Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 65, Issue 41, Pages 9139-9146Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b02781
Keywords
bioaccessibility; apple; pesticide; Caco-2 model; risk assessment
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31601663]
- Anhui Natural Science Foundation [1508085MC50]
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This study examined how gastrointestinal conditions affect pesticide bioaccessibility and intestinal transepithelial transport of pesticides (difenoconazole, hexaconazole, and spirodidofen) in humans. We used an in vitro model combining human gastric and intestinal digestion, followed with Caco-2 cell model for human intestinal absorption. Bioaccessibility of three tested pesticides ranged from 25.2 to 76.3% and 10.6 to 79.63% in the gastric and intestinal phases, respectively. A marked trend similar to the normal distribution was observed between bioaccessibility and pH, with highest values observed at pH 2.12 in gastric juice. No significant differences were observed with increasing digestion time; however, a significant negative correlation was observed with the solid-liquid (S/L)-ratio, following a logarithmic equation. R-2 fanged from 0.9198 to 0.9848 and 0:9526 to 0.9951 in the simulated gastric and intestinal juices, respectively, suggesting that the S/L ratio is also a major factor affecting bioaccessibility. Moreover, significant dose- and time-response effects were subsequently observed for intestinal membrane permeability of difenoconazole, but not for hexaconazole or spirodidofen. This is the first study to demonstrate the uptake of pesticides by human intestinal cells, aiding qtantification of the likely effects on human health and highlighting the importance of considering bioaccessibility in studies,of dietary exposure to pesticide residues.
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