Genetic Engineering Production of Ethyl Carbamate Hydrolase and Its Application in Degrading Ethyl Carbamate in Chinese Liquor by Naihui Dong, Siyu Xue, Hui Guo, Kexin Xiong, Xinping Lin, Huipeng Liang, Chaofan Ji, Zhiguo Huang, Sufang Zhang

“…Ethyl carbamate (EC), classified as a Group 2A carcinogen, is most abundant in the fermented foods, such as Cachaca, Shaoxing wine, and Chinese liquor (baijiu). Although biodegradation can reduce its concentration, a high ethanol concentration and acidic environment often limit its degradation. …”
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Produção e caracterização físico-química de fermentado de umbu Production and physicochemical characterization of fermented umbu by Breno de Paula, Celso Duarte Carvalho Filho, Virginia Martins da Matta, Julia da Silva Menezes, Pâmela da Costa Lima, Claudia Oliveira Pinto, Lauro Eduardo Macedo Guedes Conceição

“…A commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine yeast was used. The fermentation was conducted at 18°C for 18 days and subsequently underwent a drink with the aid of stabilizing agents of sedimentation, gelatin and bentonite, for 14 days at 1°C. …”
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Genome assembly of the hybrid grapevine Vitis ‘Chambourcin’ by Sagar Patel, Zachary N. Harris, Jason P. Londo, Allison Miller, Anne Fennell

“… ‘Chambourcin’ is a French-American interspecific hybrid grape grown in the eastern and midwestern United States and used for making wine. Few genomic resources are available for hybrid grapevines like ‘Chambourcin’. …”
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Genotypic and Sanitary Characterization of Minority Grapevine Varieties Prospected in Andalusia, Spain by Inmaculada Rodríguez-Torres, Ana Martín Carrillo, María del Pilar Ramírez, Francisco Jesus Gómez Gálvez, Leonardo Velasco Arjona, Carlos Padilla, Enrico Cretazzo

“…Andalusia is a Spanish region that is home to numerous minority varieties due to its diversity and territorial extension, offering the local viticulture the possibility of diversifying its wine production. The genotypic characterization of 98 specimens from six areas with a winemaking tradition in Andalusia was carried out between the years 2020 and 2022, by means of thirteen microsatellite markers, including the nine recommended by the OIV. …”
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Polydatin Alleviates Diabetes-Induced Hyposalivation through Anti-Glycation Activity in db/db Mouse by Hyung Rae Kim, Woo Kwon Jung, Su-Bin Park, Hwa Young Ryu, Yong Hwan Kim, Junghyun Kim

“…Polydatin (resveratrol-3-O-β-mono-D-glucoside) is a polyphenol that can be easily accessed from peanuts, grapes, and red wine, and is known to have antiglycation, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory effects. …”
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Isolation and identification of a novel vardenafil analogue, propoxy-vardenafil, found as an adulterant in a health supplement by Jian Sun, Hong Yu, Jingxian Zhang, Yingying Ran, Yushuang Zhao, Shen Ji, Qing Hu

“…Background: A novel vardenafil analogue was detected from a health wine claimed to be anti-impotence during a special inspection in an online store. …”
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Revealing the Role of the Calcineurin B-Like Protein-Interacting Protein Kinase 9 (CIPK9) in Rice Adaptive Responses to Salinity, Osmotic Stress, and K⁺ Deficiency by Sergey Shabala, Mohammad Alnayef, Jayakumar Bose, Zhong-Hua Chen, Gayatri Venkataraman, Meixue Zhou, Lana Shabala, Min Yu

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Cutaneous Hypervascularization Treatment Using Photo-Mediated Ultrasound Therapy by Mingyang Wang, Rohit Singh, Wei Zhang, Jeffrey S. Orringer, Yannis M. Paulus, Xinmai Yang, Xueding Wang

“…In this study, the effectiveness and safety of PUT on cutaneous vascular malformation was examined through in vivo experiments in a clinically relevant chicken wattle model, whose microanatomy is similar to that of port-wine stain and other hypervascular dermal diseases in humans. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of the Capacity of Commercial and Autochthonous <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> Strains to Remove Ochratoxin A from Natural and Synthetic Grape Juices by Islem Dammak, Norah Salem Alsaiari, Imene Fhoula, Abdelfattah Amari, Zohra Hamdi, Mnasser Hassouna, Faouzi Ben Rebah, Tahar Mechichi, Salma Lasram

“…The first strain, named Levulin FB, is a commercial yeast used in making wine. The second, named SC5, is an autochthonous strain isolated from table grapes. …”
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Color Stability, Chemico-Physical and Optical Features of the Most Common PETG and PU Based Orthodontic Aligners for Clear Aligner Therapy by Valeria Daniele, Ludovico Macera, Giuliana Taglieri, Loredana Spera, Giuseppe Marzo, Vincenzo Quinzi

