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Sengupta S, Tubio CR, Pinto RS, Barbosa J, Silva MM, Gonçalves R, Kundu M, Lanceros-Mendez S, Costa CM. Ternary composites of poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) with silver nanowires and titanium dioxide nanoparticles as separator membranes for lithium-ion batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 668:25-36. [PMID: 38669993 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.04.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
Abstract
In the realm of polymer composites, there is growing interest in the use of mora than one filler for achieving multifunctional properties. In this work, a composite separator membrane has been developed for lithium-ion battery application, by incorporating conductive silver nanowires (AgNWs) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles into a poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) polymer matrix. The composite membranes were manufactured by solvent casting and thermally induced phase separation, with total filler content varying up to 10 wt%. The ternary composites composites present improved mechanical characteristics, ionic conductivity and lithium transfer number compared to the neat polymer matrix. On the other hand, the filler type and content within the composite has little bearing on the morphology, polymer phase, or thermal stability. Once applied as a separator in lithium-ion batteries, the highest discharge capacity value was obtained for the 5 wt% AgNWs/5 wt% TiO2/PVDF-HFP membrane at different C-rates, benefiting from the synergetic effect from both fillers. This work demonstrates that higher battery performance can be achieved for next-generation lithium-ion batteries by using separator membranes based on ternary composites.
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- S Sengupta
- Electrochemial Energy Storage Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Centre of Chemistry, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; Centre of Physics Universities of Minho and Porto, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Chemistry, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Chemistry, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Chemistry, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Electrochemial Energy Storage Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India; International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Av. Mestre Jose Veiga, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal.
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain; Centre of Physics Universities of Minho and Porto, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; Laboratory of Physics for Materials and Emergent Technologies, LapMET, University of Minho, Braga 4710-057, Portugal; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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- Centre of Physics Universities of Minho and Porto, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; Laboratory of Physics for Materials and Emergent Technologies, LapMET, University of Minho, Braga 4710-057, Portugal; Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
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Sabadini RC, Fernandes M, Bermudez VDZ, Pawlicka A, Silva MM. Hydrogels Based on Natural Polymers Loaded with Bentonite and/or Halloysite: Composition Impact on Spectroscopic, Thermal, and Swelling Properties. Molecules 2023; 29:131. [PMID: 38202714 PMCID: PMC10779779 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29010131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Hydrogels are characterized by their property of absorbing and releasing a high content of water and water-based liquids; thus, they can be applied in agriculture as controlled-release water and fertilizer products. The focus of this research was efficient and low-cost natural polymer-based hydrogels obtained by crosslinking gellan gum (GGLA) and starch (ST) with acetic acid (CA) and loading them with either bentonite (BET) and/or halloysite (HAL). The hydrogels were obtained by mixing 100, 75, 50, 25, and 0 wt.% of GGLA with 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100 wt.% ST water solutions. To obtain the networks, they were crosslinked with 10, 5, and 2 wt.% of CA and loaded with 2, 5, and 10 wt.% of BET and/or HAL. The samples were analyzed by infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), their swelling in water, and the state of bound water properties. The results of these analyses point to the formation of a polymeric network with a decomposition temperature of >250 °C, and tailorable swelling properties that vary between 3 and 77, depending on the hydrogel composition. In summary, GGLA-ST-BET/HAL hydrogels are a good option for eco-friendly agriculture materials.
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- Rodrigo César Sabadini
- Centro de Química e Departamento de Química, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal;
- Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador Sãocarlense 400, São Carlos 13566-590, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry and CQ-VR, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal; (M.F.); (V.d.Z.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry and CQ-VR, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal; (M.F.); (V.d.Z.B.)
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- Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador Sãocarlense 400, São Carlos 13566-590, SP, Brazil
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- Centro de Química e Departamento de Química, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal;
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Marques AC, Lidon FC, Coelho ARF, Pessoa CC, Daccak D, Luís IC, Simões M, Scotti-Campos P, Almeida AS, Guerra M, Leitão RG, Bagulho A, Moreira J, Pessoa MF, Legoinha P, Ramalho JC, Semedo JN, Palha L, Silva C, Silva MM, Oliveira K, Pais IP, Reboredo FH. Elemental Composition and Implications on Brown Rice Flour Biofortified with Selenium. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:1611. [PMID: 37111835 PMCID: PMC10140823 DOI: 10.3390/plants12081611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most economically and socially important cereals in the world. Several strategies such as biofortification have been developed in a way eco-friendly and sustainable to enhance crop productivity. This study implemented an agronomic itinerary in Ariete and Ceres rice varieties in experimental fields using the foliar application of selenium (Se) to increase rice nutritional value. At strategic phases of the plant's development (at the end of booting, anthesis, and at the milky grain stage), they were sprayed with sodium selenate (Na2SeO4) and sodium selenite (Na2SeO3). In the first foliar application plants were sprayed with 500 g Se·ha-1 and in the remaining two foliar applications were sprayed with 300 g Se·ha-1. The effects of Se in the level of micro and macronutrients in brown grains, the localization of Se in these grains, and the subsequent quality parameters such as colorimetric characteristics and total protein were considered. After grain harvesting, the application of selenite showed the highest enrichment in all grain with levels reaching 17.06 µg g-1 Se and 14.28 µg g-1 Se in Ariete and Ceres varieties, respectively. In the Ceres and Ariete varieties, biofortification significantly affected the K and P contents. Regarding Ca, a clear trend prevailed suggesting that Se antagonizes the uptake of it, while for the remaining elements in general (except Mn) no significant differences were noted. Protein content increased with selenite treatment in the Ariete variety but not in Ceres. Therefore, it was possible to conclude, without compromising quality, that there was an increase in the nutritional content of Se in brown rice grain.
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- Ana Coelho Marques
- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Estrada de Gil Vaz 6, 7351-901 Elvas, Portugal
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal (R.G.L.)
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal (R.G.L.)
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Estrada de Gil Vaz 6, 7351-901 Elvas, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Estrada de Gil Vaz 6, 7351-901 Elvas, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- PlantStress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Associate Laboratory TERRA, Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 2784-505 Oeiras, Portugal
- PlantStress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Associate Laboratory TERRA, Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Centro de Competências do Arroz (COTARROZ), 2120-014 Salvaterra de Magos, Portugal (C.S.)
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- Centro de Competências do Arroz (COTARROZ), 2120-014 Salvaterra de Magos, Portugal (C.S.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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Daccak D, Lidon FC, Coelho ARF, Luís IC, Marques AC, Pessoa CC, Brito MDG, Kullberg JC, Ramalho JC, Silva MJ, Rodrigues AP, Campos PS, Pais IP, Semedo JN, Silva MM, Legoinha P, Galhano C, Simões M, Pessoa MF, Reboredo FH. Assessment of Physicochemical Parameters in Two Winegrapes Varieties after Foliar Application of ZnSO 4 and ZnO. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:1426. [PMID: 37050051 PMCID: PMC10097101 DOI: 10.3390/plants12071426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
Abstract
One-third of the world's population is suffering from "hidden hunger" due to micronutrient deficiency. Zinc is acquired through diet, leading its deficiency to the development of disorders such as retarded growth, anorexia, infections, and hypogeusia. Accordingly, this study aimed to develop an agronomic workflow for Zn biofortification on two red winegrapes varieties (cv. Castelão and Syrah) and determine the physicochemical implications for winemaking. Both varieties produced in Setúbal (Portugal) were submitted to four foliar applications of ZnSO4 or ZnO (900 and 1350 g ha-1, respectively), during the production cycle. At harvest, Zn biofortification reached a 4.3- and 2.3-fold increase with ZnO 1350 g ha-1 in Castelão and Syrah, respectively (although, with ZnSO4 1350 g ha-1 both varieties revealed an increase in Zn concentration). On a physiological basis, lower values of NDVI were found in the biofortified grapes, although not reflected in photosynthetic parameters with cv. Syrah shows even a potential benefit with the use of Zn fertilizers. Regarding physical and chemical parameters (density, total soluble solids, dry weight, and color), relative to the control no significant changes in both varieties were observed, being suitable for winemaking. It was concluded that ZnSO4 and ZnO foliar fertilization efficiently increased Zn concentration on both varieties without a negative impact on quality, but cv. Castelão showed a better index of Zn biofortification and pointed to a potentially higher quality for winemaking.
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- Diana Daccak
- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
- Plant Stress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Laboratório Associado TERRA, Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Avenida da República, 2784-505 Oeiras, Portugal;
- Plant Stress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Laboratório Associado TERRA, Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
- Plant Stress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Laboratório Associado TERRA, Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Avenida da República, 2784-505 Oeiras, Portugal;
- Plant Stress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Laboratório Associado TERRA, Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Plant Stress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Laboratório Associado TERRA, Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Avenida da República, 2784-505 Oeiras, Portugal;
- Plant Stress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Laboratório Associado TERRA, Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Quinta do Marquês, Avenida da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Quinta do Marquês, Avenida da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Quinta do Marquês, Avenida da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (I.C.L.); (A.C.M.); (C.C.P.); (M.d.G.B.); (J.C.K.); (M.M.S.); (P.L.); (C.G.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- Centro de Investigação de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.C.R.); (M.J.S.); (P.S.C.); (I.P.P.); (J.N.S.)
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Bayzi Isfahani V, Arab A, Horta Belo J, Pedro Araújo J, Manuela Silva M, Gonçalves Almeida B. Comparison of Physical/Chemical Properties of Prussian Blue Thin Films Prepared by Different Pulse and DC Electrodeposition Methods. Materials (Basel) 2022; 15:8857. [PMID: 36556665 PMCID: PMC9782874 DOI: 10.3390/ma15248857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Prussian Blue (PB) thin films were prepared by DC chronoamperometry (CHA), symmetric pulse, and non-symmetric pulse electrodeposition techniques. The formation of PB was confirmed by infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and UV-Vis transmission measurements. X-ray diffraction (XRD) shows the stabilization of the insoluble form of PB. From scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies, an increase in porosity is obtained for the shorter pulse widths, which tends to improve the total charge exchange and electrochemical stability of the films. While the film prepared by CHA suffered a degradation of 82% after 260 cycles, the degradation reduced to 24% and 34% for the samples prepared by the symmetric and non-symmetric pulse methods, respectively. Additionally, in the non-symmetric pulse film, the improvement in the charge exchange reached ~522% after 260 cycles. According to this study, the deposition time distribution affects the physical/chemical properties of PB films. These results then render pulse electrodeposition methods especially suitable to produce high-quality thin films for electrochemical devices, based on PB.
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- Vahideh Bayzi Isfahani
- Centre of Physics of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), LAPMET, Physics Department, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
- Department of Chemistry and Center of Chemistry, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
- Faculty of Physics, Semnan University, Semnan P.O. Box 35195-363, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Semnan University, Semnan P.O. Box 35131-19111, Iran
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- Institute of Physics of Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (IFIMUP), Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Porto, Rua Campo Alegre, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Institute of Physics of Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (IFIMUP), Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Porto, Rua Campo Alegre, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Chemistry, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Physics of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), LAPMET, Physics Department, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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Daccak D, Lidon FC, Luís IC, Marques AC, Coelho ARF, Pessoa CC, Caleiro J, Ramalho JC, Leitão AE, Silva MJ, Rodrigues AP, Guerra M, Leitão RG, Campos PS, Pais IP, Semedo JN, Alvarenga N, Gonçalves EM, Silva MM, Legoinha P, Galhano C, Kullberg JC, Brito M, Simões M, Pessoa MF, Reboredo FH. Zinc Biofortification in Vitis vinifera: Implications for Quality and Wine Production. Plants (Basel) 2022; 11:2442. [PMID: 36145843 PMCID: PMC9501456 DOI: 10.3390/plants11182442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Nowadays, there is a growing concern about micronutrient deficits in food products, with agronomic biofortification being considered a mitigation strategy. In this context, as Zn is essential for growth and maintenance of human health, a workflow for the biofortification of grapes from the Vitis vinifera variety Fernão Pires, which contains this nutrient, was carried out considering the soil properties of the vineyard. Additionally, Zn accumulation in the tissues of the grapes and the implications for some quality parameters and on winemaking were assessed. Vines were sprayed three times with ZnO and ZnSO4 at concentrations of 150, 450, and 900 g ha-1 during the production cycle. Physiological data were obtained through chlorophyll a fluorescence data, to access the potential symptoms of toxicity. At harvest, treated grapes revealed significant increases of Zn concentration relative to the control, being more pronounced for ZnO and ZnSO4 in the skin and seeds, respectively. After winemaking, an increase was also found regarding the control (i.e., 1.59-fold with ZnSO4-450 g ha-1). The contents of the sugars and fatty acids, as well as the colorimetric analyses, were also assessed, but significant variations were not found among treatments. In general, Zn biofortification increased with ZnO and ZnSO4, without significantly affecting the physicochemical characteristics of grapes.
