scholarly journals Pipes and Potions: Testing the Efficacy of European Folk Preparation Methods for Anticholinergic Solanaceae Plants

Plants ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Karsten Fatur ◽  
Matjaž Ravnikar ◽  
Vitjan Fras ◽  
Samo Kreft
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Tropane Alkaloids ◽  
Extraction Process ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Preparation Methods ◽  
Fortified Wines

The present article sought to evaluate the efficiency of various folk preparation methods commonly used in Europe for employing anticholinergic Solanaceae plants. The study aimed to uncover which folk methods were effective for the extraction of the anticholinergic tropane alkaloids of these plants, atropine and scopolamine. The folk extractions that were tested sought to simulate the preparation of teas, cold-water infusions, unguents, tinctures, fortified wines, and smoking. All preparation types and a control were then put through an extraction process to see what amount of the alkaloids had been maintained. These extractions were then analysed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Cold- and hot-water preparations, tinctures, and fortified wines all proved to be effective means of extracting atropine and scopolamine from plant material under conditions seen in folk usage. Smoking and the oil-based unguent, however, yielded no alkaloids, suggesting a lack of efficiency for these preparations, a problem with our methodology, or possible chemical changes and losses associated with the preparation procedure.

Control Points To Reduce Movement of Central Nervous System Tissue during Beef Slaughter

2017 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-360
Author(s):  
J. L. Aalhus ◽  
R. D. Thacker ◽  
I. L. Larsen ◽  
J. C. Roberts ◽  
M. A. Price ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Spongiform Encephalopathy ◽  
Cross Contamination ◽  
Central Nervous System Tissue ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Disease Variant

ABSTRACT Consumption of central nervous system tissue (CNST) from cattle with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is thought to cause the human neurological disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. To identify points of cross-contamination of beef carcasses with CNST, 55 young beef cattle were slaughtered and processed through a federally inspected multispecies abattoir. The objectives of this study were to evaluate CNST spread following the placement of a plug in the penetration site of the skull after captive bolt stunning, to evaluate cross-contamination of carcasses before and after splitting, to compare the effects of hot water pasteurization (84°C for 10 s) versus cold water wash (10°C for 30 s) for reducing CNST on the carcass, and to examine other possible sources of cross-contamination in the abattoir. Results indicated that the use of a plastic plug reduced CNST contamination near the bolt penetration site. This study also confirmed that carcass splitting resulted in an increase in CNST contamination at various areas of the carcass. Hot water pasteurization appeared to be an effective means of removing CNST contamination from carcasses in most of the areas sampled.

scholarly journals Calcium-sensing receptor mutations and denaturing high performance liquid chromatography

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E C Cole ◽  
Francisco H J Yun ◽  
Betty Y L Wong ◽  
Andrew Y Shuen ◽  
Ronald A Booth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Mineral Metabolism ◽  
Direct Sequencing ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Melting Curve ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Calcium Sensing Receptor ◽  
Calcium Sensing

The calcium-sensing receptor (CASR), a plasma membrane G-protein-coupled receptor, is expressed in parathyroid gland and kidney, and controls systemic calcium homeostasis. Inactivating CASR mutations are associated with familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH) and neonatal severe hyperparathyroidism, and activating mutations cause autosomal dominant hypocalcemia (ADH). CASR mutation identification plays an important role in the clinical management of mineral metabolism disorders. We describe here a high-throughput method using screening with denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) to initially interrogate 12 amplicons covering translated exons and exon/intron boundaries, followed by sequencing of any amplicon with a modified melting curve relative to wild type, and direct sequencing of a 13th amplicon encoding the COOH-terminal tail to distinguish causative mutations from three common missense single nucleotide polymorphisms. A blinded analysis of 32 positive controls representing mutations throughout the CASR sequence, as well as 22 negative controls, yielded a concordance rate of 100%. We report eight novel and five recurrent FHH mutations, along with six novel and two recurrent ADH mutations. Thus, DHPLC provides a rapid and effective means to screen for CASR mutations.

scholarly journals Identificatin and quantiative analysis of amyrins in Humulus lupulus L.

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamila Rokicka ◽  
Magdalena Wojciak-Kosior
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Mobile Phase ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Humulus Lupulus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Humulus Lupulus L ◽  
Validation Parameters ◽  
Quantiative Analysis

ABSTRACT In the paper, the identification and quantification of α- and β-amyrin in five varieties of Humulus lupulus is described. The plant samples were extracted with ethyl acetate and analyzed using of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with PAD detection. The separation was achieved on RP 18 column, at 2 mL/min flow rate and at temperature of 35°C. Acetonitrile was used as a mobile phase. The established calibration curves and the other validation parameters: linearity (correlation coefficient r > 0.9988) and precision (RSD values ranged from 0.14 to 1.81%) were found to be satisfactory for the proposed method. The content of α- and β-amyrin strongly depended on varieties of H. lupulus and amounted from 72.7 to 232.5 μg/g and from 77.9 to 176.9 μg/g of dry plant material, respectively.

scholarly journals Determining the Optimum Conditions for Extracting Carotenoids from Syrian Apricot Fruits

2021 ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Wahbi Kalook ◽  
Adib Faleh ◽  
Amir Al-Haj Sakur ◽  
Wassim Abdelwahed
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Extraction Process ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
Extraction Yield ◽  
Extraction Temperature ◽  
Optimum Temperature ◽  
Optimum Conditions ◽  
Total Carotenoids ◽  
Β Carotene

The aim of this research is to extract carotenoids from apricot fruits using a food solvent (ethanol) and a non-food solvent (propanol). In addition, it aims to study the effect of different extraction conditions, i.e., the extraction temperature (20-40-60)°C and the extraction times (4-8-12) hours, on the carotenoids yield in order to improve and develop extraction methods. The extracted carotenoids were determined using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and the studied carotenoids are α-carotene and β-carotene. It was found that β-carotene constitutes about 80% of the total carotenoids in apricots. The results indicated that the extraction yield using ethanol was low compared to the extraction yield using propanol. Propanol is the most suitable solvent for carotenoids extraction in comparison with ethanol. The temperature also had a significant effect on the extraction yield; at 20°C the extraction yield was very low, and 60°C was the optimum temperature for the extraction of carotene. The extraction yield significantly increased with time in the first hours of extraction, and there was no significant effect from increasing the extraction time for a period of 6-8 hours. Moreover, the pretreatment of fruits by freezing accelerated the extraction process and increased the extraction yield. The optimum conditions for extracting carotenoids were determined in the conditions of food extraction; the optimum conditions for extracting carotenoids are: extraction at 60°C for three hours with pretreatment by freezing as the extraction rate reached up to 6.36 mg/100 g using ethanol as a food solvent.

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