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Li J, Tu F, Wan Y, Qian X, Mahai G, Wang A, Ma J, Yang Z, Xia W, Xu S, Zheng T, Li Y. Associations of Trimester-Specific Exposure to Perchlorate, Thiocyanate, and Nitrate with Childhood Neurodevelopment: A Birth Cohort Study in China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:20480-20493. [PMID: 38015815 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c06013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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Studies about the impacts of maternal exposure to perchlorate, thiocyanate, and nitrate on offspring neurodevelopment are scarce. Based on a birth cohort in China, 1,028 mothers provided urine samples at three trimesters for determination of the three target analytes, and their offspring neurodevelopment was evaluated at 2 years old. Associations of maternal exposure to the three chemicals with offspring neurodevelopment were estimated using three statistical methods. Trimester-specific analyses using generalized estimating equation models showed that double increment of thiocyanate and nitrate during the first trimester was associated with 1.56 (95% CI: -2.82, -0.30) and 1.22 (-2.40, -0.03) point decreases in the offspring mental development index (MDI), respectively. Weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression analyses showed that the mixture exposure at the first and second trimesters was negatively associated with the offspring MDI (β = -2.39, 95% CI: -3.85, -0.93; β = -1.75, 95% CI: -3.04, -0.47, respectively) and thiocyanate contributed the most to the association (65.0 and 91.6%, respectively). Bayesian kernel machine regression analyses suggested an inverted U-shape relationship of maternal urinary thiocyanate with the offspring MDI. These findings suggested that prenatal exposure to the three chemicals (at current levels), especially thiocyanate and nitrate, may impair neurodevelopment. Early pregnancy seems to be the sensitive window.
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- Juxiao Li
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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- Wuhan Institute for Food and Cosmetic Control, Key Laboratory of Edible Oil Quality and Safety for State Market Regulation, Wuhan 430040, China
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- Center for Public Health Laboratory Service, Institute of Environmental Health, Wuhan Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei 430024, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, PR China
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Guan J, Wan Y, Li J, Zheng T, Xia W, Xu S, Li Y. Urinary perchlorate, thiocyanate, and nitrate and their associated risk factors among Chinese pregnant women. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 345:140467. [PMID: 37852377 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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Perchlorate, nitrate, and thiocyanate are well-known inhibitors of iodide uptake and thyroid-disrupting chemicals. Widespread human exposure to them has been identified, whereas studies on their internal exposure levels among Chinese pregnant women are scarce and factors associated with them are not well recognized. The objective of this study is to determine their levels and identify the associated factors among pregnant women (n = 1120), based on a prospective birth cohort in Wuhan, central China, using repeated urine samples of three trimesters. Urinary perchlorate, thiocyanate, and nitrate were 100% detected in the samples, and specific gravity-adjusted median concentrations of them in all the samples were 12.6 ng/mL, 367 ng/mL, and 63.7 μg/mL, respectively. Their concentrations were weakly-to-moderately correlated with each other, with Spearman correlation coefficients ranging from 0.27 to 0.54. Poor reproducibility were observed for the three analytes over the three trimesters, with intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.07, 0.19, 0.04 for perchlorate, thiocyanate, and nitrate, respectively. The women who were overweight or used tap water as drinking water had significantly higher perchlorate concentrations, while those with excessive gestational weight gain had significantly higher thiocyanate concentrations (p < 0.05). The women with a college degree or above had lower nitrate concentrations (p < 0.05). Meanwhile, the median concentration of perchlorate in urine samples collected in spring, thiocyanate in those collected in winter, and nitrate in those collected in autumn, was significantly higher compared to their median concentrations in the samples collected in other three seasons (p < 0.05), respectively. Urinary perchlorate and nitrate concentrations of pregnant women in this study were higher than the concentrations of pregnant women in other countries, while thiocyanate concentrations were lower than that of most other countries. This study suggested potential covariates for future epidemiological analyses.
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- Jing Guan
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China
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- Center for Public Health Laboratory Service, Institute of Environmental Health, Wuhan Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, 430024, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02903, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China.
