Characterization of water mobility in dry and wetted roasted coffee using low-field proton nuclear magnetic resonance

2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 572-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.-L. Mateus ◽  
D. Champion ◽  
R. Liardon ◽  
A. Voilley
Holzforschung ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greeley Beck ◽  
Emil Engelund Thybring ◽  
Lisbeth Garbrecht Thygesen ◽  
Callum Hill

AbstractMoisture in radiata pine (Pinus radiataD. Don) earlywood (EW), which was acetylated or propionylated to various degrees, was measured by low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (LFNMR) relaxometry. Spin-spin relaxation times (T2) were determined for fully saturated samples at 22 and −18°C.T2values for EW lumen water increased with increasing acetylation weight percentage gain (WPG), perhaps caused by the less hydrophilic acetylated wood (AcW) surface. Cell wall water (WCW) and the water in pits and small voids also showed increasingT2values as a function of WPG but with a weaker tendency. A possible explanation is the counteracting effects of decreased hydrophilicity and reduced moisture content (MC) of these water populations at higher levels of acetylation. The evaluation of propionylation on WCWT2data was complicated by peak splitting in the relaxation spectrum. ConstantT2values for void water populations at various WPG levels for propionylated samples indicate a modification gradient in the cell wall. Fiber saturation point (FSP) was significantly reduced by both modifications. Slightly higher FSP values for propionylated samples suggest that physical bulking is not the only factor causing moisture exclusion in AcW. But this interpretation is tentative because of the possibility of cell wall damage caused by propionylation.


Metabolites ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenglin Zhu ◽  
Cheng Li ◽  
Yaning Wang ◽  
Luca Laghi

The aim of this study was to evaluate the metabolic profiles of yak (Bos grunniens) serum, feces, and urine by using proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR), to serve as a reference guide for the healthy yak milieu. A total of 108 metabolites, giving information about diet, protein digestion, and energy generation or gut-microbial co-metabolism, were assigned across the three biological matrices. A core metabolome of 15 metabolites was ubiquitous across all biofluids. Lactate, acetate, and creatinine could be regarded as the most abundant metabolites in the metabolome of serum, feces, and urine, respectively. Metabolic pathway analysis showed that the molecules identified could be able to give thorough information about four main metabolic pathways, namely valine, leucine, and isoleucine biosynthesis; phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan biosynthesis; glutamine and glutamate metabolism; and taurine and hypotaurine metabolism.


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