Publications by authors named "Thomas Raymond"

The surge in population growth, urbanization, and shifts in food consumption patterns have resulted in a rise in the global production of organic waste. This waste material must be repurposed and effectively managed to minimize environmental footprints. The generation of abundant biowaste, especially from marine sources, may have detrimental impacts on the environment and human health if left untreated.

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Cannabis-infused foods are currently on the rise in markets all around the world. Meanwhile, there are concerns over the health implications for consumers. Studies have explored the therapeutic potential and nutritional and economic benefits of cannabis usage.

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Brown macroalgae represent a sustainable and abundant source of lipids with acknowledged functional and health benefits. Nonetheless, macroalgae lipidome has been poorly unraveled due to lipids complex structural and chemical diversity. In this study, a comprehensive lipidomic analysis was performed in four macroalgae: Saccharina latissima, Fucus vesiculosus, Fucus serratus and the invasive Sargassum muticum, using HILIC-C30RP-HRMS.

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  • Terpenes in essential oils might help make our brains and bodies healthier, so scientists are studying them more closely.
  • In our research, we used four different ways to analyze the essential oils to find all the terpenes present.
  • We found 156 different terpenes, but just 58 showed up in all methods; mixing two specific methods gives a better picture of all the terpenes in the oils.
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Background: Soybean is one of the most cultivated crops globally and a staple food for much of the world's population. The annual global crop losses due to infection by Phytophthora sojae is currently estimated at $20B USD, yet we have limited understanding of the role of lipid mediators in the adaptative strategies used by the host plant to limit infection. Since root is the initial site of this infection, we examined the infection process in soybean root infected with Phytophthora sojae using scanning electron microscopy to observe the changes in root morphology and a multi-modal lipidomics approach to investigate how soybean cultivars remodel their lipid mediators to successfully limit infection by Phytophthora sojae.

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Apple pomace (AP) is a bio-waste product of apples that is co-produced as a by-product during apples' processing for making apple-based products, mainly apple juice, cider and vinegar. AP is a rich source of several bioactives that can be valorized as ingredients for developing novel functional foods, supplements and nutraceuticals. Within the present study, food-grade extracts from AP with different tannin contents were found to contain bioactive polar lipids (PLs), phenolics and carotenoids with strong anti-oxidant, antithrombotic and anti-inflammatory properties.

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  • Pyroligneous acid (PA) has beneficial bioactive compounds that can enhance crop productivity, but its combined effects with fertilizers on plant growth were previously unexamined.
  • In this study, varying rates of foliar PA (0, 0.25, 0.5, 1, and 2%) were tested alongside full and half rates of nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK) fertilizer on tomato plants, revealing significant improvements in photosynthesis, fruit yield, and nutritional quality.
  • The optimal treatment was found to be 2% PA with full NPK, which notably increased fruit weight, marketable fruit counts, and levels of beneficial compounds like protein and sugars, suggesting a novel strategy for enhancing tomato production.
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(Chaga mushroom) is an inexpensive fungus with a broad range of traditional and medicinal applications. These applications include therapy for breast, cervix, and skin cancers, as well as treating diabetes. However, its benefits are virtually untapped due to a limited understanding of its mycochemical composition and bioactivities.

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, also known as "hemp" or "weed," is a versatile plant with various uses in medicine, agriculture, food, and cosmetics. This review attempts to evaluate the available literature on the ecology, chemical composition, phytochemistry, pharmacology, traditional uses, industrial uses, and toxicology of . So far, 566 chemical compounds have been isolated from , including 125 cannabinoids and 198 non-cannabinoids.

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  • Aluminum toxicity in acidic soils is detrimental to crop growth, but pyroligneous acid (PA) may help regulate plant metabolism under such stress.
  • Researchers tested different levels of PA on tomato seedlings exposed to aluminum, identifying 48 metabolites involved in central carbon metabolism.
  • Results indicated that while high aluminum reduced certain metabolites, PA treatments enhanced glycolysis and TCA cycle metabolites, suggesting PA promotes energy and organic acid production in plants under aluminum stress.
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Introduction: Food security is a major challenge to sustainably supply food to meet the demands of the ever-growing global population. Crop loss due to pathogens is a major concern to overcoming this global food security challenge. Soybean root and stem rot caused by results in approximately 20B $US crop loss annually.

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  • Aluminum is the third most abundant metal in the earth's crust, and its effects on plants vary based on concentration, plant species, and growing conditions.
  • While aluminum can promote growth and help plants deal with stresses, its exact biological role is still unclear.
  • Aluminum poses a significant challenge for plant growth in acidic soils, leading to issues like inhibited root growth and reduced nutrient uptake, but research into its benefits and tolerance mechanisms could inform future crop improvements.
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  • Microgreens, which are young plants valued for their health benefits, were studied to see how different growing media affect their growth and nutritional content.
  • The study compared various media, including mixtures with vermicast, sawdust, perlite, and mushroom compost, and found that T2.2 (a specific mix) produced the best results for shoot length, root volume, and yield.
  • Results showed higher chlorophyll, carotenoid, sugar, and protein content in certain microgreens grown in the optimal media, indicating that T2.2 is the best for enhancing plant growth and health compounds.
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Breast milk is the ideal source of nutrients for infants in early life. Lipids represent 2-5% of the total breast milk composition and are a major energy source providing 50% of an infant's energy intake. Functional lipids are an emerging class of lipids in breast milk mediating several different biological functions, health, and developmental outcome.

