background and objectives: synthetic dyes are recalcitrant to degradation and toxic to different organisms. decolorization of textile wastewaters is one of the major concerns since last decades. physical-chemical treatments are very expensive and frequently producing large amounts of toxic wastes. biological treatments can be more convenient. in the present study, an attempt has been made for d...

We propose a chromatographic method for the separation of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids by a high-performance liquid chromatography system, equipped with a photo diode array detector. Central to the method is the use of an appropriate mobile phase composed of acetonitrile, methanol, and n-hexane in ratio 90:8:2 acidified with 0.2% acetic acid, which allows the detection of fatty acids w...

Several model azo dyes are reductively cleaved by growing cultures of an ascomycete yeast species, Issatchenkia occidentalis. In liquid media containing 0.2 mM dye and 2% glucose in a mineral salts base, more than 80% of the dyes are removed in 15 h, essentially under microaerophilic conditions. Under anoxic conditions, decolorization does not occur, even in the presence of pregrown cells. Kine...

in 0.1 M ionic strength aqueous solution at 120 for the following: 2,4-dihydroxy4'-nitroazobenzene (I), 2,4-dihydroxy-4'-sulfonateazobenzene (II), and p-(2hydroxy-l-naphthylazo) benzenesulfonic acid (III). The reported values of k231 were 4O X 105, 3.6 X 105, and 3.6 X 106 M-1 sec-1. They attributed the much lower values of k23, for these acids than the value3 k23, 2 X 109 M-1 sec-1 kn,' for th...

The aim of the research is to develop new bakery products with increased functional value by adding ingredients from biomass Spirulina platensis. High quality wheat flour (P1), oatmeal (P2) and whole (P3) sticks were formulated addition 3% S2 preparation based on spirulina, thus increasing bioavailability active components in microalgae. It was established that results an increase total polyphe...

The textile processing plants utilize a wide variety of dyes and other chemicals such as acids, bases, salts, detergents, sizes, oxidants, mercerizing and finishing chemicals. Many of these are not retained in the final product and are discharged in the effluent. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the performance of EGSB (Expanded Granular Sludge Bed) reactor to treat non-acid...

Calendula officinalis Linn. commonly known as marigold has long history of usage by the folklore system. It has a high economic value as herbal medicine and is widely used in cosmetics, perfumes, dyes, pharmaceutical preparations and food products for centuries. The plant has been approved for food use and appears in the food and drug administration (FDA) list of generally recognized as safe (G...

A recently developed preparative technique, pH-zone-refining countercurrent chromatography (CCC), separates organic acids and bases according to their pKa and hydrophobicity. The hydrodynamic mechanism of pH-zone-refining CCC is illustrated in two elution modes along with a simple mathematical analysis. Separations include acidic and basic derivatives of amino acids and peptides, hydroxyxanthen...