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- Diana Daccak
- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- PlantStress & Biodiversity Laboratory, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 2784-505, Oeiras and Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- PlantStress & Biodiversity Laboratory, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 2784-505, Oeiras and Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- PlantStress & Biodiversity Laboratory, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 2784-505, Oeiras and Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- PlantStress & Biodiversity Laboratory, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 2784-505, Oeiras and Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Escola Superior de Educação Almeida Garrett (ESEAG-COFAC), Avenida do Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- GeoBiotec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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Fernandes J, Reboredo FH, Luis I, Silva MM, Simões MM, Lidon FC, Ramalho JC. Elemental Composition of Commercial Herbal Tea Plants and Respective Infusions. Plants 2022; 11:plants11111412. [PMID: 35684185 PMCID: PMC9182685 DOI: 10.3390/plants11111412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
This study evaluated the elemental composition of 25 herbal tea plants commonly used in infusions by Portuguese consumers and the contribution to the elemental daily intake of some essential elements. Hydrocotyle asiatica (L.), Matricaria chamomilla (L.), and Melissa officinalis (L.) samples are a rich source of K with around 6.0 mg g−1 while the Asteraceae Silybum marianum (L.) and Echinacea angustifolia (DC.) exhibited 4.9 and 5.6 mg g−1 Ca, respectively. The highest concentrations of S and Zn were noted in Hydrocotyle asiatica (L.), while the highest concentration of Sr was found in Cassia angustifolia (Vahl.). In general, a large variability in the concentrations among different families and plant organs had been observed, except Cu with levels around 30 μg g−1. The principal component analysis (PCA) showed positive correlations between Zn and S and Sr and Ca, also revealing that Hydrocotyle asiatica (L.), Echinacea angustifolia (DC.), Silybum marianum (L.), and Cassia angustifolia (Vahl.) samples, stands out about all other samples regarding the enrichment of macro and micronutrients. The elemental solubility of macronutrients in the infusion is greater than the micronutrient solubility, despite the contribution to the recommended daily intake was weak. As a whole, Cynara scolymus (L.) and Hibiscus sabdariffa (L.) are the species with the best elemental solubilities, followed by Hydrocotyle asiatica (L.). No harmful elements, such as As and Pb, were observed in both the raw material and the infusions.
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- Jaime Fernandes
- Departamento Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.F.); (I.L.); (M.M.S.); (F.C.L.)
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- Departamento Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.F.); (I.L.); (M.M.S.); (F.C.L.)
- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.M.S.); (J.C.R.)
- Correspondence:
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- Departamento Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.F.); (I.L.); (M.M.S.); (F.C.L.)
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.M.S.); (J.C.R.)
- ESEAG-COFAC, Avenida do Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Departamento Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.F.); (I.L.); (M.M.S.); (F.C.L.)
- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.M.S.); (J.C.R.)
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- Departamento Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.F.); (I.L.); (M.M.S.); (F.C.L.)
- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.M.S.); (J.C.R.)
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.M.S.); (J.C.R.)
- Plant Stress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 2784-505 Oeiras, Portugal
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Alves R, Fidalgo-Marijuan A, Campos-Arias L, Gonçalves R, Silva MM, del Campo FJ, Costa CM, Lanceros-Mendez S. Solid Polymer Electrolytes Based on Gellan Gum and Ionic Liquid for Sustainable Electrochromic Devices. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:15494-15503. [PMID: 35324148 PMCID: PMC9773178 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c01658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Materials sustainability is becoming increasingly relevant in every developed technology and, consequently, environmentally friendly solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) based on gellan gum and different quantities of ionic liquid (IL) 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium-thiocyanate [Emim][SCN] have been prepared and applied in electrochromic devices (ECDs). The addition of the IL does not affect the crystalline phase of gellan gum, and the samples show a compact morphology, surface uniformity, no phase separation, and good distribution of the IL within the carrageenan matrix. The developed SPE are thermally stable up to ∼100 °C and show suitable mechanical properties. The most concentrated sample (39 wt % IL content) reaches a maximum ionic conductivity value of 6.0 × 10-3 S cm-1 and 1.8 × 10-2 S cm-1 at 30 and 90 °C, respectively. The electrochromic device (ECD) was fabricated with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrenesulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) as working electrode and the developed SPE was compared with an aqueous 0.1 M KNO3 solution. The electrochromic performance of the electrolyte was assessed in terms of spectroelectrochemistry, demonstrating a fully flexible ECD operating at voltages below 1.0 V. This novel electrolyte opens the door to the preparation of high performance sustainable ECD.
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- Raquel Alves
- Physics
Centre of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials,
Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Department
of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, University
of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials,
Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Center
of Chemistry, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials,
Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque
Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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- Physics
Centre of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
- Institute
of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S), University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
- Laboratory
of Physics for Materials and Emergent Technologies, LapMET, University of Minho, Braga 4710-057, Portugal
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials,
Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque
Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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Silva MM, Reboredo FH, Lidon FC. Food Colour Additives: A Synoptical Overview on Their Chemical Properties, Applications in Food Products, and Health Side Effects. Foods 2022; 11:379. [PMID: 35159529 PMCID: PMC8834239 DOI: 10.3390/foods11030379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Colour is one of the most relevant organoleptic attributes that directly affects consumers' acceptance and food selection. However, as food colouring pigments are generally unstable and become modified during processing, in order to maintain or restore product colour uniformity, colourants are added to food products around the world. In this context, although they are still widely used, synthetic food colorants, due to their potential hazards, are being replaced by those obtained from natural origins. Indeed, numerous side effects and toxicities, at both the medium and long-terms-namely allergic reactions, and behavioral and neurocognitive effects-have been related to the use of synthetic colourants, whereas their naturally-derived counterparts seem to provide a somewhat high-quality and effective contribution as a health promoter. In order to further understand the implications of the use of synthetic and naturally derived food colourants, this review aims to provide a synoptical approach to the chemical characteristics, properties, uses and side effects on health of those which are currently allowed and applied during food processing.
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.H.R.); (F.C.L.)
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.H.R.); (F.C.L.)
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Safranauskas RMSO, Kishimoto RK, Cordeiro MG, Santos MFMD, Silva MM, Oki CK, Dobo C, Filippi RZ, Bezerra AMPS, Velloso EDRP. VALIDAÇÃO DA TÉCNICA DE FISH EM IMPRINT DE BIÓPSIA DE NEOPLASIAS HEMATOLÓGICAS. Hematol Transfus Cell Ther 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.htct.2021.10.742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Reboredo FH, Junior W, Pessoa MF, Lidon FC, Ramalho JC, Leitão RG, Silva MM, Alvarenga N, Guerra M. Elemental Composition of Algae-Based Supplements by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence. Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:2041. [PMID: 34685850 PMCID: PMC8541454 DOI: 10.3390/plants10102041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the elemental composition of fifteen algae-based supplements commonly sold in the Portuguese market, by energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence. Despite the fact that the majority of Kelp samples were a good source of iodine, the levels observed might well contribute to an excess in the human body, which can cause dysfunction of the thyroid gland. Furthermore, the presence of lead in Sea spaghetti, Arame, Hijiki and Wakame caused a considerable risk to public health vis a vis possible ingestion of a high daily dose. Regarding arsenic, great variability was observed in all the samples with concentrations equal to or above 60 μg/g in the case of Arame, KelpJ and Hijiki. Although algae mainly accumulate organic arsenic, some also contain high levels of its inorganic form, as is commonly pointed out for Hijiki. Thus, regular ingestion of these supplements must also take into account the mentioned facts. There is no doubt that these supplements are also good sources of other nutrients, but the lack of accurate regulations and control should alert consumers to avoid indiscriminate use of these types of products.
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- Fernando H. Reboredo
- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (W.J.); (M.F.P.); (F.C.L.); (J.C.R.)
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (W.J.); (M.F.P.); (F.C.L.); (J.C.R.)
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (W.J.); (M.F.P.); (F.C.L.); (J.C.R.)
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (W.J.); (M.F.P.); (F.C.L.); (J.C.R.)
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (W.J.); (M.F.P.); (F.C.L.); (J.C.R.)
- Plant Stress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 2784-505 Lisboa, Portugal
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- LIBPHYS-UNL, Physics Department, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal;
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P., UTI—Unidade de Tecnologia e Inovação, Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal;
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- LIBPHYS-UNL, Physics Department, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal;
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Savedra RML, Fonseca AMT, Silva MM, Bianchi RF, Siqueira MF. White LED phototherapy as an improved treatment for neonatal jaundice. Rev Sci Instrum 2021; 92:064101. [PMID: 34243508 DOI: 10.1063/5.0046430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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With the aim of improving phototherapy for neonatal jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia), this study investigates the degradation of unconjugated bilirubin under irradiance by conventional light and by white, red, green, and blue LED sources in vitro. The absorption spectra of bilirubin under these different light sources are compared. The results demonstrate that white LED phototherapy promotes more efficient bilirubin degradation than conventional blue-light therapy. This study provides a basis for the design of novel phototherapy devices for the treatment of hyperbilirubinemia.
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- R M L Savedra
- Departamento de Física da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG 35400-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG 35400-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG 35400-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG 35400-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG 35400-000, Brazil
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Reboredo FH, Pelica J, Lidon FC, Pessoa MF, Silva MM, Guerra M, Leitão R, Ramalho JC. The Tolerance of Eucalyptus globulus to Soil Contamination with Arsenic. Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:plants10040627. [PMID: 33806210 PMCID: PMC8066964 DOI: 10.3390/plants10040627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The contamination of abandoned mining areas is a problem worldwide that needs urgent attention. Phytoremediation emerges as a successful method to extract different contaminants from the soil. In this context, Eucalyptus globulus plants growing in soils artificial contaminated with arsenic (As) were used to access its phytoremediation capabilities. The effects of As on photosynthetic performance were monitored through different physiological parameters, whereas the uptake and translocation of As and the putative effects on calcium, iron, potassium, and zinc levels on plants were evaluated by X-ray fluorescence analysis. Root system is the major accumulator organ, while the translocation to the above-ground organs is poor. In the end of the experiment, the root biomass of plants treated with 200 μg As mL-1 is 27% and 49.7% lower than equivalent biomass from plants treated with 100 μg As mL-1 and control plants, respectively. Each plant can accumulate 8.19 and 8.91 mg As after a 6-month period, when submitted to 100 As and 200 As, respectively. It seems to exist an antagonistic effect of As on Zn root uptake by E. globulus. In general, the tested concentrations do not influence negatively plant metabolism, indicating that this species is suitable for plantation in contaminated areas.
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- Fernando Henrique Reboredo
- Departamento Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (M.F.P.)
- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.P.); (M.M.S.)
- Correspondence: (F.H.R.); or (J.C.R.)
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.P.); (M.M.S.)
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- Departamento Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (M.F.P.)
- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.P.); (M.M.S.)
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- Departamento Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (M.F.P.)
- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.P.); (M.M.S.)
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.P.); (M.M.S.)
- ESEAG-COFAC, Avenida do Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
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- LIBPHYS, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.G.); (R.L.)
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- LIBPHYS, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.G.); (R.L.)
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (J.P.); (M.M.S.)
- PlantStress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 2784-505 Oeiras e Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
- Correspondence: (F.H.R.); or (J.C.R.)
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Coelho ARF, Lidon FC, Pessoa CC, Marques AC, Luís IC, Caleiro J, Simões M, Kullberg J, Legoinha P, Brito M, Guerra M, Leitão RG, Galhano C, Scotti-Campos P, Semedo JN, Silva MM, Pais IP, Silva MJ, Rodrigues AP, Pessoa MF, Ramalho JC, Reboredo FH. Can Foliar Pulverization with CaCl 2 and Ca(NO 3) 2 Trigger Ca Enrichment in Solanum tuberosum L. Tubers? Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:plants10020245. [PMID: 33513848 PMCID: PMC7911654 DOI: 10.3390/plants10020245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
This study aimed to assess the efficiency of Ca enrichment in tubers of three genotypes of Solanum tuberosum L., through foliar spraying with CaCl2 and Ca(NO3)2 solutions. In this context, soil heterogeneity of three potato-growing fields, as well as the implications of Ca accumulation among tissues and some quality parameters were assessed. Three potato varieties (Agria, Picasso and Rossi) were grown in three production fields and during the life cycle, four pulverizations with calcium chloride (3 and 6 kg ha−1) or calcium nitrate (0.5, 2 and 4 kg ha−1) were applied. For screening the potential phytotoxicity, using Agria as a test system, the potential synthesis of photoassimilates was determined, and it was found that after the 3rd Ca application, leaf gas exchanges were moderately (net photosynthesis), to strongly (stomatal conductance) affected, although without impact on Ca accumulation in tubers. At harvest, the average Ca biofortification index varied between 5–40%, 40–35% and 4.3–13% in Agria, Picasso and Rossi, respectively. Moreover, the equatorial region of the tubers in general showed that Ca accumulation prevailed in the epidermis and, in some cases, in inner areas of the potato tubers. Biofortified tubers with Ca also showed some significant changes in total soluble solids and colorimetric parameters. It is concluded that Ca enrichment of potato tubers through foliar spraying complemented the xylem mass flow of Ca from roots, through phloem redistribution. Both fertilizers showed similar efficiency, but Rossi revealed a lower index of Ca accumulation, eventually due to different metabolic characteristics. Although affected by Ca enrichment, potato tubers maintained a high quality for industrial processing.
