壳聚糖和大蒜素复合涂膜对葡萄的保鲜效果

以黑提葡萄为材料,研究壳聚糖单一涂膜与壳聚糖和大蒜素复合涂膜对黑提葡萄保鲜效果的影响,结果表明,2种涂膜处理均可以有效抑制葡萄的呼吸强度,降低失重率和MDA的积累量,延缓SSC和TA的降解,提高好果率和果实耐压力,维持高活性的SOD,相比之下,大蒜素与壳聚糖复配的可食性膜的保鲜效果明显好于单一壳聚糖处理.     

壳聚糖的抗菌性及其对果实病害的防治研究进展

 对壳聚糖的抑菌性及其在果实保鲜中的应用技术进行分析和综述。壳聚糖具有广谱的抑菌性,能够抑制真菌孢子产生、萌发、芽管伸长和菌丝生长,其抑制效果与壳聚糖的分子量、脱乙酰度、基团修饰等分子特征直接相关并受溶液浓度、pH和溶剂类型的影响,其抑菌机理与其对细胞的直接损伤或作为信号物质直接或间接干扰细胞代谢过程相关。壳聚糖对多种果实采后病害具有防治效果,通过直接抑制病原菌的生长、提高果实抗性和延缓果实衰老等途径发挥作用。外源物质配合或采前采后应用技术的综合使用能提高壳聚糖对病害防治的效果。本文还对壳聚糖在该领域的应用前景和未来研究的重点进行了探讨。     

Oxidative Stability of Spray-Dried Microencapsulated Fish Oils with Different Wall Materials

Multilayer microencapsulation of fish oil was evaluated by using fish gelatin (treated with or without microbial transglutaminase [MTGase]), chitosan, and maltodextrin for its ability to control lipid oxidation. This study showed that a mixture containing gelatin and maltodextrin obtained the highest percentage of core release. The oxidative stability of the formulated mixtures and the bulk oils was investigated during a period of 60 days. The peroxide value (PV) was assessed as a parameter for primary oxidation products, and p-anisidine (p-AV) and thiobarbituric acid reactive sub-stances (TBARS) was used to analyze secondary oxidation compounds. Observation of oxidation products showed that combinations of gelatin and maltodextrin made by adding MTGase and a mixture of gelatin and chitosan were able to increase the oxidative stability, and increases in PV and p-AV and TBARS were found for all oils.     

壳聚糖和抗坏血酸复合处理提高台湾青枣采后保鲜效果

为了延长台湾青枣(Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.)的采后保鲜时间,基于抗坏血酸(ascorbic acid,As A)可提高果实抗氧化能力,壳聚糖涂膜处理能防止果实失水和微生物侵染,该文探讨抗坏血酸、壳聚糖涂膜及抗坏血酸和壳聚糖复合处理对台湾青枣(Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.)采后保鲜效果的影响.果实采收后当天,分别用30.0mmol/L抗坏血酸浸泡处理、8g/L壳聚糖涂膜以及30.0mmol/L抗坏血酸浸泡后并用8g/L壳聚糖涂膜复合处理,以双蒸水浸泡处理为对照,处理结束后,置于(25±1)℃和90%~95%相对湿度下贮藏,定期测定果实相关生理参数,扫描电镜观察果皮果实组织结构.结果表明,与对照相比,抗坏血酸或壳聚糖单独处理虽然对台湾青枣保鲜有一定效果,但复合处理后保鲜效果更好.表现为显著减少果实失水率和相对电导率(P<0.05),抑制果皮叶绿素降解及果实果胶酶和多聚半乳糖醛酸酶活性增加,降低原果胶分解成可溶性果胶的速率(P<0.05),使果实硬度和细胞完整性得以维持;延缓果实超氧化物歧化酶(superoxide dismutase,SOD)和过氧化氢酶(catalase,CAT)活性下降,降低膜脂氧化速率,果实过氧化氢和膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛含量显著下降(P<0.05);维持果实较高的可溶性固形物(total soluble solids,SS)、可溶性总糖(total soluble sugar,TSS)、可滴定酸(titratable acidity,TA)、谷胱甘肽(glutathione,GSH)及抗坏血酸含量.研究结果说明,抗坏血酸和壳聚糖复合处理可提高台湾青枣贮藏过程中的抗氧化能力,降低氧化伤害;降低果实失水率,减缓果皮叶绿素降解速率,延缓细胞降解和软化速率,维持果实细胞完整性,降低果实的腐烂率,从而达到延长采后果实保鲜的效果.     

营养调控对宣城黄鸡胴体品质及肉质的影响

通过营养调控改善鸡肉品质与风味。选100 d宣城黄鸡600只随机分为5组,分别饲喂优化日粮（OD）、OD＋风味改良剂（MD）、MD＋茶粉与甲壳质混合物、MD＋昆虫蛋白硒,对照组饲喂原场饲粮。试验期55 d。结果表明：（1）试1、2、3、4组较对照组试鸡腹脂率分别降低45.28%,44.67%,64.04%,14.65%,其中试1、2组试鸡较对照组腹脂率显著降低（P〈0.05）,试3组降低极显著（P〈0.01）;试3组肝重率显著降低33.59%（P〈0.05）;试2组腺肌胃率显著提高45.11%（P〈0.01）。（2）肌间脂肪1、3、4组较对照组降低,但试2组提高15.66%（P〈0.05）;肌苷酸试1组较对照组低,试2、3、4组分别高17.48%（P〈0.05）,9.35%,10.16%;试4组胸肌硒含量较试2组提高了163%（P〈0.01）。（3）鸡肉弹性试1、2、3组较对照组分别高7.32%,7.89%（P〈0.05）,9.21%,而试4组则低2.63%;粘聚性试1、2与3组较对照组分别高2.78%,5.71%（P〈0.05）,4.29%,试4组则低1.43%。日粮补饲茶粉与甲壳素混合物可显著降低腹脂沉积,有防止肌肉脂肪氧化,降低MDA水平,维持高pH值趋势;配制的风味改良剂也可显著降低腹脂率,并有提高肌苷酸、羟脯氨酸含量与肌内脂水平趋势,能显著提高肌肉弹性与粘聚性;昆虫硒可显著提高鸡肉中硒沉积量。     

