Research Publications (Food Safety)

Background The relationship between dietary acrylamide intake and renal cell carcinoma risk is inconclusive. In consideration of the recent findings, we conducted an updated meta‐analysis to assess the association between acrylamide intake and renal cell carcinoma risk. Results (PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane) database have been used to identify epidemiological study on dietary acrylamide intake and renal cell carcinoma risk.

The main aim of this short review was to assess the effect of test medium on the bioavailability of metals to the soil invertebrate Folsomia candida and the barley plant Hordeum vulgare. Solution-only exposures and sand-solution media were suitable media with control survival of > 80%.

Algae are widely distributed in the aquatic environment. In the analyzed algae from the Black Sea, metals like cadmium, iron, zinc, copper, lead, and thallium were present. From all of the analyzed elements in the algae, iron was present at the highest concentrations. The presented study confirmed that thallium is accumulated in relatively large quantities (1.60–2.12 μg g−1) by all the studied algae.

Author(s): Hengda Han, Song Hu, Aishu Li, Yani Zhang, Zhe Xiong, Sijie Ma, Limo He, Hanjian Li, Yi Wang, Sheng Su, Jun Xiang

Author(s): Jelmar den Boer, Wim Lambrechts, Harold Krikke

Author(s): Juan E. Ortúzar, Onay B. Dogan, Gustavo Sotomayor, Constanza Jiménez, Jennifer Clarke, Rolando A. Flores, George M. Gray, John H. Rupnow, Bing Wang

Author(s): Xiaotian Zhang, Min Zhang, Benu Adhikari

Author(s): T. Priya, N. Dhanalakshmi, S. Thennarasu, S. Pulikkutty, V. Karthikeyan, N. Thinakaran

Author(s): Luis F.O. Silva, Tito J. Crissien, Ismael L. Schneider, Érika P. Blanco, Carlos H. Sampaio

Fluoroquinolones (FQs) present in water environments pose threats to aquatic organisms. The concentration of FQs adsorbed onto sediments is generally higher than that in water. Here, we studied the toxicities of two FQ antibiotics, norfloxacin (NOR) and ofloxacin (OFL), on the snail Bellamya aeruginosa, an adaptable benthic animal.

Background. Plasmodium parasite resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) calls for development of new, affordable, safe, and effective antimalarial drugs. Studies conducted previously on soybean extracts have established that they possess antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anticancerous, and antioxidant properties. The activity of such extracts on Plasmodium parasites has not been potentially exploited. Objectives.

Author(s): Mohaddeseh Abouhosseini Tabari, Arash Rostami, Aref Khodashenas, Filippo Maggi, Riccardo Petrelli, Cristiano Giordani, Léon Azefack Tapondjou, Fabrizio Papa, Yanting Zuo, Kevin Cianfaglione, Mohammad Reza Youssefi

Author(s): M. Ciecierska

Author(s): José Eudes Gomes Pinheiro, Caroline Silveira Martinez, Paola Zambelli Moraes, José Eduardo Stasiaki, Maria Elisa Trost, Dalton Valentim Vassallo, Fernando Barbosa, Franck Maciel Peçanha, Francielli Weber Santos Cibin, Marta Miguel, Giulia Alessandra Wiggers

Author(s): Junhong Liu, Zhujian Huang, Ziying Chen, Jie Sun, Yuhan Gao, Enya Wu

Author(s): Jie Liu, Sumedha Gunewardena, Julia Yue Cui, Curtis D. Klaassen, Brian N. Chorley, J. Christopher Corton

Author(s): Fatih Mehmet Kandemir, Serkan Yıldırım, Sefa Kucukler, Cuneyt Caglayan, Ekrem Darendelioğlu, Muhammet Bahaeddin Dortbudak

Acrylamide was not detected after high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) of four different table olive varieties (Azeitera, Carrasqueña, Conserva de Elvas, and Morisca). Hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol, oleuropein, procyanidin B1, catechin, vanillic acid, caffeic acid, syringic acid, epicatechin, p‐coumaric acid, and verbascoside were the most important phenols found in fresh olives and after HHP treatment.

The consumption of pesticide residues contaminated shiitakes resulted in important health issues in humans. This study evaluated the effects of classic household processing on six different pesticides used in shiitake culture, detailed in pesticide residue behavior and processing factors (PFs). Our results demonstrated that stir‐frying or frying reduced the residue levels of all six pesticides.

Pesticide loads and associated toxicity can be significantly reduced using integrated vegetated treatment systems, which remove moderately soluble and hydrophobic pesticides, but need a sorbent material to remove more soluble pesticides. Neonicotinoids such as imidacloprid are widely used insecticides, acutely toxic, and have been linked to a range of ecological effects.

Mebendazole is an anthelmintic drug used in cattle production. However, residues may occur in produced food and in excretions, jeopardizing population health. A method based on micellar liquid chromatography (MLC) was developed to determine mebendazole in dairy products (milk, cheese, butter, and curd) and nitrogenous waste (urine and dung) from bovine animals.

Author(s): Demetris Kafouris, Andri Koukkidou, Eftychia Christou, Militsa Hadjigeorgiou, Stelios Yiannopoulos

Polychlorinated biphenyls belong to a class of hazardous and environmental pollutants. GC separation and experimental relative retention time evaluation of these compounds on a poly (94% methyl/5% phenyl) silicone based capillary non‐bonded and cross‐linked column are time‐consuming and expensive.

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This study was aimed to evaluate the level of furan and acrylamide contamination in cocoa and noncocoa raw materials, in masses from processing stages, and in chocolates originating from three factories. Acrylamide was determined by the gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) method using the QuEChERS procedure with dispersive solid-phase extraction clean-up and isotopic standard (2,3,3-d3-acrylamide).