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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

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  1. Applicability and Extraction Characteristics of Aluminum Sulfate as Extractant of Harmful Heavy Metals for On-Site Treatment of Deep-Sea Mining Tailings

    • Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
    • This research was focused on the eco-friendly treatment of deep-sea mining tailings in the sea areas and mainly dealt with evaluating the optimal conditions by comparing aluminum sulfate (AS), which had been proven recently to have an effect as a heavy metal extractant, with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) in terms of environmental and economic feasibility.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  2. Prevalence of efflux pump and heavy metal tolerance encoding genes among Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis strains from diverse sources in Brazil

    • PLOS ONE
    • by Felipe Pinheiro Vilela, Dália dos Prazeres Rodrigues, Marc William Allard, Juliana Pfrimer Falcão Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Infantis (S. Infantis) is a non-typhoid, zoonotic and foodborne serovar with worldwide distribution, and often associated with increasing antimicrobial resistance. Efflux pumps are antimicrobial resistance mechanisms able to promote and increase resistance levels to multiple distinct drug classes.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  3. Amelioration of cholesterol sulfate for lead-induced CTX cell apoptosis based on BDNF signaling pathway mediated cholesterol metabolism

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
    • Lead (Pb), as a deleterious heavy metal, ubiquitously exists in environment and industry, which engenders multi-organ disfunction, especially the brain of infants who are vulnerable to attack from lead-induced neurotoxicity. Although cholesterol sulfate (CS) is crucial constituent of cell membranes and precursor of neurosteroids, which maintains the function and survival of neurons, the role of CS in lead-induced neurological damage still remains incomplete.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  4. Effects of malic acid and EDTA on oxidative stress and antioxidant enzymes of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) exposed to cadmium stress

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
    • Environmental stresses, including heavy metal pollution, are increasing at a growing rate and influencing arable lands. Chelators play an essential role in several biochemical pathways in the cells of plants treated with heavy metals. This research evaluated the modifying effect of malic acid (MA) and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) on the physiological and biochemical parameters of okra plants exposed to Cd stress in which the okra plants were cultivated in hydroponic conditions.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  5. Different responses to joint exposure to cadmium and zinc depends on the sex in Populus cathayana

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
    • The alarming increase in soil contamination by heavy metals, such as cadmium and zinc demands immediate attention. The dioecious tree Populus cathayana, a phytoremediation plant, plays an important role in rehabilitating heavy metal contaminated areas. In this study, male and female P.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  6. Plants control the structure of mycorrhizal and pathogenic fungal communities in soil in a 50-year maize monoculture experiment

    • Plant and Soil
    • Aims Saprotrophic soil fungi participate in biomass mineralization, inhibit pathogen development and promote plant growth. Pathogens accumulate in soil and decrease crop yields. The structure of fungal communities is determined mainly by the organic matter content and pH of soil.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues
  7. Physiological Characteristics of Putative Enterobacteria Associated with Meat and Fish Available in Southern Brazilian Retail Markets: Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Toxic Metal Tolerance and Expression of Efflux Pumps

    • Antibiotics
    • Multidrug-resistant (MDR) mesophilic facultatively anaerobic Gram-negative rods are a public health issue and their spread from animal-source foods to humans is of concern worldwide.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  8. Exploring the potential health and ecological damage of lead–zinc production activities in China: A life cycle assessment perspective

    • Journal of Cleaner Production
    • Lead and zinc are indispensable nonferrous metals in the current industrialized society because of their position as raw materials for various industrial products. However, the massive environmental burden imposed by the activities of the lead–zinc industry will trigger potential social impacts.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  9. Development of QuEChERS-based multiresidue analytical methods to determine pesticides in corn, grapes and alfalfa

