Single crystalline MoO(3) and Cu(0.33)MoO(3) nanorods have been synthesized in large quantities via hydrothermal route, which exhibit unprecedented photocatalytic performance for the decomposition of Toluidine blue "O" (TBO) and chlorobenzene both under visible and UV light irradiation.

We herein report a rare case of acute basophilic leukemia with t(16;21)(p11;q22) generating the FUS-ERG fusion gene. The basophilic nature of leukemia blasts was demonstrated by cytomorphology, toluidine blue metachromasia, mature basophil-associated antigen expression, and characteristic granules under electron microscopy. The molecular link between t(16;21)/FUS-ERG and basophilic differentiat...

Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with many gastroduodenal diseases such as peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer (Uemura et al., 2001). The organism is the major cause of chronic active gastritis resulting in chronic atrophic gastritis and its end stage, gastric atrophy, which is believed to be a precancerous lesion (Pandey et al., 2010). Intestinal metaplasia, usually associated w...

In this study the spectrophotometric response of the Toluidine Blue O (TBO)-gelatin gel dosimeter irradiated with gamma rays was characterized. Preparation of dyed-gelatin gel takes place in neutral medium; to give eventually gel dosimeter has a sharp absorbance peak at 635 nm that bleaches quantitatively upon irradiation and the colour change can be measured with UV-VIS spectrophotometer. The ...

Staphylococci are important causes of nosocomial and medical-device-related infections. Their virulence is attributed to the elaboration of biofilms that protect the organisms from immune system clearance and to increased resistance to phagocytosis and antibiotics. Photodynamic treatment (PDT) has been proposed as an alternative approach for the inactivation of bacteria in biofilms. In this stu...

BACKGROUND Trichophyton rubrum is the most common agent of superficial mycosis of the skin and nails causing long lasting infections and high recurrence rates. Current treatment drawbacks involve topical medications not being able to reach the nail bed at therapeutic concentrations, systemic antifungal drugs failing to eradicate the fungus before the nails are renewed, severe side effects and s...

A rapid and simple method for the determination of sulfate involving a complex formation between inorganic sulfate and the dye, toluidine blue 0, after chromatography, is presented. The method can be used for the determination of sulfate in the presence of interfering ions such as phosphate and citrate. Most of the ions have a different chromatographic migration in the solvent system employed. ...

A lthough heart disease is the principal cause of death in many countries and its diagnosis is of major importance, methods for direlct visualization of the myocardium in intact subjects are few. The roentgenogram of the heart shows the myocardium plus other tissues, especially the blood contained in the cardiac cavities, as a single shadow. Various techniques show cavities and vessels rather t...

hydrogen peroxide is an important mild oxidant which is widely used in various applications including remediation of waste waters and drinking water resources. the safe level of h2o2 residue has to be controlled through accurate and precise measurement methods. a facile spectrophotometric method for the determination of hydrogen peroxide is based on the reaction of iodine solution with toluidin...