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- Ana Rita F. Coelho
- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (I.C.L.); (J.C.); (M.S.); (J.K.); (P.L.); (M.B.); (C.G.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
- Correspondence:
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (I.C.L.); (J.C.); (M.S.); (J.K.); (P.L.); (M.B.); (C.G.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (I.C.L.); (J.C.); (M.S.); (J.K.); (P.L.); (M.B.); (C.G.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (I.C.L.); (J.C.); (M.S.); (J.K.); (P.L.); (M.B.); (C.G.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (I.C.L.); (J.C.); (M.S.); (J.K.); (P.L.); (M.B.); (C.G.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (I.C.L.); (J.C.); (M.S.); (J.K.); (P.L.); (M.B.); (C.G.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (I.C.L.); (J.C.); (M.S.); (J.K.); (P.L.); (M.B.); (C.G.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (I.C.L.); (J.C.); (M.S.); (J.K.); (P.L.); (M.B.); (C.G.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (I.C.L.); (J.C.); (M.S.); (J.K.); (P.L.); (M.B.); (C.G.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (I.C.L.); (J.C.); (M.S.); (J.K.); (P.L.); (M.B.); (C.G.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
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- LIBPhys-UNL, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.G.); (R.G.L.)
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- LIBPhys-UNL, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.G.); (R.G.L.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (I.C.L.); (J.C.); (M.S.); (J.K.); (P.L.); (M.B.); (C.G.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
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- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
- INIAV-Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
- INIAV-Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
- ESEAG-COFAC, Avenida do Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
- INIAV-Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
- Plant Stress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal;
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- Plant Stress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal;
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (I.C.L.); (J.C.); (M.S.); (J.K.); (P.L.); (M.B.); (C.G.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
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- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
- Plant Stress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal;
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (I.C.L.); (J.C.); (M.S.); (J.K.); (P.L.); (M.B.); (C.G.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.N.S.); (M.M.S.); (I.P.P.); (M.J.S.); (J.C.R.)
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Luís IC, Lidon FC, Pessoa CC, Marques AC, Coelho ARF, Simões M, Patanita M, Dôres J, Ramalho JC, Silva MM, Almeida AS, Pais IP, Pessoa MF, Reboredo FH, Legoinha P, Guerra M, Leitão RG, Campos PS. Zinc Enrichment in two Contrasting Genotypes of Triticum aestivum L. Grains: Interactions between Edaphic Conditions and Foliar Fertilizers. Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:204. [PMID: 33494526 PMCID: PMC7910929 DOI: 10.3390/plants10020204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
This study aimed to assess the implications of Zn enrichment in wheat grains as a function of contrasting genotypes, edaphic conditions and foliar fertilizers. Triticum aestivum L. varieties Roxo and Paiva were grown in four production fields, and sprayed with ZnSO4 (0, 16.20 and 36.40 kg/ha) Zn-EDTA (0, 6.30 and 12.60 kg/ha) and Tecnifol Zinc (0, 3.90 and 7.80 kg/ha). The heterogeneous edaphic conditions of the wheat fields were chemically characterized, it being found that soil properties determine different Zn accumulation in the grains of both genotypes. Foliar spraying enhanced to different extents Zn content in the grains of both genotypes, but the average of enrichment indexes varied among the wheat fields. Zinc mostly accumulated in the embryo and vascular bundle and to a lesser extent in the endosperm. Grain yield and test weight sprayed by ZnSO4 gave the highest values in both genotypes, but the opposite was found for Zn-EDTA. Considering the color parameters, lightness and red-green transitions were found to be a conjunction of genotype characteristics, fertilization types and edaphic conditions prevailing in each field. It is concluded that the index of Zn enrichment in wheat grains is a docket of edaphic conditions, genotype and type of fertilization.
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- Inês Carmo Luís
- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (A.R.F.C.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.); (P.L.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (A.R.F.C.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.); (P.L.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (A.R.F.C.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.); (P.L.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (A.R.F.C.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.); (P.L.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (A.R.F.C.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.); (P.L.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (A.R.F.C.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.); (P.L.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
- Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Beja, R. Pedro Soares S/N, 7800-295 Beja, Portugal;
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- Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Beja, R. Pedro Soares S/N, 7800-295 Beja, Portugal;
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
- PlantStress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 2784-505 Oeiras, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
- ESEAG-COFAC, Avenida do Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Estrada de Gil Vaz 6, 7351-901 Elvas, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (A.R.F.C.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.); (P.L.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (A.R.F.C.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.); (P.L.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (C.C.P.); (A.C.M.); (A.R.F.C.); (M.S.); (M.F.P.); (F.H.R.); (P.L.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
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- LIBPhys-UNL, Physics Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.G.); (R.G.L.)
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- LIBPhys-UNL, Physics Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.G.); (R.G.L.)
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.P.); (J.C.R.); (M.M.S.); (A.S.A.); (I.P.P.); (P.S.C.)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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Silva RL, Figueira AA, Silva MM, Dias TS, Machado LS, Soares NM, Nascimento ER, Pereira VLA. Detection of Mycoplasma Synoviae and Other Pathogens in Laying Hens with Respiratory Signs in the Rearing and Production Phases. Braz J Poult Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/1806-9061-2020-1318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- RL Silva
- Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil; Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil; Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil; Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
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Marques AC, Lidon FC, Coelho ARF, Pessoa CC, Luís IC, Scotti-Campos P, Simões M, Almeida AS, Legoinha P, Pessoa MF, Galhano C, Guerra MAM, Leitão RG, Ramalho JC, Semedo JMN, Bagulho A, Moreira J, Rodrigues AP, Marques P, Silva C, Ribeiro-Barros A, Silva MJ, Silva MM, Oliveira K, Ferreira D, Pais IP, Reboredo FH. Quantification and Tissue Localization of Selenium in Rice ( Oryza sativa L., Poaceae) Grains: A Perspective of Agronomic Biofortification. Plants (Basel) 2020; 9:plants9121670. [PMID: 33260543 PMCID: PMC7760205 DOI: 10.3390/plants9121670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
In worldwide production, rice is the second-most-grown crop. It is considered a staple food for many populations and, if naturally enriched in Se, has a huge potential to reduce nutrient deficiencies in foodstuff for human consumption. This study aimed to develop an agronomic itinerary for Se biofortification of Oryza sativa L. (Poaceae) and assess potential physicochemical deviations. Trials were implemented in rice paddy field with known soil and water characteristics and two genotypes resulting from genetic breeding (OP1505 and OP1509) were selected for evaluation. Plants were sprayed at booting, anthesis and milky grain phases with two different foliar fertilizers (sodium selenate and sodium selenite) at different concentrations (25, 50, 75 and 100 g Se·ha−1). After grain harvesting, the application of selenate showed 4.9–7.1 fold increases, whereas selenite increased 5.9–8.4-fold in OP1509 and OP1505, respectively. In brown grain, it was found that in the highest treatment selenate or selenite triggered much higher Se accumulation in OP1505 relatively to OP1509, and that no relevant variation was found with selenate or selenite spraying in each genotype. Total protein increased exponentially in OP1505 genotype when selenite was applied, and higher dosage of Se also increased grain weight and total protein content. It was concluded that, through agronomic biofortification, rice grain can be enriched with Se without impairing its quality, thus highlighting its value in general for the industry and consumers with special needs.
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- Ana Coelho Marques
- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (C.C.P.); (I.C.L.); (M.S.); (P.L.); (M.F.P.); (C.G.); (D.F.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
- Correspondence:
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (C.C.P.); (I.C.L.); (M.S.); (P.L.); (M.F.P.); (C.G.); (D.F.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (C.C.P.); (I.C.L.); (M.S.); (P.L.); (M.F.P.); (C.G.); (D.F.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (C.C.P.); (I.C.L.); (M.S.); (P.L.); (M.F.P.); (C.G.); (D.F.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (C.C.P.); (I.C.L.); (M.S.); (P.L.); (M.F.P.); (C.G.); (D.F.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal;
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (C.C.P.); (I.C.L.); (M.S.); (P.L.); (M.F.P.); (C.G.); (D.F.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal;
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (C.C.P.); (I.C.L.); (M.S.); (P.L.); (M.F.P.); (C.G.); (D.F.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (C.C.P.); (I.C.L.); (M.S.); (P.L.); (M.F.P.); (C.G.); (D.F.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (C.C.P.); (I.C.L.); (M.S.); (P.L.); (M.F.P.); (C.G.); (D.F.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.A.M.G.); (R.G.L.)
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (M.A.M.G.); (R.G.L.)
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
- PlantStress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal;
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal;
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I. P. (INIAV), Estrada de Gil Vaz 6, 7351-901 Elvas, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I. P. (INIAV), Estrada de Gil Vaz 6, 7351-901 Elvas, Portugal
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- PlantStress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal;
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- Centro Operativo e Tecnológico do Arroz (COTARROZ), 2120-014 Salvaterra de Magos, Portugal; (P.M.); (C.S.)
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- Centro Operativo e Tecnológico do Arroz (COTARROZ), 2120-014 Salvaterra de Magos, Portugal; (P.M.); (C.S.)
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
- PlantStress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal;
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
- PlantStress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal;
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
- ESEAG-COFAC, Avenida do Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
- Instituto Politécnico de Beja (IPBeja), 7800-295 Beja, Portugal
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (C.C.P.); (I.C.L.); (M.S.); (P.L.); (M.F.P.); (C.G.); (D.F.); (F.H.R.)
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- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal;
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- Earth Sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (F.C.L.); (A.R.F.C.); (C.C.P.); (I.C.L.); (M.S.); (P.L.); (M.F.P.); (C.G.); (D.F.); (F.H.R.)
- GeoBioTec Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (P.S.-C.); (J.C.R.); (J.M.N.S.); (A.B.); (J.M.); (A.R.-B.); (M.J.S.); (M.M.S.); (K.O.); (I.P.P.)
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Barbosa JC, Correia DM, Gonçalves R, de Zea Bermudez V, Silva MM, Lanceros-Mendez S, Costa CM. Enhanced ionic conductivity in poly(vinylidene fluoride) electrospun separator membranes blended with different ionic liquids for lithium ion batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 582:376-386. [PMID: 32861042 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) fiber membranes doped with different ionic liquids (ILs) and sharing the same anion were produced and their potential as separator membranes for battery applications was evaluated. Different types of ILs containing the same anion, bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [TFSI]-, were used with IL concentrations ranging between 0 and 15 wt% The morphology, microstructure, thermal and electrical properties (ionic conductivity and electrochemical window) of the membranes were evaluated. The presence of ILs in the PVDF polymer matrix influences the fiber diameter and the content of the polar β phase within the polymer, as well as the degree of crystallinity. The thermal stability of the membranes decreases with the incorporation of IL. Impedance spectroscopy tests show a maximum ionic conductivity of 2.8 mS.cm-1 for 15% of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([Emim][TFSI]) at room temperature. The electrochemical stability of the samples ranges from 0.0 to 6.0 V. When evaluated as battery separator membranes in C-LiFePO4 half-cells, a maximum discharge capacity of 119 mAh.g-1 at C-rate was obtained for the PVDF membrane with 15% [Emim][TFSI], with a coulombic efficiency close to 100%. The results demonstrate that the produced electrospun membranes are suitable for applications as separators for lithium ion batteries (LIBs).
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- J C Barbosa
- Center of Physics, University of Minho, 4710-058 Braga, Portugal; Department of Chemistry and CQ-VR, University of Trás -os -Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Center of Physics, University of Minho, 4710-058 Braga, Portugal; Department of Chemistry and CQ-VR, University of Trás -os -Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Center of Chemistry, University of Minho, 4710-058 Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CQ-VR, University of Trás -os -Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Center of Chemistry, University of Minho, 4710-058 Braga, Portugal
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain.
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- Center of Physics, University of Minho, 4710-058 Braga, Portugal; Center of Chemistry, University of Minho, 4710-058 Braga, Portugal.