Chitin Deacetylases: Properties and Applications

Chitin deacetylases, occurring in marine bacteria, several fungi and a few insects, catalyze the deacetylation of chitin, a structural biopolymer found in countless forms of marine life, fungal cell and spore walls as well as insect cuticle and peritrophic matrices. The deacetylases recognize a sequence of four GlcNAc units in the substrate, one of which undergoes deacetylation: the resulting chitosan has a more regular deacetylation pattern than a chitosan treated with hot NaOH. Nevertheless plain chitin is a poor substrate, but glycolated, reprecipitated or depolymerized chitins are good ones. The marine Vibrio sp. colonize the chitin particles and decompose the chitin thanks to the concerted action of chitinases and deacetylases, otherwise they could not tolerate chitosan, a recognized antibacterial biopolymer. In fact, chitosan is used to prevent infections in fishes and crustaceans. Considering that chitin deacetylases play very important roles in the biological attack and defense systems, they may find applications for the biological control of fungal plant pathogens or insect pests in agriculture and for the biocontrol of opportunistic fungal human pathogens.     

Chitin and Chitosan as Multipurpose Natural Polymers for Groundwater Arsenic Removal and As2O3 Delivery in Tumor Therapy

Chitin and chitosan are natural polysaccharide polymers. These polymers have been used in several agricultural, food protection and nutraceutical applications. Moreover, chitin and chitosan have been also used in biomedical and biotechnological applications as drug delivery systems or in pharmaceutical formulations. So far, there are only few studies dealing with arsenic (As) removal from groundwater using chitin or chitosan and no evidence of the use of these natural polymers for arsenic trioxide (As₂O₃) delivery in tumor therapy. Here we suggest that chitin and/or chitosan might have the right properties to be employed as efficient polymers for such applications. Besides, nanotechnology offers suitable tools for the fabrication of novel nanostructured materials of natural origin. Since different nanostructured materials have already been employed successfully in various multidisciplinary fields, we expect that the integration of nanotechnology and natural polymer chemistry will further lead to innovative applications for environment and medicine.     

Chitosan-Genipin Microspheres for the Controlled Release of Drugs: Clarithromycin,Tramadol and Heparin

The aim of this study was to first evaluate whether the chitosan hydrochloride-genipin crosslinking reaction is influenced by factors such as time, and polymer/genipin concentration, and second, to develop crosslinked drug loaded microspheres to improve the control over drug release. Once the crosslinking process was characterized as a function of the factors mentioned above, drug loaded hydrochloride chitosan microspheres with different degrees of crosslinking were obtained. Microspheres were characterized in terms of size, morphology, drug content, surface charge and capacity to control in vitro drug release. Clarithromycin, tramadol hydrochloride, and low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) were used as model drugs. The obtained particles were spherical, positively charged, with a diameter of 1–10 μm. X-Ray diffraction showed that there was an interaction of genipin and each drug with chitosan in the microspheres. In relation to the release profiles, a higher degree of crosslinking led to more control of drug release in the case of clarithromycin and tramadol. For these drugs, optimal release profiles were obtained for microspheres crosslinked with 1 mM genipin at 50 ºC for 5 h and with 5 mM genipin at 50 ºC for 5 h, respectively. In LMWH microspheres, the best release profile corresponded to 0.5 mM genipin, 50 ºC, 5 h. In conclusion, genipin showed to be eligible as a chemical-crosslinking agent delaying the outflow of drugs from the microspheres. However, more studies in vitro and in vivo must be carried out to determine adequate crosslinking conditions for different drugs.     

Chitosan Modification and Pharmaceutical/Biomedical Applications

Chitosan has received much attention as a functional biopolymer for diverse applications, especially in pharmaceutics and medicine. Our recent efforts focused on the chemical and biological modification of chitosan in order to increase its solubility in aqueous solutions and absorbability in the in vivo system, thus for a better use of chitosan. This review summarizes chitosan modification and its pharmaceutical/biomedical applications based on our achievements as well as the domestic and overseas developments: (1) enzymatic preparation of low molecular weight chitosans/chitooligosaccharides with their hypocholesterolemic and immuno-modulating effects; (2) the effects of chitin, chitosan and their derivatives on blood hemostasis; and (3) synthesis of a non-toxic ion ligand—D-Glucosaminic acid from Oxidation of D-Glucosamine for cancer and diabetes therapy.     

壳聚糖涂膜剂在豆腐保鲜中的应用研究

采用壳聚糖涂膜剂对豆腐进行保鲜处理,通过正交试验对豆腐涂膜保鲜配方和工艺进行优化。根据测定豆腐样品的感官指标、菌落总数,确定豆腐涂膜保鲜效果。结果表明,豆腐的最佳涂膜保鲜配方和工艺为:柠檬酸浓度1.2%,壳聚糖浓度0.3%,淀粉浓度0.8%,80℃下浸泡4 min,并对涂膜处理的豆腐采用保鲜袋密封包装。