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Li X, Ji Y, Zu T, Huang X, Wang J, Cao Y, Cui Z. Simultaneous determination of cyanide and thiocyanate in milk by GC-MS/MS using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as both phase transfer catalyst and protein precipitant. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2023; 40:1025-1034. [PMID: 37410937 DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2023.2227742] [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: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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A method was developed for simultaneous determination of cyanide and thiocyanate in milk by gas chromatography-tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). Cyanide and thiocyanate were derivatized with pentafluorobenzyl bromide (PFBBr) as PFB-CN and PFB-SCN, respectively. Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) was employed both as a phase transfer catalyst and a protein precipitant in the sample pretreatment, which facilitates the separation of the organic and aqueous phases, and greatly simplifies the pretreatment procedures to achieve simultaneous and rapid determination of cyanide and thiocyanate. Under the optimized conditions, the limits of detection (LODs) of cyanide and thiocyanate in milk were 0.006 mg/kg and 0.015 mg/kg, and the spiked recoveries ranged from 90.1% to 98.2% and from 91.8% to 98.9% with relative standard deviations (RSDs) less than 18.9% and 15.2%, respectively. The proposed method was validated as a simple, fast and highly sensitive method for the determination of cyanide and thiocyanate in milk.
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- Xing Li
- Technology Center of Qinhuangdao Customs, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China
- Imported Science and Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Technology Center of Qinhuangdao Customs, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China
- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Technology Center of Qinhuangdao Customs, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China
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- Technology Center of Qinhuangdao Customs, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China
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- Technology Center of Qinhuangdao Customs, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China
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- Technology Center of Qinhuangdao Customs, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China
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- Technology Center of Qinhuangdao Customs, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China
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Borah N, Kaka MN, Tamuly C. "AND"-Logic gate-based colorimetric detection of thiocyanate in milk samples using AgNP-EBF as plasmonic nano sensor. Food Chem 2023; 425:136522. [PMID: 37295214 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.136522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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At present, the uses of food additives globally are much of a concern due to their after effects upon consumption in higher proportions. Although different sensing strategies are available for their detection, a need for simple, rapid and cost-effective strategy is much of a concern. Herein, we developed a plasmonic nano sensor i.e., AgNP-EBF which was considered as the transducer component for the AND logic gate-based system with Cu2+ and thiocyanate as inputs. Optimization and detection of thiocyanates were performed through UV-visible colorimetric sensing procedures where the logic gate allowed the detection of thiocyanate in the range of 100 nM-1 µM with LOD of 53.60 nM within 5-10 min. The proposed system showed high selectivity towards the detection of thiocyanate rather than other interferences. To check the credibility of the proposed system, the logic gate was applied for detection of thiocyanates in real milk samples.
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- Nirangkush Borah
- Natural Product Chemistry Section, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology. Branch Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 791110, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Natural Product Chemistry Section, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology. Branch Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 791110, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Natural Product Chemistry Section, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology. Branch Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 791110, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India.
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Yousefi M, Nematollahi A, Shadnoush M, Mortazavian AM, Khorshidian N. Antimicrobial Activity of Films and Coatings Containing Lactoperoxidase System: A Review. Front Nutr 2022; 9:828065. [PMID: 35308287 PMCID: PMC8931696 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.828065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The production of safe and healthy foodstuffs is considered as one of the most important challenges in the food industry, and achieving this important goal is impossible without using various processes and preservatives. However, recently, there has been a growing concern about the use of chemical preservatives and attention has been focused on minimal process and/or free of chemical preservatives in food products. Therefore, researchers and food manufacturers have been induced to utilize natural-based preservatives such as antimicrobial enzymes in their production. Lactoperoxidase, as an example of antimicrobial enzymes, is the second most abundant natural enzyme in the milk and due to its wide range of antibacterial activities, it could be potentially applied as a natural preservative in various food products. On the other hand, due to the diffusion of lactoperoxidase into the whole food matrix and its interaction and/or neutralization with food components, the direct use of lactoperoxidase in food can sometimes be restricted. In this regard, lactoperoxidase can be used as a part of packaging material, especially edible and coating, to keep its antimicrobial properties to extend food shelf-life and food safety maintenance. Therefore, this study aims to review various antimicrobial enzymes and introduce lactoperoxidase as a natural antimicrobial enzyme, its antimicrobial properties, and its functionality in combination with an edible film to extend the shelf-life of food products.
