J Am Heart Assoc
August 2025
Background: Adverse left ventricular diastolic function (LVDF) is an early marker of cardiac dysfunction that worsens with age and can lead to heart failure. It is unclear when this deterioration begins and whether physical activity (PA) influences it. We assessed the independent relationships of adverse LVDF in adolescents with different PA intensities, compared to the association with adiposity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnviron Res
December 2023
Cancer monitoring plays a critical role in improving patient outcomes by providing early detection, personalized treatment options, and treatment response tracking. Carbon-based electrochemical biosensors have emerged in recent years as a revolutionary technology with the potential to revolutionize cancer monitoring. These sensors are useful for clinical applications because of their high sensitivity, selectivity, rapid response, and compatibility with miniaturized equipment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDue to their widespread application in water purification, there is a significant interest in synthesising nanoscale photocatalysts. Nanophotocatalysts are primarily manufactured through chemical methods, which can lead to side effects like pollution, high-energy usage, and even health issues. To address these issues, "green synthesis" was developed, which involves using plant extracts as reductants or capping agents rather than industrial chemical agents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present Review investigates the interactions between biomaterials and heterocyclic dyes, focusing on their potential application in sustainable wastewater treatment. Heterocyclic dyes are widely used in various industries, resulting in their widespread presence in wastewater, posing environmental challenges. This review explores the utilization of biomaterials as adsorbents for the removal of heterocyclic dyes from contaminated water sources.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFp_Aminophenol, namely 4-aminophenol (4-AP), is an aromatic compound including hydroxyl and amino groups contiguous together on the benzene ring, which are suitable chemically reactive, amphoteric, and alleviating agents in nature. Amino phenols are appropriate precursors for synthesizing oxazoles and oxazines. However, since the toxicity of aniline and phenol can harm human and herbal organs, it is essential to improve a reliable technique for the determination of even a trace amount of amino phenols, as well as elimination or (bio)degradation/photodegradation of it to protect both the environment and people's health.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The association between diet, symptoms and health related quality of life in children and young people with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is not clearly understood. The objectives of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to explore the evidence for a relationship between nutritional status, dietary intake, arthritis symptoms, disease activity and health-related quality of life in children and young people with JIA considering both observational and interventional studies separately.
Method: The databases PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science and Cochrane were searched in October 2019, updated in September 2020 and October 2021.
In this study, a novel tin oxide/nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dot nanocomposite (SnO-NDGQD) and 1-methyl-3-octylimidazolinium chloride (1M3OICl) ionic liquid amplified carbon paste electrode (CPE) was fabricated as an efficient and fast-response sensor to determine daunorubicin, an anticancer drug. The electrochemical characteristics of daunorubicin at the surface of the 1M3OICl/SnO-NDGQD/CPE was explored via various voltammetric methods. The high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HR-TEM) images were recorded to examine the morphological structure of the as-synthesized nanocomposites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChemosphere
November 2022
Graphdiyne is a two-dimensional carbon nanomaterial synthesized artificially in 2010. Its outstanding performance is considered to have great potential in different fields. This article summarizes the work of graphdiyne in the sensing field by literature summary and bibliometrics analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcetaminophen is a widely used analgesic throughout the world. Detection of acetaminophen has particular value in pharmacy and clinics. Electrochemical sensors assembled with advanced materials are an effective method for the rapid detection of acetaminophen.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOver the past few decades, phenolic compounds have been broadly exploited in the industries to be utilized in several applications including polycarbonate plastic, food containers, epoxy resins, etc. One of the major compounds in phenolics is Bisphenol-S (BPS) which has dominantly replaced Bisphenol-A in several applications. Phenolic compounds are extensively drained into the environment without proper treatment and cause several health hazards.
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June 2022
The mass production and application of graphene have gradually expanded from academic research to industrial applications, which will inevitably lead to graphene entering the soil actively and passively. Therefore, the relationship between graphene and the pedosphere has attracted a lot of attention in the last decade. The most important question is whether graphene will harm soil health.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAzo dyes as widely applied food colorants are popular for their stability and affordability. On the other hand, many of these dyes can have harmful impacts on living organs, which underscores the need to control the content of this group of dyes in food. Among the various analytical approaches for detecting the azo dyes, special attention has been paid to electro-analytical techniques for reasons such as admirable sensitivity, excellent selectivity, reproducibility, miniaturization, green nature, low cost, less time to prepare and detect of specimens and the ability to modify the electrode.
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May 2022
Sudan red azo dyes are banned from food because of their carcinogenic properties. It is necessary to establish a method for the detection of Sudan azo dyes in food. Among them, electrochemical sensing technology has become a very potential analytical method for food detection because of its fast, sensitive and low price.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study provides a comprehensive review of the latest developments in the electrochemical impressions of the important dyestuffs including amaranth and carminic acid. Food colors are organic substances that have important effects on human health and food safety. While these substances do not pose a problem when used in the daily intake (ADI) amounts, they harm human health when consumed excessively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPonceau dyes are one of the food coloring materials that are added to various pharmaceutical, health and food products and give them an appearance. These dyes contain contaminants such as Benzidine, 4-Aminobiphenyl, and 4-Aminoazobenzene that are safe in small amounts, but they are not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (US-FDA) for human consumption. This study comprehensively was reviewed the properties, applications, chemistry, and toxicity of Ponceau dyes as food colorant substances.
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May 2022
Graphene-based nanomaterials with remarkable properties, such as good biocompatibility, strong mechanical strength, and outstanding electrical conductivity, have dramatically shown excellent potential in various applications. Increasing surface area and porosity percentage, improvement of adsorption capacities, reduction of adsorption energy barrier, and also prevention of agglomeration of graphene layers are the main advantages of functionalized graphene nanocomposites. On the other hand, Cerium nanostructures with remarkable properties have received a great deal of attention in a wide range of fields; however, in some cases low conductivity limits their application in different applications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHerein, it was aimed to optimize, model, and forecast the biosorption of Congo Red onto biomass-derived biosorbent. Therefore, the waste-orange-peels were processed to fabricate biomass-derived carbon, which was activated by ZnCl and modified with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. The physicochemical properties of the biosorbents were explored by scanning electron microscopy and N adsorption/desorption isotherms.
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