rules is the key to designing and constructing high-quality aroma nanocarriers. In this study, the inclusion mechanism between alcohol aroma compounds with different structures and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) was studied by combining molecular dynamics simulation and experimental methods. Results showed that the selected alcohol aroma compounds formed inclusion complexes (ICs) with β-CD in a 1:1 ratio, while alcohol aroma compounds containing cyclic structures were more tightly bound to β-CD. Van der Waals forces were the primary forces driving the formation and stabilization of the ICs. Cinnamyl alcohol/β-CD ICs showed the most significant antimicrobial effect and notably prolonged the shelf life of strawberries. This study aimed to provide theoretical support for precisely designing and preparing highly stable flavours and fragrances, as well as expanding their application range.
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- Xingran Kou
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Fragrance Flavour and Cosmetics, School of Perfume and Aroma Technology (Shanghai Research Institute of Fragrance & Flavour Industry), Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Fragrance Flavour and Cosmetics, School of Perfume and Aroma Technology (Shanghai Research Institute of Fragrance & Flavour Industry), Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Fragrance Flavour and Cosmetics, School of Perfume and Aroma Technology (Shanghai Research Institute of Fragrance & Flavour Industry), Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Fragrance Flavour and Cosmetics, School of Perfume and Aroma Technology (Shanghai Research Institute of Fragrance & Flavour Industry), Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Fragrance Flavour and Cosmetics, School of Perfume and Aroma Technology (Shanghai Research Institute of Fragrance & Flavour Industry), Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China; Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Fragrance Flavour and Cosmetics, School of Perfume and Aroma Technology (Shanghai Research Institute of Fragrance & Flavour Industry), Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China.
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Zhou C, Li L, Li D, Zhang R, Hu S, Zhong K, Yan B. Hyaluronic acid-based multifunctional bio-active coating integrated with cinnamaldehyde/hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex for fruit preservation. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 271:132605. [PMID: 38788869 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Natural preservatives such as cinnamaldehyde (CIN) are garnering increasing interest to replace their synthetic counterparts in maintaining fruit freshness and safety. However, their long-term effectiveness and widespread application have been greatly limited due to high volatility and potent aroma. To address these challenges, we developed a viable and simple strategy to prepare a multifunctional active coating for fruit preservation by incorporating host-guest inclusion complex of CIN and 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) CIN@HP-β-CD into hyaluronic acid (HA), a natural polysaccharide with exceptional film-forming properties. The as-prepared HA/CIN@HP-β-CD coatings exhibited universal surface affinity, excellent antimicrobial performance, and satisfactory antioxidant properties with no potential toxicity. Release kinetic studies have demonstrated that CIN in the coating is continuously and slowly released. Furthermore, freshness preservation experiments on bananas and fresh-cut apples demonstrated that the developed coating is effective in preserving the color of fruit, decreasing the weight loss rate, preventing the microorganism's growth, and significantly extending the period of freshness, exhibiting the potential for application in fruit preservation.
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- Chaomei Zhou
- National Engineering Laboratory for Clean Technology of Leather Manufacture, College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Clean Technology of Leather Manufacture, College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Bioengineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Yibin 643002, China
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- Technology Center, China Tobacco Sichuan Industrial Co. Ltd., Chengdu 610066, China
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- Technology Center, China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Clean Technology of Leather Manufacture, College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Clean Technology of Leather Manufacture, College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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Wei Y, Qiu T. MDs-NP: a property prediction model construction procedure for naphtha based on molecular dynamics simulation. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2024; 36:315402. [PMID: 38657623 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad42f4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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In the context of carbon neutrality and carbon peaking, molecular management has become a focus of the petrochemical industry. The key to achieving molecular management is molecular reconstruction, which relies on rapid and accurate calculation of oil properties. Focusing on naphtha, we proposed a novel property prediction model construction procedure (MDs-NP) employing molecular dynamics simulations for property collections and gamma distribution from real analytical data for calculating mole fractions of simulation mixtures. We calculated 348 sets of mixture properties data in the range of 273 K-300 K by molecular dynamics simulations. Molecular feature extraction was based on molecular descriptors. In addition to descriptors based on open-source toolkits (RDKit and Mordred), we designed 12 naphtha knowledge (NK) descriptors with a focus on naphtha. Three machine learning algorithms (support vector regression, extreme gradient boosting and artificial neural network) were applied and compared to establish models for the prediction of the density and viscosity of naphtha. Mordred and NK descriptors + support vector regression algorithm achieved the best performance for density. The selected RDKFp and NK descriptors + artificial neural network algorithm achieved the best performance for viscosity. Using ablation studies, T, P_w and CC(C)C are three effective descriptors in NK that can improve the performance of the property prediction models. MDs-NP has the potential to be extended to more properties as well as more-complex petroleum systems. The models from MDs-NP can be used for rapid molecular reconstruction to facilitate construction of data-driven models and intelligent transformation of petrochemical processes.
