ions, synthetic dyes, antibiotics, and other substances in groundwater and wastewater discharged from factories have caused serious harm to the environment and human health. Therefore, it is vital to develop efficient water pollution treatment methods.The heavy metal ions discharged from factories into rivers and lakes can cause diffusion and pollution. Highly toxic heavy metal ions are easy to accumulate in organisms because they are not biodegradable. [1] Organic dyes and radioactive pollutants produced in industrial production will diffuse into soil and water resources, endangering the safety of animals, plants and human life. [2] The leakage of antibiotics in the fields of biology and medicine will destroy the balance and stability of the ecosystem. [3] An enormous number of pollutants are persistent and difficult to degrade. Scientists have been committed to developing various technologies and materials for removing pollutants from water environment. Nevertheless, effectively purifying sewage still remains a tough challenge.Various techniques are used for sewage purification to remove pollutants in the environment. Common methods include separation, [4] absorption, [5] photocatalytic degradation, [6] and membrane filtration. [7] However, traditional absorbents and catalysts such as zeolites, activated carbons, organic resins, etc. have poor pollutant removal capabilities. [8] Traditional adsorbents, such as carbons and clay minerals, exhibit weak ionic affinity and low adsorption efficiency for metals. [9] Furthermore, partial catalysts possess inferior charge separation efficiency, recyclability, and chemical stability, which is likely to cause secondary pollution to water sources, and does not meet the requirements of green, energy saving, and renewable in the field of modern environment protection. [10] Therefore, researchers have been trying to exploit an efficient and economical composite material with superb specific surface area, high separation and strong reusability. [11] Metal-organic framework (MOF) is a new type of composite material self-assembled by metal ions or metal clusters and organic linkers. [12] As a novel type porous material, MOF has adjustable pore size, superior specific surface area and excellent porosity, and its performance is more superiority than traditional materials such as zeolite and clay. [13] They have raisedThe ever-expanding scale of industry and agriculture has led to the gradual increase of pollutants (e.g., heavy metal ions, synthetic dyes, and antibiotics) in water resources, and the ecology and wastewater are grave problems that need to be solved urgently and has attracted widespread attention from the research community and industry in recent years. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a type of organic-inorganic hybrid material with a distinctive 3D network crystal structure. Lately, MOFs have made striking progress in the fields of adsorption, catalytic degradation, and biomedicine on account of their large specific surface and well-developed pore structure. This...

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An expanded graphite paste electrode (EGPE) modified with attapulgite (ATP) was used for the determination of Sunset yellow (SY) in soft drinks using square-wave stripping voltammetry (SWSV) method. The experimental results suggest that ATP/EGPE exhibited higher electroanalytic activity toward the SY compared to bare EGPE. The fabricated electrode revealed some advantages such as convenient preparation, good stability and high sensitivity toward the SY determination. Under optimal experimental conditions, the ATP/EGPE revealed broad linear ranges of 2.5 × 10 −9 M to 1.5 × 10 −6 M with the detection limits of 1.0 nM. The analysis of drinks was also attempted and the obtained results were satisfactory. It can be predicted that many more analogs could be monitored using this electrode with high sensitivity.

Antrodia cinnamomea is a precious and popular edible and medicinal mushroom. It has attracted increasing attention due to its various and excellent bioactivities, such as hepatoprotection, hypoglycemic, antioxidant, antitumor, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulation, and gut microbiota regulation properties. To elucidate its bioactivities and develop novel functional foods or medicines, numerous studies have focused on the isolation and identification of the bioactive compounds of A. cinnamomea. In this review, the recent advances in bioactivity, isolation, purification, and identification methods of active compounds from A. cinnamomea were summarized. The present work is beneficial to the further isolation and discovery of new active compounds from A. cinnamomea.

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