Longitudinal association of maternal dietary patterns with antenatal depression: Evidence from the Chinese Pregnant Women Cohort Study.

Background: Limited evidence to show the longitudinal associations between maternal dietary patterns and antenatal depression (AD) from cohort studies across the entire gestation period.

Methods: Data came from the Chinese Pregnant Women Cohort Study. The qualitative food frequency questionnaire (Q-FFQ) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) were used to collect diet and depression data.

Effects of Different Continuous Cropping Years on Bacterial Community and Diversity of Cucumber Rhizosphere Soil in Solar-Greenhouse.

The rhizosphere soils from 1, 3, 5, and 7 years of cucumber continuous cropping in solar-greenhouse were used as the research objects. The region of bacterial 16S rRNA was analyzed by Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing technology. The effect of continuous cropping years on the microbial community structure and diversity in cucumber soil in the greenhouse was investigated.

Cohort profile: the Chinese Pregnant Women Cohort Study and Offspring Follow-up (CPWCSaOF).

Purpose: A multicentre prospective cohort study, known as the Chinese Pregnant Women Cohort Study (CPWCS), was established in 2017 to collect exposure data during pregnancy (except environmental exposure) and analyse the relationship between lifestyle during pregnancy and obstetric outcomes. Data about mothers and their children's life and health as well as children's laboratory testing will be collected during the offspring follow-up of CPWCS, which will enable us to further investigate the longitudinal relationship between exposure in different periods (during pregnancy and childhood) and children's development.

Participants: 9193 pregnant women in 24 hospitals in China who were in their first trimester (5-13 weeks gestational age) from 25 July 2017 to 26 November 2018 were included in CPWCS by convenience sampling.

Separation and identification of zinc-chelating peptides from sesame protein hydrolysate using IMAC-Zn²⁺ and LC-MS/MS.

The metal chelating peptides from sesame protein hydrolysates (SPH), treated by papain, alcalase and trypsin, respectively, were investigated. The hydrolysates treated by trypsin had the highest metal chelating ability. The metal chelating peptides were isolated from the trypsin hydrolysates using immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC-Zn(2+)).

Amino acid composition and antioxidant activities of hydrolysates and peptide fractions from porcine collagen.

The amino acid composition and antioxidant activities of different hydrolysates from porcine collagen were analyzed. The gelatin was hydrolyzed for antioxidative peptides with various proteases, namely papain, protease from bovine pancreas, protease from Streptomyces, and cocktail mixture of protease from bovine pancreas and protease from Streptomyces. The hydrolysates were assessed using methods of DPPH radical-scavenging ability, metal-chelating ability and lipid peroxidation inhibition activity.

Distribution, sources and ecological risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in an urban landscape river.

The contents of 16 priority water-borne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water, potential external pollution sources and sediment from the famous landscape of the Qinghuai River were measured by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The distribution, composition, source and ecological risk of PAHs were analyzed. The following results were obtained: (1) Benzo[a]pyrene and benzo[ghi] perylene were not detected in all samples.