“…After 14 days of immersion into red wine and coffee, PETG and PU-based aligners reveal a perceivable change in color (NBS values from 1.5 to 3), corresponding to a loss of transparency due to the deposition of impurities on the surface. …”
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Characterisation of the vertical temperature gradient in the canopy reveals increased trunk height to be a potential adaptation to climate change by Laure de Rességuier, Philippe Pieri, Séverine Mary, Romain Pons, Théo Petitjean, Cornelis van Leeuwen

“…Given the important role of temperature in vine development and grape composition, climate change has already impacted wine production. Adaptation strategies are needed in order to sustain the production of wines and maintain their typicity. …”
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Different Ground Vegetation Cover Management Systems to Manage <i>Cynodon dactylon</i> in an Irrigated Vineyard by Francisco Valencia-Gredilla, Aritz Royo-Esnal, Alejandro Juárez-Escario, Jordi Recasens

“…This study highlights the importance of knowledge of how vegetation management influences weed flora to improve the sustainability of wine grape production systems.…”
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Effects of biodynamic preparations 500 and 501 on vine and berry physiology, pedology and the soil microbiome by Markus Rienth, Frederic Lamy, Clément Chessex, Heger Thierry

“…However, clear scientific evidence showing that biodynamic farming improves vine physiology, vine stress resilience, soil quality related parameters and berry or wine quality is still lacking, despite the growing number of research studies on this issue. …”
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The botanical integrity of wheat products influences the gastric distention and satiety in healthy subjects by Almér Lars-Olof, Höglund Peter, Björgell Ola, Lindstedt Sandra, Hlebowicz Joanna, Darwiche Gassan

“…Equicarbohydrate amounts of the following wheat-based meals were studied: white wheat bread, whole-kernel wheat bread or wholemeal wheat bread served with white wine vinegar. The results were compared with a reference meal consisting of white wheat bread without vinegar. …”
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Molecular Fingerprinting and Microbiological Characterisation of Selected <i>Vitis vinifera</i> L. Varieties by Jozef Sabo, Silvia Farkasová, Michal Droppa, Jana Žiarovská, Miroslava Kačániová

“…Grapevine is one of the most popular and desirable crops in the world due to the great tradition of wine production, but grape extracts also have a wide range of pharmaceutical effects on the human body. …”
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Exogenous Application of Biostimulants and Synthetic Growth Promoters Improved the Productivity and Grain Quality of Quinoa Linked with Enhanced Photosynthetic Pigments and Metabol... by Nabila Rashid, Shahbaz Khan, Abdul Wahid, Danish Ibrar, Zuhair Hasnain, Sohail Irshad, Saqib Bashir, Abdulrahman Al-Hashimi, Mohamed S Elshikh, Muhammad Kamran, Sunny Ahmar, Freddy Mora-Poblete

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Hybrid Films from Blends of Castor Oil and Polycaprolactone Waterborne Polyurethanes by Gastón Pascual, Mirta I. Aranguren, Verónica Mucci

“…The initially targeted PUD was prepared from castor oil (CO), while tartaric acid (TA), a byproduct of wine production, was utilized as the internal anionic emulsifier. …”
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Autoimmune Thyroid Disorders: The Mediterranean Diet as a Protective Choice by Rosaria Maddalena Ruggeri, Maria Cristina Barbalace, Laura Croce, Marco Malaguti, Alfredo Campennì, Mario Rotondi, Salvatore Cannavò, Silvana Hrelia

“…In contrast, the Mediterranean diet represents a unique model of healthy eating, characterized by a high intake of food from vegetable sources, a low consumption of saturated fats in favor of unsaturated fats (mainly, olive oil), a moderate consumption of fish (typically, the small oily fishes) and dairy products, as well as a moderate consumption of wine at meals, and a low intake of meat. Thanks to its nutritional components, the Mediterranean Diet positively influences immune system function, gut microbiota composition, and redox homeostasis, exerting anti-oxidants, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory effects. …”
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An Update on Multimodal Ophthalmological Imaging of Diffuse Choroidal Hemangioma in Sturge–Weber Syndrome by Chiara Ciancimino, Mariachiara Di Pippo, Daria Rullo, Francesco Ruggeri, Flaminia Grassi, Gianluca Scuderi, Solmaz Abdolrahimzadeh

“…Sturge–Weber syndrome (SWS) is characterized by facial port-wine stains, leptomeningeal hemangiomas, and prominent ocular manifestations such as glaucoma and diffuse choroidal hemangiomas (DCHs). …”
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Wearable Sensors to Evaluate Autonomic Response to Olfactory Stimulation: The Influence of Short, Intensive Sensory Training by Lucia Billeci, Chiara Sanmartin, Alessandro Tonacci, Isabella Taglieri, Lorenzo Bachi, Giuseppe Ferroni, Gian Paolo Braceschi, Luigi Odello, Francesca Venturi

“…With this purpose, wearable sensors are applied to study physiological signals (ECG and skin conductance) concerned with the emotions in a cohort of volunteers undergoing a short, two-day (16 h) sensory training period related to wine tasting. The results were compared with a previous study based on a conventional three-month (65 h) period of sensory training. …”
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