Water pollution has become a major issue in many countries, including Malaysia. Malaysia is one of the countries that suffers from this detrimental influence on water resource sustainability. Adsorption been discovered to be cost-effective and efficient method removing contaminants such as pigments, dyes, metal impurities. Many biomass-based adsorbent materials have successfully used for remova...

The Brilliant Cresyl Blue (BCB) test relies on G6PDH activity and a simple protocol for the selection of higher quality oocytes. Although the BCB+ oocytes of all the species that have been investigated are characterized by superior quality when compared to BCB- counterparts, application of the test for embryo production still remains an open issue. The aim of our study was to compare BCB+ and t...

The results 1 from measurements made with the glass electrode and spectrophotometer show that brilliant cresyl blue penetrates as free base into the vacuoles of living cells of Nitella. The present paper describes similar experiments with azure B, methylene blue, and crystal violet. Since the methods for the condition of cells, extraction of the sap, penetration experiments, extraction of free ...

Methylene blue (MB) delays cellular senescence, induces complex-IV, and activates Keap1/Nrf2; however, the molecular link of these effects to MB is unclear. Since MB is redox-active, we investigated its effect on the NAD/NADH ratio in IMR90 cells. The transient increase in NAD/NADH observed in MB-treated cells triggered an investigation of the energy regulator AMPK. MB induced AMPK phosphorylat...

Uptake of mercury (Hg) through fish consumption is one of the key aspects of the Hg cycle in the aquatic ecosystems. In tropical latitudes, biomonitoring of Hg in freshwater reservoirs is scarce. The objectives of the study were to determine Hg distribution in muscle, liver, and kidney of blue tilapia Oreochromis aureus from a dam located in a mining region of northwest Mexico, to define tempor...

Different technologies may be used for decolorization of wastewater containing dyes. Among them, biological processes are the most promising because they seem to be environmentally safe. The aim of this study was to determine the efficiency of decolorization of two dyes belonging to different classes (azo and triphenylmethane dyes) by immobilized biomass of strains of fungi (Pleurotus ostreatus...

PURPOSE To investigate the retinal biocompatibility of Brilliant Blue G with deuterated water (BBG-D2O) as a vital dye for chromovitrectomy. METHODS In this animal study, 0.05 mL of 0.25 g/L Brilliant Blue G (BBG) associated with 0.13 mL/mL of deuterium oxide (D2O) was injected intravitreally in the right eye and the same amount of balanced salt solution (BSS) was injected similarly in the le...

Muscle pain is a common condition that relates to various pathologies. Muscle overuse induces muscle pain, and neutrophils are key players in pain production. Neutrophils also play a central role in chronic pain by secreting interleukin (IL)-18. The aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of neutrophils and IL-18 in a mouse model of muscle pain. The right hind leg muscles of BALB/c...

The search for safe antimalarial compounds acting against asexual symptom-responsible stages and sexual transmission-responsible forms of Plasmodium species is one of the major challenges in malaria elimination programs. So far, among current drugs approved for human use, only primaquine has transmission-blocking activity. The discovery of small molecules targeting different Plasmodium falcipar...