An Algal Allelopathic Competition with Internal and External Toxic Compounds

2007 ◽  
pp. 253-264
Author(s):  
Paolo Fergola ◽  
Marianna Cerasuolo
Keyword(s):  
Toxic Compounds

Development of embedded systems to control toxic compounds in textile industries

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 115-117
Author(s):  
Jahnavi KRM Jahnavi KRM ◽  
◽  
Raghavendra Rao K ◽  
Padma Suvarna R
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Toxic Compounds ◽  
Textile Industries

Problems in Detoxifying Fresh Waters Polluted by Base Metal Minewaters

1971 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-79
Author(s):  
Vaclav Kresta ◽  
Gerald B. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Chelating Agents ◽  
Toxicity Tests ◽  
Contaminated Water ◽  
Total Dosage ◽  
Toxic Compounds ◽  
Mining Sites ◽  
Know How ◽  
Chemical Agents ◽  
Copper And Zinc ◽  
Receiving Waters

Abstract At many mining sites process (milling) and drainage waters escape treatment and cause receiving waters to become contaminated above avoidance or even toxic levels for fish. The present know-how on chemical agents which can be used to complex with copper and zinc to form non-toxic compounds is limited to chelating agents such as NTA or EDTA. Preferential reaction with trivalent ions such as iron means that such ions must be tied up before complexation of copper and zinc can occur. As the amount of iron in contaminated water is usually two to eight times higher than that of copper and zinc, high dosages of chelating agents are usually required. In this project, the use of salts of anthranilic acid, especially calcium anthranilate, was investigated. The consumption of anthranilateions was found to be about the same as that of NTA or EDTA, i.e. four milligrams per milligram of copper or zinc. The total dosage to be applied to contaminated waters would be, however, several times lower as iron is not involved in the reactions and copper and zinc are complexed in that order. Toxicity tests to compare the efficiency and dasages of calcium anthranilate and NTA or EDTA are presently being carried out.

Inhibitors of Cholinesterases in Pharmacology: the Current Trends

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (15) ◽  
pp. 1532-1542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Pohanka
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Cholinesterase Inhibitors ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Nerve Agents ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Toxic Compounds ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Low Molecular Weight Compounds ◽  
Wide Group ◽  
Anti Inflammation

Inhibitors of cholinesterases are a wide group of low molecular weight compounds with a significant role in the current pharmacology. Besides the pharmacological importance, they are also known as toxic compounds like military nerve agents. In the pharmacology, drugs for Alzheimer disease, myasthenia gravis and prophylaxis of poisoning by nerve agents can be mentioned as the relevant applications. Besides this, anti-inflammation and antiphrastic drugs are other pharmacological applications of these inhibitors. This review is focused on a survey of cholinesterase inhibitors with known or expected pharmacological impact and indications of their use. Recent literature with comments is provided here as well.

Application of Advanced Electrochemical Methods with Nanomaterial-based Electrodes as Powerful Tools for Trace Analysis of Drugs and Toxic Compounds

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parviz Norouzi ◽  
Bagher Larijani ◽  
Taher Alizadeh ◽  
Eslam Pourbasheer ◽  
Mostafa Aghazadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trace Analysis ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Toxic Compounds ◽  
High Speed Analysis ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Sensitivity And Selectivity ◽  
Trace Measurement ◽  
Health Application

Background: The new progress in electronic devices has provided a great opportunity for advancing electrochemical instruments by which we can more easily solve many problems of interest for trace analysis of compounds, with a high degree of accuracy, precision, sensitivity, and selectivity. On the other hand, in recent years, there is a significant growth in the application of nanomaterials for the construction of nanosensors due to enhanced chemical and physical properties arising from discrete modified nanomaterial-based electrodes or microelectrodes. Objective: Combination of the advanced electrochemical system and nanosensors make these devices very suitable for the high-speed analysis, as motioning and portable devices. This review will discuss the recent developments and achievements that have been reported for trace measurement of drugs and toxic compounds for environment, food and health application.

scholarly journals The Food Anti-Microbials β-Phenylethylamine (-HCl) and Ethyl Acetoacetate Do Not Change during the Heating Process

Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 418
Author(s):  
Shelley M. Horne ◽  
Angel Ugrinov ◽  
Birgit M. Prüβ
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Activity ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Ethyl Acetoacetate ◽  
Mass Spectra ◽  
Heating Process ◽  
Toxic Compounds ◽  
Minimal Inhibitory Concentrations ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Cooking Process ◽  
Early Retention

