Isolation and Purification of Two Isoflavones from Hericium erinaceum Mycelium by High-Speed Counter-Current Chromatography.

High-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) was used to separate and purify two isoflavones for the first time from () mycelium using a two-phase solvent system composed of chloroform-dichloromethane-methanol-water (4:2:3:2, ///). These two isoflavones were identified as genistein (4',5,7-trihydroxyisoflavone, CHO₅) and daidzein (4',7-dihydroxyisoflavone, CHO₄), using infrared spectroscopy (IR), electro-spary ionisation mass (ESI-MS), ¹H-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and C-NMR spectra. About 23 mg genistein with 95.

Anoxic oscillating MBR for photosynthetic bacteria harvesting and high salinity wastewater treatment.

In this study, photosynthetic bacteria (PSB) were first harvested by MBR with pendulum type oscillation (PTO) hollow fiber module in succession and on a large scale. Based on unique properties of PSB, PSB/MBR was successfully applied for high-salinity wastewater treatment. Compared with control PSB-MBR (CMBR), PSB/PTO-MBR exhibited more excellent organics removal, which was mainly attributed to much higher biomass production for utilization.

Extraction, Structural Characterization, and Potential Antioxidant Activity of the Polysaccharides from Four Seaweeds.

Four seaweed polysaccharides were extracted from , L., , and , respectively, by microwave-assisted extraction. The effect of three significant variables (extraction time, extraction temperature, and the ratio of water to raw material) on the process for extracting polysaccharides was investigated, along with the optimization of the extraction using the response surface method (RSM) with a Box-Behnken design.

Structural characterization of a water-soluble polysaccharide from the fruiting bodies of Agaricus bisporus.

An edible fungal polysaccharide termed as ABP was obtained by extraction with hot water, and followed successive chromatographic purification using DEAE-Sepharose Fast Flow column and Sephacryl S-300 High-Resolution column. A symmetrical peak was obtained on high-performance size-exclusion chromatography with an average molecular weight of 5.17 × 104 Da, which was named ABP, and its main components were D-glucose and D-mannose.

Risk assessment of heavy metals in honey consumed in Zhejiang province, southeastern China.

The levels of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), arsenic (As), and mercury (Hg) in eight types of honey collected in China were determined. The average concentrations of the six heavy metals in the honey samples were 46.18, 1329.

Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of flavonoids from pomelo (Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck) peel and their antioxidant activity.

Supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO(2)) extraction of flavonoids from pomelo (Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck) peel and their antioxidant activity were investigated. Box-Behnken design combined with response surface methodology was employed to maximize the extraction yield of flavonoids.

Chemical characteristics and antioxidant properties of crude water soluble polysaccharides from four common edible mushrooms.

Four crude water soluble polysaccharides, CABP, CAAP, CFVP and CLDP, were isolated from common edible mushrooms, including Agaricus bisporus, Auricularia auricula, Flammulina velutipes and Lentinus edodes, and their chemical characteristics and antioxidant properties were determined. Fourier Transform-infrared analysis showed that the four crude polysaccharides were all composed of β-glycoside linkages. The major monosaccharide compositions were D-galactose, D-glucose and D-mannose for CABP, CAAP and CLDP, while CFVP was found to consist of L-arabinose, D-galactose, D-glucose and D-mannose.

Analysis of conditions for microwave-assisted extraction of total water-soluble flavonoids from Perilla Frutescens leaves.

Perilla Frutescens is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) technique was developed for the fast extraction of flavonoids from Perilla Frutescens leaves. Several influential parameters of the MAE procedure (microwave power, extraction cycles, solvent to material ratio, irradiation time and pH value) were investigated for the optimization of the extraction using single factor and Box-Behnken experimental design.

[Study on the characteristic peaks of infrared spectra from Ganoderma lucidums].

Infrared spectroscopy and dual-indicator sequence were used to study their IR characteristic peaks of Ganoderma lucidums from different places and species. The experimental results showed that the majority of Ganoderma lucidum from different places and species had the similar characteristic peaks of infrared spectra, Their common peak ratio could reach more than 91.67%, but the common peak ratio of mycelium was 52.

[Study on the structure and constituents of polysaccharide from ganoderma lucidum].

Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides were extracted by boiling water from the fruiting bodies of red ganoderma lucidum, then protein was removed by Sevage reagent, with ethanol precipitation, run water dialysis, centrifugation and freeing-drying. Monosaccharides were acetylated and quantified by external standard, and the polysaccharides the amount of total carbohydrates was determined by phenol-sulfuric acid method. The monosaccharide constituents, structure and Mw distribution were analyzed by UV-Vis, IR, GC, GC-MS and HPSEC with ELSD.

[Analysis of twenty trace elements in ling zhi by ICP-AES].

Twenty trace elements, Al, As, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ge, Hg, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, S, Se and Zn were determined by ICP--AES with wet digestion from two kinds of different ling zhi fruitbody materials (Zhongzhi and Xianyuan), Ling Zhi root, ling zhi mixture, unbroken and broken ling zhi spore powder. The common feature about the element content showed that there were rich trace elements in different Ling Zhi materials, and the concentrations of K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn, P and S in all kinds of ling zhi samples were relatively high. Besides, there were trace elements, Cu, Co, Grand Ni, and potentially physiologically toxic elements, Al, As, Hg, Pb and Cd, in all samples.

[Determination of harmful elements in various fish tissues by ICP-AES].

Twelve kinds of fish tissues were wetly decomposed and the harmful elements of Cd, As, Pb and Hg were determined by ICP-AES method in the present paper. The techniques for operating ICP instrument were optimized, spectral interference for elements in special wavelength range was studied, and the correction factor of IECs model was established. The results indicated that the signal to noise ratio and detection limit for elements with higher ionization potential energy may be improved by increasing the radio generator power properly and reducing the nebulizer pressure.

[Determination of 27 microelements in 11 shellfishes].

Shellfish samples were prepared by microwave, and 27 microelements including Ca, Mg, K, Na, P, S, Zn, Mn, Fe, Cu, Cr, Co, Se, Sn, Ni, Al, Ti, V, Mo, Ba, Ge, Si, Cd, I, Pb, As and Hg were determined by ICP-AES. It was showed that ICP-AES had an obvious advantage in the determination of microelements, and shellfishes contained upwards of 20 kinds of microelements. Calcium in fresh water was higher than that in seawater, and As and Pb were the major pollutants.