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Nunes SC, Saraiva SM, Pereira RFP, Silva MM, Carlos LD, Almeida P, Gonçalves MC, Ferreira RAS, Bermudez VDZ. Luminescent κ-Carrageenan-Based Electrolytes Containing Neodymium Triflate. Molecules 2019; 24:E1020. [PMID: 30875749 PMCID: PMC6471547 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24061020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In recent years, the synthesis of polymer electrolyte systems derived from biopolymers for the development of sustainable green electrochemical devices has attracted great attention. Here electrolytes based on the red seaweeds-derived polysaccharide κ-carrageenan (κ-Cg) doped with neodymium triflate (NdTrif₃) and glycerol (Gly) were obtained by means of a simple, clean, fast, and low-cost procedure. The aim was to produce near-infrared (NIR)-emitting materials with improved thermal and mechanical properties, and enhanced ionic conductivity. Cg has a particular interest, due to the fact that it is a renewable, cost-effective natural polymer and has the ability of gelling in the presence of certain alkali- and alkaline-earth metal cations, being good candidates as host matrices for accommodating guest cations. The as-synthesised κ-Cg-based membranes are semi-crystalline, reveal essentially a homogeneous texture, and exhibit ionic conductivity values 1⁻2 orders of magnitude higher than those of the κ-Cg matrix. A maximum ionic conductivity was achieved for 50 wt.% Gly/κ-Cg and 20 wt.% NdTrif₃/κ-Cg (1.03 × 10-4, 3.03 × 10-4, and 1.69 × 10-4 S cm-1 at 30, 60, and 97 °C, respectively). The NdTrif-based κ-Cg membranes are multi-wavelength emitters from the ultraviolet (UV)/visible to the NIR regions, due to the κ-Cg intrinsic emission and to Nd3+, ⁴F3/2→⁴I11/2-9/2.
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- S C Nunes
- Chemistry Department, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
- Chemistry Department, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal.
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- Chemistry Department, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
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- Chemistry Department, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
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- Chemistry Department, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
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- Physics Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Chemistry Department, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal.
- CICS-UBI, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal.
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- Chemistry Department, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
- CQ-VR, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
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- Physics Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Chemistry Department, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
- CQ-VR, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
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Lidon FC, Oliveira K, Ribeiro MM, Pelica J, Pataco I, Ramalho JC, Leitão AE, Almeida AS, Campos PS, Ribeiro-Barros AI, Pais IP, Silva MM, Pessoa MF, Reboredo FH. Selenium biofortification of rice grains and implications on macronutrients quality. J Cereal Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2018.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Barreto JPB, Mello IP, Rizzante FAP, Santos-Júnior JK, Abreu CW, Silva MM. Análise da Resistência Flexural em Resinas à Base de Bisacrilato de Metila. J Health Scie 2018. [DOI: 10.17921/2447-8938.2017v19n5p108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Por exibir propriedades mecânicas apropriadas e um bom custo-benefício, a resina acrílica tem sido o material mais empregado para confecção de coroas provisórias. Todavia, a necessidade de um material provisório que apresente uma melhor estética, maior resistência e maior praticidade de técnica induziram o desenvolvimento das resinas à base de bisacrilato de metila, também denominadas resinas bisacrílicas. Assim, este estudo avaliou a resistência flexural das resinas bisacrílicas Protemp 4 (3M ESPE, BRASIL) e Structur 3 (VOCO, ALEMANHA). Para isso, vinte espécimes de cada material foram confeccionados com auxílio de uma matriz metálica retangular (25 × 2 × 2 mm) e subdivididos em dois grupos (n10): (A) 7 dias de armazenagem em água destilada, e (B) - 3 meses de armazenagem em água destilada. Em seguida, cada amostra foi submetida ao teste de resistência flexural em uma Máquina de Ensaios Universal (Instron3342). Os dados obtidos foram avaliados quanto à normalidade pelo teste de Shapiro Wilk e, posteriormente, à análise de variância (ANOVA) a dois critérios e teste Tukey, todos com nível de significância de 5%. Os resultados revelaram que a resistência flexural da resina bisacrílica Protemp 4 não foi alterada (p>0.05) após 3 meses de armazenagem em água destilada. Enquanto que após esse mesmo período a resina Structur 3 apresentou redução estatisticamente significativa (p<0.05) nos valores de resistência flexural. Sendo assim, foi possível concluir que a resina bisacrílica Structur 3 SC teve sua resistência flexural diminuída após a armazenagem em água destilada.Palavras-chave: Prótese Parcial Temporária. Prótese Dentária. Restauração Dentária Temporária.
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Pereira RFP, Brito-Pereira R, Gonçalves R, Silva MP, Costa CM, Silva MM, de Zea Bermudez V, Lanceros-Méndez S. Silk Fibroin Separators: A Step Toward Lithium-Ion Batteries with Enhanced Sustainability. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:5385-5394. [PMID: 29369609 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b13802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Battery separators based on silk fibroin (SF) have been prepared aiming at improving the environmental issues of lithium-ion batteries. SF materials with three different morphologies were produced: membrane films (SF-F), sponges prepared by lyophilization (SF-L), and electrospun membranes (SF-E). The latter materials presented a suitable porous three-dimensional microstructure and were soaked with a 1 M LiPF6 electrolyte. The ionic conductivities for SF-L and SF-E were 1.00 and 0.32 mS cm-1 at 20 °C, respectively. A correlation between the fraction of β-sheet conformations and the ionic conductivity was observed. The electrochemical performance of the SF-based materials was evaluated by incorporating them in cathodic half-cells with C-LiFePO4. The discharge capacities of SF-L and SF-E were 126 and 108 mA h g-1, respectively, at the C/2-rate and 99 and 54 mA h g-1, respectively, at the 2C-rate. Furthermore, the capacity retention and capacity fade of the SF-L membrane after 50 cycles at the 2C-rate were 72 and 5%, respectively. These electrochemical results show that a high percentage of β-sheet conformations were of prime importance to guarantee excellent cycling performance. This work demonstrates that SF-based membranes are appropriate separators for the production of environmentally friendlier lithium-ion batteries.
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- Rui F P Pereira
- Departamento de Química, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro , 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- C-MAST-Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Science and Technologies, Universidade da Beira Interior , 6200-001 Covilhã, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro , 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
- CQ-VR Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro , 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- BCMaterials, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Bizkaia , 48160 Derio, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science , Bilbao 48013, Spain
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Gowran A, Kulikova T, Lewis FC, Foldes G, Fuentes L, Viiri LE, Spinelli V, Costa A, Perbellini F, Sid-Otmane C, Bax NAM, Pekkanen-Mattila M, Schiano C, Chaloupka A, Forini F, Sarkozy M, De Jager SCA, Vajen T, Glezeva N, Lee HW, Golovkin A, Kucera T, Musikhina NA, Korzhenkov NP, Santuchi MDEC, Munteanu D, Garcia RG, Ang R, Usui S, Kamilova U, Jumeau C, Aberg M, Kostina DA, Brandt MM, Muntean D, Lindner D, Sadaba R, Bacova B, Nikolov A, Sedmera D, Ryabov V, Neto FP, Lynch M, Portero V, Kui P, Howarth FC, Gualdoni A, Prorok J, Diolaiuti L, Vostarek F, Wagner M, Abela MA, Nebert C, Xiang W, Kloza M, Maslenko A, Grechanyk M, Bhattachariya A, Morawietz H, Babaeva AR, Martinez Sanchez SM, Krychtiuk KA, Starodubova J, Fiorelli S, Rinne P, Ozkaramanli Gur D, Hofbauer T, Starodubova J, Stellos K, Pinon P, Tsoref O, Thaler B, Fraga-Silva RA, Fuijkschot WW, Shaaban MNS, Matthaeus C, Deluyker D, Scardigli M, Zahradnikova A, Dominguez A, Kondrat'eva D, Sosorburam T, Murarikova M, Duerr GD, Griecsova L, Portnichenko VI, Smolina N, Duicu OANAM, Elder JM, Zaglia T, Lorenzon A, Ruperez C, Woudstra L, Suffee N, De Lucia C, Tsoref O, Russell-Hallinan A, Menendez-Montes I, Kapelko VI, Emmens RW, Hetman O, Van Der Laarse WJ, Goncharov S, Adao R, Huisamen B, Sirenko O, Kamilova U, Nassiri I, Tserendavaa SUMIYA, Yushko K, Baldan Martin M, Falcone C, Vigorelli V, Nigro P, Pompilio G, Stepanova O, Valikhov M, Samko A, Masenko V, Tereschenko S, Teoh T, Domenjo-Vila E, Theologou T, Field M, Awad W, Yasin M, Nadal-Ginard B, Ellison-Hughes GM, Hellen N, Vittay O, Harding SE, Gomez-Cid L, Fernandez-Santos ME, Suarez-Sancho S, Plasencia V, Climent A, Sanz-Ruiz R, Hedhammar M, Atienza F, Fernandez-Aviles F, Kiamehr M, Oittinen M, Viiri KM, Kaikkonen M, Aalto-Setala K, Diolaiuti L, Laurino A, Sartiani L, Vona A, Zanardelli M, Cerbai E, Failli P, Hortigon-Vinagre MP, Van Der Heyden M, Burton FL, Smith GL, Watson S, Scigliano M, Tkach S, Alayoubi S, Harding SE, Terracciano CM, Ly HQ, Mauretti A, Van Marion MH, Van Turnhout MC, Van Der Schaft DWJ, Sahlgren CM, Goumans MJ, Bouten CVC, Vuorenpaa H, Penttinen K, Sarkanen R, Ylikomi T, Heinonen T, Aalto-Setala K, Grimaldi V, Aprile M, Esposito R, Maiello C, Soricelli A, Colantuoni V, Costa V, Ciccodicola A, Napoli C, Rowe GC, Johnson K, Arany ZP, Del Monte F, D'aurizio R, Kusmic C, Nicolini G, Baumgart M, Groth M, Ucciferri N, Iervasi G, Pitto L, Pipicz M, Gaspar R, Siska A, Foldesi I, Kiss K, Bencsik P, Thum T, Batkai S, Csont T, Haan JJ, Bosch L, Brans MAD, Van De Weg SM, Deddens JC, Lee SJ, Sluijter JPG, Pasterkamp G, Werner I, Projahn D, Staudt M, Curaj A, Soenmez TT, Simsekyilmaz S, Hackeng TM, Von Hundelshausen P, Koenen RR, Weber C, Liehn EA, Santos-Martinez M, Medina C, Watson C, Mcdonald K, Gilmer J, Ledwidge M, Song SH, Lee MY, Park MH, Choi JC, Ahn JH, Park JS, Oh JH, Choi JH, Lee HC, Cha KS, Hong TJ, Kudryavtsev I, Serebryakova M, Malashicheva A, Shishkova A, Zhiduleva E, Moiseeva O, Durisova M, Blaha M, Melenovsky V, Pirk J, Kautzner J, Petelina TI, Gapon LI, Gorbatenko EA, Potolinskaya YV, Arkhipova EV, Solodenkova KS, Osadchuk MA, Dutra MF, Oliveira FCB, Silva MM, Passos-Silva DG, Goncalves R, Santos RAS, Da Silva RF, Gavrilescu CM, Paraschiv CM, Manea P, Strat LC, Gomez JMG, Merino D, Hurle MA, Nistal JF, Aires A, Cortajarena AL, Villar AV, Abramowitz J, Birnbaumer L, Gourine AV, Tinker A, Takamura M, Takashima S, Inoue O, Misu H, Takamura T, Kaneko S, Alieva TOHIRA, Mougenot N, Dufilho M, Hatem S, Siegbahn A, Kostina AS, Uspensky VE, Moiseeva OM, Kostareva AA, Malashicheva AB, Van Dijk CGM, Chrifi I, Verhaar MC, Duncker DJ, Cheng C, Sturza A, Petrus A, Duicu O, Kiss L, Danila M, Baczko I, Jost N, Gotzhein F, Schon J, Schwarzl M, Hinrichs S, Blankenberg S, Volker U, Hammer E, Westermann D, Martinez-Martinez E, Arrieta V, Fernandez-Celis A, Jimenez-Alfaro L, Melero A, Alvarez-Asiain V, Cachofeiro V, Lopez-Andres N, Tribulova N, Wallukat G, Knezl V, Radosinska J, Barancik M, Tsinlikov I, Tsinlikova I, Nicoloff G, Blazhev A, Pesevski Z, Kvasilova A, Stopkova T, Eckhardt A, Buffinton CM, Nanka O, Kercheva M, Suslova T, Gusakova A, Ryabova T, Markov V, Karpov R, Seemann H, Alcantara TC, Santuchi MDEC, Fonseca SG, Da Silva RF, Barallobre-Barreiro J, Oklu R, Fava M, Baig F, Yin X, Albadawi H, Jahangiri M, Stoughton J, Mayr M, Podliesna SP, Veerman CCV, Verkerk AOV, Klerk MK, Lodder EML, Mengarelli IM, Bezzina CRB, Remme CAR, Takacs H, Polyak A, Morvay N, Lepran I, Tiszlavicz L, Nagy N, Ordog B, Farkas A, Forster T, Varro A, Farkas AS, Jayaprakash P, Parekh K, Ferdous Z, Oz M, Dobrzynski H, Adrian TE, Landi S, Bonzanni M, D'souza A, Boyett M, Bucchi A, Baruscotti M, Difrancesco D, Barbuti A, Kui P, Takacs H, Oravecz K, Hezso T, Polyak A, Levijoki J, Pollesello P, Koskelainen T, Otsomaa L, Farkas AS, Papp JGY, Varro A, Toth A, Acsai K, Dini L, Mazzoni L, Sartiani L, Cerbai E, Mugelli A, Svatunkova J, Sedmera D, Deffge C, Baer C, Weinert S, Braun-Dullaeus RC, Herold J, Cassar AC, Zahra GZ, Pllaha EP, Dingli PD, Montefort SM, Xuereb RGX, Aschacher T, Messner B, Eichmair E, Mohl W, Reglin B, Rong W, Nitzsche B, Maibier M, Guimaraes P, Ruggeri A, Secomb TW, Pries AR, Baranowska-Kuczko M, Karpinska O, Kusaczuk M, Malinowska B, Kozlowska H, Demikhova N, Vynnychenko L, Prykhodko O, Grechanyk N, Kuryata A, Cottrill KA, Du L, Bjorck HM, Maleki S, Franco-Cereceda A, Chan SY, Eriksson P, Giebe S, Cockcroft N, Hewitt K, Brux M, Brunssen C, Tarasov AA, Davidov SI, Reznikova EA, Tapia Abellan A, Angosto