Archaeological research has identified the use of cultivated cotton (Gossypium barbadense) in the ancient Andes dating back to at least 7800 years ago. Because of unusual circumstances of preservation, 6000-year-old cotton fabrics from the Preceramic site of Huaca Prieta on the north coast of Peru retained traces of a blue pigment that was analyzed and positively identified as an indigoid dye (...

Objective: To study the cytotoxic & apoptotic efficacy of synthesized silver nanoparticles from I. aspalathoids against Hep3B cell line. Methods: Hep3B cell line was purchased from American type culture collection (NCCS, Pune). The cells were treated with synthesized silver nanoparticles from I. aspalathoids for 24 & 48 hrs. Cell Viability was evaluated by MTT assay and DNA fragmentation assay....

The blue dye indigo has historically been isolated from the plant family Indigofera and widely applied in denim industry for producing jeans. advantageous photochemical properties of its derivatives have now attracted attention scientific community their use as molecular photoswitches. In review Review (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300981), C.-Y. Huang S. Hecht detail synthetic approaches to preparing ...