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Cassani L, Silva A, Carpena M, Pellegrini MC, García-Pérez P, Grosso C, Barroso MF, Simal-Gandara J, Gómez-Zavaglia A, Prieto MA. Phytochemical compounds with promising biological activities from Ascophyllum nodosum extracts using microwave-assisted extraction. Food Chem 2024; 438:138037. [PMID: 38011789 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.138037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Phytochemical-rich antioxidant extracts were obtained from Ascophyllum nodosum (AN) using microwave-assisted extraction (MAE). Critical extraction factors such as time, pressure, and ethanol concentration were optimized by response surface methodology with a circumscribed central composite design. Under the optimal MAE conditions (3 min, 10.4 bar, 46.8 % ethanol), the maximum recovery of phytochemical compounds (polyphenols and fucoxanthin) with improved antioxidant activity from AN was obtained. In addition, the optimized AN extract showed significant biological activities as it was able to scavenge reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, inhibit central nervous system-related enzymes, and exhibit cytotoxic activity against different cancer cell lines. In addition, the optimized AN extract showed antimicrobial, and anti-quorum sensing activities, indicating that this extract could offer direct and indirect protection against infection by pathogenic microorganisms. This work demonstrated that the sustainably obtained AN extract could be an emerging, non-toxic, and natural ingredient with potential to be included in different applications.
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- Lucía Cassani
- Universidade de Vigo, Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Science, Instituto de Agroecoloxía e Alimentación (IAA) - CITEXVI, 36310 Vigo, Spain.
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- Universidade de Vigo, Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Science, Instituto de Agroecoloxía e Alimentación (IAA) - CITEXVI, 36310 Vigo, Spain; REQUIMTE/LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr António Bernardino de Almeida 431, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
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- Universidade de Vigo, Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Science, Instituto de Agroecoloxía e Alimentación (IAA) - CITEXVI, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería en Alimentos (GIIA), Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de alimentos y ambiente (INCITAA, CIC-UNMDP), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, B7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Universidade de Vigo, Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Science, Instituto de Agroecoloxía e Alimentación (IAA) - CITEXVI, 36310 Vigo, Spain; Department for Sustainable Food Process, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy
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- REQUIMTE/LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr António Bernardino de Almeida 431, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
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- REQUIMTE/LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr António Bernardino de Almeida 431, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
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- Universidade de Vigo, Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Science, Instituto de Agroecoloxía e Alimentación (IAA) - CITEXVI, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Center for Research and Development in Food Cryotechnology (CIDCA, CCT-CONICET La Plata), RA1900 La Plata, Argentina
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- Universidade de Vigo, Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Science, Instituto de Agroecoloxía e Alimentación (IAA) - CITEXVI, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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Guidara M, Yaich H, Amor IB, Fakhfakh J, Gargouri J, Lassoued S, Blecker C, Richel A, Attia H, Garna H. Effect of extraction procedures on the chemical structure, antitumor and anticoagulant properties of ulvan from Ulva lactuca of Tunisia coast. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 253:117283. [PMID: 33278949 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The effect of extraction procedures on chemical composition, structural, antitumor and anticoagulant properties of the sulphated polysaccharide 'ulvan' from the green seaweed Ulva lactuca were investigated. The structural features of ulvans were carried out by FTIR and by one- and two- dimensional 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic. The ulvans were mainly composed of rhamnose, xylose, and uronic acid. Chemical and spectroscopic analyses demonstrated that ulvans were constituted of (1→4)-β-glucuronic acid, (1→3,4)-α-L-rhamnose-3-sulphate and (1→4)-α-xylose. The extraction procedures effect were observed in chemical structure, Mw and biological activities. Cytotoxic activity of enzymatic-chemical extract on cervical cancer cells (HeLa) (IC50 = 1000 μg/mL) was higher than on normal peripheral blood lymphocytes cells (PBL). Acid extracts promoted to reduce HeLa cells and to grow PBL cells. At high concentrations, acid extracts showed the highest APTT and TT clotting time. Antitumoral and anticoagulant activities of ulvans from Ulva lactuca promote their use as effective therapeutic agent.
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- Mariem Guidara
- Laboratoire de Valorisation, Analyses et Sécurité des Aliments, École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax, Route de Soukra, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia.
