Anthocyanins as Key Phytochemicals Acting for the Prevention of Metabolic Diseases: An Overview

Anthocyanins are water-soluble pigments present in fruits and vegetables, which render them an extensive range of colors. They have a wide distribution in the human diet, are innocuous, and, based on numerous studies, have supposed preventive and therapeutical benefits against chronic affections such as inflammatory, neurological, cardiovascular, digestive disorders, diabetes, and cancer, mostly due to their antioxidant action. Despite their great potential as pharmaceutical applications, they have a rather limited use because of their rather low stability to environmental variations. Their absorption was noticed to occur best in the stomach and small intestine, but the pH fluctuation of the digestive system impacts their rapid degradation. Urine excretion and tissue distribution also occur at low rates. The aim of this review is to highlight the chemical characteristics of anthocyanins and emphasize their weaknesses regarding bioavailability. It also targets to deliver an update on the recent advances in the involvement of anthocyanins in different pathologies with a focus on in vivo, in vitro, animal, and human clinical trials.     

Microwave Irradiation and Glutamic Acid-Assisted Phytotreatment of Tannery and Surgical Industrial Wastewater by Sorghum

We investigated how different doses of microwave irradiation (MR) affect seed germination in Sorghum, including the level of remediation against textile and surgical wastewater (WW) by modulating biochemical and morpho-physiological mechanisms under glutamic acid (GA) application. The experiment was conducted to determine the impact of foliar-applied GA on Sorghum under wastewater conditions. Plants were treated with or without microwave irradiation (30 s, 2.45 GHz), GA (5 and 10 mM), and wastewater (0, 25, 50, and 100). Growth and photosynthetic pigments were significantly decreased in plants only treated with various concentrations of WW. GA significantly improved the plant growth characteristics both in MR-treated and -untreated plants compared with respective controls. HMs stress increased electrolyte leakage (EL), hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), and malondialdehyde (MDA) content; however, the GA chelation significantly improved the antioxidant enzymes activities such as ascorbate oxidase (APX), superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT) both in MR-treated and -untreated plants under WW stress compared with respective controls. The results suggested that the MR-treated plants accumulate higher levels of HMs under GA addition in comparison to the WW-only-treated and MR-untreated plants. The maximum increase in Cd accumulation was observed in the range of 14–629% in the roots, 15–2964% in the stems, and 26–4020% in the leaves; the accumulation of Cu was 18–2757% in the roots, 15–4506% in the stems, and 23–4605% in the leaves; and the accumulation of Pb was 13–4122% in the roots, 21–3588% in the stems, and 21–4990% in the leaves under 10 mM GA and MR-treated plants. These findings confirmed that MR-treated sorghum plants had a higher capacity for HMs uptake under GA and could be used as a potential candidate for wastewater treatment.     

Mulberry Ethanol Extract and Rutin Protect Alcohol-Damaged GES-1 Cells by Inhibiting the MAPK Pathway

Mulberry extract has been proven to have the effect of resisting alcohol damage, but its mechanism is still unclear. In this study, the composition of mulberry ethanol extract (MBE) was identified by LC-MS/MS and the main components of MBE were ascertained by measuring. Gastric mucosal epithelial (GES-1) cells were used to elucidate the mechanism of MBE and rutin (the central part of MBE) helped protect against alcohol damage. The results revealed that phenolics accounted for the majority of MBE, accounting for 308.6 mg/g gallic acid equivalents and 108 substances were identified, including 37 flavonoids and 50 non-flavonoids. The treatment of 400 μg/mL MBE and 320 μM rutin reduced early cell apoptosis and the content of intracellular reactive oxygen species, malondialdehyde and increased glutathione. The qPCR results indicated that the MBE inhibits the expression of genes in the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, including p38, JNK, ERK and caspase-3; rutin inhibits the expression of p38 and caspase-3. Overall, MBE was able to reduce the oxidative stress of GES-1 cells and regulated apoptosis-related genes of the MAPK pathway. This study provides information for developing anti-ethanol injury drugs or functional foods.     

GaN外延结构中微区应变场的测量和评价

 采用电子背散射衍射(EBSD)技术,测量GaN/蓝宝石结构中的弹性应变场.将EBSD菊池衍射花样的图像质量IQ值及小角度错配作为应力敏感参数,表征GaN-Buffer层-蓝宝石结构中的晶格畸变和转动,显示微区弹性应变场.在GaN/蓝宝石系统中,弹性应变的影响范围大约200×700nm.采用快速傅立叶变换(FFT)提取菊池花样的衍射强度,识别GaN外延结构中的应变/无应变区域.     