β-Phenylethylamine hydrochloride (PEA-HCl) and ethyl acetoacetate (EAA) are anti-microbials with applications in food processing. As food anti-microbials, the compounds will have to withstand the cooking process without changing to toxic compounds. With this Communication, we address the question of whether PEA and EAA are altered when heated to 73.9 °C or 93.3 °C. A combination of gas chromatography and mass spectrometry was used to analyze solutions of PEA(-HCl) or EAA in beef broth or water. In addition, the anti-microbial activity of PEA-HCl and EAA was compared between heated and unheated samples at a range of concentrations. The gas chromatograms of PEA(-HCl) and EAA showed one peak at early retention times that did not differ between the heated and unheated samples. The mass spectra for PEA and EAA were near identical to those from a spectral database and did not show any differences between the heated and unheated samples. We conclude that PEA(-HCl) and EAA formed pure solutions and were not altered during the heating process. In addition, the anti-microbial activity of PEA-HCl and EAA did not change after the heating of the compounds. Regardless of temperature, the minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for PEA-HCl were 20.75 mmol mL−1 for Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium. For EAA, the MICs were 23.4 mmol mL−1 for E. coli and 15.6 mmol mL−1 for S. enterica.

scholarly journals Exploring the Capability of Yeasts Isolated from Colombian Fermented Cocoa Beans to Form and Degrade Biogenic Amines in a Lab-Scale Model System for Cocoa Fermentation

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Johannes Delgado-Ospina ◽  
Laura Acquaticci ◽  
Junior Bernardo Molina-Hernandez ◽  
Kalliopi Rantsiou ◽  
Maria Martuscelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biogenic Amines ◽  
Yeast Species ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Cocoa Beans ◽  
Pichia Kudriavzevii ◽  
Toxic Compounds ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
Fatty Acids Metabolism ◽  
Cocoa Fermentation

Yeast starters for cocoa fermentation are usually tested according to their enzymatic activities in terms of mucilage degradation and flavor improvement, disregarding their influence on the production or elimination of toxic compounds as biogenic amines (BAs), important for human health. In this work, we tested 145 strains belonging to 12 different yeast species and isolated from the Colombian fermented cocoa beans (CB) for their capability of producing BAs in vitro. Sixty-five strains were able to decarboxylate at least one of the amino acids tested. Pichia kudriavzevii ECA33 (Pk) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae 4 (Sc) were selected to evaluate their potential to modulate BAs, organic acids, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) accumulation during a simulated cocoa fermentation. The growth of Sc or Pk in the presence of CB caused a significant reduction (p < 0.05) of 2-phenylethylamine (84% and 37%) and cadaverine (58% and 51%), and a significant increase of tryptamine and putrescine with a strong influence of temperature in BA formation and degradation. In addition, our findings pointed out that Pk induced a major production of fatty acid- and amino acid-derived VOCs, while Sc induced more VOCs derived from fatty acids metabolism. Our results suggest the importance of considering BA production in the choice of yeast starters for cocoa fermentation.

scholarly journals Chironomus ramosus Larval Microbiome Composition Provides Evidence for the Presence of Detoxifying Enzymes

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1571
Author(s):  
Rotem Sela ◽  
Sivan Laviad-Shitrit ◽  
Leena Thorat ◽  
Bimalendu B. Nath ◽  
Malka Halpern
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Bacterial Community Composition ◽  
Laboratory Culture ◽  
Metagenomic Analysis ◽  
Sequence Variants ◽  
Microbiota Composition ◽  
Detoxifying Enzymes ◽  
Toxic Compounds ◽  
Microbiome Composition ◽  
Bacterial Genes

Chironomids (Diptera; Chironomidae) are aquatic insects that are abundant in freshwater. We aimed to study the endogenous microbiota composition of Chironomus ramosus larvae that were sampled from the Mutha River and a laboratory culture in India. Furthermore, we performed a metagenomic analysis of the larval microbiome, sampled from the Mutha River. Significant differences were found between the bacterial community composition of C. ramosus larvae that were sampled from the Mutha River and the laboratory culture. A total of 54.7% of the amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) that were identified in the larvae from the Mutha River were unique, compared to only 12.9% of unique ASVs that were identified from the laboratory-reared larvae. The four most abundant phyla across all samples were: Proteobacteria, Fusobacteria, Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes, while the nine most abundant genera were: Aeromonas, Alkanindiges, Breznakia, Cetobacterium, Chryseobacterium, Desulfovibrio, Dysgonomonas, Thiothrix, and Vibrio. Moreover, in the metagenomic analysis, we detected bacterial genes and bacterial pathways that demonstrated the ability to degrade different toxic compounds, detoxify metal, and confer resistance to antibiotics and UV radiation, amongst other functions. The results illuminate the fact that there are detoxifying enzymes in the C. ramosus larval microbiome that possibly play a role in protecting the insect in polluted environments.

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