Research Publications (Food Safety)

Ethnopharmacological approaches provide clues for the search of bioactive compounds. Dryopteris ramosa (Hope) C. Chr. (plant family: Dryopteridaceae) is an ethnomedicinal plant of the Galliyat region of Pakistan. The aqueous fraction (AqF) of D. ramosa is being used by inhabitants of the Galliyat region of Pakistan to treat their gastrointestinal tract ailments, especially those caused by bacteria.

Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, Accepted Article. The acrylamide (AA) content of potato chips (PC), French fries ready-to-eat (FF) from fast-foods and prepared in households consumed by the Romanian population was estimated and also AA intake by consuming such products. The mean AA content of PC, FF from fast-food and prepared in households was 386.67, 149.55, and 530.32 µg/kg, respectively.

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Volume 20, Issue 5, Page 4212-4212, September 2021.

Wood smoke (WS) contains many harmful compounds, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). WS induces inflammation in the airways and lungs and can lead to the development of various acute and chronic respiratory diseases. Pulmonary fibroblasts are the main cells involved in the remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) during the WS-induced inflammatory response.

Background Precise and cost-efficient human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence and drug resistance surveillances are in high demand for the advancement of the 90-90-90 “treatment for all” target. Methods We developed microdrop HIV sequencing for the HIV incidence and drug resistance assay (HIDA), a single-blood-draw surveillance tool for incidence and drug resistance mutation (DRM) detection.

by Agnieszka M. Szemiel, Andres Merits, Richard J. Orton, Oscar A. MacLean, Rute Maria Pinto, Arthur Wickenhagen, Gauthier Lieber, Matthew L. Turnbull, Sainan Wang, Wilhelm Furnon, Nicolas M. Suarez, Daniel Mair, Ana da Silva Filipe, Brian J. Willett, Sam J. Wilson, Arvind H. Patel, Emma C. Thomson, Massimo Palmarini, Alain Kohl, Meredith E. Stewart

by Mehrdad Shahmohammadi Beni, Hiroshi Watabe, Dragana Krstic, Dragoslav Nikezic, Kwan Ngok Yu

Q fever and tick-borne borreliosis are two zoonotic diseases rarely diagnosed in Senegalese health facilities, particularly in rural areas. Our study aims to better understand the circulation of Coxiella burnetii and Borrelia spp. DNA on human skin and the domestic environment in rural areas. Cutaneous swabs were taken from febrile patients being treated for borreliosis and/or Q fever, the members of patients' households and control households in the Niakhar area.

Author(s): Yousheng Huang, Jingnan Lu, Mingyu Li, Chang Li, Yuting Wang, Mingyue Shen, Yi Chen, Shaoping Nie, Maomao Zeng, Jie Chen, Mingyong Xie

Author(s): Mi-Na Nan, Yang Bi, Yao Qiang, Hua-Li Xue, Lan Yang, Li-Dan Feng, Lu-Mei Pu, Hai-Tao Long, Dov Prusky

Author(s): Le Wang, Wei Huang, Yan Shen, Yawei Zhao, Dapeng Wu, Haicheng Yin, Shuoye Yang, Qipeng Yuan, Wenhui Liang, Jinshui Wang

Author(s): Yuanliang Li, Jiangnan Yi, Qiwen Zeng, Yingwei Liu, Bijing Yang, Bingxian Liu, Yangwei Li, Khalid Mehmood, Riaz Hussain, Zhaoxin Tang, Hui Zhang, Ying Li

Author(s): Isabel Gutierrez-Urbano, Maria Villen-Guzman, Rocio Perez Recuerda, Jose M. Rodriguez-Maroto

Author(s): Ying-Ying Huang, Ge Fei, Sha-Li Yu, Yi-Fei Liu, Hui-Ling Fu, Qiong Liao, Bai-Fei Huang, Xue-Yang Liu, Jun-Liang Xin, Chuang Shen

Author(s): Leah Thompson, Jessie Vipham, Lyda Hok, Paul Ebner

Airborne fungi are one of the major components of aeromycobiota known to produce several fungal diseases in fruits. Their presence in indoor environment of warehouses may limit the storage period of apples. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of airborne fungal spores were conducted using gravity settling techniques to detect fungal airspora present in the atmosphere of two apple warehouses in Tunisia. In this study, 375 fungal isolates were obtained and purified.

The antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs) in Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have attracted increasing attention. In this study, the abundance of ARB and resistance genes tet32 and defA1 were investigated using high-throughput sequencing and high-throughput qPCR in water samples collected from the inlet of the biological treatment pool and outlet of Beilun Yandong WWTP in Ningbo, China.

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a serious and persistent environmental pollution problem. At present, many studies have focused on the tailings pond's cover systems. This paper introduced the research results of using tin tailings from Laili mountain to make the covering layer of tailings pond. The first part included a detailed description of tailings characterization and acid production potential.

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is the major cause of enterically transmitted infectious hepatitis. Between 2016 and 2017, the number of confirmed cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) increased from 64 to 786 in São Paulo affecting mainly adults aged between 18 and 39 years (80%) and males (88%).

Foodborne illnesses caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli) are causing worldwide morbidity and mortality, threating human health. One way to limit and eliminate E. coli infections is developing fast and sensitive methods for detection. Biosensors have emerged to complement traditional strategies for E. coli detection. This review aims at providing an updated summary of developed biosensors for specific detection of E. coli in the last 5 years.

Aspergillus flavus is a toxigenic fungal colonizer of fruits and cereals and may produce one of the most important mycotoxins from a food safety perspective, aflatoxins. Therefore, its growth and mycotoxin production should be effectively avoided to protect consumers’ health. Among the safe and green antifungal strategies that can be applied in the field, biocontrol is a recent and emerging strategy that needs to be explored.

This study investigated the effect of moderate risk level (8 µg/kg) AFB1 in diet supplemented with or without adsorbents on lactation performance, serum parameters, milk AFM1 content of healthy lactating cows and the AFM1 residue exposure risk in different human age groups.

Glutathione S-transferases are a family of detoxifying enzymes that catalyze the conjugation of reduced glutathione (GSH) with different xenobiotic compounds using either Ser, Tyr, or Cys as a primary catalytic residue. We identified a novel GST in the genome of the shrimp pathogen V. parahaemolyticus FIM- S1708+, a bacterial strain associated with Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND)/Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) in cultured shrimp. This new GST class was named Gtt2.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a multi-drug resistant and opportunistic pathogen. The emergence of new clones of MRSA in both healthcare settings and the community warrants serious attention and epidemiological surveillance. However, epidemiological data of MRSA isolates from Pakistan are limited.