The kinetic mechanism of the unidirectional H2-oxidizing hydrogenase from soybean nodule bacteroids has been investigated with highly purified enzyme. Measurements of the Km for H2 vary from 0.97 to 2.6 microM, and the Km for methylene blue varies from 6 to 17 microM. With H2 and methylene blue as substrates, the initial velocity patterns are intersecting. High levels of methylene blue are inhi...

Silicone polymers containing the light-activated antimicrobial agent methylene blue with or without gold nanoparticles were evaluated for their ability to reduce the microbial load on surfaces in a clinical environment. When irradiated with white light, polymers containing nanogold were more effective in this respect than those containing only methylene blue.

In this article we investigate the structural and photocatalytic properties of W-doped titanium dioxide coatings. TiO2-W thin films were deposited onto glass slides by reactive magnetron co-sputtering. The properties of the films were analyzed using such techniques as XRD, Raman spectroscopy, EDX, TEM, and surface profilometry. The photocatalytic properties of the coatings were assessed using t...

Human erythrocyte ghosts were chemically cross-linked with a family of bifunctional cross-linking reagents, imidoesters. Since the reagents are identical in their chemical structures, except for the number of methylene groups, they differ by that distance between the functional groups. The maximum distance is 4.9 A in dimethyl malonimidate, 6.1 A in dimethyl succinimidate, 8.6 A in dimethyl adi...

Human erythrocyte ghosts were chemically cross-linked with a family of bifunctional cross-linking reagents, imidoesters. Since the reagents are identical in their chemical structures, except for the number of methylene groups, they differ by that distance between the functional groups. The maximum distance is 4.9 A in dimethyl malonimidate, 6.1 A in dimethyl succinimidate, 8.6 A in dimethyl adi...

Radiographic contrast studies have been recommended to identify the thoracic duct (TD) and its branches before and after surgery for total occlusion. The macroscopic identification of the TD and its branches during surgery usually involves injection of methylene blue (MB). Radiographic contrast and methylene blue can be injected into different anatomical structures (lymph node, lymph vessel, s....

1. Cysteamine is oxidized to hypotaurine by an enzyme extracted from horse kidney, with sulphur or sulphide acting as a cofactor. It has been now found that, when the enzyme is omitted, sulphur and sulphide are able to catalyse the oxidation of cysteamine to cystamine by molecular oxygen. 2. Methylene blue may be used in catalytic amounts as a cofactor in the enzymic oxidation of cysteamine to ...

The existing rapid method for the determination of anionic surfactants in aqueous solutions relies on the association of the cationic methylene blue dye with the anionic surfactant to form an electroneutral complex that is subsequently extracted into chloroform and determined spectrophotometrically. This methylene blue active substance (MBAS) assay suffers from salt interference in estuarine an...

PURPOSE Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in breast cancer patients with clinically negative axilla will ensure axillary dissection only for cases with lymph node metastasis and provide information about pathologic staging as accurate as the axillary dissection. It was shown that SLNB could be successfully performed regardless of the type of biopsy. The aim of this study was to investigate the ...