Eight Zhes Decoction ameliorates the lipid dysfunction of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease using integrated lipidomics, network pharmacology and pharmacokinetics.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has developed into the most common chronic liver disease and can lead to liver cancer. Our laboratory previously developed a novel prescription for NAFLD, "Eight Zhes Decoction" (EZD), which has shown good curative effects in clinical practice. However, the pharmacodynamic material basis and mechanism have not yet been revealed.

Fed-in-situ biological reduction treatment of food waste via high-temperature-resistant oil degrading microbial consortium.

This study aims to construct a high-temperature-resistant microbial consortium to effectively degrade oily food waste by Fed-in-situ biological reduction treatment (FBRT). Oil degrading bacteria were screened under thermophilic conditions of mineral salt medium with increased oil content. The oil degradation and emulsification ability of each stain was evaluated and their synergetic improvement was further confirmed.

Efficient bio-degradation of food waste through improving the microbial community compositions by newly isolated Bacillus strains.

This study aims to screen high-degradability strains and develop a novel microbial agent for efficient food waste degradation. The effects of the novel microbial agent on organic matter degradation, enzyme activity, and bacterial succession during the in-situ reduction of food waste were evaluated and compared with other two microbial agents previously developed. Results showed that the novel agent containing four Bacillus strains received maximum organic degradation rates, volatile solid removal (46.

Whole-genome resequencing reveals Brassica napus origin and genetic loci involved in its improvement.

Brassica napus (2n = 4x = 38, AACC) is an important allopolyploid crop derived from interspecific crosses between Brassica rapa (2n = 2x = 20, AA) and Brassica oleracea (2n = 2x = 18, CC). However, no truly wild B. napus populations are known; its origin and improvement processes remain unclear.