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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

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  1. Design, Synthesis, and In Vitro and In Vivo Biological Evaluation of Limonin Derivatives for Anti-Inflammation Therapy

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • In this study, limonin derivatives were used to design new anti-inflammatory compounds with high pharmacological activity and low toxicity. A total of 23 new limonin derivatives were discovered, synthesized, and screened for their anti-inflammatory activity against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated RAW 264.7 cells. Of them, compound f4 was found to be the most active, with a higher efficiency compared with limonin and celecoxib.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Strong Alterations in the Sphingolipid Profile of Chickens Fed a Dose of Fumonisins Considered Safe

    • Toxins

    • Fumonisins (FB) are mycotoxins known to exert most of their toxicity by blocking ceramide synthase, resulting in disruption of sphingolipid metabolism. Although the effects of FB on sphinganine (Sa) and sphingosine (So) are well documented in poultry, little information is available on their other effects on sphingolipids. The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of FB on the hepatic and plasma sphingolipidome in chickens.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  3. The Staphylococcus aureus CC398 Lineage: An Evolution Driven by the Acquisition of Prophages and Other Mobile Genetic Elements

    • Genes

    • Among clinically relevant lineages of Staphylococcus aureus, the lineage or clonal complex 398 (CC398) is of particular interest. Strains from this lineage were only described as livestock colonizers until 2007. Progressively, cases of infection were reported in humans in contact with farm animals, and now, CC398 isolates are increasingly identified as the cause of severe infections even in patients without any contact with animals.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Carvacrol Essential Oil: A Natural Antibiotic against Zoonotic Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus Species Isolated from Diseased Livestock and Humans

    • Antibiotics

    • Staphylococcus species cause diseases in animals and humans. The prevalence and antimicrobial profiles of Staphylococcus spp. in animals and human samples in the Minya Governorate, Egypt, were determined, and resistance- and virulence-associated genes were observed in multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates. Moreover, the antibacterial effect of carvacrol essential oil (EO) on the MDR isolates was studied.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Qualitative‐quantitative analysis of multi‐mycotoxin in milk using the HPLC‐MS/MS coupled with the quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe method

    • Journal of Separation Science

    • Journal of Separation Science, Accepted Article. High-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) coupled with the quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe method was established for the qualitative and quantitative detection of twenty mycotoxins in milk. The linear range of this method was 0.01-10μg/L, and the correlation coefficients were all greater than or equal to 0.9933.

  6. Formation and biological effects of protein corona for food‐related nanoparticles

    • Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

    • Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, EarlyView. The rapid development of nanoscience and nanoengineering provides new perspectives on the composition of food materials, and has great potential for food biology research and applications. The use of nanoparticle additives and the discovery of endogenous nanoparticles in food make it important to elucidate in vivo safety of nanomaterials.

  7. Cadmium tolerant bacteria: current trends and applications in agriculture

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology, Accepted Article. Cadmium (Cd) is considered a toxic heavy metal, nevertheless, its toxicity fluctuates for different organisms. Cadmium-tolerant bacteria (CdtB) are a diverse and non-phylogenetically related. Because of their ecological importance these bacteria become particularly relevant when pollution occurs and where human health is impacted.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Prevalence of toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in Arabic coffee (Coffea arabica): Protective role of traditional coffee roasting, brewing and bacterial volatiles

    • PLOS ONE

    • by Wadha Al Attiya, Zahoor Ul Hassan, Roda Al-Thani, Samir Jaoua

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins

  9. Heterogeneity in single-cell outgrowth of Listeria monocytogenes in half Fraser enrichment broth is affected by strain variability and physiological state

    • Food Research International

    • Author(s): Jasper W. Bannenberg, Marcel H. Tempelaars, Marcel H. Zwietering, Tjakko Abee, Heidy M.W. den Besten

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  10. Laser ablation electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging as a new tool for accessing patulin diffusion in mold-infected fruits

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Gesiane da Silva Lima, Gabriel Franco dos Santos, Ruver Rodrigues Feitosa Ramalho, Deborah Victoria Alves de Aguiar, Jussara Valente Roque, Lanaia Itala Louzeiro Maciel, Rosineide Costa Simas, Igor Pereira, Boniek Gontijo Vaz

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  11. Label-free ratiometric homogeneous electrochemical aptasensor based on hybridization chain reaction for facile and rapid detection of aflatoxin B1 in cereal crops

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Chengxi Zhu, Dong Liu, Yuye Li, Ting Chen, Tianyan You

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins

  12. On-line coupling of supercritical fluid extraction with enantioselective supercritical fluid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry for the determination of chiral pesticides in hemp seeds: A proof-of-principle study

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Mariosimone Zoccali, Marina Russo, Maria Rita Testa Camillo, Fabio Salafia, Peter Q. Tranchida, Paola Dugo, Luigi Mondello

