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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. Evolution of the interactions between GII.4 noroviruses and histo-blood group antigens: Insights from experimental and computational studies

    • PLOS Pathogens
    • by Yu Liang, Wei Bu Wang, Jing Zhang, Jun Wei Hou, Fang Tang, Xue Feng Zhang, Li Fang Du, Ji Guo Su, Qi Ming Li

      • Norovirus
      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Viruses
  2. Strategies to target SARS-CoV-2 entry and infection using dual mechanisms of inhibition by acidification inhibitors

    • PLOS Pathogens
    • by Chaitra Prabhakara, Rashmi Godbole, Parijat Sil, Sowmya Jahnavi, Shah-e-Jahan Gulzar, Thomas S. van Zanten, Dhruv Sheth, Neeraja Subhash, Anchal Chandra, Akshatha Shivaraj, Patricia Panikulam, Ibrahim U, Vijay Kumar Nuthakki, Theja Parassini Puthiyapurayil, Riyaz Ahmed, Ashaq Hussain Najar, Sai Manoz Lingamallu, Snigdhadev Das, Bhagyashri Mahajan, Praveen Vemula, Sandip B. Bharate, Parvinder Pal Singh, Ram Vishwakarma, Arjun Guha, Varadharajan Sundaramurthy, Satyajit Mayor

  3. Foliar application of seed water extract of Nigella sativa improved maize growth in cadmium-contaminated soil

    • PLOS ONE
    • by Madiha Khadim Hussain, Abida Aziz, Hafiza Mamona Allah Ditta, Muhammad Farooq Azhar, Ahmed M. El-Shehawi, Sajjad Hussain, Noman Mehboob, Mubshar Hussain, Shahid Farooq

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants
  4. The impact of childhood lead exposure on adult personality: Evidence from the United States, Europe, and a large-scale natural experiment

    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    • Childhood lead exposure has devastating lifelong consequences, as even low-level exposure stunts intelligence and leads to delinquent behavior. However, these consequences may be more extensive than previously thought because childhood lead exposure may adversely affect normal-range personality traits. Personality influences nearly every aspect of human functioning, from well-being to career...

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants
  5. Prevalence and Characteristics of Salmonella spp. from a Pig Farm in Shanghai, China

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
    • Salmonella spp. is a major foodborne pathogen that is distributed among most pork production chains worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the dynamic changes in Salmonella spp. along the pig breeding process monthly from April 2018 to March 2019 in a pig farm in Shanghai, China, and identify the potential critical control points during the production. In total, 239 Salmonella spp.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
  6. Detection of Lectin Protein Allergen of Kidney Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and Desensitization Food Processing Technology

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
    • With the increase of food allergy events related to not properly cooked kidney beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), more and more researchers are paying attention to the sensitization potential of lectin, one of the major storage and defensive proteins with the specific carbohydrate-binding activity.

      • Produce Safety
      • Post Harvest
  7. Impact of Land-Use Types on the Distribution and Exposure Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Dusts from Benin City, Nigeria

    • Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
    • The concentrations of the sixteen United States Environmental Protection Agency polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined in dusts from different land-use types in Benin City by means of gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. The results obtained were used to assess the ecological and human health risk and to determine the source apportionment.

      • Chemical contaminants
  8. Bacterial community structure and functional profiling of high Arctic fjord sediments

    • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
    • Kongsfjorden, an Arctic fjord is significantly affected by the glacier melt and Atlantification, both the processes driven by accelerated warming in the Arctic. This has lead to changes in primary production, carbon pool and microbial communities, especially that in the sediment. In this study, we have examined the bacterial community structure of surface (0–2 cm) and subsurface (3–9 cm) sediments of Kongsfjorden using the high throughput sequencing analysis.

      • Chemical contaminants
  9. Tetrodotoxin, a Potential Drug for Neuropathic and Cancer Pain Relief?

    • Toxins
    • Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin found mainly in puffer fish and other marine and terrestrial animals. TTX blocks voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) which are typically classified as TTX-sensitive or TTX-resistant channels. VGSCs play a key role in pain signaling and some TTX-sensitive VGSCs are highly expressed by adult primary sensory neurons.

      • Natural toxins
  10. A critical review on surface modifications mitigating dairy fouling

    • Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
    • Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, EarlyView. Thermal treatments performed in food processing industries generate fouling. This fouling deposit impairs heat transfer mechanism by creating a thermal resistance, thus leading to regular shutdown of the processes. Therefore, periodic and harsh cleaning-in-place (CIP) procedures are implemented. This CIP involves the use of chemicals and high amounts of water, thus increasing environmental burden.

  11. Antimicrobial Properties of Food Nanopackaging: A New Focus on Foodborne Pathogens

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • Food products contaminated by foodborne pathogens (bacteria, parasites, and viruses) cause foodborne diseases. Today, great efforts are being allocated to the development of novel and effective agents against food pathogenic microorganisms. These efforts even might have a possible future effect in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Nanotechnology introduces a novel food packaging technology that creates and uses nanomaterials with novel physiochemical and antimicrobial properties.

