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Chemistry, Analytical
Maria Calero, Roman Fernandez, Maria Garcia, Marisol Juan-Borras, Isabel Escriche, Antonio Arnau, Angel Montoya, Yolanda Jimenez
Summary: This study presents a new method for the simultaneous detection of antibiotics and pesticides in honey. By combining competitive immunoassay with HFF-QCMD array biosensor, this method enables analysis of contaminants in complex food matrices while avoiding elaborate sample pre-treatment, with good sensitivity and short analysis time.
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Environmental Sciences
Shokoufeh Goudarzi, Soheyl Eskandari, Bahram Daraei, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Maryam Amirahmadi
Summary: This study presents a sensitive and accurate analytical method for the determination of multiple antibiotics residues in honey samples collected from Tehran market. The results show that 74.6% of the samples had antibiotic residues exceeding the limit of quantification.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH
(2023)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Zhen Li, Qiang Huang, Yu Zheng, Yong Zhang, Bin Liu, Wenkai Shi, Zhijiang Zeng
Summary: This study used LC-MS/MS to compare the flavonoid types in C. oleifera honey and nine other monofloral honeys, and identified eight distinct flavonoids in C. oleifera honey. Two distinct flavonoids were found in both C. oleifera honey and nectar by comparing them with the common flavonoids. Furthermore, kaempferitrin was identified as the distinct flavonoid marker in C. oleifera honey using the PLS-DA model.
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Food Science & Technology
Konstantinos M. M. Kasiotis, Effrosyni Zafeiraki, Electra Manea-Karga, Pelagia Anastasiadou, Kyriaki Machera
Summary: Bees are exposed to environmental contaminants during foraging, resulting in the transfer of pollutants to beehive products. A study analyzed 109 samples of honey, pollen, and beebread, and found various pesticide residues. Despite the presence of pesticide residues, the risk assessment for human and bee health is not a major concern.
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Chemistry, Applied
Yan Yang, Guobing Lin, Lijing Liu, Tainan Lin
Summary: The study developed a modified QuEChERS extraction method coupled with UPLC-MS/MS for simultaneous quantification of 70 antibiotic residues in honey. The method showed high recovery rates, low detection limits, and acceptable validation parameters, making it effective for detecting multi-antibiotic residues in honey.
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Environmental Sciences
Jinglong Li, Katja M. Shimko, Chang He, Brad Patterson, Richard Bade, Ryan Shiels, Jochen F. Mueller, Kevin Thomas, Jake W. O'Brien
Summary: Environmental antimicrobial pollution and antimicrobial resistance are a threat to both the environment and human health. A direct injection method using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed for the quantification of 109 antimicrobials and their metabolites in wastewater samples. The method was validated and showed good specificity, calibration range, accuracy, precision, and low limits of detection and quantification. It was further evaluated using wastewater samples from 6 Australian treatment plants, detecting 37 analytes in influent and 22 in effluent. The study provides a fast and simple pretreatment procedure for antimicrobial monitoring in wastewater.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Tara Gallagher, Stefan Riedel, Joseph Kapcia, Lindsay J. Caverly, Lisa Carmody, Linda M. Kalikin, Junnan Lu, Joann Phan, Matthew Gargus, Miki Kagawa, Simon W. Leemans, Jason A. Rothman, Felix Grun, John J. LiPuma, Katrine L. Whiteson
Summary: Antibiotic therapy can significantly influence host microbial communities, but many studies lack details on antibiotic exposure. This research developed LC-MS methods to detect antibiotics in sputum samples from cystic fibrosis patients, revealing discrepancies between reported antibiotic use and actual detection, providing a means to incorporate antibiotic usage data into microbiome studies.
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
(2021)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Maria Jesus Serrano, Diego Garcia-Gonzalo, Eunate Abilleira, Janire Elorduy, Olga Mitjana, Maria Victoria Falceto, Alicia Laborda, Cristina Bonastre, Luis Mata, Santiago Condon, Rafael Pagan
Summary: This study described the excretion rate and duration of antimicrobials in pig urine during treatment, finding variations in degradation rate and total excretion time among different drugs. Despite similar effectiveness, sulfamethoxypyridazine would be the preferable choice due to only requiring waste treatment for 1 week post-treatment.
Article
Infectious Diseases
Buket Er Demirhan, Burak Demirhan
Summary: In this study, 80 commercial blossom honey samples from Ankara, Turkey were analyzed for 35 antibiotics using LC-MS/MS multi-antibiotic method. Seven out of the 35 antibiotics were detected in the samples, with dihydrostreptomycin and streptomycin being the most frequently detected. The pH, moisture, and electrical conductivity values of the honey samples were also determined.