Bazarra D, Pelegrin Vivancos P, Montoro Garcia S, Kastl SP, Pongratz T, Goliasch G, Gaspar L, Maurer G, Huber K, Dostal E, Pfaffenberger S, Oravec S, Wojta J, Speidl WS, Osipova I, Sopotova I, Eligini S, Cosentino N, Marenzi G, Tremoli E, Rami M, Ring L, Steffens S, Gur O, Gurkan S, Mangold A, Scherz T, Panzenboeck A, Staier N, Heidari H, Mueller J, Lang IM, Osipova I, Sopotova I, Gatsiou A, Stamatelopoulos K, Perisic L, John D, Lunella FF, Eriksson P, Hedin U, Zeiher A, Dimmeler S, Nunez L, Moure R, Marron-Linares G, Flores X, Aldama G, Salgado J, Calvino R, Tomas M, Bou G, Vazquez N, Hermida-Prieto M, Vazquez-Rodriguez JM, Amit U, Landa N, Kain D, Tyomkin D, David A, Leor J, Hohensinner PJ, Baumgartner J, Krychtiuk KA, Maurer G, Huber K, Baik N, Miles LA, Wojta J, Seeman H, Montecucco F, Da Silva AR, Costa-Fraga FP, Anguenot L, Mach FP, Santos RAS, Stergiopulos N, Da Silva RF, Kupreishvili K, Vonk ABA, Smulders YM, Van Hinsbergh VWM, Stooker W, Niessen HWM, Krijnen PAJ, Ashmawy MM, Salama MA, Elamrosy MZ, Juettner R, Rathjen FG, Bito V, Crocini C, Ferrantini C, Gabbrielli T, Silvestri L, Coppini R, Tesi C, Cerbai E, Poggesi C, Pavone FS, Sacconi L, Mackova K, Zahradnik I, Zahradnikova A, Diaz I, Sanchez De Rojas De Pedro E, Hmadcha K, Calderon Sanchez E, Benitah JP, Gomez AM, Smani T, Ordonez A, Afanasiev SA, Egorova MV, Popov SV, Wu Qing P, Cheng X, Carnicka S, Pancza D, Jasova M, Kancirova I, Ferko M, Ravingerova T, Wu S, Schneider M, Marggraf V, Verfuerth L, Frede S, Boehm O, Dewald O, Baumgarten G, Kim SC, Farkasova V, Gablovsky I, Bernatova I, Ravingerova T, Nosar V, Portnychenko A, Drevytska T, Mankovska I, Gogvadze V, Sejersen T, Kostareva A, Sturza A, Wolf A, Privistirescu A, Danila M, Muntean D, O ' Gara P, Sanchez-Alonso JL, Harding SE, Lyon AR, Prando V, Pianca N, Lo Verso F, Milan G, Pesce P, Sandri M, Mongillo M, Beffagna G, Poloni G, Dazzo E, Sabatelli P, Doliana R, Polishchuk R, Carnevale D, Lembo G, Bonaldo P, Braghetta P, Rampazzo A, Cairo M, Giralt M, Villarroya F, Planavila A, Biesbroek PS, Emmens RWE, Juffermans LJM, Van Der Wall AC, Van Rossum AC, Niessen JWM, Krijnen PAJ, Moor Morris T, Dilanian G, Farahmand P, Puceat M, Hatem S, Gambino G, Petraglia L, Elia A, Komici K, Femminella GD, D'amico ML, Pagano G, Cannavo A, Liccardo D, Koch WJ, Nolano M, Leosco D, Ferrara N, Rengo G, Amit U, Landa N, Kain D, Leor J, Neary R, Shiels L, Watson C, Baugh J, Palacios B, Escobar B, Alonso AV, Guzman G, Ruiz-Cabello J, Jimenez-Borreguero LJ, Martin-Puig S, Lakomkin VL, Lukoshkova EV, Abramov AA, Gramovich VV, Vyborov ON, Ermishkin VV, Undrovinas NA, Shirinsky VP, Smilde BJ, Woudstra L, Fong Hing G, Wouters D, Zeerleder S, Murk JL, Van Ham SM, Heymans S, Juffermans LJM, Van Rossum AC, Niessen JWM, Krijnen PAJ, Krakhmalova O, Van Groen D, Bogaards SJP, Schalij I, Portnichenko GV, Tumanovska LV, Goshovska YV, Lapikova-Bryhinska TU, Nagibin VS, Dosenko VE, Mendes-Ferreira P, Maia-Rocha C, Santos-Ribeiro D, Potus F, Breuils-Bonnet S, Provencher S, Bonnet S, Rademaker M, Leite-Moreira AF, Bras-Silva C, Lopes J, Kuryata O, Lusynets T, Alikulov I, Nourddine M, Azzouzi L, Habbal R, Tserendavaa SUMIYA, Enkhtaivan ODKHUU, Enkhtaivan ODKHUU, Shagdar ZORIGO, Shagdar ZORIGO, Malchinkhuu MUNKHZ, Malchinkhuu MUNLHZ, Koval S, Starchenko T, Mourino-Alvarez L, Gonzalez-Calero L, Sastre-Oliva T, Lopez JA, Vazquez J, Alvarez-Llamas G, Ruilope LUISM, De La Cuesta F, Barderas MG, Bozzini S, D'angelo A, Pelissero G. Poster session 3Cell growth, differentiation and stem cells - Heart511The role of the endocannabinoid system in modelling muscular dystrophy cardiac disease with induced pluripotent stem cells.512An emerging role of T lymphocytes in cardiac regenerative processes in heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy513Canonical wnt signaling reverses the ‘aged/senescent’ human endogenous cardiac stem cell phenotype514Hippo signalling modulates survival of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes515Biocompatibility of mesenchymal stem cells with a spider silk matrix and its potential use as scaffold for cardiac tissue regeneration516A snapshot of genome-wide transcription in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells (iPSC-HLCs)517Can NOS/sGC/cGK1 pathway trigger the differentiation and maturation of mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs)?518Introduction of external Ik1 to human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes via Ik1-expressing HEK293519Cell therapy of the heart studied using adult myocardial slices in vitro520Enhancement of the paracrine potential of human adipose derived stem cells when cultured as spheroid bodies521Mechanosensitivity of cardiomyocyte progenitor cells: the strain response in 2D and 3D environments522The effect of the vascular-like network on the maturation of the human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes.Transcriptional control and RNA species - Heart525Gene expression regulation in heart failure: from pathobiology to bioinformatics526Human transcriptome in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy - a novel high throughput screening527A high-throghput approach unveils putative miRNA-mediated mitochondria-targeted cardioprotective circuits activated by T3 in the post ischemia reperfusion setting528The effect of uraemia on the expression of miR-212/132 and the calcineurin pathway in the rat heartCytokines and cellular inflammation - Heart531Lack of growth differentiation factor 15 aggravates adverse cardiac remodeling upon pressure-overload in mice532Blocking heteromerization of platelet chemokines ccl5 and cxcl4 reduces inflammation and preserves heart function after myocardial infarction533Is there an association between low-dose aspirin use and clinical outcome in HFPEF? Implications of modulating monocyte function and inflammatory mediator release534N-terminal truncated intracellular matrix metalloproteinase-2 expression in diabetic heart.535Expression of CD39 and CD73 on peripheral T-cell subsets in calcific aortic stenosis536Mast cells in the atrial myocardium of patients with atrial fibrillation: a comparison with patients in sinus rhythm539Characteristics of the inflammatory response in patients with coronary artery disease and arterial hypertension540Pro-inflammatory cytokines as cardiovascular events predictors in rheumatoid arthritis and asymptomatic atherosclerosis541Characterization of FVB/N murinic bone marrow-derived macrophage polarization into M1 and M2 phenotypes542The biological expression and thoracic anterior pain syndromeSignal transduction - Heart545The association of heat shock protein 90 and TGFbeta receptor I is involved in collagen production during cardiac remodelling in aortic-banded mice546Loss of the inhibitory GalphaO protein in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the brainstem leads to abnormalities in cardiovascular reflexes and altered ventricular excitablitiy547Selenoprotein P regulates pressure overload-induced cardiac remodeling548Study of adenylyl cyclase activity in erythrocyte membranes in patients with chronic heart failure549Direct thrombin inhibitors inhibit atrial myocardium hypertrophy in a rat model of heart failure and atrial remodeling550Tissue factor / FVIIa transactivates the IGF-1R by a Src-dependent phosphorylation of caveolin-1551Notch signaling is differently altered in endothelial and smooth muscle cells of ascending aortic aneurysm patients552Frizzled 5 expression is essential for endothelial proliferation and migration553Modulation of vascular function and ROS production by novel synthetic benzopyran analogues in diabetes mellitusExtracellular matrix and fibrosis - Heart556Cardiac fibroblasts as inflammatory supporter cells trigger cardiac inflammation in heart failure557A role for galectin-3 in calcific aortic valve stenosis558Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids- can they decrease risk for ventricular fibrillation?559Serum levels of elastin derived peptides and circulating elastin-antielastin immune complexes in sera of patients with coronary artery disease560Endocardial fibroelastosis is secondary to hemodynamic alterations in the chick model of hypoplastic left heart syndrome561Dynamics of serum levels of matrix metalloproteinases in primary anterior STEMI patients564Deletion of the alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor changes the vascular remodeling induced by transverse aortic constriction in mice.565Extracellular matrix remodelling in response to venous hypertension: proteomics of human varicose veinsIon channels, ion exchangers and cellular electrophysiology - Heart568Microtubule-associated protein RP/EB family member 1 modulates sodium channel trafficking and cardiac conduction569Investigation of electrophysiological abnormalities in a rabbit athlete's heart model570Upregulation of expression of multiple genes in the atrioventricular node of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat571miR-1 as a regulator of sinoatrial rhythm in endurance training adaptation572Selective sodium-calcium exchanger inhibition reduces myocardial dysfunction associated with hypokalaemia and ventricular fibrillation573Effect of racemic and levo-methadone on action potential of human ventricular cardiomyocytes574Acute temperature effects on the chick embryonic heart functionVasculogenesis, angiogenesis and arteriogenesis577Clinical improvement and enhanced collateral vessel growth after monocyte transplantation in mice578The role of HIF-1 alpha, VEGF and obstructive sleep apnoea in the development of coronary collateral circulation579Initiating cardiac repair with a trans-coronary sinus catheter intervention in an ischemia/reperfusion porcine animal model580Early adaptation of pre-existing collaterals after acute arteriolar and venular microocclusion: an in vivo study in chick chorioallantoic membraneEndothelium583EDH-type responses to the activator of potassium KCa2.3 and KCa3.1 channels SKA-31 in the small mesenteric artery from spontaneously hypertensive rats584The peculiarities of endothelial dysfunction in patients with chronic renocardial syndrome585Endothelial dysfunction, atherosclerosis of the carotid arteries and level of leptin in patient with coronary heart disease in combination with hepatic steatosis depend from body mass index.586Role of non-coding RNAs in thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with bicuspid aortic valve587Cigarette smoke extract abrogates atheroprotective effects of high laminar flow on endothelial function588The prognostic value of anti-connective tissue antibodies in coronary heart disease and asymptomatic atherosclerosis589Novel potential properties of bioactive peptides from spanish dry-cured ham on the endothelium.Lipids592Intermediate density lipoprotein is associated with monocyte subset distribution in patients with stable atherosclerosis593The characteristics of dyslipidemia in rheumatoid arthritisAtherosclerosis596Macrophages differentiated in vitro are heterogeneous: morphological and functional profile in patients with coronary artery disease597Palmitoylethanolamide promotes anti-inflammatory phenotype of macrophages and attenuates plaque formation in ApoE-/- mice598Amiodarone versus esmolol in the perioperative period: an in vitro study of coronary artery bypass grafts599BMPRII signaling of fibrocytes, a mesenchymal progenitor cell population, is increased in STEMI and dyslipidemia600The characteristics of atherogenesis and systemic inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis601Role of adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing in human atherosclerosis602Presence of bacterial DNA in thrombus aspirates of patients with myocardial infarction603Novel E-selectin binding polymers reduce atherosclerotic lesions in ApoE(-/-) mice604Differential expression of the plasminogen receptor Plg-RKT in monocyte and macrophage subsets - possible functional consequences in atherogenesis605Apelin-13 treatment enhances the stability of atherosclerotic plaques606Mast cells are increased in the media of coronary lesions in patients with myocardial infarction and favor atherosclerotic plaque instability607Association of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio with presence of isolated coronary artery ectasiaCalcium fluxes and excitation-contraction coupling610The coxsackie- and adenovirus receptor (CAR) regulates calcium homeostasis in the developing heart611HMW-AGEs application acutely reduces ICaL in adult cardiomyocytes612Measuring electrical conductibility of cardiac T-tubular systems613Postnatal development of cardiac excitation-contraction coupling in rats614Role of altered Ca2+ homeostasis during adverse cardiac remodeling after ischemia/reperfusion615Experimental study of sarcoplasmic reticulum dysfunction and energetic metabolism in failing myocardium associated with diabetes mellitusHibernation, stunning and preconditioning618Volatile anesthetic preconditioning attenuates ischemic-reperfusion injury in type II diabetic patients undergoing on-pump heart surgery619The effect of early and delayed phase of remote ischemic preconditioning on ischemia-reperfusion injury in the isolated hearts of healthy and diabetic rats620Post-conditioning with 1668-thioate leads to attenuation of the inflammatory response and remodeling with less fibrosis and better left ventricular function in a murine model of myocardial infarction621Maturation-related changes in response to ischemia-reperfusion