Glucuronoxylan-based quince seed hydrogel: A promising scaffold for tissue engineering applications
Int J Biol Macromol. 2021 Mar 20:S0141-8130(21)00625-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.03.096. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTNatural gums and mucilages from plant-derived polysaccharides are potential candidates for a tissue-engineering scaffold by their ability of gelation and biocompatibility. Herein, we utilized Glucuronoxylan-based quince seed hydrogel (QSH) as a scaffold for tissue engineering applications. Optimization of QSH gelation was conducted by varying QSH and crosslinker glutaraldehyde (GTA) concentrations. Structural characterization of QSH was done by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Furthermor...
Source: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules - March 24, 2021 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Meltem Guzelgulgen Dilce Ozkendir-Inanc Umit Hakan Yildiz Ahu Arslan-Yildiz Source Type: research
Nanoemulsion and Emulsion Vitamin D3 Fortified Edible Film Based on Quince Seed Gum
Publication date: Available online 15 March 2021Source: Carbohydrate PolymersAuthor(s): Javad Behjati, Sedigheh Yazdanpanah (Source: Carbohydrate Polymers)
Source: Carbohydrate Polymers - March 17, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: research
Improvement of functional and rheological features of tigernut tuber starch by using gum derived from Chinese quince seeds
Publication date: May 2021Source: LWT, Volume 143Author(s): Hua-Min Liu, Wen-Bo Miao, Rui Wang, Nan Chen, Shi-Yuan Ma, Xue-De Wang (Source: LWT Food Science and Technology)
Source: LWT Food Science and Technology - March 6, 2021 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Injectable chitosan-quince seed gum hydrogels encapsulated with curcumin loaded-halloysite nanotubes designed for tissue engineering application
Int J Biol Macromol. 2021 Feb 20:S0141-8130(21)00393-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.02.113. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe goal of tissue engineering is to assemble functional constructs that restore, maintain, or improve damaged tissues or organs. Hydrogels formed with natural polymers display high potential in artificial scaffolds for tissue repair as they can resemble the extracellular matrices. Thus, the aim of this study was to design nanocomposite hydrogels of chitosan/oxidized-modified quince seed gum/curcumin-loaded in halloysite nanotubes (CS/OX-QSG/CUR-HNTs) for tissue engineering applications. The produced h...
Source: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules - February 23, 2021 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Leila Yavari Maroufi Marjan Ghorbani Source Type: research
Injectable chitosan-quince seed gum hydrogels encapsulated with curcumin loaded-halloysite nanotubes designed for tissue engineering application
Int J Biol Macromol. 2021 Feb 20:S0141-8130(21)00393-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.02.113. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe goal of tissue engineering is to assemble functional constructs that restore, maintain, or improve damaged tissues or organs. Hydrogels formed with natural polymers display high potential in artificial scaffolds for tissue repair as they can resemble the extracellular matrices. Thus, the aim of this study was to design nanocomposite hydrogels of chitosan/oxidized-modified quince seed gum/curcumin-loaded in halloysite nanotubes (CS/OX-QSG/CUR-HNTs) for tissue engineering applications. The produced h...
Source: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules - February 23, 2021 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Leila Yavari Maroufi Marjan Ghorbani Source Type: research
The electrochemical immunosensor for detection of prostatic specific antigen using quince seed mucilage-GNPs-SNPs as a green composite
In this study, a free label electrochemical immunosensor was prepared based on a new green platform for the quantitative detection of the PSA. The used platform was formed from quince seed mucilage containing green gold and silver nanoparticles and synthesized by the green method (using Calendula officinalis L. extract). The quince mucilage biopolymer was used as a sub layer to assemble nanoparticles and increase the electrochemical performance. This nanocomposite was used to increase the antibody loading and accelerate the electron transfer, which can increase the biosensor sensitivity. The antibodies of the PSA biomarker...
Source: Bioelectrochemistry - January 31, 2021 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Elahe Darvishi Hosna Ehzari Mohsen Shahlaei Leila Behbood Elham Arkan Source Type: research
The electrochemical immunosensor for detection of prostatic specific antigen using quince seed mucilage-GNPs-SNPs as a green composite.
In this study, a free label electrochemical immunosensor was prepared based on a new green platform for the quantitative detection of the PSA. The used platform was formed from quince seed mucilage containing green gold and silver nanoparticles and synthesized by the green method (using Calendula officinalis L. extract). The quince mucilage biopolymer was used as a sub layer to assemble nanoparticles and increase the electrochemical performance. This nanocomposite was used to increase the antibody loading and accelerate the electron transfer, which can increase the biosensor sensitivity. The antibodies of the PSA biomarker...
Source: Bioelectrochemistry - January 18, 2021 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Darvishi E, Ehzari H, Shahlaei M, Behbood L, Arkan E Tags: Bioelectrochemistry Source Type: research
From a plant secretion to the promising bone grafts: Cryogels of silicon-integrated quince seed mucilage by microwave-assisted sol–gel reaction
Publication date: Available online 14 January 2021Source: Journal of Bioscience and BioengineeringAuthor(s): Hilal Deniz Yilmaz, Ugur Cengiz, Yavuz Emre Arslan, Fadime Kiran, Ahmet Ceylan (Source: Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering)
Source: Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering - January 14, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: research
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 5504: Physical and Sensory Properties of Japanese Quince Chips Obtained by Osmotic Dehydration in Fruit Juice Concentrates and Hybrid Drying
olanta Kowalska
Japanese quince has high health value, but due to its taste and texture, it is difficult to eat raw. The use of innovative drying methods to produce dried snack foods from these fruits may be of interest to producers and consumers. The physicochemical and sensory properties of 3 mm slices of Japanese quince fruit (with skin, without seeds) obtained by osmotic pre-treatment in chokeberry and apple juice concentrates, and with the use of convection (convective drying, C-D), freeze-drying (F-D), and convection-microwave-vacuum drying (hybrid) are assessed. The methods of drying osmo-dehydrated slices do no...
Source: Molecules - November 24, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Hanna Kowalska Agata Marzec Ewa Domian Ewelina Masiarz Agnieszka Ciurzy ńska Sabina Galus Aleksandra Ma łkiewicz Andrzej Lenart Jolanta Kowalska Tags: Article Source Type: research
Protective Effects of Cydonia oblonga Mill. ...
Quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) is one of the medicinal plant with a broad range of pharmacological activities such as hepatoprotective effect. The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of aqueous extract of Cydonia oblonga Mill. fruit (ACOF) against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver damage in rats. Hepatotoxicity was induced by CCl4 and all tested group animals were treated with the plant extract at a dose of 75, 150, and 300 mg/kg orally for 5 days. Blood was collected for the assessment of serum marker enzymes (alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and ...
Source: Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research - October 31, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Protective Effects of Cydonia oblonga Mill. ...
Quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) is one of the medicinal plants with a broad range of pharmacological activities. The present study was conducted to evaluate the protective effects of aqueous extract of Cydonia oblonga Mill. fruit (ACOF) against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver damage in rats. The serum biomarkers of hepatotoxicity, hepatic oxidative stress markers, liver morphology and histology, and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) contents of liver mitochondria were examined to assess the hepatoprotective effects. Hepatotoxicity was induced by CCl4 and test animals were administered the extract orally at three differ...
Source: Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research - October 19, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Sol-gel biosynthesis of nickel oxide nanoparticles using Cydonia oblonga extract and evaluation of their cytotoxicity and photocatalytic activities
Publication date: Available online 5 May 2020Source: Journal of Molecular StructureAuthor(s): Samaneh Ghazal, Alireza Akbari, Hasan Ali Hosseini, Zahra Sabouri, Fatemeh Forouzanfar, Mehrdad Khatami, Majid Darroudi (Source: Journal of Molecular Structure)
Source: Journal of Molecular Structure - May 6, 2020 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research
Biosynthesis of pure zinc oxide nanoparticles using Quince seed mucilage for photocatalytic dye degradation
Publication date: 25 April 2020Source: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 821Author(s): Seyyed Mohammad Tabrizi Hafez Moghaddas, Behrouz Elahi, Vahid JavanbakhtAbstractRecently, biosynthesis of nanoparticles is an exciting area of research with wide applications because of the necessity to develop new cost-effective, clean, and efficient synthesis techniques. The main objective of this paper is the preparation of pure zinc oxide nanoparticles using the green synthesis method by Quince seed Mucilage as stabilizing agent for photocatalytic methylene blue degradation. Synthesized nanoparticles were characterized using FE...
Source: Journal of Alloys and Compounds - December 28, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Polyunsaturated and Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acids are Involved in the Adaptation of Maloideae (Rosaceae) to Combined Stress in the Mountains.
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One of the mechanisms of plant adaptation to the conditions of combined stress under conditions of altitudinal zonation is changing the lipid fatty acid (FA) composition. The main changes in the FA composition occurred in the outer cell layers of the pericarp, but not in the parenchyma. Adaptation was found to be species-specific. In Cydonia oblonga Mill. and Malus domestica Borkh., the ratio of polyunsaturated 18:2 and 18:3 lipid FAs changed with increasing height, while a constitutive level of the unsaturated index (UI) and low contents of very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) were maintained. Me...
Source: Chemistry and Biodiversity - November 28, 2019 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Voronkov A, Ivanova TV, Kumachova TK, Kozhevnikova AD, Tsydendambaev VD Tags: Chem Biodivers Source Type: research
Preparation of cell culture scaffolds using polycaprolactone/quince seed mucilage.
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In the present study, the polymer obtained from Cydonia oblonga Miller seeds (quince seed mucilage (QSM)) in combination with polycaprolactone (PCL) was used for producing hybrid electrospun scaffolds as three-dimensional (3D) cell culture platforms. Various QSM/PCL ratios were tested to obtain a uniform product with appropriate mean fiber diameter for cell growth. The chemical structure of the scaffold was studied by FT-IR spectroscopy and its crystallinity was investigated by XRD. Fiber morphology studies by SEM revealed that the fiber mean diameters decrease upon increasing the QSM component of...
Source: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules - November 10, 2019 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Allafchian A, Jalali SAH, Mousavi SE, Hosseini SS Tags: Int J Biol Macromol Source Type: research
