Despite the numerous studies on the effect of the magnetic field on plants, the exact mechanism of these effects has not yet been determined. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of magnetic field on growth and photosynthetic characteristics of two almond species (Amygdalus scoparia and A. eburnea). For this purpose, 21-day-old almond plants were affected by 10 mT static magnetic fie...

Nanoparticles of iron-cobalt have attracted great interest in recent years because of their unique physical and chemical properties because of their industrial importance in preparing magnetic recording materials, pigments, catalysts, etc. With an objective to develop magnetic materials with high saturation magnetization Fe-Co nanosysytems were synthesized by method of chemical reduction reacti...

A strain of Vibrio sp. isolated from marine sediments produced large quantities of bright red pigments that could be used to dye many fibers including wool, nylon, acrylics, and silk. Characterization of the pigments by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) revealed three prodiginine-like structures with nonpolar characteristics and low molecula...

Hybrid pigments based on carminic acid (CA) stabilized by clay minerals have been prepared. Three different pathways were used: [email protected]; protected] saponite; and hydrogels of saponite-CA or montmorillonite-CA covered polyorganosilane (POS). Pigments characterized a set techniques including X-Ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), s...

A compound that is involved in the biosynthesis of the drosopterin eye pigments has been isolated from the heads of Drosophila melanogaster. Analyses of this compound by chemical, mass spectral, and proton nuclear magnetic resonance techniques in conjunction with biochemical considerations provide evidence for the structure 2-amino-4-oxo-6-acetyl-7,8-dihydro-3H,9H-pyrimido[4,5-b][1,4]diazepine ...

Clinical and pathologic features of neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis in a 4-month-old ferret are reported. Clinical signs including neurological symptoms appeared at 3 months of age and progressed rapidly. By magnetic resonance imaging, severe cerebral atrophy was recognized. Histopathologically, there was severe neuronal loss and diffuse astrogliosis with macrophage accumulations; lesions were f...

Navigating animals need to know both the bearing of their goal (the 'map' step), and how to determine that direction (the 'compass' step). Compasses are typically arranged in hierarchies, with magnetic backup as a last resort when celestial information is unavailable. Magnetic information is often essential to calibrating celestial cues, though, and repeated recalibration between celestial and ...

in this study, we have investigated the effects of mix of tomato (solanum lycopersicum) & carrot) daucus carota ( and red bell pepper )capsicum annuum( as a natural pigment source and astaxanthin as synthetic pigment sources on the skin colour of cichlid fish (astronotus ocellatus sp., agassiz, 1831), which are generally white with red patches in the dorsal skin. the fish were fed diets con...