Effects of Anthocyanin Extracts from Bilberry ( L.) and Purple Potato ( L. var. 'Synkeä Sakari') on the Plasma Metabolomic Profile of Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats.

This study compared the effects of the nonacylated and acylated anthocyanin-rich extracts on plasma metabolic profiles of Zucker diabetic fatty rats. The rats were fed with the nonacylated anthocyanin extract from bilberries (NAAB) or the acylated anthocyanin extract from purple potatoes (AAPP) at daily doses of 25 and 50 mg/kg body weight for 8 weeks. H NMR metabolomics was used to study the changes in plasma metabolites.

Anthocyanin-rich extract from purple potatoes decreases postprandial glycemic response and affects inflammation markers in healthy men.

Our recent clinical study suggested that polyphenol-rich purple potatoes lowered postprandial glycemia and insulinemia compared to yellow potatoes. Here, 17 healthy male volunteers consumed yellow potatoes with or without purple potato extract (PPE, extracted with water/ethanol/acetic acid) rich in acylated anthocyanins (152 mg) and other phenolics (140 mg) in a randomized cross-over trial. Ethanol-free PPE decreased the incremental area under the curve for glucose (p = 0.

Chromatographic Recovery of Monosaccharides and Lignin from Lignocellulosic Hydrolysates.

The chromatographic recovery of monosaccharides and lignin from lignocellulosic hydrolysates was studied at laboratory and pilot scale. A weak cation-exchange resin in sodium form and a water eluent gave good separation efficiency. Scale-dependent phenomena, especially viscous fingering resulting from the large viscosity and density differences between the hydrolysate feed and eluent, were observed.

Sensory profile of ethyl β-d-glucopyranoside and its contribution to quality of sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides L.).

The contribution of ethyl β-d-glucopyranoside (EG) to sensory profile of sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides ssp. rhamnoides) was studied. The content of natural existing EG varied between 0.

Evolutionary multi-objective optimization based comparison of multi-column chromatographic separation processes for a ternary separation.

Performance characteristics of two advanced multi-column chromatographic separation processes with discontinuous feed, Multi-Column Recycling Chromatogrphy (MCRC) and Japan Organo (JO), were investigated for a ternary separation using multi-objective optimization with an evolutionary algorithm. Conventional batch process was used as a reference. Fractionation of a concentrated acid hydrolysate of wood biomass into sulfuric acid, monosaccharide, and acetic acid fractions was used as a model system.

Adsorptive removal of fermentation inhibitors from concentrated acid hydrolyzates of lignocellulosic biomass.

Adsorptive purification of concentrated acid hydrolyzate of lignocellulose was investigated. Cation exchange resin (CS16GC), neutral polymer adsorbent (XAD-16), and granulated activated carbon (GAC) were studied to remove furfural, HMF, and acetic acid from a synthetic hydrolyzate containing 20 wt.% H(2)SO(4).

Sublethal energetic responses by Pisidium amnicum (Bivalvia) exposed to pentachlorophenol at two temperatures.

Sublethal effects of pentachlorophenol (PCP) were studied in the freshwater clam Pisidium amnicum by examining the cause-effect relationship between PCP body burden and the rate of the whole animal heat output. In addition, the modifying effects of temperature (7 and 15 degrees C) and trematode parasites as natural stress factors were assessed. Results showed that even a low PCP body burden was sufficient to increase the heat output during the periods of aerobic metabolism and the magnitude of responses increased linearly with increasing body burden.