Development of three-dimensional boronate affinity dendritic mesoporous silica coupled with HPLC-CAD for selective determination of ginsenosides.

The precise and selective determination of ginsenosides, pharmacologically diverse saponins abundant in Panax species, is crucial for their therapeutic development and stringent quality control. However, inherent challenges, including their weak ultraviolet absorption and the high polarity imparted by sugar moieties, complicate their determination. Addressing these limitations, this study introduces the first-time construction and application of a boronate affinity dendritic mesoporous silica nanomaterial (BA-DMSN) as a highly efficient adsorbent for ginsenoside pretreatment.

The Role of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum CGMCC9513 in Alleviating Colitis by Synergistic Enhancement of the Intestinal Barrier Through Modulating Gut Microbiota and Activating the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor.

Ulcerative colitis (UC) has become a global health issue. This study evaluated whether administering Lactiplantibacillus plantarum CGMCC9513 to dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis mice could alleviate colitis by modulating gut microbiota imbalance and activating the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) to enhance intestinal barrier function. The anti-inflammatory effect and AhR activation ability of L.

CsERF21-l-CsASA2 module positively regulates cold tolerance by promoting tryptophan biosynthesis in tea plants.

Cold stress is a widely distributed abiotic stress that severely limits the yield and quality of tea plants. Tryptophan (Trp) and downstream indole compounds play an important role in plant growth and stress response. However, beyond its involvement in indole compounds synthesis, the other physiological functions of Trp in tea plants remain unknown.

Research on the brewing technology of Dangshen Huangjiu with low biogenic amines and high functional factors.

Background: Biogenic amines (BA) are hazardous components in Huangjiu (HJ). To ensure the quality of Dangshen Huangjiu (DSHJ), an orthogonal experiment L (3) was proposed to optimize the process by the main brewing factors (pre-fermentation temperature, pre- and post-fermentation time) that may affect BA and functional factors in DSHJ. DSHJ was produced with low BA content and high functional factors.

Dangshen Huangjiu prevents gastric mucosal injury and inhibits Akt/NF-κB pathway.

One of the top ten tonic herbs, Dangshen is frequently found in Chinese functional foods. With the inclusion of Dangshen in the list of food and medicine substances in 2020, the Dangshen Huangjiu (DHJ) emerged. In the Bencao, it is written that Huangjiu can "open up the curved veins and thicken the stomach and intestines".

Evaluation of the Quality of Codonopsis Radix in Different Growth Years by the AHP-CRITIC Method.

The quality of traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) has a significant correlation with the source and growth years. However, there is no research on the relationship between the growth period and the quality of Codonopsis Radix (CR). This work aims to evaluate the quality of CR in different growth years (2-5 years).

oligosaccharides modulate the gut microbiota and change serum metabolomic profiles in high-fat diet-induced obese mice.

Obesity has become a major health problem worldwide, linked to gut microbiota imbalance and chronic inflammation. This study aims to evaluate whether oligosaccharides (CPOs) can alleviate obesity and related metabolic complications in high-fat diet (HFD) induced obese mice. Male C57BL/6J mice were fed with a HFD for 16 weeks and treated daily with CPOs (500 mg kg).

Density-dependent benefits in ant-hemipteran mutualism? The case of the ghost ant Tapinoma melanocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the invasive mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae).

Although density-dependent benefits to hemipterans from ant tending have been measured many times, few studies have focused on integrated effects such as interactions between ant tending, natural enemy density, and hemipteran density. In this study, we tested whether the invasive mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis is affected by tending by ghost ants (Tapinoma melanocephalum), the presence of parasitoids, mealybug density, parasitoid density and interactions among these factors. Our results showed that mealybug colony growth rate and percentage parasitism were significantly affected by ant tending, parasitoid presence, and initial mealybug density separately.