Research Publications (Food Safety)

Abstract

Acne vulgaris, caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Cutibacterium acnes, is a prevalent dermatologic condition with substantial cutaneous and psychological morbidity. Mild acne is treated with topical antibiotics with more severe inflammatory forms requiring the prolonged use of oral antibiotics, resulting in antimicrobial resistance development.

Melamine contamination is a recent public health problem emerging globally. Present study aimed to detect the rate of melamine presence in human milk in a cohort study and to evaluate any possible differences in maternal–infant pair characteristics such as breastfeeding status, crying and sleep problems of infants, maternal postpartum depression, maternal–infant bonding, infant and maternal anthropometry, and maternal complete blood count caused by the melamine exposure.

Author(s): Arielle Farida Ariste, Ramón Alberto Batista-García, Vinoth Kumar Vaidyanathan, Nikila Raman, Vasanth Kumar Vaithyanathan, Jorge Luis Folch-Mallol, Stephen A. Jackson, Alan D.W. Dobson, Hubert Cabana

Author(s): Joon-Goo Lee, Youngjin Jeong, Dongsul Kim, Gil-Jin Kang, Youngwon Kang

Author(s): Katarzyna Czaja, Paweł Struciński, Wojciech Korcz, Maria Minorczyk, Agnieszka Hernik, Bożena Wiadrowska

Author(s): Francesca Cavaliere, Stefano Lorenzetti, Pietro Cozzini

Multiple heavy metal–resistant bacterium, Micrococcus luteus strain AS2, was isolated from industrial waste water of District Sheikhupura, Pakistan. The isolated bacterium showed minimum inhibitory concentrations of 55 and 275 mM against arsenite and arsenate. The bacterial strain also showed resistance against other heavy metal ions, i.e., lead, cadmium, chromium, mercury, nickel, and zinc, apart from arsenic. The optimum temperature and pH were 37 °C and 7, respectively.

L. E. Pozza, T. F. A. Bishop, U. Stockmann, G. F. Birch

Author(s): Calvin Ho-Fung Lau, Erica N. DeJong, Forest Dussault, Catherine Carrillo, Peter J. Stogios, Alexei Savchenko, Edward Topp

Author(s): Ola Olén, Rune Erichsen, Michael C Sachs, Lars Pedersen, Jonas Halfvarson, Johan Askling, Anders Ekbom, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Jonas F Ludvigsson

This work provides a simple and rapid method for synthesis uniform simetryn imprinted nanoparticles, which can be used to pretreat the tested samples before detecting. A series of computational approach were employed for design simetryn‐imprinted polymer. Based on the conclusion of theoretical calculation, the simetryn imprinted nanoparticles were synthesized using simetryn as template, methacrylic acid as monomer with different solvent volume and synthesis conditions.

Bisphenol A (BPA) is used for the production of plastics and epoxy resins, which are part of packaging materials for food and beverages, and can migrate into food and the environment, thus exposing human beings to its effects. Exposure to BPA has been associated with oxidative stress, cell cycle changes, and genotoxicity, and is mediated by its known endocrine-disrupting activity. Possible BPA cytotoxicity without mediation by estrogen receptors has been reported in the literature.

The milk bar is an emerging style of retail business that mainly produces pasteurized milk (PM) and other dairy products on-site in many large cities of the People's Republic of China. To date, no data about veterinary drug residues in PM samples produced from milk bars have been reported.

by Soumendra Singh, Animesh Halder, Oindrila Sinha, Probir Kumar Sarkar, Priya Singh, Amrita Banerjee, Saleh A. Ahmed, Ahmed Alharbi, Rami J. Obaid, Sanjay K. Ghosh, Amitabha Mitra, Samir Kumar Pal

by Shagnika Das, Andres Aria, Jing-O Cheng, Sami Souissi, Jiang-Shiou Hwang, Fung-Chi Ko

Author(s): Ramin Bahmani, Mahsa Modareszadeh, Mohammad reza Bihamta

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are defined as exogenous substances that can alter the development and functioning of the endocrine system. The Wnt signaling pathway is an evolutionarily conserved pathway consisting of proteins that transmit cell-to-cell receptors through cell surface receptors, regulating important aspects of cell migration, polarity, neural formation, and organogenesis, which determines the fate of the cell during embryonic development.

Author(s): Romário Junior Ferreira, Thalles Ramon Rosa, Josimar Ribeiro, Rosângela Cristina Barthus

Author(s): Roghayeh Jalili, Alireza Khataee, Mohammad-Reza Rashidi, Amir Razmjou

Author(s): Jinxia Dai, Changling Jiang, Guanwei Gao, Li Zhu, Yunfeng Chai, Hongping Chen, Xin Liu

Although highly accurate molecular processes and various messenger RNA (mRNA) quality control and ribosome proofreading mechanisms are used by organisms to transcribe their genes and maintain the fidelity of genetic information, errors are inherent in all biological systems. Low‐level translation errors caused by an imbalance of homologous and nonhomologous amino acids caused by stress conditions are particularly common.

The adverse effects of Cd and Pb on human health have been widely reported. While, there were several typical pollution areas in China which has not been investigated comprehensively and deeply. In this study, 475 soil and 472 plant samples from these pollution areas were analyzed for Cd and Pb with ICP-MS.

Author(s): Joon-Goo Lee, Jieun Anh, Gil-Jin Kang, Dongsul Kim, Youngwon Kang

Author(s): Tasmia, Jasmin Shah, Muhammad Rasul Jan