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Valverde S, Ares AM, Stephen Elmore J, Bernal J. Recent trends in the analysis of honey constituents. Food Chem 2022; 387:132920. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.132920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Halogenated Volatile Organic Compounds in Water Samples and Inorganic Elements Levels in Ores for Characterizing a High Anthropogenic Polluted Area in the Northern Latium Region (Italy). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18041628. [PMID: 33567749 PMCID: PMC7915735 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18041628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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This paper shows a characterization of the organic and inorganic fraction of river waters (Tiber and Marta) and ores/soil samples collected in the Northern Latium region of Italy for evaluating the anthropogenic/natural source contribution to the environmental pollution of this area. For organic compounds, organochloride volatile compounds in Tiber and Marta rivers were analyzed by two different clean-up methods (i.e., liquid–liquid extraction and static headspace) followed by gas chromatography–electron capture detector (GC-ECD) analysis. The results show very high concentrations of bromoform (up to 1.82 and 3.2 µg L−1 in Tiber and Marta rivers, respectively), due to the presence of greenhouse crops, and of chloroform and tetrachloroethene, due to the presence of handicrafts installations. For the qualitative and quantitative assessment of the inorganic fraction, it is highlighted the use of a nuclear analytical method, instrumental neutron activation analysis, which allows having more information as possible from the sample without performing any chemical-physical pretreatment. The results have evidenced high levels of mercury (mean value 88.6 µg g−1), antimony (77.7 µg g−1), strontium (12,039 µg g−1) and zinc (103 µg g−1), whereas rare earth elements show levels similar to the literature data. Particular consideration is drawn for arsenic (414 µg g−1): the levels found in this paper (ranging between 1 and 5100 µg g−1) explain the high content of such element (as arsenates) in the aquifer, a big issue in this area.
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Cinelli G, Cuomo F, Ambrosone L, Venditti F, Lopez F. Determination of bisphenol A in red wine using a double vortex-ultrasound-assisted microextraction assay: Role of the interfacial properties. Biotechnol Prog 2019; 35:e2780. [PMID: 30697978 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Revised: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Bisphenol A (BPA) is a synthetic compound broadly used in medical devices as well as in packaging of food and drinks. Recently, BPA toxicity has become of concern to environmental public health. Red wine that is susceptible to BPA contamination is an alcoholic beverage made from yeast fermentation of grapes in the presence of grape skins so as to extract phenolic compounds. The aim of this study was to validate an efficient, low cost, and time-saving method for BPA determination in red-wine beverage. To this end, a rapid and simple microextraction method is here proposed consisting in liquid-liquid separation assisted by a vortex-ultrasound-vortex procedure combined with gas chromatographic analysis (GC-Fid or GC-IT/MS). By means of a comparative study between real red-wine matrix and synthetic hydroalcoholic solutions, different parameters related to the microextraction steps were investigated. The minimal amount of extraction solvent for a given volume of sample was calculated for both the systems. It was demonstrated that for red-wine matrix, the extent of phase separation is strongly affected by some wine constituents and that separation can be tuned by varying the amount of the extraction solvent. This double vortex-ultrasound-assisted method achieved high recovery of BPA and enrichment factor compared with other microextraction methods.
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- Giuseppe Cinelli
- Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Ambiente Alimenti (DIAAA) and Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (CSGI), Università degli studi del Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Ambiente Alimenti (DIAAA) and Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (CSGI), Università degli studi del Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute and Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (CSGI), Università degli studi del Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Ambiente Alimenti (DIAAA) and Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (CSGI), Università degli studi del Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Ambiente Alimenti (DIAAA) and Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (CSGI), Università degli studi del Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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Optimization of the solvent-based dissolution method to sample volatile organic compound vapors for compound-specific isotope analysis. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1520:23-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.08.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Revised: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Petriello MC, Newsome BJ, Dziubla TD, Hilt JZ, Bhattacharyya D, Hennig B. Modulation of persistent organic pollutant toxicity through nutritional intervention: emerging opportunities in biomedicine and environmental remediation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 491-492:11-6. [PMID: 24530186 PMCID: PMC4077968 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Revised: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/28/2014] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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Environmental pollution is increasing worldwide, and there is evidence that exposure to halogenated persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls can contribute to the pathology of inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis, diabetes, and cancer. Pollutant removal from contaminated sites and subsequent pollutant degradation are critical for reducing the long-term health risks associated with exposure. However, complete remediation of a toxicant from the environment is very difficult and cost-prohibitive. Furthermore, remediation technologies often result in the generation of secondary toxicants. Considering these circumstances, environmentally-friendly and sustainable remediation technologies and biomedical solutions to reduce vulnerability to environmental chemical insults need to be explored to reduce the overall health risks associated with exposure to environmental pollutants. We propose that positive lifestyle changes such as healthful nutrition and consumption of diets rich in fruits and vegetables or bioactive nutrients with antioxidant and/or anti-inflammatory properties will reduce the body's vulnerability to environmental stressors and thus reduce toxicant-mediated disease pathologies. Interestingly, emerging evidence now implicates the incorporation of bioactive nutrients, such as plant-derived polyphenols, in technologies focused on the capture, sensing and remediation of halogenated POPs. We propose that human nutritional intervention in concert with the use of natural polyphenol sensing and remediation platforms may provide a sensible means to develop primary and long-term prevention strategies of diseases associated with many environmental toxic insults including halogenated POPs.
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- Michael C Petriello
- Superfund Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Graduate Center for Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Superfund Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
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- Superfund Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
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- Superfund Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
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- Superfund Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
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- Superfund Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Graduate Center for Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Department of Animal and Food Sciences, College of Agriculture Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
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Rapid and simple determination of acrylamide in conventional cereal-based foods and potato chips through conversion to 3-[bis(trifluoroethanoyl)amino]-3-oxopropyl trifluoroacetate by gas chromatography coupled with electron capture and ion trap mass spectrometry detectors. Food Chem 2014; 146:204-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.09.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2013] [Revised: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Study of XAD-2 adsorbent for the enrichment of trace levels of phthalate esters in hydroalcoholic food beverages and analysis by gas chromatography coupled with flame ionization and ion-trap mass spectrometry detectors. Food Chem 2014; 146:181-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.09.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Revised: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Ariya PA, Kos G, Mortazavi R, Hudson ED, Kanthasamy V, Eltouny N, Sun J, Wilde C. Bio-organic materials in the atmosphere and snow: measurement and characterization. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2013; 339:145-99. [PMID: 23832685 DOI: 10.1007/128_2013_461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bio-organic chemicals are ubiquitous in the Earth's atmosphere and at air-snow interfaces, as well as in aerosols and in clouds. It has been known for centuries that airborne biological matter plays various roles in the transmission of disease in humans and in ecosystems. The implication of chemical compounds of biological origins in cloud condensation and in ice nucleation processes has also been studied during the last few decades, and implications have been suggested in the reduction of visibility, in the influence on oxidative potential of the atmosphere and transformation of compounds in the atmosphere, in the formation of haze, change of snow-ice albedo, in agricultural processes, and bio-hazards and bio-terrorism. In this review we critically examine existing observation data on bio-organic compounds in the atmosphere and in snow. We also review both conventional and cutting-edge analytical techniques and methods for measurement and characterisation of bio-organic compounds and specifically for microbial communities, in the atmosphere and snow. We also explore the link between biological compounds and nucleation processes. Due to increased interest in decreasing emissions of carbon-containing compounds, we also briefly review (in an Appendix) methods and techniques that are currently deployed for bio-organic remediation.
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- P A Ariya
- Departments of Chemistry, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, QC, Canada,
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Sampling of organophosphorus pesticides at trace levels in the atmosphere using XAD-2 adsorbent and analysis by gas chromatography coupled with nitrogen–phosphorus and ion-trap mass spectrometry detectors. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 404:1517-27. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6205-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2012] [Revised: 06/13/2012] [Accepted: 06/15/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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