Updated Pharmacological Effects, Molecular Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Potential of Natural Product Geniposide.

At present, the potential of natural products in new drug development has attracted more and more scientists' attention, and natural products have become an important source for the treatment of various diseases or important lead compounds. Geniposide, as a novel iridoid glycoside compound, is an active natural product isolated from the herb Ellis (GJ) for the first time; it is also the main active component of GJ. Recent studies have found that geniposide has multiple pharmacological effects and biological activities, including hepatoprotective activity, an anti-osteoporosis effect, an antitumor effect, an anti-diabetic effect, ananti-myocardial dysfunction effect, a neuroprotective effect, and other protective effects.

Towards sustainable production and utilization of plant-biomass-based nanomaterials: a review and analysis of recent developments.

Plant-biomass-based nanomaterials have attracted great interest recently for their potential to replace petroleum-sourced polymeric materials for sustained economic development. However, challenges associated with sustainable production of lignocellulosic nanoscale polymeric materials (NPMs) need to be addressed. Producing materials from lignocellulosic biomass is a value-added proposition compared with fuel-centric approach.

Magnetically Driven 3D Cellulose Film for Improved Energy Efficiency in Solar Evaporation.

The architecture of cellulose nanomaterials is definitized by random deposition and cannot change in response to shifting application requirements. Herein, we present a magnetic field-controlled cellulose film derived from wood that exhibits great magnetic properties and reliable tunability enabled by incorporated FeO nanoparticles and cellulose nanofibers (CNF) with a large length-diameter ratio. FeO nanoparticles are dispersed in suspensions of CNF so as to enhance the magnetic response.

Facile Fabrication of Nanofibrillated Chitin/AgO Heterostructured Aerogels with High Iodine Capture Efficiency.

Nanofibrillated chitin/AgO aerogels were fabricated for radioiodine removal. Chitin was first fabricated into nanofibers with abundant acetyl amino groups (-NHCOCH) on the surface. Then, highly porous chitin nanofiber (ChNF) aerogels were obtained via freeze-drying.

Coherent-Interface-Assembled AgO-Anchored Nanofibrillated Cellulose Porous Aerogels for Radioactive Iodine Capture.

Nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) has received increasing attention in science and technology because of not only the availability of large amounts of cellulose in nature but also its unique structural and physical features. These high-aspect-ratio nanofibers have potential applications in water remediation and as a reinforcing scaffold in composites, coatings, and porous materials because of their fascinating properties. In this work, highly porous NFC aerogels were prepared based on tert-butanol freeze-drying of ultrasonically isolated bamboo NFC with 20-80 nm diameters.

Poly(vinyl alcohol) films reinforced with nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) isolated from corn husk by high intensity ultrasonication.

This work was aimed at fabricating and characterizing poly(vinyl alcohol) films that were reinforced by nanofibrillated corn husk celluloses using a combination of chemical pretreatments and ultrasonication. The obtained nanofibrillated celluloses (NFCs) possessed a narrow width ranging from 50 to 250 nm and a high aspect ratio (394). The crystalline type of NFC was cellulose I type.

Fabrication and characterization of nanofibrillated cellulose and its aerogels from natural pine needles.

To obtain the nanofibriled cellulose from natural pine needles, a combination of chemical pretreatments and subsequently ultrasonic treatments was employed for removing the hemicelluloses and lignins and splitting the bundled cellulose into pine needle nanofibers. Using SEM and diameter distribution method, it was confirmed that the obtained pine needle nanofibers had a narrow diameter from 30 to 70 nm. The crystalline type of the pine needle nanofibers was the cellulose I type.