injury and in effects of classical ischemic preconditioning and remote preconditioningMitochondria and energetics624Phase changes in myocardial mitochondrial respiration caused by hypoxic preconditioning or periodic hypoxic training625Desmin mutations depress mitochondrial metabolism626Methylene blue modulates mitochondrial function and monoamine oxidases-related ROS production in diabetic rat hearts627Doxorubicin modulates the real-time oxygen consumption rate of freshly isolated adult rat and human ventricular cardiomyocytesCardiomyopathies and fibrosis630Effects of genetic or pharmacologic inhibition of the ubiquitin/proteasome system on myocardial proteostasis and cardiac function631Suppression of Wnt signalling in a desmoglein-2 transgenic mouse model for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy632Cold-induced cardiac hypertrophy is reversed after thermo-neutral deacclimatization633CD45 is a sensitive marker to diagnose lymphocytic myocarditis in endomyocardial biopsies of living patients and in autopsies634Atrial epicardial adipose tissue derives from epicardial progenitors635Caloric restriction ameliorates cardiac function, sympathetic cardiac innervation and beta-adrenergic receptor signaling in an experimental model of post-ischemic heart failure636High fat diet improves cardiac remodelling and function after extensive myocardial infarction in mice637Epigenetic therapy reduces cardiac hypertrophy in murine models of heart failure638Imbalance of the VHL/HIF signaling in WT1+ Epicardial Progenitors results in coronary vascular defects, fibrosis and cardiac hypertrophy639Diastolic dysfunction is the first stage of the developing heart failure640Colchicine aggravates coxsackievirus B3 infection in miceArterial and pulmonary hypertension642Osteopontin as a marker of pulmonary hypertension in patients with coronary heart disease combined with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease643Myocardial dynamic stiffness is increased in experimental pulmonary hypertension partly due to incomplete relaxation644Hypotensive effect of quercetin is possibly mediated by down-regulation of immunotroteasome subunits in aorta of spontaneously hypertensive rats645Urocortin-2 improves right ventricular function and attenuates experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension646A preclinical evaluation of the anti-hypertensive properties of an aqueous extract of Agathosma (Buchu)Biomarkers648The adiponectin level in hypertensive females with rheumatoid arthritis and its relationship with subclinical atherosclerosis649Markers for identification of renal dysfunction in the patients with chronic heart failure650cardio-hepatic syndromes in chronic heart failure: North Africa profile651To study other biomarkers that assess during myocardial infarction652Interconnections of apelin levels with parameters of lipid metabolism in hypertension patients653Plasma proteomics in hypertension: prediction and follow-up of albuminuria during chronic renin-angiotensin system suppression654Soluble RAGE levels in plasma of patients with cerebrovascular events. 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Formagio ASN, Ramos DD, Vieira MC, Ramalho SR, Silva MM, Zárate NAH, Foglio MA, Carvalho JE. Phenolic compounds of Hibiscus sabdariffa and influence of organic residues on its antioxidant and antitumoral properties. BRAZ J BIOL 2016; 75:69-76. [PMID: 25945622 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.07413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the phenolic and flavonoids contents and the antioxidant and antitumoral activity of leaf and calyx methanolic extracts from Hibiscus sabdariffa (roselle) cultivated with poultry litter and organosuper® under three modes of application. The total phenolic content in the each extract was determined using the Folin-Ciocalteu reagent and for aluminium chloride flavonoids. The antioxidant parameters were analyzed using a 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH.) free radical scavenging assay. An antitumor colorimetric assay using sulforhodamine B. The highest contents of phenolic and flavonoids were observed in leaf extracts (389.98 and 104.52 mg g-1, respectively) and calyx extracts (474.09 and 148.35 mg g-1, respectively) from plants cultivated with organosuper®, although these values did not differ significantly from those observed for the other treatments. The average IC50 of leaves (43.48 μg mL-1) and calyces (37.15 μg mL-1) demonstrated that both have substances that may contribute to free radical scavenging action. The methanol extract from calyces showed significant selective activity against a leukemia line (K-562), with IC50 values of 0.12 mg mL-1 (organosuper®) and 1.16 mg mL-1 (poultry litter), with concentration-dependent, cytotoxic and cytocidal effects.
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- A S N Formagio
- Facudade de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil
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- Facudade de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil
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- Facudade de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil
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- Facudade de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil
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- Centro Pluridisciplinar de Pesquisas Químicas, Biológicas e Agrícolas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Centro Pluridisciplinar de Pesquisas Químicas, Biológicas e Agrícolas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Azevedo JR, Montenegro WS, Leitao AL, Silva MM, Prazeres JS, Maranhao JP. High flow nasal cannula oxygen (hfnc) versus non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (nippv) in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. a pilot randomized controlled trial. Intensive Care Med Exp 2015. [PMCID: PMC4796500 DOI: 10.1186/2197-425x-3-s1-a166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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van Tilburg MF, Salles MGF, Silva MM, Moreira RA, Moreno FB, Monteiro-Moreira ACO, Martins JAM, Cândido MJD, Araújo AA, Moura AAA. Semen variables and sperm membrane protein profile of Saanen bucks (Capra hircus) in dry and rainy seasons of the northeastern Brazil (3°S). Int J Biometeorol 2015; 59:561-573. [PMID: 25086569 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-014-0869-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2014] [Revised: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 07/02/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The Saanen is a highly productive breed, and for this reason, it has been raised in Brazil, but mostly under climate conditions completely different from where the breed originated. The objective of this study was to investigate variations in semen parameters and sperm membrane proteins from Saanen bucks (n = 7) raised in Northeastern Brazil, during dry season (September, October, and November) and rainy season (March, April, and May). We showed that during the dry season, sperm motility, concentration, and the percentage of normal sperm decreased as compared to the rainy season. Rectal temperatures of bucks had no significant (p > 0.05) variations during the dry and rainy seasons. However, temperatures of left and right skin testis were higher (p < 0.05) during the dry as compared to the rainy season. Expression of three proteins (lysine-specific demethylase 5D, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase subunit d, and radial spoke head protein 9 homolog) in sperm membrane were more intense in rainy season and only one protein (cytosol aminopeptidase) had greater expression in the dry season of the year. Our results show that mechanisms of testicular thermoregulation of Saanen bucks did not prevent a decrease in seminal parameters during the dry season. This deterioration may be related to reduced expression of proteins associated with important functions in sperm membrane.
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- M F van Tilburg
- Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Ceará, Av. Mister Hull S/N, Campus Pici, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, 60021-970
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Alves R, Ravaro LP, Pawlicka A, Silva MM, Camargo ASSD. Eco-Friendly Luminescent Hybrid Materials Based on Eu IIIand Li ICo-Doped Chitosan. J BRAZIL CHEM SOC 2015. [DOI: 10.5935/0103-5053.20150267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Leones R, Fernandes M, Ferreira RAS, Cesarino I, Lima JF, Carlos LD, Bermudez VDZ, Magon CJ, Donoso JP, Silva MM, Pawlicka A. Luminescent DNA- and agar-based membranes. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2014; 14:6685-6691. [PMID: 25924317 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2014.9368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Luminescent materials containing europium ions are investigated for different optical applications. They can be obtained using bio-macromolecules, which are promising alternatives to synthetic polymers based on the decreasing oil resources. This paper describes studies of the DNA- and Agar-europium triflate luminescent membranes and its potential technological applications are expanded to electroluminescent devices. Polarized optical microscopy demonstrated that the samples are birefringent with submicrometer anisotropy. The X-ray diffraction analysis revealed predominantly amorphous nature of the samples and the atomic force microscopy images showed a roughness of the membranes of 409.0 and 136.1 nm for the samples of DNA10Eu and Agar1.11Eu, respectively. The electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of the DNA(n)Eu membranes with the principal lines at g ≈ 2.0 and g ≈ 4.8 confirmed uniform distribution of rare earth ions in a disordered matrix. Moreover, these strong and narrow resonance lines for the samples of DNA(n)Eu when compared to the Agar(n)Eu suggested a presence of paramagnetic radicals arising from the DNA matrix. The emission spectra suggested that the Eu3+ ions occupy a single local environment in both matrices and the excitation spectra monitored around the Eu emission lines pointed out that the Eu3+ ions in the Agar host were mainly excited via the broad band component rather than by direct intra-4f(6) excitation, whereas the opposite case occurred for the DNA-based sample.
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Raju BR, Sampaio DMF, Silva MM, Coutinho PJG, Gonçalves MST. Ultrasound promoted synthesis of Nile Blue derivatives. Ultrason Sonochem 2014; 21:360-366. [PMID: 23769749 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2013.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Revised: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Ultrasound irradiation was used for the first time towards the synthesis of new Nile Blue related benzo[a]phenoxazinium chlorides possessing isopentylamino, (2-cyclohexylethyl)amino and phenethylamino groups at 5-position of the heterocyclic system. The efficacy of sonochemistry was investigated with some of our earlier reported synthesis of benzo[a]phenoxazinium chlorides. This newer protocol proved competent in terms of reaction times and enhanced yields. Photophysical studies carried out in ethanol, water and simulated physiological conditions, revealed that emission maxima occurred in the range 644-656 nm, with high fluorescent quantum yields. Other attractive feature exhibited by these materials includes good thermal stability. These properties might be useful in the development of fluorescent probes for biotechnology.
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- B Rama Raju
- Centre of Physics, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; Centre of Chemistry, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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Silva MM, Lemos JM, Coito A, Costa BA, Wigren T, Mendonça T. Local identifiability and sensitivity analysis of neuromuscular blockade and depth of hypnosis models. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 2013; 113:23-36. [PMID: 24252467 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2012] [Revised: 06/22/2013] [Accepted: 07/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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This paper addresses the local identifiability and sensitivity properties of two classes of Wiener models for the neuromuscular blockade and depth of hypnosis, when drug dose profiles like the ones commonly administered in the clinical practice are used as model inputs. The local parameter identifiability was assessed based on the singular value decomposition of the normalized sensitivity matrix. For the given input signal excitation, the results show an over-parameterization of the standard pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic models. The same identifiability assessment was performed on recently proposed minimally parameterized parsimonious models for both the neuromuscular blockade and the depth of hypnosis. The results show that the majority of the model parameters are identifiable from the available input-output data. This indicates that any identification strategy based on the minimally parameterized parsimonious Wiener models for the neuromuscular blockade and for the depth of hypnosis is likely to be more successful than if standard models are used.