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- Mojtaba Yousefi
- Food Safety Research Center (Salt), Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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- Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, School of Health, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Food Technology Research, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- *Correspondence: Nasim Khorshidian
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A colorimetric paper-based optode sensor for highly sensitive and selective determination of thiocyanate in urine sample using cobalt porphyrin derivative. Talanta 2021; 231:122371. [PMID: 33965036 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In this work, a highly sensitive colorimetric paper-based optode for the determination of thiocyanate in urine samples was developed for the first time. The cocktail solution of the optode was composed of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-octyloxyphenyl)porphyrin cobalt(II) complex (L), tridodecylmethylammonium chloride (TDMACl), 2-nitrophenyl octyl ether, and polyvinyl chloride as an ionophore, an ion exchanger, a plasticizer, and a polymer, respectively. The paper-based optode responded to thiocyanate by increasing the blue component in the RGB index and a visible change, with the naked-eye, of the optode color from pink to green was observed. From the central composite design, the optimized conditions that yielded the highest sensitivity were 4.70 mmol/kg TDMACl and 13.75 mmol/kg L. The developed optode sensor was highly selective and responded to thiocyanate over other anions, with a working range of 0.001-5 mM and with a coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.9915. The limits of detection using naked-eye and camera were determined to be 50.0 μM and 1.26 μM, respectively. In addition, the LOD and LOQ estimated from the standard deviation of the blank were 0.65 and 1.87 μM, respectively. Furthermore, this sensor was successfully applied to the detection of thiocyanate in urine samples from non-smokers and smokers. The results were in good agreement with the standard ion chromatography (IC) technique. This developed paper-based optode sensor was simple, low-cost, portable, and easy to use as a sensing device without any complicated instrument.
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Deletion of the lactoperoxidase gene causes multisystem inflammation and tumors in mice. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12429. [PMID: 34127712 PMCID: PMC8203638 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91745-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Strongly oxidative H2O2 is biologically important, but if uncontrolled, would lead to tissue injuries. Lactoperoxidase (LPO) catalyzes the redox reaction of reducing highly reactive H2O2 to H2O while oxidizing thiocyanate (SCN-) to relatively tissue-innocuous hypothiocyanite (OSCN-). SCN- is the only known natural, effective reducing-substrate of LPO; humans normally derive SCN- solely from food. While its enzymatic mechanism is understood, the actual biological role of the LPO-SCN- system in mammals remains unestablished. Our group previously showed that this system protected cultured human cells from H2O2-caused injuries, a basis for the hypothesis that general deficiency of such an antioxidative mechanism would lead to multisystem inflammation and tumors. To test this hypothesis, we globally deleted the Lpo gene in mice. The mutant mice exhibited inflammation and lesions in the cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive or excretory systems, neuropathology, and tumors, with high incidence. Thus, this understudied LPO-SCN- system is an essential protective mechanism in vivo.
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Bai XR, Zhang L, Ren JQ, Shen AG, Hu JM. The small silver nanoparticle-assisted homogeneous sensing of thiocyanate ions with an ultra-wide window based on surface-enhanced Raman-extinction spectroscopy. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2021; 13:1049-1057. [PMID: 33565531 DOI: 10.1039/d0ay02221g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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For the first time, we present an original sensing strategy with an ultra-wide detection window from 17 nM to 20 mM to detect SCN- ions. Initially, we investigated the clustering and optical properties of noble metal sol nanoparticles (NPs) due to the competitive interaction of thiocyanate ions (SCN-) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) under weak acidic conditions, and found that different dimensions and scales of nanoclusters containing the alkyne-embedded Au@Ag NPs and relatively small Ag NPs could be achieved by the mediation of CTAB through electrostatic forces and hydrophobic interaction, in which SCN- could be covalently bonded with the silver surface of NPs to form a compact molecular layer (-Ag-S-C[triple bond, length as m-dash]N), and CTAB could only occupy remaining sites. In this process, we found that SCN- always runs counter to CTAB and tends to dissolve nanoclusters, so that they occupy the exposed surface of NPs in nanoclusters rather than the binding sites of one another. Remarkably, when the concentration of SCN- initially increased, two highly recognizable SERS emissions, which were assigned to alkyne reporter molecules (2208 cm-1) and C[triple bond, length as m-dash]N of SCN- (2110 cm-1), respectively, were rapidly detected, and their ratios (I2110/I2208) increased linearly proportional to the concentration of SCN- over a range of 17 nM to 172 μM, with a limit of detection (LOD) of 10 nM. With the further increase of SCN-, small Ag NPs started to desorb from the surface of individual Au@Ag NPs and dissociated in the solution but did not contribute to SERS signals. Instead, the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) peak of pure silver NPs at 385 nm increased gradually in the range from 0.5 to 20 mM with an LOD of 0.2 mM. Of particular significance, this simple sensor in conjunction with surface-enhanced Raman-extinction spectroscopy can be used for the rapid detection of extensive samples with an ultra-wide detection window, such as body fluids (saliva, urine, and serum) and food (milk powder and brassica vegetables), which is far superior to that of ion chromatography (IC).
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- Xiang-Ru Bai
- Institute of Environment and Safety, Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan 430207, P. R. China.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, P. R. China
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- National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of High-throughput Drug Screening Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Chinese Traditional Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China. and School of Printing and Packaging, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China.
