Pulsed Electrical Technologies Assisted Polyphenols Extraction from Agricultural Plants and Bioresources: A Review

The application of pulsed electrical technologies such as high voltage electrical discharges (HVED) and pulsed electric fields (PEF) have been currently proposed for promoting biocompounds extraction. Even if their principles of action are different, both of these techniques have shown to be efficient for the enhancement of polyphenols extraction from different raw materials as compared to control extraction. Depending on the product, the energy consumption, the cell disruption, the polyphenols composition, the extraction and purification steps are different when applying PEF or HVED. This paper thus reviews the current status of research on the application of HVED and PEF for extraction and purification of polyphenols from plants

0391: Cardiac involvement in ankylosing spondylitis

BackgroundCardiac involvement in ankylosing spondylitis is common. We have tried through this study to analyze the cardiovascular events among 50 patients with ankylosing spondylitis.MethodsA retrospective study including 50 patients with ankylosing spondylitis. All patients underwent a complete physical examination with a heart and lung auscultation and an electro-cardiogram (ECG). Transthoracic ultrasound was performed whenever there was an abnormal physical examination and/or ECG.ResultsThe study included 47 men and 3 women, the sex ratio is 15,6. The average age of onset was 26±7 years. The mode of onset is axial in 95% of cases (low back pain and/or buttock). The extra-articular manifestations are present in 54% of cases. Cardiac involvement is present in 9 cases (18% of cases). The reason for consultation is dyspnea in 2 patients. In other cases, cardiac involvement was discovered incidentally. Aortic regurgitation was noted in 4 patients. Mitral insufficiency was found in 3 cases. Two patients have predominantly septal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and one patient presented an array of pulmonary insufficiency. The average time of onset of cardiac involvement was 8±5 years. All patients were put under special medical treatment of their heart, with good clinical outcome.ConclusionCardiac involvement in ankylosing spondyllitis is seen more frequently in men, especially in the old cases. A close relationship between time to onset of aortic insufficiency and duration of disease progression was found. It would be responsible for one third of deaths of patients. It was significantly more frequent in HLA B27 positive patients (especially complete atrioventricular block and aortic insufficiency)

A study of the extraction of polyphenols from grape seeds with pulsed electric arc discharges: effect of pulse energy and treatment cell shape

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A study of mechanisms involved during the extraction of polyphenols from grape seeds by pulsed electrical discharges

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Pulsed electrical technologies assisted extraction of polyphenols from grape seeds: comparison of arc streamer and pulsed electric field

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Intensification de l'extraction des polyphénols par électrotechnologies pour la valorisation des marcs de champagne

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Isolation and characterization of lignin from Moroccan sugar cane bagasse: Production of lignin-phenol-formaldehyde wood adhesive

International audiencelignin-based materials were isolated from Moroccan sugar cane bagasse after alkaline delignification. Sugar cane bagasse was subjected to hot water (70 degrees C) and alkaline aqueous solutions (15% of sodium hydroxide (NaOH), 98 degrees C) treatments. The dissolved lignin macromolecules were separated and purified. The isolated solid was then characterized by different complementary analysis (FT-IR; H-1, C-13 NMR; GPC and TGA). In the present work, the possibility of preparing wood adhesives from bagasse lignin has been explored. The results showed that the delignification with 15% NaOH resulted in yields of cellulose and lignin of 42 +/- 2.2% and 13 +/- 1.5%, respectively. The extracted lignin scaffolds exhibits high reactivity due to the high content of hydroxyl group. Their higher molecular weight (2781 g/mol) and good thermal stability (180 degrees C) make them excellent candidates for partial substitution of phenol formaldehyde (PF) resin. A resin formulation in which up to 30% of PP can be substituted by bagasse lignin gave good results and was employed for the elaboration of plywood panels which passed relevant international standard specifications for interior-grade panels

Generation of vapor bubbles and streamer initiation in water under long duration impulses

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Vapor Bubble and Streamer Initiation in Water under Long Duration Impulses

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