The use of colored semiconductor oxide like copper (II) oxide and nickel (II) oxide for photocatalytic bleaching of rose bengal was investigated in detail. In order to harness the solar energy, the effective wavelength of the photocatalyst is to be expanded into the visible region and that increases the rate of photocatalytic bleaching of the dye. Progress of the reaction was observed spect...

1National Center of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Togolok, Kyrgyzstan 2Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India 3Department of Statistics, University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Rajbati, West Bengal, India *Corresponding author: Rabindra Nath Das, Department of Statistics, University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India, Tel: +91-9232638970; Fax: +9...

Scrub typhus has been previously reported from north and eastern Indian states and areas such as Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, and Darjeeling district of West Bengal. It has also been known to be endemic in some parts of South India (Eastern and Western Ghats). However, no cases have ever been reported from the southern districts of West Bengal. Here, we report five cases of scrub t...

Although Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal strains, from the current epidemics in India and Bangladesh, are closely related to seventh-pandemic strains, as shown by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis, Bengal strains are encapsulated and portions of the O1 antigen biosynthetic complex genes found in O1 strains are altered or lacking. Encapsulated Bengal strains showed resistance to killing by n...

Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, 37, K.B. Sarani, Belgachia, High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL), Indian Veterinary Research Institute, AICRP-PHT (ICAR), Department of Fish Processing Technology, Faculty of Fishery Sciences, West Bengal Univers Chakgaria, Kolkata Department of Veterina...

Rabbit corneal endothelial cells demonstrated an increase of endothelial membrane permeability to inulin following perfusion with 5 X 10~ M rose bengal and exposure to 1050 /txW/cm incandescent light for either 1 min or 5 min when compared to corneas similarly perfused with rose bengal but not exposed to light. Endothelial permeability to dextran was unaltered following the photosensitization r...

Nine districts in West Bengal, India, and 42 districts in Bangladesh have arsenic levels in groundwater above the World Health Organization maximum permissible limit of 50 microg/L. The area and population of the 42 districts in Bangladesh and the 9 districts in West Bengal are 92,106 km(2) and 79.9 million and 38,865 km(2) and 42.7 million, respectively. In our preliminary study, we have ident...

The objective of this study was to determine whether reactive oxygen intermediates (e.g., singlet oxygen and the superoxide radical) can rapidly induce electrophysiological disturbances leading to the genesis of arrhythmias, even in the absence of ischemia and reperfusion. Rat hearts (n = 6 per group) were perfused aerobically at 37 degrees C for 10 minutes without rose bengal and for 5 minutes...

Senior lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Haldia Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Purba Medinipur, Haldia, West Bengal, India -721645. Senior lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental & Medical Sciences, Lucknow, U.P, India Senior lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Haldia institute of denta...