scholarly journals Discovering Low Toxicity Ionic Liquids for Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Using the Agar Well Diffusion Test

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatiha Missoun ◽  
Antonia Pérez de los Ríos ◽  
Víctor Ortiz-Martínez ◽  
María José Salar-García ◽  
Jesús Hernández-Fernández ◽  
...  

Ionic liquids (ILs) are new solvents widely used in many technologies due to their unique and advantageous physicochemical properties. In biotechnological applications, ILs can be used along with microorganisms such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Due to the enormous number of ILs that can be synthesized through the combination of different anions and cations, it is necessary to have an easy and quick tool for the preliminary screening of their biocompatibility for being used in biotechnological applications. In this work, the agar well diffusion test was successfully applied as a rapid method to identify toxic/nontoxic ILs toward S. cerevisiae. Sixty-three ILs containing a diverse set of cations and anions were used. Through this methodology, nine fully biocompatible ILs toward S. cerevisiae were identified, including: [Bmim+] [NO3−], [HOPmim+] [NO3−], [Bmim+] [NTf2−], [N8,8,8,1+] [NTf2−], [S2,2,2+] [NTf2−], [EMPyr+] [NTf2−], [BMPi+] [NTf2−], [Moxa+] [MeSO4−] and [Chol+] [H2PO4−]. The analysis of the results also provides preliminary rules to enable the design of biocompatible ILs with S. cerevisiae. In this context, the toxicity was mainly determined by the cation nature although some anions can also display a strong influence on the IL biocompatibility as the bistriflimide anion. Besides, it was observed that an increase in the alkyl chain length of cations, such as imidazolium or pyridinium, involves an increase in the IL toxicity.

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1047
Author(s):  
Laura Canonico ◽  
Edoardo Galli ◽  
Alice Agarbati ◽  
Francesca Comitini ◽  
Maurizio Ciani

In the last few decades, the increase of ethanol in wine, due to global climate change and consumers’ choice is one of the main concerns in winemaking. One of the most promising approaches in reducing the ethanol content in wine is the use of non-Saccharomyces yeasts in co-fermentation or sequential fermentation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this work, we evaluate the use of Starmerella bombicola and S. cerevisiae in sequential fermentation under aeration condition with the aim of reducing the ethanol content with valuable analytical profile. After a preliminary screening in synthetic grape juice, bench-top fermentation trials were conducted in natural grape juice by evaluating the aeration condition (20 mL/L/min during the first 72 h) on ethanol reduction and on the analytical profile of wines. The results showed that S. bombicola/S. cerevisiae sequential fermentation under aeration condition determined an ethanol reduction of 1.46% (v/v) compared with S. cerevisiae pure fermentation. Aeration condition did not negatively affect the analytical profile of sequential fermentation S. bombicola/S. cerevisiae particularly an overproduction of volatile acidity and ethyl acetate. On the other hand, these conditions strongly improved the production of glycerol and succinic acid that positively affect the structure and body of wine.


2012 ◽  
Vol 116 (11) ◽  
pp. 3512-3518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Binetti ◽  
Annamaria Panniello ◽  
Leonardo Triggiani ◽  
Raffaele Tommasi ◽  
Angela Agostiano ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 137 (10) ◽  
pp. 104511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi ◽  
Ken-ichi Mikawa ◽  
Shinobu Koda ◽  
Kenta Fujii ◽  
Hitoshi Endo ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Andrea Le Donne ◽  
Enrico Bodo

AbstractBoosted by the simplicity of their synthesis and low toxicity, cholinium and amino acid-based ionic liquids have attracted the attention of researchers in many different fields ranging from computational chemistry to electrochemistry and medicine. Among the uncountable IL variations, these substances occupy a space on their own due to their exceptional biocompatibility that stems from being entirely made by metabolic molecular components. These substances have undergone a rather intensive research activity because of the possibility of using them as greener replacements for traditional ionic liquids. We present here a short review in the attempt to provide a compendium of the state-of-the-art scientific research about this special class of ionic liquids based on the combination of amino acid anions and cholinium cations.


2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (11) ◽  
pp. 1254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiequn Wu ◽  
Tianxiang Yin ◽  
Shaoxiong Shi ◽  
Weiguo Shen

The systematic investigation of the aggregation behaviours of newly synthesised surface-active ionic liquids 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate ([Cnmim][AOT], n = 2, 3, 5, 6, 7) by various techniques is reported. The critical aggregation concentrations (CACs) and the standard Gibbs free energies of aggregation () were determined from measurements on conductivity, fluorescence, and surface tension, which suggested a stronger self-assembly ability in the bulk solution for [Cnmim][AOT] surfactants with longer alkyl chain cations. An interesting structure transition driven by the penetration of the imidazolium cation into the aggregate when n > 4 was found by analysis of the variations of the values of CAC, , the degree of counter ion binding (β), and the micropolarity (I1/I3) immediately after the CAC with changing alkyl chain length of the imidazolium cation, which was further confirmed by 1H NMR measurements.


2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliusz Pernak ◽  
Marcin Smiglak ◽  
Scott T. Griffin ◽  
Whitney L. Hough ◽  
Timothy B. Wilson ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Elaine Fabre ◽  
S M Sohel Murshed

In recent years ionic liquids have received tremendous attention from the researchers and industrial people mainly due to their unique properties, such as low vapor pressure, low toxicity, high thermal...


Author(s):  
Aswani K Singh ◽  
Varun Sharma

During machining, the cutting fluids play an essential role in cooling and lubrication. In order to reduce the friction forces, the excessive amount of the cutting fluids are generally used. This, in turn, leads to wastage of the cutting fluids which results in a serious impact on the environment, health and cost of production. Therefore, the judicious use of lubricants is the foremost concern in the manufacturing industry. In order to mitigate these drawbacks, various alternatives have been developed in the last decade. In the present paper, ionic liquids have been proved as favourable sustainable alternative additives in the base oil. The effect of alkyl chain length of ionic liquids with base oil on the thermo-physical and tribological characteristics of cutting fluids including viscosity, wettability, anticorrosion behaviour, thermal stability, and coefficient of friction have been analysed. In the present study, pyrrolidinium and hexafluoro-phosphate (PF6) have been used as cation and anion, respectively, with rice bran oil as base oil. The five different ionic liquids have been dispersed in base oil by 1.0 wt%. It has been found that longer alkyl chain length showed the favourable results as compared to the shorter one. Results indicated that ionic liquid based cutting fluid attained ample enhanced thermophysical and tribological properties as compared to the neat rice bran oil. There has been 5.08% and 4.29% improvement in viscosity and thermal conductivity for IL4 + RBO in comparison to neat RBO. In addition, the wettability, coefficient of friction, and wear volume have been reduced by 20.34%, 53.79% and 57.87% correspondingly.


Author(s):  
Zhaoyang Ju ◽  
Lei Zhou ◽  
Xingmei Lu ◽  
Yao Li ◽  
Xiaoqian Yao ◽  
...  

Ionic liquids (ILs) have shown high catalytic activity in the degradation of poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET), but the effects of anions and cations as well as the mechanism remain ambiguous....


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document