Publications by authors named "Hengyan Wang"
Digestive properties and bioavailability of soy protein isolate and whey protein in canine and feline were evaluated using in vitro simulated digestion and cell absorption experiments. The amino acids and peptides in soybean protein isolate and whey protein after digestion were detected by high-performance liquid chromatography and liquid mass spectrometry. Gastrointestinal digestion rates of soy protein isolate and whey protein were analyzed by fitting digestive kinetics curves.
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- Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common joint disease in pets that leads to inflammation and cartilage damage, with the effectiveness of chondroitin sulfate (CS) in treatment still debated.
- This study explored the impact of CS on chondrocytes from cats and dogs, revealing that CS significantly improved cell health, reduced oxidative stress, and lowered inflammation by inhibiting pro-inflammatory cytokine release.
- CS was shown to enhance metabolic pathways that support cell survival and energy, while simultaneously decreasing pathways linked to inflammation, suggesting it may be beneficial in treating OA in companion animals.
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- Stone symptoms in pets are common and occur when kidney inflammation leads to urine forming blockages in the urinary tract; traditional Chinese diuretics, Plantago asiatica and Lonicera japonica, have anti-inflammatory effects but their mechanisms are not fully understood.
- The study aimed to examine how extracts from these plants can relieve inflammation in kidney cells from dogs and cats that is induced by lipopolysaccharides (LPS). Various methods were used to assess inflammation and oxidative stress.
- Results showed that both plant extracts at safe concentrations significantly decreased nitric oxide release and inflammatory markers, while improving cell migration; they also altered gene expression related to inflammation and increased beneficial metabolites in the cells.
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- This study examined how fish collagen peptide (FCP) and egg yolk lecithin (EYL) affect fat accumulation in feline adipocytes, focusing on mechanisms of fat gain.
- Using advanced techniques like HPLC-MS/MS, the research found that FCP at 10 mg/mL produced the highest cell activity and triglyceride levels, while EYL at 5 mg/mL also significantly boosted cell activity and triglyceride content.
- Results indicate that both FCP and EYL influence lipid metabolism pathways, enhancing cell vitality and promoting fat accumulation, suggesting potential for developing healthier dietary options for cats.
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- The study investigated the effects of casein phosphopeptides (CPP) and ferrous bisglycinate (FebisGly) on iron supplementation at different ratios (1:20, 1:10, 1:5 w/w).
- Results showed that CPP significantly increased the bioaccessibility of FebisGly by 68.72% and altered its structure, enhancing antioxidant activity and creating a stable secondary structure.
- CPP also improved the uniformity of particle size, increased viscoelasticity, slowed gastric emptying, and reduced irritation, paving the way for new strategies in iron supplementation.
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- Sodium nitrite (SN) is a common food preservative that can cause liver damage, so this study explores how corn oligopeptide (COP) and vitamin E (VE) can protect against this injury in dog liver cells.
- The research showed that both COP and VE helped improve cell health by reducing damage signals like oxidative stress and inflammation, with COP proving to be more effective.
- Molecular analyses indicated that COP not only protected liver cells by enhancing healing pathways but also helped restore critical metabolic functions disrupted by SN exposure, suggesting its potential use in treating liver damage.
Aims: This study evaluates the antibacterial characteristics and mechanisms of combined tea polyphenols (TPs), Nisin, and ε-polylysine (PL) against Streptococcus canis, Streptococcus minor, Streptococcus mutans, and Actinomyces oris, common zoonotic pathogens in companion animals.
Methods And Results: Pathogenic strains were isolated from feline oral cavities and assessed using minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) tests, inhibition zone assays, growth kinetics, and biofilm inhibition studies. Among single agents, PL exhibited the lowest MIC values against all four pathogens.
Magnetic induction tomography (MIT) is a sensing protocol exploring conductive objects via their response to radio-frequency magnetic fields. MIT is used in nondestructive testing ranging from geophysics to medical applications. Atomic magnetometers, employed as MIT sensors, allow for significant improvement of the MIT sensitivity and for exploring its quantum limits.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuantum pseudorandomness, also known as unitary designs, comprises a powerful resource for emergent quantum technologies. Although in theory pseudorandom unitary operators can be constructed efficiently, realizing these objects in realistic physical systems is a challenging task. Here, we demonstrate experimental generation and detection of quantum pseudorandomness on a 12-qubit nuclear magnetic resonance system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuantum coherence is an invaluable physical resource for various quantum technologies. As a bona fide measure in quantifying coherence, the robustness of coherence (ROC) is not only mathematically rigorous, but also physically meaningful. We experimentally demonstrate the witness-observable and operational feature of the ROC in a multiqubit nuclear magnetic resonance system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIncompatible observables can be approximated by compatible observables in joint measurement or measured sequentially, with constrained accuracy as implied by Heisenberg's original formulation of the uncertainty principle. Recently, Busch, Lahti, and Werner proposed inaccuracy trade-off relations based on statistical distances between probability distributions of measurement outcomes [P. Busch et al.
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