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Separations, Volume 10, Issue 3

2023 March - 76 articles

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Coccidiosis is a very contagious disease that may result in economic losses, especially in intensive farms.
The development of multi-residue methods that are able to determine regulated compounds is still quite challenging, owing to their different physicochemical properties and the LODs that have to be reached. LC-MS/MS is currently the most used technique for their determination in feed and food. To the best of our knowledge, these analytes have only been determined in three cases by means of HRMS. The present work was carried out to obtain fit for purpose LODs and the highest possible selectivity of a method for the determination of coccidiostats in eggs and muscle with LC-Q-Orbitrap, performing parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) acquisition for the first time. Moreover, a full validation study was carried out according to CIR (EU) 2021/808. View this paper

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Articles (76)

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,404 Views
16 Pages

The improper disposal of retired lithium batteries will cause environmental pollution and a waste of resources. In this study, a waste lithium iron phosphate battery was used as a raw material, and cathode and metal materials in the battery were sepa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,529 Views
12 Pages

A novel ZIF-8 assisted polyacrylamide functionalized silica polar stationary phase was prepared by a facile method of adding ZIF-8 nanoparticles and silica into polyacrylamide (PAM) aqueous solution, and then stirring the mixture until the solution w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,603 Views
15 Pages

(1) Background: Edible plant-derived nanoparticles contain large amounts of endogenous substances and can be used as carriers for disease treatment. However, the extraction rate and purity are not high. Raphani Semen, the dried seed of the Raphanus s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,158 Views
19 Pages

Mycotoxins in Seafood: Occurrence, Recent Development of Analytical Techniques and Future Challenges

  • Slim Smaoui,
  • Teresa D’Amore,
  • Sofia Agriopoulou and
  • Amin Mousavi Khaneghah

The co-occurrence of mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in aquatic food commodities has recently become a source of severe worldwide food insecurity since these toxicants may damage human health. The consumption of aquatic food itself represents a re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,659 Views
10 Pages

Long-lived fissiogenic technetium, 99Tc (half-life, 2.11 × 105 yrs), is a byproduct of the 235U and 239Pu fission in nuclear reactors and is a major component in nuclear waste. Hence, the monitoring of 99Tc activity in the environmental samples is es...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
10,808 Views
12 Pages

LC-MS/MS and GC-MS Analysis for the Identification of Bioactive Metabolites Responsible for the Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br.

  • Wuen Yew Teoh,
  • Yoong Soon Yong,
  • Faizan Naeem Razali,
  • Sarah Stephenie,
  • Muhammad Dawood Shah,
  • Jen Kit Tan,
  • Charles Gnanaraj and
  • Norhaizan Mohd Esa

Natural products serve as a valuable source of antioxidants with potential health benefits for various conditions. Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br., also known as Old World climbing fern, is an invasive climbing fern native to Southeast Asia, Afri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,433 Views
17 Pages

Mechanism of Separation of Contaminants from Activated Carbon by Closed Cycle Temperature Swing Desorption

  • Tianzhe Shi,
  • Ning Qiang,
  • Tao Liu,
  • Jiao He,
  • Haichao Miao,
  • Zhaohai Li,
  • Yiqi Cao,
  • Shumin Chen and
  • Xianbin Shi

In this paper, the mechanism of separation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from activated carbon adsorption beds during closed cycle temperature swing desorption was studied. Toluene gas at different concentrations was used as the gas for closed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,860 Views
16 Pages

Isolation and Purification of Single Gold Nanoclusters by Alternate Pumping Chromatography

  • Malvina Supper,
  • Virginia Birner,
  • Lukas Gromotka,
  • Wolfgang Peukert and
  • Malte Kaspereit

Alternate pumping chromatography is applied to obtain atomically precise glutathione-stabilized gold nanoclusters in high purity from synthesized mixtures. On the basis of anion exchange chromatography, the feasibility of isolating a single cluster,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,786 Views
12 Pages

Functional groups on support membranes are important for the preparation of high-performance membrane adsorbers (MAs). In this work, the effects of different functional groups on support membranes on the adsorption performance of MAs were studied thr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,756 Views
17 Pages

Biomass-Based Silica/Calcium Carbonate Nanocomposites for the Adsorptive Removal of Escherichia coli from Aqueous Suspensions