    • Food Chemistry
    • Analytical methods based on QuEChERS and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry were developed for the determination of 42 polar and semi-polar pesticides in three representative vegetable matrices, viz. corn, grapes and alfalfa. A 26-2 fractional factorial experimental design was used to cost-effectively optimize the extraction procedure. The optimal analytical approaches were validated in terms of linearity, sensitivity, trueness, and precision.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues
  10. The involvement of organic acids in soil fertility, plant health and environment sustainability

    • Archives of Microbiology
    • Increasing demand for safe food by an ever-growing human population emphasizes the urgency for increasing crop yields and reducing the losses caused by abiotic and biotic stresses; a partial solution to this problem is to develop a better understanding of plant–microbe interactions. Plant roots continuously release a wide range of compounds including organic acids in root exudates.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues
  11. A fungus (Trametes pubescens) resists cadmium toxicity by rewiring nitrogen metabolism and enhancing energy metabolism

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • As a primary goal, cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal pollutant that is readily adsorbed and retained in rice, and it becomes a serious threat to food safety and human health. Fungi have attracted interest for their ability to remove heavy metals from the environment, although the underlying mechanisms of how fungi defend against Cd toxicity are still unclear. In this study, a Cd-resistant fungus Trametes pubescens (T. pubescens) was investigated.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  12. Leaching of arsenic from flue gas desulphurisation gypsum using ultrasound-enhanced sulfuric acid

    • Journal of Cleaner Production
    • The flue gas desulphurisation gypsum (FGDG) produced in nonferrous metal metallurgy industry is defined as hazardous waste because of its arsenic content. In this study, a new process for arsenic removal by ultrasound-enhanced sulfuric acid leaching was developed. The leaching characteristics of arsenic under ultrasound-enhanced leaching and conventional leaching conditions were compared.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  13. Rapid screening of 420 pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables using ultra high performance liquid chromatography combined with quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry

    • Food Science and Human Wellness
    • A new method for screening and identification 420 pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF/MS) were developed. The samples were extracted with acetonitrile/acetic acid (99:1, V/V), and clean-up by SinChERS-Nano (single-step, cheap, effective, rugged, safe, nano) column, determined by UPLC-Q-TOF/MS.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues
  14. Use of high-resolution mass spectrometry for veterinary drug multi-residue analysis

    • Food Control
    • National and international food and feed safety authorities are shifting from routine-to risk-based monitoring. Risk-based monitoring requires flexibility in the scope of analytes, matrices, and sampling. Also, risk-based monitoring implies a desire for retrospective analysis using different scope(s) to follow trends, identify new food safety threats, and monitor the effectiveness of policy interventions.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Antibiotic residues
  15. Divulging the anti-acetylcholinesterase activity of Colletotrichum lentis strain KU1 extract as sustainable AChE active site inhibitors

    • Archives of Microbiology
    • Alzheimer’s disease (AD), also called senile dementia is a neurodegenerative disease seen commonly in the elderly and is characterised by the formation of β-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT). Though a complete understanding of the disease is lacking, recent studies showed the role of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in pathogenesis. Finding new lead compounds from natural sources has always been a quest for researchers.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  16. Soil Particle Size Fractioning and Pb and Cd Bioaccessibility on a Dirt Road Near Former Beneficiation and Smelting Plant

    • Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
    • Bioaccessibility of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) was conducted in soil samples collected from a dirt road that connects a former Pb and zinc (Zn) beneficiation and smelting plant in the city of Adrianópolis (Paraná state, southern Brazil). Samples were taken in three sites (beneficiation plant, slag deposit, and near Adrianópolis downtown).