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- Laboratoire de Valorisation, Analyses et Sécurité des Aliments, École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax, Route de Soukra, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia
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- Centre Régional de Transfusion Sanguine de Sfax, Route El-Ain Km 0.5, CP 3003 Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry LR17ES08 (Natural Substances section), Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, Road of Soukra, Km 4.5; P.O. Box 1171; 3000; Sfax, Tunisia
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- Centre Régional de Transfusion Sanguine de Sfax, Route El-Ain Km 0.5, CP 3003 Sfax, Tunisia
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- Unité de Biotechnologie et Pathologie, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Sfax, Route de Soukra, BP 1175, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia
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- Unité de Science des Aliments et Formulation, Université de Liège - Gembloux Agro - Bio Tech, passage des Déportés, 2 - 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- Unité de Chimie Biologique Industrielle, Université de Liège - Gembloux Agro - Bio Tech, passage des Déportés, 2 - 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Valorisation, Analyses et Sécurité des Aliments, École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax, Route de Soukra, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Valorisation, Analyses et Sécurité des Aliments, École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax, Route de Soukra, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia; Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Valorisation des Bio-Géo-Ressources, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Sidi Thabet, BP-66, 2020 Sidi Thabet, Ariana, Tunisia
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Rivoira L, Castiglioni M, Rodrigues SM, Freitas V, Bruzzoniti MC, Ramos S, Almeida CMR. Microplastic in marine environment: reworking and optimisation of two analytical protocols for the extraction of microplastics from sediments and oysters. MethodsX 2020; 7:101116. [PMID: 33145188 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2020.101116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Marine sediments and sessile biota (i.e. oysters) are nowadays recognised to be affected by microplastic (MP) pollution. NOAA proposes two distinct MP extraction protocols for sandy and bed sediments, which, however, were already demonstrated to suffer from many limitations. Conversely, to what concern oysters, works already published are usually time consuming, requiring a KOH 24–48 h oxidation step. The aim of this study is to show how iterative adaptation of the NOAA protocol allows to extract MPs, included PET, from marine sediments, regardless their characteristics. The method tested on PE-LD/PET/PA/PE-HD is based on density separation and oxidation treatments which were both carefully tuned, obtaining final recoveries higher than 85% for all the micropolymers (100% for PE and PA). Furthermore, a new protocol for the extraction of MPs from oysters was assessed, highlighting its efficacy (recoveries higher than 84% for all the plastics) and time-saving peculiarity. Finally, both protocols were successfully applied in the MPs extraction from real samples from Atlantic Ocean.The extraction of PE-LD/PET/PA/PE-HD was optimised in sediments (regardless their characteristics) and oysters. For sediments, density separation and oxidation procedures were carefully optimised. For oysters, oxidation times were reduced from 24 to 48 h to 1 h.
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van Merendonk LN, Fontova P, Rigo-Bonnin R, Colom H, Vidal-Alabró A, Bestard O, Torras J, Cruzado JM, Grinyó JM, Lloberas N. Validation and evaluation of four sample preparation methods for the quantification of intracellular tacrolimus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by UHPLC-MS/MS. Clin Chim Acta 2019; 503:210-217. [PMID: 31794770 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2019.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Rejection and toxicity occur despite monitoring of tacrolimus blood levels during clinical routine. The intracellular concentration in lymphocytes could be a better reflection of the tacrolimus exposure. Four extraction methods for tacrolimus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells were validated and evaluated with UHPLC-MS/MS. Methods based on protein precipitation (method 1), solid phase extraction (method 2), phospholipids and proteins removal (method 3) and liquid-liquid extraction (method 4) were evaluated on linearity, lower limit of quantification (LLOQ), imprecision and bias. Validation was completed for the methods within these requirements, adding matrix effect and recovery. Linearity was 0.126 (LLOQ)-15 µg/L, 0.504 (LLOQ)-15 µg/L and 0.298 (LLOQ)-15 µg/L with method 1, 2 and 3, respectively. With method 4 non-linearity and a LLOQ higher than 0.504 µg/L were observed. Inter-day imprecision and bias were ≤4.6%, ≤10.9%; ≤6.8%, ≤-11.2%; ≤9.4%, ≤10.3% and ≤44.6%, ≤23.1%, respectively, with methods 1, 2, 3 and 4. Validation was completed for method 1 and 3 adding matrix effect (7.6%; 15.0%) and recovery (8.9%; 10.8%), respectively. The most suitable UHPLC-MS/MS method for quantification of intracellular tacrolimus was protein precipitation due to the best performance characteristics and the least time-consuming rate and complexity.
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- Lisanne N van Merendonk
- Nephrology Department, IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biochemistry Department, IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics Unit, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology Department, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Castro-Mejía JL, Deng L, Vogensen FK, Reyes A, Nielsen DS. Extraction and Purification of Viruses from Fecal Samples for Metagenome and Morphology Analyses. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1838:49-57. [PMID: 30128989 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8682-8_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The human enteric virome consists of endogenous retro elements and viruses that infect the host and members of the gut microbiome (GM). Mounting evidence suggests that the gut virome plays a central role in maintaining homeostasis and via the GM influences immunology of the host. To thoroughly characterize the gut virome, it is often very useful to first separate and concentrate extracellular viral-like particles (eVLPs) enabling an integrative characterization of them. Here, we describe a detailed protocol for extraction and concentration of the viral fraction from fecal samples based on a polyethylene glycol precipitation (PEG) approach. These procedures maximize the yields of eVLPs (and their DNA) with high purity well suited for down-stream analysis such as quantification and morphological assessment, determination of phage-host pairs as well as virome sequencing.
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- Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
- Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Montereali MR, Pinto V, Schiavella F, Armiento G, Angelone M, Crovato C, Manojlović M, Čabilovski R, Cremisini C. A field screening test for the assessment of concentrations and mobility of potentially toxic elements in soils: a case study on urban soils from Rome and Novi Sad. Environ Monit Assess 2017; 189:466. [PMID: 28836031 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-017-6164-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The increasing demand for environmental pollution control results in the development and use of new procedures for the determination of dangerous chemicals. Simple screening methods, which can be used directly in the field for a preliminary assessment of soil contamination, seem to be extremely advantageous. In our laboratory, we developed and optimized a rapid test for a preliminary evaluation of both the concentration and the mobility of some potentially toxic metals in soils. This screening test consists of a single extraction of the soil sample with a buffer solution, followed by the titration of the extracted solution with dithizone to determine the contents of bi-valent heavy metals (such as Pb, Cu, Zn, and Cd). This screening method was then directly applied in the field during the sampling campaign in the framework of an Italian-Serbian collaborative project, finalized in the study of metal availability in soils. The results obtained in the field with the rapid test were compared with those obtained in the laboratory following the conventional procedure commonly used to evaluate metal bioavailability (diethylenetriaminepentaacetic extraction). Moreover, selected samples were analyzed sequentially in the laboratory using the standardized BCR three-step sequential extraction procedure. The screening test gave results conceptually in good agreement with those obtained via the BCR procedure. These preliminary data show that the proposed screening test is a reliable method for the preliminary rapid evaluation of metal total concentrations and of potential metal mobility in soils, supporting sampling activities directly in the field.
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- Maria Rita Montereali
- ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development - Department SSPT-PROTER-BIOGEOC, Casaccia Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123, Rome, Italy.
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- ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Frascati Research Centre, Via Enrico Fermi 45, Frascati, 00044, Rome, Italy
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- ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development - Department SSPT-PROTER-BIOGEOC, Casaccia Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123, Rome, Italy
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- ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development - Department SSPT-PROTER-BIOGEOC, Casaccia Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123, Rome, Italy
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- ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development - Department SSPT-PROTER-BIOGEOC, Casaccia Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123, Rome, Italy
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- ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development - Department SSPT-PROTER-BIOGEOC, Casaccia Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123, Rome, Italy
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, 21 000, Serbia
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, 21 000, Serbia
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- ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development - Department SSPT-PROTER-BIOGEOC, Casaccia Research Centre, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123, Rome, Italy
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Locatelli M, Sciascia F, Cifelli R, Malatesta L, Bruni P, Croce F. Analytical methods for the endocrine disruptor compounds determination in environmental water samples. J Chromatogr A 2016; 1434:1-18. [PMID: 26805600 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Revised: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The potential risk of exposure to different xenobiotics, which can modulate the endocrine system and represent a treat for the wellness of an increasing number of people, has recently drawn the attention of international environmental and health agencies. Several agents, characterized by structural diversity, may interfer with the normal endocrine functions that regulate cell growth, homeostasis and development. Substances such as pesticides, herbicides, plasticizers, metals, etc. having endocrine activity (EDCs) are used in agriculture and industry and are also used as drugs for humans and animals. A difficulty in the analytical determination of these substances is the complexity of the matrix in which they are present. In fact, the samples most frequently analyzed consist of groundwater and surface water, including influent and effluent of wastewater treatment plants and drinking water. In this review, several sample pretreatment protocols, assays and different instrumental techniques recently used in the EDCs determination have been considered. This review concludes with a paragraph in which the most recent hyphenated-instrument techniques are treated, highlighting their sensitivity and selectivity for the analyses of environmental water samples.
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- Marcello Locatelli
- University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Pharmacy, via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti (CH), Italy; Interuniversity Consortium of Structural and Systems Biology INBB, Viale Medaglie d'oro 305, 00136 Roma, Italy.
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- University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Pharmacy, via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti (CH), Italy
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- University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Pharmacy, via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti (CH), Italy
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- University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Pharmacy, via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti (CH), Italy
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- University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Pharmacy, via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti (CH), Italy
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- University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Pharmacy, via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti (CH), Italy
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Kördel W, Bernhardt C, Derz K, Hund-Rinke K, Harmsen J, Peijnenburg W, Comans R, Terytze K. Incorporating availability/bioavailability in risk assessment and decision making of polluted sites, using Germany as an example. J Hazard Mater 2013; 261:854-62. [PMID: 23746963 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2012] [Revised: 05/10/2013] [Accepted: 05/11/2013] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Nearly all publications dealing with availability or bioavailability of soil pollutants start with the following statement: the determination of total pollutant content will lead to an over-estimation of risk. However, an assessment of contaminated sites should be based on the determination of mobile fractions of pollutants, and the fractions with potential for mobilisation that threaten groundwater and surface water, and the actual and potential fractions available for uptake by plants, soil microflora and soil organisms. After reviewing the literature for method proposals concerning the determination of available/bioavailable fractions of contaminants with respect to leaching, plants, microorganisms (biodegradation) and soil organisms, we propose a testing and assessment scheme for contaminated sites. The proposal includes (i) already accepted and used methods, (ii) methods which are under standardisation, and (iii) methods for which development has just started in order to promote urgently needed research.
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- Werner Kördel
- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Auf dem Aberg 1, 57392 Schmallenberg, Germany
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