  • Ibrahim Birma Bwatanglang,
  • Samuel T. Magili,
  • Faruq Mohammad,
  • Hamad A. Al-Lohedan and
  • Ahmed A. Soleiman

The present study deals with the adsorptive removal of Escherichia coli (E. coli) by making use of chitosan-silica/calcium carbonate (CS-SiO2/CaCO3) nanocomposites (NCs) where it was synthesized using the waste eggshells and rice husks occurred by na...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,697 Views
19 Pages

Moringa oleifera L. Screening: SFE-CO2 Optimisation and Chemical Composition of Seed, Leaf, and Root Extracts as Potential Cosmetic Ingredients

  • Júlia C. Kessler,
  • Yaidelin A. Manrique,
  • Isabel M. Martins,
  • Alírio E. Rodrigues,
  • Maria Filomena Barreiro and
  • Madalena M. Dias

Moringa oleifera L. tree (Mo) has emerged as a rich alternative source of bioactive compounds to design cosmetic formulations. Supercritical carbon dioxide fluid extraction (SFE-CO2) was successfully applied on the screening of Mo seed, leaf, and roo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,110 Views
15 Pages

Flavonol-Glycoside and Rare Triterpenoid Derivatives Isolated from Leaves of Combretum glutinosum Perr. Ex Dc. with In Vitro Cytotoxic Activity

  • Sherouk Hussein Sweilam,
  • Maha B. O. Ebrahim,
  • Mehnaz Kamal,
  • El-Sayed Khafagy,
  • Ashraf N. Abdalla,
  • Mohamed E. Elzubier and
  • Ehssan H. Moglad

Combretaceae plants are used traditionally by many cultures, especially in Sudanese patients for the treatment of diverse ailments such as anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antitumor, and antioxidant disorders. Of these plants, the genus Combretum ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,414 Views
16 Pages

This study aimed to maximize the dependent variables [total phenolic content (TPC), antioxidant (DPPH and ABTS), and anticancer activities (against HepG2 and MCF-7 cells)] from P. schimperi aerial parts by optimizing three independent variables (extr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,868 Views
25 Pages

The Role of Selective Flavonoids on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: An Update

  • Pooja Chinnikrishnan,
  • Ibrahim Abdel Aziz Ibrahim,
  • Abdullah R. Alzahrani,
  • Naiyer Shahzad,
  • Prathibha Sivaprakasam and
  • Ashok Kumar Pandurangan

Among the many types of breast cancer (BC), Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is the most alarming. It lacks receptors for the three main biomarkers: estrogen, progesterone, and human epidermal growth factor, hence the name TNBC. This makes its tr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,736 Views
12 Pages

Efficient Oxidative Desulfurization of High-Sulfur Diesel via Peroxide Oxidation Using Citric, Pimelic, and α-Ketoglutaric Acids

  • Barham Sharif Ahmed,
  • Luqman Omar Hamasalih,
  • Kosar Hikmat Hama Aziz,
  • Yousif M. Salih,
  • Fryad S. Mustafa and
  • Khalid Mohammad Omer

The widespread use of diesel fuel for transportation, industry, and electricity generation causes several environmental issues via an increase in the amount of sulfur compound emissions. Commercial diesel fuel must be free of sulfur-containing compou...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,076 Views
20 Pages

Review of Artificial Nacre for Oil–Water Separation

  • Apriliana Cahya Khayrani,
  • Nonni Soraya Sambudi,
  • Hans Wijaya,
  • Yose Fachmi Buys,
  • Fitri Ayu Radini,
  • Norwahyu Jusoh,
  • Norashikin Ahmad Kamal and
  • Hazwani Suhaimi

Due to their extraordinary prospective uses, particularly in the areas of oil–water separation, underwater superoleophobic materials have gained increasing attention. Thus, artificial nacre has become an attractive candidate for oil–water...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,849 Views
12 Pages

Self-Declared and Measured Prevalence of Glucocorticoid Use in Polish Athletes

  • Andrzej Pokrywka,
  • Daria Berezovska,
  • Sylwia Lewandowska-Pachecka,
  • Jarosław Krzywański,
  • Michał Rynkowski,
  • Mariola Wicka,
  • Dorota Kwiatkowska and
  • Raphael Faiss