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  17. Effects of Biochar on Purslane-Mediated Transfer and Uptake of Soil Bioavailable Cadmium

    • Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
    • As a carbon-negative emission technology, biochar has attracted extensive attention for application in fields for soil improvement and pollution control. The interactions between biochar and soil cadmium via the coupling of physical and chemical processes with extensive application and the correlation between the speciation of soil heavy metals and bioavailability are current research hotspots.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  18. Amyloid-like aggregation influenced by lead(II) and cadmium(II) ions in hen egg white ovalbumin

    • Food Hydrocolloids
    • The aggregation of proteins into fibrillar, amyloid-like aggregates generally results in an improved, positive effect on various techno-functional properties within food products, such as gelation, emulsification, and foam stabilization. These highly stable structures, characterized by their repetitive, β-sheet rich motifs, may develop as the result of the thermal treatment of protein-rich food products. Heavy metal ions can influence amyloid-like aggregation of food proteins.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  19. Puerarin prevents cadmium-induced mitochondrial fission in AML-12 cells via Sirt1-dependent pathway

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
    • Recent investigations have revealed that puerarin (PU) alleviates cadmium (Cd)-caused hepatic damage via inhibiting oxidative stress. Mitochondria are dynamic organelles and play a critical part in regulating the occurrence of oxidative stress, but the role of mitochondria in the protection of PU against hepatocellular damage caused by Cd exposure remains unknown. Thus, this study was aimed to clarify this issue using mouse hepatocyte AML-12 cell line.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  20. Elevated Urbanization-Driven Plant Accumulation of Metal(loid)s Including Arsenic Species and Assessment of the Kłodnica River Sediment Contamination

    • Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
    • The impact of water and bottom sediment pollution of a river subjected to a strong industrial anthropogenic pressure of metal(loid) (including arsenic and its species) accumulation in riverbank plants such as Solidago virgaurea L., Phragmites L. and Urtica dioica L. was investigated.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  21. WGCNA Analysis Revealed the Hub Genes Related to Soil Cadmium Stress in Maize Kernel (Zea mays L.)

    • Genes
    • Soil contamination by heavy metals has become a prevalent topic due to their widespread release from industry, agriculture, and other human activities. Great progress has been made in elucidating the uptake and translocation of cadmium (Cd) accumulation in rice. However, there is still little known about corresponding progress in maize.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  22. “Metabolomic diversity of local strains of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin and their efficacy against the cassava mite, Tetranychus truncatus Ehara (Acari: Tetranychidae)”

    • PLOS ONE
    • by M. Chaithra, T. Prameeladevi, L. Prasad, Aditi Kundu, S. N. Bhagyasree, S. Subramanian, Deeba Kamil A desirable substitute for chemical pesticides is mycopesticides. In the current investigation, rDNA-ITS (Internal transcribed spacer) and TEF (Transcriptional Elongation Factor) sequencing were used for molecular identification of six Beauveria bassiana strains.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  23. Integrated physiological, metabolomic, and proteome analysis of Alpinia officinarum Hance essential oil inhibits the growth of Fusarium oxysporum of Panax notoginseng

    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • Fusarium oxysporum is the main pathogen of Panax notoginseng root rot, and chemical fungicides remain the primary measures to control the disease. Plant essential oil (EO) is a volatile plant secondary metabolic product that does not produce any residue to replace chemical pesticide. To comprehensively understand the antifungal mechanism of Alpinia officinarum Hance EO, the physiological indicators, proteome and metabolome were analyzed using F.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues
  24. Identifying factors affecting the low uptake of reprocessed construction materials: A systematic literature review

    • Waste Management & Research
    • The success of demolition waste reverse logistics supply chains (DWRLSCs) depend on the market uptake of reprocessed construction materials (RCMs) since resource recovery will not be viable without a well-developed consumption process. However, usage of RCMs is sparse while there is also limited focus in existing research on their market uptake.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals
  25. Development of a polyurethane‐coated thin film solid phase microextraction device for multi‐residue monitoring of pesticides in fruit and tea beverages

    • Journal of Separation Science
    • Journal of Separation Science, Accepted Article. A novel solid phase microextraction device coated with an efficient and cheap thin film of polyurethane was developed for trace determination of 13 widely used pesticides in fruit and tea beverages. A round-shaped polyurethane film covering the bottom of a glass vial was fabricated as the sorbent to exhibit a superior capacity of preconcentrating target compounds and reducing matrix interferences.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues