ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12(17), P. 6494 - 6508
Published: April 12, 2024
Unsaturated
biopolymers
(e.g.,
natural
rubber
(NR))
are
highly
vulnerable
to
thermo-oxidative
degradation,
which
causes
premature
failure
of
NR
products.
As
an
indispensable
antioxidant
globally,
6PPD
(N-(1,3-dimethyl
butyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine)
is
employed
retard
the
aging
NR.
Unluckily,
and
6PPD-quinone
(an
oxidative
product
6PPD)
harmful
aquatic
human
life
and,
thus,
obviously
merit
their
replacement
with
sustainable
safer
antioxidants
for
environmental
protection.
This
study
explored
use
curcumin
NR-based
polymer
nanocomposites
(PNCs).
The
combined
experimental,
molecular
dynamics
(MD),
quantum
mechanics
(QM)
simulations
implemented
analyze
effect
isomeric
forms
on
protective
mechanism,
stability,
solubility,
dispersibility,
diffusion
in
matrix.
results
revealed
that
both
scavenged
free
radical
preferentially
via
a
hydrogen
atom
transfer
mechanism.
computed
transition
state
energies
show
curcumin's
enolic
form
(i.e.,
Curcumin
(E))
interacts
ROO.
(peroxy)
radicals
lower
barrier
energy
compared
could
protect
from
aging.
MD
have
shown
interfacial
interactions
at
NR-curcumin
interface
resulted
stronger
binding
energies,
thus
improving
solubility
dispersibility
mean
square
displacement
than
6PPD.
While
migration
necessary
replenish
concentrations
tire
surface,
higher
rate
may
cause
physical
loss
decrease
service
NR-PNCs.
Overall,
NR-PNCs
loaded
exhibited
improved
resistance
viscoelastic
performance
PNCs
made
Thus,
as
safe
antioxidant,
open
essential
avenue
toward
substantial
pollution
abatement
accumulated
waste
products
making
"Greener
NR-PNCs.″
Environmental Science & Technology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
57(51), P. 21550 - 21557
Published: Dec. 12, 2023
Synthetic
antioxidants,
including
synthetic
phenolic
antioxidants
(SPAs),
amine
(AAs),
and
organophosphite
(OPAs),
are
essential
additives
for
preventing
oxidative
aging
in
various
industrial
consumer
products.
Increasing
attention
has
been
paid
to
the
environmental
contamination
caused
by
these
chemicals,
but
our
understanding
of
is
generally
limited
compared
other
emerging
contaminants
such
as
plasticizers
flame
retardants.
Many
people
spend
a
significant
portion
(normally
greater
than
80%)
their
time
indoors,
meaning
that
they
experience
widespread
persistent
exposure
indoor
contaminants.
Thus,
this
Perspective
focuses
on
problem
The
wide
application
commercial
products
demonstrated
toxicity
make
them
an
important
family
concern.
However,
knowledge
gaps
still
need
be
bridged:
novel
related
transformation
identified
environments,
different
dust
sampling
strategies
should
employed
evaluate
human
contaminants,
geographic
scope
research
broadened,
partition
coefficients
among
media
investigated.
Environment International,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
187, P. 108677 - 108677
Published: April 21, 2024
N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine
(6PPD)
is
commonly
used
in
rubber
compounds
as
antioxidants
to
protect
against
degradation
from
heat,
oxygen,
and
ozone
exposure.
This
practice
extends
the
lifespan
of
products,
including
tires,
by
preventing
cracking,
aging,
deterioration.
However,
environmental
consequences
waste
generated
during
product
use,
particularly
formation
6PPD-quinone
(6PPD-Q)
through
reaction
6PPD
with
ozone,
have
raised
significant
concerns
due
their
detrimental
effects
on
ecosystems.
Extensive
research
has
revealed
widespread
occurrence
its
derivate
6PPD-Q
various
compartments,
air,
water,
soil.
The
emerging
substance
been
shown
pose
acute
mortality
long-term
hazards
aquatic
terrestrial
organisms
at
concentrations
below
environmentally
relevant
levels.
Studies
demonstrated
toxic
a
range
organisms,
zebrafish,
nematodes,
mammals.
These
include
neurobehavioral
changes,
reproductive
dysfunction,
digestive
damage
exposure
pathways.
Mechanistic
insights
suggest
that
mitochondrial
stress,
DNA
adduct
formation,
disruption
lipid
metabolism
contribute
toxicity
induced
6PPD-Q.
Recent
findings
human
samples,
such
blood,
urine,
cerebrospinal
fluid,
underscore
importance
further
public
health
toxicological
implications
these
compounds.
distribution,
fate,
biological
effects,
underlying
mechanisms
environment
highlight
urgent
need
for
additional
understand
address
impacts
Environmental Science & Technology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
58(29), P. 12784 - 12822
Published: July 10, 2024
In
the
modern
"omics"
era,
measurement
of
human
exposome
is
a
critical
missing
link
between
genetic
drivers
and
disease
outcomes.
High-resolution
mass
spectrometry
(HRMS),
routinely
used
in
proteomics
metabolomics,
has
emerged
as
leading
technology
to
broadly
profile
chemical
exposure
agents
related
biomolecules
for
accurate
measurement,
high
sensitivity,
rapid
data
acquisition,
increased
resolution
space.
Non-targeted
approaches
are
increasingly
accessible,
supporting
shift
from
conventional
hypothesis-driven,
quantitation-centric
targeted
analyses
toward
data-driven,
hypothesis-generating
exposome-wide
profiling.
However,
HRMS-based
exposomics
encounters
unique
challenges.
New
analytical
computational
infrastructures
needed
expand
analysis
coverage
through
streamlined,
scalable,
harmonized
workflows
pipelines
that
permit
longitudinal
tracking,
retrospective
validation,
multi-omics
integration
meaningful
health-oriented
inferences.
this
article,
we
survey
literature
on
state-of-the-art
technologies,
review
current
informatic
pipelines,
provide
an
up-to-date
reference
exposomic
chemists,
toxicologists,
epidemiologists,
care
providers,
stakeholders
health
sciences
medicine.
We
propose
efforts
benchmark
fit-for-purpose
platforms
expanding
space,
including
gas/liquid
chromatography-HRMS
(GC-HRMS
LC-HRMS),
discuss
opportunities,
challenges,
strategies
advance
burgeoning
field
exposome.
Environmental Science & Technology Letters,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
10(9), P. 798 - 803
Published: Aug. 15, 2023
The
huge
consumption
of
the
tire
rubber
antioxidant
N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine
(6PPD)
has
resulted
in
pervasive
contamination
aquatic
environments.
More
importantly,
transformation
product
6PPD,
i.e.,
6PPD-quinone
(6PPD-Q),
is
raising
increasing
concerns
due
to
its
high
toxicity
organisms.
However,
whether
and
how
6PPD-Q
can
be
formed
from
6PPD
environments
remain
unknown.
Herein,
we
reported
water
under
sunlight
irradiation
elucidated
underlying
mechanisms.
In
result,
was
confirmed
with
a
noteworthy
molar
yield
∼1.01%
within
90
min
at
pH
7.0
simulated
irradiation.
experimental
observations,
including
transient
stable
intermediate
identification
reactive
species
quenching,
evidenced
that
pathways
started
photoexcitation
followed
by
generation
hydroxyl
intermediates
form
6PPD-Q.
This
study
revealed
sunlight-induced
could
an
important
origin
environments,
providing
significant
insights
potentially
underestimated
ecological
risks
6PPD.