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- M M Silva
- Departamento de Matemática, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal; Division of Systems and Control, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Box 337, SE-751 05 Uppsala, Sweden; Center for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications (CIDMA), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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Silva MM, Da Fonseca CO, Moura-Neto R, Carvalho JF, Quirico-Santos T, Carvalho MG. Influence of GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms on the survival rate of patients with malignant glioma under perillyl alcohol-based therapy. Genet Mol Res 2013; 12:1621-30. [PMID: 23765968 DOI: 10.4238/2013.may.14.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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GSTM1 (glutathione S-transferase mu 1) and GSTT1 (glutathione S-transferase theta 1) are critical enzymes for detoxification of endogenous and environmental carcinogens. Constitutive GST gene polymorphisms may be associated with increased risk for cancer development. We made an explorative study of a Brazilian population with malignant glioma to determine whether GSTM1 and GSTT1 genetic polymorphisms influence the response to intranasal administration of perillyl alcohol and the survival rate. Patients were stratified into groups according to clinical presentation, tumor classification, and tumor location. Circulating DNA was extracted from blood plasma or serum, and genotypes were detected by multiplex PCR. The cohort included 95 patients with recurrent malignant glioma included in a Phase I/II clinical trial with perillyl alcohol and 100 matched healthy control subjects. GSTM1 frequency was similar in patients with glioma (44%) and healthy controls (54%), but GSTT1 deletion was found in 11.5% patients, contrasting with 36% in controls. A longer survival rate was associated with a lack of GSTM1 deletion (31 weeks) and a deletion for GSTT1 (28 weeks). A poor survival rate was associated with GSTM1 deletion (23 weeks) and with a lack of a GSTT1 deletion (19 weeks). A significantly lower frequency of GSTT1 deletion in glioma patients compared to healthy controls indicates that GSTT1 deletion may exert a protective role against gliomagenesis, influence therapeutic response to intranasal perillyl alcohol treatment, and increase overall survival, especially considering tumor topography.
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- M M Silva
- Laboratório de Controle da Expressão Gênica, Instituto de Biofísica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Alves RD, Rodrigues LC, Andrade JR, Fernandes M, Pinto JV, Pereira L, Pawlicka A, Martins R, Fortunato E, de Zea Bermudez V, Silva MM. GelatinnZn(CF3SO3)2Polymer Electrolytes for Electrochromic Devices. ELECTROANAL 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201300038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The hydrolysis of flucloxacillin at pH 4.9 yields a degradation product which is polarographically oxidizable. This derivative has not been identified, but would seem to contain a thiol group. It gives a diffusion-controlled anodic polarographic wave with a half-wave potential at -0.24 V vs. SCE. The method developed has been applied to the analysis of flucloxacillin capsules, and a recovery of 99% has been obtained.
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- J A Squella
- Department of Chemical Pharmacology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmacological Sciences, P.O. Box 233, Santiago, Chile
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Fernandes M, Nobre SS, Rodrigues LC, Gonçalves A, Rego R, Oliveira MC, Ferreira RAS, Fortunato E, Silva MM, Carlos LD, Bermudez VDZ. Li(+)- and Eu(³+)-doped poly(ε-caprolactone)/siloxane biohybrid electrolytes for electrochromic devices. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2011; 3:2953-2965. [PMID: 21774498 DOI: 10.1021/am200391b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The sol-gel process has been successfully combined with the "mixed cation" effect to produce novel luminescent and ion conducting biohybrids composed of a diurethane cross-linked poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL530)/siloxane hybrid network (PCL stands for the poly(ε-caprolactone) biopolymer and 530 is the average molecular weight in gmol(-1)) doped with a wide range of concentrations of lithium and europium triflates (LiCF(3)SO(3) and Eu(CF(3)SO(3))(3), respectively) (molar ratio of ca. 50:50). The hybrid samples are all semicrystalline: whereas at n = 52.6 and 27.0 (n, composition, corresponds to the number of (C(═O)(CH(2))(5)O) repeat units of PCL(530) per mixture of Li(+) and Eu(3+) ions) a minor proportion of crystalline PCL(530) chains is present, at n = 6.1, a new crystalline phase emerges. The latter electrolyte is thermally stable up to 220 °C and exhibits the highest conductivity over the entire range of temperatures studied (3.7 × 10(-7) and 1.71 × 10(-4) S cm(-1) at 20 and 102 °C, respectively). According to infrared spectroscopic data, major modifications occur in terms of hydrogen bonding interactions at this composition. The electrochemical stability domain of the biohybrid sample with n = 27 spans more than 7 V versus Li/Li(+). This sample is a room temperature white light emitter. Its emission color can be easily tuned across the Commission Internationale d'Éclairage (CIE) chromaticity diagram upon simply changing the excitation wavelength. Preliminary tests performed with a prototype electrochromic device (ECD) comprising the sample with n = 6.1 as electrolyte and WO(3) as cathodically coloring layer are extremely encouraging. The device exhibits switching time around 50 s, an optical density change of 0.15, good open circuit memory under atmospheric conditions (ca. 1 month) and high coloration efficiency (577 cm(2) C(-1) in the second cycle).
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- M Fernandes
- Department of Chemistry and CQ-VR, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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Gibelli NEM, Tannuri ACA, Tannuri U, Santos MM, Pinho-Apezzato ML, Maksoud-Filho JG, Velhote MCP, Ayoub AAR, Silva MM, Andrade WC. Rex shunt for acute portal vein thrombosis after pediatric liver transplantation in children with biliary atresia. Transplant Proc 2011; 43:194-5. [PMID: 21335186 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Posttransplantation portal vein thrombosis (PVT) can have severe health consequences, and portal hypertension and other consequences of the long-term privation of portal inflow to the graft may be hazardous, especially in young children. The Rex shunt has been used successfully to treat PVT patients since 1998. In 2007, we started to perform this surgery in patients with idiopathic PVT and late posttransplantation PVT. Herein we have reported our experience with this technique in acute posttransplantation PVT. METHODS Three patients of ages 12, 15, and 18 months underwent cadaveric (n = 1) or living donor (n = 2) orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). All patients had biliary atresia with portal vein hypoplasia; they developed acute PVT on the first postoperative day. They underwent a mesenteric-portal surgical shunt (Rex shunt) using a left internal jugular vein autograft (n = 2) or cadaveric iliac vein graft (n = 1) on the first postoperative day. RESULTS The 8-month follow-up has confirmed shunt patency by postoperative Doppler ultrasound. There have been no biliary complications to date. CONCLUSIONS The mesenteric-portal shunt (Rex shunt) using an autograft of the left internal jugular or a cadaveric vein graft should be considered for children with acute PVT after OLT. These children usually have small portal veins; reanastomosis is often unsuccessful. In addition, this technique has the advantage to avoid manipulation of the hepatic hilum and biliary anastomosis. Although this study was based on a limited experience, we concluded that this technique is feasible, with great benefits to and low risks for these patients.
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- N E M Gibelli
- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Surgery and Liver Transplantation Division, Instituto da Criança, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Silva MM, Simões RT, Castelli EC, Mendes-Junior CT, Deghaide NHS, Tsuda LC, Machado AA, Donadi EA, Fernandes APM. TNF microsatellite alleles may confer protection against the development of lipodystrophy syndrome in Brazilian HIV patients. Int J Immunogenet 2010; 37:379-85. [PMID: 20518840 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2010.00937.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of TNFa-e microsatellites and the promoter region (TNF-308 and TNF-238) in HIV/AIDS-infected patients presenting or not lipodystrophy syndrome (LS). The design is the genetic case-control association study. Microsatellite and the TNF promoter region polymorphisms were amplified by PCR and submitted to polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The genotypes and allele frequencies for 67 HIV-positive patients with lipodystrophy were compared with 50 HIV-positive patients with no evidence of lipodystrophy and with 131 healthy HIV-negative individuals. The presence of the TNFa5 allele could provide HIV/AIDS patients with protection against developing LS. The presence of TNF-308G allele, as well as of its homozygote TNF-308GG, were associated with susceptibility to developing LS. In addition, the presence of the haplotype TNFe3-d3-238G-308A-c1-a5-b7 suggests protection against developing that syndrome. This study highlights that polymorphic sites spanning the region nearby the TNF locus are associated with LS development in HIV/AIDS patients.
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- M M Silva
- Department of General and Specialized Nursing, College of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Castelar L, Silva MM, Castelli EC, Deghaide NHS, Mendes-Junior CT, Machado AA, Donadi EA, Fernandes APM. Interleukin-18 and interferon-gamma polymorphisms in Brazilian human immunodeficiency virus-1-infected patients presenting with lipodystrophy syndrome. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 76:126-30. [PMID: 20331838 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01471.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cytokines play important roles in the pathogenesis of lipodystrophy syndrome (LS). Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at positions -607(C/A) and -137(C/G) in the promoter region of the interleukin-18 (IL-18) gene and at position +874(T/A) of the interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) gene are related to the expression of these cytokines. To examine whether IL-18 and IFN-gamma polymorphisms are associated with LS, these SNPs were genotyped in 88 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients presenting LS, 79 HIV-infected without LS, and 133 healthy controls. The -607A allele, -607AA genotype, and -137G/-607A and -137C/-607A haplotypes in the IL-18 gene were over-represented in HIV patients presenting LS. The -137G/-607C haplotype was associated with protection against LS. These results indicate that the -607(C/A) SNP is associated with LS development in HIV-infected patients.
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- L Castelar
- College of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Barbosa PC, Rodrigues LC, Silva MM, Smith MJ, Valente PB, Gonçalves A, Fortunato E. Characterization of polyether-poly(methyl methacrylate)-lithium perchlorate blend electrolytes. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.1668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Stopiglia RM, Ferreira U, Silva MM, Matheus WE, Denardi F, Reis LO. Prostate specific antigen decrease and prostate cancer diagnosis: antibiotic versus placebo prospective randomized clinical trial. J Urol 2010; 183:940-4. [PMID: 20089269 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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PURPOSE Prostate inflammation can lead to an increase in serum prostate specific antigen concentration and confound the use of prostate specific antigen kinetics. Repeat prostate specific antigen measurements after a period of observation or a course of empirical antibiotics are controversial in terms of the optimal approach to reduce the confounding impact on prostate cancer screening. This issue was analyzed in patients with a diagnosis of type IV or asymptomatic prostatitis (National Institutes of Health classification) and high prostate specific antigen. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied 200 men between 50 and 75 years old with a high prostate specific antigen (between 2.5 and 10 ng/dl). Of these patients 98 (49%) had a diagnosis of type IV prostatitis. In a prospective, double-blind trial they were randomized to receive placebo (49 patients, group 1) or 500 mg ciprofloxacin (49 patients, group 2) twice a day for 4 weeks. Prostate specific antigen was determined after treatment and all patients underwent transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy of the prostate. RESULTS In group 1, 29 (59.18%) patients presented with a decrease in prostate specific antigen and 9 (31%) had cancer on biopsy, while in group 2 there were 26 (53.06%) patients with a decrease in prostate specific antigen and 7 (26.9%) with prostate cancer. There was no statistical difference in either group in relation to prostate specific antigen decrease after treatment or the presence of tumor. CONCLUSIONS A considerable number of patients (49%) were diagnosed with type IV prostatitis and high prostate specific antigen in agreement with the current literature. Of the patients 26.9% to 31% presented with a decrease in prostate specific antigen after the use of antibiotic or placebo and harbor cancer as demonstrated on prostate biopsy. Prostate specific antigen decreases do not indicate the absence of prostate cancer.
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- R M Stopiglia
- Section of Urologic Oncology, Discipline of Urology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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Wasserman MA, Bartoly F, Viana AG, Silva MM, Rochedo ERR, Perez DV, Conti CC. Soil to plant transfer of 137Cs and 60Co in Ferralsol, Nitisol and Acrisol. J Environ Radioact 2008; 99:546-53. [PMID: 17905488 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2006] [Revised: 07/06/2007] [Accepted: 08/09/2007] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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In this study, soil to plant transfer factor values were determined for 137Cs and 60Co in radish (Raphanus sativus), maize (Zea mays L.) and cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata) growing in gibbsite-, kaolinite- and iron-oxide-rich soils. After 3 years of experiment in lysimeters it was possible to identify the main soil properties able to modify the soil to plant transfer processes, e.g. exchangeable K and pH, for 137Cs, and organic matter for 60Co. Results of sequential chemical extraction were coherent with root uptake and allowed the recognition of the role of iron oxides on 137Cs behaviour and of Mn oxides on 60Co behaviour. This information should provide support for adequate choices of countermeasures to be applied on tropical soils in case of accident or for remediation purposes.
