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Compositions of volatile oil from Lagerstroemia indica L. were reported for the first time. Out of 114 components where 58, 63, 67 and 61 compounds were identified from the white, pink, mauve, carmine flower with yields of 0.92%, 1.15%, 1.12% and 1.08%, respectively. Main compounds of white flower were 2-methyl-cyclopentanone (9.41%), m-xylene (7.53%) while the pink, carmine flower contained octacosane (19.81% and 13.91%) and heneicosane (18.02% and 7.98%), respectively, and mauve flower contained cyclohexanone (8.13%), 1-octacosanol (7.87%). Only 23 components were common in four oils, representing 16.57–32.72% of the total oils. Composition classification of four oils included mainly alkanes, benzenes, ketones with 52.98–73.03% of the total oils. The results revealed the different characteristics in quality of these oils. The pink, mauve, carmine flower oils were found active against S. aureus and A. niger, P. aeruginosa and S. aureus, E. coli and B. subtilis with MIC value of 0.078 mg/mL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, based on the existing literature, we extend a deterministic delayed SIS epidemic model with vaccination to the stochastic version. First, we show that the solution of system is globally unique, positive and stochastically bounded. Then, constructing suitable Lyapunov function, we study the stochastic stability of system at the disease-free equilibrium. Moreover, the threshold R ̂ 0 which determines the extinction or persistence in time mean of the disease is proposed. When R ̂ 0 is less than 1, the disease will disappear; while R ̂ 0 is greater than 1, the disease will persist. Moreover, we study the existence of the ergodicity and the stationary distribution of the model, which can help us better understand the dynamic behavior and statistical characteristics of stochastic delayed biological models. Finally, we apply the results to hepatitis B in Chinese mainland. Using the nonlinear Least-Square method, we estimate the parameter of the model and obtain the threshold R ̂ 0 = 0.0556. We forecast that hepatitis B infections in Chinese mainland will drop to about 20 million in 2100 from 90 million in 2015, and give the probability densities of Hepatitis B infections each year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, profiles of chemical characterization, oxidative stability, and in vitro antioxidant capacity of sesame oils obtained from supercritical and subcritical techniques and conventional methods are studied and compared. The results shows that a large proportion of fatty acid and triacylglycerol are not significantly influenced by the processing technologies (except for LLLn, SOA, C18:3n‐6, and C22:0). However, significant differences of minor component, oxidation stability, and free radical scavenging activity among the test oil samples are observed. Supercritical sesame oils are more excellent than the subcritical sesame oils and oils obtained from the traditional methods, especially in terms of γ‐tocopherol, lignan and polyphenol contents, and antioxidant capacity, thus indicating that CO2 fluid technology is a desirable alternative to extract sesame oils with rich nutrition and superb physiological activity. Further, oils obtained from roasted sesame seeds exhibited higher oxidative stability and antioxidant capacity, thus declaring that high temperature roasting was a critical issue that influenced the quality of the final sesame oil product. Practical Applications: This study used two burgeoning technologies, namely supercritical and subcritical techniques for the practical applications of the extraction process of sesame oils from sesame (Sesamum indicum, L.) seeds. Supercritical fluid was an excellent technology to selectively extract bioactive compounds from sesame by using CO2 as a carrier solvent. The use of CO2 supercritical fluid in the present study was associated with high efficiency and antioxidant activities of the obtained sesame oils. These results indicate that this technology was an efficient and rapid method for extracting phytochemicals when compared with the conventional methods (hot pressing, cold pressing, solvent extraction, and aqueous extraction), thus indicating that it had the potential to work as a satisfactory approach to produce specific sesame oil products for health care and cosmetic use. This method can be easily implemented on an industrial scale. In this study, profiles of chemical characterization, oxidative stability, and in vitro antioxidant capacity of sesame oils obtained from supercritical and subcritical techniques and conventional methods are studied and compared. PCA and HCA show apparent distinctions between the supercritical sesame oils and the other kinds, as well as between the roasted and unroasted sesame oils. Models deduced by MLR are all significant, which are recognized as satisfactory and acceptable for predicting the in vitro antioxidant abilities of the sesame oils. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]