      • Viruses
      • COVID-19
  12. Contamination With Fumonisin B and Deoxynivalenol Is a Threat to Egg Safety and Contributes to Gizzard Ulcerations of Newborn Chickens

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • Fumonisin B (FB) and other fumonisins, deoxynivalenol (DON), and zearalenone (ZEN) are mycotoxins (secondary metabolites of fungi) present at high levels of contamination in poultry diets and threatening the sustainability of the poultry industry and egg safety for consumers. However, residual mycotoxins in breeder eggs and their effects on chicken progeny and gizzard ulcerations remain unclear.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins
  13. Adsorption of aflatoxins and ochratoxins in edible vegetable oils with dopamine-coated magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotubes

    • Food Chemistry
    • Author(s): Hongwen Xu, Jiadi Sun, Haiming Wang, Yinzhi Zhang, Xiulan Sun

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins
  14. A Quantitative and Confirmatory Method Employing Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Hybrid High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry and QuEChERS for the Determination of Thirty-Seven Growth Promoter Residues in Bovine Urine

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
    • In this work, 37 growth promoters were quantitatively determined in bovine urine using a QuEChERS approach with acetonitrile, NaCl, and MgSO4:PSA for sample extraction. The analytes were separated and detected by liquid chromatography coupled to hybrid high-resolution mass spectrometry.

  15. Biochemical and structural insights into 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from Leishmania donovani

    • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants
  16. In Danger One of the Largest Aquifers in the World, the Great Mayan Aquifer, Based on Monitoring the Cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula

    • Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
    • The aquifer flowing beneath the Yucatan Peninsula, México, is one of the largest in the world and is in direct contact with the surface through “cenotes” (sinkholes) that have been documented to be contaminated with various classes of pollutants. The objective of this study was to evaluate the environmental status of the Great Mayan Aquifer through a review of data published on pollution of the cenotes.

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants
  17. Photocatalytic Degradation of Deoxynivalenol Using Cerium Doped Titanium Dioxide under Ultraviolet Light Irradiation

    • Toxins
    • Deoxynivalenol (DON) is a major mycotoxin with high toxicity that often contaminates grains, foods and feeds. The traditional approaches for DON removal are difficult to meet industry and agriculture demands due to the high stability of the DON molecule. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop green and effective strategies for DON degradation.

  18. Molecular Characterization of Cephalosporin and Fluoroquinolone Resistant Salmonella choleraesuis Isolated from Patients with Systemic Salmonellosis in Thailand

    • Antibiotics
    • The antimicrobial resistance of nontyphoidal Salmonella has become a major clinical and public health problem. Southeast Asia has a high level of multidrug-resistant Salmonella and isolates resistant to both fluoroquinolone and third-generation cephalosporins. The incidence of co-resistance to both drug classes is a serious therapeutic problem in Thailand.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens
  19. Detection of Unprecedented Level of Antibiotic Resistance and Identification of Antibiotic Resistance Factors, Including QRDR Mutations in Escherichia coli Isolated from Commercial Chickens from North India

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology
    • Journal of Applied Microbiology, Accepted Article. Aim
      This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of antibiotic resistance phenotype and simultaneously understand its genetic basis in Escherichia coli isolated from the cloacal swabs of commercial chickens from north India.

      • Bacterial pathogens
  20. Cold plasma hydrophilization of soy protein isolate and milk protein concentrate enables manufacturing of surfactant-free water suspensions. Part I: Hydrophilization of food powders using cold plasma

    • Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies
    • Author(s): Edward Bormashenko, Yelena Bormashenko, Irina Legchenkova, Necla Mine Eren

  21. Are sample size and sample preparation for mycotoxin quantitation in grain products getting trivialized?

    • Food Control
    • Author(s): Joseph Kumphanda, Limbikani Matumba, Maurice Monjerezi, Thomas B. Whitaker, Sarah De Saeger, Hussaini Anthony Makun

  22. Review controlling Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat meat and poultry products: An overview of outbreaks, current legislations, challenges, and future prospects

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology
    • Author(s): Xin Zhang, Shouwei Wang, Xi Chen, Chao Qu

      Background
      Listeriosis is a sporadic foodborne disease but with a high fatality. Ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products (MPPs) are the major associated food vehicles. The consumption of RTE-MPPs products is rapidly increasing due to the modern fast-paced lifestyle. Contamination of Listeria monocytogenes would create a human health crisis and an economic loss.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens
  23. Selenium Triggers Nrf2-AMPK Crosstalk to Alleviate Cadmium-Induced Autophagy in Rabbit Cerebrum

    • Toxicology
    • Author(s): Haotian Xue, Huabin Cao, Chenghong Xing, Jiapei Feng, Linwei Zhang, Caiying Zhang, Guoliang Hu, Fan Yang

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants
  24. Detection of biofilm formation, virulence factor genes, antibiotic-resistance, adherence properties, and some beneficial properties of cheese origin S. infantarius, S. gallolyticus, and S. lutetiensis strains belonging to the S. bovis/S. equinus complex

    • LWT
    • Author(s): Edibe Rabia Özkan, Hale İnci Öztürk, Talha Demirci, Nihat Akın

  25. Determination of Xinjunan pesticide residue in foodstuffs of plant origin by a modified QuEChERS method and ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

    • LWT
    • Author(s): Chao Han, Beizhen Hu, Shubing Chen, Nan Wang, Jianbo Hou, Na Jin, Yan Shen

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants