Latest Articles of Journal of Food and Drug Analysis


Organic solute carrier 22 (SLC22) family: Potential for interactions with food, herbal/dietary supplements, endogenous compounds, and drugs 10.1016/j.jfda.2018.03.002 2018-03-24 Many drugs, hormones, components of herbal medicines, environmental pesticides and toxins are Solute Carrier family 22 (SLC22) substrates. The last twenty years has seen great progress in determining SLC22 tissue expression profiles, membrane localization, en...
Effects of processing adjuvants on traditional Chinese herbs 10.1016/j.jfda.2018.02.004 2018-03-19 Processing of Chinese medicines is a pharmaceutical technique that transforms medicinal raw materials into decoction pieces for use in different therapies. Various adjuvants, such as vinegar, wine, honey, and brine, are used in the processing to enhance the e...
Kinetics of lactose fermentation in milk with kombucha starter 10.1016/j.jfda.2018.02.002 2018-03-14 The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of new, non-conventional starter culture on the kinetics of the lactose transformation during milk fermentation by kombucha, at pH 5.8; 5.4; 5.1; 4.8; and 4.6, at two different temperatures 37 °C and 42 °...
Simultaneous analysis of 23 illegal adulterated aphrodisiac chemical ingredients in health foods and Chinese traditional patent medicines by ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry 10.1016/j.jfda.2018.02.003 2018-03-14 This paper presents an application of ultra high-performance liquid-chromatography-quadrupole-TOF high resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-TOF HRMS) for simultaneous analysis of 23 illegal adulterated aphrodisiac type chemical ingredients in health foods an...
Production of functional peptides with inhibition ability against angiotensin I-Converting enzyme using P. pastoris expression system 10.1016/j.jfda.2018.02.001 2018-02-21 To obtain the angiotension-I converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI), a fusion ACEI polypeptide encoded with 8 DNA sequences of GPL, GPM, IKW, IVY, IRPVQ, IWHHT, IYPRY and IAPG, which were selected and designed and cloned into pGAPZαC and then transformed into Pic...
Volatile sulfur compounds in tropical fruits 10.1016/j.jfda.2018.01.014 2018-02-16 Global production and demand for tropical fruits continues to grow each year as consumers are enticed by the exotic flavors and potential health benefits that these fruits possess. Volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) are often responsible for the juicy, fresh ar...
Characterization of titanium dioxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles in sunscreen powder by comparing different measurement methods 10.1016/j.jfda.2018.01.010 2018-02-15 Numerous consumer products, such as cosmetics, contain nanoparticles (NPs) of titanium dioxide (TiO2) or zinc oxide (ZnO); however, this raises questions concerning the safety of such additives. Most of these products do not indicate whether the product inclu...
Investigation of aflatoxins contamination in herbal materia medica in a Taiwan pharmaceutical factory 10.1016/j.jfda.2018.01.016 2018-02-15 During the years 2005–2016, a total of 1067 samples for 24 types of herbal materia medica were investigated for the presence of aflatoxins (AFs) using immunoaffinity column cleanup and HPLC-coupled to a fluorescence detector after post-column derivatization. ...
A regulatory science viewpoint on botanical–drug interactions 10.1016/j.jfda.2018.01.013 2018-02-15 There is a continued predisposition of concurrent use of drugs and botanical products. Consumers often self-administer botanical products without informing their health care providers. The perceived safety of botanical products with lack of knowledge of the i...
Quantitative and qualitative analyses of cytotoxic triterpenoids in the rhizomes of Anemone raddeana using HPLC and HPLC-ESI-Q/TOF-MS 10.1016/j.jfda.2018.01.011 2018-02-15 Anemone raddeana Regel, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, has been demonstrated to possess cytotoxicity and anti-inflammatory activities. The purpose of this study is to establish analytical methods to identify and quantify the major active constituents in Anem...

Organic solute carrier 22 (SLC22) family: Potential for interactions with food, herbal/dietary supplements, endogenous compounds, and drugs

10.1016/j.jfda.2018.03.002

2018-03-24

Many drugs, hormones, components of herbal medicines, environmental pesticides and toxins are Solute Carrier family 22 (SLC22) substrates. The last twenty years has seen great progress in determining SLC22 tissue expression profiles, membrane localization, en...

Effects of processing adjuvants on traditional Chinese herbs

10.1016/j.jfda.2018.02.004

2018-03-19

Processing of Chinese medicines is a pharmaceutical technique that transforms medicinal raw materials into decoction pieces for use in different therapies. Various adjuvants, such as vinegar, wine, honey, and brine, are used in the processing to enhance the e...

Kinetics of lactose fermentation in milk with kombucha starter

10.1016/j.jfda.2018.02.002

2018-03-14

The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of new, non-conventional starter culture on the kinetics of the lactose transformation during milk fermentation by kombucha, at pH 5.8; 5.4; 5.1; 4.8; and 4.6, at two different temperatures 37 °C and 42 °...

Simultaneous analysis of 23 illegal adulterated aphrodisiac chemical ingredients in health foods and Chinese traditional patent medicines by ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry

10.1016/j.jfda.2018.02.003

2018-03-14

This paper presents an application of ultra high-performance liquid-chromatography-quadrupole-TOF high resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-TOF HRMS) for simultaneous analysis of 23 illegal adulterated aphrodisiac type chemical ingredients in health foods an...

Production of functional peptides with inhibition ability against angiotensin I-Converting enzyme using P. pastoris expression system

10.1016/j.jfda.2018.02.001

2018-02-21

To obtain the angiotension-I converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI), a fusion ACEI polypeptide encoded with 8 DNA sequences of GPL, GPM, IKW, IVY, IRPVQ, IWHHT, IYPRY and IAPG, which were selected and designed and cloned into pGAPZαC and then transformed into Pic...

Volatile sulfur compounds in tropical fruits

10.1016/j.jfda.2018.01.014

2018-02-16

Global production and demand for tropical fruits continues to grow each year as consumers are enticed by the exotic flavors and potential health benefits that these fruits possess. Volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) are often responsible for the juicy, fresh ar...

Characterization of titanium dioxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles in sunscreen powder by comparing different measurement methods

10.1016/j.jfda.2018.01.010

2018-02-15

Numerous consumer products, such as cosmetics, contain nanoparticles (NPs) of titanium dioxide (TiO2) or zinc oxide (ZnO); however, this raises questions concerning the safety of such additives. Most of these products do not indicate whether the product inclu...

Investigation of aflatoxins contamination in herbal materia medica in a Taiwan pharmaceutical factory

10.1016/j.jfda.2018.01.016

2018-02-15

During the years 2005–2016, a total of 1067 samples for 24 types of herbal materia medica were investigated for the presence of aflatoxins (AFs) using immunoaffinity column cleanup and HPLC-coupled to a fluorescence detector after post-column derivatization. ...

A regulatory science viewpoint on botanical–drug interactions

10.1016/j.jfda.2018.01.013

2018-02-15

There is a continued predisposition of concurrent use of drugs and botanical products. Consumers often self-administer botanical products without informing their health care providers. The perceived safety of botanical products with lack of knowledge of the i...

Quantitative and qualitative analyses of cytotoxic triterpenoids in the rhizomes of Anemone raddeana using HPLC and HPLC-ESI-Q/TOF-MS

10.1016/j.jfda.2018.01.011

2018-02-15

Anemone raddeana Regel, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, has been demonstrated to possess cytotoxicity and anti-inflammatory activities. The purpose of this study is to establish analytical methods to identify and quantify the major active constituents in Anem...