Article
Infectious Diseases
Chak-Lun Chan, Hogan Kok-Fung Wai, Peng Wu, Siu-Wai Lai, Olivia Sinn-Kay Chan, Hein M. Tun
Summary: This study presents a methodology for simultaneous extraction and detection of antibiotic residues in animal and environmental samples. It can qualitatively detect 30 different antibiotics and has the potential for quantification of antibiotic residues.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Lorena Lucatello, Lucia Piana, Luca Fasolato, Francesca Capolongo
Summary: This study identifies the hazards associated with Italian Rhododendron honey containing grayanotoxins. A method was developed to quantify Grayanotoxin I (GTX I) in Italian Rhododendron honeys, with 30.4% of the samples containing GTX I. Environmental factors, province, altitude, and botanical purity were found to affect the presence of GTX I. The levels of GTX I detected in the honey samples were much lower compared to honey causing human intoxication, indicating a remote probability of acute toxic syndrome.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Yan Zhang, Xiu Qin Li, Zhen Guo, Xia Zhou, Shuang Qing Li, Xiao Min Li, Hui Jiao, Qing He Zhang
Summary: An analytical method based on ID-LC-MS/MS was developed for determining sulfonamides in honey. The impact of hydrolysis on bound SA residues was investigated, along with optimization of sample pretreatment procedures to minimize matrix effects, resulting in efficient hydrolysis, extraction, recovery, and low limit of quantification.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Estelle Dreano, Charlotte Valentin, Jean-Francois Taillandier, Angelique Travel, Christophe Soumet, Arnaud Bridier, Dominique Hurtaud-Pessel, Michel Laurentie, Alexis Viel, Sophie Mompelat
Summary: The presence of veterinary drugs, including antibiotics, in feed produced from poultry byproducts such as feathers (processed to feather meal) may result in the persistence of antibiotics in feathers, plasma, and droppings of broiler chickens. A study on broiler chickens found that feathers contained a longer presence of antibiotics compared to plasma, with sulfadiazine being the most prevalent. The study also highlighted the potential transfer of resistant bacteria from droppings to feathers in floor-housed animals.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Sara Kheirandish, Shokoufeh Goudarzi, Maryam Amirahmadi, Shiva Ghareghani, Homanaz Ghafari, Bahram Daraei, Mahmoud Ghazi-Khansari
Summary: This study aimed to detect antibiotic residues in Iranian yogurt samples using a selective multi-residues method. The results showed no antibiotic contamination in the samples.
MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Biology
Safia Ben Amor, Scherazad Mekious, Leila Allal Benfekih, Magda H. Abdellattif, Walid Boussebaa, Faisal A. Almalki, Taibi Ben Hadda, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar
Summary: Despite challenging conditions, beekeeping is being developed in the pre-Saharan areas of Algeria. This study examined honey samples from the El Oued region, analyzing their physicochemical properties, antioxidant activity, antibacterial activity, and floristic composition. The results showed that most honey samples were of high quality and met international standards. The composition and activities varied among the different honey types, and there was a significant correlation between antioxidant activity, honey color, polyphenol and flavonoid contents.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Roman Fernandez, Maria Calero, Jose Vicente Garcia-Narbon, Ilya Reviakine, Antonio Arnau, Yolanda Jimenez
Summary: The method developed in this study allows for fast measurement of a large number of sensor responses with high time resolution by estimating frequency shift and dissipation shift, and can be implemented in a low-cost readout electronic circuit.
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Entomology
Fernando Tanleque-Alberto, Maria Vargas, Marisol Juan-Borras, Isabel Escriche
Summary: This work focuses on the characterization of beeswax from Mozambique, comparing its saturated hydrocarbon profile and thermal properties with other sources. The results show that beeswax from Mozambique and Honduras has higher melting enthalpies, indicating more energy is required to melt them, which might be attributed to the tropical temperatures and the specific wax production environment.
JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH
(2023)
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Chemistry, Analytical
Roman Fernandez, Maria Calero, Yolanda Jimenez, Antonio Arnau
Summary: MQCM is a highly promising technology for biosensing applications, and the use of DWT can enhance its stability and mitigate the impact of interfering factors on sensor response.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Isabel Escriche, Marisol Juan-Borras, Mario Visquert, Andrea Asensio-Grau, Jose Miguel Valiente
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the presence of specific volatile compounds in citrus honey and correlate their abundance with the level of methyl-anthranilate. The results suggest that the characterization of these compounds could be used as an alternative technique for the classification of citrus honey.
JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nikoletta Naoumi, Kleita Michaelidou, George Papadakis, Agapi E. Simaiaki, Roman Fernandez, Maria Calero, Antonio Arnau, Achilleas Tsortos, Sofia Agelaki, Electra Gizeli
Summary: Regular screening of cancer point mutations is crucial for cancer management and treatment selection. A new method combining allele-specific PCR and a high fundamental frequency quartz crystal microbalance array has been developed, which can detect mutations in a fast and cost-effective manner. The method has shown high sensitivity and good agreement with results from real samples.
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Food Science & Technology
Isabel Escriche, Marisol Juan-Borras, Mario Visquert, Jose Miguel Valiente
Summary: The complexity and lack of standardization in pollen analysis result in discrepancies among different laboratories, leading to potentially misleading results.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Maria Calero, Roman Fernandez, Maria Garcia, Marisol Juan-Borras, Isabel Escriche, Antonio Arnau, Angel Montoya, Yolanda Jimenez
Summary: This study presents a new method for the simultaneous detection of antibiotics and pesticides in honey. By combining competitive immunoassay with HFF-QCMD array biosensor, this method enables analysis of contaminants in complex food matrices while avoiding elaborate sample pre-treatment, with good sensitivity and short analysis time.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Isabel Escriche, Andrea Conchado, Ana Maria Peral, Marisol Juan-Borras
Summary: This study evaluates the validity of volatile compounds in differentiating types of honey, with a focus on markers of citrus honey. Unsupervised analysis shows that the volatile fraction of honey containing Citrus sp. pollen clearly distinguishes it from other types of honey. An OPLS model identifies 5 significant volatile compounds as predictors of the currently used marker compound, methyl anthranilate. The detection of 4 lilac-aldehydes and volatile methyl-anthranilate provides more precise information and can be proposed as consistent markers for accurate classification and labeling of citrus honey.
FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
L. Cervera-Chiner, C. Barrera, N. Betoret, L. Segui
Summary: Substituting white sugar with jaggery can improve the antioxidant properties of jams, with limited impact on physicochemical and sensory properties.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Roman Fernandez, Maria Calero, Ilya Reviakine, Jose Vicente Garcia-Narbon, Maria Isabel Rocha-Gaso, Antonio Arnau, Yolanda Jimenez
Summary: This study presents a design for a 24-element monolithic quartz crystal microbalance array for high-throughput and low-volume sensing applications in liquid. Various physical and electrical properties of the array are investigated and methods to effectively model crosstalk using appropriate equivalent circuit models are discussed. The study provides insight into interactions between array elements and the potential parasitic grounding effects associated with the acquisition circuitry, offering a more comprehensive understanding of the system.
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Ewelina Bigoraj, Iwona Kozyra, Agnieszka Kaupke, Zbigniew Osinski, James Lowther, Artur Rzezutka
Summary: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of human enteric viruses in mussels sold on the Polish market and study the fecal contamination of shellfish. The study found that human enteric viruses were commonly present in shellfish, with norovirus being the most frequently detected. The study also observed a seasonal distribution pattern of viruses in shellfish samples.
Editorial Material
Food Science & Technology
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Food Science & Technology
Indy Magnus, Fatemeh Abbasi, Hugo Thienpont, Lien Smeesters
Summary: Food safety and quality are increasingly important in our society, driving the development of novel optical food sensing technologies. However, current optical sensing technologies are often limited in their sensitivity and product variability. In this study, we developed a novel pistachio nut screening methodology using fluorescence spectroscopy and advanced chemometrics to simultaneously detect shells, tree parts, and aflatoxins. By optimizing hardware and software parameters, we achieved a high classification accuracy for healthy pistachio kernels.
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Food Science & Technology
Xiaodong Wang, Jingqiang Yu, Haixia Wu, Leiying Wu, Wuyunga Borjihan, Cong Wang, Munkhjargal Burenjargal, Alideertu Dong
Summary: This study developed a novel photon-phonon coupling (PPC) cold sterilization technology and compared its effects with low-temperature pasteurization and microwave ultraviolet. The results showed that PPC effectively reduced bacterial count in raw milk with minimal impact on milk quality and nutritional composition.
Review
Food Science & Technology
Riyadh Abdulmalek Hassan, Sharina Abu Hanifah, Lee Yook Heng, Fawaz Al-badaii, Alizar Ulianas
Summary: This study used bibliometric visualisation map analysis to explore the publication outputs, trends, and hotspots for endocrine disruptors (EDMs) biosensor development in relation to mycotoxins. The analysis showed that the current literature primarily focuses on developing biosensors for detecting highly toxic and widely distributed mycotoxins in food, but there needs to be more focus on biosensors for detecting mycotoxins known as endocrine disruptors.
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Food Science & Technology
Yajie Zheng, Jianpeng Dou, Changpo Sun, Hujun Liu, Shipei Zhang, Wenfu Wu
Summary: This study investigated the efficiency of modified SA/ll-glucan/Mt microsphere adsorbents in removing DON and ZEN from CSL. The microspheres showed high adsorption capacity, and simple and rapid regeneration was achieved without affecting the removal efficiency of mycotoxins from CSL.