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues

  13. MiR-182–5p/TLR4/NF-κB axis contributes to the protective effect of caffeic acid phenethyl ester against cadmium-induced spleen toxicity and associated damage in mice

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Author(s): Rili Hao, Yang Jiang, Feng Li, Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse, Dapeng Li

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  14. Enhanced antibacterial efficacy and mechanism of octyl gallate/beta-cyclodextrins against Pseudomonas fluorescens and Vibrio parahaemolyticus and incorporated electrospun nanofibers for Chinese giant salamander fillets preservation

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Yu-gang Shi, Dong-hui Li, Yi-ming Kong, Run-run Zhang, Qing Gu, Meng-xin Hu, Shi-yi Tian, Wen-gang Jin

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Vibrio

  15. Characterization of Clostridium perfringens bacteriophages and their application in chicken meat and milk

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Tahir Noor Mohammadi, Cunkuan Shen, Yuncheng Li, Mahmoud Gamaleldin Zayda, Jun Sato, Yoshimitsu Masuda, Ken-ichi Honjoh, Takahisa Miyamoto

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Clostridium perfringens

  16. Relationship between growth ability, virulence, and resistance to food-processing related stresses in non-typhoidal Salmonellae

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Silvia Guillén, María Marcén, Ester Fau, Pilar Mañas, Guillermo Cebrián The ability of Salmonella to resist and adapt to harsh conditions is one of the major features that have made this microorganism such a relevant health hazard. However, the impact of these resistance responses on other aspects of Salmonella physiology, such as virulence and growth ability, is still not fully understood.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  17. Ecosystem impact and dietary exposure of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and heavy metals in Chinese mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) and their farming areas in Jiangsu, China

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Hanxiaoya Zhang, Haoran Zhang, Ling Zhao, Beilei Zhou, Pan Li, Beibei Liu, Yulong Wang, Cuifeng Yang, Kang Huang, Cunzheng Zhang

      • Chemical contaminants

  18. Evidence of accumulation of tetrodotoxin (TTX) in tissues and body parts of ectoparasitic copepods via their feeding on mucus of TTX-bearing pufferfish

    • Toxicon

    • Author(s): Tomohisa Kodama, Koichi Ikeda, Osamu Arakawa, Yusuke Kondo, Manabu Asakawa, Kentaro Kawatsu, Susumu Ohtsuka

      • Natural toxins

  19. Performance assessment of food safety management systems in Australian apple packhouses in view of microbial control

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Elizabeth J. Frankish, Kim-yen Phan-thien, Thomas Ross, Robyn McConchie, Pieternel A. Luning, Hayriye Bozkurta

  20. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) based chemosensors/biosensors for analysis of food contaminants

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Zhihong Zhang, Yafei Lou, Chuanpan Guo, Qiaojuan Jia, Yingpan Song, Jia-Yue Tian, Shuai Zhang, Minghua Wang, Linghao He, Miao Du

  21. Incorporating in vitro bioaccessibility into human health risk assessment of heavy metals and metalloid(As) in soil and pak choi (Brassica chinensis L.) from greenhouse vegetable production fields in a megacity in Northwest China

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Junkang Guo, Yi Zhang, Wenjian Liu, Jin Zhao, Shenghui Yu, Honglei Jia, Chao Zhang, Yongtao Li

  22. Cellular antioxidant potential and inhibition of foodborne pathogens by a sesquiterpene ilimaquinone in cold storaged ground chicken and under temperature-abuse condition

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Vivek K. Bajpai, Ashutosh Bahuguna, Vishal Kumar, Imran Khan, Salman H. Alrokayan, Haseeb A. Khan, Jesus Simal-Gandara, Jianbo Xiao, MinKyun Na, Sonam Sonwal, Hoomin Lee, Myunghee Kim, Yun Suk Huh, Young-Kyu Han, Shruti Shukla

  23. Prevalence, antibiotic resistance, and enterotoxin production of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from retail raw beef, sheep, and lamb meat in Turkey

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Pınar Şanlibaba

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Antibiotic resistance and phylogenetic comparison of human, pet animals and raw milk Staphylococcus aureus isolates

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Sara Pahlavanzadeh, Rahem Khoshbakht, Hami Kaboosi, Elham Moazamian The present study was conducted to compare the S. aureus isolates from different sources in the basis of resistance phenotypic and genotypic features and phylogenetic differences. Total of 70 S.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus

  25. Direct Detection of Foodborne Pathogens via a Proximal DNA Probe-Based CRISPR-Cas12 Assay

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • Foodborne pathogens can cause illnesses. Existing tools for detecting foodborne pathogens are typically time-consuming or require complex protocols. Here, we report an assay to directly analyze pathogenic genes based on CRISPR-Cas12. This new test, termed proximal DNA probe-based CRISPR-Cas12 (PPCas12), facilitates the detection of foodborne pathogens without amplification steps.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens