Piglet diarrhea is among one of the most serious health problems faced by the pig industry,resulting in significant economic losses.Diarrheal disease in piglets has a multifactorial etiology that is affected by physiology,environment,and management strategy.Diarrhea is the most apparent symptom of intestinal dysfunction.As a key class of essential nutrients in the piglet diet,amino acids confer a variety of beneficial effects on piglets in addition to being used as a substrate for protein synthesis,including maintaining appropriate intestinal integrity,permeability and epithelial renewal,and alleviating morphological damage and inflammatory and oxidative stress.Thus,provision of appropriate levels of amino acids could alleviate piglet diarrhea.Most amino acid effects are mediated by metabolites,gut microbes,and related signaling pathways.In this review,we summarize the current understanding of dietary amino acid effects on gut health and diarrhea incidence in piglets,and reveal the mechanisms involved.We also provide ideas for using amino acid blends and emphasize the importance of amino acid balance in the diet to prevent diarrhea in piglets.
The divergent synthesis of versatile 3,3′-disubstituted oxetane amino acids by utilizing visible-light-induced photocatalytic decarboxylative Giese-type reaction has been demonstrated.3-Methyleneoxetane-derived substrates are readily available in a single-step and highly reactive as radical acceptors,allowing the production of versatile oxetaneγ-andα-amino acids in high yields.A distinct ring strain release-driven radical addition mechanism was preliminarily revealed.The preparative power was further highlighted by the application in the synthesis of oxetane-containing dipeptides and azetidine amino acids,as well as the transformation of the product into novel oxetane-containing spiro-heterocycle pharmacophore.
The use of metal-organic frameworks(MOFs)as solid adsorption materials for carbon capture is promising,but achieving efficient and reversible adsorption with a balance of capacity and selectivity for carbon dioxide(CO_(2))over N_(2) remains a challenge.To take full advantage of the strong channel traffic and robustness of MOFs with relatively small pores,it is highly necessary to employ a defect-engineering strategy to construct a broader channel structure that can facilitate the loading of functional motif-rich amino acids(AAs).This strategy can greatly enhance the CO_(2) adsorption performance of MOF.In this study,motif-rich amino acids are loaded into the defective and robust porous frameworks via combined defect-engineering and post-synthetic methods.The defective Zr/Hf-MOF-808s modified with AAs,especially for the 18 mol%4-nitroisophthalic acid,generated defective products allowing for the loading of L-serine(L-Ser).This modification resulted in a significant improvement in both the adsorption capacity(248%improvement at 298 K,100 kPa)and the selectivity of CO_(2)/N_(2) using the ideal adsorbed solution theory(IAST),with the selectivity increasing to 120.55 and 38.27 at 15 and 100 kPa,respectively,while maintaining good cycling performance.Density functional theory(DFT)simulation,CO_(2) temperature-programmed desorption(CO_(2)-TPD),and in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR)were further employed to have a better understanding of the enhanced CO_(2) adsorption capacity.Interestingly,unlike the AAs loaded pristine MOF-808s that showed the best CO_(2) adsorption capacity with the loading of short and small glycine(Gly),the broadened channel size in our work enables the loading of functional motif-rich L-serine,which brings more active binding sites,improving CO_(2) adsorption.
The amino-functionalization of TS-1 zeolite followed by immobilization of phosphotungstic acid(HPW)was presented to prepare a strong solid acid catalyst for the synthesis of bio-based tributyl citrate from the esterification of citric acid and n-butanol.γ-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane(APTES)was first grafted on the TS-1 zeolite via the condensation reactions with surface hydroxyl groups,and subsequently the HPW was immobilized via the reaction between the amino groups and the protons from HPW-forming strong ionic bonding.The Keggin structure of HPW and MFI topology of TS-1 zeolite were well maintained after the modifications.The amino-functionalization generated abundant uniformly distributed active sites on TS-1 for HPW immobilization,which promoted the dispersity,abundance,as well as the stability of the acid sites.The tetrahedrally coordinated framework titanium and non-framework titania behaved as weak Lewis acid sites,and the protons from the immobilized HPW acted as the moderate or strong Brønsted acid sites.An optimized TBC yield of 96.2%(mol)with a conversion of-COOH of 98.1%(mol)was achieved at 150℃for 6 h over the HPW immobilized on amino-functionalized TS-1.The catalyst exhibited good stability after four consecutive reaction runs,where the activity leveled off at still a relatively high level after somewhat deactivation possibly caused by the leaching of a small portion of weakly anchored APTES or HPW.
Pei LiBianfang ShiJunyao ShenRan CuiWenze GuoLing ZhaoZhenhao Xi
Electrocatalytic conversion of waste nitrogen oxide(NO_(x))into value-added nitrogenous chemicals,especially amino acid,is an emerging strategy to alleviate NO_(x)pollution.However,this process suffers from the coexistence of multiple competitive reactions leading to complex product distribution and low efficiency,and thus the rational design and modulation of efficient catalysts remains a formidable challenge.Herein,well-designed Co nanoparticles encapsulated in hollow carbon nanofiber(CoHCNF)were constructed to promote the amino acid electrosynthesis via dealing waste NO_(x)coupling with biomass-derived keto acids.Ascribed to the rapid reactant diffusion,electron transport and efficient contact with abundant accessible Co catalytic sites stemmed from the unique hollow nanotubular structure,Co-HCNF manifested impressive glycine synthesis performance in one-pot adopting NO as the nitrogen source with Faradaic efficiency(FE)of 41.7%and a corresponding yield rate of 222.3μmol h^(-1)as well as 120 h robust stability.Interestingly,it also demonstrates an excellent performance with the FE of 42.8%for NO_(3)~-solution as the nitrogen source.Specially,this strategy displays a broad universality for the synthesis of other amino acids.This work not only highlights the importance of hollow-structuring electrocatalyst towards upgrading wasted NO_(x)species into amino acids,but also promotes the further development of electrosynthetic systems for high-valued N-containing organic chemicals.
Jiahui XianKaixing CaiPeisen LiaoShihan WangGuangqin Li
