As a feed additive, the desirable features of phytase include thermostability, strict substrate specificity, and high stability in a wide pH range. Alkaline phytases from Bacillus subtilis are promising candidates because of their high inherent thermostability and substrate specificity, but the ...

The potential of oxalic acid modified rice husk (ORH) to adsorb Methylene Blue (MB) from aqueous solution was investigated under various experimental conditions. Parameters studied included pH, initial dye concentrations, contact time, sorption isotherm, agitation rate and adsorbent dosage. A co...

The results of this study imply that β-methylamino-alanine (BMAA) obtained from extracts of blue mussels from the Swedish west coast is neither free nor protein bound. The results were obtained by separation (precipitation and ultrafiltration) of low and high molecular weight compounds from neu...

Effective delivery of trophic factors to cure neurological disorders and traumatic injuries is a major challenge. With promising therapeutic effects of epidermal neural crest stem cells (EPI-NCSCs) in preclinical spinal cord injury, there is an implication that these stem cells might provide sup...

Cellulose-based substrates could represent potential funds for the sorption of pollutants. Herein, methylene blue was selected for demonstrating the bio-sorption efficiency of Nerium oleander, Pergularia tomentosa and Populus tremula seed fibers. Their cellulose contents were 45%, 43.8% and 60%....

Pullulanase, a typical debranching enzyme, specifically hydrolyzes α-1,6 glycosidic linkages in pullulan, starch and so on. There is accumulated knowledge about the catalysis of pullulanase, but functional roles of acceptor subsites get less attention. According to the crystal structure of pull...

In the paper, we observed the effect of ellagic acid (EA) on myocardial morphology and cardiac function and explored the mechanism of miR-140-3p-mediated EA in ventricular remodeling. The experimental animals were divided into 3 groups: control group, AMI group, AMI + EA group. Intragastric admi...

Tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) are common in livestock of sub-Saharan Africa. However, information regarding TBPs in sheep and goats in Sudan is limited. In this study, 178 blood samples of sheep and goats in Blue Nile and West Kordofan states were investigated for TBPs using PCR. Overall, 110 (61....

A novel CoFe2O4/chitosan magnetic composite, where CoFe2O4 is known as cobalt ferrite, was synthetized, characterized and applied to adsorb indigotine blue dye (IBD). According to the central composite design (CCD), adsorption of IBD onto CoFe2O4/chitosan composite was favored when initial pH an...

In the present work, the fallen leaves of Prunus Dulcis (almond) have been used for obtaining biosorbent with activation based on NaOH and surfactant treatment. Characterization of biosorbent was performed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, elemental ana...

Currently nanofiltration predominates the membrane application of dye desalting and purification, and it is very effective to produce low-salt dye from raw dye with high inorganic salt impurities. However it is difficult and costly to produce dye products with ultralow impurities, because the de...

The molecular mechanism of C.I. Acid red 73 binding to human serum albumin (HSA) was investigated by spectroscopy and molecular docking procedures. The molecular docking results indicated that subdomain IB of HSA was the main active binding site for C.I. Acid red 73. The spectroscopic experiment...

Ethological procedures were employed to examine the differences in behaviour between oestrous and dioestrous control mice, and to investigate the changes to behavioural responsiveness in oestrous and dioestrous mice induced by treatment with the anxiolytic compounds, chlordiazepoxide (CDP, 21.5 ...

Amongst the different pharmacological approaches to the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, compounds with multiple electrophysiological activities appear to exhibit a reduced adverse effect profile. BRL-32872 (N-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-[3[[2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl) ethyl] propyl]-4-nitrobenzamide h...

Chlordiazepoxide (21.5 mg/l; 5 mg/kg daily), buspirone (12.8 g/l; 3.4 mg/kg daily) and the 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, BRL 46470, (40 μg/l; 10 μg/kg daily) were each given in the drinking fluid for 12–14 days to adult male CD1 mice. Controls received tap water. Effects of the treatments on beh...

ObjectiveThe rhizome of the Cimicifuga racemosa plant (commonly known as black cohosh) has been used for menopausal complaints. Studies regarding the cardiovascular effects of black cohosh are lacking. We investigated the effect of black cohosh on the plasminogen activator system in cultured vas...

Black cutworm (BCW) is an economically important lepidopteran insect. The control of this insect by a Bt toxin and the understanding of the interaction between the Bt toxin and its receptor molecule were the objectives of this research work. A gene coding for a Vip3A receptor molecule was identi...

This study investigates how two photocatalytic titanium dioxide (TiO2) contents (1.6% and 2.5% by volume) in liquid silicates remove black carbon (BC) (8 and 24 μg cm−2) on mortars to recover surface chromaticity (black to white color, L*) and solar reflectance (SR). A new method linking non-in...

Single-crystal structures of the best high-temperature trichromatic blue azo dye C.I. Disperse Blue 148 and its diazonium component 3-amino-5-nitro-[2,1]- benzisothiazole are described herein. C.I. Disperse Blue 148 exhibits an essentially coplanar molecular structure and a dimeric packing mode ...

The zero-valent iron (ZVI) reduction succeeds for decolorization, while UV/H2O2 oxidation process results into mineralization, so that this study proposed an integrated technique by reduction coupling with oxidation process in order to acquire simultaneously complete both decolorization and mine...