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are included in the list of prohibited substances and methods in sport published annually by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). In its 2022 update, the WADA list prohibits all injectable routes of administration of GCs for use...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,430 Views
15 Pages

A confirmatory, highly selective multi-residue method based on liquid chromatography coupled to hybrid high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-Q-Orbitrap) was developed and validated for the determination of 12 regulated coccidiostats in eggs and muscl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,153 Views
11 Pages

Rapid Simultaneous Determination of 11 Synthetic Cannabinoids in Urine by Liquid Chromatography-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry

  • Jianbing Wu,
  • Fan Zhang,
  • Xing Ke,
  • Wei Jia,
  • Xuzhi Wan,
  • Lange Zhang,
  • Yilei Fan and
  • Jing Zhou

Synthetic cannabinoids are a series of synthetic substances that mimic the effects of natural cannabinoids and produce a much stronger toxicity than natural cannabinoids, and they have become the most abused family of new psychoactive substances. A s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,152 Views
15 Pages

There is a need for a reliable and independent evaluation and confirmation of the postmortem interval (PMI) based on objective factors other than only postmortem changes or temperature measurements. Estimating the PMI by examining the concentration o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,022 Views
18 Pages

Effective Removal of Methylene Blue by Mn3O4/NiO Nanocomposite under Visible Light

  • Komal Majeed,
  • Jaweria Ambreen,
  • Saeed Ahmed Khan,
  • Saz Muhammad,
  • Aqeel Ahmed Shah,
  • Muhammad Ali Bhatti,
  • Syeda Sitwat Batool,
  • Muhammad Farooq,
  • Syed Nizam Uddin Shah Bukhari and
  • May Nasser Bin Jumah
  • + 2 authors

Wastewater treatment is indispensable as wastewater can lead to adverse health effects and deteriorate the quality of life on earth. Photocatalysis is a facile methodology to address this issue. In this study, nanocomposites (NCs) of manganese oxide...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
22,829 Views
11 Pages

Mayonnaise is an oil-in-water emulsion containing 70–80% finely dispersed droplets of oil in a continuous phase of water. Since mayonnaise has a sour and acidic taste, its sugar profile is barely noticed and thus often disregarded. However, tod...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,043 Views
12 Pages

Comparative GC Analysis, Bronchodilator Effect and the Detailed Mechanism of Their Main Component—Cinnamaldehyde of Three Cinnamon Species

  • Najeeb Ur Rehman,
  • Faisal F. Albaqami,
  • Mohammad Ayman A. Salkini,
  • Noureldin M. Farahat,
  • Hatim H. Alharbi,
  • Saad M. Almuqrin,
  • Maged S. Abdel-Kader and
  • Asmaa E. Sherif

Cinnamon is one of the most commonly used spices worldwide. In some Arab countries, cinnamon is used with other ingredients to relieve bronchospasm and treatment of airways-related disorders. In the current study, GC, GC-MS and tracheal relaxant effe...

  • Review
  • Open Access
67 Citations
11,294 Views
34 Pages

Biochar as a Green Sorbent for Remediation of Polluted Soils and Associated Toxicity Risks: A Critical Review

  • Ghulam Murtaza,
  • Zeeshan Ahmed,
  • Sayed M. Eldin,
  • Iftikhar Ali,
  • Muhammad Usman,
  • Rashid Iqbal,
  • Muhammad Rizwan,
  • Usama K. Abdel-Hameed,
  • Asif Ali Haider and
  • Akash Tariq

Soil contamination with organic contaminants and various heavy metals has become a global environmental concern. Biochar application for the remediation of polluted soils may render a novel solution to soil contamination issues. However, the complexi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,359 Views
32 Pages

Application of Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks in Environmental Remediation: Recent Advances and Future Trends

  • Yu Zhang,
  • Mengfei Tian,
  • Zahid Majeed,
  • Yuxin Xie,
  • Kaili Zheng,
  • Zidan Luo,
  • Chunying Li and
  • Chunjian Zhao

The hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) are a class of porous materials with crystalline frame structures, which are self-assembled from organic structures by hydrogen bonding in non-covalent bonds π-π packing and van der Waals force interactio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,059 Views
19 Pages

Study on the Removal of Chloride Ions in an Acidic Solution of Zinc Smelting by Green Method

  • Zhiwen Xiao,
  • Jing Li,
  • Guang Fu,
  • Xinpei Li,
  • Likun Gu,
  • Chaobo Zhang,
  • Te Zhang,
  • Weibo Yin,
  • Dianchuan Liu and
  • Junchang Liu

In the process of zinc smelting, when the chloride ion concentration exceeds 100 mg/L, it continuously corrodes the electrode plate and affects the stability of the electrodeposition process. Therefore, the chloride concentration must be reduced belo...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
6,836 Views
8 Pages

Conceptual Design of a Compact Water Purification Unit Using Reed Bed Filtration

  • Elias Farah,
  • Maria Khalil,
  • Manuella Richa and
  • Chantal Abou Harb

One of the most widespread global challenges is the insufficient provision of potable water, which affects individuals across diverse geographical regions. It is anticipated that issues related to water scarcity and quality will escalate in tandem wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,230 Views
13 Pages

Recovery of Carbon and Cryolite from Spent Carbon Anode Slag Using a Grinding Flotation Process Based on Mineralogical Characteristics

  • Jiawei Zheng,
  • Song Wang,
  • Xuexia Wang,
  • Muhammad Bilal,
  • Zhiming Zhang,
  • Sijie Yang,
  • Changkai Jing,
  • Guangqian Xu and
  • Chao Ni

The aluminum electrolysis industry continually and unavoidably produces hazardous solid waste in the form of carbon anode slag. Carbon anode slag poses a serious environmental pollution risk, and it must be disposed of in a harmless manner. On the ot...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,250 Views
14 Pages

Experimental and Computational Evaluation of 1,2,4-Triazolium-Based Ionic Liquids for Carbon Dioxide Capture

  • Sulafa Abdalmageed Saadaldeen Mohammed,
  • Wan Zaireen Nisa Yahya,
  • Mohamad Azmi Bustam and
  • Md Golam Kibria

Utilization of ionic liquids (ILs) for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture is continuously growing, and further understanding of the factors that influence its solubility (notably for new ILs) is crucial. Herein, CO2 absorption of two 1,2,4-triazolium-based...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,071 Views
18 Pages

Flavonoids exhibit many biological properties, so it is very important to find an efficient and green method to extract them from plant materials. In this paper, DES-MAE (deep eutectic solvent-based microwave-assisted extraction) technique was develo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,268 Views
17 Pages

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is a dynamic separation process with a lot of parameters having different roles. The equilibrium-dispersive model is relevant for simulating HPLC because it is relatively simple and suitable for high-effi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
8,614 Views
15 Pages

Phytochemical Characterization and Antifungal Efficacy of Camphor (Cinnamomum camphora L.) Extract against Phytopathogenic Fungi

  • Sherien Sobhy,
  • Abdulaziz A. Al-Askar,
  • Elsayed K. Bakhiet,
  • Mohsen M. Elsharkawy,
  • Amr A. Arishi,
  • Said I. Behiry and
  • Ahmed Abdelkhalek

Cinnamomum camphora methanolic extract was tested for antifungal activity against three common, isolated, widespread phytopathogens: Alternaria alternata, Fusarium solani, and Fusarium oxysporum, which were molecularly identified and assigned accessi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,374 Views
15 Pages

Single-Step Surface Hydrophilization on Ultrafiltration Membrane with Enhanced Antifouling Property for Pome Wastewater Treatment

  • Norfadhilatuladha Abdullah,
  • Norhaniza Yusof,
  • Mohammed Abdullah Dahim,
  • Muhammad Faris Hamid,
  • Lau Woei Jye,
  • Juhana Jaafar,
  • Farhana Aziz,
  • Wan Norhayati Wan Salleh,
  • Ahmad Fauzi Ismail and
  • Nurasyikin Misdan

High organic materials in palm oil mill effluent (POME) can result in serious water pollution. To date, biological treatment has been used to reduce the environmental risks of these effluents prior of their discharge into water streams. However, the...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
2,825 Views
14 Pages

Oil separation from oil/water mixed drop under a Lamb wave field is one of the emerging acoustofluidic technologies that integrate acoustics and microfluidics. In recent years, this technology has attracted significant attention due to its effective,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
16,114 Views
20 Pages

Yield and Chemical Composition of Ginger Essential Oils as Affected by Inter-Varietal Variation and Drying Treatments of Rhizome

  • Ghulam Mustafa Kamal,
  • Nafia Nazi,
  • Asma Sabir,
  • Muhammad Saqib,
  • Xu Zhang,
  • Bin Jiang,
  • Jallat Khan,
  • Ayesha Noreen,
  • Jalal Uddin and
  • Shahzad Murtaza

Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc; Zingiberaceae family) is an herb commonly used as a spice and remedy for a broad spectrum of diseases. The essential oil extracted from ginger is an effective antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antifungal agent. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,026 Views
19 Pages

Simultaneous estimation of rilpivirine (RLVN) and dolutegravir (DTGR) in bulk and tablet dosage forms via RP-HPLC-PDA with a Box–Behnken design (BBD) has been performed in this study to develop a fast, precise, timely and cost-saving method for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,591 Views
15 Pages

Structural, Optical, and Renewable Energy-Assisted Photocatalytic Dye Degradation Studies of ZnO, CuZnO, and CoZnO Nanostructures for Wastewater Treatment

  • Awais Khalid,
  • Pervaiz Ahmad,
  • Roomia Memon,
  • Lamyaa F. Gado,
  • Mayeen Uddin Khandaker,
  • Hanadi A. Almukhlifi,
  • Yosra Modafer,
  • Najma Bashir,
  • Otman Abida and
  • Abdelmajid Timoumi
  • + 1 author

Renewable energy can be harnessed from wastewater, whether from municipalities or industries, but this potential is often ignored. The world generates over 900 km3 of wastewater annually, which is typically treated through energy-consuming processes,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,915 Views
15 Pages

Steric Exclusion Chromatography for Purification of Biomolecules—A Review

  • Jennifer J. Labisch,
  • G. Philip Wiese and
  • Karl Pflanz

Steric exclusion chromatography (SXC) is a purification method that is based on steric exclusion effects from the surface of the target and a hydrophilic stationary phase after the addition of polyethylene glycol (PEG), which leads to an association...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,381 Views
16 Pages

Curative Effects of Dianthus orientalis against Paracetamol Triggered Oxidative Stress, Hepatic and Renal Injuries in Rabbit as an Experimental Model

  • Bashir Ahmad,
  • Ali Muhammad Yousafzai,
  • Hafsa Maria,
  • Ayaz Ali Khan,
  • Tariq Aziz,
  • Metab Alharbi,
  • Abdulrahman Alsahammari and
  • Abdullah F. Alasmari

The aim of the present study investigates the hepatoprotective, nephroprotective and hematopoietic and antioxidant effects of Dianthus orientalis leaves aqueous extract (DO.AQ) in rabbits intoxicated with paracetamol. Different experimental groups we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,996 Views
13 Pages

In arid areas, the disordered accumulation of Na+ in cotton fields under mulched drip irrigation seriously affects the normal growth and development of cotton. To reveal the process and mechanism of Na+ accumulation, in situ field tests were conducte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,194 Views
14 Pages

To recover dimethyl sulfoxide, an organic solvent nanofiltration membrane is prepared via the interfacial polymerization method. N-Phenylthiourea (NP)is applied as a water-soluble monomer, reacted with trimesoyl chloride (TMC) on the polyetherimide s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,557 Views
11 Pages

Determination of Pterostilbene in Pharmaceutical Products Using a New HPLC Method and Its Application to Solubility and Stability Samples

  • Nazrul Haq,
  • Faiyaz Shakeel,
  • Mohammed M. Ghoneim,
  • Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin Asdaq,
  • Prawez Alam,
  • Fahad Obaid Aloatibi and
  • Sultan Alshehri

The quantification of a natural bioactive compound, pterostilbene (PTT), in commercial capsule dosage form, solubility, and stability samples was carried out using a rapid and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) approach. PTT was...