弹载激光探测器加速寿命试验与评估研究

为满足弹载激光探测器贮存寿命评估的实际需求,研究了适用于激光探测器的加速寿命试验与寿命评估方法.首先,研究影响激光探测器的贮存寿命的因素,提出加速试验方案中应力范围、寿命分布类型、应力施加方式、试验时间等因素设计准则,其次基于极大似然法计算加速模型参数,通过寿命分布类型检验判定加速试验方案的合理性,最后利用加速因子折合...     

基于RGBD数据与深度权重的压缩光场显示

使用多层空间光调制器的压缩光场(compressive light field,CLF) 显示技术具有空间带宽利用率高、图像分辨率好等优势,是一种很有前景的光场显示技术。传统的方法将光场分解视为超定问题并使用优化算法求解。随着重建光场的分辨率、深度、视角等性能参数的提升,优化算法的计算效率低、内存消耗大的缺陷被放大,难以实现快速计算。为此,本文提出了一种新型CLF分解算法,该算法将原始光场分解为物点进行存储,仅占用少量内存;利用深度权重和加权平均代替了优化算法,大幅提高了运算效率。在同等条件下,所提出的算法占用内存仅是传统方法的38.8%,计算时间缩短了93.7%,图像质量提高约1 dB。最后通过仿真和实验两种方式对比了该方法和传统方法的显示效果,验证了算法的有效性。     

降低环氧模塑料应力方法及对封装分层的影响

半导体封装过程中,热应力是导致封装过程中器件分层的主要原因之一,主要研究如何降低环氧模塑料(Epoxy Molding Compound,EMC)的应力,以及降低应力对环氧模塑料分层的影响。通过对多组不同原材料比例做试验,并在试验数据的基础上进行分析对比,合适的填料含量和应力吸释剂可以有效降低环氧模塑料的应力,从而减少分层或避免分层的发生。在SOIC20L上通过JECDECMSL/260C的可靠性考核,没有任何分层。总之,EMC7(D应力吸释剂)是最好的,在SOIC20L上能够通过MSL3/260C的可靠性考核,达到0分层。     

高功率毫米波辐照鼠疼痛阈值及应激反应

 高功率8 mm波辐照时,大小鼠均产生热应激反应,依次经历平静期、警戒期、相持期和衰竭期。鼠的热痛阈值温度为(43.1±1.8) ℃,这一阈值与鼠的质量、初始温度、辐照功率密度等无关。 辐照3 s时：辐照功率密度为3.5 W/cm2时体表温升为(8.4±1.0) ℃;辐照功率密度为7.0 W/cm2时温升为(21.1±3.0) ℃。实验还测定了警戒期持续时间,结果表明动物应激反应的剧烈程度与警戒期持续时间相关。建立了小鼠警戒期持续时间与小鼠体表面积、有效辐照面积、辐照功率密度之间的关系,并将这一实验结果推广到大鼠。     

The Effectiveness of Rhodiola rosea L. Preparations in Alleviating Various Aspects of Life-Stress Symptoms and Stress-Induced Conditions—Encouraging Clinical Evidence

Rhodiola rosea L. has a long history of use in traditional medicine to stimulate the nervous system, treat stress-induced fatigue and depression, enhance physical performance and work productivity and treat gastrointestinal ailments and impotence. Apart from its well-established traditional use, a significant number of publications on the clinical efficacy of various R. rosea preparations can be found in the literature. The majority of these studies are related to the efficacy of R. rosea in terms of cognitive functions and mental performance, including various symptoms of life-stress, fatigue and burnout. The beneficial effects of this medicinal plant on enhancing physical performance have also been evaluated in professional athletes and non-trained individuals. Moreover, even though most evidence originates from pre-clinical trials, several clinical studies have additionally demonstrated the remediating effects of R. rosea on cardiovascular and reproductive health by addressing non-specific stress damage and reversing or healing the disrupted physiologies and disfunctions. Overall, in accordance with its aim, the results presented in this review provide an encouraging basis for the clinical efficacy of R. rosea preparations in managing various aspects of stress-induced conditions.     

光子晶体光纤在熔接夹具中的受力分析

运用接触力学和圆环压溃强度理论对由V型槽固定的光子晶体光纤进行了受力分析。分别考虑了两种极限情况,以推导光纤中的应力分布。第一种情况假设光纤是完全由纯石英材料制成的内部均匀的实芯圆柱体;第二种情况是把光纤假设成一个空芯圆柱体。根据这两种极限情况推导出了光子晶体光纤受力后光纤内部的最大应力点位于平行于接触面的外层空气孔的附近。采用有限元方法验证了此结论,计算出了光子晶体光纤可能承受的最大压力,并给出了光子晶体光纤在V型槽中的应力分布和变形情况。