Detection of Tetracycline in Farm Wastewater by Nitrogen-doped Carbon Quantum Dots.

The detection of tetracycline antibiotics in environmental waters is crucial due to their widespread use, persistence, and potential toxicity. Herein, a method for the specific detection of tetracycline in aquaculture wastewater using a nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots fluorescence probe is reported. Nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots (N-CQDs) were synthesized in one step via a hydrothermal method, employing citric acid as the carbon source and diethylenetriamine as the nitrogen source.

Optimization of extraction and bioactivity detection of celery leaf flavonoids using BP neural network combined with genetic algorithm and response.

In the present study, ultrasound-assisted extraction was employed to extract the general flavone from celery leaves using response surface methodology and BP neural network model with a genetic algorithm (GA). The effects of temperature, time, solid-liquid ratio, and ethanol concentration on the extraction results were assessed by Box-Behnken design. Further optimization of the process was performed by GA-BP.