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Zou Z, Bauland J, Hewavitharana AK, Al-Shehri SS, Duley JA, Cowley DM, Koorts P, Shaw PN, Bansal N. A sensitive, high-throughput fluorescent method for the determination of lactoperoxidase activities in milk and comparison in human, bovine, goat and camel milk. Food Chem 2020; 339:128090. [PMID: 33152878 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Lactoperoxidase (LPO) is one of the major antibacterial ingredients in milk and an extensively employed indicator for milk heat treatment. The traditional method for LPO activity measurement using ABTS (2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonate) cannot achieve high sensitivity and is affected by indigenous milk thiocyanate. A more sensitive microplate fluorescent assay was developed by monitoring generation of red-fluorescent resorufin from LPO catalysed oxidation of Amplex® Red (1-(3,7-dihydroxyphenoxazin-10-yl)ethanone) in this study. The assay is particularly suitable for milk LPO activity measurement as it eliminates the influences of indigenous milk hydrogen peroxide and thiocyanate. The method limit of detection was 7.1x10-6 U/mL of LPO in milk and good intra-run and inter-run precision was obtained. The LPO activities ranked as bovine > goat > camel > human in the four types of milk analysed. The high sensitivity and low cost of this assay makes it suitable for LPO activity analyses in both laboratory and commercial scales.
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- Zhengzheng Zou
- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia; Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, Agrosup Dijon, France
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- Department of Clinical Laboratories Science, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
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- Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Neonatology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia; School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia.
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Al-Shehri SS, Duley JA, Bansal N. Xanthine oxidase-lactoperoxidase system and innate immunity: Biochemical actions and physiological roles. Redox Biol 2020; 34:101524. [PMID: 32334145 PMCID: PMC7183230 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2019] [Revised: 03/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The innate immune system in mammals is the first-line defense that plays an important protective role against a wide spectrum of pathogens, especially during early life before the adaptive immune system develops. The enzymes xanthine oxidase (XO) and lactoperoxidase (LPO) are widely distributed in mammalian tissues and secretions, and have a variety of biological functions including in innate immunity, provoking much interest for both in vitro and in vivo applications. The enzymes are characterized by their generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, including hydrogen peroxide, hypothiocyanite, nitric oxide, and peroxynitrite. XO is a major generator of hydrogen peroxide and superoxide that subsequently trigger a cascade of oxidative radical pathways, including those produced by LPO, which have bactericidal and bacteriostatic effects against pathogens including opportunistic bacteria. In addition to their role in host microbial defense, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species play important physiological roles as second messenger cell signaling molecules, including cellular proliferation, differentiation and gene expression. There are several indications that the reactive species generated by peroxide have positive effects on human health, particularly in neonates; however, some important in vivo aspects of this system remain obscure. The primary dependence of the system on hydrogen peroxide has led us to propose it is particularly relevant to neonate mammals during milk feeding.
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- Saad S Al-Shehri
- College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia.
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- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4102, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4102, Australia; School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4102, Australia
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da Silva M, Fernandes Sako AV, Micke GA, Vitali L. A rapid method for simultaneous determination of nitrate, nitrite and thiocyanate in milk by CZE-UV using quaternary ammonium chitosan as electroosmotic flow inverter. J Food Compost Anal 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2020.103455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hussain A, Pu H, Sun DW. SERS detection of sodium thiocyanate and benzoic acid preservatives in liquid milk using cysteamine functionalized core-shelled nanoparticles. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 229:117994. [PMID: 31951941 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2019] [Revised: 12/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A cysteamine functionalized core shelled nanoparticles (Au@Ag-CysNPs) was presented for simultaneous and rapid detection of sodium thiocyanate (STC) and benzoic acid (BA) preservatives in liquid milk using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) technique. A spectrum covering 350-2350 cm-1 region was selected to detect STC with concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 10 mg/L and BA with concentrations ranging from 15 to 240 mg/L in milk samples. Characterization of nanoparticles using high-resolution TEM confirmed that the successful synthesis of Au@AgNPs with core (gold) size of 28 nm and shell (silver) thickness of about 5 nm was grafted with 120 μL of 0.1 nM cysteamine hydrochloride. Results showed that Au@Ag-CysNPs could be used to detect STC up to 0.03 mg/L with a limit of quantification (LOQ) of 0.039 mg/L and a coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.9833 in the milk sample. For detecting BA, it could be screened up to 9.8 mg/L with LOQ of 10.2 mg/L and R2 of 0.9903. The proposed substrate was also highly sensitive and the employed method involved only minor sample pretreatment steps. It is thus hoped that the new substrate could be used in the screening of prohibited chemicals in complex food matrices in future studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Abid Hussain
- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China; Academy of Contemporary Food Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China; Engineering and Technological Research Centre of Guangdong Province on Intelligent Sensing and Process Control of Cold Chain Foods, & Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Intelligent Cold Chain Logistics Equipment for Agricultural Products, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China; Academy of Contemporary Food Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China; Engineering and Technological Research Centre of Guangdong Province on Intelligent Sensing and Process Control of Cold Chain Foods, & Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Intelligent Cold Chain Logistics Equipment for Agricultural Products, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China; Academy of Contemporary Food Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China; Engineering and Technological Research Centre of Guangdong Province on Intelligent Sensing and Process Control of Cold Chain Foods, & Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Intelligent Cold Chain Logistics Equipment for Agricultural Products, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, China; Food Refrigeration and Computerized Food Technology (FRCFT), Agriculture and Food Science Centre, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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Lei T, Huang T, Wang T, Yu P, Qing T, Nie B. Nano-fluorescent probes based on DNA-templated copper nanoclusters for fast sensing of thiocyanate. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj03742g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A fast and label-free fluorescent sensor was developed to determine SCN−via inhibiting the formation of DNA-templated copper nanoclusters (CuNCs).
