Monascus-fermented grain vinegar enhances glucose homeostasis through the IRS-1/PI3K/Akt and AMPK signaling pathways in HepG2 cell and db/db mice

Food Science and Biotechnology - MV was reported to have beneficial effects in ameliorating insulin resistance in db/db mice, but the intrinsic mechanisms for glucose homeostasis are unclear. This...     

Adsorptive separation of carbon dioxide by polyethyleneimine modified adsorbents

Utilization of carbon dioxide (CO₂) has become an important global issue due to significant and continuous rise in atmospheric CO₂ concentrations. To find a potential solution, two types of mesoporous materials, MCM-41 and MCM-48, were synthesized and impregnated with 30, 50 and 70 wt% of polyethyleneimine (PEI) in methanol to evaluate the performance of the materials in terms of CO₂ adsorption. The materials were characterized by XRD, TGA, FTIR, TEM, SEM, N₂-physisorption and BET techniques. All the PEI-loaded materials exhibited substantially higher reversible CO₂ adsorption-desorption behaviors with >99% recovery. The above study proved that MCM-48 is a better material as compared to MCM-41 for loading of PEI. The material with 50 wt% loading of PEI on MCM-48, showed maximum adsorption of 248 mg/g-PEI at 80 °C which is about 30 times higher than that of MCM-48 and about 2.3 times that of pure PEI.