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Communication between gut microbiota and the brain is an enigma. Alterations in the gut microbial community affects enteric metabolite levels, such as short chain fatty acids (SCFAs). SCFAs have been proposed as a possible mechanism through which the gut microbiome modulate brain health and function.

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Purpose: Ethanolamine-containing plasmalogens (pPEs) are a unique class of breastmilk (BM) glycerophospholipids containing a vinyl-ether at the sn-1 and a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) at the sn-2 position of the glycerol moiety. pPEs are present in the milk fat globule membrane, accumulate in the infant brain, and have been implicated in infant development. The study objectives were to: (1) describe the composition of BM pPEs and the variation in monomers at both the sn-1 and sn-2 positions; and (2) quantify the associations between BM pPEs and maternal predictors (body mass index, race, dietary fatty acid intake, gestational age at birth, and days' postpartum).

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  • Pyroligneous acid (PA) is a product of biochar production that can enhance agricultural plant growth and fruit quality due to its bioactive compounds.
  • In the study, applying 0.25% and 0.5% PA significantly improved tomato growth, increasing fruit yield by about 34.4% and 65.6%, respectively, while 0.5% PA also boosted fruit weight by 25.5%.
  • Higher concentrations like 2% PA increased the nutritional properties of the fruit, including total phenolics and Brix, but negatively impacted overall plant growth and yield, showing that the right PA level is crucial for optimal results.
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Ruminant meats contain functional lipids including fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids (FAHFA), diglycerides (DG), monoacetyldiglycerides (MAcDG) and medium chain triglycerides (McTG) whose consumption in the normal diet can confer benefits for consumer health. However, very little is known concerning how meat processing techniques such as marination and grilling affect the quantity and quality of these functional lipids in ruminant meats. We used ultra high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution accurate mass tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-HRAM-MS/MS) to show how grilling following marination with either India or Wheat ale unfiltered beer-based marinades affected the quantity and quality of these functional lipids in ruminant meats.

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Maternal body mass index is associated with breast milk (BM) fatty acid composition. This study investigated the effects of BM omega (n)-6:n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) from non-obese women and women with obesity on the process of adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. BM samples were collected from non-obese women (BMNO) and women with obesity (BMO) at one month postpartum.

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Chilling stress is one of the major abiotic stresses which hinder seedling emergence and growth. Herein, we investigated the effects of chilling/low temperature stress on the morphological, physiological, and biochemical attributes of two silage corn genotypes during the seedling establishment phase. The experiment was conducted in a growth chamber, and silage corn seedlings of Yukon-R and A4177G-RIB were grown at optimum temperature up to V3 stage and then subjected to five temperature regimes (25 °C as control, 20 °C, 15 °C, 10 °C, and 5 °C) for 5 days.

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Background: Monoacetyldiglycerides (MAcDG), are acetylated triglycerides (TG) and an emerging class of bioactive or functional lipid with promising nutritional, medical, and industrial applications. A major challenge exists when analyzing MAcDG from other subclasses of TG in biological matrices, limiting knowledge on their applications and metabolism.

Methods: Herein a multimodal analytical method for resolution, identification, and quantitation of MAcDG in biological samples was demonstrated based on thin layer chromatography-flame ionization detection complimentary with C30-reversed phase liquid chromatography-high resolution accurate mass tandem mass spectrometry.

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Moss plays an important role in boreal forest ecosystems as an understory bryophyte species. Clearcut harvesting is a common boreal forest regeneration method that can expose understory vegetation to abiotic stressors impeding their recovery following post-harvest conditions. Very little is known concerning how moss remodel their chloroplast lipidome to enhance photosynthetic performance for successful acclimation to light and water stress during boreal forest regeneration following clearcut harvesting.

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Primary mediastinal liposarcoma is a rare, fat-containing malignant lesion that can manifest incidentally with varied imaging appearances. The size and location within the mediastinum can vary among patients. Here, the authors describe the clinical presentation, radiographic characteristics, management, and prognosis in a series of six patients with primary mediastinal liposarcoma.

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Introduction: Honey bees () play key roles in food production performing complex behaviors, like self-grooming to remove parasites. However, the lipids of their central nervous system have not been examined, even though they likely play a crucial role in the performance of cognitive process to perform intricate behaviors. Lipidomics has greatly advanced our understanding of neuropathologies in mammals and could provide the same for honey bees.

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  • - The article presents a dataset linked to a research article in Geoderma, focusing on spatial distribution and quantification of macro and micronutrients in boreal ecosystems' crop management systems.
  • - Nutrient distribution was assessed using advanced laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to visualize nutrients in soil cores from the root area.
  • - The findings show that LA-ICP-MS is an effective method for imaging nutrient distribution in soils, highlighting its significance concerning different crop management practices.
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