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Food Science & Technology
Carlos Adelantado, Jose Angel Salatti-Dorado, Carlos Herrera, Lourdes Arce, Maria Jose Cardador
Summary: High-performance-ion mobility spectrometry (HPIMS) was used for the first time in the analysis of olive oil samples, following a simple liquid-liquid extraction procedure. The developed methodology is user-friendly, fast, and inexpensive, complying with the principles of green chemistry. The proposed approach, combined with multivariate analysis, showed potential in classifying olive oil samples based on their organoleptic quality, with high accuracy rates.
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Food Science & Technology
Jia-Wen Wei, Jia-Rong He, Shi-Yi Chen, Yi-Han Guo, Xuan-Zhu Huo, Nuan Zheng, Shuo-Hui Cao, Yao-Qun Li
Summary: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a major cause of human cancer. This study developed a quantitative analysis method for PAH4 using the back propagation neural network (BPNN) algorithm and constant wavelength synchronous fluorescence (CWSF) spectra as the data sets. The method can predict the concentrations of PAH4 in edible oil samples without preprocessing or pre-separation. It has been proven to be a powerful tool for the rapid detection of PAH4.
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Food Science & Technology
Liyun Chen, Xiumei Li, Jingyi Chen, Ranxun Lin, Yuhan Mai, Yuxin Lin, Guodong Wang, Zheng Chen, Wei Zhang, Jiang Wang, Cai Yuan, Longguang Jiang, Peng Xu, Mingdong Huang
Summary: Food spoilage is primarily caused by microbial contamination. Curcumin has shown moderate antimicrobial activity as a food preservative. This study formulates curcumin with zinc acetate to enhance its efficacy, resulting in Cur-Zn with increased antimicrobial activity against multiple food-contaminating bacteria and fungi. With light illumination, the antimicrobial activity of Cur-Zn is further enhanced due to the photodynamic inactivation (PDI) effect.
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Food Science & Technology
Marta Pilar Ortiz-Moriano, Gonzalo Machado-Schiaffino, Eva Garcia-Vazquez, Alba Ardura
Summary: Mislabelling in the global fisheries sector raises concerns about the identity, safety, and sustainability of seafood products. This study examined mislabelling in shrimps and prawns sold in the Spanish market and assessed potential risks of heavy metal ingestion.
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Food Science & Technology
Doyeon Kim, Jinwoo Kim, Minsik Kim
Summary: This study demonstrates the enhanced bactericidal activity of engineered lysins fused with amphipathic antimicrobial peptides against Gram-negative bacterium Cronobacter sakazakii. The fusion lysins are capable of disrupting bacterial cells and significantly reducing the risk of infection within a certain range of temperature and pH. Additionally, the study also shows the bactericidal effect of these fusion lysins against other Gram-negative pathogens.
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Food Science & Technology
Seul-Ki Park, Kyung-Jin Cho, Du-Min Jo, Young-Mog Kim
Summary: This study presents a new approach for detecting pathogenic Vibrio spp. in contaminated seafood, which combines PCR with a simplified DNA extraction process and pre-culturing step. The method has been validated and shown to be efficient, time-saving, and highly sensitive, offering a potential alternative for improving safety measures in the food industry.
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Food Science & Technology
Suwimol Surareungchai, Chaleeda Borompichaichartkul, Chitsiri Rachtanapun, Nutthachai Pongprasert, Pongphen Jitareerat, Varit Srilaong
Summary: This study builds upon previous research and focuses on risk assessment and analysis in the organic salad industry. The results show that previous risk matrix models can be adapted for various raw materials, and preventive control plans can be applied across different aspects of the production process.
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Food Science & Technology
Xuan Zhang, Changling Fang, Xiaoyi Lou, Feng Han, Siman Li, Yongfu Shi, Dongmei Huang
Summary: This study aimed to assess the levels of Biogenic amines (BAs) in four common food types in the Chinese market. It was found that cheese and seafood derived product showed higher levels of BAs, and the histamine level in mackerel and yellow rice wine exceeded the limits.
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Food Science & Technology
Martina Foschi, Alessandra Biancolillo, Federico Marini, Francesco Cosentino, Francesca Di Donato, Angelo Antonio D'Archivio
Summary: This study aimed to develop a potentially non-destructive and routine-compatible method for the geographical traceability of high-valued Italian chickpeas. By analyzing the spectral information of the outer and inner parts of the kernels, it was found that the spectral analysis of the outer part yielded accurate and reliable results, indicating the possibility of non-destructive authentication.