  • Review
  • Open Access
72 Citations
43,475 Views
28 Pages

An Overview of Herbal Nutraceuticals, Their Extraction, Formulation, Therapeutic Effects and Potential Toxicity

  • Vaishnavi Bommakanti,
  • Amruthamol Puthenparambil Ajikumar,
  • Chelssa Maria Sivi,
  • Geethika Prakash,
  • Anjaly Shanker Mundanat,
  • Faraz Ahmad,
  • Shafiul Haque,
  • Miguel Angel Prieto and
  • Sandeep Singh Rana

Herbal nutraceuticals are foods derived from plants and/or their derivatives, such as oils, roots, seeds, berries, or flowers, that support wellness and combat acute and chronic ailments induced by unhealthful dietary habits. The current review enlis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,183 Views
17 Pages

Characterization of the Aroma Profile of Food Smoke at Controllable Pyrolysis Temperatures

  • Marina Rigling,
  • Laura Höckmeier,
  • Malte Leible,
  • Kurt Herrmann,
  • Monika Gibis,
  • Jochen Weiss and
  • Yanyan Zhang

Smoking is used to give food its typical aroma and to obtain the desired techno-functional properties of the product. To gain a deeper knowledge of the whole process of food smoking, a controllable smoking process was developed, and the influence of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,675 Views
13 Pages

One of the fundamental attributes of a liquid chromatography column is its stability when exposed to acidic and basic mobile phases. However, there have been relatively few reports to date on the stability of hydrophilic interaction chromatography (H...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,155 Views
17 Pages

Experimental Design and Multiple Response Optimization for the Extraction and Quantitation of Thirty-Four Priority Organic Micropollutants in Tomatoes through the QuEChERS Approach

  • Luca Rivoira,
  • Massimo Del Bubba,
  • Giasmin Cecconi,
  • Michele Castiglioni,
  • Valentina Testa,
  • Mattia Isola and
  • Maria Concetta Bruzzoniti

The chemical contamination in fruit and vegetables represents a challenging analytical issue, with tomatoes deserving to be investigated as they are fundamental components of the Mediterranean diet. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,019 Views
21 Pages

Biosynthesized ZnO-NPs Using Sea Cucumber (Holothuria impatiens): Antimicrobial Potential, Insecticidal Activity and In Vivo Toxicity in Nile Tilapia Fish, Oreochromis niloticus

  • Mostafa A. Elbahnasawy,
  • Hussein A. El-Naggar,
  • Ibrahim E. Abd-El Rahman,
  • Mohamed H. Kalaba,
  • Saad A. Moghannem,
  • Fatimah Al-Otibi,
  • Reham M. Alahmadi,
  • Othman F. Abdelzaher,
  • Mohamed M. Mabrouk and
  • Ahmed I. Hasaballah
  • + 2 authors

In this study, a sustainable and eco-friendly method was used to prepare zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) using a sea cucumber aqueous extract. Then, ZnO-NPs were characterized by instrumental analysis (UV-vis, HR-TEM, XRD, FT-IR, and DLS) and eval...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,472 Views
16 Pages

Lipids Fraction from Caralluma europaea (Guss.): MicroTOF and HPLC Analyses and Exploration of Its Antioxidant, Cytotoxic, Anti-Inflammatory, and Wound Healing Effects

  • Fatima Ez-Zahra Amrati,
  • Meryem Slighoua,
  • Ibrahim Mssillou,
  • Mohamed Chebaibi,
  • Renata Galvão de Azevedo,
  • Smahane Boukhira,
  • Karina Moslova,
  • Omkulthom Al Kamaly,
  • Asmaa Saleh and
  • Dalila Bousta
  • + 3 authors

Caralluma europaea is a medicinal plant used in Morocco to cure a variety of illnesses. This study was conducted to determine the chemical composition, the antioxidant, antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory, and wound healing activities of C. europaea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,377 Views
12 Pages

Facile Separation of Cu2+ from Water by Novel Sandwich NaY Zeolite Adsorptive Membrane

  • Yuexin Guo,
  • Xu Zhang,
  • Yuesheng Xie,
  • Yacong Hu,
  • Zhiqian Jia,
  • Yafei Ma and
  • Xin Wang

Polyethersulfone-sulfonated polyethersulfone (PES-SPES)/NaY zeolite/nylon sandwich structure membranes were prepared and used to adsorb Cu2+ from water. The adsorption kinetics, adsorption isotherm, dynamic adsorption experiment, and reusability were...

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