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- Yixin Wei
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Industrial Big Data System and Application, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Industrial Big Data System and Application, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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Tayyeb JZ, Mondal S, Anisur Rahman M, Kumar S, Bayıl I, Akash S, Hossain MS, Alqahtani T, Zaki MEA, Oliveira JIN. Identification of Helicobacter pylori-carcinogenic TNF-alpha-inducing protein inhibitors via daidzein derivatives through computational approaches. J Cell Mol Med 2024; 28:e18358. [PMID: 38693868 PMCID: PMC11063725 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.18358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024] Open
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Gastric cancer is considered a class 1 carcinogen that is closely linked to infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), which affects over 1 million people each year. However, the major challenge to fight against H. pylori and its associated gastric cancer due to drug resistance. This research gap had led our research team to investigate a potential drug candidate targeting the Helicobacter pylori-carcinogenic TNF-alpha-inducing protein. In this study, a total of 45 daidzein derivatives were investigated and the best 10 molecules were comprehensively investigated using in silico approaches for drug development, namely pass prediction, quantum calculations, molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, Lipinski rule evaluation, and prediction of pharmacokinetics. The molecular docking study was performed to evaluate the binding affinity between the target protein and the ligands. In addition, the stability of ligand-protein complexes was investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. Various parameters were analysed, including root-mean-square deviation (RMSD), root-mean-square fluctuation (RMSF), radius of gyration (Rg), hydrogen bond analysis, principal component analysis (PCA) and dynamic cross-correlation matrix (DCCM). The results has confirmed that the ligand-protein complex CID: 129661094 (07) and 129664277 (08) formed stable interactions with the target protein. It was also found that CID: 129661094 (07) has greater hydrogen bond occupancy and stability, while the ligand-protein complex CID 129664277 (08) has greater conformational flexibility. Principal component analysis revealed that the ligand-protein complex CID: 129661094 (07) is more compact and stable. Hydrogen bond analysis revealed favourable interactions with the reported amino acid residues. Overall, this study suggests that daidzein derivatives in particular show promise as potential inhibitors of H. pylori.
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- Jehad Zuhair Tayyeb
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, College of MedicineUniversity of JeddahJeddahSaudi Arabia
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- Pharmacy Discipline, School of Life SciencesKhulna UniversityKhulnaBangladesh
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- Department of PharmacyJahangirnagar UniversitySavarBangladesh
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational BiologyGaziantep UniversityGaziantepTurkey
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- Department of PharmacyDaffodil International UniversityDhakaBangladesh
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of PharmacyKing Khalid UniversityAbhaSaudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of ScienceImam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic UniversityRiyadhSaudi Arabia
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- Department of Biophysics and Pharmacology, Bioscience CenterFederal University of Rio Grande do NorteNatalBrazil
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Yuan S, Guo A, Zhang H, Wang Z, Yuan S. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Supramolecular Polymers within Nanoconfinements for Enhanced Oil Recovery. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:5255-5267. [PMID: 38240531 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c15193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Supramolecular polymers offer promising potential for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) advancing techniques. Current instrumental analyses face limitations in capturing instantaneous intracomplex motions due to temporal and spatial constraints. The molecular mechanism of supramolecular polymer transport behavior within nanoconfinement is not yet fully understood. Therefore, the self-assembly mechanism of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and adamantane (ADA)-modified supramolecular polymers (p-AA-β-CD-ADA) was delved into in this work. Further exploration focuses on the translocation dynamics of p-AA-β-CD-ADA within nanoconfinement under external driving forces. Results suggest that β-CD and ADA in p-AA-β-CD-ADA were assembled into nodes in the form of a host and a guest, combining with a "node-rebar-cement" interaction model encapsulating the formation mechanism of these supramolecular polymers. The heightened density of the hydrate layers at the nanoscale pore throats acts as a constraining factor, resulting in restricted mobility and altered dynamics of the supramolecular polymers. During passage through nanopore throats, host-guest molecules within the supramolecular polymer experience noncovalent dissociation. Notably, these supramolecular polymers exhibit remarkable self-healing capabilities, reinstating their assembly state upon traversing pore throats. This work provides a molecular-level comprehension of the potential utility of supramolecular polymers in EOR processes, offering valuable information for the molecular design of polymers employed for EOR in low-permeability reservoirs.
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- Shideng Yuan
- Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, P. R. China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, P. R. China
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