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- Tao Lei
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
- P. R. China
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- College of Environment and Resources
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
- P. R. China
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Feng Y, Mo R, Wang L, Zhou C, Hong P, Li C. Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Detection of Sodium Thiocyanate in Milk Based on the Aggregation of Ag Nanoparticles. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 19:E1363. [PMID: 30893770 PMCID: PMC6471654 DOI: 10.3390/s19061363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Revised: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A method is developed for detecting the concentration of sodium thiocyanate (NaSCN) in milk based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technology. A trichloroacetic acid solution can be used to enhance the SERS signal because of its function in promoting the aggregation of Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs). Meanwhile, the protein in milk would be precipitated as trichloroacetic acid added and the interference from protein could be reduced during the detection. In this work, the enhancement factor (EF) is 7. 56 × 10⁵ for sodium thiocyanate in water and the limit of detection (LOD) is 0.002 mg/L. Meanwhile, this method can be used to detect the concentration of sodium thiocyanate in milk. Results show that SERS intensity increased as the concentration of sodium thiocyanate increase from 10 to 100 mg/L. The linear correlation coefficient is R² = 0.998 and the detection limit is 0.04 mg/L. It is observed that the concentration of sodium thiocyanate does not exceed the standard in the three kinds of milk. The confirmed credibility of SERS detection is compared with conventional methods.
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- Yanting Feng
- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen 518108, China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen 518108, China.
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- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen 518108, China.
- School of Chemistry and Environment, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
- Coastal Ecology Engineering Technology Research Center of Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
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Peng CF, Pan N, Zhi-Juan Q, Wei XL, Shao G. Colorimetric detection of thiocyanate based on inhibiting the catalytic activity of cystine-capped core-shell Au@Pt nanocatalysts. Talanta 2017; 175:114-120. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Revised: 05/20/2017] [Accepted: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wu LA, Li WE, Lin DZ, Chen YF. Three-Dimensional SERS Substrates Formed with Plasmonic Core-Satellite Nanostructures. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13066. [PMID: 29026173 PMCID: PMC5638830 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13577-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We demonstrate three-dimensional surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates formed by accumulating plasmonic nanostructures that are synthesized using a DNA-assisted assembly method. We densely immobilize Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) on polymer beads to form core-satellite nanostructures for detecting molecules by SERS. The experimental parameters affecting the AuNP immobilization, including salt concentration and the number ratio of the AuNPs to the polymer beads, are tested to achieve a high density of the immobilized AuNPs. To create electromagnetic hot spots for sensitive SERS sensing, we add a Ag shell to the AuNPs to reduce the interparticle distance further, and we carefully adjust the thickness of the shell to optimize the SERS effects. In addition, to obtain sensitive and reproducible SERS results, instead of using the core-satellite nanostructures dispersed in solution directly, we prepare SERS substrates consisting of closely packed nanostructures by drying nanostructure-containing droplets on hydrophobic surfaces. The densely distributed small and well-controlled nanogaps on the accumulated nanostructures function as three-dimensional SERS hot spots. Our results show that the SERS spectra obtained using the substrates are much stronger and more reproducible than that obtained using the nanostructures dispersed in solution. Sensitive detection of melamine and sodium thiocyanate (NaSCN) are achieved using the SERS substrates.
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- Li-An Wu
- Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, 112, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, 112, Taiwan
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- Material and Chemical Research Laboratory, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, 310, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, 112, Taiwan.
- Biophotonics and Molecular Imaging Research Centre, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, 112, Taiwan.
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