Metformin Inhibits Lipid Droplets Fusion and Growth via Reduction in Cidec and Its Regulatory Factors in Rat Adipose-Derived Stem Cells.

Metformin is still being investigated due to its potential use as a therapeutic agent for managing overweight or obesity. However, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Inhibiting the adipogenesis of adipocyte precursors may be a new therapeutic opportunity for obesity treatments.

Selectivity adsorption of sulfate by amino-modified activated carbon during capacitive deionization.

Capacitive deionization (CDI) is an environmentally friendly desalination technique with low energy consumption. However, unmodified carbon electrode materials have poor sulfate selectivity and adsorption capacity. In this work, to improve sulfate selectivity, we prepared activated carbon materials loaded with different amino contents by grafting amino groups via acid treatment for different times.

Selective adsorption of phosphate by carboxyl-modified activated carbon electrodes for capacitive deionization.

Capacitive deionization (CDI) has been considered as a promising technology for removing phosphate from water but suffer inferior selectivity and electrosorption performances for phosphate of current carbon electrodes in CDI. Herein, we achieved highly selective phosphate removal from a ternary effluent of Cl, PO, and SO by using nitric acid-treated activated carbon (AC) with various modification times and pure AC as the anode and cathode, a novel phosphate selective asymmetric CDI reactor. The results showed that carboxyl groups greatly grafted on the materials after modification (varying from 0.

Quantitative analysis of soil sustainability after applying stabilizing amendments in long-term Cd-contaminated paddy soils.

Considering the biomagnification in food chains, cadmium (Cd) contamination in paddy fields has become concerning. The remediation of soil cadmium by the addition of amendments is a common agricultural practice. However, it remains ambiguous whether amendment use decreases soil environmental quality (SEQ) and sustainability.