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- M A Wasserman
- Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria, CNEN, Av. Salvador Allende s/n(degree), Recreio, CEP: 22780-160, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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The perception of natural scenes relies on the integration of pre-existing knowledge with the immediate results of attentional processing, and what can be remembered from a scene depends in turn on how that scene is perceived and understood. However, there are conflicting results in the literature as to whether people are more likely to remember those objects that are consistent with the scene or those that are not. Moreover, whether any discrepancy between the likelihood of remembering schema-consistent or schema-inconsistent objects should be attributed to the schematic effects on attention or on memory remains unclear. To address this issue, the current study attempted to directly manipulate attention allocation by requiring participants to look at (i) schema-consistent objects, (ii) schema-inconsistent objects, or (iii) to share attention equally across both. Regardless of the differential allocation of attention or object fixation, schema-consistent objects were better recalled whereas recognition was independent of schema-consistency, but depended on task instruction. These results suggest that attention is important both for remembering low-level object properties, and information whose retrieval is not supported by the currently active schema. Specific knowledge of the scenes being viewed can result in the recall of non-fixated objects, but without such knowledge attention is required to encode sufficient detail for subsequent recognition. Our results demonstrate therefore that attention is not critical for the retrieval of objects that are consistent with a scene's schematic content.
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- M M Silva
- Department of Psychology, School of Human Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
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Tannuri U, Velhote MCP, Santos MM, Gibelli NE, Ayoub AA, Maksoud-Filho JG, Silva MM, Pinho ML, Miyatani HT, Maksoud JG. Pediatric liver transplantation: fourteen years of experience at the children institute in São Paulo, Brazil. Transplant Proc 2005; 36:941-2. [PMID: 15194325 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.03.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This study reports the 14-year experience of a single center on 206 liver transplantations from living and cadaveric donors performed in 179 pediatric patients. Biliary atresia (57.2%) and fulminant hepatitis (9.8%) were the most frequent indications. The mean age of the recipients was 3 years, 7 months (9 months to 18 years) and mean weight was 14 kg (7 to 57 kg). The allografts were distributed as 82 (39.8%) whole cadaveric, 76 (36.9%) reduced-size cadaveric, 46 (22.3%) living donor liver transplants, and 2 (0.9%) ex situ split livers. The waiting periods were 25 days for living donors and 2.5 years for cadaveric donors (P <.001). Twenty-seven children were retransplanted with hepatic artery thrombosis the most frequent indication. The postoperative complications were: primary nonfunction (12.2%), biliary stenosis (28.8%), hepatic artery thrombosis (12.2%), portal vein stenosis (4.9%), hepatic vein stenosis (6.9%), and lymphoproliferative disorder (5.9%). The diagnosis of biliary stenosis was obtained by liver biopsy and transhepatic cholangiography and treated by balloon dilatation, although four children (3.9%) required a redo hepaticojejunostomy. The venous stenoses were percutaneously dilated with five-children (4.9%) requiring venous stents. The incidence of hepatic vein stenosis was 15.6% among living donor and 2.5% in cadaveric liver transplantation (P <.05). The overall 5-year patient and graft survivals were 70.2% and 65.1%. Liver transplantation provides excellent long-term survival. The use of grafts from living donors decreases the waiting periods but increases the incidence of hepatic vein stenosis.
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- U Tannuri
- Liver Transplantation Unit, Children Institute, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Gibelli NEM, Pinho-Apezzato ML, Miyatani HT, Maksoud-Filho JG, Silva MM, Ayoub AAR, Santos MM, Velhote MCP, Tannuri U, Maksoud JG. Basiliximab-chimeric anti-IL2-R monoclonal antibody in pediatric liver transplantation: comparative study. Transplant Proc 2005; 36:956-7. [PMID: 15194332 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.04.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Basiliximab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to the alpha subunit (CD(25)) of the interleukin-2 receptor of activated T lymphocytes. The advantage of basiliximab in organ transplantation is the reduce possibility to calcineurin inhibitor dosages to avoid nephrotoxicity. Basiliximab has significantly reduced the incidence of acute rejection (AR) in renal transplant recipients; however, the results are uncertain in liver transplantation (LT). The objective of this investigation was to assess the effect of basiliximab to prevent AR in the first 6 months after pediatric LT. From March 2000 to October 2001, 32 recipients of a primary orthotopic cadaveric or living donor LT were given basiliximab by intravenous bolus injection on the day of transplantation (day 0) and on day 4. Four children who received one dose were excluded from the study. The rate and the intensity of AR episodes, the incidence of chronic rejection, serum creatinine level, incidence of infections, adverse side effects, and daily oral dosage of cyclosporine (Neoral) to maintain the target blood level of 850 to 1000 mg/dL at C2, 2 hours after the administration, were analyzed in the remaining 28 recipients. Results were compared to those obtained from a matched historical group (n = 28) of similar age, weight, and hepatic diseases distribution. None of the analyzed parameters was statistically significant (P >.05) except for the daily oral dose of cyclosporine (7 to 13 mg/kg/dose, P <.05). In our series, the addition of basiliximab to the immunosuppressive therapy did not reduce the incidence of AR in pediatric LT.
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- N E M Gibelli
- Liver Transplantation Unit, Children Institute, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Volkmer-Ribeiro C, Guadagnin DL, De Rosa-Barbosa R, Silva MM, Drügg-Hahn S, Lopes-Pitoni VL, Gastal HADO, Barros MP, Demaman LV. A polyethylenetherephthalate (PET) device for sampling freshwater benthic macroinvertebrates. BRAZ J BIOL 2004; 64:531-41. [PMID: 15622850 DOI: 10.1590/s1519-69842004000300016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A new device to sample freshwater benthic macroinvertebrates was used in a low and sandy stretch of a Brazilian sub-tropical river (the River Cai, Triunfo, RS) and in one of its small tributaries, Bom Jardim brook (Arroio Bom Jardim). In this study, the effectiveness of this device, a PET sampler, was tested at different sites in the river and the brook throughout the four seasons between 2001-2002. Comparisons were made by PCA and ANOVA, both employing a bootstrap procedure based on similarity matrices. The PET sampler proved to be a reliable tool for detection of seasonal and spatial differences in richness, total abundance of organisms, and Shannon's diversity index in both river and brook and is therefore recommended for use in the monitoring of macroinvertebrate communities in this system.
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- C Volkmer-Ribeiro
- Museu de Cîencias Naturais da Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, C.P. 1188, CEP 90001-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil,
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Silva MM, Barros SC, Smith MJ, MacCallum JR. Characterization of solid polymer electrolytes based on poly(trimethylenecarbonate) and lithium tetrafluoroborate. Electrochim Acta 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2003.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Nobre AC, Coêlho GR, Coutinho MC, Silva MM, Angelim EV, Menezes DB, Fonteles MC, Monteiro HS. The role of phospholipase A(2) and cyclooxygenase in renal toxicity induced by microcystin-LR. Toxicon 2001; 39:721-4. [PMID: 11072052 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-0101(00)00193-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We have shown previously that exposure to microcystin-LR (MCLR) causes renal toxic effects in isolated perfused rat kidney. That study was extended further to approach the perspective of pharmacological blockade of renal toxic effects by MCLR through the use of experimental therapeutic agents. An isolated kidney perfusion system was utilized and samples of urine and perfusate were collected at 10min intervals to determine the levels of inulin, sodium, potassium and osmolality. Dexamethasone (20microg ml(-1)) and indomethacin (10microg ml(-1)) were administered in the beginning of the perfusion and MCLR was employed in a dose of 1microg ml(-1) after an internal control of 30min to evaluate the perfusion pressure (PP), renal vascular resistance (RVR), glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and urinary flow (UF). Dexamethasone and indomethacin antagonized the toxic effects of MCLR on PP, RVR, GFR and UF. Histologic analysis of dexamethasone and indomethacin treated groups did not show any vascular or interstitial alterations. MCLR potentially impairs the renal function, probably causing vascular and glomerular lesions and, promoting renal alterations through direct or indirect actions. These data seem to indicate that the renal alterations promoted by MCLR involves also phospholipase A(2) and arachidonic acid-derived mediators.
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- A C Nobre
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal University of Ceara, Rua Cel. Nunes de Melo, 1127, 60430-270, CE, Fortaleza, Brazil
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Oliveira ES, Boschi ES, Guths H, Alves F, Silva MM, Marques S, Polanczyk CA, Silva NB. Predictors of mortality and prolonged mechanical ventilation in patients admitted to a medical-surgical intensive care unit. Crit Care 2001. [PMCID: PMC3300993 DOI: 10.1186/cc1426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- ES Oliveira
- Centro de Terapia Intensivo do Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Centro de Terapia Intensivo do Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Centro de Terapia Intensivo do Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Centro de Terapia Intensivo do Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Centro de Terapia Intensivo do Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Centro de Terapia Intensivo do Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Centro de Terapia Intensivo do Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Centro de Terapia Intensivo do Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Gabriel JE, Ferro MIT, Ferro JA, Silva MM, Givisiez PEN, Macari M. Influence of Dietary Energy Level on Hepatic70-kDa Heat Shock Protein Expression in Broiler Chickens Submitted to Acute Heat Stress. Rev Bras Cienc Avic 2000. [DOI: 10.1590/s1516-635x2000000300008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This experiment was carried out to study the effect of dietary energy on the colonic temperature and hepatic Hsp70 content in broiler chicken at room temperature and after heat stress conditions. Broiler chickens were reared up to 51 days of life, and fed diets containing high (HE -13,186 kJ ME/kg) or low (LE -12,139 kJ ME/kg) energy. At 21 and 51 days of age, the colonic temperature was measured at room temperature and liver samples were obtained for Hsp70 quantification by Western blotting analysis. It was also investigated at these ages the time course response of colonic temperature and hepatic Hsp70 level during heat stress (35º C/5 h). The data showed that at early age, at room temperature, colonic temperature or hepatic Hsp70 levels were not affected by dietary energy, but at 51 days of life low energy fed broilers had lower Hsp70 concentration in the liver. During heat stress, the increase in both colonic temperature and hepatic Hsp70 concentration were significantly less in high energy fed birds. The findings of this study suggest that hepatic Hsp70 synthesis is affected by dietary energy, and that broiler chicken fed high-energy diet can change the thermoresistance during acute heat stress.
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Silva MM, Goldman S, Keating G, Marymont MA, Kalapurakal J, Tomita T. Optic pathway hypothalamic gliomas in children under three years of age: the role of chemotherapy. Pediatr Neurosurg 2000; 33:151-8. [PMID: 11096362 DOI: 10.1159/000028996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Optic pathway/hypothalamic gliomas (OPHGs) tend to occur in young children. Treatment options consist of surgical resection, radiation therapy (RT) and chemotherapy. Due to complications induced by surgery and RT, chemotherapy has gained significant recognition for the treatment of OPHG in young children. Chemosensitivity of OPHG in very young children under 3 years of age has not been well documented. We analyzed 14 patients who were treated with chemotherapy with or without surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fourteen children younger than 3 years (median age of 10 months) with OPHG were treated between 1988 and 1998. Magnetic resonance imaging was obtained in all cases. Hydrocephalus was present in 8 patients and diencephalic syndrome was noted in 6. Only 3 of these had evidence of neurofibromatosis-1. Five patients had partial tumor resection and 4 had endoscopic biopsy at the time of ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement. Pathological examination revealed low-grade astrocytoma in 5 and juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma in 4. All patients received chemotherapy: carboplatin in 8, a combination of carboplatin and vincristine in 4 and a combination of other agents in 2. RESULTS Eight (57%) of 14 patients had a sustained reduction of tumor during the follow-up time between 15 months and 8 years. The 5-year progression-free survival was 63%. These tumor reductions were often accompanied by clinical improvements. Diencephalic syndrome responded to chemotherapy alone in 4 of 6 patients. However, 5 others had progressive disease; 3 during the treatment and 2 following the treatment (9 months and 2 years, respectively). All these 5 patients had a partial tumor resection prior to chemotherapy. CONCLUSION A majority of OPHGs responds to chemotherapy. Due to slow progression of these tumors and adverse effects of other therapeutic modalities, we recommend chemotherapy as a primary treatment for OPHGs. Our present data indicates that partial surgical resection does not enhance chemotherapy effectiveness for OPHGs in infants or children younger than 3 years.
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- M M Silva
- Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
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