A marine thraustochytrid, Aurantiochytrium, is a promising organism to produce docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and squalene. Utilization of inexpensive substances such as proteins in wastes and by-products from the food industry for cultivation is a considerable option to reduce production cost; however, the proteolytic ability of Aurantiochytrium spp. is low compared to taxonomically close Shizochytrium aggregatum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to investigate the association between the use of sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) and the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), lower limb amputation (LLA), urinary tract infections (UTI), genital tract infections (GTI), bone fracture, and hypoglycemia in cohort studies. A systematic search was conducted in the PubMed and Embase databases to identify cohort studies comparing the safety of SGLT-2i versus other glucose-lowering drugs (oGLD) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The quality of the studies was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThraustochytrids have attracted attention due to the high contents of useful lipids and growth rate. Genus Schizochytrium is commonly used for docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) production, while a strain, which produces a high amount of squalene, has been reported in the genus Aurantiochytrium. These organisms are heterotrophic, and Schizochytrium degrades the extracellular macromolecules, e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnviron Health Toxicol
July 2014
Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the depositional characteristics of several tree barks, including Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba), Pine (Pinus densiflora), Platanus (Platanus), and Metasequoia (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). These were used as passive air sampler (PAS) of atmospheric polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).
Methods: Tree barks were sampled from the same site.
Environ Health Toxicol
October 2012
Objectives: This study was carried out to determine whether or not pine needles can be used as passive samplers of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using the correlation between accumulated PAH concentrations in air (Ca, ng/m(3)) and those deposited on pine needles (Cp, ng/g dry).
Methods: PAHs in ambient air was collected using low volume PUF sampler and pine needles was gathered at same place for 7 months.
Results: good correlation (R(2)=0.