and it loses oxygen rapidly in oxidizing organic matters. Moreover, it is costly to use. But it has got an important advantage and that is, it is a stable compound. Potassium permanganate is generally used by adding the chemical to the water in such an amount which will produce some pink colour. But the practical details of its use are different in different places in India. For example, in the...

The action of buffered potassium permanganate as a fixative for electron microscopy has been investigated. Electron contrast has been shown to be produced by the deposition of granular material in the tissue. The particles are about 50 A in diameter. Actual fixation of the tissue is performed by the dehydrating alcohol. Histochemical studies have shown that RNA and histones are removed, whereas...

In a series of five tests, liquid polyphosphate fertilizer solution was used to treat liquid dairy and swine manure to control odors. Potassium permanganate, a pesticide-wetting agent, nitrogen-zinc liquid fertilizer solution and a digestive deodorant were also used in several of the tests. All tests were evaluated by an odor panel for odor strength and odor quality. The polyphosphates did not ...

Freeze-fracture of Candida utilis yeast cells grown to early logarithmic phase (5 h) and stationary phase (24 h) revealed a branched mitochondrial reticulum both in longitudinal and transverse cross-fracture studies. In contrast, the longitudinal and transverse sections of permanganate-fixed cells showed that the small ovoid or spherical mitochondria were located at the periphery of the cell, w...

DNA structural changes induced by bleomycin have been investigated using diethylpyrocarbonate and permanganate as probes under conditions in which the antibiotic binds to, but does not cut the DNA. Diethyl-pyrocarbonate shows an enhanced reaction with adenines in the presence of the antibiotic in the sequences GTA greater than GCA greater than GAA, on the 3' side of the drug cutting site (GPy)....

abstract a simple and sensitive chemiluminescence (cl) method was developed for direct quantification of oxymorphone, a µ opioid agonist that is approximately 10 times more potent than morphine. in this method potassium permanganate in polyphosphoric acid was used as cl reagent. using this method, oxymorphone can be determined over the concentration ranges 13.5-337.8 ng ml-1 and 0.34-6.76 µg ml...