Animal experiments have revealed manifest skin resorptive effect of furfural. Acute experiments have demonstrated manifest toxic action of furfural when applied to intact animal skin. Subacute action of mineral oil induced poorly manifest toxic effect manifesting as nonspecific visceral changes.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Nematodes exposed to furfural acetone exhibit a species-specific vacuolar H-ATPase response.
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
December 2024
National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and National Engineering Research Center of Microbial Pesticides, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China; Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China. Electronic address:
Furfural acetone (FAc) is widely used as an additive by the food industry, as well as an intermediate in several fine chemical industries. Its nematicidal activity against the free-living model organism Caenorhabditis elegans and the parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita are well known, but its molecular mechanism of action remains unclear. To deep this subject, we performed 48-h lethal tests on eight nematode species, encompassing free-living, plant-parasitic, and animal-parasitic nematodes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew insights into the mechanisms underlying 5-hydroxymethylfurfural-induced suppression of testosterone biosynthesis in vivo and in vitro.
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol
December 2024
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), produced by the Maillard reaction, can indicate thermal processes in food. Previous research has examined the cytotoxic, genotoxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic characteristics of HMF and its derivatives in different organs. Nevertheless, there is currently no available evidence about the impact of HMF on male reproductive toxicity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn alternative to petrochemicals: biomass electrovalorization.
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci
November 2024
Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Replacing petrochemicals with refined waste biomass as a sustainable chemical source has become an attractive option to lower global carbon emissions. Popular methods of refining lignocellulosic waste biomass use thermochemical processes, which have significant environmental downsides. Using electrochemistry instead would overcome many of these downsides, directly driving chemical reactions with renewable electricity and revolutionizing the way many chemicals are produced today.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnhancing detoxification of inhibitors in lignocellulosic pretreatment wastewater by bacterial Action: A pathway to improved biomass utilization.
Bioresour Technol
October 2024
School of Energy Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province 230026, PR China; Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou 510640, PR China. Electronic address:
Article Synopsis
- The study explores the impact of acid and alkali pretreatments in the lignocellulosic industry, which produce solid residues and wastewater containing harmful byproducts like glucose, xylose, furfural, and vanillin.
- Researchers found that the bacteria Kurthia huakuii can tolerate high levels of these toxic substances, with vanillin having a stronger inhibitory effect on the bacteria than furfural at certain concentrations.
- Additionally, K. huakuii can break down these toxic byproducts into less harmful compounds and enhance their degradation through the expression of antioxidant enzymes, providing insights into improving resource utilization in biomass processing.
Changes in physicochemical properties and microbial community succession during leaf stacking fermentation.
AMB Express
November 2023
Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650021, China.
Leaf stacking fermentation involves enzymatic actions of many microorganisms and is an efficient and environmentally benign process for degrading macromolecular organic compounds. We investigated the dynamics of metabolite profiles, bacterial and fungal communities and their interactions during fermentation using cigar leaves from three geographic regions. The results showed that the contents of total sugar, reducing sugar, starch, cellulose, lignin, pectin, polyphenol and protein in cigar tobacco leaves was significantly decreased during fermentation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!