Characteristics of enzymolysis of silkworm pupa protein after tri-frequency ultrasonic pretreatment: kinetics, thermodynamics, structure and antioxidant changes.

As a by-product of the sericulture industry, the utilization rate of silkworm pupa resources is currently not high. Proteins are converted into bioactive peptides through enzymatic hydrolysis. Not only can it solve the utilization problem, but it also creates more valuable nutritional additives. Silkworm pupa protein (SPP) was pretreated with tri-frequency ultrasonic (22/28/40 kHz). Effects of ultrasonic pretreatment on enzymolysis kinetics, enzymolysis thermodynamics, hydrolysate structure as well as hydrolysate antioxidant of SPP were investigated. Ultrasonic pretreatment significantly increased the hydrolysis efficiency, showing a 6.369% decrease in k m and a 16.746% increase in k A after ultrasonic action (p < 0.05). The SPP enzymolysis reaction followed a second-order rate kinetics model. Evaluation of enzymolysis thermodynamics revealed that Ultrasonic pretreatment markedly enhanced the SPP enzymolysis, leading to a 21.943% decrease in E a. Besides, Ultrasonic pretreatment significantly increased SPP hydrolysate's surface hydrophobicity, thermal stability, crystallinity, and antioxidant activities (DPPH radical scavenging activity, Fe2+ chelation ability, and reducing power). This study indicated that tri-frequency ultrasonic pretreatment could be an efficient approach to enhancing the enzymolysis and improving the functional properties of SPP. Therefore, tri-frequency ultrasound technology can be applied industrially to enhance enzyme reaction process.

Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Benincasae Exocarpium: A review.

Benincasae Exocarpium (BE, Dongguapi in Chinese), as the dried outer pericarp of Benincasa hispida (wax gourd) in Cucurbitaceae family, is one of traditional Chinese medicines with the same origin as medicine and food. Up to now, 43 compounds were isolated from BE, including flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, phenolic acids, soluble fiber and carbohydrates. Modern pharmacological studies and clinical practice showed that BE has diuretic, hypolipidemic effects, hypoglycemic, antioxidant, antibacterial, and other effects. The folk uses, functional factors, pharmacological activities, patents and clinical applications of BE were reviewed in this paper. In addition, the paper also discussed the current problems for the further studies. The information summarized in this paper provides valuable clues for the comprehensive utilization of medicine and food resources and gives a scientific basis for the development of medicinal plants of BE.

Correlation analysis on absenteeism and psychological capital in medical staff intertiary hospitals / 中国职业医学

@#Abstract: Objective To analyze the absenteeism of medical staff in tertiary hospital and its relationship with psychological Methods capital. A total of 462 medical staff from a tertiary hospital in Jinan City were selected as the research subjects by convenience sampling method. The Stanford Presenteeism Scale and Psychological Capital Scale were used to investigate the Results - （ - ） absenteeism and psychological capital. The median and the 0th 100th percentile of score was 16 6 29 in （ - ） absenteeismandwas95 20 120 inpsychologicalcapitalintheresearchsubjects.Thetotalscoreofpsychologicalcapitalwas（，P<） negatively correlated with the total score of absenteeism partial correlation coefficient was −0.34 0.01 . The results of ， multiplelinearregressionanalysisshowedthatthehigherthelevelofpsychologicalcapital thelowertheriskofabsenteeism （P< ）， ， ， ， ， 0.01 after adjusting for confounding factors such as gender age education level professional title department and Conclusion lengthofservice. Theabsenteeismofmedicalstaffintertiaryhospitalwasnegativelycorrelatedwithpsychological capitallevel.Measuresshouldbetakentoimprovethepsychologicalcapitalofmedicalstafftocontroltheoccurrenceofhidden absenteeism.