The postharvest senescence accompanied by yellowing limited the shelf-life of broccoli. In this study, we developed a novel W/O/W double emulsion co-delivering brassinolide and cinnamon essential oil and applied it to broccoli for preservation. Results showed that double emulsion prepared by whey protein concentrate-high methoxyl pectin (13) exhibited best storage stability with largest particle size (581.30 nm), lowest PDI (0.23) and zeta potential (-40.31 mV). This double emulsion also exhibited highest encapsulation efficiency of brassinolide (92%) and cinnamon essential oil (88%). The broccoli coated with double emulsion maintained higher chlorophyll contents and activities of chlorophyllase and magnesium-dechelatase were reduced by 9% and 24%, respectively. The energy metabolic enzymes (SDH, CCO, H+-ATPase, Ca2+-ATPase) were also activated, inducing higher level of ATP and energy charge. These results demonstrated W/O/W double emulsion co-delivering brassinolide and cinnamon essential delayed the senescence of broccoli via regulating chlorophyll degradation and energy metabolism.Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) needs sensory evaluation for grading. This study compared data mining (DM) and sensory panel evaluation (SPE), using data visualization (DV) and quantitative descriptive analysis (QDA), respectively. Results showed that Yangcheng Lake Crab (YLC) was the most welcomed for "umami" and "sweet" according to DV; and QDA (7-scale) showed similar results of the highest "aroma-sweet" (Average Score 4.5) and "taste-umami" (Average Score 4.6) in YLC. The difference was that, DV was fast based on big data (1.4 million words); while QDA quantified detailed attributes (principle components > 85.3% averagely) based on highly-trained sensory panel of good distinguishing- and repeating- ability that F value showed 76.4% of all attributes > 5% for panelist averagely, and mean square error less then 0.500 except one panelist. In conclusion, DM was quick but qualitative; while SPE was laborious but informative.Six arsenic species, namely arsenite (AsIII), arsenate (AsV), monomethylarsonic acid (MMA), dimethylarsinic acid (DMA), arsenobetaine (AsB) and arsenocholine (AsC) were speciated using a combination of high-performance liquid chromatography and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICP-MS). Under optimum chromatographic conditions, six arsenic species were well separated, and the performance of the combined system (HPLC-ICP-MS) for the species was determined. The limits of detection were calculated in the range of 0.14-0.29 ng/mL, and the corresponding quantification limits ranged between 0.45 and 0.97 ng mL-1 for the species. Spike recovery experiments performed on rice samples were used to validate the method's applicability to complex matrices. The recovery results calculated ranged between 93 and 109%, validating the method's applicability. Triplicate measurements for all spiked samples recorded percent relative standard deviation values below 10%.Quantitative proteomic approach is a suitable way to tackle the beef tenderness. Ten aged-beef samples from Longissimus thoracis of Piemontese breed classified as tender (n = 5) and tough (n = 5) meat were evaluated using SWATH-MS and bioinformatic tools for the identification of the proteins and pathways most influencing tenderness variability. Between the two textural groups, proteomic changes were mainly caused by 43 differentially abundant proteins (DAPs) arranged in reference patterns as displayed by the heat map analysis.  https://www.selleckchem.com/products/hexa-d-arginine.html  Most of these DAPs were associated with energy metabolism. From the functional proteomic analysis, two clusters of proteins, including ACO2, MDH1, MDH2 and CS in one cluster and FBP2, PFKL, LDHA, TPI1 and GAPDH/S in the other cluster, suggest gluconeogenesis, glycolysis and citrate cycle as key pathways for Piemontese breed beef tenderness. These findings contribute to a deeper insight into molecular pathways related to beef tenderness.Variations in the biochemical composition and nutritional quality with annual changes in gonad development were investigated to identify the optimal harvesting time of C. hongkongensis. The glycogen levels in the mantle, muscle, and gonad-visceral mass were significantly lower in June than in December, associated with changes in the expressions of ChGS and ChGP. Protein content consistently exceeded 52% of dry weight. The only significant change in protein levels was an increase between April and June in the gonad-visceral mass, which was associated with the gonadal transition from proliferation to maturation. Moreover, C. hongkongensis consistently had a well-balanced essential amino acid profile, meeting the essential amino acid requirements of preschool children. The lipid content and fatty acid composition of C. hongkongensis varied with the reproductive cycle, but the omega-3omega-6 ratio was consistently higher than those of C. gigas and C. virginica. In summary, the optimal harvest time of C. hongkongensis was during the inactive stage of most gonads (from August to February at Beihai).Although positive effects of oxytocin (OT) on social functioning are well-demonstrated, little is known about the mechanisms through which OT may drive early social development, or its therapeutic efficacy in infancy. To address these critical issues, we investigated the effects of exogenous OT on neural (EEG) and behavioral responses during observation of live facial gestures in infant macaques with limited social exposure (i.e. nursery-reared). Three key findings were revealed. First, OT increased alpha suppression over posterior scalp regions during observation of facial gestures but not non-biological movement, suggesting that OT targets self-other matching and attentional cortical networks involved in social perception from very early infancy. Second, OT increased infant production of matching facial gestures and attention towards the most socially-relevant facial stimuli, both behaviors typically silenced by early social deprivation. Third, infants with higher cortisol levels appeared to benefit the most from OT, displaying greater improvements in prosocial behaviors after OT administration. Altogether, these findings suggest that OT promotes prosocial behaviors and associated neural responses likely impacted by early social adversity, and demonstrate the potential of OT administration to ameliorate social difficulties in the context of neurodevelopmental and early-emerging psychiatric disorders, at a developmental stage when brain plasticity is greatest.